Did I just make a mistake? Used Diesel Oil for trailer deck seal

[@Knedep5511]

When using new wood on a trailer, let it air dry in the sun for a few weeks. The surface of the wood will soak up the mixture better if it’s ‘thirsty’.

[@prbmax]

Just did mine a few months ago. 5 gallons, 50/50 used motor oil and diesel. The used motor oil had been sitting most of the summer and I didn't use the way bottom of the container where any metal or other debris settled. Put two coats on about one week apart. I did wipe off all the metal surfaces later. The wood soaked it all up completely and it wasn't slippery even when wet maybe because the surface of the wood was pretty rough, flat but rough.

[@dalesuhre6522]

I have a trailer that is lined with 2x12s. When the wood was new I soaked it in used diesel engine oil. It is not 15 years old and gets an occasional recoat, it has not rotted yet.

[@MrHurricaneFloyd]

I can smell that through the screen.

[@jasongomez8357]

This type of finish happend to a trailer this size that is a wood splitting machine with a two cylinder diesel engine on top. The boards over time got soaked in oil, antifreeze and hydraulic oil. When a hydaulic line got severed while the engine was on the whole thing caught on fire but stopped burning when I shut off the engine. The oil mixture was jumping off the boards as fire drops then landing going back into the boards and did no damage to the trailer.

[@michaelsorrentino-yp7nb]

Tree huggers in California are crying in their tofu late.

[@The-Logic-Wizard]

Uhhhhhhhh cause he used oil? It's not like he dumped it on the ground. Y'all weirdos sure think about California alot 😂😂😂

[@waskele.wabbit717]

Do you have tree ds?

[@pokemonrocks08]

Doing this to treat your trailer works great. The 50/50 mixture helps the oil soak into the wood better, which is what you want since the oil is better for protecting the wood than the diesel is.

[@kriscalverley2131]

Used new atf oil on oilfield floats . Had a nice mohagany finish. Wasnt to slippery once soaked in. That will stink and be slippery for long time.

[@ryanh6567]

Used vegetable oils works good too.

[@davehughesfarm7983]

Us farmers did/do this are trailers and old wood grain trucks all the time..

[@julieparrish1364]

Might take 20 years to dry,buuuuuuuut you did it Hoss,fine job

[@billiondollardan]

i've heard this works really well. definitely do a follow up so we can see how it goes over the next couple years. subbed for updates

[@TrolliN4tRuth]

Will do!

[@TrolliN4tRuth]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKi7dISrbbWXZrMfeature=shared Here’s 2 weeks just to show some update, I’ll do a follow up after February after all the snow

[@motoxman541]

I have over 250 feet of privacy fence. Not only do I put used oil on it I also lightly burn the wood before I do apply the used oil. This is called shou sugi ban or yakisugi. This method has been used in Asia for 1000s of years. Look it up and learn how much longer you would will last.

[@richardwarfordjr.5622]

It's ok but messy till it soaks in but at the mill we had kerosene and diesel and soaked them for few weeks individually though

[@kevinhornbuckle]

Mix diesel and linseed oil. If you don’t have hot days, you can dry it out with a heat gun.

[@dev4statingx90]

That wood should last a very very very long time. Its what old timers did back on the farms for their more wooden equipment.

[@johnzadinya2181]

I drip my entire trailer in oil in a huge pool so it protects it from the salt. No rust yet

[@johndoe1778]

Yeeyyy finally a use for my huge pool full of oil hehe 🥳

[@dsm9785]

might have been a good idea when you cut the boards to fit to flip them over and apply a coat, then install. After putting on a coat take it for a drive on a dusty road. Guys used to do this on the underside of their pickup trucks in the spring before the summer season when they would drive out onto the beach to fish.

[@hd100thjd]

If you live in the north, it's going to be extremely slippery when it gets cold. Had a boss insist on doing this to a newly decked lowbed. Wouldn't listen to three of us. Needless to say, it sucked loading equipment in the winter.

[@-Nick-T]

same issue, resolved with blocksand.

[@bioluminescentrobot3840]

Its definitely more flammable now

[@johnzadinya2181]

It's diesel....... do you even know how combustion with diesel works.... apparently not

[@bioluminescentrobot3840]

@johnzadinya2181 diesel has a relatively high autoignition temperature, its flashpoint is much lower, typically between 52°C and 93°C (126°F and 200°F), meaning it can still produce flammable vapors at lower

[@johnzadinya2181]

@@bioluminescentrobot3840 it won't. You could hold a torch to that trailer and nothing will happen. Yes diesel CAN but it really has to be more in a mist form. All my life I've welded and cut all by diesel and had flames to it, never once did it light. Its not an issue. We even spray our big rigs with diesel and it goes all over the exhaust and never had an issue. If you have a mist spray on the exhaust yes I might be worried, on a trailer? Not a chance

[@bioluminescentrobot3840]

@@johnzadinya2181 redneck science isn't science. Sound like a women. i feel like it wont ignite.

[@rrobins9857]

Well your horse won't chew on it!

[@TrolliN4tRuth]

I wouldn’t hold me breath on that one 😅

[@taterzsalad9252]

gonna be fun in the rain lol

[@johndunn9819]

It'll light better.

[@mikemcelrath7721]

Linseed oil is hard to beat

[@bigpaul2956]

Now throw you hand full of sand on it after you are completely through the sand will make it not so slick and after time the sand will go away old farmers trick

[@ddinham3752]

Used engine oil is the best, but my god, just how much did you use. My trailer is now 3 years old and I have treated it twice. I use a roller and roll it on. Works great. Little slick after the second coat, but OK now. Should last a few years now. About a year between coats. New lumber needed to dry out before the first coat.

[@TrolliN4tRuth]

@@ddinham3752 well first I used a 5 gallon bucket 50/50 mix diesel and oil, then a few days later I took 10 gallons of straight used oil and mopped it on. It rained extremely hard a few days after doing this video, so unfortunately it didn’t stay that black but now it looks like walnut it’s pretty as hell

[@mitchmcshane9589]

It work perfect but when have to crawl under to chain or strap it stains clothes

[@torrycole6477]

Boiled linseed oil works better

[@themousebouse]

Use a stiff brush for a few hours and brake clean them rails afterwords itl work out

[@TrolliN4tRuth]

Good tip!

[@TerryMcGowan-fe2lh]

You're supposed to. Use olive oil

[@thopp9761]

Smells like your towing a honey wagon.

[@KeithPottenger]

Don’t do it makes wood soft and then it breaks also don’t use Thompsons water seal

[@TrolliN4tRuth]

@@KeithPottenger straight from Google: “No, motor oil can actually make wood more water resistant and stable. Older wood absorbs more oil than newer wood. Some people use motor oil to treat lumber, and you can also use other used oils, like hydraulic oil.” I hope you’re not right 😂

[@FiteTheGoodFight]

For at least the first year, it will be slippery when wet.

[@tomg1480]

That has to stink😂

[@tonydiesel3444]

If it's new wood that is not completely dry you probably messed up if you put oil on wood that's not completely dry it will rot out from the center quick I redo trailers all the time equipment trailers

[@TrolliN4tRuth]

@@tonydiesel3444 well I hope that doesn’t happen, only gave it a month to dry

[@kennethhanaburgh6877]

I hope the environmental Police see this and cite you for that fuel that will clearly end up on the ground

[@animalpower7315]

I will cite you for removing said oil from ground to begin with. My name is adamuh and I am the red earth quit removing what is not yours.

[@dustbat]

I tried this but when it rained it got slippery.🦇

[@neilschnurr5186]

VERY SLIPPERY Slippery is bad for everything regarding a trailer deck except for pushing stuff on when loading. That works really slick. However, it is extremely dangerous to walk on when wet.. The biggest danger is when you are trying to jocky part of your load into position. Before you know it, your feet can slip out from underneath you and you can splay your legs. Unless your a gymnist, this will lay you up for weeks.

[@dgrisham6868]

Park it in the sun

[@highthereguys]

Idk man seems like a good way to poison the ground where ever you park that/apply it and a good way to make sure that everything that touches it gets toxic crap all over it. Idk maybe you did it to save money but I think your health is worth purchasing a purpose made non-toxic product. Looks like a miserable mess to me and I would pay to have it removed. I wish you the best though my friend, Good luck

[@TrolliN4tRuth]

@@highthereguys apparently it’s just as dangerous to use the normal wood stains with all the chemicals

[@FiteTheGoodFight]

Oil, carbon and a few trace metals is not really that toxic.

[@TrolliN4tRuth]

@ exactly, the stuff came from the ground, goes back to the ground right 😂

[@jonkluver7912]

I mean look at parking lots and roads.. that hot black stuff they roll on isn't organic and the black stuff down the middle of the road isn't fairy po0... advice, if the trailer/wood is new I was told to wait a year and wait for a hot sunny day. It's going to be a mess for a year, but works good.

[@davehughesfarm7983]

It dont poison nothing! Maybe some weeds barely.

[@loewenstark2969]

So you make shure everytime it rains diesel and oil is pouring down into the soil ? Nice

[@TrolliN4tRuth]

@@loewenstark2969 i guess you’ve never been to a gas station and looked at the diesel pump……

[@markedwards768]

Oil comes out of the ground. It can go back in the ground when we're done. What's more environmentally friendly than replacing the resource?

[@joecummings1260]

It wasn't so long ago that we used to oil the roads. I remember a guy going past our place in the summer with a 2000 gallon tanker spraying oil to keep the dust down. And the mosquito control truck used to go past making a huge "fog" of diesel fuel with DDT in it. And here is one to think about. Every bit of asbestos brake lining gets ground up to a fine powder and deposited on the road. Chassis grease also, every bit of chassis grease made ends up on the road