Question about cargo racks and troop seats

[Gunnermac]

All the wooden ones that I have seen are oak. I have a truck made in the mid 70's that has fiberglass and an A3 from the 90's that has oak. I suspect that at some point, when replacements were needed, fiberglass was used.

 

[John S-B]

The late 80's air force deuce's (the last new ones made) had wood seats. So not sure if any came "new" with fiberglass. I was looking at the big box store the other day and seen ceader 5/4" decking. I'm thinking of getting them and ripping them in half. It would cost about $25- $30 per side. What do you all think? I now ceader is not as strong but it would be thicker.

As was said, you'll have the thickness issue as well as the fact that cedar is soft. It won't take much punishment and will scratch and get marked up pretty easily. While expensive, something like Trex (composite wood/plastic) might be good. It's VERY durable, and you can get it with wood grain.

 

[mikey]

Could you just sand and apply a thin coat of resin, thereby eliminating the filling and painting procedures?

I am by no means experienced with body work, but the surfaces are pretty rough. I suppose resin would seal it, but the surface of the fiberglass has gouges and cracks and I'm not sure resin would "self level" and smooth it out. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about that.

Thanks

Mikey

 

[Flyingvan911]

I'm going to lightly sand mine then coat them with deck sealer and paint them 383. The wood is in good shape.

 

[Karl kostman]

My 71 Deuce originally came with White oak for the troop seats but when pricing new wood for the seates when I rebuilt them I went with Red oak believe it or not it was about 40% less than White, seriously folks its going to all be painted OD anyway!
KK