Wood for pick up bed

[stuvy]

I’m after wood for a pick up bed on my land rover

I don’t really want to use keruing as it’s quite ugly

I had planned to use oak but @mtt.tr saod it’s not good with steel

to add into to pain in the behind I’d like to use shou sugi ban finish as I really like the way it looks

 

[Arc Tourist]

UK weather, I'd go for Teak, unless its eye candy your after.

 

[Robbie260]

A lot of the old American pickups use hard wood for beds what about trying too find out what they use, don't know personally unfortunately. Pics of the landy may help too or at least what colour are you going to paint it.

 

[stuvy]

UK weather, I'd go for Teak, unless its eye candy your after.

it won’t be a hot rod finish but I don’t like the keruing wood

 

[stuvy]

A lot of the old American pickups use hard wood for beds what about trying too find out what they use, don't know personally unfortunately. Pics of the landy may help too or at least what colour are you going to paint it.

the Landy hasn’t been painted yet but with the finish I’m after the wood ends up a charred black as it protects the wood

 

[mike os]

Elm if you can find and afford it,

 

[Ashley Burton]

Raptor

 

[tom2207]

what about the new recycled plastic planks they use for scaffold etc . tough as old boots and no rot.

 

[Robbie260]

Raptor

Never understood the obsession/craze that's going on for that stuff makes any car look awful in my humble opinion.

 

[Ashley Burton]

Never understood the obsession/craze that's going on for that stuff makes any car look awful in my humble opinion.

It's hard wearing though!

 

[Robbie260]

what about the new recycled plastic planks they use for scaffold etc . tough as old boots and no rot.

Or plastic decking planks too still get the wood effect.

 

[Robbie260]

It's hard wearing though!

True, dosent make it look any better though.

 

[Bullet2012]

 

[Mick Annick]

Elm would look lovely, so would oak but @mtt.tr is right about it, not good around metal when wet, ash could be good?

 

[tom2207]

Never understood the obsession/craze that's going on for that stuff makes any car look awful in my humble opinion.

Its like sticking chequer plate on things ,, door bottoms , sides , wings etc totally beyond me unless its a total shed to start with and your covering holes and rot, or you walk up the wing tops and bonnet to get to the roof rack , used to do some work for a company who's employees did this in big boots , the results were not pretty.

 

[Ruffian]

Scaffold planks.

 

[tom2207]

if it must be real wood another vote for teak , its eye wateringly expensive , yellow wellie brigade love it.

 

[pcwizme]

Its like sticking chequer plate on things ,, door bottoms , sides , wings etc totally beyond me unless its a total shed to start with and your covering holes and rot, or you walk up the wing tops and bonnet to get to the roof rack , used to do some work for a company who's employees did this in big boots , the results were not pretty.

My wings and bonnet have checkerplate on them, exactly for that reason, it gets walked on to access the roof rack.

As for the pick up bed, Why are you planning on wood? is it purely for the look? or to be able to replace it easy?

I would look at the bed used for plant trailers the resin impregnated ply.

 

[EM1L4]

Elm would look lovely, so would oak but @mtt.tr is right about it, not good around metal when wet, ash could be good?

You could have oak planks on another hard wood bearer on top of the steel support..I’m getting the feeling this is more for looks than any hard use?

 

[mike os]

Elm would look lovely, so would oak but @mtt.tr is right about it, not good around metal when wet, ash could be good?

Ash has more tannin than oak