WUT! Wood for a rail? ?¤!¤?

NoPidy · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 534 City: Glenwood

I have never built any type of rail for wakeskating or wakeboarding. I have a few questions about the material to use...

Can I use wood for my rail?
Does wood rot in water?
How long will a wood rail last?

Thnx if you can answer these questions. Very Happy

seven11dmd · Posted: Apr 23, 2005 1:52 am Post subject:

i dunno if u can use wood for a rail but i do know that wood does rot in water yes. id sugggest something like the fake wood decking, that plastic stuff, i think its called Trexx.

NoPidy · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 534 City: Glenwood

ok cool, thnx man

TYLER** · Posted: Apr 23, 2005 10:20 am Post subject:

weve used wood rails and the only reason they didnt last to long was because all the rednecks took them down after like a week

JamesBoardr · Posted: Apr 23, 2005 11:21 am Post subject:

everybody use wood for docks, why doesnt it rot? pressure treated? that plastic stuff would makea sweet rail but its so expensive, good luck

Grouch · Kickflip Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 3146 City: The OC

PVC is cheap & slides good.

Frye · Guest Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 3335

yea dont use wood, it wont last very long and i dont think it will slide very well unless you wax it up. if you really want to use wood you can buy some pvc pipes and put them across the top to slide on.

NoPidy · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 534 City: Glenwood

OH, i wasn't gonna slide on the wood, I was gonna use it as the frame. We have some of that "fake ice" plastic stuff, the kind used for snowboard boxes, i was gonna put that on the top but since wood won't last long, i better try something else.

JamesBoardr · Posted: Apr 23, 2005 2:23 pm Post subject:

wood would last long enough, it doesn't have to last a century. plus to make the whole thing with that plastic stuff would cost a fortune. alumninum is probably the best but it is so expensive too. grouch has the best idea with the pvc pipes

ZoSo · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 900 City: Winnipeg

If you use pressure treated wood, it'll last a long time.

My dad built a crib dock purely out of pressure treated 4x4's and rebar, and after 8 years, through ice and everything else, it's still in pretty much the same shape since it was built. We haven't had to repair it at all...

However, I can't say much for it's sliding ability. You might wanna build the frame with pressure treated wood then use trex or PVC pipes on the sliding area...

DAN_FPC · Faceplant Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Posts: 1

hey, a few years ago me and my friend built a 60 foot A frame rail made out of pressure treated lumber with the sliding surface made of 1/4 inch puck board cut into strips about 8 inches wide. The rail is still in great condition and we built it in like 4 days and it cost us just about $500 bucks canadian.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Apr 23, 2005 11:48 pm Post subject:

i dont understand your signature, are u saying wakeskating is gay? and snow whatevering is better?

Frye · Guest Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 3335

i dont get it either. and why does it say ad gif unregistered

nichSloan · Pop Shuvit Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Posts: 245 City: Orlando

If you are going to use wood in a place where it sits in the water, you must use the expensive pressure treated/marine grade stuff...at least if you want it to last for more than a month. It has that greenish tint to it when compared to every other kind of plywood. You can get away with it for a longer period of time in fresh water, but the salt water will rot anything. All of the rails I have seen are made with those 4X4 wood posts, I assume they are the pressure treated kind, but I'm not sure. Just spend the extra money so you will be guaranteed that your hard work wont rot away and fall over.

NoPidy · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Posts: 534 City: Glenwood

lol, sounds good. thnx.

wakeskatefooo · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 908 City: odessa

i see wood rails in wbm allthe time (like wood for the sliding material)

jdp204 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Posts: 122 City: springhill

hey, paint your wood with latex marine paint or something. and you can buy water sealent paint too, its the green stuff they pput on it. but yeah the latex marine paint is probabally a good choice.

n8t3d0gg · Posted: May 12, 2005 7:01 pm Post subject: Wood Works Great...

Pressure treated wood works perfect. It will last plenty long enough. Once barnicals and all that shizzle get on it, it actualy helps it to last longer. Definatly go w/ wood and just pick up a peice of vinal from home depo and use it for the top. That shiot is slick.
I made my rail out of wood just get a 1 x 6 for the top and slap it on some
4 x 4 posts.

wakeskatefooo · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 908 City: odessa

like vinal siding(for a house)

n8t3d0gg · Posted: May 12, 2005 7:05 pm Post subject:

yea like for a house