My trailer now has just a treated wood deck. I'm planning on decreasing the dovetail angle and going with a metal deck on the back. After today though, I'm having second thoughts. I unloaded a 1972 Olds Regency 98 and broke 1 dovetail board, and dented 2 deckboards when the rear end of this beast hit. Not too big of a deal to replace as I keep a 2x8-20' screwed to the house by where I keep the trailer. Cut a chunk off, replace the broken board, and nobody can tell because the fix has aged the same as the trailer. I knew when we loaded it the rear was going to hit, but didn't figure it'd do that much damage. We had to load it backwards to begin with, and had to use leverage bars to get the bumper to clear on the way up. Anyhow, to my question. How bad do the metal decks dent when they get hit? What gauge metal? Pretty easy to just bang it back out from the bottom or does it pretty much ruin it?
