MoMike builds his with conventional stringers and cross 4x4's with the deck boards running lengthways. The advantages of his design is that the deck has very good cross support to keep the outsides of the deck from bowing down and I have heard that the boards running lengthways on the deck make them easier to stand on if your on sidehills. The disadvantage is that you deck ends up being a tad higher than the style I build. Either style will last for many years and do the job well. I use 3 2x6's bolted together with 3/8 inch carriage bolts for the stringers with the outside one offset about 15 inches back so that it sticks out the rear of the deck for the back to mount to but so that the front of it is still sitting firmly on the front axle of the wagon. I cover the top of the 2x6's with valley flashing to keep the water out from in between them. I also wedge 2x6's in between the stringers at the front, center, and rear to keep them square and keep them from twisting or working loose and rolling in. I use 2x8's for deck boards laying crossways with about a 1.5 inch spacing. I use a 2x4 on top and bottom for the outside rail and bolt through to help keep the outside supported. I finish it off by putting a front on that tapers up to meet the outside rail and putting a tapered gusset boartd in the middle and rear to help support the outside and keep the deck from bowing down on the outsides. The gusset bracing and double outer rail are crucial to my style to get close to the cross bed strength of MoMike's style but my style will offer a lower deck height. I will post a couple more pics and if you decide to build one like mine, please email me and I will give you my phone number and would be more than happy to walk you through it. BTW, either style should be pretty simple to remove from the running gear in the off season so that you can use the gear to haul logs. :)
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