Slider for Mexico estuary

Cuervo_mzt · Newbie Joined: 14 Nov 2004 Posts: 24 City: Mazatlan

Hola, me and some friends are thinking about building our first slider.. It will be a 40 ft half A-frame. The slider is already in the works, got the wood, plans, pvc (theres no trex in Mexico Confused

) but since this slider will be placed permanently in a estuary im not really sure what to use to treat the wood with.. Salt water will penetrate and rot wood much faster, the bottom looks like a mixture of sand and mud, so i was wondering what to use to make this slider last.. Any help will be greatly apreciated..

This is a satellite image of the stretch of the estuary, the city NW is Mazatlan. Its a looooong sweet ride everytime.

http://www.terraserver.com/imagery/image_gx.asp?cpx=-106.35349666&cpy=23.17516365&res=30&provider_id=310&t=pan

emeseis · Newbie Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 6

i say...lets just build it and see how long it lasts.... Twisted Evil

luman00 · Newbie Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 5

dude i have the salt water proplem too ... they has this green looking wood ..its pressure treated meaning the soaked n persure chemicals n shyt into it last alot longer ...n about the sand thats a mission ... id make it float n anchor it on one side the streacht some bungies on the other side

Cuervo_mzt · Newbie Joined: 14 Nov 2004 Posts: 24 City: Mazatlan

We treated the wood with a sealant for the permanent slider but we could not test it.. It was a surprise to us that the estuary bottom has a very thick layer of a mixture of sand, clay, algae and a lot of damn critters. We did not even need to use the pile driver to put the 3 x 3 posts in place, simple body weight was enough.
Were using this wood to make a floating half rainbow Rolling Eyes

This time were using paraffinated resin to completely seal the wood..