Metal floors are slicker than owl snot. I rent the drop deck trailers to move heavy stuff from time to time. Difficult to get stuff tied down securely.
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What size C-Purlin are you using? I would like to try this out, it would be slick without a doubt. As far as a floating wood floor goes, those are on the cheap trailers. They are too cheap to screw the boards down like they should be. Ditto on steel floor and Rumber needing crossmembers on 12" centers. For standard lumber call all the lumber yards to find the best price. We are calling 5 different places when we have a trailer floor job and it is crazy how much the price differs from one place to the next. I had one customer come in and he had used a composite deck material to refloor his. No experience with it.
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Originally posted by brushtrooper View PostWhat size C-Purlin are you using? I would like to try this out, it would be slick without a doubt. Ditto on steel floor and Rumber needing crossmembers on 12" centers.Originally posted by Dusty Britches View PostIf I go with the C purlin I was thinking I could run some ospho on it and then non slip tread tape. Or even just put the tape down.
What about rust?
I used paint with texture sand mixed in. It's been holding up well and no issues loading my offroad jeep even when it's muddy. So far rust isn't any worse than when you scratch the paint on the frame of the trailer. I spaced the purlins 1/4" apart to allow drainage.
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I made some phone calls.
Gooseneck Trailer in Bryan sells the Rumber, if they can get it. Right now they are struggling to get enough to build their own trailers. Rumber costs about 40% more on this year's lumber prices, but it is very difficult to get right now.
For my 18' x 6.5' wide trailerCPurlin was $2.65 - 2.94 / foot (2x6) = $689-741
Lumber 2x8x18 was $2.50 / foot = $495
Rumber $4.25 / foot (2x8) = $841.50. It has a 20 year warranty.
So, as much as I hate to say it, we will probably just go with the pressure treated lumber. It is amazing to me the variability between lumber store prices, too. Home Depot for the record doesn't sell anything longer than 16'. At least that is what the store in College Station said.Last edited by Dusty Britches; 04-23-2021, 07:17 AM.
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I have an 18 foot trailer. I re-floored it a couple of years ago, and I found it was much cheaper at the time to buy 10 foot boards. My trailer has a crossmember right in the middle, and even with a foot cut off each board, it was still a lot cheaper than the long boards. Just about any metal floor will cost more, unless it is salvage. C purlin works, even better is bar grating or grip strut, but the prices of that stuff new is prohibitive for most trailers.
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