Bale trailer floor options

oldsmokey

Hi, would any of the materisls here do to clap on top of our botchy 6 x 2 timber floor to make it acceptable for anothrr few years?
Trailer is normally housed, but would like to have a degree of water resistsnce..Woodworkers Prices - Plywood Sheets
www.woodworkers.ie › p_sheet_plywood
Cheers
Try this
http://www.woodworkers.ie/prices/p_sheet_plywood.shtml

yellow50HX

oldsmokey wrote: »

Hi, would any of the materisls here do to clap on top of our botchy 6 x 2 timber floor to make it acceptable for anothrr few years?
Trailer is normally housed, but would like to have a degree of water resistsnce..Woodworkers Prices - Plywood Sheets
www.woodworkers.ie › p_sheet_plywood
Cheers
Try this
http://www.woodworkers.ie/prices/p_sheet_plywood.shtml

Better off with sheets of marine ply, have a look in the local recycling centre plenty thrown out of building sites.

oldsmokey

yellow50HX wrote: »

Better off with sheets of marine ply, have a look in the local recycling centre plenty thrown out of building sites.

Would marine ply stick being left in the rain from time to time?

Muckit

oldsmokey wrote: »

Would marine ply stick being left in the rain from time to time?

No! Pure waste of time.
Tis either replace rotten timbers with douglas fir or put steel floor on it. Anything else would be a waste of time

MickeyShtyles

Muckit wrote: »

No! Pure waste of time.
Tis either replace rotten timbers with douglas fir or put steel floor on it. Anything else would be a waste of time

Larch, MuckIt?

Base price

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Larch, MuckIt?

+1

Larch planks with spacing between or go all the way with chequered aluminium plate.

Muckit

Larch yes ....if u can get it

Keepgrowing

Steel floor, do it once and right, no messing around with expansion joints etc

bogman_bass

If you can get some old carpet to put on top it’s a great job of moving wrapped bales

oldsmokey

Muckit wrote: »

Larch yes ....if u can get it

Ok will look for the larch...the phenolic resin (basically plastic covered mdf from what i csn mske out) 8 x 4 sheets would be an easier job, those sheets come in at approx 60e each, so 5 would suffice, anyone used them? Ta

Who2

oldsmokey wrote: »

Ok will look for the larch...the phenolic resin (basically plastic covered mdf from what i csn mske out) 8 x 4 sheets would be an easier job, those sheets come in at approx 60e each, so 5 would suffice, anyone used them? Ta

Your looking at 600 plus to cover the same area in larch then put the price of fixings on top and you may be as well put the trailer on done deal and upgrade what you have.

enricoh

I wouldn't touch them resin boards, I've seen plenty of ifor Williams trailers with the board gone and replaced with checker plate.
Get steel 3mm checker plate weld them in. No messing with bolts, Tek screws etc

Grueller

enricoh wrote: »

I wouldn't touch them resin boards, I've seen plenty of ifor Williams trailers with the board gone and replaced with checker plate.
Get steel 3mm checker plate weld them in. No messing with bolts, Tek screws etc

I would agree but go to 4 or 5mm steel. I was doing a 13 × 7 gillespie last year and the diffetence in price of 4 mm and 5mm steel was less than €60. It is a lifetime job now.

oldsmokey

Grueller wrote: »

I would agree but go to 4 or 5mm steel. I was doing a 13 × 7 gillespie last year and the diffetence in price of 4 mm and 5mm steel was less than €60. It is a lifetime job now.

Ok, steel it is, thanks for the input lads.

lab man

Muckit wrote:

Larch yes ....if u can get it

I done a floor here 4 yrs ago with larch right happy with it but everyone takes the loan of it

lab man

Keepgrowing wrote:

Steel floor, do it once and right, no messing around with expansion joints etc

Larch don't swell

hopeso

Would larch planks be a better job than the sheets of Buffalo board for the floor of an Ifor Williams 10x5'6 flatbed? Would it need to be planed for a trailer floor?

lab man

hopeso wrote:

Would larch planks be a better job than the sheets of Buffalo board for the floor of an Ifor Williams 10x5'6 flatbed? Would it need to be planed for a trailer floor?

I'd say it would do the job alright

Who2

hopeso wrote: »

Would larch planks be a better job than the sheets of Buffalo board for the floor of an Ifor Williams 10x5'6 flatbed? Would it need to be planed for a trailer floor?

I wouldn’t worry about planing it. It’s going to get scuffed anyway. You’ll get your timber in 1/4” sizes rough and you can work out what your spacing is. But I wouldn’t put anything less than 1 1/4 or you’ll be wasting your time.

patsy_mccabe

Guys how would you know real Larch? Guy selling reasonably priced stakes at the ploughing.