vodomagoo

I just picked up a new to me 28' haulmark trailer to tow my race car. presently the trailer has plywood floors and im looking for a covering for it. ive heard vinyl flooring will peel up under hot tires, any recomendations? so far ive considered industral carpeting, vinyl. Also should plastic be laid under the carpeting if i go that route?

pappyman

Diamond plate is tuff stuff even if you only use it for tire runners I have vinyl with diamond pate runners and E-Track for tiedowns.....carpets is bad oil gas dirt turns it to muck fast

cditrani

I painted the floor of my trailer with a 2-part (epoxy based) floor paint made for shop floors. It was pricey stuff but seemed very durable and was oil/chemical resistant and non-skid.

Fat Framer

Line-X

redneckonthenet

I second that! Tough stuff!

cumminsbanshee

On our 38 footer we tiled the floor with like a plastic tile (black and white of course) And it has held up very well and we have had it for about 5 years. The only problems we have had are on the back door entrance it chipped a bit but other than that it looks great and holds up exceptionaly well. If you need pics just ask and I will post them when I get home on saturday. I am going to the Race shop so I can take pics.

2500CTD

My trailer has about 4 pieces of wood starting to curl up from water. After this move, I'm redoing the interior of it. What grade plywood should I shoot for? I like the expoy idea w/ diamond plate runners, already got 4 strips of Etrack also. What to play with next the truck or trailer!!!

JohnnyH

You might consider a Marine Grade plywood. Probably a little pricey, but should hold up to moisture well.

2500CTD

ok, i guess prolly undercoat it also? Didnt even think about marine plywood. Thx. -Bob

WhiteSport600

Mine is Diamond plate throughout, expensive, but WELL worth it. Everybody comments on what a nice trailer it is, and that's the only difference between mine and theirs. The black and white tile is okay for a few months, but the white turns yellow/brown after a tire sits on it. You could also paint the plywood semi-gloss black and then install Diamond plate tire runners, I've seen that done and it looks nice too.

cumminsbanshee

The tiles do get stained only if you dont take care of the trailer. After every race we take and empty the trailer and scrub the floor we just started to notice stains last season. But i guess the diamond plate would be the best route although expensive it is well worth it. Great call White

upersleder

we used vinyl on our trailer floor with no real problems. we have four pads of aluminum diamondplate for where the tires sit, the front ones have built in blocks for the tires. a couple of tiles have come loose over the years, but they were just glued back down.

Brad - 720

I second the Line-X idea.
Our trailer came with linoleum on the floor and diamond plate on the ramp. The floor get's torn up, the ramp is DANGEROUSLY slippery when wet...

IF we keep the trailer until it's time to redo, I'm going with Line-X.
-Brad

Kyle Graham

I covered my snowmobile trailer floor with some gray heavy duty paint and just mixed in sand into the paint. Cheap and it works extremely well.

Fat Framer

I have 2 enclosed construction trailers. I drag equiptment and material in and out 6 days a week. I installed 1/8 aluminum diamond plate the day I bought the trailers. It cost me $125 a sheet of 4x8x1/8 and took 5 sheets per trailer. It will last forever but it is very hard to drag anything on due to the diamonds. Everyone told me it would be very slippery when wet. Never happened even with snow or ice. Now that aluminum has sky-rocketed in price I will Line-X the next trailer. Should cost about $500 and will be easier to clean and work on. The epoxy paint is nice but the grain in the plywwod floor will eventually lift and splinter as I already tried that. So my recomendation is Line-X