Protect the garage floor

[SIKEWARD]

I'm trying to find strips of plastic of some sort that I could fasten down to the concrete floor to protect it from the skis. I saw the trailer ski guides on dennis kirk however I need about 100' of this stuff. The kit comes with 40' Anybody know where I could find something similar at a cheaper price?

Here is a link to what I am looking for if this helps.
http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/produ...in&catId=&productId=p513207&leafCatId=&mmyId=

 

[APEX 06]

When I built the shop I used plywood, cut into 10" wide for the sleds. The best part is if it gets wet you won't fall when you step on it.

 

[APEX 06]

Or you could get them ski boots, there cheap use them all the time in the trailer.

 

[natedawgedog]

I use steerable wheel dollys for my shop, imo its the only way to go

 

[sherlock29]

for trailers/truck ramps i've used the bottom of a truck bed liner... very cheap and tough as hell.. cut them in 7" wide stips.. was able to get about 40 feet from 1 liner....(free)... but for a garage floor, dollies or ski boots....

 

[YammyRX1]

X2- I went to a junkyard, got a beat up bedliner for free and cut it into strips for my trailer. That stuff is very slippery and guides the carbides well.

 

[yamahas]

truck bed liner is great for the trailler but for the garage floor I got ahold of some old conveyer belt rubber from a mine. my grandfather had some laying around.

when ice builds up on it i can usualy get most of it off by "whipping" it like if your trying to spred a tarp or bed sheet. yet its heavy enough that the skis don't catch onto it.

 

[SIKEWARD]

The bedliner and conveyor belt ideas sound like a good ones. Where would i find a conveyor belt cheap enough? I have a single garage door that comes off the back of the garage just for the snowmobiles. I want to be able to drive in and out with out monkeying around with tipping the sleds and putting things on them.

 

[yamahas]

I am not sure where you would get one. the one I got had been sitting in my grand fathers shed for 20+ years.

 

[AKrider]

I just use dollies, it is a bit of a hassle but once the sled is on dollies, I can push it sideways or wherever I want without trouble.

I don't see how conveyor belt work since the rubber is "sticky" and would tend to grab the carbides. It would work great for studs. My Dad had a slab of conveyor belt rubber in the back of his pick-up. I hated trying to pull my sled out because there was so much friction, the sled might as well have been velcro'd in.

 

[yamahas]

i did not think it would cork either. I did forget to mention the way it was cuut. it is cut at an angle. it very rarely gets cought on the carbide. the rubber mat in my truck does get cought on the carbide all the time.

 

[smalltownpower]

we got a 2008 chevy avalanche with the rubber bed liner. bout three quarter inch thick, weighs bout 180 pounds. you cant even slide a grocery bag across it

 

[Crewchief47]

Conveyor belting would have a different rubber compound and will be multi ply likely with Kevlar or some other material included in some of the plys. Most belting is designed to be heat resistant as well like the stuff they used in or old Foundry to transport casting sand back from sand removal. IE sand that has spent a large amount of time being intimate with molten steel.

Don't know how long it will last against carbides but it would be longer than bed mats and more "slippery" to boot.

 

[revster]

I have a stock pile of worn out sliders. Just add glue...

 

[snownutz]

If you where a little closer to me I could probably hook you up with some conveyor belting. Check your local stone quary or asphalt plant. They should have some old stuff laying around.