Trailer Floor Protection - need input for V-neck protection

[LuvMyWarrior]

Hi Guys,

I got my new trailer (no I dont have pics yet) and I am wondering what people are using to protect the floor in the V-neck. I am using the Caliber low wide glides and trax mat for the rest of the trailer. I need something to proctect the 5 ft v-neck from carbides as I am exiting the trailer. I am thinking of using Polyethelene plastic. Anyone else use this or have ideas of what to use? I wanted to use Linex but too expensive and not sure would hold up to years of abuse. I am going to have a piece of aluminum fabricated as a ski guide to help turn the skis.

Thanks!

 

[TBay Sledhead]

Royal Distributing sells Flex Guides made by POWERMADD. Have a look at them.

 

[Sled Dog]

I used what they call puck board up here. It is the white plastic used on the hockey rinks to protect the players from the wooden boards of old. The cheapest and most effective would be 3/8 rough plywood when it get to bad flip it over and when it gets bad again throw it out and buy a new one. When you go to sell rip them out and you have a brand new floor again.

 

[n2oiroc]

im just leaving mine alone. covering it with another layer will just trap moisture between the 2 and slides are slippery, step on a wet one and its boom time.

 

[4Fighter]

The best, all be it, heaviest material I've ever seen is used conveyor belt from rock crushers used in a cement/gravel quary (Cedarville, MI).

 

[craze1cars]

So if I understand you right, you're talking about ONLY the 5 foot long V-front of the trailer floor? Not the entire floor?

If yes and LineX is too expensive, just coat it yourself with a can of Herculiner or Duplicolor or similar DIY bedliner product from your local Walmart or auto parts store. That's a very small area and one $29 can should do the trick. If it ever wears out, slap another coat on it.

Or...just leave it bare and replace that triangle of flooring up there once in a while.

Or...cut a scrap of plywood for that section and screw it down with just a few screws. Then it's easy to pull it up after the last use of the season to let it dry underneath and prevent rotting your good floor.

Or best of all...forget about your aluminum fabricated ski guides, just buy the curved plastic ski-glides that are designed for just this purpose http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/product_c ... 511&mmyId= and do some fancy cutting and screwing in all the right places. Carefully placed, they'll act just like train tracks to guide each sled's ski out the door.

I'd caution against your plan for covering the floor in a smooth plastic. Will be a dangerous skating rink when it gets wet.

 

[**sj**]

get some 1/4 plywood...cheap and effective..

 

[mnf7sp]

Cow pads 3/4" thick at fleet farm! they are not effected by carbides, have grooved underliner for moisture. Cut them with skill saw and clamped guides. I just installed them from a guy who had them in 4 trailers. They are a little heavy but I will see. I drove my sleds on them, got the pads wet and they almost seem like more grip! I will post some pics during the holidays.

 

[Upstate 65]

I covered the floor of my enclosed trailer with 1/4" masonite. It's cheap and very durable. We use it all the time to protect finished floors on constrution projects. It has lasted three years and still looks good.

 

[Exciter Man]

Cow pads 3/4" thick at fleet farm! they are not effected by carbides, have grooved underliner for moisture. Cut them with skill saw and clamped guides. I just installed them from a guy who had them in 4 trailers. They are a little heavy but I will see. I drove my sleds on them, got the pads wet and they almost seem like more grip! I will post some pics during the holidays.

I bought the exact same thing yesterday and want to install them over the holidays. How do you plan to hold them in place?

 

[Coondog2707]

I used uhmd plastic, but really with the sleds having reverse, I never drive them out the front. I is easier to back them out. Figures, just when I can afford a DI/DO trailer, all the sleds come with reverse!!!
If your sled have reverse, dont even bother!

 

[yamadooski]

Trailer floor

I got, for free, 3 foot wide conveyor belt from a local quarry. Installed a strip on each side of our 4 place V nose for the sleds and then covered most of the nose area. It works great, not slippery, but don't know about whether it will hold moisture between the belt and wood floor. We used stainless screws and washers to make sure they didn't rust. Pleased so far.

 

[bigdog_mike]

Rubber truck mat

Brought a old used rubber truck bed mat :ORC and cut it to size, added a few stainless steel screw with fender washer and you'll never have another problem. Had mine on for 5 years, its the whip

 

[Convert]

Buy an old plastic bedliner from a topper place and cut it up just did my whole trailer if you cut triangular sections out you can form it so it's curved works great in the V section I just put a 2X2 around the outer edge as a guide pretty much keeps the ski's in the right place all the way out Took 3 bedliners to do my 23 footer for $75 total much cheaper than buying the guides.

 

[Len Todd]

OSB. The sleds slide really good on it and if a carbide catches, only a small shaving comes off. Flip it once and a while and it will even dry out on the bottom. Got the garage floor and Toy Hauler lined with the stuff.