Best/toughest way of lining a tipping trailer

[dent]

As said above its designed to do that job the amount of metal being removed will be minimal and it wont wear eavenly it will wear heavier in the middle so if you do wear it out it should be easy for a section to be replaced althouggh trailers like that hold there money well enough that if you do wear it out sell it and spec the next one with thicker floow

[Matthew Storrs]

Thanks for your ideas everyone- seems like the general consensus is just to leave it be- perhaps I'm being a bit precious with it as it's still shiny! Incidentally if I was to weld strips on down the length, would the weld ruin the paint under the trailer? Countersunk bolts could be the answer. This is only a 10 ton dump/loader trailer, but even the big 20 ton dedicated dump trailers only have 6mm floor and sides unless speced as an option to have 10mm so I guess the manufacturers think 6mm is enough for most stuff.

 

Generally il be the only one using it so can be gentle:001_smile:

[waterbuoy]

Yes, welding will screw up the paint on the underside..

 

If you decide you do want to protect with a sacrificial layer 1 would consider a thin sheet of aluminium - say 2mm, that could be attached with rivets around the edge.

[john meehan]

Thanks for your ideas everyone- seems like the general consensus is just to leave it be- perhaps I'm being a bit precious with it as it's still shiny! Incidentally if I was to weld strips on down the length, would the weld ruin the paint under the trailer? Countersunk bolts could be the answer. This is only a 10 ton dump/loader trailer, but even the big 20 ton dedicated dump trailers only have 6mm floor and sides unless speced as an option to have 10mm so I guess the manufacturers think 6mm is enough for most stuff.

 

Generally il be the only one using it so can be gentle:001_smile:

A friend of mine works for a company that uses a mega hard plastic to line wagon backs etc. Its super hard wearing. Would probably do great in a trailer to.

 

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[Steve Bullman]

best and toughest? i'd go with speedliner, its amazing stuff.

Speedliner® Spray In Bedliner - The Original Bedliner

[gensetsteve]

Or cut some 6 mm thick steel sheet and just lay it in there few bolts at the top. Chuck it when knackered. Would stop the floor bending if one of those concrete lumps slipped out the grab before it should.

[SteveA]

A friend of mine works for a company that uses a mega hard plastic to line wagon backs etc. Its super hard wearing. Would probably do great in a trailer to.

 

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I was gonna mention screwing in a sheet of polycarbonate. Is that what your friends company use?

cheers, Steve

[Matthew Storrs]

best and toughest? i'd go with speedliner, its amazing stuff.

Speedliner® Spray In Bedliner - The Original Bedliner

 

I do like the idea of the speedliner- but do you think it would hold up to sliding aggressive loads like granite,concrete? I found somewhere that was supplying it for pickup with an average pickup size costing £500, which would obviously make my trailer very expensive to do...

 

Someone earlier said 'sacrificial layer' and that probably describes exactly what I'm after- something just to take the brunt of the load, that is easy and relatively cheap to replace once a year or whatever. I don't think anything will last longer than the original floor- but be nice to try and make it last if poss.

[Woodworks]

I do like the idea of the speedliner- but do you think it would hold up to sliding aggressive loads like granite,concrete? I found somewhere that was supplying it for pickup with an average pickup size costing £500, which would obviously make my trailer very expensive to do...

 

Someone earlier said 'sacrificial layer' and that probably describes exactly what I'm after- something just to take the brunt of the load, that is easy and relatively cheap to replace once a year or whatever. I don't think anything will last longer than the original floor- but be nice to try and make it last if poss.

 

My new (SH) truck has a sprayed liner and may well be speed liner. It would not stand a chance against those bits of granite and it is non slip! They may do different options but if anything like mine would be hopeless for that use.

Edited April 2, 2017 by Woodworks

[Steve Bullman]

pretty sure speedliner would stand up to that. No idea how much it would cost really, you might be surprised as it would be a less finicky job spraying an ag trailer than a pick up buck I would imagine.