Replacing trailer floor

[scbk]

Never bought it, but I'm sure the local timber suppliers do a phenolic plywood for about £25-£30, 8x4 sheets though

[ostosix]

44 minutes ago, scbk said:

Never bought it, but I'm sure the local timber suppliers do a phenolic plywood for about £25-£30, 8x4 sheets though

And the rest :-)

[Conor Wright]

There are different makers of phenolic resin plys, sveza being one of the better ones. Coated shuttering ply is not the same as proper flooring sheeting
Bought a cheaper (shuttering) board and barely got two years out of it before it softened, had 4 years out of the sveza titan and was still good when I sold the trailer.. it had been marked by rough use but retained its strength and rigidity. It's Russian made and each birch ply is resin coated then bonded together, as opposed to some which are only ply with a resin coat top and bottom have a look.. www.sveza.com

[Johnsond]

Got this pic off a Trailer for sale on gumtree Inverness. Quite like the boarded floor look 

[spuddog0507]

On 24/01/2019 at 10:31, peatff said:

Phenolic resin ply is the material a lot of trailers are floored with, it's not cheap stuff though. Any good sheeting supplier should be able to supply it but there are always sellers on eBay.

sorry but there seems to be different grades of this, a mate of mine renewed the floor of his 14ft ifor he got the sheeting from a reputable sourse but it was a bit cheaper than the sheeting supplied by a ifor dealer but it only lasted just over 2 years, last time he got the proper sheeting from a ifor deeler and thats been on just over 3 1/2 years and looks fine 

[peatff]

13 minutes ago, spuddog0507 said:

sorry but there seems to be different grades of this,

 

You get what you pay for in most instances, the Buffalo board others are suggesting is just the same but with a non slip chequered top finish and a higher price to match.

[aspenarb]

No ply is actually waterproof, some of the marine ply and stuff like buffalo board use waterproof glue but although better  does not help the ply itself. A decent marine ply drowned in Woodcon is probably as good as you can get.

 

https://www.ecoformeurope.co.uk/product/woodcon-diy-make-wood-water-repellent/

 

Bob

[Baldbloke]

I used some kind of cheaper board with a plastic coating recommended by my local builders merchant. The offcuts i used on a smaller trailer so there were was no wastage. About half the price of the resin impregnated proper boarding. I covered the boards with sacrificial thinner exterior ply, and sealed any gaps with silicon. My reasoning was that with rough handling and chucking on logs the exterior ply could be replaced every few years and the boards underneath would last. This has worked for two years so far, but my trailer is kept in a shed when not used.

However, the smaller trailers floor which is kept outside fell apart within the two years as the plastic coated boarding was shite because it was left in the elements and the boarding within absorbed rain water and swelled. Buy cheap, buy twice.

[Billhook]

Probably be before the disciplinary committee for posting this from a rival forum!

I always heard that they made trailer floors from poplar in the old days and some on this site seem to agree.  It would certainly be a cheap alternative and easy to replace.

 

http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=74569.0

 

 

[Woodworks]

On 24/01/2019 at 09:12, MAPLE LEAF said:

I have a 8x6 Ivor Williams trailer with a wooden floor which is on its way out.

Has anyone replaced them and is it a straight forward job.

Also if anyone can recommend where to get the flooring from I’m looking for genuine Ivor William floor.

Im in Dorset.

 

Looking at this thread it looks like it's best to get more ply from Ifor Williams. Our Ifor must be 15 years old, lives outside, gets rough treatment from logs and the floor is still the original phenolic ply. Doesn't look so pretty and lifting a tad but still structurally sound.