Stock trailer floorboard spacing?

[RanchMan90]

What floorboard spacing do y'all like on a stock trailer? Im replacing mine and want it to clean out well, it's used nearly daily.

 

[M-5]

I usually don't leave a gap. If your using PT wood that's still green it will shrink and you will get about 1/4 after it drys. If you leave to big of a gap you will leave Shyt in at every stop you make and that does not look professional to the naysayers and could direct attention from the nice nasty folks.

 

[Brute 23]

I usually don't leave a gap. If your using PT wood that's still green it will shrink and you will get about 1/4 after it drys. If you leave to big of a gap you will leave Shyt in at every stop you make and that does not look professional to the naysayers and could direct attention from the nice nasty folks.

:nod:

 

[Nesikep]

I leave enough gap that cars don't follow too closely

 

[Son of Butch]

I don't know of anyone with spaced flooring.
I suppose 3/8" inch would aid in cleaning without leaving too large of a gap for young calves to get a toe caught in it.

 

[Caustic Burno]

When I replaced mine with treated 2x6 when measuring it out 1/2 inch made it come out even.
That is why mine has 1/2 spacing.

 

[D2Cat]

I've used 16P nail as spacing on dry wood, but like mentioned when wet wood dries it may be 3/8" or more.

 

[TexFarmer]

I replaced my old stock trailer boards a couple of years ago with 2x8 treated wood and didn't leave a gap. I've since learned that I should have used 2x6 boards which don't warp down the middle as much, though I haven't noticed any big warping in the wood that I used so far. After a couple of years only small gaps have opened up, maybe because my trailer is enclosed with a roof and not exposed to the elements as much.

 

[M-5]

Got to lay the boards that wide with the grain down or like it grows with rings out

 

[reeler]

2x6 treated, 1/4" gap

 

[ddd75]

most cattle haulers rip out the factory floor and put spaced boards so they don't ever have to clean it.