It is 3/4 treated plywood but underneath is treated 2x6 boards.. yea it was 150.00 for the 3 sheets of plywood. It works fine best thing for it imo on top of 2x6'sIs that plywood for the flooring? Does it work well? We need to re-floor 2 stock trailers and a16 foot utility trailer..... dang, wood 's still expensive despite a slight price drop from the high in the spring.
Oh yeah everything is stapled good with 1 3/4 2 Barb Staples. Lol vinyl flooringSky, that will work fine, just be sure the edges are stapled good.
When I first looked at that picture I thought you laid some vinyl flooring in your stock trailer!
I did too.Sky, that will work fine, just be sure the edges are stapled good.
When I first looked at that picture I thought you laid some vinyl flooring in your stock trailer!
Hope so since I now only have 12 cows lolLooks nice and should be good for many years.
I just finished that very project myself. Even with just 12 cows it won't last that many years. I replaced mine with treated 2 x 10's 3 years ago. And even then I pulled the bull panel loose and covered the 2 x 10 floor with 3/4 treated plywood last year because the 2 x 10 were getting dody.Hope so since I now only have 12 cows lol
Thanks! I think you may be right. My neighbor treated his pine floor by coating it with used motor oil. He bragged that it had never been reflected after 30 yrs. It looked rough from wear but definitely no rot. It was a covered trailer where mine is not. Mine is kept outside and open to whatever falls from the sky.My opinion. Untreated pine for a trailer floor is going to have a very short life. Covering it with plywood traps moisture on the boards and makes it worse. Any pine in this area should be pressure treated and not covered with plywood. Plywood on the floor of a livestock trailer is bad. Leave small gaps between the boards so that they can drain and breathe. Oak will last a long time, but you need to find someone who will saw it to dimensions that fit. Or get that expensive composite floor. Long life, but heavy and expensive.
Urine is corrosive as hades.I was wondering, Has anyone used expanded metal with extra support beams for flooring? I like the idea of easy cleaning, air floor for drying out, something that won't rot and that can be repaired a section at a time as needed.