Trailer Flooring

[OctaneMotorsports]

Hey Everyone,

I'm picking up a new Pace Journey 8x16 trailer for kart racing, and I am looking for some suggestions on flooring. It needs to be relatively inexpensive, available locally, easy to install, easy to clean, slip resistant and it has to look good! What are my options? Thanks.

 

[MXtras]

Tile?

I had a smooth, painted aluminum floor (Alpolic) in my bike trailer but I ended up putting carpet over top of it for the "comfy" factor. This is for dirt bikes! I just let the mud dry and sweep it out - it's commercial, low cut carpet. Not all that good of an idea, but I really like the carpet and will likey replace it with new carpet when this tuff is completely shot.

Scott

 

[boiler7904]

Hey Everyone,

I'm picking up a new Pace Journey 8x16 trailer for kart racing, and I am looking for some suggestions on flooring. It needs to be relatively inexpensive, available locally, easy to install, easy to clean, slip resistant and it has to look good! What are my options? Thanks.

You forgot to mention that it should be somewhat flexible since the trailer floor will when going down the road. Here's what I'd consider:

Marine grade plywood - painted
Marine grade plywood - epoxy flooring (Rust Oleum Pro or equal)
Marine grade plywood - DIY liquid truck bedliner (similar to Rhino Lining)
Roll Type rubber / vinyl flooring - I think gladiator sells one now.

Each will have plusses and minuses depending how many cabinets, benches, tools, etc. stay in the trailer all the time.

VCT would be an option but I would be concerned that it would crack prematurely from the trailer floor flexing.

 

[BoostAddiction]

My trailer has aluminum tread plate because it is tough, looks great, cleans up quickly, and has high light reflectivity. If you ever have to work on the car in the trailer, especially at night, you will appreciate a light, reflective floor.

If that is too expensive (and I thought long and hard about it when I did it...), good plywood flooring as provided by Advantech, covered with a light epoxy paint or light truck bedliner (they are available in a range of colors, not just black, BTW) is a great choice as well.

The problem with carpet is that oil stains are almost impossible to remove. However, carpet on the sides of a trailer is a great idea (assuming you already have dull walls) as it protects the sides from dings, etc and tends not to get oil stains.

Of course, as Scott says, if you do use carpet, just change it out every year or so- it really isn't that expensive.

IMO, anyway!

-Will

 

[OctaneMotorsports]

Thanks a lot.

I'm looking at some cheap vynl tiles. One of the other guys on my team used the exact same ones in his trailer, and said as long as you spray some 3M adheisive on them they will be fine. He has them in a black and white checkered pattern on his floor and walls and they have held up perfectly for 2 seasons. It seems like they fit under all my criteria. I think they were under $0.50 a tile.