Bale trailer flooring

Willy2007

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Livestock Farmer
Hi all,
We are wanting to re do our flooring on our bale trailer as the existing steel has rusted through and wanted your thoughts on either using steel or wood. We are thinking wood using 1 inch boards and screwing them straight to the cross members with self tappers. If you think wood what self tappers would you recommend.
Thanks in advance
Will
 

JD6920s

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Shropshire
I put a floor on an old artic trailer that the boards had all rotted out on, I used some second hand pvc coated box profile and tek screwed it straight to the cross members and it’s been grand, ideal for straw, I’ll get a pic tomorrow if I remember.
 

JD6920s

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Shropshire
Hi all,
We are wanting to re do our flooring on our bale trailer as the existing steel has rusted through and wanted your thoughts on either using steel or wood. We are thinking wood using 1 inch boards and screwing them straight to the cross members with self tappers. If you think wood what self tappers would you recommend.
Thanks in advance
Will
 

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AJR75

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Somerset
I've used 21 mm buffalo type boarding (same type but thicker than the ifor trailer flooring) on a couple of trailers, sourced from a local lorry body builder. Was sceptical about how well it would last but no complaints so far. I think @Chuckie used similar type flooring on a trailer that he made several years ago possibly?
 

Chuckie

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Location
England
I've used 21 mm buffalo type boarding (same type but thicker than the ifor trailer flooring) on a couple of trailers, sourced from a local lorry body builder. Was sceptical about how well it would last but no complaints so far. I think @Chuckie used similar type flooring on a trailer that he made several years ago possibly?

Well remembered!

10 years old now, still almost perfect condition and does stand outside most of the time. It needs to be a good make of board though, I know someone that used some cheap copy stuff and it was lifting around the edges in a few months.
 

steveR

Member
Mixed Farmer
We use wooden floors on all our straw trailers.either 5x2 or 6x2 can't remember.an leave a gap between each board.just tek scew them on.one will of been done nearly 20 years.still going strong.
Same here.

My neighbour had a new floor put on his Marshall bale trailer. The bloke doing the work put 1" planks on. Totally unfit for purpose as the timber is broken and cracked inside 3 years.
 

MrNoo

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Cirencester
We never had floors, we just used 1 1/2" sq box section steels every foot or so across the bed. Fine for carrying seed bags/fert and bales.
 

AJR75

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Somerset
Stainless steel Tek screws are not very sharp for drilling, you may well need to drill a pilot hole first.
Definitely this and possibly countersink your timber first as well. The heads have an annoying habit of snapping off when the going gets tough.
 

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