Paint for livestock trailer floor

[Zebbedee]

Looking for recommendations of paint for steel chequer plate floor on a livestock trailer? Shotblast and good primer first but then what ?

 

[quattro]

Looking for recommendations of paint for steel chequer plate floor on a livestock trailer? Shotblast and good primer first but then what ?

Same as what rolland use or kiln dried sand mixed with paint

 

[Zebbedee]

Same as what rolland use or kiln dried sand mixed with paint

Funnily enough it is a Rolland but unfortunately it has no paint left so not sure if there paint is the best. customer was thinking along the lines of stone chip etc as on a car but I think it may trap moisture in once it get a crack, maybe that raptor stuff would do better?

 

[quattro]

Funnily enough it is a Rolland but unfortunately it has no paint left so not sure if there paint is the best. customer was thinking along the lines of stone chip etc as on a car but I think it may trap moisture in once it get a crack, maybe that raptor stuff would do better?

How old is it

 

[JP1]

Weld aluminium chequerplate in , turned up on sides by at least 6”

 

[Hilly]

Weld aluminium chequerplate in , turned up on sides by at least 6”

You can’t weld alloy to steel.

 

[BRBX]

I was looking at the same for our rolland and did ring them to see if get what they put on the new ones but it would be pretty difficult to get it to key in without new metal and a lot of heat.
Priced up a roll of 10mm ribbed rubber sheet (easy!) which was just shy of the floor width , thinking being we could fix it at the front and roll it up periodically for a wash out but give the cattle a bit of purchase , was about £350 from memory was on my list to get it ordered ready for spring, can dig out email.

 

[JP1]

You can’t weld alloy to steel.

Don’t need to

Make a tray and pop rivet it to the sides

 

[Hilly]

Don’t need to

Make a tray and pop rivet it to the sides

Fair enough but that’s not what you said.

 

[JP1]

Fair enough but that’s not what you said.

True . What I meant in my head but didn’t write it right

 

[Zebbedee]

How old is it

Not sure tbh but it certainly well out of warranty

 

[Zebbedee]

I think an aluminium floor would be rolls Royce but on top of old steel floor would just corrode aluminium and steel with all the cow sh!t getting between the two layers ??

 

[JP1]

I think an aluminium floor would be rolls Royce but on top of old steel floor would just corrode aluminium and steel with all the cow sh!t getting between the two layers ??

Can you not weld it sealed with side upstands to make a tray ? After all most float floors rest on steel.

 

[Hilly]

As soon as you put anything ontop of steel it will rot rot rot and rot some more .

 

[Zebbedee]

Can you not weld it sealed with side upstands to make a tray ? After all most float floors rest on steel.

Yes that would be ok if original steel floor was removed otherwise it will just rot I think, not really suitable to cut this floor out 1 it’s not really too bad and 2 I think it’s fairly integral to the strength of the box

 

[Suffolksucklers]

Our Stewart demount is an Ali box on a steel floored trailer 2012 model and no rot

 

[Hilly]

Our Stewart demount is an Ali box on a steel floored trailer 2012 model and no rot

It won’t let sh!t out tho will it .

 

[BRBX]

Issue being the floor gets so slippery cattle don't like going in it , we did refurb and respray and floor paint didn't last 2 minutes , wondered if grass mats might fit in jt

 

[BRBX]

Looking for recommendations of paint for steel chequer plate floor on a livestock trailer? Shotblast and good primer first but then what ?

What did you end up doing with the floor??? will be time to get ours out soon and its still a skating rink!!

 

[goodevans]

I'm glad it's not just ours then, just bought a new JPM and made the mistake of not speccing it with aluminium floor and although has a couple of ridges pressed in the same as ramp the cattle still slide.Thinking of welding some round bar in herringbone shape so will still be easy to wash out