Zebbedee
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Looking for recommendations of paint for steel chequer plate floor on a livestock trailer? Shotblast and good primer first but then what ?
Paint for livestock trailer floor
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Same as what rolland use or kiln dried sand mixed with paint
Zebbedee
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- Scotland in the best bit
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 itFunnily enough it is a Rolland but unfortunately it has no paint left
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- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Weld aluminium chequerplate in , turned up on sides by at least 6”
Hilly
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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.
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.
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- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
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- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
True . What I meant in my head but didn’t write it right
Zebbedee
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Not sure tbh but it certainly well out of warranty
Zebbedee
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- Scotland in the best bit
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 ??
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- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Can you not weld it sealed with side upstands to make a tray ? After all most float floors rest on steel.
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
As soon as you put anything ontop of steel it will rot rot rot and rot some more .
Zebbedee
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- Scotland in the best bit
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- North Suffolk
Our Stewart demount is an Ali box on a steel floored trailer 
2012 model and no rot
2012 model and no rot
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
It won’t let sh!t out tho will it .Our Stewart demount is an Ali box on a steel floored trailer
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- nottingham
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
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- nottingham
What did you end up doing with the floor??? will be time to get ours out soon and its still a skating rink!!
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