Replacing wooden trailer floor with another one, which wood?

[fathorselover]

I think my trailer floor needs to be replaced, I'm happy to do it with wood rather than aluminium to save on costs, but what wood would people recommend be used?

 

[turnbuckle]

Buffalo board (phenolic ply) will be OK. 18mm usually suggested, no harm in goign up to 25mm if weight allows. If you have a bit of weight in hand, keruang, which is what they make HGV flooring from, is tough stuff.

But remember, all flooring will rot and weaken in time. Ali is actually a problem if not isolated where it joins steel.

 

[HappyHollyDays]

Please don't use marine ply. My horsebox repair man has seen far to many accidents with the stuff.

 

[fathorselover]

Thanks for the guidance, will definitely avoid marine ply!

 

[whiteflower]

We had ours done in wisa wire board which is an outdoor weather proof ply with wire mesh in it. It's designed for horseboxes and transport flooring and I liked the idea of the wire mesh rather than just boards

 

[fredflop]

You won’t go wrong with hardwood planks

 

[merry neddy man]

Keruing timber flooring, lay the 1st underlayer bolted to the chassis running longway, lay the top layer shortway ,wants a little champher on to create a v groove to give better grip ,will last you 10 years.

 

[Leo Walker]

You won’t go wrong with hardwood planks

I've got mahogany planks then aluminium on top of that (kept separate from the steel. The wood was all sealed and then coated in waxoyl underbody stuff. Then solid, sealed rubber on top.