View Full Version : Anyone have a hookup for aluminum sheets or planks?
badass88gt
09-25-2008, 05:03 PM
I built a 4 place ATV trailer and I used wood planks for the floor, but I'm not too crazy about it. Does anyone have a hookup for aluminum material that I could use, either sheets or planks? The trailer is 8'1/2"x12'. Thanks-Dan
3 4'x8' sheets of aluminum wouldn't be cheap. What thickness do you need... 1/8" (10 gauge)?
You sure you want to use soft aluminum?
Windsors 03 Cobra
09-25-2008, 06:01 PM
Steel grate planks ?
http://www.gratingpacific.com/images/GP19gripstrut1.gif
badass88gt
09-25-2008, 06:28 PM
Aluminum sheets would work better, cant weld the steel to the frame.
I'd say use a sheet of steal and bolt it to the frame. Aluminum is expensive and dents super easy. Is the wood treated? If so, it shouldn't be a problem?
badass88gt
09-25-2008, 06:59 PM
I used 1x8 treated boards but the problem is theyre breaking under the force of tying the ATVs down.
badass88gt
09-25-2008, 07:00 PM
I wouldve used 2x8s but wanted to keep the weight down.
Windsors 03 Cobra
09-25-2008, 07:02 PM
I would go buy some 2x8's.
1 By's :rolf
How are you strapping them down?
badass88gt
09-25-2008, 07:13 PM
Ratchet straps. I may be a bit overzealous as a buddy of mine had one go for a ride once.
Just get 4 steel strips and sandwich the boards between 2 in front and 2 in the rear. Weld some of these eye hooks to the steel, and your good to go.
http://img.alibaba.com/photo/52358972/hook_eye_screw.jpg
badass88gt
09-25-2008, 07:32 PM
http://www.etrailer.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/brophy/rr05.jpg
I have these in the floor now. The board is breaking around them. I may be able to get some aluminum out of semi trailer flooring.
They are freaking 1x8's, you can't install something meant to be installed in a 2x8 and expect it to hold up the same :)
Hence reinforcing the floor with steel.
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