Grundsau Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 We have a 5x8 utility trailer that gets used for hauling mulch, wood chips, etc at times. It has angle iron rails and the floor has gaps between the PT wood boards. I thought about a 1/2" x5'x8' sheet of ply with four removable sides to make storage easier when the liner is not needed. Anyone have any suggestions on what to use? I'd rather not add a lot of weight to the trailer so the lighter the better. An aluminum drop in liner would probably be expensive and couldn't locate a plastic pickup truck style liner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Truck bed liners pop up on Craigslist all the time, but I don't think one would fit very well for you. If you rework the floor you can make the boards tight together and probably only add a board or two to the weight of the floor, reusing most of your existing good flooring. The plywood sides are tried and true. If you can use or make pockets in the rail for 2x4 so you can extend the sides up as you need. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Rubber mat or wood. Plastic liners suck for iron/metal because the material slides too easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundsau Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 I'll check out moving the floor boards. Am hoping the screws holding them down are self-tapping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigred1o1 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 keep an eye out for used rubber stall mats i was lucky last year and picked up about 30 of them at a barn/house Yankee auction i think you should be able to pick one up for around 45bucks or so and they are fantastic for liners i have ones that are a inch thick and slightly pebbled texture wise this winter i drove the truck around with a 400lb slab of granite in the back of it and it did not shift at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Now if you are moving mulch or sand you may *want* a slick base to make shoveling it out easier. I'd go ask a place that does bed liners for an old one---might ask at a dealership as they will sometimes junk an old liner to spruce up a used vehicle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigred1o1 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 i guess i miss understood what you were looking for and thought you did not want a slick base if thats what you want there is are fantastic products for lining dump bodies and manure spreaders its a 1/4 inch thick polyethylene liner they are very rugged but i dont know how well they would hold up to having scrap metal in the they work well for rock and manure and mulch though and you can just attach them along the front edge of the trailer so they are not that hard to swap out if needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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