This question has been asked many times, but there are a few things....there is a commercial type rubber floor that you can install by gluing it down. I've had it done by a professional floor guy...the second and less expensive option is to go to a semi trailer dealer and buy a floor restoration kit. Its a clean crack filler that also seals the floor. The kits are around $300 or so each but will cover 53' of floor. Get a couple guys to go in on one and do them all at the same time. The stuff works and will actually help protect the floor from carbides/studs a little bit as well.

 

My friend is a contractor and he had me put 3 coats of Wood Life Classic preservative on my wood floor in my trailer. He says much better than Thompsons. Lo odor, easy to apply.

 

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I've found drain oil to work great. We use it on all our flat bed hay racks and truck beds on the farm and water will bead up on the wood like a freshly waxed vehicle. Not sure how it would be in an enclosed trailer though, as the sun really helps "bake" the oil into the wood. Also might be a little slick with snow and ice, but your floor would last forever!!!

For stud protection, I've used rubber truckbed mats with good results. They are lighter than conveyor belt or horse mats and have little dimples to allow air to get under them to keep the floor from rotting. Just make sure you screw them down well.

 

I have thought about the Wood Life Classic. I however have never heard of drain oil what is it and where do you get it. I always just used whatever was cheapest to do hay wagons and throw a tarp over the bed in winter haha.

 

Not sure if you're serious or not, but drain oil is the used oil that you drain out of your car/truck/tractor engines. I put it in a 5 gallon bucket and use a plastic bristle broom to brush it on the wood. It works best when it's hot out because the oil is thinner and soaks in faster/better. You can also thin the oil with a little diesel fuel if you want it to soak in faster, but you get the smell of the diesel. We have several hay racks that are over 20 yrs old with the original beds and they sit outside uncovered all year.

 

There is a guy in the Michigan for sale forum on this site selling conveyor belt cheap, check it out.

 

I put Thompsons water seal in my enclosed. I put it on an open trailer I had and got nearly 10 years out of the plywood.

 

I used garage floor epoxy paint it works well it's water proof and gas /oil resistant

 

The used motor oil will work, only thing is everytime I laid on mine always got dirty. I would use it on an open trailer, not so excited about an enclosed.

 

It's also Cancer causing.

 

You can use clean/new oil to reduce the dirtiness of it, but the cost is obviously higher. I know a guy that uses new oil for his deck and after about a week there is no residue to be tracked into the house.

 

I'm big fan of oiling stuff, wagons, chopper boxes, wood siding on a shed or camp.... Definitely works....But I would do my deck or trailer with it.

 

redgard waterproofing membrane. then paint over it so it isn't bright red lol. obviously u don't need the fiberglass on the edges like he uses since ur not doing a shower lol. wonder how it bonds to wood, lol.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8emPz4fy9Y redgard waterproofing membrane. then paint over it so it isn't bright red lol. obviously u don't need the fiberglass on the edges like he uses since ur not doing a shower lol. wonder how it bonds to wood, lol.

I am a flooring installer and this stuff works great!!!
I have even used it to water proof planters in offices over a copper lining and it holds up great, and it will stick to wood just fine BUT if you were to just install over the wood and paint it, it will not hold up cardies and picks, if you wanted to use it on the outer edges of mats and guides, it will last almost forever (as long as it is grease/oil free)

And you dont need the fabric as it is pretty much just an anti fracture membrane where there would be movent between two surfaces.

 

That Redguard stuff looks neat. I went down to my local Home Depot and they had this Behr Deck Over stuff, supposed to fill cracks up to a 1/4 inch and is really thick and is supposed to save the world and be the next great thing, at least that's what they said about it. Anyone heard anything about this stuff?

 

Had a oil spill inside my trailer,amsoil interceptor.Worked well,soaked in,repells snomelt.Then used it on floor and ramp 7-8 years ago.I had 4 gallons when I stopped using it.Used up a gallon ,then used rest as chain saw bar oil.

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Reguard isn't cheap. $50 a gallon. I use it in all of my custom showers. It looks like Pepto Bismol, has the consistency of yogurt, and smells like ass.

This is what it looks like when it is dry. The pink is where I touched it up and hasn't dried.

 

Ya don't put oil down. F that

 

I was hoping that there might be some used conveyor belt at one of the cement plants around my town but so far no luck. What have any of you had the best luck with for floor protection.

Thanks in advance

Tons of conveyor belt at my plant. Where ya located?

 

How heavy is 14' of conveyor belt?
Thanks, Kevin. :bc:

 

Yeah I wasn't going to get into that cancer causing stuff I'm No doctor so... I'm in southern Michigan and I have 2 gravel pits and 2 cement plants in my town lol so its just a matter of time before they need some replacement belts. However if they don't replace them before winter that plan wont work so right now I'm trying to figure out a plan I could do with supplies that are always available.

 

CIM 1000 might work. It's like liquid rubber
Dries to the consistency of a bicycle tire. $$$ though.

 

I just used an oil based transparent stain in my enclosed trailer. Water beads up nice. the floor cleans up dry. You can even tint it with color if you like.

 

So if anyone is still on this thread, does the wood have to be brand new?

 

Head from some people depending whatever you decide to use to waterproof the deck on an aluminum trailer that some treatments can react with the aluminum.