I recently just bought a new enclosed trailer for my snowmobile that has a studded track and i don't want to ruin the flooring, can anyone give me some advice as to what to use. I will also be using this for my atv as well, i read people using Polybead but i dont know if thats the best route. Open to any help.
New Trailer Flooring HELP!
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I bought an older Phazer that had studs, too. I used my cart that I had fabbed for my jestskis and put that under the track. It's just a rectangular support built out of 2x4's and has 4 casters to facilitate ease of movement. I put the steerable ski dollies on the front and just pushed it into the trailer. This kept the trailer floor from being damaged and made it fairly easy to load/unload....
I have use old conveyor belting screwed to the floor and it works very well. I like linex bed liner the best, I had it on my old trailer and it holds up to carbide very well, It is expensive that why its not in my current trailer (Too much cost when I went bigger). I like the looks of polybead flooring but I bet it is very slick with snow on your boots, also is it hard enough to stand up to carbide wear bars or studs????
We carry some good mats from Caliber that stand up well to the studs. If you have a source for old conveyor belt, baler belts, wore out tracks (the asphalt drag tracks would work good) those would also work but might not look as clean.
I'm not sure if the Polybead would hold up.... I've got that in my trailer and you can't hardly see where the ski's run after 6 years but a spinning track with studs might be a different story, not sayin' you would be purposely spinning out on your floor but a wet floor of any kind will lead to spinning out.
I'm not sure if the Polybead would hold up.... I've got that in my trailer and you can't hardly see where the ski's run after 6 years but a spinning track with studs might be a different story, not sayin' you would be purposely spinning out on your floor but a wet floor of any kind will lead to spinning out.
I can't make a suggestion about the studded track situation , however
I can help with the carbides and they act like a wood chisel going thru the
plywood flooring. What I did was bought a sheet of UHMW (its a polymer like
PVC/polycarbonate) it was 1/8" thick and the sheet was 4'x10' , used a
skill saw and ripped into 1' wide strips and screwed them to floor with
sheet rock screws, it lasted for over ten years in my enclosed trailer, WARNING:
dry snow on this sheeting with boots on and you may be on butt in no time it is slick. I think a sheet of this cost ~ $125. Good luck
Andy
I can help with the carbides and they act like a wood chisel going thru the
plywood flooring. What I did was bought a sheet of UHMW (its a polymer like
PVC/polycarbonate) it was 1/8" thick and the sheet was 4'x10' , used a
skill saw and ripped into 1' wide strips and screwed them to floor with
sheet rock screws, it lasted for over ten years in my enclosed trailer, WARNING:
dry snow on this sheeting with boots on and you may be on butt in no time it is slick. I think a sheet of this cost ~ $125. Good luck
Andy
