Sled deck, what "deck" material for it?

[Wheel House Motorsports]

Putting together a new aluminum deck and just looking for something a little fancier then wood for the top and curious if anyone had any good ideas on a composite type decking? had good luck with wood but always on the look out for something a little nicer.

 

[Braaap12]

I have a full lotus deck and they use some type of recycled plastic matirial thats awesome

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

is it a sheet or a decking like house decking?

 

[Coldfinger]

Home Depot, and I'm sure others, sell a product called Deck Restore and you can have it tinted to a number of colors, including black.

I've only see this stuff in the store on actual display boards and it looks real similar to my buddies Rhino Liner in the bed of his pickup.

http://synta.com/deck/

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

any other ideas?

 

[bim900]

I'd go with aluminum decking look at these sights or just google aluminum decking lots of different companies out there
http://www.lockdry.com/
http://www.lockdry.com/images/gallery/42-lg.jpg

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

WOW, thanks for the idea, that stuff looks like EXACTLY the kind of stuff im interested in!

 

[Coldfinger]

That aluminum does look good. Post some pics if you use that and let us know how it works.

I'm guessing they would be riveted to a metal frame.

Anyone know what it costs?

 

[Coldfinger]

Another option would be ABS plastic sheet. I think shipping is quite a bit if you have to have it shipped. Not sure what the traction would be like if you're walking on it when it is wet.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#abs-plastic/=k4askz

http://www.eplastics.com/Plastic/ABS-Plastic-Textured-General-Purpose-Sheet

Maybe an option would be a thinner sheet of ABS over a plywood base.

 

[vertical800]

I would recommend the TREX decking or some other kind of solid composite decking material. It holds up really well unlike wood. I'm building a truck bed right now andI'm going to use the TREX decking on it and then bed liner it.

 

[BigAir]

Nick,

What did you end up using for a deck material?

 

[BHPete]

This is all fine and good, but think about how much expense and/or weight that you are adding?

Two sheets of GT plywood and floor paint is still under $100 and 100lbs.

Just something to consider!

 

[4mcntrls]

The full lotus stuff works great and doesn't get to slippery. It comes in sheets