Type of Flooring in Your Trailer

[CrescentLake]

All you guys that have a in-closed snowmobile trailer, what kind of flooring do you have inside? My brother in-law is looking at getting himself a 3 place in- closed trailer and we were wondering if you just have plywood inside if your carbides rip it up. If you don't have plywood "what" do you have. Were looking for Pros and Cons. Any information would be helpful. Thanks

 

[dlingle61]

I rolled Herculiner on my plywood floor and it has done a great job this winter. Figure if it does wear from carbides I'll just roll on more in the wear spots.

 

[Trenchmaster]

The plywood floor in my Interstate enclosed trailer is starting to get a little worn after five years of sevice. I plan on putting another layer of thin plywood over top. I think coating the plywood with some kind of product could leed to the plywood staying wet and rotting, but just my opinion!

 

[307 Snow*Moto]

Mirage

So we have had two enclosed Haulmark trailers both 28' and have served their purpose. Plywood floors are a ***** to maintain. If they get wet and then you drive on them especially if you have sharp 60 degree carbides they are trashed, you really dig. I needed a trailer for dual purpose, work and play. and at the West yellowstone Snow Expo they had a trailer I had never seen before. After finding out all the details, I now have a three place 20' Xtreme Sport Mirage trailer on order. They have an awesome 72" wide front drop down ramp which is amazing for getting sleds out the front. Compared to other trailer brands Mirage is a step above the rest. We loved our Haulmarks but they just dont compare. Interstate trailers serve the purpose as well but are just cheap trailers. Get a hold of a mirage trailer and youll never look back....I just realized that after all that soap box I didnt even direct my post towards your title. The other major reason that Mirage trailers are ten thousand times better than other trailer is because they have invented this type of floor called POLYBEAD. It is bullet proof, cant destroy it with carbides, way stronger, less slick, its amazing. So get yourself some polybead floor whether you have to call Mirage and tell them what your doing I dont know if they sell the sheets separately but you can probably find a dealer that can answer that question. Mirage Polybead whooohoooooo

 

[307 Snow*Moto]

Mirage Website

http://www.miragetrailers.com/

Here is the mirage website, check out that polybead...and to answer the most obvious question, no they are not ridiculously priced. They are comparabily less expensive when you consider what you get.

 

[IdahoMike]

Speedliner

Check out Speedliner.

I looked at a dealers 4 place Charmac trailer that had 3 seasons on it with the Speedliner, and the carbides hadn't even scratched it. He put the Kevlar option in it when he sprayed his, and it has a nice grippy surface even when wet. I plan on having my Triton Prestige enclosed trailer done, as I am sick of dealing with the whole ski boot trip.

The problem I saw on the Mirage floors is they are extremly slick when you get snow on them, but I do like their front door

 

[Kong]

Pace trailer enclosed wood floor. Used the wide ski glides low profile from Shade Tree. They are great. I can steer the sled while on them and move it around. They don't kill my knees if I kneel on them.

Floor holding up great just finished 3rd season.

 

[donbrown]

You're gonna get 50 ways to do this.

For me I went the cheapest way I could. Went to junk yard / auto salvage and bought RIBBED truck bed liners $15 each. Cut up and used as guide rails for sled tracks. Screwed them into trailer frame through plywood floor with zinc coated self taping screws.

For the plywood floor took marine fiberglass , 2 part makes 1.5 gallons.
First coat I diluted it with spirits so it would soak into the wood making it "fiberglass". Got some washed sand ($6 a bag) mixed together with fiberglass for second coat creating a non slip surface.

Did a 20 foot trailer for under $150 bucks. Coated the inside AND underneath with fiberglass and still have some fiberglass left over. No rust no corrossion no slip no problem.

You can take the scraps of the bed liner and use then as steps / traction for the sled track between the rails.

To fasten the sleds to the floor I bought E-TRACK rails ... same as used in commercial trailers. $10 for 5 feet. They hold 50,000 pounds before breaking. Only have then screwed into frame so the are probably able to hold a ton or two of load with SS screws.

http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?p=439248

 

[CrescentLake]

ttt

 

[Sunridge Sledhead]

I have Herculiner in one of my trailers, which works well as long as long as I use SLP ski skins. Like mentioned earlier, I just re-rolled it in the Summer.

This year, in another trailer, I used snap together garage flooring. It has worked great! I bought it at Costco. I drive in without anything protecting against my carbides and it doesn't even leave stratches.

Find it here.... http://www.costco.com/Browse/Produc...=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1

 

[sled_guy]

I used a 2 part epoxy paint I bought at the local paint store. Rolled it on, then put quartz sand on it with my yard fertilizer and then rolled more paint over the top. This made a durable finish that was rough so I didn't fall on my butt when it was wet.

I then took cedar and lined where the skis run. This summer I'm replacing that with Trex deck boards which we used in my brother's trailer.

sled_guy

 

[racingpit]

Something that I have never understood, is how come the companies that produce these trailers won't make them so they stand up to snowmobiles? They are making a product that won't last long in my opinion by just leaving the flooring as plywood. Is it because of the close competition, and fear of adding a bit more to the cost of the trailer?

 

[Snorider]

Ski skins are what we use. takes 3 seconds to slide em over your skis. protects the floor and your carbides from possibly catching on anything. it was the easiest and fastest solution to keeping the floors nice for us.

plus then you don't have set guides. and its good if you have to go across concrete at home or across dirt right by the trailer.

but one set we had had some stupid bar and pin they wanted to be done. we got rid of that and just bolted straps across like our other sets.

 

[CrescentLake]

So we have had two enclosed Haulmark trailers both 28' and have served their purpose. Plywood floors are a ***** to maintain. If they get wet and then you drive on them especially if you have sharp 60 degree carbides they are trashed, you really dig. I needed a trailer for dual purpose, work and play. and at the West yellowstone Snow Expo they had a trailer I had never seen before. After finding out all the details, I now have a three place 20' Xtreme Sport Mirage trailer on order. They have an awesome 72" wide front drop down ramp which is amazing for getting sleds out the front. Compared to other trailer brands Mirage is a step above the rest. We loved our Haulmarks but they just dont compare. Interstate trailers serve the purpose as well but are just cheap trailers. Get a hold of a mirage trailer and youll never look back....I just realized that after all that soap box I didnt even direct my post towards your title. The other major reason that Mirage trailers are ten thousand times better than other trailer is because they have invented this type of floor called POLYBEAD. It is bullet proof, cant destroy it with carbides, way stronger, less slick, its amazing. So get yourself some polybead floor whether you have to call Mirage and tell them what your doing I dont know if they sell the sheets separately but you can probably find a dealer that can answer that question. Mirage Polybead whooohoooooo

Just wondering what is the advantage of the wider doors. I'm just asking because we've looked at the Mirage and still looking at other trailers but was wondering how important the wider doors were. (We've never had an inclosed trailer before so were trying to find out all the good and bad points)

 

[IdahoMike]

I have Herculiner in one of my trailers, which works well as long as long as I use SLP ski skins. Like mentioned earlier, I just re-rolled it in the Summer.

This year, in another trailer, I used snap together garage flooring. It has worked great! I bought it at Costco. I drive in without anything protecting against my carbides and it doesn't even leave stratches.

Find it here.... http://www.costco.com/Browse/Produc...=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1

I was thinking of the same thing for my Triton enclosed trailer. Doesn't water get under those tiles, and if so how do you dry it out?

 

[IdahoMike]

Ski Slips

Ski skins are what we use. takes 3 seconds to slide em over your skis. protects the floor and your carbides from possibly catching on anything. it was the easiest and fastest solution to keeping the floors nice for us.

plus then you don't have set guides. and its good if you have to go across concrete at home or across dirt right by the trailer.

but one set we had had some stupid bar and pin they wanted to be done. we got rid of that and just bolted straps across like our other sets.

I have a couple pair of the SLP ski slips and they are easy to use but will not fit the wider dual runner skis. I also have a pair of the Sno Stuff slips (bar with pins) which are a pain in the arse to put on but they do fit the dual runner skis. I don't know why SLT doesn't make a wider slip for the SLP ski slips.

 

[snow addict]

i have plywood in mine gets a little tore up but not much

 

[mattymac]

the poly lined floor in my mirage has held up WAY better than I would have thought! I think you can order the plywood with it?

 

[Turblue]

This year, in another trailer, I used snap together garage flooring. It has worked great! I bought it at Costco. I drive in without anything protecting against my carbides and it doesn't even leave stratches.

Find it here.... http://www.costco.com/Browse/Produc...=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1

How does the plywood dry under that flooring.....

 

[Sunridge Sledhead]

How does the plywood dry under that flooring.....

I haven't had any problems that I know about??? I try to air and dry my trailer out after every ride.