Another Trailer Build Up

Another option for the floor that I did to our box truck this year is rubber flooring. The chems were tearing up the floors bad. I even used herculiner last year and it still took its toll. We put down 3/4" rubber matting on the floor from Tractor Supply. They are 4x6 and 3/4" thick and dense. We glued them down and used a sealant on the seams to make the whole floor waterproof. It has a bit of a traction pattern to it (diamond plate). I think these will finally solve the water and chem problems.
 
How much are those mats?

I have not seen those but that sounds very interesting.
 
Gene, what size is that "T"? It looks like 3/4" or 1".

I have 2" "T" coming off the tank then reducing the hose to 3/4" to the machines. I feel more comfortable with the larger "T" then reducing because if you have 2 machines pulling from the tank, there might be a little starving with the smaller size "T".

At the refinery when we were assembling or repairing or working on designs for piping we were always told that the "T" needs to be a lot larger than the pipes coming off the "T" when the flow is going to pumps so they do not starve when it is possible that 2 or more pumps could be running at the same time when pulling from the same source.

That trailer is turning out very nice!
 
yes its a 1 " tee to supply 1 machine and has no problem with water supply.....other is wash off valve for tools and hands.....If I hook up 2 machines I will swap tee out....Will be playing with all water lines mounted under trailer with no lines on deck.......
 
No water lines on the deck......that is interesting.

I don't think that I have heard of anyone doing that before.

That will give you a lot cleaner look, keeping that trailer very nice looking.

What would be cool to see is a bulkhead fitting on the bottom of the tank so you could have everything running on the bottom of the trailer and nobody would see how the water gets from the tank to the pressure washer, no "T"'s, no valves, no hoses, etc...

What other cool things are you going to do with this trailer Gene?
 
Ok todays progress......Got tank, hose reels, and skid mounted......Tomorrow is plumbing day.....and hopefully be functional at days end.....
 

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Looks good Gene, remove that piece of sheet metal from the front of your skid, some day it will fall off anyways so may as well remove it before it does. I am talking about the one directly in front of the engine. Mine lasted about 3 months before it fell off
 
I have spray pumps so big I can blow rocks through them probably lol. I will try it, but spray it on my flooring. Should be hard as a diamond...
 
Those ball valves look small..
Remember.. the better the water supply, the longer the pump seals last..
use 1" feed lines for up to 5gpm,
dual-feed ANYthing larger.. We use 1" to a tee at the first inlet,
with a 3/4" jumper to the other side of the pump head for up to 6.5 gpm.

7gpm or larger gets separate filters and 1" feed lines to EACH side of the pump head.

.. .. click here for images.

Call with any question, any time.
 
Greg Rentschler said:
Another option for the floor that I did to our box truck this year is rubber flooring. The chems were tearing up the floors bad. I even used herculiner last year and it still took its toll. We put down 3/4" rubber matting on the floor from Tractor Supply. They are 4x6 and 3/4" thick and dense. We glued them down and used a sealant on the seams to make the whole floor waterproof. It has a bit of a traction pattern to it (diamond plate). I think these will finally solve the water and chem problems.
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I used them and they are simply fantastic...I did not glue mine as all of the equipment is bolted through and onto the wooden deck...The mats also serve as a shock absorber...they were designed for horse trailers and are really cost effective.
 
gawashman said:
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I used them and they are simply fantastic...I did not glue mine as all of the equipment is bolted through and onto the wooden deck...The mats also serve as a shock absorber...they were designed for horse trailers and are really cost effective.
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I wonder if these rubber mats would be applicable for flatbed? Flatbeds get rusty and are pretty costly to replace them.
 
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