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grazer

02-14-2005 05:37:46

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I am redoing the wood floor on our gooseneck trailer.The wood on the floor presently runs cross ways.Is there any advantage to running it the long way?

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Rob in Mo

02-15-2005 21:31:54

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Re: wood floor on trailer in reply to grazer, 02-14-2005 05:37:46

On my 16Ft equipment trailed the boards run lenghtwise.Qn my 24 ft horse trailer they run crosswise. Put them back the way you took them out

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JWC

02-14-2005 13:24:12

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Re: wood floor on trailer in reply to grazer, 02-14-2005 05:37:46

In the early days of goosenecks there were some convertible (stock/flatbed) units. If your trailer was built with the idea of using removable sides to haul hogs or cattle that could explain the crosswise planking. I have heard some say that livestock trailers have the planking crossways to help the animals keep their footing while accelerating and deaccelerating.

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Kevin (NW FL)

02-14-2005 08:55:27

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Re: wood floor on trailer in reply to grazer, 02-14-2005 05:37:46

Looks like someone else reserved my name (Kevin (FL), at least that's what YTMAG says....waiting to hear back from the site to see what's up...

Grazer,

I've never seen decking on a gooseneck run transversely, but maybe the deck support framing on your trailer runs longitudinally or fore and aft. Decking should run perpendicular to the framing that supports it. Most goosenecks are built with two main longitudinal girders (I-beams, or H-beams) and then transverse frames (channels or angles) are welded to the main frame for local support of the decking. You're pretty much stuck with however the deck support structure is arranged on your trailer. I like fore and aft decking myself because it contributes somewhat to the bending resistance of the trailer--that is as long as the boards are 16' or longer and the butt seams are not in the center of the trailer. But like I said, you need to re-deck in accordance with the trailer's design.

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Don L C

02-14-2005 07:42:10

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Re: wood floor on trailer in reply to grazer, 02-14-2005 05:37:46

Put it back the way it was....the trailer frame is constructed to support the flooring,cross ways.

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FRANK

02-15-2005 05:14:56

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Re: wood floor on trailer in reply to Don L C, 02-14-2005 07:42:10

THE LAST TRAILOR I HAD WAS FLOORED WITH STEEL GRATEING. THE SAME MATERIAL USED FOR CAT-WALKS AND SUCH. IT IS ABOUT ONE INCH THICK, TWO FEET WIDE, AND TWENTY FEET LONG, AND VERY STRONG. IT PROVIDED EXCELLENT TRACTION FOR LOADING AND IS THERE FOR THE LIFE OF THE TRAILOR. WHEN IT,S TIME TO RE-FLOOR MY GOOSE NECK, YOU CAN BET I,M GOING BACK WITH THE GRATEING.THERES NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE IN THE WEIGHT, OR THE PRICE.

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kyhayman

02-14-2005 07:02:30

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Re: wood floor on trailer in reply to grazer, 02-14-2005 05:37:46

All the flat beds I've seen run lengthwise, all the stock trailers I've seen run crosswise. I'd stay with what yours is, thats how it was designed to be used.

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Can't even use my name

02-15-2005 16:48:22

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Re: wood floor on trailer in reply to kyhayman, 02-14-2005 07:02:30

Not trying to start anything but all the stock trailers I have ever seen had their boards running length wise.

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HaySam

02-14-2005 06:34:41

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Re: wood floor on trailer in reply to grazer, 02-14-2005 05:37:46

It depends on how your trailer is built

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RustyFarmall

02-14-2005 06:06:16

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Re: wood floor on trailer in reply to grazer, 02-14-2005 05:37:46

All of the commercially built trailers I have ever seen with a wood floor have the planks running lengthwise with the trailer. This spreads the load out over several cross members, rather than just one, which you will have if the planks are laid crosswise. They need to be laid lengthwise.

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