liners for dump trailer

Hey, I used a company called Super Slide, and I got the liner from a factory store in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. I have to tell you it's a big job putting one in that long. The good news, this will be the best money you ever spend on an aluminum trailer.

 

You might be looking at around $3,000-4,000 depending on which liner you go with. They're available in varying thicknesses so you can opt how much tare weight you want to lose. But like the other guy said, it's money very well spent.

 

When I got my first trailer with a liner I thought it might help some but thought all the adds that ive seen were just a sales pitch. Man was I susprised when the bucket was empty only 2 1/2 stages up with wet sand. With my old trailer it didnt start to move till the 4th stage and had to be all the way up to empty. Its worth every dollar spent. Its much safer and dont put nearly as much wear and tear on the trailer. Yes it will ad weight but I feel it worth it. Now the down side. If you haul scrap steel, large rock or demo it will tear up most plastic liners. I see some adds that say you can haul this type of stuff but I think it will shorten the life of the liner. The other problem I had was cross contaminating loads. The aluminum strip that holds the liner in isnt real tight and the product you haul get up under it and is hard to get out. I would haul a lot of corn and soy bean durring the harvest season. Even after several wash outs I would occasionaly get a hand full of corn in a load of sand or mulch 6 months later. Some times its no big deal but when you are hauling special sand to a block plant that makes high dollar land scape and cement blocks the last thing thay want to see is corn or soy bean in their blocks. I guess it all depends what you haul if a liner is for you. I loved it and it sure will make you floor last longer.

 

The toughest liner on the market,I believe is a QuickSilver liner. Be sitting down before you get the price though. I have run one for 5 years in a trailer, dumping anywhere from 4-8 loads a day, 5 days a week. Half those loads where a course grade of concrete sand. The rest was limestone aggregates from mineral filler to 1 x 4 in size, mostly 68, 78, 8 & 57's. The last 10 ft of liner is 3/8", the front section is only 1/4". The liner has been no problems at all with this usage, but it starting to get thin at the rear of the trailer.

The 1 x 4's and 3's have put small dents in the liner, but never seemed to cause any issue with decreasing it's life. If you hauled them everyday they might reduce the life expectancy of the liner some.

 

I have Quicksilver as well in my truck box and wagon. They seem to work well. With an aluminum trailer hauling gravel they help prevent replacing the floor and sides near the rear. As well I haven't needed to use anything this winter to prevent the load from sticking to the floor. But they do add weight to your rig, I think between my truck and trailer I added 1000lbs.

 

You wouldn't need to go with a Quicksilver liner for what you are hauling.
It would be overkill.
You could probably get by with 3/8" HMW liner for under $2,000

PM me if you would like more info

 

I think i paid around 3K at Maine Trailer for a 3/8" Re-Pro liner installed, but i would have to double check.
Money very well spent. I haul frozen manure away form the farm in the winter when it's too frozen to pump. Even though i call it frozen manure, a lot of it is still in semi- liquid form. I used to have trouble with it freezing in the body even after a short haul so i had to spray a little fuel on the floor and walls from a hand sprayer before each load.
After installing the liner I don't have to use any fuel and the load almost always slides out at about 3 1/2 stages cleanly. Sometimes I have some trouble with freezing/sticking in the front corners by the dog house because the front wall and dog house aren't lined........someday i'll get it done.

 

If you have access to ratcheting cargo jacks / load bars those help getting it pushed donw into the corners.