deck coating

Just curious, would a rhino type lining work? I did have a traction coating put on my new SC trailers at purchase but only a foot in on each side for walking, but it does make a difference and if I were to do it again, I would coat the whole ramp.

 

Honestly, just to get you out of a jam I would grab a bag of kitty litter and hold off on doing the coating till you were down south.

 

We use Gulf Coast PC650. It is an epoxy non skid paint that's the toughest we've used so far. Generally we do it on a Saturday and it's rock hard by Monday. I just checked the instructions and for cure time it says 24 hrs at 75 degrees, 18 hours at 90 degrees.

We used to use a Davis Coatings non skid that dries in a few hours and it's cheaper, but it is not as tough, we would have to touch it up every few months. It was OK for steps, but didn't hold up well with cars. The Gulf Coast stuff holds up a few years before we have to touch some spots up.

 

Did they give a reason why not? I've never talked to the company themselves, Cottrell is where we buy it, they recommended it. It works for us.

 

Have you thought about those non skid stick on thing to get you through this short time period. You can get that stuff at lowes or home depot. won't last long but it would get you loaded and is relatively cheap for now. Tarp over the ramps and a couple cans of sterno under them to dry them out.

 

That makes sense, the coating is pretty hard, I can't see it flexing too much without cracking. We haven't done it on the loading ramps, mostly the steeling decking on the rear. Orange Blossom trailers are all steel decking and we coat the hump over the wheels. On the 7509's, we coated most of the flippers that they seem to get stuck and peel out on. We have coated aluminum and it does stick to it, but nothing long and thin. Mostly the shorter decks over the wheels and flippers that are pretty stiff.

If you can weld aluminum, you can get a piece of aluminum pipe and slice rings off of it to lay down on the deck with some good tack welds. We've done that before. I think we got 1 1/2" by 1/4" wall pipe and used the band saw to slice off 1/4" lengths. If you have to pay someone to do that, new ramps are probably cheaper, but we do it ourselves. We usually run 2 rows and that seems to do the trick.