What do you blokes think of laying a wooden floor over the top of an existing alloy tray?
Doing a tray up currently to go on the tipper body of the Kogzbilt Karrier project, already have the two extra steel chassis rails in place, ( with Sikaflex), front hurdle being welded up as I write, going to end up approx 6'8" wide X close enough to 8'0"
long, debating whether to lay the hardwood second hand flooring either crossways or lengthways.
I already have the lift on/off hinged sides at hand, steel, and there is a 20mm "ridge" on the sides of the existing tray.
I can lay my hands on enough 100mm X 19mm tongue and groove hardwood from the local building recyclers, nice looking timber.
Only needs a strip of alloy or steel approx 2" wide X 1mm thick to bring up to needed height.
This project will be spending most of its life under cover, so weather not an issue.
Dont think I'd go to the trouble of sanding the wooden decking down and estapoling it, depends on how it looks.
Prolly bolt down through the actual deck and be secured from underneath by washers and nyloc nuts.
Have been following some of the decking posts here on the forum, went down and had a look at the tray today and reckon I may have a go at it.
This vehicle, if I ever finish it, or rather stop moving the goalposts mid-game was only ever intended to be a "weekend warrior", not a fully working vehicle, but if I want to throw a cupla meters of sand or gravel for my young blokes block, well and good.
Dave_64
