Yeah after 2 years of that… anything is easy. Parallel parking an F250 with a brush guard and no backup camera was a breeze later.
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@DJPWS I’m sure there’s a reason but why not just back it straight in if the entire garage is open? Why go to the far side with a trailer vs a vehicle that can easily park there?
The third bay door is the only one wide enough to put the trailer in. The other 2 doors are about a foot less wide and trailer won’t fit.
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What made you go with matting on the floor instead of something like stain or deck over like others have done? I need to do something to my floor and am leaning towards deck over.
Deck over is the worst product in existence. Atleast do spray on bedliner.
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I have harbor frieght truck bed liner on my, granted it’s not the best bed liner it did rub away in places just by moving my equipment in it… I kind’ve like the idea of adding something that can be replaced and being 100% waterproof
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It’s called G-Floor. It’s made from Polyvinyl which is highly chemical resistant, durable, and easy to clean.
Plus I like how it looks
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I used Deckover on my 1st 2 trailers and it’s done ok. I used the extra thick stuff on the 1st one and then like the medium grit on the 2nd. It did it’s job for the most part, good for non-slip, but I did have an small SH drip in one place and didn’t realize for about a month since it was kind of hidden and it ate right thru it and the board. It’s a pain to put on it’s so thick, takes awhile plus it doesn’t really get down between the boards. But if you’ve got older flooring that’s worn already, then go for it. But it’ll do best if you plan on redoing every couple of years.
If I do a new one, then I’m going to put a penetrating oil stain down, let it dry good and then use the stuff Dustin used on his. I like the looks too and it’ll definitely offer some protection. Watched a video a guy did on his 2nd or 3rd flatbed build and he used over the steel flooring and was raving about. @DJPWS, one thing he did that I liked, along the edges he used what kind of looked like aluminum door thresholds screwed down.
Here’s video - see about 3 1/2 min in. He’s got links to it under video.
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@racer I don’t see the link.
@racer and @DJPWS Do you have any concern that moisture / water / SH could get trapped under the matting?
It has its uses. Granted, not many.
But on my previous house the deck boards were trashed on my deck and at the point of needing to be replaced. We didn’t have the money for new boards. I went with Deckover. It was slow and tedious work but it made that deck look 50x better than it did. And saved me from replacing the boards.
Sorry, it was late.
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I watched this video a while back. Pretty slick builds. Wonder if they can still get into parking garages. Can’t remember if he mentioned that in the video or not.
That’s a clean way to put the stuff on a flatbed, using the threshold plates.
@qons moisture isn’t an issue as of now. I haven’t had it long enough to see. Just built it this winter. It’s not sealed on the edge per say so on a hot day it would definitely let moisture escape, I’m sure some gets trapped though. If I was to do it again, I would do a oil stain on it to help make it hydrophobic then put the g floor down. But it’s just wood boards. After a few good years you could just take a day to replace all the boards with new ones for relatively cheap
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No, he’s way to tall. About 7’ tops you can go. Around here the bar hangs at 7 1/2 but there’s always a pipe of something else somewhere in there hanging down or a wrong crease in the pavement can cause you to spike up at wrong time. Any of the newer 4wd almost have a hard time since they typically sit about 3 " taller than 2 wheel drive. So anything more than about 6" above top of truck and you’re screwed in a lot of them
Oh yeah definitely way too tall then. We don’t have many parking garages in my area but there are some. I’ll have to roll through a couple and take some measurements someday to see what I’d need to do if I want to pursue those
Plus the moisture can evaporate from underneath too. What do you do where you drilled or screwed down thru it Dustin. Did you put down any caulking or anything?
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No, just big washers to hold the equipment on each side. Holes were drilled just large enough for the bolt to go through. When I drilled though the g floor it didn’t cut a nice circle it just stretched it out the way. So when I put the bolt through it was a snug fit. But I’ll throw some caulking down before I put the washer on next time
@qons ill post an update on here on how the boards look after some good rains and some hot days. Right now this is the front of my house so no testing anytime soon lol
But luckily I have people scheduled in March already so as soon as the snow is mostly gone and it’s atleast 35, I’ll be out !
Wuz. You just rather sit up in your nice warm control tower. I haven’t seen that much snow in years around here. I’m jealous. I like one good one a year. Look at the bright side, it’s at least covering up all the mud tracks you made in your yard. 
PS: You should at least crank that heater up to about 180 and clean snow off your drive. I bet all your neighbors would hire you. Seriously
See how long it takes to do yours and then you’ll know how much to charge them. Walks too.
At 180 you’re going to go thru about 2 gal of diesel/hr
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I would create an ice rink if I did that! It’s 0 degrees out here!
I tried to clean my window on the inside earlier and as soon as I sprayed the cleaner it froze up on me lol
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