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Originally Posted by dragula81
One thing that I prefer is a wooden floor. I had one with a metal floor then sold it and bought one with a wooden floor.
The wood doesn't rust. As the paint starts to flake off of a metal floor, it makes spots of rust so I can't lay on the trailer (to strap down cars) in good clothes without getting rust on them.
If I pick up a car with an oil leak, the oil doesn't puddle and then migrate all over the trailer making it slick.
The wood just soaks up the oil.
If the trailer is wet, the metal floor gets slick.
I also like that if I'm hauling something odd, I can screw anything down to the floor. I hauled a couple of motorcycles on it a while back and I was able to screw some wooden wheel chocks around the tires.
Granted, I'll have to replace the floor in ten years or so but that's no big deal.
It's just a personal preference for me. Some people prefer the metal floors. I just thought I would mention it as something else to consider.  |
My trailer is a metal floor and my friends was a wooden floor and your right! I really got to like that wooden floor a lot. Plus his had built in stake bed pockets in case you wanted to put sides on it for hauling other stuff besides cars. My trailer is a homemade red neck rig but tows great and is no where near as heavy or as wide as my friends was.
Take a good look at the tires on a trailer. My trailer has 14" tires and they don't last very long because they are working at max most of the time loaded. I've gone through three sets of tires to his one.
My friends trailer has 16" "E" rated tires and they are bullet proof. A good trailer winch is also nice to have in case you ever have to haul a dead one. That's pretty much all I ever haul so I bought one that costs more than the trailer.