what would you recommend i need a trailer that has internal height min 8ft ish but must have a solid floor to take heavy forklifts carrying heavy pallets for rear door tipping /loading the one ive got aint up to the job the cross members are to far apart and the floors been damaged ive been told with a more modern curtainsider i would still have the same problem would you say a euroliner or megaliner would be better
last year i sold my euroliner which was a 2004 model and had forklifts running in and out with paper all the time with no probs
edit, just to add , i also ran a bog standard SDC curtainsider which i bought new in 2007 and that also had no problems with heavy forklifts running in and out of it
You’ll normally find that trailers with ‘wizadec’ or ‘wizatrans’ type floors don’t have as many crossmembers as timber floored trailers, I’m a fan of SDC trailers too, a good product.
Ross.
bigr250:
You’ll normally find that trailers with ‘wizadec’ or ‘wizatrans’ type floors don’t have as many crossmembers as timber floored trailers, I’m a fan of SDC trailers too, a good product.Ross.
I would rate either SDC or Montracon trailer floors, and 8’ internal height shouldn’t be too difficult to find
Can you not just spec a solid full width/length ally floor covering like fridge trailers have over the standard hard wood and cross beams. Stobarts have thin strips of metal running the length of their trailers evenly spaced between the hard wood.
Silver_Surfer:
Stobarts have thin strips of metal running the length of their trailers evenly spaced between the hard wood.
Tralior (the French trailer maker) have been building trailers like that for years, late 70’s I first saw one I think, great system especially when a board breaks cos no half lap or tongue & groove.
Ross.
thats what ive been told to look for metal strips running the full length of the trailer do you only find them in fairly modern trailers a normal floor wont do the job because there not driving on the chassis there twisting the floor up turning the wheels jamming pallets in
my euroliner also had a full length coil well which meant the trailer had a strengthened chassis and extra cross members anyway
what make euroliner was it
chaversdad:
my euroliner also had a full length coil well which meant the trailer had a strengthened chassis and extra cross members anyway
chaversdad how do you drive a loaded forktruck over the coil well?
lee mat
the strips of steel you can see from above are top hat sections and as others have said the hardwood floor wont be half lap with these sections fitted, which means if any boards do get damaged they are simpler to repace, my flat trailer has them fitted its a SDC
moose
Moose:
chaversdad:
my euroliner also had a full length coil well which meant the trailer had a strengthened chassis and extra cross members anywaychaversdad how do you drive a loaded forktruck over the coil well?
lee mat
the strips of steel you can see from above are top hat sections and as others have said the hardwood floor wont be half lap with these sections fitted, which means if any boards do get damaged they are simpler to repace, my flat trailer has them fitted its a SDC
moose
This type of floor is generally refered to as ‘Omega Section’. This is due to the cross section of the steel (top hat section) strips having a rough look of ‘Omega’.
Ross.
Moose:
chaversdad:
my euroliner also had a full length coil well which meant the trailer had a strengthened chassis and extra cross members anywaychaversdad how do you drive a loaded forktruck over the coil well?
lee mat
the strips of steel you can see from above are top hat sections and as others have said the hardwood floor wont be half lap with these sections fitted, which means if any boards do get damaged they are simpler to repace, my flat trailer has them fitted its a SDC
moose
It was a vanhool and it had a full set of well covers, you know reinforced boards with a metal frame that fit exactly into the well, then when you load a coil you just remove as many boards as you need then when unloaded drop them back in and you have a flat trailer again
Just slap a load of ally plate down on top of your floor?
Silver_Surfer:
Just slap a load of ally plate down on top of your floor?
Definately doesn’t work bud, when you drive a 5 or 6 ton fork lift ofer the deck the timber boards ‘give’ a little between the crossmembers, the ally plate bends & reforms as the stacker passes, over time this movement will snap the bolts holding the plate to the timber or if using wood screws, simply rips them out the wood.
It works great if your only side loading, just no good if you drive a heavy stacker in & out regularly.
I was that person!!!
Ross.
Just don’t ever buy a Schmitz trailer, absolutely notorious for punching the fifth wheel up through the floor because of the weight of the fork lift truck or MHE, totally incapable of being loaded in the usual manner without falling apart. Kuehne & Nagel in Dover have three off the road at the moment for this reason, all about to be written off.
Harry Monk:
Just don’t ever buy a Schmitz trailerA Schmitz ‘flexible friend’!!
Ross.
A tangled web it seems, can be very expensive if you get it wrong by the sound of it. Stobarts run mostly SDC trailers with the afore mentioned metal strips evenly spaced in between the hard wood which seem to hold up well.
Plenty of Ex stobart sdc for sale 2004/2005/2006 this could be your option, tidy trailers to
Plenty of decent looking used SDC Tauts@ their own factory in Toome Co.Antim. 
We run a SDC box and have a curtainsider arriving in the new year. Seem to be good trailers, solid design cant fault them. The only issues we have had have been driver related damage but they have sorted that. The yard is always rammed with Stobarts but when you are ordering the amount of trailers and draw-bars they do you would expect to seem some!