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| Has anyone redone the flooring in thier trailer with equifoam? We are puchasing a featherlite trailer and the one bad poitn I found was that it has an aluminum floor, so it will transfar more heat and vibration from the road. Would the equifoam help with this more than the regular rubber mats? Does anyone know how much it runs? |
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| Originally written by theorangehorse on 2006-07-24 8:08 PM
Has anyone redone the flooring in thier trailer with equifoam? We are puchasing a featherlite trailer and the one bad poitn I found was that it has an aluminum floor, so it will transfar more heat and vibration from the road. Would the equifoam help with this more than the regular rubber mats? Does anyone know how much it runs?
If anything an aluminum floor will conduct more heat out of the trailer, but so little with 3/4 inch rubber mats that it isn't significant.
I'd be concerned with any semi permanent flooring that wear in a few spots would necessitat replacing the whole floor, e.g. if ONE horse paws a hole in a rubber mat you just replace that mat every couple or three years. |
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Location: Malta, Il | We just purchased a new Sundowner 3H slant, and we bought a product called pro cushion that is a foam product that you put under your rubber mats. It doesn,t absorb moisture and you can bend it in half and doesn,t hurt it. We got it from the dealer they cut it off a roll it is 52 inches wide and costs about 7 dollars a running foot. when you put it under your rubber mats it feels fantastic to walk on. I think it really helps to absorb some of the road vibration. |
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Location: Michigan | When I went to the QH Congress a couple years ago I noticed this in some of the trailers and yes it did feel cushy to walk on and thought what a neat idea. However, not sure how most horses would tolerate walking or standing on it. They might not like that "cush" feel, may make them insecure about their footing. I think it would take some getting used to for a horse. |
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Location: Texas | The pro cushion, and there are a couple of other brands that are similar, is a great product. Some horses may initially be unsure about the soft footing, but they get used to it quick, and it will really reduce the jar of trailer bounce on the horses joints. Horses that get hauled a lot of miles will rest better on it and not sore up as much as on mats, or mats and bedding, alone. |
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| We generally do two or three short (about thirty minutes) and one long (around 3-4 hours) hauls a month, and I am one of those doting people who wants to make sure snookums is OK at all times.  (No, I haven't purchased a trailer cam...yet.) Reg brings up a good point-Mine does paw quite a bit, so any type which is available in sections would be helpful, or something that is very durable.
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Location: Kansas | I bought the equifoam about a year ago and like it very much. I also have a horse that paws a bunch. After a year of pawing, I am noticing some abrasion marks on the equifoam, but I think she is pawing less than she did. And I LOVE the ability to pull them out and put them back in easily and hose everything down. I will never have the large mats again-it's about all I can do to wrestle them out twice a year. I also put the rhino lining on top of the aluminum after I'd had the trailer several years as the urine was pitting the aluminum surface. I haven't noticed any reluctance for them to walk on the surface. Hope that helps. (I ended up with an extra that I use in my wash racks, really like it there too.) |
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Location: Grant Twp., MI | I live in Michigan - where can I purchase this equifoam flooring....is it sold in pieces for "self-installation".....Thanks! |
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Location: Kansas | I bought mine from Rich Holdorf at Clark Foam Products. I have his fax number if you want me to send it to you, or I just looked on dowperformancefoams.com for a dealer in my area. They come in planks 8 feet long by about 27" wide. It took three to do my 2H GN slant load. Bought mine during a special so I can't speak to the price. He sold me three planks and treated me as though I had bought a truckload of them. Very good followup and customer service. |
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Location: Grant Twp., MI | Hi Terri, - well I looked at Dow Performance Foams - and didn't see :Equifoam....everything else - but I didn't know which product to choose.....Thanks for the info! |
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Location: Lavaca, Alabama | http://www.dow.com/equifoam/trailer.htm |
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Location: iowa | Terri S. How in the world did you get the rhino lining done over aluminum????
No one where I live will put it in my aluminum trailer.
Just wondering???
Anyone know where I can get WERM in my trailer close to iowa? |
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Location: south of Cowtown, TEXAS | I bought the 'happy bottom' pool liner.
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Location: Kansas | Rick-I got it done in Wichita KS by a Rhino-liner dealer. I had cleaned it with a muriatic acid/water wash (READ THE DIRECTIONS IF YOU DO THIS-MUST USE CAREFULLY) then they used tiny plastic beads and did a bead blast on it prior to coating. I have had no trouble with it and its around 4 years old. I do put mats over the top still. Rhino lining is not cushioning like the WERM flooring but I did it as I was beginning to see some pits in the aluminum from urine. Another argument for the Equifoam, as even with washing after each use I did not pull mats each time and some urine did get under the mats causing the pits after a few years. With the Equifoam it is no big deal to pull mats each time as they weigh about 20 pounds or so for a full sized plank. |
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Location: TX | So, does the Equifoam go under the rubber mats or is it used in place of the rubber mats? |
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Location: Kansas | In place of. I suppose you could mat over it, but kind of defeats the purpose of being lightweight. This stuff is about two inches thick so no real need to mat over it that I can see. The pieces fit very tightly together so no leak through issue either. |
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Location: Southern New Mexico | If there that light, how do you keep them in place when you haul empty? I was using my trailer to move and on my unloaded trips my mats would move. I guess the wind comming up between the boards was the problem. |
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Location: Kansas | My floor is aluminum extrusion, no wind underneath. They fit together tightly enough that I've never had a problem like that. Interesting. |
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Location: Virginia | I was looking for lightweight material for my trailer floor and ran across this thread. Does anyone have any experience with the Happy Bottom Pool liner as a flooring material? My horse is unshod and does not paw so it does not have to be as durable as the super heavy stall mats. |
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Location: Illinois | Thanks for all the comments...I cannot access the website about for flooring by DOW...it comes up Unknown ??? Sounds like something I would seriously be interested in looking into...them rubber matts are a real PITA to pull out , clean ,put back in...lighter, easier to manuver would be a blessing.... |
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| Originally written by pinkmouse on 2010-07-28 9:16 AM
I was looking for lightweight material for my trailer floor and ran across this thread. Does anyone have any experience with the Happy Bottom Pool liner as a flooring material? My horse is unshod and does not paw so it does not have to be as durable as the super heavy stall mats.
I have no experience with that or any other pool bottom liner used as trailer mats, but the very idea of it kinda scares me.
JMAO, etc.
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Location: Gallatin, TN | Would the equifoam floor hold up to water? I love the idea of the lighter weight material but we have a cowboy shower in our trailer. |
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Location: Gallatin, TN | Oh yeah, what is and where can I find WERM flooring?
Edited by JacciB 2010-07-28 10:23 AM
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Location: Kansas | Yes, equifoam is water/chemical resistant. It is basically just very dense, stiff foam. They don't even leave hoofprints on this mat. I have really enjoyed mine. Fitting them into a slant load was a little bit of a pain, but more because I don't own any tools and cut them with a utility knife. |
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Location: Rocky Mount N.C. | Originally written by JacciB on 2010-07-28 11:22 AM Oh yeah, what is and where can I find WERM flooring? http://www.selecttrailer.com/WERM.html |
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Location: Southern New Mexico | Originally written by terri s on 2006-07-30 9:34 AM
My floor is aluminum extrusion, no wind underneath. They fit together tightly enough that I've never had a problem like that. Interesting. My floor is wood and there are small gaps between the boards. |
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