Steel deck on trailer

doorman

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My W&W flat bed gooseneck has a steel deck which is slippery when wet. Has anyone used spray-on bed liner to help with this problem or should I cover the steel with rough cut lumber? Thanks for any help.
 
I have a trailer with expanded metal. When you lay a chain down, at least a few links will slide down thru the metal. When you try to pick the chain up, the links bind up and you have to play with it to get them to slide back up thru the metal. Very inconvenient. If you put the expanded metal over the steel, it may not be a problem. You might only put it on in strips when you are going to run the tires.
 
Wood is slippery when wet too. I like that bed liner idea even though I never had a truck with the spray in type. I'd ask the guys that professionaly do the spray in about it and see if they can add some sort of grit so it is not slippy. Or find some old rubber conveyor belting and bolt it down.
 

I've had conveyor belting in the bed of my truck before and it's slick as owl-stuff when wet.. nearly busted my butt several times

there are lots of ideas behind google including adding abrasive material to your paint. i.e. sand blasting media.. like black beauty. Course grit . Lots of boat owners do this on fiberglass decks .

Are you wanting to do just the area where you walk or the entire bed ?? If you're just wanting to coat the areas around your equipment, I'd try the sand/paint first...I haven't found a paint on bed liner material that holds up well.

john
 
I have used paint and sand to solve that problem. Just paint it with a thick coat, then sprinkle some sand, thw, another light coat 9f paint. Has worked good for me.
 
(quoted from post at 06:38:20 08/23/18) I have used paint and sand to solve that problem. Just paint it with a thick coat, then sprinkle some sand, thw, another light coat 9f paint. Has worked good for me.
We tried this on wood, but didn't hold up over time. I think it'd work great on metal though.

You can use coarse sand and have it very rough, or extra-fine sand for a less aggressive, no-slip surface. Used sandblasting sand/media should also work well
 
I'm just spit-balling out an idea, would a higher end driveway sealer do the job ($10 to $20 for a 5 gallon pail)? The ones I've used on asphalt drives had good traction and held up for about a year under several times a day traffic.
 
(quoted from post at 08:03:45 08/23/18) My W&W flat bed gooseneck has a steel deck which is slippery when wet. Has anyone used spray-on bed liner to help with this problem or should I cover the steel with rough cut lumber? Thanks for any help.

Use a winch to load and unload to prevent flipped tractors
 
Here's a a coating you might want to take a look at. It can also be used on steel.
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