Flooring

There are several companies in your immediate area. Two that regularly stock OEM quality Apitong are - Royal Truck and Trailer in Dearborn, Michigan and JM McCormick in Lebanon, IN. JM McCormick may even deliver in your area.

I assume you’re asking if a particular fleet hauling similar freight on trailers with the same age has data. The answer is many comparisons. Please reference the following links www.overseashardwoods.com/rlt2.htm, www.overseashardwoods.com/rlt3.htm which illustrate first hand knowledge from such fleets. The degradation of wood flooring happens at the board ends. In a traditional random length floor, these board ends will begin deteriorating (absorbing and losing moister) within the first six months. Depending on the species of wood used and the environment the trailer is subjected to, the board ends will pull through the screws and will become very week. Upon inspection of a 2-4 year old floor that has random length flooring, one would find several board ends loose, broken and have no carrying capacity. All of which also create potential safety hazards.

Thank you for your question, hopefully this will assist you and any others that may have similar needs -WRS.

Jill,

Overseas Hardwoods Company’s web-site, www.overseashardwoods.com, has a list of the companies that use Road Load Tested® (RLT) as their standard floor. Almost all manufacturers have installed RLT and will install RLT if specified by their customers even if they are not standardized on it. Based on the volume purchased, there may be an up charge if the manufacturer does not offer RLT as its standard floor. In addition, the US Military specifies this product on new and refurbished trailers.

Thank you for your question, hopefully this will assist you and any others that may have similar needs -WRS.

There are many products that are on the market today for flatbed trailers, i.e. wood, aluminum, plywood, composites. Depending on the application, each of these products can work well, very well, or very poorly. Composite products have not been proven over time and have not been cost effective. Plywood products have a niche in the market but by and large solid wood or aluminum with wooden nailer strips are used extensively for their abilities to carry the load.

Yes. Deterioration will always happen at the ends of the boards. The way to eliminate this happening is a full continuous piece. The product that does this is Road Load Tested.