beech1948
Established Member
I have an 8x4 trailer which is now old enough to need the ply bed replacing. Current phenolic ply base has been Ok for a good 12 years.
Replacement phenolic ply seems very hit and miss. Much of the lower cost stuff is phenolic resin on cheap Chinese ply and not desirable at all. The more expensive stuff is about £90 but is impossible to get to the point where the supplier can tell me what sort of ply has been used. Being a sceptical sort this lack of knowledge does not impress me at all.
An alternative is to use Ali chequer plate at about the £90 + price. BUT what thickness do I need. ?? The 2 or 3 mm thick stuff just seems too thin to support a maximum of 750Kg with that weight spread across the 8x4 surface so do I need to go to say 4 or 6 mm instead or am I worrying about nothing.
Anyone know about these things.
Replacement phenolic ply seems very hit and miss. Much of the lower cost stuff is phenolic resin on cheap Chinese ply and not desirable at all. The more expensive stuff is about £90 but is impossible to get to the point where the supplier can tell me what sort of ply has been used. Being a sceptical sort this lack of knowledge does not impress me at all.
An alternative is to use Ali chequer plate at about the £90 + price. BUT what thickness do I need. ?? The 2 or 3 mm thick stuff just seems too thin to support a maximum of 750Kg with that weight spread across the 8x4 surface so do I need to go to say 4 or 6 mm instead or am I worrying about nothing.
Anyone know about these things.
