Doka flatbed, what to do?

[tricksta77]

Like the idea there Fin, I've been looking at something similar from over in Germany. Thanks for all the other ideas.

MM the replacement bed I saw yesterday was nearly double the price you mentioned!!!

Travis Perkins sell buffalo board/wysadeck type stuf in pretty big sheets so it's easy enough to get though I'm not sure the finish is what I'm after, I want a more classic custom look, real wood maybe, polished stainless banding etc.

Rich

[Plasticman]

really ? i will check with them next week.,wood is nice in some things but is it really right for this application,
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[Fin]

Its a resin impregnated board, they use it for building those massive F1 trucks you see at motor racing circuits
completely weather proof - and grippy even when wet
It was quite expensive if I remember - about £100 a sheet - paid in cash and they gave me some special screws and a couple of tubes of Sikaflex 221
Got it from here
SPECTRA SPECIALIST ENGINEERING LTD
UNIT 7, BROOK LA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BA13 4EP WESTBURY | Phone : 01373 865548

[HarryMann]

The main usage of Buffalo board, phenolic impregnated ply, is in the building trade, tends to be the best place to buy it, your local wood merchant...
I used 9mm on an existing steel loadbed, you'd need 18mm and £100 should do it.. for 2 sheets.

Is used for truck floors a lot, as well as scaff boards, rough side up for grip ... smooth side is a polished true surface!

PS. Don't the words custom and classic convey 2 different ideas

Perhaps you are looking for a varnished marine ply deck finish... not cheap for the real thing. With ash, spruce or even mahogany stringers glued & screwed just at the ends.

[Oldiebut goodie]

I used some to make an engine box in an open boat - no trace of deterioration after years of abuse by weather, salt water, lobster pots, whelk pots and so on. Luckily I got mine free - it came from a refrigerated container that was scrapped.

[Plasticman]

The main usage of Buffalo board, phenolic impregnated ply, is in the building trade, tends to be the best place to buy it, your local wood merchant...
I used 9mm on an existing steel loadbed, you'd need 18mm and £100 should do it.. for 2 sheets.

Is used for truck floors a lot, as well as scaff boards, rough side up for grip which I did... smooth side is a polished true surface!

PS. Don't the words custom and classic convey 2 different ideas

Perhaps you are looking for a varnished marine ply deck finish... not cheap for the real thing. With ash, spruce or even mahogany stringers glued & screwed just at the ends.

nice but would need timber drop sides to match.
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[clift_d]

The smooth phenolic coated ply is used for formwork for concrete - the gloss surface separates from cured concrete better than plain plywood - but it gets very slippy when wet. If you're doing a vehicle flatbed you'd probably be better getting something with a raised texture for grip such as WISA Hexa Grip or WISA Trans X

[HarryMann]

Yes, I've done my dropsides too...
Rough side out.

[Fin]

What Cliff said Wisadeck - it's the dogs Danglers

[Plasticman]

Ahh i meant if your going to do thte boat style with contrast banding then the drop sides would be entirel;y wood
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[max and caddy]

It's on ebay...lots of it...phenelic ply..Clive your going to lurve my floor on the sika...vw, and crisp and true like a ......well y know..crispy true thing..but not crispy.

[toomanytoys]

Looks like a better solution than the costly steel floor repair I need to do too..
Wouldn't 12 or 15mm be more than up to the job?? 18mm prob is pretty heavy..

My thought was to sikaflex it to the spars, then it cant "thrum", yes.. a few stainless countersunk bolts just to fully secure it too.. Similar approach to Fin in the back.. although 3 hatches might be better for me... if there is a load of gear in the back I could just open the middle one without removing everything...

[Fin]

I've got an off cut of the Wisadeck if anyone would like a lookey see - can post it

[HarryMann]

Yes Simon, 9mm over an existing loadbed. Possibly squeak by with 12mm over the structural frames - why waste loadspace when there's work to be done.

Hopefully see yours Alex in July.

Also... on the original thread whether stepside Fords came before or after the discovery of stainless steel... another spanner for the works

[Plasticman]

hey clive,Fords would never have used expensive SS and if they did it would be th e only thing left in a year or two
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