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How to Install Boards In Utility Trailers

Utility trailers, equipped with only frame wheels, are most often sold for much less than complete trailers and can provide an excellent method for transporting your items from one place to another. Adding your own wooden floor boards is a project that most do-it-yourself minded individuals can complete without difficulty. The open, angle iron frames make it simple to cut and install 2 by 6 treated lumber to create a rugged floor that will support even the heaviest loads for years to come.

Instructions

1

Measure the frame from inside lip to inside lip, front to back. Cut enough treated 2 by 6, or 2 by 8 lumber pieces to cover the entire floor area of the trailer. Cut them to length to fit the frame from front to back. If the wheel wells cut into the trailer floor at the sides, measure and cut pieces to fit behind and in front of those as well. Use a circular saw to make the cuts.

2

Lay the boards into the frame and number them from left to right. If needed, cut one board to fit along the right edge on a table saw. Mark the bolt holes from the underside of the frame onto the boards. Remove the boards from the trailer and drill pilot holes through the boards with a bit the same diameter as the diameter of the bolt holes, which are typically 5/16 inch.

3

Reposition the boards in the trailer floor and run a carriage bolt, as long as the thickness of the boards, plus the trailer frame material, plus inch. Tap the bolts home firmly in the holes to gently sink the heads into the boards to hold them in place.

4

Fit a washer and nut to the bottom of each of the carriage bolts from the underside of the trailer. Tighten the nuts with a socket wrench to complete the installation of your trailer floor boards.