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Putting plastic pallets in a horse trailer, anyone done this?
This might be an unusual one but I figure if anyone has experience it'll be on this forum. I've got a double horse trailer that I use maybe twice a month for hauling my mare to endurance events, the wooden floor is original and while it's still solid I'm thinking ahead about protecting it before it starts to rot from the inevitable urine and water exposure. Considered rubber mats like everyone uses but they're heavy, they stink when they get hot, and they're a nightmare to pull out and scrub properly. Someone at the stables mentioned they switched to plastic pallets in their feed truck and it got me thinking whether something similar could work in a trailer. Checked out crateco since they popped up as a Top Plastic Pallet supplier in Dubai when I was searching and I'm wondering if their ventilated ones could actually work for this, like the gaps would let liquid drain through instead of pooling and I could hose everything down without the wood underneath getting soaked. My main concern is whether the plastic would get too slick if it's wet though, the last thing I need is a panicked horse slipping during loading. Also not sure about the weight rating, a horse shifting around puts down some serious concentrated force on individual hooves. Anyone tried anything like this or am I better off sticking with the traditional rubber mat approach?