How we made a horse trailer box both lightweight and strong
Traditional horse trailers are mostly made of wooden boards and aluminum panels, and people are happy to use these materials because they are easy to obtain, or some manufacturers are obsessed with metal materials. The strength of these materials is relatively high but the flaws are also obvious. Maybe you should consider new materials. We have developed a new type of fiberglass composite panel as the trailer box material. Here are some of our recommendations for horse trailers, drawn from years of experience building boxes and proven by many horse trailer manufacturers.
Side Wall Panels
We have two types of fiberglass panels for horse trailer side walls: fiberglass PET sandwich panels, and fiberglass plywood sandwich panels. More and more cabinet manufacturers are using fiberglass composite materials to replace metal and wood to achieve lightweight.
01 Fiberglass Plywood Sandwich Panels
Considering economic benefits, most manufacturers will choose fiberglass plywood, which provides the most strength, is also waterproof, and can be processed like wood. It is basically a reinforced version of wood.
Reasons to choose fiberglass plywood panels
- High Strength.
- Easy to process.
- Affordable.
02 Fiberglass PET Sandwich Panels
But in order to achieve a lightweight horse trailer box, fiberglass PET panels are undoubtedly the best choice. It is waterproof, high-strength, and lighter. The most important thing is that it is corrosion-resistant and will not rot like wood, which makes the box made of it undoubtedly have a longer service life.
Advantages of fiberglass PET panels over other materials
- Fiberglass PET panels are easy to clean and will not be corroded by feces or grass.
- It is strong enough to withstand impacts and kicks from horses.
- It has a lightweight structure and can reduce the power expenditure of the tractor.
Floor Panels
Traditional horse trailer floors are wooden floors or non-slip aluminum plates. Wooden floors are extremely difficult to clean after being contaminated by horse excrement, and will corrode. If these excrements cannot be cleaned up in time, it will not only damage the health of the horse, but also Destroy the structure of the horse trailer. Floors made of anti-skid aluminum plates will be dented and deformed due to long-term collision with horseshoes, and will lose their original friction over time. Anti-skid aluminum floors are very convenient for cleaning horse excrement, but hard horseshoes will still cause horses to slip when walking on them, and uneven floors will also make horses feel uncomfortable.
Using thermoplastic honeycomb panels as the floor of a horse trailer brings many conveniences.
- Non-slip thermoplastic honeycomb panels are very lightweight and have a density much lower than wooden boards;
- Its compressive strength and flexural strength are very high, its performance is stable and it is not easy to deform;
- It is waterproof and corrosion-resistant.
- It brings a safer and more comfortable anti-slip effect.
Application of anti-slip thermoplastic honeycomb panels on horse trailers
It is a product that combines CFRT with PP honeycomb core. The structure is very stable and can evenly distribute the weight of the horse. Its CFRT surface is embossed with some dense anti-slip textures. These textures are the key to anti-slip. It looks very smooth and horses will not feel any discomfort when walking on it. It can withstand the trampling of horseshoes and the excrement of horse hides. Nor will it cause any corrosion to it.
Contact us to learn more about horse trailer composite panels
- High-quality raw materials ensure product quality from the source.
- Professional design team provides optimal sizing solutions.
- Professional automated factory assembly line production, fast, accurate and efficient.