Epoxy or liquid wood treatments for soft trailer floors?

[Pasturepony]

Anyone actually tried epoxy or liquid wood to repair small (1-3 inch) soft spots in trailer floor? I have about 5 right by the sidewall on floor where bolts are. Thinking of trying filler and epoxy then sandwiching and gluing with sheet metal and rebolting it since the whole area effected is only a few inches by about a foot in small round soft spots. Trailer is brenderup.

Ideas? Experiences? I searched but really only found threads on replacing the whole floor which I think is unnecessary.

Thanks!

[Drive_NJ]

sorry - soft spots in the trailer floor and Epoxy???

why would you do that instead of replacing

think about what happens if it breaks and a leg goes thru !!!

t me its just not worth it

[Dressage_Fancy]

Be safe and replace the whole floor.

[Appsolute]

I am usually one for saving money and doing the bare minimum, but a trailer floor is not a place I would be willing to cut corners!

No epoxy is going to be strong enough to support a 1200 pound animal as it stomps to keep its balance. It also sounds like these soft spots are where the supports meet the floor- an area that is going to receive the most torque and load.

No way an epoxy is going to fix this.

Replacing a floor will be costly, but risking a leg through the floor or worse is not worth it!

[Pasturepony]

They aren’t anywhere near where a horse could get a hoof through. Think manger area. And I also said gluing/sandwiching between sheet metal so all the liquidwood has to do is stop any more deterioration (which is what it’s meant for) and the epoxy/filler to bring the wood back to level so I can sandwhich it with metal and rebolt it to the lip.

I’m not replacing the floor. The trailer is for sale and I’ve lowered the price to accommodate any repair the buyer wants to preform plus I’ve posted pics of the soft spots so they understand what is wrong with the trailer.

[Beentheredonethat]

I have sort of done this for other reasons. I just used caulking to fill up all of the spaces between the wood floor and side of the trailer (about an inch or so) so things wouldn’t keep piling up and sitting in there. I also use it in the spaces where rust tends to get into, like in the seams in the roof or little seams in the manger. It’s pretty cheap and will do the job. You can also pull it right out if you need to.