Roof Rack Flooring

crown14

crown14

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May 11, 2006
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Clayton, NC
kennith said:
I've cooled on the chicken floor, literally.

I replaced it with a floor I made out of HDPE, and I'll never go back. The extra roof has made a drastic change in interior temperatures during the summer. On top of that, the roof is no longer a combination of filthy all the time and impossible to clean.

As well, the HDPE flexes less, looks better, and is far more quiet at highway speeds. You almost don't even know the rack is there. It somehow manages to be more quiet than a rack without a floor.

Just to give you an idea, here, one day I got into a Jaguar, and the vehicle had been sitting in the sun, parked next to my Discovery. It was like an oven in there. So, I got out, cooled off, and stepped into the Discovery.

To my amazement, it was NOT like an oven. That has never happened before in this vehicle. They had both been there the same amount of time.

The extra roof is worth it. I knew it would make a difference, it had to. I just didn't know how big of a difference it would be.

That said, it costs FAR more than the chicken floor, so use what you can afford. Almost any floor is better than no floor at all. Making this new floor cost me quite a bit of money in hardware, as well as materials.

Cheers,

Kennith
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oK did you sit in two discoveries? one with a lame rack and and lame floor on it and then one stock one? and then make a temperature assesment?
 
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bribassguy

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Oct 31, 2008
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How much was the HDPE... and what thickness did you use?

I suppose it has the added benfit of meeting FDA requirements for direct food contact applications.
 
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Tempest

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Mar 11, 2008
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Orlando, FL
Timmy!!!!!!! said:
Anybody know of an online source for starlite xl panels? The chicken coop flooring left this mess on the roof impossible to clean unless I take the rack off.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3459/3977955605_8c4535bdf9.jpg
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Wow, I have had my chicken coop flooring for over a year, truck sits in FL sun all the time... birds shit on it etc... never any stains like that. White roof too. Did you ever wax the roof?
 
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