Plastic Slats Quick Facts:
  • Tight Seal Around End Caps
  • Tighter seal around end caps than aluminum slats
  • Easy Maintenance and Fast Unload
  • Low operating pressures. Less friction with plastic slats
  • Material less likely to bind to HDPE
  • Fast Installation
  • Bearingless Operation
  • Continuous subdeck
  • Easier to drill than aluminum
Plastic Deck Patents:
  • US Patent 7,926,646 B1
  • Patents pending

For additional information, click here to download our Deck Selection Guide (.pdf).




A Plastic Live Floor™ system is nearly half the weight of an Aluminum Live Floor™ system:

  Plastic Floor Aluminum Floor
Slat Weight (24 slats) 12.7 lb/ft 31.3 lb/ft
Subdeck Weight 12.8 lb/ft (25 subdeck) 12.2 lb/ft (24 subdeck)
Bearing Weight none 3.4 lb/ft
Total Deck Weight 25.5 lb/ft 46.9 lb/ft


Plastic Deck Specifications:

Maximum Load 15,000 lbs
Maximum Length 25 ft
Deck P/N 39-5023
Sub-Deck P/N 41-5024
End Cap P/N 39-5045
Standard Deck
Double Ridge
Triple Ridge
TOPSEAL™
TUFDECK™
Narrow Leak Resistant
Narrow Leak Resistant HD
Plastic Deck W Floor