ACM panels on trailer.

[101numlock]

I need to do 3 signs on left right and rear ramp door on a trailer for a customer. He wants to be able to remove them in about 6 months and put them on another trailer.. They are going to be full size 4x8acm panels on the sides and a 4x4 on the rear.. I am worried about the panels being wavy due to the seems in the trailer. Would it be best to mount a metal frame on it or just use some spacers to bring it up off of the trailer? Any experience with this guys ? Am I barking up the wrong tree going this route?

 

[TXFB.INS]

I need to do 3 signs on left right and rear ramp door on a trailer for a customer. He wants to be able to remove them in about 6 months and put them on another trailer.. They are going to be full size 4x8acm panels on the sides and a 4x4 on the rear.. I am worried about the panels being wavy due to the seems in the trailer. Would it be best to mount a metal frame on it or just use some spacers to bring it up off of the trailer? Any experience with this guys ? Am I barking up the wrong tree going this route?

your going to have to show pics of this.

none of the cargo trailer we do have this "wavy" effect.

either way how are you intending to attach? screws will leave holes in the trailer once it is removed. and you will have to make sure that when attached it is to the structure as the "skin" is too thin to work as an anchor point

 

[101numlock]

Acm

I believe if I tighten it down to the side of the trailer the seams on the trailer will cause a ripple effect when it is pulled against it.

 

[Z SIGNS]

Attaching panels to a truck can be tricky.What ever you do just make sure it can take a constant wind load of at least 75 mph

 

[FS-Keith]

I would use .090 alum

 

[DigiPrinter]

I would say the acm panels would be fine and to keep them as flat as possible to the trailer. I wouldn't suggest spacing off at all as that'll give those room for wind lift. The seams aren't going to affect the appearance of the acm panels. I would either pop-rivet or screw them on.....make sure to find the inner structure of the trailer. After I got those on I would run a bead of silicone around the perimeter. Tell your customer that when he takes them off there WILL be holes and he'll have to clean. I doubt he'll have any sun fading but I would mention there could be some color variation between what's been covered and what hasn't.....I doubt it but just to cover your bases.

 

[idsignsil]

We have done this before. We used a frame system (not sure what the boss ordered, maybe some sort of signcomp frame). Screwed the frame system to the trailer, silicone the leading edge along with the top and bottom. We left the back edge with just screws so the customer could swap out panels and messages.