Plus side of the steel deck is the resale stays higher longer.
We have both types of flooring. It always seemed like on our steel diamond type floor if your load shifts for some reason instead of sliding over the the next board, it slides off of the trailer, and has a tendency to test your riggings skills. The one I have always seemed to be slick any moisture at all on the trailer it is impossible to load. A cheap floor is bad enough in damp conditions. But trying to load the steel floor we find it is safer just to wait.
Also we have had to replace a couple boards on the wood floor trailer, versus a section of the floor and the floor joists on the solid steel. Not that it will happen to you. Our trailers see some serious abuse.
FWIW, The heavier axle trailers also rides terrible empty.
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