Trucks and Utility Vehicles use Rigid-tex® because of its durability, and strength. Rigid-tex® also comes in several different tread plate patterns to choose from.

No minimums. Any alloy. The pattern that fits the job.

Utility Work Trucks, Tow Tractors, Truck Body, Trailer Bed, and Personnel Carriers

Order the tread plate that fits the job, not the job that fits our minimums. Rigid-tex tread plate comes in four lug patterns, RTP®, RSS.3, XTP, and STP, in stainless, aluminum, and galvanized steel, from .018″ to .125″ thick, in any quantity from a single sheet to a full production run.

A challenge for many truck body manufacturers, these days, is to reduce the overall weight of each unit. While the term “tread plate” often suggests a heavy decking plate, usually 3/16″ or ¼” thick with a solid back, Rigidized® Metals offers Rigid-tex® tread plate patterns with a thickness range of .018″ to .125″ in stainless steel.

All types of metal can be rolled up to 60″ wide. The availability of lighter gauges allows these patterns to be used in decorative, but still functional, areas, such as door liners, toolboxes and covers.

Material That’s Ready When You Are

Rigid-tex ships clean and consistent, so it goes straight into fabrication without extra prep. Pick the alloy and lug pattern for the application instead of settling for what happens to be in stock.

With Rigid-tex®, utility, truck body and trailer manufacturers have a choice in specifying a tread plate product that fits every metal requirement, from any grade of stainless steel, to any aluminum alloy and zinc-coated metal (galvanized or galvannealed carbon steel).

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Classic Tread Plate Patterns

Rigid-tex® tread plate is available in four patterns: RTP®, RSS.3, XTP, and STP. STP is our NFPA-1901 slip-resistance approved pattern, the pattern of choice for fire apparatus and other emergency vehicle applications.

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Rigidized® Metals’ brand of Rigid-tex® tread plate patterns give the engineer and designer choices on their next work truck application. Compared to traditional flat back tread plate, Rigid-tex® metals reduce weight without jeopardizing strength. Our product is flatter, has a consistent pattern and can be manufactured in any alloy including stainless, galvannealed, cold rolled and hot rolled carbon. Specify Rigid-tex® tread plate on your next work truck for long lasting life.

Please note that on Rigidized® Metals’ STP pattern meets the NFPA-1901 spec, and under the following conditions:

304 Stainless Steel, BA finish, .060” thick

304 Stainless Steel, #4 finish, .075” thick

304 Stainless Steel, 2B finish, .105” thick

Download our Treadplate brochure, here.

Light Weight Tread Plate

For reference, the table below shows weight savings of Rigid-tex® tread plate compared to traditional flat-back tread plate by gauge and alloy.

The table below compares weight reduction in our hollow lug compared to flat back lug.
GaugeCarbon, Stainless Steel

RTP®

Rigidized® Tread Plate (lbs./sq.ft.)

Galv. G-90

RTP®, RSS

Rigidized® Tread Plate (lbs./sq.ft.)

Galv. A-40, A-60

RTP®, RSS

Rigidized® Tread Plate (lbs./sq.ft.)

Carbon Medium

(RTP®)

Flatback Tread Plate (lbs./sq.ft.)

Carbon Large

(RSS)

Flatback Tread Plate (lbs./sq.ft.)

Stainless Steel

(HRAP)

Flatback Tread Plate (lbs./sq.ft.)

105.6805.781N/AN/AN/AN/A
115.0405.156N/A6.160N/A6.15
124.4104.5314.5315.250N/AN/A
133.780N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
143.1003.2813.2813.750N/AN/A
162.5002.6562.6563.000N/AN/A
182.0002.1562.156N/AN/AN/A
201.5001.6561.656N/AN/AN/A
221.2001.4061.406N/AN/AN/A
241.0301.1561.156N/AN/AN/A
ThicknessRigidized® AluminumAluminum Tread Plate
.125″1.781.92
.100″1.421.57
.090″1.28N/A
.080″1.14N/A
0.63″.884N/A

Beyond Tread Plate

Tread plate isn’t the only Rigid-tex® surface on a truck body, trailer, or utility cart. Deep and micro textured patterns are used in door liners, toolboxes, covers, and other decorative but functional areas where a lighter gauge and a different pattern makes more sense than a tread plate deck. If a surface takes wear but isn’t a walking or loading area, there’s likely a Rigid-tex® pattern built for it.

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