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Hi all I was wondering what type of floor covering I should do? using jute pad, with floor mat or a modern insulating mat with floor mat how well do they work and who sells a really good fitting/looking one Thanks for any info
I have a 41 1/2 ton

This site should answer your question.
41 Floor Mat Click on Detail.
Harold

I used some of that double sided foil covered insulation which you can but in the big box stores. Does it make a difference? Can't really say it does. I know the hot rod suppliers offer a similar material but much more expensive. I have old pieces of fabric carpet on each side of the hump and I have some old rubber floor mats on top all covered by what I believe is the original rubber mat. In my 53 I had a repop mat which fit very well but was almost paper thin. I would not go that route again. You can make a pattern of your floor from cardboard and get a piece of rubber and make your own.
Incidentally I also put that double sided foil material under the door panels.

I think sedgewick is refering to "seel & peel". Never used it, but have read great things about it. goes in just like dynamat and is a fraction of the price.

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I used something a little different that came from Lowe's or Home Depot. It was a foil wrap used for water heaters. It's about 1/4" thick and sticky on one side and way cheaper than what you find in the parts catalogs. It came in a roll that was 12" wide by about 15 ft long. I put it on the floors, on the ceiling and behind the fuel tank on my '52 3100. I also went to Tractor Supply and got rubber matting that they sell for horse stalls that was 1/4" thick that I put over the foil in the floor. That made a huge reduction in road noise and heat in the cab.

The big box stuff is not made for sound. If anything some of it is strictly insulation. The Dynamat products and Eastwood Thermo-Coustic are totally different products made just for that purpose. Eastwood Thermo-Coustic is a heavy aluminum facing over a dense rubber material that really absorbs and deadens noise. It works great on panels, floors, and dashboards. I installed in my '64. The upper door panels sound like your knocking on a heavy plastic panel...doesn't sound metallic at all anymore. It is expensive and it is heavy, and it works.

I like your ingenuity.

My '52 is a daily driver and the method I mentioned topped off with a floor carpet kit works great for me.

Thanks all great replies

Jut did this in our 52 1/2 ton. used the jute with the foil on one side. Cut and fit was a pain. Used a rubber floor anti fatigue mat to cover. The biggest difference? After my bride stuffed a "batting" like used in quilts under the seat. Go figure. She gets the noise down with this stuff. Cheap at the fabric store. Truck is nice, and no drafts, little noise and hey it sounds less busy so it goes faster. I had glued a foam type pad under the seat, Never thought about it again. She stuffs this stuff in and the noise goes way down...I gotta get out of the garage once in a while.