Composite truck body floor

Abstract

Truck bodies are useful for receiving and transporting material from an excavation site. When abrasive material is being loaded and transported, the truck body is equipped with a hardened replaceable wear member to reduce wear and denting. The truck body includes a plurality of base members welded together. A non-metallic member is bonded to the base members. A hardened replaceable wear member is bonded to the non-metallic member. This arrangement of components provides truck body floors which have hardened wear members, which are bonded to the base members, thus, eliminating the need for welding.

We claim: 
     
       1. A composite truck body, comprising: a metallic base member forming a floor of the truck body, the base member has a predetermined material hardness;   a metallic wear member spaced from the metallic base member, the wear member has a predetermined material hardness which is greater then the predetermined hardness of the base member; and   a non-metallic material positioned and bonded between the base member and the wear member.