Anyone use pro rib siding??????

[walleye 4 me]

After looking at some of pro ribs trim I think I figured out how to do the top. But for the bottom I am debating. The house will have steel studs. I could set the studs in 3/4" from the outside of the trailer and let the siding sit on top of the trailer????

Or overlap the siding onto the sidewall of the trailer frame and use some J-channel? my concearn is the bottom J-channel getting damaged when setting the house on the ice or when cranking the house up out of the frozen snow the house was banked with?? what have you guys done at the bottom in this regards??

I found this thread and had a few questions. Kevfish1, your idea of setting the studs back so the j-channel is on top of the floor makes sense to me but if I was making a house that was only 6' wide this would make me think that it would be a pretty short bunk with the house being this narrow already. Also, for people that use the j channel on the bottom of the wall, does water collect there and eventually rust?

[Lip_Ripper Guy]

I'd personally NOT set the J channel on top of the floor. That's just another place for water and road spray to get into the house between the top of the floor and bottom of J channel. The better way to do it is to carry your siding down over the outside edge of the frame, and screw the J channel into the frame with self tapping screws.

You can keep water from collecting by drilling small drainage holes every few feet.