Truck bed mat?
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Topic: Truck bed mat?
Posted By: Neal (scMN)
Subject: Truck bed mat?
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2019 at 9:19pm
| What is the best to put in the bed of a new truck, rubber mat, spray on or carpet? |
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Posted By: allis g
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2019 at 9:35pm
| I have had bed liners they rust out the bed and you don’t see it till it’s too late. Used carpet when I was poor got spray on in the latest truck like it the best. Stuff doesn’t slid around |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2019 at 9:37pm
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I have had a rubber mat, about 5/16 inch thick on the floor of my lasts 3 trucks.. Like that the best.. nothing slides and you can pull out and wash out twice a year. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: 200Tom1
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2019 at 10:12pm
| Name brand spray on, only way to go as far as I am concerned. |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2019 at 3:10am
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If I can ever find a rust free bed to replace what my Pickup has, I’ll only go with a spray in liner. ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2019 at 5:38am
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some stuff I know... my '97 F150 has has a liner in the box ALL of it's life, ZERO rust from it being in there. 3 trucks next door,used for /landscaping/snowplowing had sprayin liners, all 3 rust rotted from top front lip down and other spots. All three now have new beds($$$$!!) and liners How a bed holds up depends on what you haul, how often and how you cleanup. Haul sharp gravel and shovelling it out will chew the factory off, so rust will begin. Haul bags of salt that bust...... the bad rust cycle will begin( and never end). I look at sprayon bed liners like powdercoat, unless applied 100% right, over 100% of the box and allowed to 'cure' 100% before install, you've got 100% future problems.ANY knick, gouge, knife cut and water(especially salty water) WILL get in..then the trouble begins. With a liner ,you can (with 2 guys), easily remove and inspect the bed. Aside from 'paint wear', mine's fine. A rotted out box with liner, to me indicates water from the liner got through a hole and sat in the box, because the drain holes in the box were plugged up. In the end what kind of protection you add depends on what you use the box for. What I do know is that any box with a sprayon liner is NOT repairable. ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2019 at 6:59am
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As long as the do the correct procedure, I would never be without a spray in job. Factory is el supremo. but i spose it is too late for that now.
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Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2019 at 8:52am
Well there you have it! The best is a spray on. Except for liners. Except for rubber mats.
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Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2019 at 10:47am
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For what it's worth I have had a rubber bed mat in my 94 since new. ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: Robert Musgrave
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2019 at 12:03pm
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½" Plywood with a 2x4 at the front (toward the cab) and hinged at the tailgate. With the tailgate down, makes a flat surface almost to the end. Finished with two coats of machinery grey enamel. Made for a 2007 Canyon, it is now in a 2015 Canyon. Great for hauling and sliding firewood. Gets a little slippery when wet, and can be removed to clean. R. Musgrave
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Posted By: Bill_MN
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2019 at 4:46pm
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I had Line-X sprayed in mine when new, then put a rubber mat on top of it. The Line-X is a little slippery and does not stop the bed from getting dented when, say, a heavy engine block tips off the pallet....ask me how I know ------------- 1951 WD #78283, 1918 Case 28x50 Thresher #76738, Case Centennial B 2x16 Plow |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2019 at 5:59pm
| I have an 89 Chevy with a plastic bed liner since new. It is the only area where this truck has NO rust. My 05 Chevy, same thing. The 89 has 250,000 on it and got used hard. Also the plastic liner is ideal for using that Loadhandler as seen on TV. |
Posted By: DonBC
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2019 at 1:06pm
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My 89 Jeep Comanche has had a plastic bed liner since new and I have not noticed that the bed shows any sign of rust when i have been under the truck. It is slippery and I usually tie down anything that might slide around. ------------- Jack of all trades, master of none |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2019 at 1:38pm
| put a topper on it |
Posted By: Ken(MI)
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2019 at 8:50pm
| Rubber floor and plywood over it works for me, but we load with forklifts all the time and rubber alone doesn't like that. |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2019 at 6:20am
I hate toppers. If I wanted a suburban, that's what I'd buy!
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shameless dude wrote:Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2019 at 6:26am
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got a perfect 'topper' from an '04 SB Chevy, can't GIVE it away. even has privacy glass all round, goin to cost ME money to take to dump...arrgh.... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2019 at 7:48am
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Yea and as soon as ya do that some one wants it. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2019 at 1:02pm
| no matter what you put in your truck box, make sure you have drain holes. |