Pick-up Truck Bedliners

scruffy · Mar 11, 2002

hmmmmmm, seems like I said that way back up there! Oh well.

cowboydoc · Mar 11, 2002

Sorry if you already said that Scruffy. Like most people anymore there are just too many posts to read them all!!!!

Egon · Mar 11, 2002

Scruffy:

Such is life. But everyone to his own.
Think I'll paint the inside of my box this summer.

Egon

scruffy · Mar 12, 2002

Personally, I ain't doin' nuttin' to the inside of that box until the pickup is ready for going down the road...probably won't then either! /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif Each one of those scratches, dings, and dents are a badge of honor for labor done by the truck.
Just a hint though, to protect your rear window, and front bed wall, put a metal crush box (toolbox) across the bed, that way, if a load slides forward, it will hit the toolbox and bend it up a little or a lot...depending (smile), but it will straighten out!

cp1969 · Mar 12, 2002

The only time I've ever been glad I have a bed liner is when hauling brush. Put one long limb on the bottom, load it up, and when you get ready to unload, the whole mess slides right out with very little effort.

The rest of the time it's a worthless pain in the rear. I wouldn't ever buy one again, nor would I use one of the spray coatings.

Egon · Mar 13, 2002

Scruffy:

Too late. Had to make hasty stop with a pallet [ 3800# ] of concrete paving blocks in the rear. Bent the box a touch. The paint will go on as a camper sits on a plywood sheet in the back almost year round now and it can rust some underneath the plywood. Otherwise it would be retain the factory paint. I'll do that when I paint the underside of the truck next summer.
This one has to last as retirement income is not the greatest.

Egon

scruffy · Mar 13, 2002

Egon, sorry to hear about your oops in your p/u bed. I learned that lesson years ago, and its a whole lot easier, not to mention cheaper to replace a crushed toolbox than pull the bed, straighten it, and the cab. The current p/u is workin' on its 3rd toolbox and its been slimmed down in the middle once by two 330' foot rolls of 48" field fencing slamming into it. Little pounding, and paint, it was back in business!
Don't know 'bout the retirement income, but mine took a very heavy hit last year, and probably the rest of it this year. /w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif Oh well, I'm only 56, so got a few more years to work! Oh yeah, Disability ain't any great shakes either./w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif

rancar · Mar 14, 2002

Well Gentlemen. Since starting this thread I'm been educated to say the least. First I was thinking about a regular Duraliner or Pendaliner, then that spray on stuff. Now you guys are convincing me that the only real way to be a man and to have a real man's working truck is to beat the b'jeebers out of it with all kinds of dents, scratches, and nicks. And in a couple of years I'm going to stand back and look at my new truck that looks like it's been through a world war with a TBN coffee mug in my hand (hoping they come out soon) and be thankful that I've become a real man thanks to my fellow TBNers. /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

scruffy · Mar 15, 2002

You can keep the exterior body and interior in great shape. It really does not hurt the value if the interior of the bed is scratched up and have dings in it. those can be easily covered with the spray liner when you feel ready to get rid of the truck...if you want to go to the trouble.
My 95 RAM looks great on the exterior, and in the cab, but I can't lay the same claim to the interior of the bed. Of course, with 95G on it (pushin' 96), it's earned a ding or two!