Rhino vs Line-x vs others

[TresCrows]

"I have been very happy with those $80 rubber bed mats."

Every rubber mat I have had has blown out, I saw one blow out of a truck ahead of me a few days ago. Here in Kansaw if you are going 70 MPH into a 40 MPH headwind that is a total windspeed of 100 MPH. This is a common occurence here. If it ain't tied down it might not be there when you get where you are going. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif J

 

[Mrwurm]

I had a rubber mat in the last truck I owned. It never blew out even at 70 mph. I have a new truck on order and I plan to put one in the new truck.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

One of the things I haven't seen mentioned in this thread is the litigation against Rhino. It seems a plastic gas container on a rhino liner is a severe fire hazard.

A bud of mine has rhino installed not only on his dually but also inside of his eleven foot utility body. He's done this even though one of his customers is one of the attorneys involved. He just don't carry gas in the back of his trucks without putting them in a box etc.

Anyone else hear about this?

 

[lamarbur]

all the local gas stations in my area will NOT load a gas can then allow you to place it on any liner regardless of brand name. They were given a notice (so they tell me anyway) from the flag carriers, Exxon/Shell/Texaco/etc, not to allow gas cans on liners due to explosions.

 

[TresCrows]

That is just another stupid lawsuit /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif. Rhino is not responsible for an idiots actions. Obviously any rubber, plastic or similar liner of any type including a drop-in can cause a fire. The gas can should be filled on the ground, not on the liner /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif.

Look, I am sure rubber mats work well, if you install one I suggest fastening it down, because, unlike the static electricity thing, if a rubber mat blows out and lands on a following car and they crash you may well get sued. Just fasten it down with some pull rivets or 3M yellow adhesive etc. The rubber mats also don't protect your bed sides. My last rubber mat was very thick and heavy, it went away with a kawoosh and a kathump. I was going fast into a blustery headwind. It landed in the median and I recovered it and use it for a foot mat in my shop for a long time /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif. That has just been my experiance with them, others may vary. J

 

[rrsquid]

You should never fill a gas can inside a bed with a liner. The plastic to plastic contact can develop a static charge. Then when you bring the metal filler nozzle close a spark can occour between the metal and plactic can. This is the theory at least. I have never heard first-hand of this happening.

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Mark

 

[RobertN]

Yes, it can and does happen. A few months ago, a Fire Fighter buddy of mine was getting fuel. He warned a guy who was about to fill a gas can, that was sitting in the bed of his truck on a liner.

He got just inside the gas station when he heard a big WHOOOSH. The guy did not lkisten, and lit himself and his truck up. The guy got a nice trip in a medic unit...

 

[JJT]

You should always place the gas can on the ground, (which electrically grounds the container). The hazard exists with or without a bed liner, the truck is not grounded.

 

[jyoutz]

I've never heard of such a thing, and I have lots of relatives who live in Wyoming who use them. I don't think there's anyplace in the US windier than WY.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

</font><font color="blueclass=small">( That is just another stupid lawsuit . Rhino is not responsible for an idiots actions. )</font>

I guess I'd be one of those idiots you're talking about. I had no idea that putting a plastic gas can in a rhino lined truck presented a fire hazard.

I'm sure rhino has been sued not because they make a product that under the wrong circumstances can start a fire. But because they didn't inform their customers about it.

Some of us weren't born as smart as others.

We were talking some time back about the proverbial new guy on the crew that fills the line truck's hydraulic tank with gasoline. It happens all the time. Driver goes in for a cup of coffee and tells the newbie to fill her up. Newbie sees what he thinks is the gas tank and fills her up. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

One of my buds whom I believe is the smartest and most knowledgeable person I'll ever have the luck of knowing ducked his head and started kicking rocks.

He was once a newbie. He also did the deed.

Hard to believe just what kind of person can be an idiot. Sometimes it's one of us that just didn't know.

Labels aren't just for idiots.

Sometimes they're for guys like me or maybe even you.

If rhino put in a label warning there could be a fire hazard maybe they wouldn't have gotten sued.

But then some idiot in their company might have worried about such a label hurting sales. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif