RTV 1140 CPX - bed lined or not lined? Help.

[TableRocked]

A shout out to all RTV 1140 CPX owners.

Have any of you had a LineX or equivalent spray in liner used for your box/bed? My dealer is telling me no spray in liner can be used or else it won't fold into the smaller bed.

As I plan to use mine to move rock, logs, dirt, ect as well as my wife plans to haul beach towels, lifejackets, coolers down to the boat dock, if the bed can't be sprayed out without leaving a rusty mess behind like most pickup beds that aren't LineX sprayed, my purchase of this unit is "out".

Is anyone using the drop in liner from Kubota?

I don't supposed Kubota made the entire bed out of diamond plate aluminum did they?

This unit seems perfect for my needs, except for the worry of how to keep the bed from turning into a scratched rusty mess

 

[L355SS]

I would throw in a cheap plastic tarp when doing the beach thing.
Dennis

 

[deerseeker001]

Welcome from Wisconsin

 

[texasjohn]

I've had my 1140 for several years...the paint is tough...no rust so far. However, I have hauled rock only a few times. I found a small metal utility trailer with manual dump bed for 300 dollars....best purchase ever....I can't recommend enough...soooooo many heavy oversized things to transport on 100+ acres...and leaves the 1140 bed free for tools, supplies to keep with you all the time (I put a plastic truck box in mine to keep rain out of my stuff). Stuff in a trailer can be left where you need it...building fence or whatever. My recommendation....purchase it for work. Work it. If you really, really want the bed to stay pretty, either get a can of spray paint and use it after every use....or make some kind of slide in/out bed liner.

It's like a tractor...beautiful when in use, a few scratches don't matter.

 

[TableRocked]

thanks for the response, I don't suppose you looked at the Kubota bed liner did you?

Scratches don't bother me, its when my wife lays a bunch of fresh, clean beach towels in the bed along with a couple table clothes and kids life jackets and by the short ride to the boat dock, I can imagine rust rubbing off on everything.....that's my concern..... I've got a tractor right now with a trailer I pull behind it for hauling rock that I've had to rebend the axle a dozen times now.....guess maybe I purchase another pull behind trailer and keep using my existing tractor.....get the wife a golf cart.....but I did so hope to justify some more orange paint in the garage ...... why wouldn't Kubota anticipate what has driven an entire industry of bed liner innovation and ensure the 1140 CPX could utilize LineX or Rhinoliner? Problem solved..... frustrating.....

 

[texasjohn]

Nope, YOU need more orange....on your acreage it will become your best buddy...with you always...so, find a way to keep your wife stuff clean...maybe a special trailer kept just for clean stuff?? You need more orange...and an 1140 is just right...wife will love it...mine does. A front rack would be a good start to get more cargo space...plastic clothes baskets/hampers for clean stuff??

I know nothing of the bed liner.

 

[tlj87]

A shout out to all RTV 1140 CPX owners.

Have any of you had a LineX or equivalent spray in liner used for your box/bed? My dealer is telling me no spray in liner can be used or else it won't fold into the smaller bed.

I just picked up a used 1140 myself and am trying to figure out what to do with the bed. Ideally, I would get Linex like I have in my pickup, but have concerns about the 2-4 seat conversion on the RTV. If I go the plywood route and build my own liner, I would need to make two different ones, one for each configuration.

Here is a thread from a TBN member who had Linex sprayed in his 1140: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/157543-rtv1140-sides-linex.html
Not sure how it is working out as this thread is almost 5 years old.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

I've had my RTV1140 for 3 years now. I bought a paint on bed liner from Advance a bit over 2 years ago when they had a $40 off $100 purchase coupon which they about always have (check Fatwallet.com for Advance discount coupons).
I've hauled gravel, dirt, kids, trash (currently loaded with burn trash) furniture, etc. The (gray) paint in the bed is all still there except for a few places that are showing a bit of rust. One day I'll sand the rusted spots down and clean the bed good and paint the bed liner stuff on it.
I bought my RTV because I have grandkids and it's something they love but I've ended up using it and should have bought one 7 years earlier.
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Some people have had acceptable performance from the spray can one and others haven't. I buy the Gallon paint on kit. I've ended up using it to paint on srteps to keep them from being slick and keep buying more to eventually do my bed.
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[TableRocked]

thanks for the responses, that helps alot.....so it appears, if done carefully, one can apply a bedliner and still go from the small to the larger bed.....its just such a perfect vehicle, I hated to do anything half ***.... no grandkids yet, John Thomas, mine are still 12, 14, and 16.....but living on a lake, I hoped to have something my wife and kids could use that I could also use....bed liner, right now, is the only sticking point.....

TLJ87, I'll reach out to that member to get an update on how he had his done and if he was satisfied with the ability to convert the bed. If possible, having a professional spray in a bed liner would be my first choice....anything I do tends to wide up looking, well, like a non professional did it.....let me know what you find out on yours...also curious, as yours is used, how does the bed look? Is it steel or is that diamond plate aluminum (that would remove any concerns I have with regard to rust)

 

[Gary Fowler]

My brother in law had LineX done on his Gator and I have to say that it was about the cheapest coating I have ever seen, not much thicker than a 2 coat paint system and I cant believe anything that thin would interfere with folding anything. My RTV 900 has Rhino liner sprayed on the bed which is about double the thickness that my BIL got from LineX for $500. I have skinned up a few spots on the bed rails from hitting it with rocks and backhoe bucket and find that the spray can of truck bed liner works pretty good for touchup. Just put a couple coats on and it repairs my skinned spots. Likely it would work for lining the whole bed if it was clean and rust free. It is about $10 a can but 5 cans would put on a pretty thick coating. I don't think it is as hard as Rhino liner but it is pretty tough.