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ButchS1066 wrote:Only time the bedliner comes out of mine is when I need the cap for something, usually a roadtrip. I cut a rubber bed mat to fit inside the bedliner, solves both the issues with knees and stuff sliding around while driving.
No offense, but it sounds like a crappy liner if you had to make a liner for it...
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ButchS1066 wrote:Only time the bedliner comes out of mine is when I need the cap for something, usually a roadtrip. I cut a rubber bed mat to fit inside the bedliner, solves both the issues with knees and stuff sliding around while driving.
No offense, but it sounds like a crappy liner if you had to make a liner for it...
I know guys who have used plywood or carpet scrap so they can protect the liner from the cargo.
Netpackrat wrote:No offense, but it sounds like a crappy liner if you had to make a liner for it...
On the contrary, it's a work truck and I haul a lot of stuff with it. My 1 ton dually has a sprayed in bedliner, and I keep a mat in it as well. A mat gives me a smooth floor that's neither slippery nor abrasive, and adds another layer of protection for both the truck's bed and whatever I'm hauling.
@ Fivetoes: Yep, same idea. A lot of what I haul is palletized, and sliding damaged pallets on the bed liner will chew it up. The mat will slide with the pallet, protecting both it and the bedliner.
I use a piece of plywood in mine. I've got one of the DIY roll-on liners, and it really IS a crummy liner. If I had been living in the city when I built my truck, I would definitely have sprung for the professionally applied stuff.
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@ Chris - I guess I should read your blog more often!
I like the soft top you decided on. The last pickup I had ('96 Chevy 3500 crew cab) came with a cab-high cap that I found to be very useful with all the obvious exceptions. For reaching items up at the front of the cargo area, I kept a long-handled hoe strapped to the inside of the bed just under the top rail. I really liked the setup for hunting. I could easily sleep in the back and there was enough room for my dogs. Minimal time spent setting up and breaking camp.
Anyway, the soft top would have done all that and would have been easily moved out of the way. I never depended on the cap to provide any more security than an "out of sight, out of mind" level. FWIW, I predict that you will really like it.
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