PLEASE HELP FAST! (PLEASE)

[phenryiv1]

I am a construction supervisor, and from time to time I have to haul heavy, sharp, and messy items. I had to carry some dehumidifiers today, and one fell and did damage to the bed and paint. I have a bedrug that came in last night, but after seeing the dent from the equipment today, I need somethign than the bedrug, I fear. If you guys have avouded denting, please let me know. If not, I need ot get a drop-in ASAP, before any more damage happens to the truck.

 

BTW, a spray-in liner is NOT a financial option at this point. I just bought the truck, and I need protection ASAP. I can have a drop-in by lunch tomorrow, or I can use my bedrug, but I need to decide quickly.

 

BTW, I can always do spray-in later and sell the drop-in or the bedrug at that point, but I don't have the $450 (with tax) for Line-x now.

 

If I go drop-in, I can recoup cash by selling the bedrug.

 

Any thoughts?

[lrymal]

My thoughts are that neither the BedRug or dropi-n will help, going by the items you haul. I have a BedRug, go camping in it, sleep on it. Have hauled cinder blocks and timber. But, sharp-cornered heavy metal items? No way.

 

Going by what you are hauling, I don't think a drop-in would help either.

 

So, my proposal would be a thick floor rubber mat, or better yet (again, going by what you are hauling) a shaped piece of plywood for the bed floor, and a BedRug or drop-in for the rest. Combined like this would seem to me to fit your needs. It wouldn't be pretty, but the plywood floor can easily be replaced, and will do a great job in absorbing blows from heavy metal objects. The BedRug or drop-in would protect the sides.

[phenryiv1]

My thoughts are that neither the BedRug or dropi-n will help, going  by the items you haul.  I have a BedRug, go camping in it, sleep on it. Have hauled cinder blocks and timber.  But, sharp-cornered heavy metal items? No way.

 

Going by what you are hauling, I don't think a drop-in would help either.

 

So, my proposal would be a thick floor rubber mat, or better yet (again, going by what you are hauling) a shaped piece of plywood for the bed floor, and a BedRug or drop-in for the rest.  Combined like this would seem to me to fit your needs.  It wouldn't be pretty, but the plywood floor can easily be replaced, and will do a great job in absorbing blows from heavy metal objects. The BedRug or drop-in would protect the sides.

 

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Good thinking...maybe even a drop-in with plywood over it that is sprayed with cheap rubber undercoating or with a bedmat. It is not that everything is sharp, but I may have rakes, space heaters, cinder block, wood, and other hard, heavy, or sharp objects.

[Peter_C]

Another thought is to throw in a bed liner when you are going to sell the truck. I will say we hauled my tool box fully loaded in the back of my friends truck and dented the bed in four spots. The plastic bed liner popped right back and you could not tell that there ever was a dent. The biggest downfall to the bed llners is that anything in back slides around like crazy.

[fig03]

I have had my bedrug for 3 years and am very happy with it, but sharp heavy things will rip it. A thick rubber mat sounds better for what you need

[Wingnut]

I'll say go with the mat, they're only about $40 around here.

 

I've always been an advocate of "it's a d@mn truck, who cares what the bed looks like" and when shopping for a truck, the inside of the bed isn't really a crucial part of my decision (unless it's really bad)...But I know that most others do care.

 

If all else fails...Find a truck with the Protec composite box.

[Shaners]

Whenever I haul something like cinderblocks on my BedRug, I always through a piece of plywood down first. Other than that, I really love my BedRug!

[phenryiv1]

Whenever I haul something like cinderblocks on my BedRug, I always through a piece of plywood down first.  Other than that, I really love my BedRug!

 

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THat will be a few times a week fo rme, so the board woudl never leave! LOL...

[citydriver]

I've always had better luck with under the rail drop-ins and a set of bed rail caps and then you can toss a sheet of plywood down to to keep heavy objects from shifting if needed.....but the liner will give you better bed side-wall protection..... also if you are hauling longer or tall items...a couple of 2"x1/4" 90 deg.angle iron c-clamped to the top of the rails will help to distribute the load should a tall item fall over onto the rail...this would help keep the rail from getting distorted....

Just my $.02

[97whitez71]

I would go with the rubber mat with the plywood on top of that. Things slide around too much on drop-ins. Just my opinion.

[Blue-2001-Z71]

Rubber Bed Mat

 

I had one in my S-10 and theres's nothing that would damage the bed through it. Good grip even when wet, and cheap to boot.!

[kirkRHughes]

Only problem with a rubber mat or plywood is that it won't protect the sides of the bed.

[builderpaul]

Construction = plywood. Why spend money on something that will not hold up. Those mats and bed liners are for the weekend warriors. My truck is a construction truck. Dump in broken concrete, blocks, bricks. Load pallets with a forklift sliding the load to the front so you can fit in the next pallet. It is also easier to clean up. Just pull out the plywood. If it is not to ripped up just turn it over.

[phenryiv1]

Well, when I left this morning, there were not many replies, but you guys hadsome good opinions. In the end I HAD to get it today, and I was @ work all day so I could not check this. I went with a pandaliner under-rail (I already had GM rail caps) and had it put in this morning. The crappy thjing was that the quote was all messed up. I got a quote of $199 last night from a shop near work. They never mentioned installation cost. All other shops quoted me prices WITH installation. I had several quotes of $179 for the normal version and $199 for the skid-resistant version of the pendaliner. That was INSTALLED. I figured that necessity called for me to just get the regular at this place for $199, as thay had no non-skid in stock and I needed it TODAY. I went uip there, and told them what i wanted. They said nothing abotu install costs, just the liner price. I even HOSED OUT MY OWN BED to clean out some irt and then I HELPED THE GUY INSTALL IT because the other guys @ the shop were busy. I gave him my credit card @ the end and there it was, $20 for installation...it took 5 minutes, and I helped! I was heated. I was in too much of a hurry, but I plan to call and complain Monday.

 

I like the liner, but I overpaid by $40 fo it. I was willing to eat the $20 cost for "convenience," but I work on a construction site and I have torn apart both 4x4s and imports for mecnaical, paint, interior, and exterior work. I can install a freakin' bedliner! I would have saved the $20, if they had told me abotu it up front...or I would have at least shopped around last night and gone to a different place this morning.

 

So anyway, I have a bedrug for sale. I never even opened it...

[mcreyaufmiller]

The sad thing is that if they loaded the liner in the truck, it was installed. However, I have had a GM liner in my 98 since it was new. I have abused it, beat it, scratched it, just about everything you can think of. The only damage to my bed is the paint being worn off under the liner. Other than that, it is dent free.

 

Mike