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MarkNOhio

06-07-2001 17:44:47

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Hey guys and gals, anybody have any pros and cons of slide-in pick-up bedliners versus those paint/spray on ones? I've got a new truck ordered that should be here around the end of the month and want to do a little better than the sheet of plywood that I had in the last one. Thanks for your help.

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Mark H, Ont

06-17-2001 19:28:40

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Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to MarkNOhio, 06-07-2001 17:44:47

Just a note to those of you across the border from us canucks. A friend of mine was a Rhino dealer here in Ontario, and he told me that the Canadian version is slightly different composition to stand up even better if in colder conditions. If this is a consideration, maybe take a trip and get it done (the exchange is in your favour too!)

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Dave in Mo

06-13-2001 09:27:27

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Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to MarkNOhio, 06-07-2001 17:44:47

Mark, 'fess up. I bet you have used that plywood for something else in a pinch or two. I've unditched myself more than once with mine, takes two seconds to pull out and clean under, and didn't cost squat. It's hard to beat mother nature when it comes to materials.

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Micheal Olauson

06-12-2001 12:03:19

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Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to MarkNOhio, 06-07-2001 17:44:47

Go with the Rhino/sprayon kind. the slide-ins are very bad!!!! I think most insurance companies have now ceased insuring trucks with slide-ins. explosion hazzard. gas can (plastic or metal), set on plastic liner in bed of truck, fill can by holding filler nozzle in middle of snout so you can see, can fills up, withdraw the nozzle and ground side of can to nozzle as it exits-kaboom! Static can not dissapate on the gas can on a plastic liner. Several trucks have started nasty fires up here because of this. Put can on ground to fill and you'll be ok. spray on liners don't electrically insulate like the slide-in kind do. Slide-ins have a nasty habit of rusting out the box also cause they can't air out properly underneith. If you still want a slide-in, my brother has a full-size one for sale, cheap.
micheal

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jCarroll

06-10-2001 07:32:40

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Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to MarkNOhio, 06-07-2001 17:44:47

I had a slide in liner. Water/dirt got under the liner. It was slick as glass.

Now have a Rhino on my 98 F150. Couldn't be more pleased. the no-slip part is what I really like. things stay where you put them. just hose it out to clean out any d

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John Ne.

06-09-2001 17:41:55

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Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to MarkNOhio, 06-07-2001 17:44:47

Bolt it down! An overlip and some under lips can be sucked out of the bed at highway speeds. One caused a real bad wreck out this way. John Ne.

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Fires? Paul

06-08-2001 21:41:15

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Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to MarkNOhio, 06-07-2001 17:44:47

We got several safety sheets at work about a possible fire hazard when filling gasoline cans in a pickup equipped with a bedliner. They said several people had been severely burned due to a static discharge during the fillup. I don't understand the physics of it, but I always set my cans on the ground, fill them, and set them back in the truck.

By the way - in my old rusty Ford, my bedliner is the only thing between the load and the road. I don't know if it's the cheap metal in the Ford or the moisture trapped under the bedliner that caused it to rust holes that you can crawl through. Needless to say - I like the bedliner. Without it, I would be down to a chassis/cab.

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Ford Man

06-08-2001 13:52:26

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Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to MarkNOhio, 06-07-2001 17:44:47

I've had 2 trucks with bedliners . 1 over-the-rail and 1 under-the-rail . The over-the-rail tended to scratch the paint from vibration .

I also used bed mat to keep things from sliding around inside .

The truck I have now just has a heavy bed mat . Can't make up my mind on a liner or spray in !

I liked the bedliner/bed mat combo ok . Do not really care for just a bed mat .

Saw a full sized long bed Dodge today with a black spray in liner that also covered the rails . The owner says that it has held up really well (he hauls a lot of tractor parts around )and was about $450 . The only thing he saaid that he would change is that it is VERY rough and would ask for a little bit smoother .

Really it's just a matter of how much you want to spend .

Ford Man

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John in Abq

06-08-2001 08:05:25

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Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to MarkNOhio, 06-07-2001 17:44:47

Mark, I have a '98 Ford with the 8 foot bed. It came with a slidein called Bed-Gard. It has the problems the other guys mention plus one that is very annoying. The corrugations are so deep that I don't have 8' of bed space anymore. I lose about an inch of space at each end with the tail gate up. So I can't carry 8' lumber or sheet goods with the tail gate up. Another problem is that since the rear of the truck sits juat a little higher than the front, water won't drain after a rain. I thought about drilling some holes in the liner so the water would find the drain holes in the bed. But I worry about water getting trapped in there and starting a rust problem. I don't know if the drainage is a problem on the spray-in liners.

I vote NO to slide in liners.

Just my .02
John

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MN Bob

06-08-2001 05:44:37

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Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to MarkNOhio, 06-07-2001 17:44:47

I have had two bed liners, wont have another, I currently have a rubber mat which blows up and wacks the bottom of my overhang on the fifth wheel when I pull it, other wise for bottom protection its good. I would have had Rhino except I was told it melted if oil or gas, I am a tractor man so that would not be good. A friend that is a logger showed me his liner, two years of hauling oil, gas, deisel, and tools plus a battery that had leaked its acid and no damage, I am going to chuck the mat and get a Rhino spray job. Bob

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greaseman

06-08-2001 05:26:12

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Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to MarkNOhio, 06-07-2001 17:44:47

I have only used the slip-in bed liners, the first one was an over the rail product the second is the underrail product, I like them both; but they do get slippery when cold, or wet. Greaseman

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greaseman

06-08-2001 05:25:26

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Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to MarkNOhio, 06-07-2001 17:44:47

I have only used the slip-in bed liners, the first one was an over the rail product the second is the underrail product, I like them both; but they do get slippery when cold, or wet. Greaseman

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MSkaggs

06-08-2001 05:01:10

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Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to MarkNOhio, 06-07-2001 17:44:47

Mark...I would not have a slide in bedliner unless you're only hauling bricks and gravel. It is too slippery and the one that was in my current truck had damaged the bed from rubbing. Spray-ons are great but too permanent for me and I have observed that dirt seems to imbed itself in the coating as well as showing shovel damage. Really starts looking funky after heavy use. I have been using a very heavy custom fit rubber mat that I am very happy with. Gives great protection with traction and I can pull it out and clean it when needed. Does not give side protection but, hey, it's a truck!

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JerryU

06-08-2001 04:49:50

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Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to MarkNOhio, 06-07-2001 17:44:47

We had two done at work with the sprayed on. Ziebart did it pretty economically. All the other guys want it now. Definitely the way to go.

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Junkman

06-07-2001 18:32:15

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Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to MarkNOhio, 06-07-2001 17:44:47

Definitely go with the sprayed on liner. Rhino is by far the best one out there. You can also have it tinted to match your truck. Good luck!

John

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Ken B in CT

06-07-2001 18:15:55

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Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to MarkNOhio, 06-07-2001 17:44:47

I had a Line-X spray in liner sprayed in my truck a little over 2 years. So far so good and I've hauled all sorts of junk in the back of the truck. Got a few scratches in it but they're barely noticeable.

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charlie

06-07-2001 18:57:06

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Re: Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to Ken B in CT, 06-07-2001 18:15:55

i got a rhino in my pickup and i got to say it's money well spent.i even had my tool box done.good luck

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Bus Driver

06-08-2001 10:05:05

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Re: Re: Re: Truck Bedliners in reply to charlie, 06-07-2001 18:57:06

I had the spray-on urethane for my truck when new in 1998. $400.00+ First time I hauled something, the bottom peeled up where stepladder foot touched it. About 1/16" thick even though they had told me the bottom was 1/4 thick. They resprayed it for free, lost my radio antenna, a pane fell out of the overhead door onto the hood of my truck with 400 miles on it. The shop paid for it all. The sprayed liner still not up to snuff, put drop-in liner on top of it. Next time will just use a rubber bottom mat. Some of them are thick and heavy enough not to blow around.

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