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07-01-2015, 12:03 AM | #26 |
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Re: Spray-in Bed Liners: Your thoughts?
unless your hauling gravel, no bed liner......if you get a bed liner, have them tint it so it is the color of your truck, did it with my car for undercoating it, use raptor linerspray
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07-01-2015, 01:20 AM | #27 |
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Re: Spray-in Bed Liners: Your thoughts?
After reading these reviews and chatting with dad at dinner tonight, I am thinking we'll skip the spray-in liner. I did find a reasonably priced little flatbed trailer I can use for hauling hay which I can get in the next few weeks, so that will save on the bed's wear
Glad to see dad pop in and offer more information on Butters! We do intend to get the truck painted in the next several years so when that happens will will chat with the shop about a heavy-duty clearcoat for the bed. For the meantime, does anybody have suggestions for over-the-counter products that would help protect the bed (and the rest of the truck) from the weather? |
07-01-2015, 02:20 AM | #28 |
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Re: Spray-in Bed Liners: Your thoughts?
Don't put a bed Matt in it. They trap water and grit. I have a color matched spray in liner in mine, but it's my DD and I use it as a truck. I washed the bed out today at the car wash after hauling a variety of things and it looks nearly new. It's actually at least 12 or 14 years old.
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07-01-2015, 06:25 AM | #29 |
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Re: Spray-in Bed Liners: Your thoughts?
Hauling and show truck do not usually go together. Unless of course you want to show it as an actual working truck and not a piece of wheeled jewelery. Which is what I do - working truck. Went to a show once with an entire cedar tree cut & piled in the back. Long bed step side with black spray in liner on the inner side panels, bare wood on the bed. Hay and yard waste are no problem. Heavy loads like engines, rocks, and masonry are set on a sheet of plywood to protect the planks.
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07-01-2015, 09:07 AM | #30 |
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Re: Spray-in Bed Liners: Your thoughts?
Save money and trouble... just get a sheet of plywood for Butters' bed. I hauled hay for years in our ranch trucks with nothing but a sheet of plywood in the bed. Best part is, the plywood is easier to remove than that spray-in liner.
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07-01-2015, 05:21 PM | #31 |
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07-01-2015, 06:18 PM | #32 | |
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Re: Spray-in Bed Liners: Your thoughts?
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One of the reasons we're hesitant to use plywood is that it tends to not have any grip, especially when wet. My husband climbs in and out of the truck to stack hay, and since western Oregon has two seasons (4 months of 'less likely to rain' and 8 months of 'always raining'), I wanted something he wouldn't lose his footing on. Fortunately the rubber matting for horses is generally ridged in some way, so it offers grip even when wet. BTW my dad freshened up Butters' whites this morning, thought I would share a couple pics! |
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07-01-2015, 06:31 PM | #33 |
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Re: Spray-in Bed Liners: Your thoughts?
Just buy a rubber mat and cut it to fit. When not in use, remove it.
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07-01-2015, 06:49 PM | #34 |
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Re: Spray-in Bed Liners: Your thoughts?
Butters is coming along nicely!
I have opinion either way on a liner, probably since I have never had one.. But i really do like the bed to stay the color of the truck unless you have a wood bed.. I guess tinting could be an option..
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07-01-2015, 10:42 PM | #35 |
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Re: Spray-in Bed Liners: Your thoughts?
I just did the floor in line-x premium so wouldn't fade.. I did it so I wouldn't scratch the floor so bad
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