bed liners

All I can say is I have had a plastic drop-in bed liner in my truck since the mid 1990's and can't point to a single issue that has been caused by it. I will admit that the camper shifts more than it probably would without it, but once it is snugged against the front wall of the bed, it stays put.

I also use Totklift tie-downs.

thanks forest! i hope you and i are not the only ones...pete

I think the point is that drop in bed liners are extremely slick. If you have a rubber mat on top, you should be good. Worst case is you break the drop in bed liner.

I toke mine off for different reasons ,it is very slipery, the movement scratches the metal bed,
it takes space that you need to slide your camper in the bed, in my case I have about 1/2 in. Spare on each side.
I added a rubbert mat that I bought at an auto part store for about $80.00
I put a electrical white tape in the center and put a small black piece in the middle front of the camper to help backing straight
Gaetan

After having a plastic drop-in liner in a couple of pickups, that will never happen again. My experience is that they vibrate and make noise, they allow water to get in under it and stay there, they rub off paint and cause rust. If you want to put something in there to protect the bed, consider one of the spray in liners like Line-X or RhinoLiner.

Had mine sprayed wih Line-X and put a rubber mat over it....Line - X is too slick by itself.....love it so far.

OH48Lt wrote:
After having a plastic drop-in liner in a couple of pickups, that will never happen again. My experience is that they vibrate and make noise, they allow water to get in under it and stay there, they rub off paint and cause rust. If you want to put something in there to protect the bed, consider one of the spray in liners like Line-X or RhinoLiner.

Amen to that!

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Was out at Five Star RV in Henderson, Colorado earlier this year, buying my current TC used out there.

They have a sign, prominently posted on their shop entrance saying they will NOT install any camper they sell on a vehicle with a plastic or drop in bed liner.

For what its worth.

I have seen some issues with TC's sitting in water that is trapped in the removable liners... the floor of the campers rotted out. (silversand recently mentioned it)

I have also seen the screatches and rust dammage from water trapped between the removable liner and the trucks bed...

I was warned of this when i bought my camper... I was told to use the spray in liner and make sure the drain holes at the front of the bed are open.

I had the spray-in Linex bed sprayed in the day I bought my truck new in October of 2002... the bed is still in very good shape and so is the Linex (My camper is loaded 99.99% of the time... that may help by keeping the sun off the Linex, I don't know.)

Note... if the spray-in liners are ever digged up they claim to be easily touched up.

thanks all!, with the rubber live stock mats on top of the bed liner it seems to be ok, no sliding or noticable movement. still just wondering why?? pete