Does anyone haul a truck camper with a DuraLiner in the bed?

For hauling a camper I can't imagine a drop in liner is preferred for any reason.
Bare steel bed and a rubber bed mat works great though.
I'd never put a plastic bedliner in......unless I had a really nice truck and was abusing the inside of the bed, like hauling junk, heavy construction or tossing log rounds in load after load. Plastic bedliners absolutely protect the bed from impacts/dents the best by a long shot. Other than that, not a fan.
As far as rubbing paint off, that's a minor concern IMO. Any beds that "rust out" from a drop in liner, well, the rest of the truck is 99% guaranteed to be rusted out too.

broark01 wrote:

nick_m wrote:

broark01 wrote:
I cut my Duraliner around the horse mats. The Duraliner still protects the truck bed sides and wheel wells while the horse mats protect the bottom. YES, I had problems in extreme wind with the camper (Lance 1172) sliding around on the Duraliner. Did not want to remove it but experience taught me otherwise so I cut it.

Man, that's confusing: DuraLiner, DualLiner - two different companies/products. It looks like your Duraliner is a single piece hard plastic drop in, right? The DualLiner is 7 separate pieces with hard sides and a rubber bed.

Single piece of plastic. Fixed, I hope that makes it easier.

How recently did you get the Duraliner? Their site says "Now with premium skid resistance blended into the entire bed liner". I wonder if that would address the TC sliding issue. If so, it would be a great solution.

nick_m wrote:

broark01 wrote:
I cut my Duraliner around the horse mats. The Duraliner still protects the truck bed sides and wheel wells while the horse mats protect the bottom. YES, I had problems in extreme wind with the camper (Lance 1172) sliding around on the Duraliner. Did not want to remove it but experience taught me otherwise so I cut it.

Man, that's confusing: DuraLiner, DualLiner - two different companies/products. It looks like your Duraliner is a single piece hard plastic drop in, right? The DualLiner is 7 separate pieces with hard sides and a rubber bed.

Single piece of plastic. Fixed, I hope that makes it easier.

broark01 wrote:
I cut my DuraLiner around the horse mats. The DuraLiner still protects the truck bed sides and wheel wells while the horse mats protect the bottom. YES, I had problems in extreme wind with the camper (Lance 1172) sliding around on the DuraLiner. Did not want to remove it but experience taught me otherwise so I cut it.

Man, that's confusing: DuraLiner, DualLiner - two different companies/products. It looks like your Duraliner is a single piece hard plastic drop in, right? The DualLiner is 7 separate pieces with hard sides and a rubber bed.

I cut my Duraliner around the horse mats. The Duraliner still protects the truck bed sides and wheel wells while the horse mats protect the bottom. YES, I had problems in extreme wind with the camper (Lance 1172) sliding around on the Duraliner. Did not want to remove it but experience taught me otherwise so I cut it.

I have not used a bed liner for about 18 years on 5 different new trucks. I have been told it adds nothing to trade in value by dealers. JMHO

BradW wrote:
I tried the plastic bed liner many years ago and got a lot of camper movement. But I did not have a rubber bed mat on top of the drop in plastic liner.

The other problem I found was in certain conditions, the drop in bed liner acted like a child's swimming pool and collected standing water. You don't want your camper bottom setting in standing water.

I ultimately got rid of it and got a sprayed in liner and rubber bed mat.

BradW

I never tried it, but I think the mat would keep the camper from sliding on the plastic. However, I think you'd have to place some kind of mat underneath to keep the whole assembly from sliding on the bed. That's a lot of stack up.

Good point about the kiddie pool. I'm constantly fighting rain and pine needles to keep mine empty, even without the liner. Drainage is one of the benefits that DualLiner touts, but I'd still have the pine needle issue.

I tried the plastic bed liner many years ago and got a lot of camper movement. But I did not have a rubber bed mat on top of the drop in plastic liner.

The other problem I found was in certain conditions, the drop in bed liner acted like a child's swimming pool and collected standing water. You don't want your camper bottom setting in standing water.

I ultimately got rid of it and got a sprayed in liner and rubber bed mat.

BradW

ajcal225 wrote:
I still have the factory plastic bedliner in my truck. Run it with a thin rubber mat on top.

Been that way for 6 years and 2 campers, no issues.

I keep meaning to remove it and do a spray in liner, but keep not getting around to it.

Interesting - I thought "no plastic bed liners" was an absolute for campers. Does it slide around when the camper is off (mine did) or is there something under it?

Only once.