Rubber Bed mats?

ajcal225 wrote:
any idea what it weighed before you cut it?

The 4 x 8 pad is about 100 pounds - big, heavy and awkward.
Lots of good suggestions posted here so far. . .

Bedlam wrote:

JumboJet wrote:
I went with DualLiner. DualLiner

You get more than just a rubber mat.

I have had Rhino liner in 3 of my trucks, but like the DualLiner much better. The DualLiner setup eliminates damage to the inner fenders, etc.

Do you get abrasion against the bed with the side walls? When I had a drop in liner the bed stayed perfect for 16 years, but I had to pull the liner every other year and touch up paint to prevent rust.

The trick to a poly bedliner is to use a liner liner. It is just a sheet of 1/8 polyethylene foam under the liner, anywhere it might touch painted metal. After 10 years with no attention at all, the paint will look like new. Without it, anywhere the bedliner touches the paint will be abraded away by dust and grit.

We've had both and with my husband's business the Reflex spray in liner had been the best. He's a brick layer and the sand and cement really gets in under something just laid in the bed. This truck has had this for 10 years and the only place there's any bad wear is at the end gate from sliding pallets of brick and block in with fork lifts. To each their own a the saying goes. The quality and durability I'd the spray in stuff I'd VERY dormant on surface keep and the care taken by the installed. That's where the big issues are. Ours was out in 1/4" thick overall. In our business inside fender dents are a cost if doing business. Poor old truck. Mach loved but ride hard,a lot.

Plus 1 for DualLiner. Although it's not perfect, I much prefer it to a spay-in liner or a drop in. I've tried both, and the DualLiner has 'em beat. I had our camper loaded for weeks over the Winter, we've gone about 7,000 miles loaded, and there are no indications on the mat that the camper was there.
It does a good job of keeping stuff out from under the mat, but there's a little that gets past. This is my DualLiner (installed when the truck was 3 days old) after 9 months of every day use, before we bought our TC. I haul mowers, bales of straw, bagged mulch, construction debris, etc. A lot of material that can blow around. I think it looks pretty good for the use it receives.


This is how much material passed the interface of the side panels and mat. Again, not too bad. This is the first time I had lifted the mat and removed the side panels (after 9 months).




Other than a quarter-sized rub spot on a fender well, this is the only down-side to the system I've encountered. The front panel piece curves and scratches the top of the bed's front rail.


The panel installs with the mat riding over a bottom lip of the panel (which sits on the truck's bed). The panel was installed correctly, but there's too much slop in the height of the panel, allowing it to flex and scratch. My solution was some angle aluminum, a roll of self-stick foam, and some stainless steel acorn nuts/hardware. The foam tape was applied to the top and face of the truck's top rail. The holes in the angle aluminum were counter-sunk for the screw heads. Lock washers and blue Threadloc assure everything stays put.





I know the scratches are there, but I don't have to look at them. No more curved front panel, either. I have yet to encounter a situation where the acorn nuts interfere with a load. All things considered, I'd definitely get another DualLiner. Their customer service is outstanding, too.

Got mine off of Amazon. Custom fit for year and make. Pretty inexpensive. You should check it out. I have a spray-in bed liner but am glad I put the rubber mat in. I just leave it in the bed all the time.

Bedlam wrote:

JumboJet wrote:
I went with DualLiner. DualLiner

You get more than just a rubber mat.

I have had Rhino liner in 3 of my trucks, but like the DualLiner much better. The DualLiner setup eliminates damage to the inner fenders, etc.

Do you get abrasion against the bed with the side walls? When I had a drop in liner the bed stayed perfect for 16 years, but I had to pull the liner every other year and touch up paint to prevent rust.

I haven't looked, except under the rubber mat. The plastic panels do not move, but I will for sure check.

The rubber mat snaps into groves along the bottom of the plastic panels. The plastic panels snap in place underneath the bed rails except for the front which is over the front rail.

ajcal225 wrote:
any idea what it weighed before you cut it?

If I hazard to guess, I'd say between 60 - 80 lbs. Mine takes 2 people to handle due to shape and weight.

WVbassmistress wrote:
we got ours at Tractor Supply (or one of those farm/fleet places). Semi-custom to fit the truck. Not too expensive and fits like a glove. Even though the truck came with the spray in bed liner, we just leave this in there all the time.

I also did this. I have Line-x and just leave the mat in all the time. The mat is really tough and heavy.

I use an OEM liner. Fitted to the truck bed so it is in full contact with the TC bottom.

I wouldn't waste the $ on spray in bedliner unless you're doing it for cosmetic reasons.