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- I'm just curious why we are so bent on selling trucks based on what NOT to do with them. Yes, people abuse all sorts of stuff, but is that really a selling point? I've had Duraliner slide in bed liners in two trucks now and I'm completely satisfied with their performance. I doubt concrete blocks would make an appreciable dent if I were so silly as to dump them in there like that, aluminum or steel bed. A little sanity in marketing would be nice.
- My wifes old truck was an explorer sport trac with a bed like that
It took a real beating and id just wash it out. I had a few scours in it from random things over the years but it held up extremely well. Especially compared to my old f-350 with a spray in bedliner. it had chips, dings, holes, rust etc and we used the bed for the exact same stuff nohurry wrote:
Me too!
As a tractor owner the only thing I noticed was that idiot walking under the bucket of the skid steer while they were unloading the blocks. Big time safety no no!
That and he could have driven the skidsteer a little closer so they actually landed in the box instead of on the rail.- Honestly if someone needs to haul some mulch fire wood or whatever that would make for a good little truck. I like how the wheel wells are kept very small allowing for a much flatter load area. As for the drop test it is what it is, not sure why the comments about the box came up. One can make the conclusion that if those blocks didn't harm the bed an empty tool box sure wouldn't.
Don - My thoughts while the dandy clad guys were pulling out the concrete. Why were they making a bunch of piles? I would have moved the loader, lowered the bucket, and put them back in there. I don't want to have to hand load those blocks again!
spoon059 wrote:
That's pretty cool. Always liked the idea of composite beds. The dual action tailgate is pretty cool, especially if you have a load of soil or mulch and don't want to drag that over a tailgate. The trunk is AWESOME!!!
Lots of good ideas, too bad its not enough truck for my needs...
Every time I see the tailgate, it reminds of our '74 Ford Torino Wagon - It had the same type of dual hinge system.rhagfo wrote:
Yes and I would have liked to see the test with a loaded steel box.smkettner wrote:
I listen very closely to the GM video that is not an empty tool box.
Where is the toolbox test?
Probably more soft tool boxes these days but still if Honda wants to match the test it is best not to cherry pick the data.rjstractor wrote:
nohurry wrote:
As a tractor owner the only thing I noticed was that idiot walking under the bucket of the skid steer while they were unloading the blocks. Big time safety no no!
Those guys were likely the suit and tie types that haven't worked much in the real, hands-on world and have no concept of how quickly things can go very bad around machinery.
Same thing with folks who tow and not knowing how things 'might' go
when Mr Murphy crosses their path
Last job was a suit in corporate, but early careers designing industrial
controls...drove stuff in the shop and out at the job sites. Plus in
steel mills installing robotics...there is a reason for that yellow
line, hard hats, steel toed shoes, safety rules (break them and fired
spot on), etc...
Anyway, the mold for drop in bed liners are of the same sizing and
think the Ridgeline has several parts. Wonder if hand laid up, or
sprayed in cut fibers...if glass.
Composites, IMHO, are not good for this kind of usage. Maybe every
once in a while, but not on a regular basis
It really depends on the make-up of that composite, which looks like
a coating of bed liner on top of the composite
Composite may look just fine after this type of usage, but it the
fibers (just a few) fractured...stress raisers that will propagate
into ever larger cracksnohurry wrote:
As a tractor owner the only thing I noticed was that idiot walking under the bucket of the skid steer while they were unloading the blocks. Big time safety no no!
Those guys were likely the suit and tie types that haven't worked much in the real, hands-on world and have no concept of how quickly things can go very bad around machinery.- The spray on liner that came in my RAM when I bought it, must be Honda/Ford tough as well. I tried to squeeze a lawn tractor between the wheel-wells. Bent the bed and the liner. Left a neat little crease. No crack, no chipping, the liner isn't even scratched...looks like that wheel-well came with a crease in it--they sprayed right over it with liner.
I am NOT rushing out to buy a HONDA. :B
