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Location: north central wisconsin | Do they perform/last as claimed in a pickup that gets used alot? They have a deal on them right now, in that they are actually cheaper than a spray in liner. Never thought of one, but took a sample home and they do seem as claimed, not to absorb chemicals, etc. As an avid ice fisherman, I'd wonder how ice and snow would build up in the area between tailgate and box, where the liner goes between(though it could act as a nice dust mask in summer too I suppose..). Anyhow, if anyone has one and likes or hates, let us know.
Edited by Reef Hawg 9/25/2008 5:11 PM
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Jason- Can't speak from experience with them. But from looking at the website, my gut instinct is "run away"! K- lets assume your truck bed was designed right to begin with. Why would you need a bed liner? Especially a carpeted bed liner. What does "does not hold water mean"? You have carpet in your boat- how much water can it hold in a rain storm? Then it drys out over time- "doesn't hold water"! In the mean time how many lbs of water are you driving around with in the bed of your truck w/ the BedRug when its raining? Do you really use your truck as a truck, i.e., hauling all kinds of stuff, including construction material, dirt, sand, concrete , fire wood, etc? How easy is it to clean your boat carpet? My 1995 Chev- I park it on the hill- front end up & hose it out. All clean, ready for the next job. You better also include an industrial shop vac in your total cost of ownership. What about water ingress between the BedRug & the bed of your truck? This is also predictable- I don't think their warranty covers rusting of your truck bed or mold.
Myself - I'd go for the spray-in liner myself - but the girls do look good on their website! I'll bet they were not included in the sample!
Good luck!
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| i don't have one myself, but a good friend has this in his new Tundra.
his truck has a topper, so it's not exposed to rain, etc.
it looks extremely nice, and has been durable for him so far. i'm impressed with it enough that i was thinking about getting one in my next tow vehicle.
i'd be very interested as well to hear reports on it from people that have been using them for awhile.
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Location: north central wisconsin | Thanks guys. Doing more research and talking to a dude that owns one, shows that the rug is not carpet, but plastic fibers. The floor zips out and can be pressure washed. That said, you mention of rust and mold underneath somewhat concerns me... I keep a topper on my pickup and have one coming for this one, so rain wouldn't be an issue, really. That said, I am leaning towards the spray in and just putting a piece of carpet down on the floor for my rods in travel.
Edited by Reef Hawg 9/26/2008 9:20 AM
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| If you have a topper, a bedrug ROCKS. It's not like boat carpet at all, more like the carpeting in the trunk of your car, but padded. Plus its molded to fit your truck model, so your tie downs are exposed and it fits neatly over the wheel wells. The nice thing about it is that it zips together, so if you do get it dirty you can take it out and clean it. The sides and the piece on the tailgate are held in by heavy duty velcro, which isn't as easy to get in and out, but the bottom part is what would likely get dirty anyway.
The backing on the bottom is a hard rubber, like tire rubber almost, but not quite as hard. So I wouldn't worry about it rubbing the paint off, rust underneath, etc. Mold? Hmm. Suppose that depends on what you're putting back there and how wet it is and how often you get it wet. Last time I looked, the paint underneath was just like the day the truck was new, though, and it's been in there maybe 5 years.
I wouldn't recommend it for a contractor, or anyone working with paint and solvents or anything like that, but for fishing it's great -- stuff slides in and out nicely, you don't have to worry about your rods. You really could sleep on it if you needed to. If I remember I'll post a picture.
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| My next truck will have the BedRug. My tourney partner had one in his Silverado diesel, and it was great. Things don't slide around, and it is easy on the knees. Cannot say that about spray or plastic like I have. Very hard on the knees. I can't say about without a topper, but with a topper, they are awesome.
I had the spray in liner in my 83 F150, and put padded carpet on that. After 10 years, the seams in the bed were completey rusted away. When I repainted the truck at 12 years, I put a different box on it. That original was too far gone to fix. |
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Location: Freedom, WI | I agree with esoxaddict. I Love it and my next truck will have the same thing. The only complaint I have is some times the carpet that covers the gap to the tailgate binds up the gate but for the most part it is not a problem. |
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Location: WESTERN WI | Jason,
Did you get a new truck? They have some awesome deals right now on new ones as well as used? There are some killer factory rebates out there too.
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Location: north central wisconsin | G.E., yeah, wife has new truck(hopefully I get to pull the boat with it). GMC was starting to nickel me, so decided to take a brief look a couple weeks back. They sure do have some killer incentives(I would have never been able to look at Toyota had they not).
Leaning back towards bedrug now after perusing all comments here. Just really wonder how it will be for ice fishing, with sled/shack in and out every few days in differing conditions.
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Location: Freedom, WI | Jason - I do not ice fish but I have put snowy items in there along with dirty and other junk. I just take a broom to it and sometimes vacuum or air hose with a nozzle if you have a compressor. If it gets to bad you can take it out and hose it down, I hosed it once while in and it dried just fine also. |
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Location: north central wisconsin | Roger, thanks for the recomendation. One last question, will it be easy to get 6 Cranky Nitros loose from the fibers when I get home from leaving Voyager Park in a rush in a couple of weeks? |
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Location: Freedom, WI | Jason - Try not to set the hooks and it is not to bad, they do stick a little.  |
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Location: north central wisconsin | I spent a couple days north fishng with my cousin, who has the Bed Rug, and I think I'll shy away from it. As much as I ice fish, and then put my rods in the back(oft with lure attached) the rest of the year, I just don't think it is the right thing for me. I think I'll go with a spray in of some sort, and put a piece of carpeting down on the floor for certain applications. Are most of the spray ins' made the same? Just appears that some are harder, and some seem more rubbery, which could be caused by thickness sprayed in I suppose.... |
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Location: Freedom, WI | Jason - The thinner hard ones are slippery. We have both at work and stuff slides big time on the hard ones. On the thicker soft ones (Rhino linings) stuff stays where you put it for the most part (even my 800 lb tool box) unless you really nail the brakes then you need it tied down. |
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Jason, is there a reason you wanted a carpeted version? I bought a rubber bed mat from Farm & Fleet. I'm happy with it..fits good in the bed, nothing slides around, easy on the knees, and I can take it out and spray it down whenever I need to. I can't remember what I paid but it wasn't real expensive, maybe $50 but I'd have to check.
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Location: north central wisconsin | Jono, no reason other than they were on sale for $50 cheaper than the spray in rubber ones at the time. I had the rubber mat like you mentioned, in my last few pickups and while they worked fine, I was always left with alot of big scratches and gouges in the finish on wheel wells and sides. I put my 14' boat in the back of the pick-up alot for river floats, and it is hard on the sides. While I really don't need the carpet, they also afford a dust seal as the carpet goes from the floor right onto the tailgait, one piece. That said, I decided against it, and am going with the simple spray in. The carpet will be more of a pain for me than it will do good. I use my rig for fishing all year, and there are not too many days that a lure or tipup with bare hooks isn't lying around in the back. Sometimes, when shorefishing, it is a race between my passenger and myself to 'the' spot. I'd hate to have to lock the dude in the pickup while I get a lure out of the carpet. |
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Location: Neenah, WI | Jason,
I have a bed rug and it is totally awesome . Easy on the knees and comfortable to sleep on when needed after a long day. Also cleans up beatifully with a pressure washer . I do have a topper on mine but have hauled cut and split lumber and in cleans up great with a shop vac to.
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| Thanks much Saint. I just dropped the rig off, and am getting the Speedliner sprayed in tommorrow. Then I think I will put a nice piece of doubled up outdoor carpet down for something too get hooks stuck in when I am in the hurry, in the rain. Thanks much all for the recomendations!! |
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