Stolen Bed Mat Victims

Started by urlosin, Dec 27 2011 09:34 PM
15 replies to this topic

  • urlosin

Posted 27 December 2011 - 09:34 PM

#1


I recently did a search to see how guys are securing bed mats in trucks as I discovered that mine had been stolen. I found a few ideas on here but nothing too practical.

Knowing I hadn't parked my truck anyplace "unsafe" I was having a hard time comprehending that someone had stolen it.

After thinking about it for a while I went to the car wash I had gone through a week before I noticed it had been "stolen". Lo and behold, not only did they have my bed mat, but two others as well!!!

So if your bed mat has turned up missing, try the last "buff and scratch" you went through. I now check before leaving the car wash.

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  • lseann

Posted 28 December 2011 - 09:18 AM

#2

My bed mat once blew out when the truck was parked! It was a blustery day, with swirling wind and occasional strong gusts.

  • JCMINIS

Posted 28 December 2011 - 12:58 PM

#3

Friggin crooks are stealing everything ! Bed mats, cat converters, diesel particulate filters, tail gates, etc.

I did have a bed mat blow out once going down the interstate (watched it happen), but never one stolen.

  • pyrofreak

Posted 28 December 2011 - 01:14 PM

#4

Not a problem for me. Some of the trucks I had in school were so beat, no one even parked next to them.... Plywood makes for a nice bed mat.... Oh and I don't go through the car wash either... So my bedmats always stay right where I put them...

  • Chickenhauler

Posted 29 December 2011 - 09:44 PM

#5

If you want a plastic bedliner, and can't find one being given away on CL, just head to your nearest highway department shop-they always have a few stacked up that were "Lost and found" on the roadways.

  • yammablue22

Posted 27 January 2012 - 07:38 AM

#6

How do your guys bed mats blow out? Mine weighs a good 50ish lbs!

  • 79yamdt

Posted 27 January 2012 - 04:30 PM

#7

Well 50lbs spread out over the size of pick up bed is a lot different than a 50lb bag of concrete. It's kinda like saying why does a boeing 747 fly and my D9 dozer doesnt. They weigh the same don't they? :bonk:

Do you have something against bedliners? I understand bedmats are nice if you have topper on your truck, but if you don't have a topper wouldn't a full bedliner do a much better job of protecting your truck bed? I'm not sure why someone would steal it, since bedliners and bed mats are usually easily had for little to no money on cl.

  • nofb

Posted 27 January 2012 - 05:56 PM

#8

View Postyammablue22, on 27 January 2012 - 07:38 AM, said:

How do your guys bed mats blow out? Mine weighs a good 50ish lbs!

This. Mine is heavy. And I frequently travel at 90-95 and not so much as a flap wanting to lift up.

  • Chickenhauler

Posted 27 January 2012 - 11:35 PM

#9

View Post79yamdt, on 27 January 2012 - 04:30 PM, said:

Do you have something against bedliners? I understand bedmats are nice if you have topper on your truck, but if you don't have a topper wouldn't a full bedliner do a much better job of protecting your truck bed? I'm not sure why someone would steal it, since bedliners and bed mats are usually easily had for little to no money on cl.

Topper or not, those plastic bedliners rub on the bed, chafing off the paint over time. Any condensation that occurs just accelerates the rot.

  • urlosin

Posted 28 January 2012 - 11:17 AM

#10

View PostChickenhauler, on 27 January 2012 - 11:35 PM, said:

Topper or not, those plastic bedliners rub on the bed, chafing off the paint over time. Any condensation that occurs just accelerates the rot.

Exactly...pull your plastic bedliner up after 6 months...it looks like someone took tome 100 grit on a DA to the entire bed. Spray ins are nice, but too expensive for the benefits and too slick when wet.

  • Chickenhauler

Posted 28 January 2012 - 11:48 AM

#11

View Posturlosin, on 28 January 2012 - 11:17 AM, said:

Exactly...pull your plastic bedliner up after 6 months...it looks like someone took tome 100 grit on a DA to the entire bed. Spray ins are nice, but too expensive for the benefits and too slick when wet.

I have a rhino liner in my Chevy, and that thing is anything but slick, even when wet.

  • Honduhminiman

Posted 28 January 2012 - 12:02 PM

#12

View PostChickenhauler, on 28 January 2012 - 11:48 AM, said:

I have a rhino liner in my Chevy, and that thing is anything but slick, even when wet.
when you say"a rhino liner" are you speaking of the spray on stuff?

  • highmarker

Posted 28 January 2012 - 12:08 PM

#13

I bet it blew out, See mats and bedliners on the side of the highway all the time. It's not just mph but gusts and side winds than can get it to lift, once air is under it off she goes.

  • Chickenhauler

Posted 29 January 2012 - 03:27 AM

#14

View PostHonduhminiman, on 28 January 2012 - 12:02 PM, said:

when you say"a rhino liner" are you speaking of the spray on stuff?

Yes, it's a professionally sprayed in product. Very grippy, even when wet. Very thick, too. It's got a texture to it, and doesn't clean up easily if you get something like wet clay mud in there.

  • Honduhminiman

Posted 29 January 2012 - 05:36 PM

#15

thats what i thought you meant but the way you said it was confusing, like you went out and got a rhino lining and put it in your bed hahaha

  • bboyce

Posted 29 January 2012 - 06:36 PM

#16

Best way to prevent this is pony up and get a spray in bed liner. I have a line-x in my truck that carries a lifetime warrenty and is super grippy. It also extends the life of your truck bed. Those bed rugs and cheap plastic liners just trap moisture and are useless IMO. Ok, maybe not useless, but still.



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