Rubber mat between the camper and truck?
- Thread starter Paul B.
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A lot of people have pretty good success with the rubber mat but I chose to go the bedliner (Line-X) instead. As far as water in the bed, the FWC campers have 1x3 stingers that run the length of the camper floor to allow air circulation to aide drying. Personally I think the bedliner offers a more stable surface for the camper. I haven't experienced any movement or shifting of the camper. More importantly I haven't experienced any loosening of the turnbuckles that some have.
Seabass
Idiot
I use a stall mat. Actually two. They are 4'x6'X1". I have an 8' bed. So I cut a couple feet off one to get my full length. The stall mats are a little squishy and VERY grippy. They also allow some give for flexing off road. I needed a little more cab clearance too- so it was a win win.
I'm not familiar with the term "stall mat". What is that exactly?
rotti
Adventurer
X2
Used this: http://www.autoanything.com/hitch-bed-accessories/75A3665A0A0.aspx?kc=googadw&k_clickid=7787e1b7-f052-6ee9-7238-000007cf3e64&adgroupid=895&k_trackingid=139x875067&gclid=ciyuhuev9sucfqieaqodat0a7w on my truck and FWC Grandby for 25 years. Great product and fits the bed exactly with wheel well cut outs.
On my new truck and Hawk I use the DeeZee mat on top of a Linex spray in liner. NO problems with loose turn buckles and if you ever haul a load of gravel your truck will thank you....
80 bucks and free shipping on Amazon
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Hopeless Diamond
Explorer
1stDeuce
Explorer
I'm using a normal rubber mat that was made for my truck, and I wouldn't haul the camper without it. Mostly because on my truck, the tailgate is proud of the bed floor by about the thickness of the mat, so it evens out the bed floor with the tailgate, and keeps some of the weight of my camper off the gate. The tailgate on my truck is line-x'd, and the screws on the bottom of the camper have dug into the liner on the gate and made nice holes, so even with the ~3/8" thick mat, there's still significant weight on the tailgate.
I can't see how using a rubber mat of some kind could be bad... It certainly keeps the camper from shifting as much as it would on painted steel. I think LineX would be fine too, as it's somewhat grippy. IMO, tie downs do not really stabilize the camper that much from side to side, and in my case, the front and rear tie downs both pull slightly forward, so the bed mat helps keep it from shifting... It'll still scoot up against the front of the bed if I do rougher roads, but once it does, it doesn't go anywhere.
YMMV.
C
I can't see how using a rubber mat of some kind could be bad... It certainly keeps the camper from shifting as much as it would on painted steel. I think LineX would be fine too, as it's somewhat grippy. IMO, tie downs do not really stabilize the camper that much from side to side, and in my case, the front and rear tie downs both pull slightly forward, so the bed mat helps keep it from shifting... It'll still scoot up against the front of the bed if I do rougher roads, but once it does, it doesn't go anywhere.
YMMV.
C
Seabass
Idiot
That's it. I bought mine at Tractor Supply. They could survive an atomic blast.
FWC installs their campers with a rubber pad.