Ski Runners VS. rhino liner/linex

[lukesju]

Has anybody ever tried to use the truck bed liner you can buy from menards in place of ski guides? I am thinking of going this route in place of ski guides. It says on the package that it can be applied directly to wood. The cost to do the guides would be around $25 too!

 

[AKrider]

I think this would be a terrible idea. Reason why is carbides will cut through spray on bed liner material and the bed liner creates a lot of friction and won't allow the ski to glide over it like plastic.

I use a plastic bed liner in my pick-up just because it is very difficult for on person to pull a sled out of the back of a truck with a spray in bed liner.

See if you can find a use plastic bed liner at a wrecking yard, cut it up and use the pieces for ski guides. Should be pretty inexpensive.

 

[lukesju]

I think this would be a terrible idea. Reason why is carbides will cut through spray on bed liner material and the bed liner creates a lot of friction and won't allow the ski to glide over it like plastic.

I use a plastic bed liner in my pick-up just because it is very difficult for on person to pull a sled out of the back of a truck with a spray in bed liner.

See if you can find a use plastic bed liner at a wrecking yard, cut it up and use the pieces for ski guides. Should be pretty inexpensive.

I have Line X in the back of my truck which I put my sled in a lot. My carbides are studboy 9" shaper bars and the line x has never cut this material. It does get slippery when it's wet so that's why I would use it just for where the ski's would go. I honestly think this would work awesome and would hold up really good. That line x is some really tough stuff. I have put a lot of hard sharp stuff in the back of my truck and it has never been cut or damaged. In fact when you was the back of the truck out it looks brand new again.

 

[Turtle]

I have a Rhino liner .... carbides haven't left a mark at all.

 

[AKrider]

The spray in liners that guys are getting here in AK that I've seen don't hold up well at all to carbides. Their beds end up with skag marks that go all the way down to the metal.

 

[rxwhopper]

rinex i think is the hardest toughest and that being said the slipperiest. i have linex in my new truck but its not as slippery

 

[NLViper]

Same with us AKrider, I know the Linex do not stand up to the carbides at all.

 

[lukesju]

The spray in liners that guys are getting here in AK that I've seen don't hold up well at all to carbides. Their beds end up with skag marks that go all the way down to the metal.

I wonder why it varies from up there to down here? That's wierd, maybe it's a different compound for colder temperatures?? Any ideas?

 

[dab102999]

I used old plastic bed liners myself. Found one on the side of the road for free and paid $10 for the other one. Used a circular saw to cut it and it works great. Only thing I would suggest (I went back and re-did mine) is to cut it in your strip width and then 2 foot long sections. If you leave it the full 8 foot length in the summer when the heat beats on your trailer they grow and warp. Cutting them in shorter pieces and slotting where the screw went thru took care of this. Old used tracks unside down and those bed liners for ski guids I got like $40 (maybe a little more with the stainless screws) in my trailer and it is protected.

 

[Wertles]

Ditto on the used bedliners. You can get them for free at the shops that install the spray in bedliners. Just go out back and look in their dumpster. One of the guys even helped me cut it up so I didn't have to take the sides of the bed liner. If you throw them a 5, they will probably find you some tail gate liners. Turn them sideways and use them for traction mats. But as the above post said, slot the holes. I kept mine 8 feet long and didn't have a problem. I also have rhino liner in the truck and have made the mistake of putting carbides on it without protection. Didn't turn out too well for the liner.