Day: April 19, 2026

Friday I’m having a spray-in bedliner installed on my truck. Factory bedliners are fairly uncommon plus most are crappy plastic or poorly applied and the factory markup is not much of a savings over having a third party install often a superior product.

I debated about getting a bedliner but I don’t want gear to slide around or have cold aluminum to be touching at camp. I have a rubber mat but it’s much too small as it’s sized for a Ford Ranger. Sitting back in the truck bed I realized how much trucks without really bedliners suck. I looked at plastic liners, mats and bed rugs but spray-in is the way to go. Not that much more expensive. It’s the toughest option, provides good traction for loads. And it’s somewhat safer than camping on bare metal in a thunderstorm.

It obviously had to be done before the cap is installed. The cap – an ARE MX Camper Shell with the side screened windoors that open – should be installed in late May. Very similar to the old rig, moving the solar panel and kayak rack over. Then to move over the batteries, solar, shelf to the new rig. With the big powerful dual alternator on the SuperDuty I plan to upgrade battery storage and solar but for now the plan is to wire it up with future expansion in mind.