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Truck Bed ?
Chief Shaway
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What do you all have for your truck beds?
On my newer truck, I have a nice matching Leer topper.
On my old farm/hunting truck, I have an aluminum toolbox from bout April til the end of September.
Then I put a tri-fold cover on it for hunting.
I can have my hunting gear back there and it still be covered.
I am also able to drag a deer into the bed, with the cover folded up. Can’t do that with a topper.
When hunting season/winter is over, the tool box goes back on for fishing/boating season.
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An old Rubbermaid bin.
My newer truck has a bed liner. I have a sheet of plywood on top of it. Makes it easier for my old body to crawl to the back.
My farm truck has a mat in it. I’ve had it since I think 1998. I just move it from truck to truck.
LineX coating, and a solid cover with bars for carrying a a ramp to winch (inside the bed) a deer up.
My F150 has a spray on bed liner and a Truxedo cover.
Spray on liner only
Farm pickup has a big 'job box' for tool storage, assorted chunks of 2x4-6x6 jack blocks, fence wire, and assortment of other stuff. During harvest: fuel transport tank, air compressor, various jugs/buckets of oil, pry bars, spare equipment tires, and whatever parts and pieces that might come in handy during the day. Generally, the bed is full. Often only room in the cab for the driver.
Time and gas wasted driving back home for something is unacceptable.
Just a rubber mat.
Spray in liner,soft tonneau that is watertight . Six plastic milk crates bolted together to serve as slide out tool/stuff/junk boxes Usually a 48 quart cooler as well. Never know when you going to run up on a deal on groceries or seafood !
Just a line x spray in liner
The old Nissan has a factory plastic bed liner with a milk crate tied in to keep small things from sliding. Tundra has a spray in liner and a lockable aluminum tool box.
My F150 has a tri-fold cover and a plastic liner. I recently added one of those ratcheting cargo bar bed dividers from harbor freight, plus a rubber mat that came out of my Jeep.
The cargo bar is kind of handy for keeping a big cooler by the gate.
https://www.harborfreight.com/automotive/truck-bed-accessories/ratcheting-cargo-bar-96811.html
Smart way to load a deer:
Yeah, cheaper than my winch, but a lot of places here, I can go only 40 feet from the road. I gotta lot of rope.
That would be a big help, especially since you’d be so tired from driving that pole into the ground. 😁
Seriously, though, that is a clever idea. We’ve done it a lot using the hitch of another truck or 4-wheeler rather than the post.