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Old Jul 14, 2020 | 01:08 PM
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Absolutely NOT! Watch this video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1j-pMbKDbU&t=223s
WOW I can't believe how easy the factory liner peeled off. That's the last time I get a factory liner. It came with the Lariat Sport package so that's how I got it and I don't know if you can delete it with that package. It's rubber mat time. Thanks for the video.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2020 | 06:26 AM
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It’s not just the ford trucks with weak boxes. My employer bought a few hundred new GMs this spring. The ones that are used to haul stuff every day are all ready pretty beat up. Front of boxes push up against the cab, fenders dented , holes from scaffolding poles. And tailgates bent . I think the older trucks were built a little better. But it used to be only farmers and construction workers bought pickups. Now most trucks go to people that never put anything other than groceries in the box.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2020 | 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by ejb69
It’s not just the ford trucks with weak boxes. My employer bought a few hundred new GMs this spring. The ones that are used to haul stuff every day are all ready pretty beat up. Front of boxes push up against the cab, fenders dented , holes from scaffolding poles. And tailgates bent . I think the older trucks were built a little better. But it used to be only farmers and construction workers bought pickups. Now most trucks go to people that never put anything other than groceries in the box.
One of the things you always see, regardless of brand, is the tailgate top edge bent in. In some rougher uses the top edge of the bed rails are dented down too.

I think ford does a decent job with the rigid plastic cap that lines the perimeter of the bed, especially compared to my ram, but I've always wondered why they don't have the top edges of the beds capped with metal pipe. It would be so much stronger.

I don't personally have that issue, and I use my bed, but I also don't treat it like a dumpster.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2020 | 08:50 AM
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If you have the spray in liner from factory, do they still have the plastic caps for the rails and tailgates ?
how are these attached and are they easy to take off ?
 
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Old Jul 15, 2020 | 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by ejb69
It’s not just the ford trucks with weak boxes. My employer bought a few hundred new GMs this spring. The ones that are used to haul stuff every day are all ready pretty beat up. Front of boxes push up against the cab, fenders dented , holes from scaffolding poles. And tailgates bent . I think the older trucks were built a little better. But it used to be only farmers and construction workers bought pickups. Now most trucks go to people that never put anything other than groceries in the box.
I think the GM boxes on their HD's are a lot stronger than an unlined aluminum Super Duty box.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2020 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Lin19687
If you have the spray in liner from factory, do they still have the plastic caps for the rails and tailgates ?
how are these attached and are they easy to take off ?
Yes, and they are held on with clips/tabs. I have not taken them off but it does not look hard.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2020 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by ForCal
Yes, and they are held on with clips/tabs. I have not taken them off but it does not look hard.
Thanks, I'll have to think about spraying those areas and take the plastic off
 
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Old Jul 16, 2020 | 01:15 PM
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Thanks, I'll have to think about spraying those areas and take the plastic off
It doesn't look good without the plastics, even if you have it sprayed.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2020 | 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ForCal
It doesn't look good without the plastics, even if you have it sprayed.
Good to know !
 
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Old Jul 16, 2020 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ejb69
A good plastic drop in liner offers the best protection for trucks that see hard use. I have seen the sprayed on liners get scraped off many times when using a fork lift to push pallets to the front of the box..

Then the bed wasn't prepped properly before it was lined....
 
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Old Jul 16, 2020 | 05:03 PM
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Then the bed wasn't prepped properly before it was lined....
Maybe. But I have seen this with Ford, GM and Dodge trucks. With factory and after market liners. These are trucks are used by multiple people that tend to abuse them.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2020 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Louisville Joe
I think the GM boxes on their HD's are a lot stronger than an unlined aluminum Super Duty box.
This hasent proved true in my area. Oilfield use and literally bending the whole tailgate on the new gm trucks. Sorry but everything on these trucks is being built lighter. The aluminum will puncture quicker but it will hold up to abuse better. My factory liner has been good with a almost 2000lb weight box sliding over it. We will see what it does long term. Cj
 
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