Bed Drain
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Tuned
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Bed Drain
Need some ideas on installing a drain for the bed. Put in a bed liner ( which I really like ) but the truck is not my daily driver and the way it sits in my driveway makes the bed fill with water. I want to install a drain on the right and left front of the bed. I want something that will have a flat flange on top and a nut on the bottom so it will seal the hole and not let water in between the liner and bed. Something like a cooler drain, maybe 3/8" or 1/2" in diameter. Any ideas?
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I asked google, would something like a sink drain work ?
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=...4dUDCAk&uact=5
Why can't you park the truck the other way around ? The truck really doesn't care which way it faces...
May be google sink drain flange. Your local hardware store will have them.
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=...4dUDCAk&uact=5
Why can't you park the truck the other way around ? The truck really doesn't care which way it faces...
May be google sink drain flange. Your local hardware store will have them.
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Tuned
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Either way it's parked it will fill with water. I think I found my answer. Brass bulkhead fittings for rain barrels. An evaporative cooler drain looks like it would also work. It's a shame that stores like Home Depot, Lowes and Ace don't stock anything. Had to order from Amazon and I'll still get it in one day.
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I would shop the stainless steel marine drain plugs for what you are looking for.
An example:
https://imall.com/product/Heavy-Duty...568-9858205/en
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An example:
https://imall.com/product/Heavy-Duty...568-9858205/en
Hobo
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Tuned
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The factory drains never worked . Even before I put in the bed liner in it would fill with water. I drilled 2 small holes but they would still clog and i"d have to clear them with a stick. As I also mentioned in my original post, I don"t want water to collect between the liner and bed. I think the bulkhead fittings will work. They have a 1/2" opening which should be large enough. Also here in Baltimore when it snows it usually gets warm the next day, then the snow melts , then it freezes at night. I don't want the water staying in the bed and turning into a block off ice.
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The original drain system was a long crack at the front of the bed. You can make it a little bigger by driving a screwdriver down in the crack.
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If we have a liner in that is solid, without holes. The water now pools in the liner, if the truck faces down the slope, so it can't drain through the tailgate.
Problem now is, that if you put some sort of fitting between the liner and the standard bed drains, you might keep water from getting in between at that point, but there is still water coming in at other points since it is not sealed to the bed. That water now can only flow out the tailgate, since the front is closed.
I would go with Dave here and just drill holes in the liner over the existing drain holes. Now water from the liner goes out in both directions, and water in the bed can drain freely in both directions as well.
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May be he's worried about moisture wicking up around the drain hole in the bed.
I have opened, well added holes in the front of my bed by throwing in the steel ramp hangers I made. I noticed a couple more hole over the past 20 years or so after tossing the 2x10 ramps with the hanging brackets I made up.
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