I was curious if anyone has had any experience with the Penda Bedliners and accessories? They look interesting.
They are located on the web at:
http://www.pendacorp.com

Thanks

 

I'll never do another drop in liner, nonsequitur. No way. While I suppose the kind of liner you want depends on the use you're gonna put your bed to, I still wouldn't go to plastic knowing what I know now.
Yeah, they're cheaper. But after spending the better part of 30K on a truck, I intend to have it awhile. I got a Line-X. My last truck used Pendaliner. After 2 years and 70K miles, it was turning a bit chalky...Enough that I sprayed a bit of gloss black around the bed and applied liberal coats of Armor All before having the boys at the lot give me a trade in price.
I used to haul a lot of dirt, rock and mulch. I removed the liner once around 60K to clean. What a disaster!
Scratches, rust spots, gouges, and a host of foreign debris, including screws, nails and a couple of pop top tabs. Jeez!! ANd I never had that kinda crap as part of my loads, so no tellin' where that stuff came from.
With my Line-X, I just hose her out. And my bed is stiffer, too, so no squeeks come to life as she flexes.
I've hauled rock, a sofa, a palletized 'fridge and several loads of compost. Still looks like new.
No plastic for me anymore. No sir!!

 

Not too sure about Pendaliner - one of our trucks just had one installed, so I don't know how it will hold up - but Duraliner makes a great drop-in bedliner. You can even buy one from the Ford dealer with the Ford oval in it. As far as it being better or worse than spray-in, that's personal preference. My family has always used drop-in bedliners; the cheap ones sucked ("Rugged Liner" - never buy one of those!) but the duraliners in my opinion, held up well. Plus, in the Ford bed, the hooks are as such as they bolt through the Duraliner (the Ford one, anyway) making a seal around the hooks so no water can get under the liner.

Talk to a truck accessory shop for more information; the most popular spray-in bedliners are from Line-X and Rhino. They'll be able to help you out and/or show you a spray-in installed....

Hope that helps some...... (?)

 

Thank you for your quick replies! I am looking to carry mainly medium/heavy pallet loads and searchlight (Skytracker) rigs. So I am looking for something to protect the bed of my future new truck from the wear and tear of loading, hauling, and unloading this stuff (usually with a forklift).

I am really looking for a tight fitting option that will last and take some punishment. The pickup I use at work is a '95 F250 PSD with a Duraliner. While the liner does not fit like a glove I have had no real complaints about it; matter of fact I drilled holes near the tail gate and used 1/4" stainless rivets along the side and a solid aluminum bar stock (riveted) to get it to sit flush.

The truck I am currently looking to protect is (will be) my own though, and will be a 2001 F150 XLT SCab.

Thanks again!

Side note (not related):I am getting the truck as a replacement vehicle from Ford for a 2000 Taurus that they decided to buy back. So far Ford has been very good to me and they have made me a life long customer; although I am in a way waiting for the other shoe to drop.


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Hades is right. It's all a matter of preference. But I've had both kinds. Also, there's no way on God's green earth you're gonna seal water out with a drop-in. It comes in under the lip where it ends at the gate. And they're screwed-in to the rear wall, AND your gate. Rust waiting to happen.
Getting wood on and off a plastic liner will eventually show scuffs and slices. I know. I loaded plenty of pallets onto my Pendaliner bed. Some believe that a spray-in will gouge easily. That may be, but I have yet to have that happen. The Line-X is tough as nails, laid on hot under tremendous pressure, and applied to a half-inch thickness on the bottom of the bed. I think the Rhino-liner is softer. (It's also applied cold, and has an uneven texture).
Check for a local vendor. They usually have a truck or two ready for pickup just before lunch on a Saturday. Check out the work.

 

Sundog7:
I agree. I just pulled my plastic liner and replaced it with a BedRug. The bad had scratches all over. You would have thought I had never covered it.
I plan to cut the bottom pan out of the plastic liner and lay it on my BedRug to protect the rug when I haul something nasty.

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Nonsequitur, Here is my advice for you -
These guys are right about the downfalls of most drop-in bedliners. Usually they don't fit well and with some configurations, open holes are present around corners allowing water and other debris to become trapped under the liner. However, the Duraliner from the Dealer in my opinion is the best quality and fit I've seen from a drop-in. The fit is snug everywhere; the tailgate piece is rugged and attached well (not just a flimsy plastic strip), and the bedliner comes straight up and under the plastic factory bedrails. Look into this bedliner at your dealer for a drop-in, if you're not satisfied a spray-in would be the logical choice.

 

That's the bottom line, Nonsequitur. Hades has an excellent point. So, as said, it's really gonna come down to how you feel about what you're going to do with your bed. Both ways offer pros and cons. That's why it's important not only to gather opinions here, but check out the product first-hand before you commit yourself.
Hades correctly points out the good fit of some bedliners. The spray-ins ar fit the same way....(At least the Line-X is)....sprayed up under your rails. However, snug as a drop-in can be, that puppy is still going to flex as you drive, go over curbs, enter uneven driveways, etc. That alone causes lots of scratches and damage over time. Just be aware of that aspect. You cannot guard against it.
Hope we've helped, and inspired you to look first-hand at several different choices.

TEllenberger: What an EXCELLENT idea for using an old bedliner! Wished I'd thought of it sooner!

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I just wanted to thank everyone for your replies! I think I am going to check more into, and probably go with, a spray in Rhino or Line-X liner now.

Thanks for opening my eyes to new possibilities!

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I currently have a sr pro liner in the truck and after a year it is doing just fine...
But this was a upgrade from the dealer I originally bought a sc model from. They installed 2 sc's and both had trouble staying under the rail at the tail end of the bed. If I could do it all over again I would have gotten the spray in liner, but at the time I wasn't thinking I guess

The pro model is real nice and it's thick... I have abused it some and the one time I checked underneath is looked just fine.

Just my 2 cents.

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2000 F-150 XLT SC SB
[*]4.2 V-6/ automatic/ 3.55 LS rearend[*]Class III tow package[*]K&N filter[*]Mobil 1 synthetic oil[*]Pendaliner SR Pro Bedliner "Nascar Trucks Edition"

Cruising in the "Dry Heat" of Tucson, Arizona.