Sweet, but you'd never be able to take a load to the dump in that.
Actually, short of a trip to a "toxic-waste" dump you can. The BedRug is made of a closed cell woven polypropelene resin( ie; PLASTIC!). It will not absorb water so you can get in there and hose it out if needed. It can even withstand battery acid and engine fluids. Mud, gravel, sand, mulch, etc... are no problem. Many people are fooled by the appearance of the BedRug when in actuality it is very tough and durable.
Now, I admit I am a fanatic about my truck and I would never haul anything really nasty on the BedRug itself. When I have to I throw an old blanket or a tarp in 1st. I do haul lumber/construction goods and cabinets/furniture all the time in it however. NO problems and it just vaccums right up.
I started out using the hard plastic liners like everyone else. When spray in's arrived I moved to Line-x with a rubber bed mat. The spray in's are excellent BUT they are rough as heck and that is a problem for me. I have a small custom cabinet business and when I would transport units they would slide( even on the rubber mat )and hit the sides of the bed. I always did my best to wrap them in quilts/blankets and to pack all around with the same but it still was an issue.
I had a very expensive solid Cherry breakaway hutch style gun cabinet I spent a month on slide out of the quilt it was wrapped in and slide into the bed side which broke the crown mldg. It also had the upper side slide against the wheel well and it rubbed through the finish which took me 2 weeks to do( real pain but only way to get desired color ). As careful as I drive when deliverying it happens.
With the BedRug things hardly move unless I have to take drastic action to avoid something. Believe it or not things slide less on the BedRug than they do on a rubber mat. If they do hit the side there is no damage as the BedRug is like 1/2+ of an inch thick and cushions the blow( I am sure in an accident damage would occur ). If something manages to slide over and rub it does
nothing because the BedRug is soft.
Actually, this is the unit that got so damaged hitting the bed when it slid and then rubbing on the Line-X coated wheel well. I was able to fix it obviously as you can see in the photo but it was a lot of work and I had to reduce the price because of the delivery delay. Cost me a lot of $$$.
I also waterfowl hunt and the BedRug is great at protecting my very expensive decoys. The plastic liner and Line-X rubbed a lot of paint off decoys over the years. I can put the decoys right in the bed, especially my very expensive BigFoot full body goose decoys, and they are completely protected from paint damage.
BedRugs are not for everyone but I think they get dismissed as just something "pretty to look at" by too many folks. They are a rugged and serviceable item that I think would work for a lot more people than they think.
Check out this info from the mfg's site and see just how versatile and tough they are...
http://www.bedrug.com/experience/movie.php
