Jon R
Senior Member
I have a Grandby in an HD truck with a factory sprayed in bed liner. I noted some shifting of the camper after some fairly mild off road bumpy travel, so I bought a 3/8 inch thick OEM rubber mat designed for the truck. I installed it last weekend and reinstalled the csmper.
The arrangement without the mat was quite good for preventing the wood strips that support the camper from sitting in water in wet weather because the bed floor ridges held the wood 1/4 inch off the bottom of the floor grooves, allowing drainage and air flow.
With the mat, the wood strips press into the rubber. This helps prevent movement, but also creates a low area on top of the mat around each strip that I picture holding water around the strips for long periods.
I’m thinking 3/8 thick rubber strips covering the bottom of each wood strip would have the benefits of a rubber mat without trapping water around the wood strips.
Thoughts on this? Thanks
The arrangement without the mat was quite good for preventing the wood strips that support the camper from sitting in water in wet weather because the bed floor ridges held the wood 1/4 inch off the bottom of the floor grooves, allowing drainage and air flow.
With the mat, the wood strips press into the rubber. This helps prevent movement, but also creates a low area on top of the mat around each strip that I picture holding water around the strips for long periods.
I’m thinking 3/8 thick rubber strips covering the bottom of each wood strip would have the benefits of a rubber mat without trapping water around the wood strips.
Thoughts on this? Thanks