I live in Montana and if you live in Montana you have to have a pickup ! Had the big trucks: Silverado, Sierra, Ram. Don't need the big trucks anymore, but in Montana you gotta have a truck. My wife drives the Trailblazer. For me, the 2012 Tacoma is just right.
I'm not after a bushing. That was only to inform you of one of the most common uses of UHMW material. I am thinking of using a flat sheet of UHMW that is 1/8" thick x 15.5" x 53". That will cover the factory tailgate cover that is corrugated and hard on the knees when I crawl into the back of...
UHMW stands for Ultra High Molecular Weight. It is a form of plastic that comes in several shapes: round, square, flat. Probably the most commonly seen use is in bushings. Something like a wheel barrow wheel, as a bushing instead of a bearing. Something slow turning. But it can also be...
Maybe this is my solution. Have most of you heard of UHMW? Maybe I get a piece of black 1/8" thick UHMW cut to the size of the tailgate, drill it to match the existing corrugated liner, and just screw it on, over the top of the existing corrugated plastic tailgate liner. Would sure be easier...
I have a 2012 TRD Sport, 6' bed. The plastic bed of the truck is like corrugated metal. Hard on the knees to crawl around back there. A Dee Zee bed mat cured that. But what can be done about the tailgate? I've thought about removing the corrugated plastic and covering with a thin piece of...