Horse Stall or Workout Mats for Beds?

Just curious if anybody has used these and if so are they better than the OEM or Dee Zee bed mats?

They are very thick - 3/4" or so and available in roughly 4' x 6' and priced around $40-$60 but would require some cutting. Not sure how well they are as far as being non-slip.

 

I have one in my bed that I got at tractor supply and love it. It was less than half oem and more than twice as thick. I used a friends oem during a mod day to outline mine forcuts . I used a jig saw and it worked great as far as slipping it is rock solid.

 

The Dee Zee mat works great. Mine was only $40 but that was 5 years ago, not sure how much they are now.

 

I put one in my bed and love it, not that hard to cut I used a razor and just cut around the wheel wells.been in there for a couple of years now

 

I bought some hoof mat (stall mat) from Tractor Supply and cut to fit.

 

stall mats
Pro- affordable
Con- heavy on already wimpy springs
I bought one thinking I would save a few $$$ but then by the time you cut it out to fit and the added weight to a lacking payload capacity I returned it and just ordered the oem. Very happy with my decision. To each their own.

 

I have the 4x6 3/4" thick mats for my home gym and I can't imagine using it as a bed mat just due to the sheer weight of it. It will be a pain to remove it to wash the bed out. It's at least 40-50+lbs of unevenly distributed weight and difficult to trim. The factory mat I have is light weight and easily rolls up and remove if needed. If you are going with the stall mats, look into the thinnest one.

 

Saw these at Home Depo. Not sure of the dimensions of our beds plus they are 45lbs.

 

These already are too small being 3x4. You would need 2 sheets then paste together, which would not stay together well and already the price of an OEM.

 

I got trailer matting. It has a diamond plate pattern and is almost too grippy.
It's about 3/8ths thick. I used some aluminum stripping and screwed it down at the tailgate to stop lifting as well as bolted it down with the bed bolts that hold the box to the frame.

 

Yeah but if you had the thick mats in your truck ..you could continue your workout when removing it from your truck !

 

I have not used the horse stall mats in my truck, though I have used a bunch of them in the stalls in my barn.

They are heavy, way more than needed for use in your bed.

Cutting them can be a pain, at least whey you have a bunch to do.

I found scoring them multiple times with a razor knife not trying to go too deep each time was probably the easiest.

Circular saw created a lot of heat made real mess.