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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Not Too Easy to Find - Diesel Engine Help

By Veronica Carrillo

Truck parts prices change partly by supply and demand just like anything else. It's been my observation that parts prices and availability for Chevy, Ford and Dodge trucks have been such that driving old trucks "forever" worked well. Sheer numbers of these trucks on the road guaranteed a supply of used truck parts plus a demand for new parts too. However with the closing of many parts plants, doesn't it make you wonder where the parts will come from to keep older trucks on the road.

Spray on bed liners have several advantages over other options. Now these are offered as options even on new trucks. Usually for a new truck the application will be done by a local franchise of one of the big name liner companies.

I drive a 1976 Chevy C10 with about 50,000 miles on it. Can you imagine going back just that far how many pickup part numbers have been built just for Chevrolet trucks? The number is in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions. All parts must be tracked and the manufacturing data available for these parts to be produced when needed. In addition, production tooling and equipment must be ready and on hand to make parts when the existing stock drops to the reorder level.

See, the material in the better liners spreads out the impact forces over a large area thus protecting the underlying bed from all but the most serious hits. If you need protection for a pickup bed, the thick linings made of plastic really offer it in heavy measure. But there's more.

That may mean that after-market parts makers will step in to fill the gap. Probably only if tooling up to make parts is justified by a proven demand for a certain volume of pieces. Otherwise, the investment is not justified.

One truck bed liner that offers the plastic advantage but also is easy to install and drains extra well too is the DualLiner model. The DualLiner comes in multiple pieces instead of just being in one piece. That way it's possible to get a better fit and assure proper drainage from the liner as well. It's worth a look. - 21392

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