Landscaping blocks in composite bed?

You must be really careful because the first yard of bark I scratched the bed with a shovel.

Personally, I hate bed mats but with the composite bed it's a must if you don't want everything sliding around. Strapping down everything is too time consuming.

 

I have a bed mat from TruckChamp. It nice especially when you have to crawl in there, save your knees.

 

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A bed mat is SUPER important for the Tacoma composite bed & metal beds too (even with bed liners in metal beds), especially when hauling pavers of any type.

The mat will prevent sliding and scarring the bed floor and will help to keep the pavers from shifting and cracking the bed sides. However (even with bed mat) do NOT stack them too high or they will slide in a curve and damage your interior bed sides.

I haul them all the time and NEVER stack them more than 2 high.

Personally, I have 2 bed mats, one on bed floor and one that I cut to protect the bed sides and tailgate when the pavers shift & slide in curves while driving.

IMO, bed mat(s) are a super bed protection investment.

PS ... IMO ... The best and most heavy duty rubber bed mat (about 1" thick and is about 100 lbs is from Tractor Supply, but it a 2 man job to lift in truck bed). The Toyota OEM rubber bed mat is second best.

PPS ... I was just on the Tractor Supply site and did not see the "super mats" listed anymore. They are not for truck beds but they are super for that purpose. I bought two of those mats about 3 years ago and those suckers are bullet proof.

PPPS ... FWIW.... I am OCD & picky with my truck and it looks brand new even after almost 2 years of hauling.
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+! I just installed the Bedrug and I am very happy with it. I hope it can stand up to a bunch of cinder blocks. But, I don't think anything, mat, rug, bare bed, is not going to get scratched by something like foundation cinder blocks. Except the maybe the mat mentioned below.

 

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Trust me ... you could drop a 8x8x16 concrete block (easily from 3 feet) on those 1" thick old style Tractor Supply 100+ lbs rubber mats with no damage to the bed.

I wish that I could remember what Tractor Supply called those mats ? Mine says they are Made In Canada in the corner. Big draw back to them is their weight, being approx. 1' thick and solid.

The mats are not designed for truck beds but are for farm & industrial use and were not that expensive for what they are ... maybe a $100 bucks.

The problem is cutting them to fit. Going to try to cut one in next week and it will take a circular or jig saw to do it. Razor knife won't cut them.
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As above , get a bed mat .

 

Dremel tool or grinder with cutting wheel works well.

 

Don't know what Tractor Supply calls them but they are stall mats, I have installed thousands in horse stalls when I used to be a barn builder.

Don't use a circular saw unless you want the feeling you are at the drag strip and love the smell of burning rubber.
Use a razor knife with a new blade, lay down a straight edge that is wide enough to kneel on and keep your fingers out of the way, just draw the blade along using just enough pressure to cut about 1/8 of an inch deep cut then do it again, now slide a board under the mat next to the cut and allow the cut to bend open, you can now cut at least twice as deep with every pass using the same amount of pressure.

If you want to lay out cut marks before cutting, a blue chalk line works great