Dee Zee has developed a way to powder-coat its bed boxes in the Mossy Oak camouflage pattern. These and other accessories, including mud flaps, bed rails and side trim pieces, will be available in the spring of 2001. Bed boxes are even being made for SUVs. These containers are available individually, or they can be fitted together as storage modules. Hardin Bed protection has reached new levels of innovation, too.
Plastic is no longer the only material of choice for bed liners.
Several manufacturers, such as Rhino Linings, offer spray-in bed liners that provide permanent bed protection. Many of these liners can be color-matched to your truck's paint scheme. Duraliner has added convenience to bed protection by introducing the CargoPro, an aluminum-framed sliding tray that holds up to 1,000 pounds when fully extended past the tailgate. Hitch Racks and Accessories Even the lowly trailer hitch hasn't escaped scrutiny. It used to be that receiver hitches held your hitch ball and little else.