Leaves Between Bed and Cab

[Nick Barber]

Great suggestion on the pipe insulation, I'll look into that. Also good to know that it comes in "magnetic gray" ?

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[MountainGoat]

All the suggestions in this thread are REACTIVE solutions. You gotta think PROACTIVE.

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[KNI]

I should have posted my $2 solution back when these threads were active but didn't. This one and the one regarding the "fabric" at the bottom of the bed catching leaves.......

6' long 3/4" foam pipe insulation in Magnetic Grey did the trick for me

Thanks for the tip. Have to try it out.

Goes well with my piece of insulation foam from between A-pilar(s) cover and dashboard to prevent A-pilar(s) plastic rattle.

 

[FerdRanger]

Great suggestion on the pipe insulation, I'll look into that. Also good to know that it comes in "magnetic gray" ?

I was fortunate that the Magnetic Gray pipe insulation matched my Magnetic Gray truck.

for those who have a different colored truck, you may have to up your game and source some pool noodles or similar..... gonna co$t ya more tho.

 

[Sharky]

wont it rub thru the paint after awhile ?

 

[FerdRanger]

wont it rub thru the paint after awhile ?

dunno.. its a truck for me. already has a couple of blemishes

" I bought this truck to USE it!!" ?

 

[2020XLT]

I used the pipe insulation shown above and stuffed it across the top edge of the bed and the cab, turning the ends down about 4 inches on each side. Problem solved.....

Added pics of pipe insulation

 

[Jimmy637]

Had 2019 Lariat with same problem. The way I cleaned it out was to remove the two rubber plugs at the back of the bed. Then i used a hose sprayer to wash it out. Note that I had to force the rubber to one side that is between the cab and bed on the side behind the back doors. this let the larger pieces out.
Hope this helps
I tied using a long ruler and narrow piece of wood but did not have much success.

 

[Synfulz]

Long piece of floss soaked in 303. ??

 

[photowil]

This might be the most Ford Rangerish post ever:
Anyone else discover that the gap between the bed and the cab is a leaf-catch? I happen to have an LEER camper shell on mine, and while doing something else discovered that area has been collecting leaves and related detritus for presumably the last three years and the bottom layer was some super-rich mulch. It's super difficult to remove, too. I've owned nothing but Tacomas for ages and never had such a problem.
If you don't regularly garage your truck and do live around trees, take a look and let me know!

 

[AzScorpion]

There's an older thread discussing this which I merged this one with.

 

[Old and new]

I just looked through all 11 pages of the Issues, Repairs, Rarranty, tsb, Recalls forum and did not see anything posted about this. If its posted in another forum l did not find it with a search. Since we are in the middle of fall up here in the northeast I noticed a very large accumulation of leaves in between the bed ad the cab, especially on the passenger side. Almost impossible to clean out from below, I had to adapt a piece of 1/2" pvc tubing to my shop vac to get them out. It appears they put a piece of rubber weatherstripping down at the bottom off the bed which blocks off the bottom so anything that falls down there is trapped. I really wouldn't have posted this but when I cleaned the passenger side I had some water drain out under the truck ( it had rained a couple of days ago up here) and all the leaves that i sucked out were sopping wet. I was just wondering if anybody else noticed a buildup of leaves or debri in this area.

Pull the badge off the fender and look down. My front fender was full of crap

 

[Sandman Ranger]

Added pics of pipe insulation

Reminds me of this……..

 

[FerdRanger]

I was fortunate that the Magnetic Gray pipe insulation matched my Magnetic Gray truck.

for those who have a different colored truck, you may have to up your game and source some pool noodles or similar..... gonna co$t ya more tho.

sad to say that after almost a year and a half i’m gonna have to pony up another plus $2 as my wrap is looking porous

 

[RobertU]

I park underneath trees. The space between the cab and bed fills up with organic material. Over time this is going to cause rot on both sides. A few years back I cleaned It out with a stick as best I could but this was tedious. none Of my vacuums have a thin enough hose to get down in there. The gap is not accessible from underneath. waiting on an extension rod for my compressor to blow it out. what has anyone done to prevent this area from collecting leaves ? parking elsewhere is not an option

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