Got to the lake today to meet up with my fishing partner.  Since we were using his boat, I put my rods and travel tackle bag in the back of my truck.  I am normally pretty aware of how I load things in the bed of the truck, especially my rods since they have to go in the bed corner to corner.  I have a factory spray in bed liner and I bought 2 extra thick horse stall mats from tractor supply to keep things from sliding on the liner.  It’s pretty slick but I cut the stall mats to fit and it works well.  Got to the lake and grabbed my rods (I normally take about 6) and noticed right away I had a broken tip.  Looked in the bed and there was a heavy tool set in a hard plastic case that had slid into my rods.  To top it off, it was my heavily used Quantum Smoke rod that I use for Ned rigs.  I guess the stall mats and the tool case being cold allowed it to slide.  To make matters even worse, my first cast with my go to dropshot rod, a JLM Signature, the top 3 inches of the rod went with the bait into the lake.  I assume it got crunched by the tool case as well.  Oh well, we will strip all of the guides off both rods for future repairs and remember to check the bed of the truck for rod killers.  I have lots of rods but it still stings to bust them.  Friendly reminder.  

I cut two studs to fit stake pockets on my truck, covered with pipe insulation and hold them down with tarp straps.

 

Ten dollars.

Great idea but I have a tonneau cover.

If I'm putting my rods in the bed of my truck, I never add anything that isn't totally secured to the bed of the truck. Use bungee cords for light stuff, tie downs for anything heavy. Never had a rod break yet. 

Ugh. One is bad. Two is a nightmare!

2 hours ago, TOXIC said:

Great idea but I have a tonneau cover.

 

 

I landscape for a living so no rods in the bed ever. But.... I once strapped my rods on for a trip to the dump. Thought I'd go for a little fishing after, was taking brick scraps from a paver job I had just finished. Didn't get to fish, nope had to go home and clean five reels. And a few more times, the dust was persistent.

I'm currently in the process of building a rod holder to bolt into my bed because I fear to repeat a similar instance last summer when I broke 4 rods on a rather bumpy section of gravel road when things came loose in my bed.

 

Thank you for the reminder that I need to get off my rear and finish that project over the holiday.

Been there.  I broke one rod and busted up a reel pretty good (St. Croix Avid and a Shimano Curado G) in the bed of my truck.  

 

So never again.  They go in the cab now.  Luckily I can fit up to an 8 foot rod between the front of the dash and the back window. 

Sorry for your loss. Nothing rides in the bed of my truck with my rods and nothing unsecured in the boat. I would be very upset with my self. I've got one bud that tries to put his big tackle bag in the bed every single time. I have to tell him to put it in the empty back floor of my truck where it won't destroy valuable rods when some idiot pulls out in front of us and I'm forced to jam the brakes.

That sucks. My truck cab will fit 8' rods easily, so that's where they ride. The rare occasion someone is fishing with me I tell them to watch out for hooks ?

My Toyota Tacoma finally died and I needed to buy a used vehicle.

 

I went with a Toyota minivan. Laugh it up, it's okay. Took the seats out and it has more space than my truck bed did - several feet. And wider.

 

No need to lay 'em diagonally. AND I can grab some tackle or food in a store without worrying about someone grabbing my stuff. That's the best part.

 

And I can sleep in it. 

And I have a big ol' door on every side of the vehicle.

And I can throw my yak on top.

And I put in a nice stereo.

 

 

I have carried my rods in the bed literally hundreds of times and including these 2, I have broken a total of 3.?. I am usually very careful of what goes in the bed and it’s why I put the cushioned stall mats in there.  Normally nothing slides.  I guess the cold weather got everything slick.  I’d put them in the cab but with my luck I’d snag the interior that I paid extra $$ for in my High Country Silverado.  ?

That’s really sticks , it’s a reminder for us all.

Only thing in bed of my truck is rods and Tackle bag, my whole bed is lined with a bed rug (3/4inch padded carpet) and tonneau cover. 
If yaks r loaded it’s all up front in cab.

Oh man, that's rough! I use a Flambeau Bazuka Pro rod tube to protect my rods from sliding around in the back of my truck. I am able to set it long enough to fit a 7'6" rod and it fits (just barely) diagonally in my truck bed. It hasn't let me down yet. I paid a little more but they're $55 on Amazon at the moment, worth every penny. Between my rods and the kids rods, we might have over a thousand dollars worth of rods in there depending on how many we bring.