OEDRO Floor Mats, Running Boards and Storage: Fixing the interior headaches of an SUV or pickup camp...

Everyone Preps the Gear. Hardly Anyone Preps the Truck.

Ask anyone who camps regularly how they get ready for a trip and you’ll hear about tents, stoves and which cooler keeps ice longest. Some people have spreadsheets. I know at least one person who checks the forecast for her campsite about four times a day the week before she leaves.

What you rarely hear about is the vehicle. It gets gas, maybe a tire check, and that’s it.

Which is a little strange when you think about how much an SUV or pickup does on these trips. It carries the cooking kit and the hiking packs and the recovery boards you’ve never actually used. It’s also the place everyone piles back into after a wet trail, boots and all. Leave on a Friday with a clean cabin and by Sunday evening it can look like the floor of a trailhead bathroom.

A bit of prep on the inside saves you a lot of grief later. OEDRO, which makes accessories for trucks and SUVs, has a few products built around exactly this kind of mess. I picked out three that line up well with the usual camping complaints.

What a Weekend Outdoors Does to a Cabin

Start with mud, because it’s always mud. Trails go soft after rain. Campsite grass is soaked at seven in the morning. In the colder months you get slush, which is somehow worse. It all comes back to the truck on your boots, and factory carpet is very good at soaking it up and very bad at letting it go. Stains you notice right away. The smell takes a few days, usually showing up once the truck has been parked in the sun.

Then there’s the height thing. High ground clearance is fantastic on a rutted forest road. Less so when you’re trying to swing a full cooler onto the back seat, or reach the bag you strapped to the roof rack. On flat, dry pavement it’s fine. On sloped, wet ground at the end of a long hike, getting in and out starts to feel like a balance exercise.

And the small stuff. Headlamps, rope, a multitool, charging cables, gloves. Easy to pack, impossible to find once you’re there. They roll under seats or sink to the bottom of a duffel bag. You’ll need one of them right as the light goes and the tent is still in its sack, and it won’t be where you thought.

No single one of these ruins a trip. They just pile up.

Floor Mats Do the Boring, Important Job

Floor mats aren’t exciting. I’d still argue they’re the accessory you’ll appreciate first.

OEDRO’s all-weather mats are made from TPE, a rubbery material that keeps its shape and doesn’t drink up water like carpet does. They’re molded for specific vehicles, and the raised edges are there so dirt and spilled coffee stay on the mat rather than creeping onto the carpet underneath.

Where they earn their keep is cleanup. You pull them out, rinse them off (check the care instructions first), let them dry, and put them back. Compare that with kneeling in the driveway scrubbing carpet with a brush. The original flooring stays protected too, something you’ll be glad about if you ever trade the truck in.

If you drive a Silverado or Sierra, the OEDRO all-weather TPE floor mats for 2019–2025 Chevy Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab are cut for that cabin. A model-specific mat should follow the floor shape much more closely than a universal one you trim to size with kitchen scissors.

Running Boards, Because Not Everyone Is Six Foot Four

Running boards give you a solid step between the ground and the cab. Simple idea. Makes a real difference when your hands are full, or when shorter passengers (kids, especially) are trying to climb up without grabbing the seatbelt for leverage.

The OEDRO dual-convex two-step running boards for compatible Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra models use a two-step layout instead of a single flat bar. So there’s more than one spot to put your foot, which helps both for getting into the cab and for reaching up toward the roof. On a camping trip you’re in and out of the truck constantly. Unloading at the site, grabbing a jacket, shoving wet gear in before you leave. Those steps get a lot of use.

One honest caveat. Running boards help only if they’re installed properly, so follow OEDRO’s instructions and pay attention to the weight limits. And wet boots on a wet step are still wet boots on a wet step. Go easy.

The Space Under the Back Seat Is Wasted Right Now

In most crew cab trucks, the area under the rear seat holds nothing useful. Maybe a stray water bottle. Maybe a fry from 2023.

An organizer turns that dead space into storage. The OEDRO under-seat storage organizer for 2019–2026 Dodge Ram 1500 Crew Cab models fits into that spot and gives the small stuff a home. Chargers, a first-aid kit, tools, spare gloves. It sits low, so you don’t lose legroom or cargo space, and whatever’s inside stays out of view when the truck is parked at a trailhead for the afternoon.

What I like most about this kind of thing is the habit it builds. Once the headlamp always goes in the same box, you stop looking for the headlamp. Anyone who has dumped out an entire backpack in the dark looking for a tent stake mallet will get why that matters.

None of This Touches the Engine

Worth pointing out: these are not performance mods. Nothing here changes how the truck drives or what it’s capable of off-road. No tuning, no lift kit, no weekend spent under the chassis.

They make the inside more livable for the kind of trip where everyone’s muddy and tired. Mats go on top of the carpet. The boards bolt on. The storage box fills a spot you weren’t using anyway. Most people could sort all of it in an afternoon.

What you get back is time, mostly. Less of it spent cleaning when you get home. Less of it hunting for things at camp. Loading is a bit easier on your back.

Before you set off, make sure everything’s fitted correctly and that heavy cargo is tied down so it can’t slide around on bumpy roads. And remind passengers to watch their footing climbing in and out on soft ground.

Getting Your Truck Camping-Ready

Nobody comes home from a trip wanting to talk about their carpet. The stories should be about where you went and who you went with, not about the cooler you nearly dropped or the flashlight that vanished.

If your SUV or pickup could use better floor protection, an easier step up, or somewhere to keep the small gear, OEDRO has options to browse. Check compatibility first, though. Year, model, trim and cab style all matter, since these parts are designed around specific vehicles and the fit depends on those details.

You’ll find the full lineup on the official OEDRO website. Enter the exclusive discount code OEV20 at checkout to save on your order, subject to the promotion’s applicable terms and conditions.

Then go load up the truck.