Any 8ft campers with a slide out longbed?

One again....thanks for the replies.

Yes my old nittos were rated heavier. I have 2 older nittos off a truck i flipped with a high weight rating in a 17. I called nitto last year and they said they no longer produce tires on 17 with that weight rating due to a gov rule change of some sort. Thanks obuma

rwiegand wrote:
I hunted long and hard for my 851 for exactly that reason. Seems just about perfect to me. I can tow directly off the hitch with my Air-Safe hitch (I pull a ~9000 lb trailer with a fairground organ in it), but still have the elbow room that the slide provides. It's an extraordinarily nice combination, especially with the big tanks since 90% of the time I'm boondocking. Unfortunately they only made it for two years about 10 years ago, so they aren't easy to find, especially on the east coast. It is a heavy camper, you'll really want a dually truck for it. Between camper and trailer I'm right at all the upper weight limits for my F350. A few more pounds and I'd need a CDL. The rig is also tall, about 12'6", which frequently causes headaches.

I really just don't "get" short bed trucks. I can only imagine they are bought by people who don't really need a truck when they aren't camping. Even with an 8 ft bed I routinely have lumber and other stuff hanging way too far off the back end. I don't understand how they have come to dominate the market.

You sir have the holy grail tc set up.

I like long bed trucks mostly. But with a extended cab they verge on being to long. When i bought my truck ecsb i wanted it to be more versatile. That set up is only 6 inches longer than a rclb truck. That's why they came to dominate.

Hind sight being 2020 i woulda bought a eclb dmax. But even then your kinda screwed when it comes to hauling a slideout camper because of the weight and limitations of a single wheel truck.

I'm glad 16's aren't 'extinct'. Gobs available for my 97 F 350. Have Michelins right now.

You can look through Lances past brochures to see what thay have in the 8' slide out range.
Select the year and click on the camper button. https://www.lancecamper.com/owner-support/
You can easily change between brochures by just changing the year in the URL and hitting enter/return/go on your computer.
Happy hunting,
Ben

I hunted long and hard for my 851 for exactly that reason. Seems just about perfect to me. I can tow directly off the hitch with my Air-Safe hitch (I pull a ~9000 lb trailer with a fairground organ in it), but still have the elbow room that the slide provides. It's an extraordinarily nice combination, especially with the big tanks since 90% of the time I'm boondocking. Unfortunately they only made it for two years about 10 years ago, so they aren't easy to find, especially on the east coast. It is a heavy camper, you'll really want a dually truck for it. Between camper and trailer I'm right at all the upper weight limits for my F350. A few more pounds and I'd need a CDL. The rig is also tall, about 12'6", which frequently causes headaches.

I really just don't "get" short bed trucks. I can only imagine they are bought by people who don't really need a truck when they aren't camping. Even with an 8 ft bed I routinely have lumber and other stuff hanging way too far off the back end. I don't understand how they have come to dominate the market.

^Yes, but high load rating 17s are pretty much gone. Only a couple old styles and old stock left around.
New takeoff wheels in 18 or 20” are just too cheap and easy to get to mess with the 17” wheel bs anymore.

HioSSilver wrote:
Highest i coukd find for 17 inch wheels was 3495. I need to upgrade to 18s to get any more.

I have Nitto Dura Grapplers on STEEL 17" rims and they are rated at 3970#. Those are 285/75-17 and they fit on our '12 Chevy 2500. (no comments about wheel ratings PLEASE)

Slightly smaller 285/70-17 of the same model is rated at 3750#.

So there are tires out there in 17" sizes.

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Highest i coukd find for 17 inch wheels was 3495. I need to upgrade to 18s to get any more.

HioSSilver wrote:
Oh I'm way over on the truck now......grosses about 11k loaded. I mainly watch my tires. Mostly should probably be concerned if i need to upgrade the hitch from a class 3 to a class ? I guess.

But getting away from a hitch extension would be nice.

I'm just over 11k also, with small trailers. I don't even consider larger ones. Do you have 3750 lb tires?

Are you saying you can’t find any locally or don’t know who makes them?

AF 811/860 long bed models are under 9’ with a slide. Similar models available by other mfgs as well. They all will let you tow without a hitch extension for the most part. Unless you have an unusual trailer.