Center of Gravity
A friend of mine is considering a truck camper among other types of RV's and neither of us can figure out something regarding Center of Gravity. The vast majority of manufacturers list one measurement...
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Kayteg1 wrote:
From what I observe, most trucks have rear axle 1/2 length of the bed, so 60" will put COG full foot behind rear axle.
I don't call it reasonable.
That is why so many members drive 450/4500 or even heavier class truck.
IMHO camper manufacturers don't have much choices here, as camper has forced floor plans and with customers seeking 3 slides the sucker has to be rear heavy, but we discuss that somewhere, that 30 years ago Ford made "camper special" truck with axle moved to the rear.
the F250 could carry heavier camper than standard F350 at the time.
That is what COG does.
That’s not correct, pickup rear axles are not centered they’re to the rear of center.
8’ bed pickups have a cab-to-axle measurement roughly 60”.
That ‘73-‘79 Ford Super Camper Special you mentioned wasn’t an F250, it was an F350.
