Lance 3100 EC

For future reference Lance has brochures and owners manuals available on their website on the support link:

1998 3100

Update...Lance emailed me back within 48 hours and told me this model is for a short bed truck only.

Reelescape1 wrote:
Generally the distance from rear of truck, where camper stops,to rear axle is the same SB or LB.

For that year other rear truck@ taillight to front - camper center of gravity numbers


squire models (all long bed extended cab)

3000 =67"
4000 =63"
5000 =58"
8000 =52"
9500 =51"
9800 =50"

squire lite models ( all long bed extended cab unless noted)

165 =69" 165s shortbed =41"
185 =48"
.............186 shortbed =49"
195 =61"

maybe 50" on the 3100 is ok?

also diffrence btwn 3100- 4000 floor lenght 3100= 8'6"
4000= 9'6"

tanks ... the same

travelnutz wrote:
Mybe this will help.

I have the original Lance Brochure for 1996 and 1998 abd in the squires,there's no 3100 ec listed. There's a 3000, 4000, 5000, 8000, and 9000. The ec refers to Extended Cab meaning N/S Queen Bed. Here's the spec for the 1998 Lance Squire 3000 direct from the brochure:

Floor Length 8'6"

Width 93"

Interior Height 6' 8-1/2"

FW tank 33 gal

GWT 11 gal

BWT 12 gal

LP Tanks 2/5 gal 20# ea

Dry Wt 2130# W/Std Features, add weight for optional equipment

Length Overall 16' 4"

Center of Gravity 68" (measured from point of contact of truck tail light)

I got a 95 and 98 catalog with my 97 500, confirmed on back cover. 98 catalog says

squire 3100-8'6"(extended cabover)
new for `98! speciaally designed for heavy-duty
short-bed trucks. popular features, include
split holding tanks, make this a real winner

floor lenght 8'6"
width overall 93"
height interior 6'8 1/2"
fresh water tank gal 33
gray water gal 16
black water gal 14
lpg tanks #/gal 2/5
opt lpg tanks na

std cabover
dry wt 2192
length 15'5"
center of gravity 46"

extended cabover
dry wt 2272
length 16'4"
center of gravity 50"

This year center of gravity is measured from rear forward I belive
Looks like a nice lay out

The 4000 model for that year is built for the LB
Lay out is simalar but it has a pantry btwn ref and dinette
slightly larger wardrobe closet and less angle on the sink
numbers are the same exept for

4000 extended cabover =
dry wt 2344
length overall 17'7"
center of gravity 63"

Thanks for info. The ad above showing 1998 3100 EC is one in question though. I am in Dallas and camper is in Memphis. Not too bad a drive but just wanted to make sure. Does not appear to have detachable storage pods like a 815.

Why do I have the two brochures yet?

We had ordered a new 1997 Lance Squire 4000 Ex Cab optioned out to go on our 2500 LB pickup and a new 1997 Lance Legend 990 with all options to go on our 3500 dually truck. Well, we used the 4000 for many years until we sold it to a friend in 2009 and it had over 140,000 miles of total travel including Alaska a couple times and all over the USA and Canada. It was an excellent TC, very comfortable, and never needed any repairs and NO leaks ever, period.

The 990 Legend optioned out (loaded and is very heavy plus being much longer) was placed in inside storage after only one short trip as my wife couldn't take the jolts with her severe back and neck issues when riding the heavily sprung dually truck, so we also sold the truck as we also had the 4000 TC and the softer riding 2500. The 990 Legend sat in inside storage with all the original plastic film protection film still on including the plastic over the carpet for 11 years and was still a totally new TC in 2009 when taken out of storage to use.

After her many operations and our purchase of a new ordered 2500 HD diesel truck which was then upgraded to a 3500 plus SRW and had added fully adjustable airbags, we decided to give the 990 a try on the diesel truck before we sold the Squire 4000 in 2009. It handled, drove, and rode great and still does and we have more than 70,000 miles now of driving with first the 4000 on it and then the 990 on it the last 4-1/2 years. Much of those miles were with either our 2150# boat or our 3500# vee nose enclosed trailer with her needs and our toys etc in it behind the TC. That's of course when the truck wasn't being used to pull our 5th wheels.

I have kept nearly all the brochures of the RV's, Boats, vehicles, etc we have owned. They've come to be quite handy.

It appears that in mid model year 1998, Lance offered attachable fillers on each side for the rear area of the 3000 to fiil the void for use on a SB truck and must have called it a 3100 model. That was after my 1998 brochure was printed. I do remember there being that option for some of the Lance models back then but not sure which models they were as I don't have that particular brochure in my possession.

I put a 97 lance 3000 short bed camper on my 2011 long box chevy with no problem. I had a fuel tank in front of the camper.

I recently sold a '98 Lance Squire 3000 and I hauled it on my shortbox 04 Ford F250. When I sold the camper it was hauled away in a 95 longbox GMC 2500. No issues either way. Wasn't a heavy camper at all when compared to my present Eagle Cap 850.

I am looking at lance website and it shows that model new for 1998. Does state for short bed but not "only". I know my Lance 815 fits both.