Long bed TC on short bed truck
Has anyone did this? Any issues or any thing to watch out for?
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Couple very important things.
One the tie down points (where the TC anchors are in relationship to the truck mount points will be askew and you won't be able to secure the camper properly..
Two, your horizontal center of gravity will be too far rearward, putting an excessive amount of load on the rear axle and most likely causing very adverse handling
Three, the camper itself might not be structurally rigid enough to take the strain of half of it hanging out the back, unsupported.
I'd advise against even considering it. It's not safe to do. Why campers are built for specific bed lengths in the first place.
It is possible to put a short bed TC in a long bed truck (Northstar offers their pop up line as such), but not the other way around.
One the tie down points (where the TC anchors are in relationship to the truck mount points will be askew and you won't be able to secure the camper properly..
Two, your horizontal center of gravity will be too far rearward, putting an excessive amount of load on the rear axle and most likely causing very adverse handling
Three, the camper itself might not be structurally rigid enough to take the strain of half of it hanging out the back, unsupported.
I'd advise against even considering it. It's not safe to do. Why campers are built for specific bed lengths in the first place.
It is possible to put a short bed TC in a long bed truck (Northstar offers their pop up line as such), but not the other way around.
