Short Bed Truck with Long Bed Camper
We just got a new (used) truck about a month ago. It's a short bed which is fine with the 5er and we got a pretty good deal. But then we started talking about an alaska trip for a summer possibly foll...
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GeoBoy wrote:
To the OP why do manufacturers go to the trouble to determine COG if it really doesn’t matter? Do whatever you want to do because you aren’t convinced that it matters at all.
Determining COG is helpful to predict where the weight of a camper will be applied to the truck. In some cases, a too far forward COG would overload the front axle, which may have little additional capacity.
Where the camper's COG lands compared to the truck's rear axle is of no concern to the camper manufacturer. The camper manufacturer should be able to specify how much of the floor needs to be supported within the truck box, however, which needs considered when putting a long bed camper on a short bed truck.
