To Tailgate or not to tailgate.

Slackjaw wrote:
"I too have a Superduty. It is a 2002 F350 CCSB, and I carry a 10 ft 1966 Avion on it."

I'm surprised. How well does it carry the load? Looks like your truck is a short bed. Any idea what your camper weighs?

I've limited myself to looking at 8' campers since I have a short bed, I would have never considered anything bigger.

So how much overhang is too much??

I have about 38" past the end of the bed. The truck has 265x70x19.5 tires stable-loads, and only recently did I add airbags, only because I added a 32" superhitch/Supertruss for towing. The truck, camper, family of 6 fully loaded for traveling around Alaska, including a 40 gallon water tank, and we scale about 10,200 to 10,600. Guys that haul a 12' camper on a 8ft box have 40 to 48 inches past the box. The key is center of gravity, and overall weight. My Avion, was totally gutted when I bought it, and I reorganized the interior to limit weight, and move as much weight forward as possible. My truck handles it well, and it only has the 5.4 gas V8, and a 6spd manual, and with all our traveling around Alaska, I still average 13-15 mpg! All hand calculated. Let me know what other info may help you out.

Garry in Ak.