Will 8 foot camper fit in 6-6 bed

Don't worry about COG. Check your camper loading information on the glove box sticker and/or in the owner's manual. The acceptable COG range is anywhere in the bed of the truck.

At worst, the COG of a long bed camper in a short bed truck will be 12" behind the axle. If the camper weighs less than 4000lbs, the effect will be no worse than hitching up a trailer with a 500lb tongue weight.

The main concern is STRUCTURAL. Being that the camper was made in 2000, odds are it is a "long bed" camper, designed to be supported along the first 8 feet of the floor.

How the camper will handle having the 18" hanging out in open space over the long haul is the question.

The sunline 955 is not 8' long, it is 9'-6" long.


not that much information out there on them, but most I saw for sale said "long bed pickup truck"

One thing to check: often when air bags are installed for use with a 5th wheel trailer, both bags are plumbed together rather than separately. If that's the case on your truck you might want to separate them. The problem is with the top-heavy weight of a camper, when you go around a corner the outside bag gets squeezed as the truck tries to lean out on it. Instead of resisting that, the air simply gets pushed through the line to the inside bag, making the truck lean worse.

Our Northern Lite is 8-11 and yes, there is a physical sticker on it showing the actual center of gravity. 2500 Ram quad cab, "short" bed.

As I remember that model of camper is not designed for a short bed truck. The rear tie down points will be too far back. The center of gravity will likely be farther back than you'll want it. I have no idea if the rear structure of the camper is designed to be unsupported for the last 18" but I doubt it.
My own 11' camper's floor used to hang off the back of an 8' bed and it has a little drop in the floor from that point rearward. Now that I carry it on a custom built flatbed that is 8' 5" long it is supported slightly farther rearward. The floor does not drop as bad this way. There's no way I'd want to carry it around on a short bed.

Thanks for the info, how do I determine the Center of gravity? Is that something that would come with the camper specs?

Most important factor is the center of gravity. It needs to be above or preferably in front of the rear axle.

Many 8-8 1/2 ft campers are made for short bed trucks. You do need to consider the weight of the camper of course.

Yes of course if all else is equal......

It will hang off the rear by a foot and a half and if you're ok with that and your vehicle is up to the "hanging" weight......go for it.

You may have to use different tiedowns depending on their placement and the electrical connection inside the bed.