Center of Gravity Truck Camper
I’m considering an Arctic Fox 1140 which has a COG marked as 55.25” from the front wall of the camper. That puts the COG about 2” behind my rear axle. I am seeing Lance’s and Host’s that have COG’s...
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I don’t know weights or dimensions of the campers or your truck but just taking a WAG say a camper has a weight of 4500 lbs and places its COG 8” behind the rear axle. The said camper will cause a moment of force of 4500 x 8 inch lbs in a clockwise direction about your rear axle. If your truck has a wheel base of 176” the weight being lifted off your trucks front axle would be 4500 x 8/176 or 205 lbs. That would be approximately equivalent to the weight taken off your front axle when a trailer with a tongue weight of 750 lbs is placed on a ball hitch located 48” behind your rear axle.
Thanks for that. Good explanation of how little weight is actually removed from the FA.
