Anyone put a short bed camper in a long bed truck?

[T3PAIR]

So we've had our AF 811 for almost a year now. Haven't had any problems traveling with it in our 2011 F350 SRW SB. But I'm getting the itch to buy a F350 DRW. Can't explain why. Problem is, I've got the AF811 which is made for short box (6'8") bed instead of the 8' bed. I know everyone's going to say "the COG will be behind the rear axle and it'll point your headlights into the trees", but will it really? I'll have to make some measurements, but it looks like the distance from the rear bumper of both a SB and LB truck to the rear axle is the same. The extra length of the bed appears to be between the rear of the cab and the rear axle. Has anyone hauled around a SB camper in a LB truck? I figured I'd have about 1'4" gap between camper and the front of the truck bed? Look too strange? It's either that, or trade in the SB AF811 for a LB version.

[Trackrig]

Yes, a lot of people do it. It's a good place to put a fuel tank down in the bed and then build a box over it to put, chairs, generator, wood, fishing equipment, etc.

Bill

[AISURFFISH]

Yup I did it for about six months until I found a new camper.. worked fine for us.. there was 13" of space up front.. fire wood. Honda 2000 and beach chairs and body boards all fit well.. enjoy.

We needed the new camper for more sleeping room for our kids..
Or else we would still be rocking the gap.

[Homeless_by_Cho]

I have a standard bed camper (approx 6.5 foot) on a long base truck with a combination fuel tank/tool box in front of it. The camper is 21 inches away from the font of the truck bed. My COG (center of gravity) for the camper is about 3 inch behind the centerline of the rear axle. I had this same setup on my old truck without any weird effects.

My fuel tank/tool box weights between 200 pounds and 700 pounds depending on fuel level. That 200 to 700 pounds in combination with the camper has an effective COG that is still ahead of the rear axle. This combination has been all over western Canada, Alaska, and western and midwest USA.

LeRoy