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gregchambers
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May 15, 2013

Overall Rig Length

My wife and I are long time campers and are looking to purchase a truck and camper combo. we have a short driveway that we want to park the rig in to promote spur-of-the-moment use and to avoid storage fees. Looking at the Lance 855S paired with either a Ford F350 short bed supercab 4X4 or crew cab or a GMC/Chevy 3500 short bed crew cab. If anyone has any of these combos in the current truck body styles (don't think it matters if it is a 3/4 ton or 4x4 for body length) I would appreciate an accurate measurement from the front bumper of the truck to the rear bumper of the camper. Inches count as I think I can do the Ford supercab but crew would be nice and Chevy/GMC does not offer a supercab in the one ton size, only crew.

Thanks!
  • My Ford extended cab short bed is 19.5' and 22' with the Arctic Fox 811 on it. This is measuring from the front tow hooks to the truck rear bumper or camper generator exhaust which are the most extreme points on either end. Just for reference, the F250 cab sits at 6'9" unloaded and 1" lower with Camper at stock suspension height running 245/70R19.5 tires.
  • My longbed truck without the camper on it doesn't fit in my driveway. If I have my front hitch on, I'm halfway across the sidewalk when almost touching the garage door. Houses on small lots with minimum set backs!
  • Depends on whether you want to open the rear door or not...