Short box camper on long box truck.

jefe 4x4 wrote:
Does your short bed camper have wings? Or is it a dual bed length model with no wings?
What is the actual model of your s.b. camper? This will tell us what we need to know with less speculation.
jefe

I have a 2500 Bigfoot Camper that hangs about 30 inches out of the box.

Paul

Does your short bed camper have wings? Or is it a dual bed length model with no wings?
What is the actual model of your s.b. camper? This will tell us what we need to know with less speculation.
jefe

I went from a 250 short bed to a 350 long bed. Yes it does look a little strange but works great. A number of people will talk about the center of gravity or balance point. It is not a problem if you pay attention. As was stated the COG is the same relative to the rear axle.

I have an 845 and the lack of storage does make the long bed look good.

Pay attention and go for it.

Search short bed to long bed under my name. I do not know how to do links. Sorry

You really need to be carful with balance point when doing this.
If that is OK go for it.

Why do you want a super long and wide truck to haul a short bed camper? It is overkill in terms of load capacity, fewer places you can go with DRW and having a longer wheelbase and greater turning radius is the last thing I want from a truck to go camping.

I would only do what you are planning if when not hauling the camper I planned to tow a very heavy horse trailer.

Here is another thread where we discussed this last year. I am still running a short bed TC on my long bed Chevy. Still pleased with how well it works and the additional storage space is great. On my Lance 845, there is no external storage space on it, so the box space is sure nice to have.

It does look a bit dorky I have to admit, but the idea works fine. The center of gravity of the camper stays the same in relationship to the rear axle so no difference in that. I was running the same TC on a short bed Dodge Cummins with a GVW or 9,200 lbs and the current Chevy has a GVW of 13,000 lbs. So this is the first of our 5 TCs we have owned that isn't greatly overloading the truck.

I still need to go talk to one of the fiberglass boat shops in the area to see what they would build me a nicer looking box and charge.

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/search/parms/sw%7Bshort%20bed%20TC%20on%20long%20bed%20truck%7D%7Ckm%7Bexact%7D%7Ckl%7Bm%7D%7Cfm%7B27%7D%7Cpd%7B365%7D%7Cma%7B%7D/sr/1.cfm

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/24227173.cfm

I just googled shortbed camper long bed truck/ and it pulled up the link to RV.net.