What is considered a Short or Long Box
Another 'newby' Question I am reading the "AF and 2005" Dodge thread They refer to a 6'4 box as a long box I was thinking that would be a short box and 8' would be long!!! I tried a search ...
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If it is for a long or short box, it means a couple of things.
1. There is enough distance of the floor that it can fit on a 8 ft bed.
2. It has a COG that is far enough forward that it is acceptable to have it on a short bed that is approximately 18 inches forward of where it is on a long bed.
The same truck camper model in short bed in a 8 1/2 truck camper can sometimes have storage/generator in that 18 inches. In that case, there is not enough floor length to reach the front of the bed if it was put in a long bed.
From a TC manufacture perspective, 6'6" is probably the short bed figure. It's really 8 ft and everything else. Either way, if you have a non 8 ft bed, you will always be safe with a short bed camper if your truck bed is either 6'6" or 6'4".
There are a few campers made for 5'5" beds, but they specify that.
1. There is enough distance of the floor that it can fit on a 8 ft bed.
2. It has a COG that is far enough forward that it is acceptable to have it on a short bed that is approximately 18 inches forward of where it is on a long bed.
The same truck camper model in short bed in a 8 1/2 truck camper can sometimes have storage/generator in that 18 inches. In that case, there is not enough floor length to reach the front of the bed if it was put in a long bed.
From a TC manufacture perspective, 6'6" is probably the short bed figure. It's really 8 ft and everything else. Either way, if you have a non 8 ft bed, you will always be safe with a short bed camper if your truck bed is either 6'6" or 6'4".
There are a few campers made for 5'5" beds, but they specify that.
