Pickup Camper..short bed or long bed?

[SuPeRmAxXRpM]

Ok, its about time for a new truck now. Our currnet truck is a 94 ford f150 with 8 ft bed with extra leafsprings and baged on the rear. The pickup camper we have goes right on the back of the bed and it weights about 3/4 tons. So were looking at f-250's and all we can find our our price range is the supercab short bed....Can we put the camper on the back of a short bed?....the camper is 8ft 3in long....It is made by Sun-light

[DodgeRam88]

How does the camper mount to your current truck's bed?


-Chris

[bnkrazy]

I reccomend contacting Sun-Light or finding the owner's manual (maybe online?) and checking there.

I have seen campers that extend off the back of the bed, but I am sure they are designed specifically to be able to do that...

[dansan]

I believe the short bed is 6 3/4' long . With the tailgate down that would most likely be another 1 1/2'. I would contact the camper dealer like bnkrazy said.

[GasRCman975]

i should know this...considering my dad works at a camper warehouse and is a camper/RV mechanic....i'll have to ask him later when he's awake cause it's 11:15pm right now and he has work tomorrow and if i can remember i'll get back to you with an answer asap.

[79driver]

I would say to look for a longbed. Even though the camper may fit in the shortbed, a longbed has more stability from the longer wheelbase. With a longbed more wieght will be over the axle, where a shortbed the wieght will have alot of wieght behind the axle. Anyone who tows regularly knows how important it is to have your load balanced.

[SuPeRmAxXRpM]

Hey, thanks for the response....my comp messed up so i couldent get on for a while. We checked all the dealers around here that sell them. They have no clue....but we havent thought of askin the sun-light company lol......btw the camper just fits on the back of the bed...the top rolls up...the front where there is another bed extends over the roof of the truck...There is a bar underneith that connectes to the chassis . there is a chain on each side that run to the camper...and on the back bumper there is 2 other chains to...that run to the camper.....i have pics of the truck on aim...so if u want a pic of the beater aim me at low15094