Ok... I thought I only had about 6" to work with. Your measurements look like there is approx 30" gap that my cog could fall in. If thats the case then the 34" cog of the lance camper would work. Ill try and dig around fir my exact measurements. Ps I received a load sheet that came with my new truck. It showed a diagram of the cog spot but didnt list any dimensions. Instead it said "your truck is not recommended to carry a slide in camper" but of course im going to ignore that....
Dean

Thanks for the replies. I called the lance dealer today to inquire about cog numbers. The smallest camper he has is a 850 which has a dry wt of 2360. And according to him a wet weight of 2800 ( with propane and full tanks). The weight sounds good but the cog is 34" . My truck measures 54" from the back of the bed to my axle. Seems like the weight would be way to far forward. If I step up to the next bigger camper, then the cog is at 47" which is a better number for me but the extra weight of this camper would definitely put me over weight. So I feel like im stuck without a proper cog / weight camper.

Dean

ill, try and keep this short and sweet….
Looking at a lance 950s 2650 dry weight. I went to lance dealer and spoke with a salesman about matching a truck with this camper. he was steering me towards their brochure which recommended a f250. seemed a little small to me so I went with a 2013 F350 diesel crew cab 8' box.maybe if I give you the specs on the truck you guys might be able to help me decide if this is enough truck for the 950s or i need to scale back to a non slide model.

Tires - LT275/70R18E 125/122 R
GVWR 11,500
Front GAWR 5600
Rear GAWR 7000

Went to scale with Full fuel tank, 2 adults and dog..

weighed front axle @ 5120#
weighed Rear axel @ 3740#
Total truck weight @ 8380#

if you add up the nameplate axle and tire weight ratings it adds up to 12,600 pounds so why is the GVWR only at 11,500?

any help would be appreciated…..
thanks

Dean