you can mount lights on the camper near the bottom so that is non-issue really.. if you build it I would be sure to use full length floor "joists" for strength to mount the step box to and be sure to mount as much of your weight to the front of camper..batteries/furnance and so on..
if your truck is 14,000lbs gvw you could even use 2x4 joist for strength..
The truck used to have a tow body on it and has the rear axle mounted almost at the back of the frame. It's a 2.5ton axle so not worried so much about the weight distribution. It's almost better to have it back there as just about everything else is going to split it's weight equally between the front and rear axle. Good idea with the floor joists...that would allow me to insulate the floor a little better too. Don't want to take over this thread too much...I'll probably post my own when I'm a little closer to starting the build.
