Adding air bags: can that increase payload capacity?

DesertDogs wrote:
OK... thank you. I've been hearing and reading conflicting views on this subject.

Sounds like I will need to go with a 1 ton. And perhaps add bags for extra stability?

don't necessarily need to go to a "1 ton" This year GM finally decided to buck the system and classify the 2500's in the same class (3?) as 1 tons, so the 2500HD Duramax SRW has a GVWR of 11,500ish, very close to the 3500 SRW instead of the old class limit of 10,000.

I suspect Ford and Dodge will follow suite in short order.