Gary3 wrote:
Are you confused enough yet not sure were there getting such low payloads for your truck but we carried a 11.6ft Jayco camper all over Alaska to NFLD on our 1990 3/4 ton Dodge diesel years ago no problem. If you have the same type of tire from the factory there 10ply tires good to go. As far as a rubber mat I added one last year on top of the sprayed liner just for a little more rail clearance.
It's quite confusing to understand everything, but I am definitely figuring it out. Things will make a lot more sense when we look at the camper that we may buy this weekend and I can get some hard numbers.