It is almost comical how both the pick up truck manufacturers and the truck camper industry have played a shell game with making trucks look like they could move and launch ICBM's, and the camper manufacturers moving camper weights around in their separate reality in gravity and physics. Why get a diesel, when you need to move up to a 250, 350 or more to haul the engine around. 4 tires are not enuf....get an extra 2 and try driving around corners at warp 2. I pity the poor smucks just getting into the fun of having a TC, who are trying to navigate inaccuracies and outright lying the 2 industries put out. My tc manual tells me that my camper weighs 2300, when I weighed it at close to 2800 with just the propane filled, no water in the tank.. The trucks nowadays are built smarter and stronger and more powerful than a locomotive, but I seem to remember seeing 150's and 250's hauling or towing around the campers of 40-50 years ago with trailing arm suspensions on coil springs with 4 ply bias tires. We are living in a world of regulation, safety, and correctness in virtually everything we buy. Why can't we just ask(perhaps rather strongly) the two industries to stop misrepresenting their products, and could the RIVA put some pressure on tc manufacturers to put correct weights on their products.
ps, I am 300-400 lbs over my load limit with air bags, Bilsteins, the stuff we bring, a "camper package" set of springs, and a nice big sway bar and don't miss a minute of sleep. Does that make me a liability when I drive slow around corners? Ok, I could go on a diet...............