Here's my setup. 2020 Ram 3500 Tradesman SRW 4x4, crew cab long bed. Camper is a Ford branded (yeah, I know) 2016 Livin' Lite 10.0. Livin' Lite made their campers with all aluminum and composite materials, zero wood. So even if you get a leak in the roof or whatever it's not going to rot out like most RVs. It was a real bummer when Thor bought them then basically killed the company.
It's a true 4 season camper with heated belly tanks. No slides, approx. 3000 lbs dry. The Ram has a payload rating of around 4230 lbs. so like most campers I'm probably over the GVWR, and or the GAWR for the rear axle, which is 7000 lbs in my case. Unfortunately all the helper springs in the world won't get you around the fact that the rear axle rating is limited due to the load limits of the tires and wheels.
The OEM stuff probably would have been fine for my use but I decided to upgrade to a set of oversized tires (Falken Wildpeak in 295/70R18) with Icon Rebound HD wheels. That gives me a load rating of 4000 lbs per corner, up from the factory 3500. That's a pretty good bump from the factory without needing to go to super pricey 19.5" wheels and tires.
Second pic shows the rig with the upgraded wheels and tires. The fact that they look a helluva lot nicer than the factory crap was a nice bonus. It was even pretty easy to sell the wife on the tire / wheel upgrade, since she still remembers a scary-ass trip many years ago in a 3/4 ton Ford with way too much camper. That trip ended when one of the C-rated tires blew up at 70+ MPH near Payson UT, Fortunately I was able to get it pulled over without rolling the thing but it was really dicey.
It's a true 4 season camper with heated belly tanks. No slides, approx. 3000 lbs dry. The Ram has a payload rating of around 4230 lbs. so like most campers I'm probably over the GVWR, and or the GAWR for the rear axle, which is 7000 lbs in my case. Unfortunately all the helper springs in the world won't get you around the fact that the rear axle rating is limited due to the load limits of the tires and wheels.
The OEM stuff probably would have been fine for my use but I decided to upgrade to a set of oversized tires (Falken Wildpeak in 295/70R18) with Icon Rebound HD wheels. That gives me a load rating of 4000 lbs per corner, up from the factory 3500. That's a pretty good bump from the factory without needing to go to super pricey 19.5" wheels and tires.
Second pic shows the rig with the upgraded wheels and tires. The fact that they look a helluva lot nicer than the factory crap was a nice bonus. It was even pretty easy to sell the wife on the tire / wheel upgrade, since she still remembers a scary-ass trip many years ago in a 3/4 ton Ford with way too much camper. That trip ended when one of the C-rated tires blew up at 70+ MPH near Payson UT, Fortunately I was able to get it pulled over without rolling the thing but it was really dicey.