1/2 or 3/4 ton truck for Slide In Pop-up Camping

It would depend how much you're going to use it, where and how far your travels take you.
Decide if you want drive a 3/4 ton truck everyday and have it work a bit better the days you use it for your camper or if your better driving a 1/2 ton everyday and having marginal performance when using the camper. Since there are trade offs in all things I tend to buy what works great 85-95 percent of the time and make do with the other 5-15 percent.
 
I've mostly owned 3/4 tons, and a couple of half tons.

I never wished my 3/4 tons were half tons, but there were definitely times I wished my half tons were 3/4 tons.
 
If you already had a 1/2 ton (in my case, a 4 cyl Tacoma), adding a camper to your life would not be the worst thing.
But if you are buying a truck with the intention of a camper, absolutely get the 3/4-1 ton (in my case, the V6 Tacoma)
 
Payload is 1830... so not even close. I could still throw in at least two 30 packs. Put some sumo springs on it this summer and it really helped with the ride.
Seems close for comfort - I'd worry mostly about insurance in the event something happened. Slick setup tho!
 
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