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I would not plan to do it with a truck with coil springs on it period. Even the same 1/2 ton truck with leafs were more stable. I would want a long bed for any towing over a veryyyyy small camp trailer.
A lot of times it's not that it will not tow it, cause it will "pull it". It gets scary when you are up to speed and you crest over a hill and start down a long hill with the weight of your trailer pushing you. We see crashes all the time in the mountains just out of town just like this. The thing starts swaying, and trying to push you faster, then bamm.
As far as I am concerned these trucks didn't haul very good with a simple load of wood in the bed on the coil springs when they were new. They kinda bounced again and again over any little bump.
Towing for me long bed with leafs. My $0.02.