Oh this is interesting. So when Honda says that the payload is almost 1600 pounds, 1585 or whatever, they don't mean the bed. The bed can only hold some small portion of that? I couldn't go to Home Depot and pick up 1,000 pounds of bricks without damaging the plastic bed (I didn't know it was plastic by the way). Or, that Honda's video of a loader dumping river rocks into the bed is misleading, that the bed is actually being damaged. Or, are you saying that it can hold the weight, but only for a limited time, that the clock starts ticking when you put it in there and if you don't unload it soon the bed starts distorting and cracking?
Either way that is important information to know before choosing a truck, even if I don't end up doing a camper.
The issue with a trailer is two fold. One towing in snow is problematic and the other is that where I will be taking it I can only park one vehicle not two.