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I would forget about "dry or brochure weights" such as 6000 weight and 535 tongue. With truck and trailer fully loaded, take the trailer/truck to a scale aand weigh it. This will tell you your true trialer axles, tongue and truck weights.
Keep in mind that besides bitting the optimum 10 to 13 percent tongue weight for safe towing, your truck has to be able to handle the payload of the loaded tongue as well as the combined weight of the hitch, passengers, gear in the bed, etc. You will run out of payload long before you will run out of your trucks ability to "pull" it, aka 7700 lb tow rating.
In my opinion, a travel trailer that weighs over 7000 loaded should be towed by 3/4 ton truck at a minimum.
Do yourself a favor and look at this before you buy another half ton truck. Don't get me wrong, 1/2 ton trucks are nice, but really not the best set up for tongue heavy applications like travel trailers.
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