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Yes you can tow a 5er with your 1/2 ton and you can find 5ers that meet your weight requirements.
There are 1/2 ton towable 5ers. The challenge is finding one with a pin weight your truck can handle. Figure 20% of campers gross weight rating as your pin weight. This assumes you are maxing out the cargo in the camper. If your carrying less, that frees up pin weight. You have to run the numbers of your gear and carrying capacity on your truck.
You can google 1/2 towable 5th wheels and come up with a variety of options. I bought a KZ 231RK Sportsmen. 7,000 gross weight rating, pin of 1,400 at max cargo. It's 25' long and has all the modern conveniences, a/c, heat, hot water, shower, flush toilet, rood mounted antenna, cable ready, solar ready, LED tv, microwave, electric awning, electric stabilizers (option), outside shower, 1 slide, outside speakers, Artic package, full enclosed and heated under belly, 30K BTU furnace, etc, etc, etc.
KZ just came out with a upscale 1/2 towable line, Durango Half-ton.
Scamp also makes a line of 5ers which are smaller than the 231RK. But are 5th wheels.
Semi-floating and full floating axles is a pointless argument. The axle in the truck is DESIGNED to carry the load the truck is rated to carry. 3/4 and 1 ton trucks have full floaters because they can carry more weight, which means they can raise the carrying capacity without changing anything else. You could drop a full floater in a 1/2ton and raise the carrying capacity too. Off-roaders swap to them for other reasons, and it isn't for carrying capacity.
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