Oldblue49,
Yea I know....have followed the problems you've had. I have had no problems with anyone in my area turning me down due to original rim width. When I bought my tires, I went to three dealers looking at different brands, treads, etc and when they came out to look at the truck all agreed they could install them and run tubeless.
At the time I had some split rims on the back only and was told I had to run radial tubes in the rear only...I had more problems with the tubes going flat, so I ended up replacing them with with stock non-split rims....no problems.
This multi-unit dealer that I use also handle large trucks and ag equipment. Don't know if that would make adifference or not. Good Luck.