Question on leveling kits

I know spacer lifts aren't a great option nor are they loved on this site. I get it that alot of ppl on this site have places that they go off roading in their trucks and use their really nice suspension lifts. Unfortunately where I live in don't have any open desert or wide trails, I just have hills, narrow trails, lots of trees and a bunch of mud. All of which I dont plan on taking my truck. I've been going crazy trying to find a lift for ashtetics thats economical. I recently started looking at leveling kits like the Lowrange off road 3/1 kit. My question is alot of ppl and even dealers seem to install these kits and not use new uca's and I assume are able to acquire proper alignment specs. Is that possible? Also most ppl with the 3/1 kits are running 285 tires and it doesn't seem they are doing stuff like a cmc is this because they aren't doing any hard off roading? Sorry for the long posting. I'm just hoping to be able to make a decision.