Real world towing

[SouthernCharm]

The diesel is great for pulling for sure. However, you need to ask yourself how you will drive it most of the time. 1) Are you just running errands in town only driving a few miles each way?
2) Are you going to let it sit up and drive a "daily" driver and use it sparingly?
3) How big of hills are you really going to be pulling?
The gas truck if you answered yes questions 1&2, and if you only have moderate hills like in most of Alabama, Ms, Ga, Fl, Louisiana.

I would not consider a 1500 for the load you are speaking of hauling.

The 250/2500, 350/3500, 450 are going to have a lot better suspensions for what you are hauling, the end justifies the means on this.

the 450, yep it is wider, will turn inside the 250, 350 class of trucks. It will even turn inside my old k1500.

No use going less than a 4x4, why? I may need it at anytime. It's like cc or a pocket knife, it is going to be with me.

Thank, the PNW is a hill, you either going up or coming down,lol. Haven’t decided on 2. If I’m going to replace 2 rigs with one.

 

[Schmo]

1/2 ton should be out of the question. Yes, they will pull the weight. But as has been stated, in a 1/2 ton, you do not have enough truck to control your load in an emergency situation. I recently pulled over 11,000 with my 2011 Tundra. Not because I thought it was a great idea, but because it’s what I have and I wasn’t going real far. It pulled it better than I could have asked, but if you have to stand on the brakes or anything, it’s just going to be a bad situation.

A 3/4 is plenty for what you need. Diesel will obviously pull better, and get better mileage pretty much all the way around. Deal with DEF until the truck is out of warranty, then find someone to remedy the DEF situation.