I'm looking at mostly highway commuting and weekend 'truck' stuff, until I can swing a daily driver to 'save' my truck for towing, hauling, and hunting road trips.
I here you, somehow my 2500 ram was my daily driver for 10 years and I didn't get a commuter until my kid totaled the truck. Hopefully next year I'll be getting a replacement.
Aside from the rougher ride with the 2500, I really appreciated the larger cab. I don't know the magic number where a diesel "makes sense" for towing, but if you're dealing with mountain passes I'd highly recommend the diesel. My boat/trailer is roughly 4000#'s with fuel and gear, add another 1000# for passengers in the truck and I could run 65 up mountain passes and plenty of leftover torque to accelerate. The only time I worked my truck was hauling ~8 yds of damp topsoil. The empty trailer was 4000 pounds.
