This would be a go to work truck, haul the kids to sports truck, haul boat/atv's/camper on the weekend, hunting trip truck. We are going to camp more and haul a camper, but nothing that I need a diesel to pull. I'm not hauling cars, horse trailers, skid steers around or anything like that.
It's for me. She's got a Honda Pilot we are quite fond of. I'm surprised how much I like that little rig.
I'd stick with the 1500 gasser, they are rated to 10k lbs so it should be able to handle anything you throw at it. Those diesel trucks are nice but they require a fair amount more maintenance than the gas trucks. I've got 4 buddies that all have/had the diesels (2500-3500) and one had so many issues with his he sold it and bought a F-350 and 2 of them have had to rebuild front ends and buy new transmissions. As much as I'd love to have a diesel I simply don't tow enough weight wise to justify buying one.
