Half ton to three quarter....... Worth it?

Have an awesome truck. Born to pull and does great at it. It's a 4X4 Chevy Silverado, 1500, crew cab short box. My trailer is 8500 lbs and the family of four, plus two 100 lb dogs, plus a truck canopy and then gear makes the gcwr topic a bit sensitive.

There is a 2012 Dodge 2500 Laramie for sale here. 25000 kliks. Very nice and barely used. I am thinking of trading up to this bigger truck.

Want to drive from Yellowknife to Whitehorse and into Alaska next year as well as cross the Rockies and visit Vancouver.

Is this up sizing worth it? I am tossed around now when going down big hills and she struggles going up them. Maybe I should just suck it up and manage the present setup as I have done. I just keep thinking my trailer needs a beefier truck.

Love my truck and am even considering selling the TT and getting a boat to keep my truck.

If the 2012 Ram is a diesel you will flatten the hills. The towing difference between a gas 1500 and a diesel is not even in the same hemisphere. Be sure it has the exhaust brake as that is worth its weight in gold. Go for it. You will never look back and the smile on your face towing up mountains will be worth it all.