APT wrote:
GM: Get the 5.3L 8-spd with either 3.42 or 3.73 axle.
Ford: Get the 3.5L Ecoboost with 3.55 Axle
Both should have ample payload. While I agree that towing with a 3/4 ton would be "better", 7000-7500 pounds loaded with 1700 pounds of payload and plenty of power matches well to both those trucks. Ram 1500 has payload deficiencies.
While it was true in the past that the RAM had significantly lower payload, for 2018 the difference between the top RAM and top Silverado is only 95 pounds, if that little difference matters you probably should have bought a 2500/250 to begin with. The F150 goes to 2300 pounds even without the fleet only HD package (and you can get the bigger 36 gallon tank, the one thing I wish my Sierra had as it would mean basically never having to fill up while connected as it's rare I go more than 400 miles in a day).
