Half Tons are NOT useless!!!

I wanted to submit a civil thread concerning the usefulness of half ton trucks. Here is my observation..based on experience... both as a past owner and a future owner of said class of vehicles.

Wow! I can only imagine how much more your could write and get excited about if you got enlightened using a three quarter ton or one ton truck. You could fill pages not just a couple paragraphs. Imagine 865 foot pounds torque in deference to only 400 or so for the V-8 in your half ton. And a real payload, and tow ratings up around 30,000 pounds, and no loss of power at altitude with a turbo diesel, and an exhaust brake, and and ........