I was just at a ram dealer looking at trucks an hour ago. The 1500 truck with 1780 payload will be spartan. I was checking out a limited just to look at the interior and the payload on that was 1560 with the puny bed. The 2500 gas truck was around 2700, but only 2000 with the diesel. You really have to look at the numbers on the yellow door sticker, web site info is always the rosiest of scenarios.
BTW, this is a slightly off topic rant..... out of the 6 different sales people I have talked to in the last week, not one of them had the slightest understanding of payload and how it will affect what you can tow.
