Please help choosing used tow vehicle, about 14,000 UVW.

Any one ton p/u from the 3 major manufacturers will work. At 15K unloaded weight tho I'd be looking at a dual rear wheel truck. At 15K the pin weight could possibly be over 3500# and some older trucks may not support that. Dually's I've heard don't work well off road as a 4WD.

As for paying someone, I've heard you should expect the per mile costs to be over $1/mile. On the Ford used p/u front avoid the 6.0 L engine tho some people have no problems there are many others who have had problems.