Spoon059 wrote:
The safest bet is a 3/4 ton. The Ford 6.2, GM 6.0 and Ram 5.7 are all great gas engines for the 3.4 ton platform and aren't too God awful expensive. They will give you a lot more payload than any halfton, outside of the F150 HD Max payload/max tow package (which is darn near impossible to find and usually more expensive than a 3/4 ton... only worthwhile if you demand the Ecoboost engine, shich you don't want anyways).
We ended up with a new 2013 F250 6.2 and loving every minute of it. It is not bad as a daily driving vehicle, gas mileage is around 13 to 13.5 around town and we drove it to Orlando (not towing) and got around 15 - 16. We have not had an opportunity to tow the Rockwood yet but trying to get a trip planned soon. The F250 is just itching to tow that trailer :B