[Badbart56]

Bottom line is, at the end of the day, a half to is a half ton. They will never have the capabilities of their 3/4 and 1 ton brethren. For years I made do with half tons, and even some gas 3/4 ton trucks. After moving up to the diesels in the 90's it was pretty obvious what was lacking. Even those older diesels were more efficient than their gas counterparts. And while the new half ton diesels make sense economically, you have to understand they make a little less power than say a 2006 Ram 3/4 ton diesel. And common sense tells you that trying to pull and stop a 9000 lb. load with a less than 5000 truck isn't the best choice. I'll choose to err on the side of too much truck rather than too little. YMMV