[travelin texans]

It all depends on each individual as to what THEY are hauling. I have a CC DRW long bed that rides good empty & loaded, but is not a lot of fun in parking lots. The advantage is when it's hooked to my heavy 5er, barely squats it, have a tool box in the bed & still room for a ladder & other needed stuff required for fulltiming. If I could've found the Ram dually with the short box at the time I traded last, that's what I'd of gotten.
As for ride quality, I've driven all the big 3 trucks for 100k+ miles each at work & 1 brand beats them all for worst ride/handling/fuel mileage, whether long or short, crew cab or regular & will let you guess which one is the winner, or loser in this case.