My wife is considering a new (to her) horse trailer in the future, but is thinking she'll need a better tow vehicle. So I checked out max-tow half tonnes from the D3, as well as gas-engine 3/4 tonnes. All extended cab with 6.5' box. 2WD (to be cheap), fully realizing no dealer around here will ever stock one.
Cheapest I could get - with biggest engine and max tow capacity - was a little over $33K (OTR) for a Ram 1500 (Hemi, 3.92, but with old 6-speed auto). F150 with the 6.2 was about 34.5K, and a Silverado with 5.3 & 3.73 was a grand or two more than that. The 3/4 tonnes ranged from 36 - 40K, all in. Remember - those are all 2WD models. 4WD would be 3 - 4K more.
But what I came away with is that the D3 have gone absolutely insane when it comes to pricing their trucks. Every vehicle has at least 7 or 8K on the hood - to start. Ford currently has 11 grand off some models. Plus all the other incentives that you don't know about until you see a dealer. I can see why consumers are so distrusting of dealerships - but it's (mostly) the MNFRs fault, not the dealers, for this stupid pricing.