I have a love for trucks. My first was a Ranger. Within the first couple years the rear leaf springs were toast because I used it like an F-250. Not all the time, but often enough that the springs weren’t enough. It got custom spring packs which held up a lot better. For DD use, it got replaced with my F-150, which I promptly had to upgrade the springs in because I used it like an F-350. Probably 75% of the time I’m not running anything hard or heavy, but that 25% they get really worked. I also had a problem with the 6’ Ranger bed being a little small. Sometimes even the 8’ bed with ladder racks on the F-150 is a little small. Which is also part of the reason why I have the F-350 dump truck.
A few times I’ve seriously considered an F-250/350 SRW crew cab long bed. The lack of cab space in my F-150 and 350 sucks at times, being that both are regular cabs. But a crew cab long bed makes for a long truck that doesn’t fit some places. I can survive without the extra cab space and I’m not really sure I absolutely need that big of a truck right now. If I end up back to doing construction full time though, I can easily justify it. Most of what I’m currently doing is more side-job ish, and I can make do with what I have. I’m entirely comfortable in the bigger trucks, I’ve driven an F-350 dump since I was 17 since I was working concrete construction back then and was the only person besides the boss who could drive a manual so I was put in the “extra” dump truck for hauling tools and materials on a regular basis. The one thing that I’ve loved is that no matter what truck I’ve been in (of the ones I’ve owned or my parents), all the controls are in roughly the same place and that makes it really easy to find things like lights, wipers, seat adjustment, etc in the dark.