Hi Bob and welcome to the forum. Nice area where you live, by the way. At least I think so. Since you mentioned you're open to new ideas, here's one I've wondered about: Why not find a used 2011 or up Subaru Outback and spend the winter adapting your truck to that platform? I'm not sure it has been done and I'm not certain how you'd title/insure it, but it would be an interesting mix and I think it might work. The Outback certainly doesn't lack for power and pickup, so I'd bet the overall weight to power ratio would remain fairly favorable. If you get the 2015 Subaru model, you would get the added benefit of the constantly variable transmission.
