You’re right, as far as drivetrain, transmission, axles, drivelines, Ujoints, stuff like that is all the same pretty much within all the trims but what I was getting at was a three-quarter ton is a lot tougher even though just despite that last truck you said you had, was a lot more reliable even though it was a half-ton just most certainly without the air ride.
As far as the Rebel; sure, it is for the most part just an appearance package but, it does come with an extra inch of ride height that could be useful for what you do and not only that, I thought you said before that you’ve had issues with your automatic four-wheel-drive transfer case which is something else the rebel doesn’t have and it comes with all the extra skid plates if whether or not that would’ve helped in your case and that’s also why I said one- even a Rebel that didn’t have as much options as the one you have right now does.
And you’re right, just like with stick shift transmissions, manual door locks and windows are just about as scarce anymore but still, you’ve just had bad luck with yours because some people just never seem to have problems with them. It’s all just a matter of the luck of the draw of whether or not you’re going to be that person that has issues with it or you’re gonna be that person that never will.
A lesser-equipped truck might still do you good because you’ve even said you had issues with the passive-entry system as well. For what you do, that doesn’t seem like an option that someone like you would want of you have to camp out in your truck from time to time, that’s all I was saying when I mentioned a truck that didn’t have all those options.