What you need is a truck that handles like a compact, but works like the big boys. What you need is a Dodge Dakota.
We own a 1992 with the 3.9L V6 and the 5 speed. It has an 8 foot bed (A little narrower than a full-size RAM, but still), and I've hauled over 1500# in it without an issue. It drives a lot more like a car than a truck, though. Ours is a 4x4 model- even with that, we could still get around 20MPG highway- a little more on a good day.
I've owned a Dakota, two half-tons, a 3/4 ton, and a 1 ton. To me, the 1/2 tons don't serve much of a purpose- they won't do more than the Dakota ever would, but they'll use more fuel to do it.
That's what I'd go with....
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