Will be interested to hear what you think of the Ram, I've owned two of them both half ton one with a 3.6 one with the hemi and really liked both of them!The ZF 8 speed is made about 25 minutes from my house. I sat in the ford and wasn't impressed. The door handles flexed and I felt like I was going to break them off... I expected more from a 50k truck. I perferred the interior and looks of the Chevy. I haven't checked out the Rams yet. MY previous experience with a Chrysler wasn't positive, however that was 15 years ago.
That's unfortunate on the Ford, although I have noticed that when I bought my Ram the reason partially was because the Ford interior wasn't that nice until you stepped up many trim levels. Even my 3.6 Ram which was a classic SLT had an interior that I really liked