Rams cured their transmission woes, but jury is still out on body rot. My 2005 Ram had 147,000 miles on it but rotted out rear wheel wells when I sold it in 2016. The biggest culprit was the welding method they were using on the wheel wells was letting moisture squeeze in under the paint and rot them out. Supposedly they fixed that. My 2015 is showing no signs of rust. You are better off with a 3/4 ton or 1ton, and for the price difference and resale I would go with the 1 ton. I don’t have any brand loyalty and go with the best deal for what I want to spend. I have had a GMC 15, a Ford F150, and two Ram 1500’s. All good trucks, all with different weaknesses.