I, too, am considering a pick up truck, for my next vehicle, although a decision will not be made for at least 2 years

What a serendipitous development.  I had to rent a car for a business trip, and the rental place offered me a free upgrade.   So this F-150 is my ride for the next three days.

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I'm enjoying it, but I can already tell it's a little too massive for me to use as a daily driver.  It was better than I thought it would be on fuel, though.  This one has the 8 cylinder engine, and in 2WD mode I was getting about 22 MPG on the highway.  I was surprised that I could see pretty much 360 degrees around the entire truck.  They've put big mirrors on it and the view through the windows is very good.  The ride is a bit on the stiff side.  It is, after all, a truck, and also I'm the very first renter to drive it.  Handling was more responsive than I expected.  I am having fun driving it (over curbs and obstacles and pedestrians etc etc etc).

The infotainment system is freaking brain damaged.  I wish it would just mirror my phone's screen and get out of the way.  Instead it switched to FM radio whenever I started the ignition, then when the phone is on it assumes that I want to listen to Pandora.  (No, not our Pandora ... the music streaming service.)  I wanted Waze navigation on the screen and my favorite podcast on the speakers.  That's it, nothing else.  Even once I got that going, whenever Waze had something to say, it lowered the volume from 20 down to 5 and then left it there.  So every time a navigation cue played, I had to crank the volume back up to hear my podcast again.

Still, a free upgrade from a standard car to an F-150 for three days is one hell of a test drive.  Now I don't have to visit a Ford dealership.  I still want to try out a Ram but I still think I'm leaning towards a mid size.

Yes, I keep it tied up in the back of my CRV.

I like my CR-V and it works perfectly for what I need it for.    

Here is an article for you, Review: Fiat Chrysler’s 2019 Ram 1500 is the best pickup you can buy today. 
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/29/review-fiat-chryslers-2019-ram-1500-is-the-best-pickup-you-can-buy.html

I like an SUV, when I travel I usually travel with three, there is plenty of room for three, our luggage and the occasional dog. 

I don't have to worry about yard waste, all of the green yard waste I take to the undeveloped land behind the property.  If I need to lug "stuff" around I fold up the seats. I take household waste that doesn't go into the regular trash down to the county waste/recycling center.  I can fit about 25 bags of that god awful mulch crap in the back of it.  I can carry 2x4x8s in it if need be.  

I like it because it can carry five people if need be, and it has a lot of room for cargo.  

And here it is.

Yes I'm very excited.  The trip back to LI to pick it up was annoying, and the dealer was way more annoying this time around.  Apparently he doesn't read his text messages so he didn't know I told him I'd be later than expected at the train station and he got on my case for making him wait.  Then for some reason he decided to tell me his Car Salesman Sob Story (tm) *after* we had already negotiated a price for the truck.  And of course he tried to make me feel like a moron for not buying one of their extended warranties.

Teh IGlet (tm) was with me on this trip (he's as excited as I am).  We were sitting in the truck fiddling with the accessories and setting everything up.  As soon as they put the plates on, he said "let's drive out of here first".  Good call on his part.

I've already noticed that people behave differently in traffic.  When you're big they get out of your way.  :)