It's built to modern standards of power and braking and weighs over 6k. It's gonna run circles around whatever 25yo half ton you can get or $5k as long as the owner actually uses it to its potential. Though the whole back breaking off thing gives me pause.
In the same comment, you acknowledge why it can't run circles around the 25 year old half ton. The fucking hitch can break off while towing in a way that wouldn't happen on any other production truck. It is a bad truck.