I have no doubt about the other capabilities besides towing. I have my 100 Series Cruiser that I’m in love with.I think you can see above that I'm at 15,620lbs combined doing my longest 3k mile trip to Yellowstone for SoCal with an extended family of 6. Over some of the largest mountain ranges and highest speed stretches through Arizona. She did great and I have no desire for any other tow rig from a towing perspective with no lack for power, stability, or towing smoothness. Agility is exemplary towing longer trailers. Add to that, no other single vehicle will do what the 200-series will do with room for 8. Off-roads like a beast. Coddles the family in 4-zone A/C, Mark Levinson audio, and leather lined luxury.
A shortcoming as others have mentioned is MPG, but more specifically range. ~10MPG is the norm towing that size trailer. She'll hold 80MPH easily (with a well dialed in WD hitch) provided you're willing to allow her to drink at 7MPG. Honestly those numbers come with the territory for every tow vehicle towing larger trailers. The factory tank size is on par with just about every other 1/2-ton save for the Tundra and Ford that have extended capacity tanks. With a stock rig with HT tires, 230mi range at reasonable speeds works fine and I did that for a number of years.
The 200-series can be fitted with an aftermarket LRA aux tank which handily solves that issue for a combined capacity of 38G. Range of 500mi solo or 300mi towing in my setup with larger 35s.
As far as MPGs go, my EcoBoost F150 does 9-11 towing so I’m good with that and my 100 does 13 on a good day with a tailwind so MPGs aren’t really my issue.
It’s stability and not putting my family or anyone else in danger.
Sounds like from your experience, I should be good to go.
I think my plan is buy a 570, sell the 100 and hang on to the paid off truck. Do some testing with the 200 and if all goes well, sell the truck and pay off the balance I’ll have on the 570.
Thanks for all the info! Really really appreciate it