Rebel, Trail Boss or Tremor? Three full-size pickups, three different rides.

The Rebel is the only one of the three with coil springs in the back instead of leaf springs, and it’s the one thing you’ll feel every mile: an empty bed doesn’t make it skitter over the patched pavement the way the others do.

A one-inch lift, so a step up but not a climb. Inside, it’s the one that feels least like a work truck.

Aired down on 33-inch all-terrains with the rear locker in, it floats, and the Bilstein shocks take the ruts. Ram’s available air suspension lifts it for the soft stuff if the truck has it.

Room for the chairs, the cooler and the boards, and a tailgate to sit on while the kids find the horses.

The driver who wants the softest ride of the three and the nicest place to sit for five and a half hours.

Leaf springs in the back and mud-terrain tires: with the bed empty, the ride is firmer than the Rebel’s and the tires hum. Forty-five minutes of Highway 12 is the honest test of whether you mind.

A two-inch factory lift and 34-inch tires on the new 2027 Silverado, so this is the tall one. You climb in, you look down at the Rebel, and the kids love it.

This is the one we already run. Aired down, with the Z71 package’s off-road suspension and skid plates, the Trail Boss is a known quantity on this beach. It’s in our fleet, and our renters rave about it.

Same job, higher up. Bikes, boards and the big cooler, with the tailgate as the kitchen counter.

The driver who wants the tallest, toughest-looking truck on the sand, and a 4x4 that already earns its keep here every day.

Leaf springs in the back, like the Trail Boss, so an empty bed rides firmer than the Rebel. The 3.5-liter EcoBoost is strong and quiet; the available 5.0-liter V8 is the one you’ll hear with the window down.

Taller than a regular F-150, on 33-inch all-terrains with a long-travel front suspension underneath. It feels like a Raptor’s little brother, because that is roughly what it is.

Trail Control is cruise control for the sand: set 10 miles an hour and steer. Trail Turn Assist tightens the turn at the dune line, and the locking rear differential is standard.

A 5½- or 6½-foot bed, and a tailgate that does everything but cook.

The driver who wants Ford’s trail tech and a V8 option, and would like to drive a Tremor on this beach before buying one. Tell us; no dealer has placed one yet.