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Looked at a 4 door Tundra to replace "The Warden" s GMC.
They don't offer it with a long enough bed to haul a gooseneck stock trailer.
Deal killer, right there.

Rented a 1/2 ton Ram in Florida last year. Got rear ended by a Caddie. I drove on home with little more than some scratched metal. I understand that the Caddie was totaled, it surely did not look good.
BTW, caddie driver was found to have been on his cell phone.

I've had four Chevy's over the last 40 years, Swore to my self I wouldn't buy another after the Obama bail out.

But this summer I was in need of a new truck after giving my 08 Z71 to my youngest son. I went truck shopping and after looking at every brand and talking to new owners, ended up buying a new Chevy 1500 Z-71. This one has the 6.2 litter engine and 8 speed tyranny. It also has all the bells and whistles. It is the first new truck I've bought that I actually like better than the old one. It's giving me 40% more horse power and 20% better gas mileage. If my memory is accurate, 420 horse power and 450 pounds of torque. Pulling my Winnebago Mini travel trailer over the Colorado mountains from Durango to Silverton is a breeze.

Fat girls are said to be warm in the winter and shady in the summer!

Dodge is likely better now than they were 15-20 years ago, but I'd still not buy one unless it was a Cummings to haul with.

Chevy all day.

And always pick the ugly chick. Ugly goes away when the lights go off or ya turn her face down. Fat don't.

Lol

That's right...

I have an 07 Duramax and a 2016 Duramax, both 2500HDs. The 07 has been worked heavy and hard. I bought it new and it's been a fantastic truck. It's a crew cab long bed and twice as long as a short-bus... I run it modestly PPE tuned, with a 4" down pipe back exhaust (no kitty), shimmed fuel rail, EGR blocked, PPE boost, AirDog 150 lift pump filter and water separator, controller, Frederico solid front and rear sway bars, I swapped in a 1-Ton DRW spring packs, overload packs and overload frame perches, Kurt Class 5 hitch, B&W Gooseneck hitch.

The 2016 is a freakin' Cadillac. The new GM truck interiors are phenomenal. They've got tons of storage, lots of little cubbies, no space is wasted. The center console is cavernous and has built in file hanger tracks! My only real complaints are with the way they've programmed the electro-over-hydraulic steering and the rear seat configuration when folded up against the rear of the cab. While the former will hopefully be rectified by a software update, the latter is subjective.

Wouldn't own a Government Motors

Like you I was not considering a Ford at all. I looked at Toyota, Dodge, Chevy, and finally the Ford. If/when I buy it will be a Ford 150 4X4.

We did too...

I will never drive a GM product bought with my own money.

Just past 307k miles on my 04 Dodge 4x4, I purchased it new dec 2003 and run the snot out of it every chance I get.

The little 4.7 V8 always got poor gas mileage but it is all original and still purring.

When I was a kid I always wondered why my dad and my uncle would beat on the dash of their Chevys trying to find rattles. After owning three of them I now know. I am currently driving a 2015 Nissan. No rattles yet at 32,000 miles.

OK, I have a '05 Dodge Cummins 2500HD. It's not going anywhere. I will say though, the A/C in this model truck leaves a lot to be desired. There are common duct/door problems, which I have not had, but the design really hampers the A/C.

What I'm considering is replacing my '02 Chevy. Bought it new, 2WD, 4.3. It has been almost trouble free. I did have to replace the intake gasket last year, common problem on that engine. But, looking ahead of getting something new before I retire. My Dodge is a 4WD, so for this truck it would be a 2WD commuter type. I like an extended cab and a short bed is fine too.

My thoughts too. After the deal that Obama cut with the Unions and left the stockholders hanging, I will never own another GM product. And I had no GM stock. miles

Toyota is the most American. GM is corrupt, Dodge has poor track record.

Have a friend who runs the service shop for a construction company. Total of 80 trucks in his fleet from 1/2 ton to 80K GVW that get used and abused everyday. Asked him what he would buy for a 3/4 ton 4WD farm truck. He said out of the current new model trucks, hands down, the new Chevy/GMC with 6.0 or 6.2 liter gas motor with the 8 speed trans. He spends 55-60 hours per week working on trucks. For a "work truck", the current GM gas motor trucks give him the least head ache and cost the least total $$$'s to keep on the job.

Toyota