Not sure how to define "best", but my 2006 Dodge 2500 Cummins was an awfully capable truck. Put 110,000 miles on it in three years, towing 8,000 lbs with it for at least 25,000 miles. Had to re-do the front end at 100,000 miles. That truck never missed a stroke, and did everything I ever asked of it.
Ex wife tried to drive it off an over-pass outside of Rawlins, WY on black ice while I was sleeping. Thank goodness the guardrail held..... Hated to see it go, but everyone in the truck was just fine.
My 1997 Tacoma was a very close runner up. Only once let me down (at the gun club due to a bad battery after 7years) in 360,000 miles. To this day I wish someone made a small pickup. Can't see the point of the mid-size pickups. or the side by sides, either one. Someone make a small pickup with a 2 liter 4 cylinder and a manual, please?
