Are you looking at mid size, half ton or 3/4? Are you going to be towing? Do you need much payload? Let me know what you are using it for day to day. Do you have wife/kids?

Hey I am not going to be towing, just day to day use, I want a half ton truck. I don’t have wife and kid but I want to have it for the future. I want something with space, 4x4, v8. I do work in construction but I don’t really carry material just my hand tools, but yes I appreciate ur help.

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I would personally recommend driving all of the 1/2 tons that interest you then try to figure out which one you liked the most on the drive.

I'd suggest staying away from GM 6.2L and probably stay away from the 3.0L. I personally would stay away from Toyota Tundra right now but....their failure rate is much lower than GM it seems, so it's a "safer" bet if you look at it that way.

Ram Hurricane/Hemi and ZF have been good powertrains and probably have the best warranty. Most issues you see with Ram are electrical/failing battery etc.

Ford is fairly solid powertrain wise but with a lot of recalls/quality issues people complain about.

Let us know what you end up liking/deciding on.

If you want used and can stomach the cost, the 2nd gen Tundra is the most reliable by far.

To be honest I had my eye on a Chevy Silverado RST with the 5.3 engine what advice can you give me about that?

@braulionoriega07, have you test driven the trucks yet? There's a lot to be said for sitting in the vehicle, pressing the buttons, operating the shifter, etc. You may find that the vehicle you think you want is unbearable to use if there's features on the vehicle that you want to see on a physical button, that are buried 3 menus deep in a touchscreen instead.

One thing I learned when I was test driving the newer Tundras was that the greenhouse area of the cab had restricted visibility in ways that weren't obvious. Visibility was better in the F-150 in my opinion for example just because of the rake of the windshield and the shape of the hood, as well as the way the mirrors were positioned. It's not a deal breaker for me, but it's something I'm taking into consideration.

I second what madden64freak said, go drive everything and try to figure out which one you actually like driving, test vision, seating position etc. So many things to consider, and use case of course.

I'm not a huge fan of GM engines right now, the 5.3L will probably have lifter failures regardless of how good you are with maintenance, the 6.2L is not worth the risk and neither is the 3.0L. The 2.7L from GM happens to be their most reliable but many don't want to tell their friends they have a 4 cylinder turbo.

If you do go 5.3L, just make sure you change oil extremely often, like 3k-5k, maybe install catch can, and every 30-60 days just check the oil. You can tell when lifters are going because they usually start to eat oil. Many people get a good 60-100k out of the 5.3L but they eventually seem to all have issues with lifters.