Truck shopping

O.K. I wasn't gonna chime in but here ya go. I have run a mechanic shop in central Texas and deep East Tx. for 15 years. They all have their issues but, you could not give me a GM truck for free. (Well, you could so I could sell it to some fool for A body money) My die hard Chevy buddy thought he wanted a Tundra and bought a brand new 4x4 with a 5.7. He hated it, small lift with 33's and it would get 9mpg pulling his bass boat. He is now driving a 2500 Ram he drives daily and towes his Camaro race car with it. In the logging woods of East tx. you will see 0 chevy trucks due to the independent frontend will not live if used as a truck. We have had chevy trucks with 30k on them and the wheel fell off due to failed hub assemblys. Then on top of ls lifter failures, ABS module failures, instrument cluster failures, balljoint failures, and not forgetting the internal knock sensors that will throw a light. Think, inspection failure due to check engine light in any county with emission inspections. The knock sensors are in the valley of the intake so the entire top end has to come apart to replace it. I know the one guy says he has six chevy trucks that have never had a wrench on them but I call Bullshit on that. (unless he has 6 death trap barely rolling chevy trucks) Fords hold up better but from the people I talk to they will not get the mileage they are supposed to and an aluminum body truck??? Other than that they seem to hold up fairly well. Tundras are used for some fleet trucks around here and mechanically they do ok but under powered and poor mileage. Ram, if its 4x4 you will have to do balljoints every 70k-90k and do not buy a 4.7. If your getting a 2 wheel drive truck go Ram with a hemi. Runs like hell, gets great mileage, and will last as long as you do. Can't input on rust thank god and the deep south. Although Toyota did have a major lawsuit going due to frames rusting in half on 5 year old trucks in the north due to no rust protection on the thin walled boxed frames. I am biased and make no claim not to be but all but one of my chevy buddys drive rams, the other has a tundra. So from somebody who orders parts for them all day I would suggest the Ram. If you do not get the ram the Tundra is ok then maybe the ford. But for the love of god run from the Chevrolet lot! Sorry so long.