I bought a chevy in 2022. Had a 2014 and a 2011. Love them. BUT I like the interior on the GMC better than the Silverado. GMC has knobs to turn for controls. Chevy has push buttons . Hard to see what your turning on without readers... LOL

I just push a button in my old 2015 HD 2500 GMC ...and say ..Tune 98.5 ...and like magic...the radio changes to that channel.

Aluminum corrodes too....fixed many blistahs on aluminum panels

The Chevys with the forever on front parking lights come to mind.

Wife drives a 2016 F150 with 2.7 motor...almost 100k miles and only issue was a leaky oil pan. Truck gets 21 mpg and is great in the mountains. Tows the tritoon great too, but the fuel use goes way up.
Bought a new F350 7.3 gas motor last year. Very impressed with it for now. Time will tell.

The 3.0 diesel in the chevy gets really good fuel mileage. A buddies dad had one that got around 30 mpg on the highway. Dont know much about them except that the oil pump is belt driven and requires replacement around 100k miles. The kicker however is the belt is on the rear on the engine so it requires the transmission to be removed to replace it.

All the manufacturers had paint issues at one time or another. Usually related to production changes like water based paints or undercoats. I have a 99 Chevy (white) that the paint is peeling from primer. Primer adhesion isn’t an issue though.
Ford had similar as did Dodge at one time or another.
It was less common on the imports but they were slower to abandon high lead paint .

Full size trucks are impossible to trap out of as the box is to high, not for me.

Same here the old mini trucks are perfect for me it’s my workhorse around the place.

Running a 2017 F350, gas. 0 troubles 154,000 so far only battery's tires and oil changes. tows nice, a little high in the bed but I make it work. I dont like the diesels too heavy get stuck too easy in snow on backroads.

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We just got some new F250s for the fleet, and I can't touch the floor of the bed at all, even on my tippy toes. They come from the factory with a little step at the front of the bed.

Maybe with the reduction in V8s the mini trucks will make a comeback I think they would sell the heck out of them. I never understood how it was a good idea to stop making them but still pump out millions of V8s and V10s when gas was at its highest prices it made no practical sense.

My 21 Ranger is getting gas in the oil. Dealer is looking into problem.

Mini trucks didn’t really shine mpg wise. I drove many of them over the years. Toyota , S-10, Isuzu, never did stoop so low as driving a Ranger .

Maybe see 20mpg on tar.

My Suburban does 18 and my K1500 V-6 typically 21mpg on Highway.

Almost certainly the high pressure fuel pump. It's inside the engine, under the valve cover, and runs off the cam. When they leak the gas goes directly into the crankcase. Chevy had a big problem with them on their 4 cylinders. On some it was so bad that the gas fumes being sucked back into the air intake through the PCV system would cause the engine to run rich enough to set a code and turn the check engine light on.

Thank you for the input Loosegoose.

If I were looking for a half ton truck, I would be searching for a low mile used tundra with the V8 about 5 years old that is either for sale by owner or at a new car dealership that was a trade in. Never set foot on a used car dealership.

As a trapping rig the convenience of working out of it easier would be #1 that would come first to mileage in my case. I agree I had a Nissan that got terrible milage for a 4 banger.

I’m a GMC 1500 guy but gas burners not the diesel. I really like the 5.3 liter.
The ‘16 I had was a great truck no issues whatsoever. My new ‘22 (well, I bought it new at start of ‘23) has been awesome. The technology is pretty cool, pulls our boat like a dream, and the screen is nice, big, easy to use.
This past winter got to break it in hauling a deer, then I used it for trapping. Worked for me.
Cab is comfy and has all the works. Seat heaters, steering wheel heated, and seat cooling options.
Jim

We have had a couple Equinox the the high pressure pump leaked so bad that the engine would "diesel" after (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) off like an old carburetor motor from all the gas in the crankcase.