My questions would be, what are you going to carry what are you going to pull? I have an old school heavy duty regular cab F250 4x4 with the 460. Rough riding farm truck that has horrible fuel economy but will haul or pull anything and sits way up high in its stock configuration so clearance in the field is not an issue. It is not a soccer mom's grocery getter. I occasionally pull a horse trailer and would not think twice about dropping 3/4 of a ton of gravel in the back (would make it ride better). If your purpose is Home Depot runs, a Toyota would be fine. America's favorite truck is the F150. I was always fond of Chevy trucks as well. I had a Toyota in the past. They are okay, but I would pit Detroit iron against it any day of the week on a work site.