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Chris Tsui

The 10 Longest-Lasting Trucks You Can Buy

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Max towing, max payload, horsepower, torque, ground clearance. There are many metrics by which buyers judge pickup trucks, but one that’s less quantifiable is dependability. An iSeeCars.com study, however, set out to quantify just that.

The study took odometer readings from 402 million vehicles every year since 2013 and used the data to predict how likely a given model would hit 250,000 miles. Breaking the study down to just focus on pickup trucks, this type of vehicle, as an aggregate, unsurprisingly lasts longer than the average car.

Among those trucks, heavy-duty pickups win out big. Among the top 10 longest-lasting pickups, if it’s not an HD truck from Chevrolet or Ford, it’s a Toyota.

Is your rig in the top 10? Here’s the full list below.

10. GMC Sierra 3500HD

Percentage Likely To Reach 250,000 Miles: 26.0%
Compared To Average: 1.3x

Coming in 10th place is the GMC Sierra 3500HD, which has a 26 percent chance of reaching 250,000 miles, 1.3 times more likely than the average truck. The average truck, for reference, has a 19.4 percent chance of hitting a quarter million miles, per iSeeCars.com’s study.

The burliest consumer truck GMC makes is essentially a snazzier version of the Chevy Silverado 3500HD, which indeed shows up later on in this list. Whichever heavy-duty GM truck you go for, though, expect new ones to tow up to 36,000 pounds in the right 2WD dually configuration.

9. Toyota Tacoma

Percentage Likely To Reach 250,000 Miles: 26.7%
Compared To Average: 1.4x

The first of only two non-heavy-duty trucks to show up in the top 10, the midsize Toyota Tacoma comes in ninth, having a 26.7 percent chance of hitting 250,000 miles, 1.4 times the average. This also makes the Tacoma the longest-lasting midsize pickup, period.

A reliability icon, the Tacoma was redesigned for 2024 and is now powered by a turbocharged four-cylinder exclusively, with a hybrid option. It’s a marked departure from the naturally aspirated V-6s and four-pots that have powered the Taco since its introduction in the 1990s, but one that hopefully carries on the dependability dynasty.

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8. Ram 2500

Percentage Likely To Reach 250,000 Miles: 27.2%
Compared To Average: 1.4x

The Ram 2500, meanwhile, slots in eighth place by a slim margin—the percentage gaps between most of the trucks on this list bar the leaders, frankly, are tiny—rocking a 27.2 percent chance of cresting 250,000 miles, 1.4 times the average pickup.

Its lesser 1500 sibling misses out on this top 10 list (and actually came in last among its direct rivals), but Ram’s HD offerings are clearly made of tougher stuff. The new 2500 comes standard with a 6.4-liter Hemi V-8, but a 6.7-liter Cummins turbodiesel straight-six is also available.

7. Ford F-250 Super Duty

Percentage Likely To Reach 250,000 Miles: 27.4%
Compared To Average: 1.4x

Edging out the Ram 2500 for seventh, however, is its direct Ford competitor, the F-250 Super Duty. With a 27.4 percent chance of hitting a quarter of a million miles, it’s 1.4 times more likely to do so than the average truck.

These days, it can be had with a gas engine, but the one to have is arguably the 6.7-liter turbodiesel V-8. Ford even offers an optional off-road Tremor package with the XLT.

6. Ford F-350 Super Duty

Percentage Likely To Reach 250,000 Miles: 28.3%
Compared To Average: 1.5x

The heavier-duty Ford F-350 Super Duty, however, beats its 250 sibling ever so slightly, coming in sixth. It has a 28.3 percent chance of reaching the big 250K, 1.5 times more likely than average.

In the right 4x2 regular cab dually form, a new F-350 can tow a mighty 38,000 pounds, just 2,000 pounds short of the F-450’s chart-topping, 40,000-pound peak. Doing such things regularly may or may not bring that particular Super Duty’s longevity back down closer to the segment average, but there you go.

5. Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD

Percentage Likely To Reach 250,000 Miles: 28.7%
Compared To Average: 1.5x

Coming in fifth place is the F-350’s GM foil, the Chevy Silverado 3500HD. The heavy-duty Chevrolet has a 28.7 percent chance of going 250,000 miles, 1.5 times the average pickup.

It slightly, albeit notably, outlasts its GMC badge twin, a phenomenon that will be repeated with the 2500-grade trucks. My theory is that this has less to do with the vehicles’ mechanicals, which are functionally identical, but rather the notion that the average GMC owner likely replaces their trucks slightly earlier and more often—out of habit, not necessity.

4. GMC Sierra 2500HD

Percentage Likely To Reach 250,000 Miles: 29.1%
Compared To Average: 1.5x

Speaking of, the GMC Sierra 2500 HD just misses the podium by finishing fourth, sporting a 29.1 percent chance of reaching 250,000 on the odometer, 1.5 times the average.

With the gooseneck and 6.6-liter Duramax turbodiesel V-8, the modern Sierra 2500 can tow more than 22,000 pounds. Prices range from a little over $70,000 for a 2WD Pro work truck to almost $130,000 for a swanky Denali Ultimate. There’s also an AT4X variant that slots slightly underneath the Ultimate if you’d like your HD Sierra to go off-road.

3. Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD

Percentage Likely To Reach 250,000 Miles: 29.6%
Compared To Average: 1.5x

Mirroring their 3500 siblings, the Chevy Silverado 2500HD tends to be driven slightly farther than its GMC counterpart. It snags third place, having a 29.6 percent chance of hitting a quarter of a million miles, 1.5 times more than the average truck.

As mentioned, this is mechanically the same as the truck directly above, but less luxurious, less expensive, and plausibly kept longer given its different audience. A new regular cab WT, for instance, can be had for less than $50,000, although Chevy buyers can still ball out a little with a High Country that approaches 80 grand.

2. Toyota Tundra

Percentage Likely To Reach 250,000 Miles: 36.6%
Compared To Average: 1.9x

Marking what is frankly the first significant jump in the likelihood of 250K miles on this list so far, the ever-durable Toyota Tundra is the second-longest-lasting pickup truck you can get. A whopping 36.6 percent are expected to hit that milestone, 1.9 times more than the average truck.

It also happens to be the lone half-ton in the top 10, exhibiting HD truck-beating levels of longevity in a much more everyday pickup form. The latest generation debuted in 2022 and had a big recall over engines that failed, but Toyota has since pledged to replace all faulty motors free of charge.

1. Ram 3500

Percentage Likely To Reach 250,000 Miles: 42.6%
Compared To Average: 2.2x

Taking the durability gold medal by a decent margin, however, is the Ram 3500. These have a 42.6 percent chance of going 250,000 miles, a class-leading 2.2 times the average.

Configured optimally, a new Ram 3500 can tow up to 36,610 pounds. Say what you will about the longevity (or lack thereof) of some other Stellantis products, the front-end styling of that recently refreshed 2025 Ram HD, or the reputations of some of the people who drive them, but if you want a pickup truck that’ll last a very long time—it’s hard to argue with the Ram 3500.