Best Half-Ton Trucks of 2025 — Ranked By Total Cost of Ownership

The sticker price is the least useful number when buying a truck. Two trucks with nearly identical window stickers can cost you $15,000 to $20,000 apart over five years — and the dealer will never bring that up. In this video, we rank all five major 2025 half-ton trucks by Total Cost of Ownership over five years. Every number is sourced from Kelley Blue Book, Edmunds, RepairPal, iSeeCars, and CarEdge. No brand loyalty. No skipping the inconvenient parts. We cover: ✅ Ford F-150 — best-in-class towing, $85,378 five-year ownership cost ✅ Chevrolet Silverado 1500 — the most affordable entry point, average everything else ✅ GMC Sierra 1500 — the same truck as the Silverado, at a higher price ✅ Ram 1500 — the best ride quality in the segment, and a brand-new engine with an open question mark ✅ Toyota Tundra — the lowest depreciation in the class at 28.7% vs a segment average of 42.5% What is Total Cost of Ownership? It covers depreciation, fuel, insurance, maintenance, repairs, financing, and taxes — over five years at 15,000 miles per year. Depreciation alone is bigger than fuel, insurance, and maintenance combined. That one fact changes how you should think about every truck on this list. 🔔 Subscribe for more data-driven truck content — buying guides, reliability breakdowns, and ownership cost comparisons across the full half-ton and heavy-duty segment.