I have to agree that the Ford's seem to stand up better. My wife and I have a DHL courier run up here and started with a 93 Chev 3500 Van. The van had about 90,000 miles on it when we bought it and I was constantly wrenching on the thing. In one year we went through one front end, and now it needs another. I came across a used 99 Ford E350 V10 that was ex-government for an extremely good price. I had to change out the COP's and a ABS sensor, and the usual stuff like brakes, but that's about it. The ball joints have been done as well, but the mechanic said the Ford front-ends are the strongest by far(and he's a Chev guy). This van now has 140,000 miles on it and is still going strong. After having had both, I would not go back to the Chev. And just look at the work trucks you see on the road, it's probably safe to say the Ford's outnumber everyone else by 2 to 1, especially in the one ton and up category.