Ok Tundra Baws.... Tell me I'm just overreacting....

My 2018 is turning into a piece of junk.

Quality of materials on this truck is a joke. 1st I have a guy slide into me during a snowstorm in Northwest AR. Dude barely made contact with my rear bumper and displaced it nearly 2 inches. Shop time for that and about a $500 fix just to reset the bumper brackets.
Next I hit a deer (or more accurately the deer hit me). The front corner of this truck looks like it's been hit by a bulldozer. Ungodly repair cost on that ordeal.
3rd.... and this one is totally on me... I'm backing up a trailer.... get out to check and see if it's where I need to drop it. It's not... needs another foot. Jump back in and leave the door open... yep... the top corner of the door catches a tree limb and peels back like a can of sardines. The piece is so weak I can bend it back into place with my hands. Now there's just a nice crease in the top of the door. (again... that one is totally on me....stupid stupid!!!)
Fast forward to last night.... leaving my parent's house and my wife realizes she left her phone. So like an idiot I choose to just back up down a curvy driveway relying on the backup camera while listening to my wife and two kids tell me to just turn around. Yep. Totally got an oak tree in my blind spot and caught it just left of the trailer hitch. Less that 5 mph and you would think I hit it with a battering ram.
all I heard was how indestructible these trucks are .... but jeez. It hasn't been half the truck of my last F150.
Are my expectations too high or is crappy materials just par for the course in all vehicles these days?
It just feels like the dang thing would dent if you look at it wrong.
I know every one of these deals just sometimes happens but What happened to the days where a dang truck bumper was actually tough?
Anyone else feel this way about theirs or did I just buy a lemon?

Dude, YOU have turned your truck into a piece of shite. you need a god damn M1 tank.

It’s not the truck. Try to keep it between the lines and don’t back up in the dark.

IME, Toyota drivetrains are the indestructible parts. Build quality, especially interior materials, is downright awful.

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Totally got an oak tree in my blind spot and caught it just left of the trailer hitch.

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That's not a blind spot. You backed directly into a tree.

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lol. None of that is your trucks fault.
Learn to drive bro.

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I know every one of these deals just sometimes happens but What happened to the days where a dang truck bumper was actually tough?

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It's called technology and physics. Modern vehicles are designed to take the brunt of the crash instead of your body. You old 65 Chevy Truck would withstand a minor crash but your body bears the brunt of the force.

Never said any of that wasn't my fault. Everything but the deer and the first fender bender was TOTALLY my fault. I'm just frustrated with the quality of materials.

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My wife backed my 2018 F250 into a stump and the bumper was mangled up like a beer can. All of that stuff is built to crumple for energy absorption in a crash. It's more delicate than old stuff, but it's smart design. New stuff is many orders of magnitude better than old and despite the high costs, I would argue that it's possible to get much more for your money than the "old days"

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Yeah I guess I get why they build them that way but I guess the days of beating on an ol' truck are over!

thats long been over...if you aint happy with it then get one of those aluminum cans on wheels, what they call em again...oh yea, Ford