6.7 liter OHV V-8 turbodiesel (440 hp @ 2800 rpm, 860 lb-ft @ 10 rpm)
6R140 automatic 6-speed
not tested under EPA regulations *
14.1 (observed MPG)
tested options: king Ranch trim, super Crew cab, 4 × 4 turbo diesel engine 6.7 liters, 3.31 rear axle locking, Ruby Red paint, 5th wheel preparation, spray in bedliner, heated seats, switches bodybuilder
base Price (F-350 XL Regular Cab 4 × 2 flex-fuel V-8): [19450093300] $ **
As Tested :.
$ 65,50 **
* Heavy-duty pickups are exempt from EPA fuel economy ratings
** prices include destination charges $ 1.195.
There was a time when a pick-up half-ton could carry about 1,000 pounds of payload and 1 ton truck was good for about 00 books. For twenty years a good rating for a tow truck 1/2 ton was 7500 pounds and 1 ton trucks were used by farmers to transport around 14,000 trailers pounds of cattle. Today things are different.
We now have a Ford F-150 can tow more than 12,000 pounds and carry 3,300 pounds in the bed stride. In this world, we have 3/4 and 1 ton trucks with towing capacities that would have required a middle class 5 truck in the 190s is in this world that the F-350, F-450 and Ram 3500 is now .
These trucks have pushed the envelope, offering towing capacities that 99 percent of minivan buyers can not test even legally. With massive numbers of torque turbodiesel, Ford and Chrysler last truck can tow 21,000 pounds more my plain-old California license Class C permits. With 2017 Ford Super Duty in the sporting horizon more aluminum than Alcoa factory and Chrysler sales approach their Cummins re-amended and 00 lb-ft of torque, let deep-dive into the Super Duty, you can buy now .
Exterior
super Duty is the greatest interpretation of the design truck Ford pickup. The hood of the F-350 is about five feet off the ground and everything is big, bold and square. I must say that even though I come from a "Dodge family" as my father told (my parents a cattle ranch in the middle of Texas), I have always been partial with regard to the big Ford trucks. What is surprising to me is how the relatively fresh F-350 still looks, despite his successor has already been shown to the world
The Super Duty family has three models of pickup :. F-250, F-350 and F-450. The breakdown between the models is primarily defined by their towing capacity, but there are few external differences that the observer will notice.
As you go up the ladder, the ride height increases with the frame and suspension changes. The F-250 and F-350 allows a choice between two different bed lengths and three different cabins, but only the F-350 allows you to check the double rear wheel option box. The F-450 is more limited in the configuration, only coming in long wheelbase form Crew Cab with dual rear wheels standard. Also different in the F-450 (which many people do not realize) is that Ford actually changes the front and rear tracks, which makes them much larger in the F-450 for improved stability when towing. The changes required to create the F-450 add over 400 pounds empty weight versus a comparable F-350.
Interior
Like the exterior, the interior is big and bold. Unfortunately, it is also mainly cast of hard plastic and wood trim that imitation is not fauxing person. I admit when it comes to a work truck, I'm a little torn on the hard plastic from the issue of flexible plastic as hard plastics tend to be more durable over time, but this is a vehicle near $ 70,000 and the F-150 has a much nicer interior. Although there are many bargains to plastics in Ram 2500/3500 and Silverado / Sierra 2500/3500 trucks, the two main competitors have fresher and more luxurious interiors and Ram will even throw in genuine wood trim if you pay enough. When it comes to interior style and luxurious feel, the Super Duty comes last with the Silverado / Sierra and RAM seeming more appropriate towing vehicles for your $ 146,000 Airstream Land Yacht.
comfort front seats proved well over a week of mixed driving, but the age of the truck's design means that you can not get incredibly comfortable anti-fatigue seats currently available in the F-150 . GM twins probably offer more comfortable front seats in the heavyweight segment while Ram binds the F-Series in my opinion.
Infotainment
[1945008lesystèmetactileinfotainment] Ford is not long for this world. From the calendar year 2016, we will see new rolling SYNC3 system, but like the Super Duty will have to wait until 2017 for its refresh infotainment.
Because there are two versions of horse battle and luxury of the super Duty, the basic models start low on the totem pole with an audio system with 2 speakers AM / FM radio and clock . And that's all. You can switch to a CD player in the XL models, Lariat adds MyFord Touch infotainment system and upscale Ford models may be an option on a Sony system 9 speakers like our tester.
Training and capacity
F-250 and F-350 models start with 6.2-liter gasoline V-8 engine Ford granted 385 horsepower at 5,500 rpm and 405 lb-ft at 4500 rpm. It was twenty years ago that would have been a diesel torque figure, but optional 6.7-liter V-8 turbodiesel is a modern monster. Optional on F-250 and F-350 and F-450 standard, the engine "Power Stroke" cranks 440 horsepower and a Bugatti Veyron as 860 lb-ft of torque.
The power is routed to the rear or all four wheels via Ford 6R140 automatic 6-speed transmission. Fuel economy testing is not necessary due to the GVWR of all Super Duty trucks exceeds 8500 pounds, but our F-350 diesel model one of the rear wheel 6.7 liter on average 14.6 mpg vacuum mixed driving and 11.1 mpg when towing about 6,500 books in mixed driving.
Understanding helpful and split towing charge in the super Duty line is the key to comparing the Ford to GM and Chrysler competitive. The F-250 is quite explicit: It tow up to 14,000 pounds or 16,0 standard 5th wheel configuration. The F-350 tops out at 19,000 and 26,500 classic books 5th wheel. It tops GMC and Chevrolet 3500 truck easily and sounds like a sharp drop compared to the Ram 3500. This is where it is important to include the F-450 in the comparison because it tow 19,000 pounds and 31,0 conventional fifth wheel only 10 pounds less refreshed 2016 Ram truck. Believe me, 10 pounds is nothing when you talk carry more than 15 tons.
Payload is also an area where you must include the F-450 to understand the Super Duty line. The F-350 is set to be the diesel king of payload with a maximum of 7050 pounds of payload so that changes in the F-450 to allow impressive towing capacity makes Drop payload 5,300 pounds. This means that in the range Ford you have more of a compromise regarding the tow from the payload from top book 31210 platform trailer of the Ram 3500 will also carry 6,580 pounds in the bed Put this in perspective, 31,000 pounds is about that new Honda Accord V6 sedan or 13 pallets of bricks weighs.
The Truth About Towing
towing is the holy grail bragging rights truck, perhaps even more than the number of pounds feet of torque your diesel cranks. The problem is most states restrict what you can tow without endorsement or Class A driving license commercial or non-commercial. California, Connecticut, Illinois, Nevada and Texas may have the strictest laws in tow, but much of it is buried deep in the vehicle code to the state it is not easy to decipher . California is the easiest of the bunch and clearer reading. You can not typically tow a trailer with a GVWR of 10,000 pounds with a standard class C license towing a 5th wheel between 10,000 and 15,000 pounds GCW requires approval of your free license from DMV.
A larger set of states, including (without limitation) Kansas, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Wyoming have the limit for 5th wheel trailering and classic GCW to 26,000 pounds. This means mathematics is involved and your max trailering without a special license or approval varies from 12.000 to 16.000 pounds depending on the configuration of your Super Duty.
The rules are even stricter if you are a trader as you can end up falling under DOT jurisdiction where your GCWR peaks 10,000 lbs (which is actually all super Duty with every trailer for the lowest GVWR in F-250 is 900 lbs).
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You usually buy microphones that great because of the way they drive. This is a good thing. If the drive were important ways you can find a way to make a half-ton pickup truck to work in a flash. three-quarter ton and 1 ton trucks are specially designed for mission towing large, heavy things. Big towing means great curb weight. The lighter F-250 shifted the balance of a hair less than 6,000 pounds while a fully optioned F-450 weighs 8.611 pounds crazy. Our welterweight F-350 was 7.508 pounds and showed every ounce on the road. Despite 440 horsepower and 860 lb-ft of torque, acceleration was a moderate 7.6 seconds to 60 mph. The braking was 60 on average - but extremely long - 0 feet with the empty bed. Adding extra weight in the bed actually helped a bit with about 1,000 books in the back of the braking distance is down to 152 feet. Anyway you slice it, a school bus midsize more than one F-150.
So far, all I've said frankly applies to any of the competition as well. However, one area where an option rises to the surface is in the ride quality, with some caveats. With the latest incarnation Ram 2500/3500, Chrysler went a little off-script. The Ram 2500 now uses a rear suspension coil spring instead of leaf springs, we see in the Ford and GM trucks, which has a serious and positive impact on ride quality when the bed is empty. further improvement is an integral optional air suspension at the rear of the Ram 2500 and a partial air suspension optional Ram in 3500. Although there is a clear compromise in terms of long-term maintenance costs ( and acquisition costs) to be air suspension, the difference decides on the road where Ford rear end of our tester was so great at the speed we have called off the test 1/4 mile acceleration.
The F-350 is the first vehicle in 8 years of vehicle tests that I called off the 1/4 mile race. Maybe I soften in my old age, but a little rough road (with a dip just after 1/8 mile) caused the rear of the F-350 to become unstable. In the interest of security and the return of the Ford truck with the shiny side of not bumpy, I called it quits at 80 mph.
Comparisons are also where things start to differentiate more. Since the tow is the big buzzword these days, we'll talk about that first. Ford's decision to make their high-range vehicle towing an F-450 while still asked Ram Ram 3500 confuses matters a bit, so you have to read between the lines of marketing.
Top towing Ford arrives in the F- 450, which is in only one form: large shower, queen bed, and 4 × 4 duallys Ram claims they will beat this F-450 of 10 pounds . However, Ram towing 31.210 books is just a model as well, but another type of truck altogether.
Max towing the Ram occurs only in regular cab, two wheelhouse form of training . Add the large cabin and 4WD and Ford beats tow rating of Ram about 1000 pounds. Therefore, it is difficult to compare apples to apples, but there is some flexibility in the Ram capabilities because it is possible to obtain a smaller vehicle that can tow similar amounts. payload capacity of Ram, when configured in the shape of cable max beats the F-450. Chrysler will sell you a Trader cut max cable form that is more than $ 10,000 cheaper than the F-450.
Which truck is right for you depends on a number of things. Do you need to tow more than 10,000 pounds? No, seriously, more than 10,000 pounds? If so, are you properly licensed in your state to said tow? If you answered no, stop the F-150. If so, then you need to decide how far you really need to go.
The Ram and F-350 are very similar to the moderate towing, but the Ram when properly optioned up will deliver a more civilized conduct and score more exhaust Mack-like. For in-tow limit, the F-450 would be my choice despite 2016 Ram giving you 40 lb-ft of torque and 10 more pounds towing capacity. Why? wider track of the F-450, nearly three feet longer wheelbase and curb weight 10 pounds heavier make a solid choice. All these features make Ford a more stable towing vehicle if you plan honestly tow more than 15.5 tons of anything.
The 2015 Ford Super Duty truck is certainly living up to its name. I expect aluminum from Supery Obligation to take things to the next level towing and madness bring with it all the issues surrounding the F-150 on body repairs. If you want your next Ford truck made of steel, shop soon. For the rest of us, the Ram 2500 with rear air suspension awaits. Oh, and Airstream? My Saab can tow that
Ford provided the vehicle, insurance and a fuel tank for this review
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