i'm mark williams for pickup trucks.com and we're here in West Virginia
Ford it is just introduced the 2015 super duties
let's take a closer look
at the heart of the changes for 2015 is the 6.7 liter powerstroke now it's got
414 horsepower 860 foot-pounds of torque that segment-leading and in its class
how does it get it done a bigger turbo smarter injector and a better software
program and this engine is across the line of f250 f350 f450 but it's here in
the f450 where we get the monster towing and gross combined weight rating numbers
with the exception of the new Power Stroke the f250 essentially stays
exactly the same as the 2014 models the f-350 maxx tow package has a couple of
different changes but the big changes to the vehicle are in the f 450
as long as you're looking carefully you'll notice these are not 8-lug ribs
Ted lugs 19 and a half inch rims and 19 ply tires this is a essentially the
front and rear axle from the 450 and 550 chassis cab models from last year's
Super Duty now they're here on the f 450 which means bigger payloads bigger
towing capacities and bigger gcw as far as the interior the only change is a
newly styled king ranch trim package the rest of it
exactly the same from 2014 across the line of 250 350 450 and that's a shame
because both the GM and ran heavy duties have completely up their game as far as
the interiors and Ford is lagging behind well it would be a tragedy if we didn't
talk about maximum towing capacities and maximum gross combined weight rating for
both the 350 and 450 with these 2015 model super duties
first of all the f-350 with the max tow package has a maximum fifth wheel towing
capacity of twenty-six thousand seven hundred pounds and a maximum gcw rating
of 35 thousand pounds that's up several thousand pounds from the 2014 models for
the f 450
hold on to your seats 30 1,200 pounds maximum fifth wheel or gooseneck towing
capacity segment class-leading shatters by almost 1,500 pounds the ram heavy
duty record and the gross combined weight rating 40,000 pounds that's half
of a big rig commercial truck
well of course the real question is how does the power upgrade and the axle and
suspension upgrade
translate into the real world thankfully Ford allowed us to drive a lot of
different versions and a lot of different trim packages of their new
super duties and we had a chance to see what the new power stroke is like in
each one of the the big trucks the three-quarter time the one x and the
one-ton plus the f 450 and the 450 toes like an absolute champ the extra power
and the control delivered from the platform and suspension makes you very
confident even telling some of the heaviest loads we've toured in a long
time and the new Power Stroke horsepower in a empty f250 made it feel like a
rocket ship fuel economy doesn't look like it's down either in fact some of
the engineers told us they specifically spent a lot of time on these new smarter
injectors in order to even though there's more torque and there's more
horsepower
you still get better or the same fuel economy that you did from the previous
less powerful engine so overall this seems like a pretty good pairing of the
new platform
the new engine with the new 2015 super
one last feature we want to make sure to mention is the new gooseneck ball and
gooseneck arms that Ford is created for this special f450 we think it's very
cool
as far as trim packages XL XLT lariat king ranch and platinum price ranges are
going to start right around thirty two thousand dollars and go all the way up
to the mid sixties and then depending on what options you get could easily get up
into the 75,000 range
the Platinum i'm sitting on top of right now 74 thousand dollars if you're
looking for more information on the full lineup of 2015 super duties go to pick
up trucks com
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