Heavy Duty Pickup Truck Showdown - Fox News
That’s right: heavy duty trucks are built for serious commercial work. You can pull your camper with a Ford Taurus, sure, but it takes something a bit more muscular to transport, say, an entire modular house. Steel-reinforced truck beds, cables that you can latch onto your nail gun, and a roomy crew cab are just the beginning. Over the past few years, the three major truck companies -- Chevy, Ford, and Ram -- have laid claim to the best towing capacities, payload, and tech features in the heavy duty segment. All have crowed about big-rig style exhaust braking as well, even though every one of them has it – although only Ford’s works automatically. Each of these heavy-duty models offers a few unique features for the discerning truck buyer. 2012 Ford Super-Duty F-250 Crew Cab Turbo Diesel 4x4, $57,705. Ford is not messing around with the 2012 Super-Duty F-250. The brazen styling of this crew cab looks beefy in the front with massive headlights and grille. 9 inches wide (including mirrors) and 79. 8 inches tall. But get this: Ford offers some of the best extra options for commercial crews. For example, the truck bed has steel cables you can feed through your equipment and lock down for extra security. Source: www.foxnews.com
