2013 Ford F-250 Super Duty - 4xForward - Four Wheeler Magazine
We took a ’13 Ford Super Duty diesel and turned it into a pavement-crushing, off-road stomping mega machine. You can see how well it worked and read all about the build in “Ultimate Super Dirty,” page 78. But the unsung hero of this marvelous escapade has got to be the gas-powered F-250 Super Duty we borrowed for tow duty hauling the Super Dirty... Yes, we used a brand-new gas-powered Ford to pull around a diesel trail truck. We could have used a diesel, but all of the major truck manufacturers offer a gas-powered mill rated for towing. There are lots of benefits to a gas truck, like a lower buy-in price and, in most parts of the country, lower fuel costs. This test gave us a chance to really compare towing styles between similar Fords because on the 2011 UA we hauled our gas EcoBoost F-150 cross-country with a diesel-powered Super Duty. While this was not a back-to-back test, the weight of the trucks being towed was about the same: 9,800 pounds for the ’11 F-150 and 9,300 for this year’s F-250 project (yes, our half-ton outweighed our 3?4-ton). Either way, it is a lot of weight on our already heavy trailer, so we learned a lot about towing on these two 5,000-mile trips. Source: www.fourwheeler.com
