2015 Ford Power Stroke Diesel Storms the Hills - Construction Equipment
The Power and Torque War raging among the Big Three pickup-truck builders since the early 2000s continues, and this time it’s Ford Motor Co. leapfrogging ahead of the competition with a new rating for its Power Stroke V-8 diesel: 440 horsepower,... Power to pull and haul heavy loads, company representatives said at a mid-summer ride-and-drive event for trade-press reporters in West Virginia. Ford’s second-generation 6. 7-liter Power Stroke V-8 diesel and the SuperDuty chassis have the highest rating in the Class 2 through 4 segment, and so are the resulting towing capacities, according to Doug Scott, Ford’s truck marketing manager. The highest tow rating is 31,200 pounds for a diesel-powered F-450 pickup with dual rear wheels, a 4. 30 axle ratio, and bed-mounted fifth-wheel hitch pulling a gooseneck trailer. Add tare weight of about 9,500 pounds, plus people and whatever’s in the bed, and the approved gross combination weight rating for an F-450 is 40,000 pounds. Could an F-450 substitute for a heavier, more expensive tractor to carry and deliver loads in that low Class 8 weight class. Ford’s 2015 diesel gets its extra power and torque from new injector tips that can spray more fuel into the cylinders, and a larger turbocharger that compresses and moves more air, engineers said. Source: www.constructionequipment.com
