F350 Super Duty vs 3500 Denali vs The Ike Pulling 30k lbs

FishOnOne wrote:

ksss wrote:
Did Ford send a ringer or perhaps a better way to say it is did Ford send a prototype 2020 that doesnt have "customer available" tuning? It will be interesting to see what Ram does, if it hits where it theoreticly should for its power spec, it would suggest that either Ford is out performing their advertised power rating or they gave these guys a "hot" pickup to test. Given that Ford has historicly underperformed it would suggest a change in philosophy by Ford if it is the former.


I wonder if in years past having the best spec was great for advertising and no way for anyone to really challenge that. Now that these internet runs up big hills are so highly viewed, you cant just throw numbers out there, you actually have to back it up or you get called out for bogus power numbers. Maybe Ford has taken the approach that outperforming in these shootouts will serve them better than showing big numbers in ads but lackluster perfomance in the internet pull offs. If their goal is to be dominate on these runs , they certainly achieved it. Ultimately the Duramax probably did as could be expected (I will leave that to others to define) given its lower numbers. However, Ford's Hero run up the hill made the Dmax look anemic by comparison.

From what I'm hearing the Power Stroke is under rated. A game I'm sure the others have played. Another nice bonus is some are reporting improved fuel economy with the new Power Stroke as well.

I haven't had mine long enough to really get a feel for it but on a couple of 100 mile plus trips that included several stop lights and a little in town driving I got 19.5 on one trip and 20.2 on the other. I'm getting about 15.5 around town. I didn't buy it for the mileage but it is a bonus compared to what I was getting with my previous Ford. My problem is keeping my foot out of it. It feels like it wants to fly. I'm anxious to get the fifth wheel hooked up but waiting on a new hitch to arrive next week.