All-new 2017 Ford F-250 Lariat Crew Cab 4×4 single-rear-wheel pickup is the most popular model in the Super Duty lineup â offering a terrific combination of conventional, gooseneck and fifth-wheel towing capability and payload ratings.,All-new 2017 Ford F-250 Lariat Crew Cab 4×4 single-rear-wheel pickup is the most popular model in the Super Duty lineup – offering a terrific combination of conventional, gooseneck and fifth-wheel towing capability and payload ratings.There’s a new Heavyweight Towing Champion of the World.
Ford announced earlier this week a towing capacity of 32,000 pounds for its revamped 2017 F-350 Super Duty, unseating the former tow champion, Ram’s 3500, by 800 pounds.
“This is the best heavy-duty truck we’ve ever made,” says Doug Scott, Ford truck marketing manager.
Ford F-450 Super Duty SuperCrew 4×4 received a maximum gooseneck tow rating of 32,500 pounds while maximum fifth-wheel towing is increased to 27,500 – 2,500 pounds better than its closest competitor.
The Super Duty lineup’s Maximum gross combined weight rating for truck and trailer now tops out at a class-leading 41,800 pounds. That is more than half the maximum weight of an 18-wheeler semi-tractor trailer combination on most federal highways.
Maximum conventional towing is increased to 21,000 pounds, an uptick of 1,000 pounds over the nearest competitors’ trucks and without the need for a weight-distributing hitch. Maximum conventional towing with F-250, with the all-new trailer tow package, as well as with the F-350 single-rear wheel, is increased to a class-leading 18,000 pounds.
Maximum payload of the 2017 Ford Super Duty F-350 is a class-topping 7,630 pounds. F-250 Super Duty gets a maximum payload of 4,200 pounds, or more than 600 pounds over its nearest competitor.
Ford says its second-generation 6.7-liter Power Stroke V8 turbo diesel now delivers a best-in-class combination of 440 horsepower and 925 lb.-ft. of torque.
The standard 6.2-liter V8 now offers best-in-class torque among gasoline engines of 430 lb.-ft., with standard 385 horsepower.
Technology aids towing boost
For 2017, Super Duty becomes the first truck to offer adaptive cruise control and collision warning with brake support for heavy trailers, allowing truckers to traverse steep mountain grades while maintaining speed, even with a maxed-out trailer load.
A center high-mounted stop lamp camera provides visibility into the cargo box, which is especially helpful when hooking up gooseneck and fifth-wheel trailers. An Ultimate Trailer Tow Camera System uses four digital, high-definition cameras to give the driver a 360-degree bird’s-eye view surrounding Super Duty. Trailer Reverse Guidance provides visual cues and tips to help ease backing up a trailer. A first-ever factory-available trailer camera can be custom-placed on a trailer to improve visibility backing up.
A segment-first in-cab trailer tire pressure monitoring system, accessible from the comfort of the cab while stopped or on the highway, is also featured. Blind Spot Information System (BLIS) with trailer tow is optimized for Super Duty to include the length of the trailer up to 33 feet; BLIS uses radar sensors in the tail lamps to monitor areas that may not be visible to the driver.
