F-350 dually is built to outwork the competition, but it also does some righteous burnouts.
This week’s Tire Smokin’ Tuesday video comes to us from the Db Smitherines YouTube channel and it features a first generation Ford F-350 Super Dutyshowing that it’s more than just a work horse. Sporting a Crew Cab layout with the longer cargo box and dual rear wheels, this is the biggest one-ton truck from Ford during this era while the PowerStroke diesel engine under the hood made it the strongest.
If you wanted a new Ford in the early 2000s that could tow and haul the most, this was the truck that you bought, but as we see in the video above, this massive torque monster can do more than just work. It can do burnouts like a performance car.
The Machine
Unfortunately, there are no details on this Ford F-350, but based on the headlight design, we know that it is from the earlier portion of the first generation Super Duty. This truck is a 1999 through 2004 model, meaning that it could have been offered with one of two PowerStroke diesel engines, but we don’t know which one. From 1999 through 2003, the Super Duty was powered by a 7.3-liter mill with either 235 or 250 horsepower and either 500 or 525 lb-ft of torque, depending on the model year. In late 2003 and in 2004, Ford moved to a then-new 6.0-liter PowerStroke that delivered 325 horsepower and 560 lb-ft of torque, but in any case, this truck doesn’t look or sound stock.
As the burnout begins, the driver brings up the engine speed and as a result, thick, black soot pours from the exhaust and as the tires begin to spin, the diesel engine roars. A stock F-350 from this era wouldn’t make so much soot or sound so healthy in stock form, so the odds are very good that this truck has been modified.
The Action
During the course of this video, the Ford F-350 pulls into a tight intersection and begins doing donuts. Smoke pours from all four rear tires as the driver tosses the back end around a few times before pulling the truck straight and blasting past the camera.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
