What makes a Super Duty a Super Duty?
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What makes a Super Duty a Super Duty?
Hi. New to the forum but not to Ford trucks. I've owned at least 6 different Fords (and 1 Dodge) in the past 18 years. I recently sold a '79 Ford F250, and just yesterday bought a '97 F250 "Heavy Duty". The '79 model made no reference to "Super Duty" or "Heavy Duty", and all late model F250's seem to be "Super Duty", so my question is what makes a Super Duty a Super Duty, and how is it different from my "Heavy Duty"?
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Originally Posted by fn250
quick and dirty is you have a beefed up suspension, axles, etc on a 150 body. I believe it's in the FAQ. 99 is the first year I believe that Super Duties appeared.
The body styling is the same, but it is a much larger truck both inside and out. The F250 HD is not the same body as the F150 in that year, so it's not accurate to call is a beefed up F150. Check out the grill on the F250 and F150, that's the most noticable place to see that the F250 HD is larger than the F150.
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Originally Posted by johnsdiesel
The F250 HD is basically the old version of the current F250 SuperDuty. The old F250 LD is basically the higher GVWR package in the current F150.
The body styling is the same, but it is a much larger truck both inside and out. The F250 HD is not the same body as the F150 in that year, so it's not accurate to call is a beefed up F150. Check out the grill on the F250 and F150, that's the most noticable place to see that the F250 HD is larger than the F150.
The body styling is the same, but it is a much larger truck both inside and out. The F250 HD is not the same body as the F150 in that year, so it's not accurate to call is a beefed up F150. Check out the grill on the F250 and F150, that's the most noticable place to see that the F250 HD is larger than the F150.
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Thanks for the replies. I was just curious since I have owned older versions that were not labeled as anything..
Regarding this statement,
this is not necessarily true. While shopping for new trucks last weekend, I noticed that Chevy sells both a Silverado 2500 and a Silverado 2500HD...
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Regarding this statement,
Originally Posted by 04superduty
its the same reason that cheby calls thier 2500 and up trucks a Heavy Duty.
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Chris
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Didn't ford have a f250 and a f250 super duty (Light and a super duty versions)? I remember seeing a few out there and the f250 is just a beefed up f150 and then the super is a hole nother beast.
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From my understandig Chevy has the 2500HD because the needed a stronger frame to handle the Duramax.
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Originally Posted by fn250
Reg 150's had a 5 bolt pattern and the HD had a 7 bolt pattern.
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Didn't ford have a f250 and a f250 super duty (Light and a super duty versions)? I remember seeing a few out there and the f250 is just a beefed up f150 and then the super is a hole nother beast.
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Thanks for all the replies. I'm going to pick up my '97 Heavy Duty this morning after having made the deal for it on Thursday. It may have its first chance to shine next weekend, as we are planning to pull our 31' Mallard travel trailer to Pipestem State Park in WV next Friday.
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