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It's a mouthful, isn't it! I can't get enough of these F450 Super Duty pickup trucks. This one takes it one step further with the King Ranch Lariat packages. That is a nice looking truck, and ready to pull whatever you want just about anywhere you want to go. In this case, it was pulling an offshore racing superboat.
The specifications as observed:
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Model: F450 Pickup Truck, Super Duty
Engine: Power Stroke Diesel
Trim Packages: King Ranch, Lariat
Drivetrain: Four Wheel Drive, Dually Rear Axle
Body Style: Crew Cab, Long Bed
Customizations: Running Boards, Tow Mirrors, Electronic Keypad Entry
According to Wikipedia:
"The Ford Super Duty is a line of commercial pickup trucks (over 8,500 lb (3,900 kg) GVWR) introduced in 1998 for the 1999 model year. The F-250 to F-550 Super Duties are assembled at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky. The F-650 and F-750 Super Duties are assembled at the Blue Diamond Truck plant in Mexico.
The Super Duty trucks are larger, heavier built commercial/industrial series pickup trucks with heavier-duty body-on-frame steel ladder frames, axles, springs, brakes, transmissions, more powerful engines, and all other heavier/bigger components (with much higher payload and towing capacities) than the older traditional equivalent F-250, F-250HD (Heavy Duty), and F-350 Ford truck lines. The two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive model frames are the same in the F-250 and F-350 series, making conversion from a two-wheel drive model to a four-wheel drive model less difficult than in other truck models. This is because the '99 model year of the F-series has all the bolt holes in the frame for both two-wheel and four-wheel drive precut by the manufacturer."
