2000 Ford Super Duty
F-250-550

By Bob Storck

Ford has developed their Super Duty products for those people who NEED a TRUCK!

They have found that over 1/3 of these muscle bound trucks were being used for recreational use - mostly hauling travel or horse trailers. Now Ford is offering the upscale XLT and Lariat frills in all their products, all the way up to the ten ton gross vehicle weight (GVW) F-550 haulers.

To further address these flexible requirements, the four-door Crew Cab is available in all four Super Duty models, and the three-door Super Cab is part of the F-250 and F-350 lineup. Pickups or Chassis Cabs are available as Regular Cab, SuperCab, or Crew Cab models, as well as a Motor Home Chassis.

Front end styling is greatly different from the light duty F-Trucks, largely to supply enough air to the heavy duty engines. Super Duty F-Series trucks feature new 5.4-liter Triton V-8 and 6.8-liter Triton V-10 engines and an improved intercooled 7.3-liter diesel engine (with a whopping 500 lb ft of torque). Commercial users will appreciate the 4R100 four speed automatic transmission, which now has a power takeoff for auxiliary drives or hydraulic pumps.

F-650/750

Ford's Super Duty F-Series family became complete in 1999, with the introduction of the 2000-model-year Ford Super Duty F-650 and F-750. The two new Ford commercial trucks are offered in weight Classes 6 and 7 resulting in Gross Vehicle Weight Ratings up to 33,000 pounds. Both trucks are available as straight trucks, in multiple wheelbases ranging from 158 to 260 inches, and Ford becomes the only Class 6 and 7 manufacturer in the industry to offer a four-door SuperCab model.

Engine families for the all-new Ford trucks include the Cummins 5.9L ISB diesel, the Cat 3126E diesel and the Ford 7.3-liter Power Stroke diesel, coupled with Eaton, Spicer or Allison transmissions.