Saw an interesting tow vehicle today.
F250 Lariat Crew Cab 4x4 Diesel with a 800 lb Steel Flat Bed Body and a 150 gal Class 8 Fuel Tank. Do you get extra points if your already grossed out before you hook up the toy hauler?

 

BUT But it's a 250, a big heavy dog................it's what all the forum weight police recommend..........

 

3/4 ton diesels are worthless....shouldn't even be produced.

 

I am 99% sure they are only produced so that you can intentionally overload them while skirting higher taxes with the lower GVWR.

 

Most likely.

When I switched from the F150 to the F250, all the salespeople I met were astonished that my search excluded diesel and high trim packages. I knew what I wanted....payload. The F150 had 1529 lbs payload and the F250 has 2766 lbs. Both were XLT models. If I had got the diesel XLT F250, it would have likely had about a 1900 lbs payload rating.

 

Ouch! My buddy's 2019 F250 Crew 4x4 STX 6.2L has a 3,200/3,300 (Memory) and it has the power package. Is that a steel truck? I didn't think new ones were that much lighter.

 

Yes. Mine is a 2016, the last year of the steel body.

After having both wastegates fail causing the turbos to build too much pressure (heat) and cook the exhaust manifolds on my 2011 Ecoboost, I chose to stick with a tried, true and tested combination. I could have bought a 2017 or 2018 F250 but wasn't willing to buy another test case for Ford. The 2017+ 6.2L F250's only have a slightly different transmission that had only been on the road a year or two and the engine had been re-tuned for more HP & torque. This isn't bad by any means; however, the 6.2L had proven reliable, 6r140 transmission was behind both gas and diesel engines and steel body had been in use forever without issue.

Did I give up some payload buying a '16? Yes, but the increase over the F150 was welcome. And, I was willing to keep with the steel body knowing that a little more weight in the truck would help it feel more "planted" towing the trailer.

As far as the truck goes, it's basic but I have been impressed with it. It handles the trailer with ease and when not towing, I've never had to worry about overloading the bed. With 2200 lbs of blocks on a pallet over the rear axle, the truck still had a 2" gap between the bumpstops and axle.