Forty thousand pounds is the sound barrier of towing. Ford just broke it.
The 2023 Ford Super Duty, when properly equipped, can tow up to 40,000 pounds. All-new for 2023, the Super Duty is available with a high-output diesel engine making a jaw-dropping 1,200 pound-feet of torque.
The phrase “when properly equipped” is working almost as hard as a 2023 Ford Super Duty in that sentence. To get the World’s Strongest Truck, you have to buy an F-450 Regular cab with the available 6.7-liter High Output Power Stroke V8 Diesel engine and the Max Tow Package, then put the weight on a gooseneck trailer.
But that’s a production model of the truck available from Ford itself. Unmodified, it can tow the equivalent of 30 Holstein cows, six female African elephants, 77 André the Giants, or about five trucks identical to the truck doing the pulling.
Maximum payload capacity for the new Super Duty, Ford says, is 8,000 pounds. For that, you’d have to buy an F-350 dual-rear-wheel regular cab 4×2 with the gas Heavy-Duty Payload package.
Ford hasn’t revealed the truck’s curb weight, but the 2022 model started at around 7,700 pounds depending on configuration. So, you could probably buy two properly-equipped 2023 Ford Super Duty pickups and drive one home with the other in the bed if you could make it fit.
The numbers are partly for bragging rights, but they could drive purchasing decisions. Ford reports that Super Duty pickups make up more than half of America’s construction fleet. That payload, the company notes, is equivalent to 80 bags of cement weighing 100 pounds each.
The previous towing champ was the 2022 Ram 3500 HD, with a maximum of 37,050 pounds. Ford beat its own payload record — the 2022 Super Duty topped out at 7,850 pounds.
2023 Ford Super Duty Pricing:
Ford also charges a $1,795 delivery fee on all Super Duty trucks.
| Trim | MSRP |
| F-250 XL | $43,970 |
| F-250 XLT | $50,105 |
| F-250 Lariat | $61,410 |
| F-250 King Ranch | $75,975 |
| F-250 Platinum | $76,865 |
| F-250 Limited | $96,095 |
| F-350 XL | $45,015 |
| F-350 XLT | $51,160 |
| F-350 Lariat | $62,460 |
| F-350 King Ranch | $77,025 |
| F-350 Platinum | $77,915 |
| F-350 Limited | $97,270 |
| F-450 XL | $58,455 |
| F-450 XLT | $65,695 |
| F-450 Lariat | $78,665 |
| F-450 King Ranch | $91,090 |
| F-450 Platinum | $92,535 |
| F-450 Limited | $103,030 |
