What is Super Duty?

[August West]

Hello to everyone.

I just bought a 1990 F-350 4x4 diesel to use as a work truck. It needs
a bit of work, so I was looking for shop manuals. I see that some of
the manuals (at Helm), are for Super Duty, and some are not. What is
Super Duty, and how do I know if I've got one?

I apologize for my ignorance concerning what's probably basic knowledge
about Ford trucks. Thanks for any help.

[Merc]

Your truck is a Super Duty. Ford makes two lines of pickup trucks and an
1999 F-350 with a Powerstroke is in their Super Duty line.

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[August West]

Thanks for the reply, but I've got a 1990 F-350. It's not a
Powerstroke, which I think didn't come out until 1994. Are all the
F-350 diesels (including 1990 models) Super Duty?

Thanks again.
-AW

In article <Mr6wc.44652$w34.1...@twister.tampabay.rr.com>, Merc

[bomar]

Short answer, No.
There were no Super Duty trucks in 1990.
They all used a common body style that year.

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[Bob]

Dude, I don't know the answer to his original question. But the thought that
the Super Duty is a different body style is so far out in left field that
you can't even see the ball park from there. All years of Super Duty styles
are indistinguishable from the so-called standard trucks, as far as body
style is concerned.

Simple answer is that the Super Duty trucks are beefed up in certain areas
to handle a heavier payload and/or towing capacity, without being called
"Towing Package" or anything similar, and without paying for unnecessary
items that you may not need but that would be part of a Towing Package. I do
remember that the original marketing push for the Super Duties was towards
contractors and others that had a need for hauling on a very regular basis
(i.e. 8 hours/day, 5 days/week, 50 weeks/year (2 weeks off for vacation)).

Your best bet may just be to visit your local FoMoCo dealer and have them
run the VIN so that they can tell you just what you have.

Bob

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[David Ward]

"Bob" wrote ...

(2 weeks off for vacation)).

:
Yes, I've a super duty
No, I don't know the answer to the fellers question - hadda '94
F250HD, and the manual refers to HD and LD (heavy and light
duty) but no super duty (for what that's worth)...

I was just reading the responses and got to wondering
what the hell's a vacation?

Dave

[Merc]

My bad I guess I need glasses. A 1990 model is just an F series
truck.nothing else.

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[bomar]

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> Dude, I don't know the answer to his original question. But the thought
that
> the Super Duty is a different body style is so far out in left field that
> you can't even see the ball park from there. All years of Super Duty
styles
> are indistinguishable from the so-called standard trucks, as far as body
> style is concerned.
>

Late model Super Duties have a different body style than the light duties.
There were some years that FoMoCO produced those idiotic "light duty"
f250's that used the F150 body.

The only common light duty/super duty body part is the tail gate.

Light duty:

http://www.autoart.hpg.ig.com.br/Ford%20F-150%20Harley%20Davidson.jpg

Super Duty:
http://1luckydog.com/Proto/Titan/images/Photos/954x4SuperDuty.jpg

[Skramblr]

That's the same thing the dealer told me when I was getting some parts.

F250 = beefed up F150
F250 SD = real truck

-Skramblr

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[Joe]

You may get a lot of confusing responses to this, because the definition of
Super Duty has changed since your truck was built. So, just incase knowledge
is voting against ignorance by numbers, I'm going to add my vote.

In 1990, Ford was producing a different truck that was called F-SuperDuty.
Your F-350 is NOT a Super Duty. The F-superduty is NOT an F-350. It was more
heavy duty than an F-350, with a solid beam front axle like an F-700, but
built low, and it basically filled the gap between pickups and the "medium
duty" trucks (what traditionally you might call a 2-ton or 3-ton truck).

When the F-superduty came out, it was just the right size to make rollbacks
out of, and that's commonly what they're used for. Heavy duty enough to
carry your truck at 3 tons, but still low enough to scrape it off the
pavement.

Today, the F-450 and F-550 are the products that are in that same market
space. So just think 1990 F-superduty equals F-450 today.

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[351CJ]

Again that depends on the year...

For many years The F-250 and the F-350 shared all drivetrain components,
axels, springs & brakes. The "Superduty" name is a marketing ploy. It has
no specific tangible parts that make it so... Recently, Ford uses it to
distinguish from their half ton line of trucks...

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[My Own Little Universe]

Ummm...mine say SD after the F250.......

Unless that means "sexual deviant" but then they would have had to know I
would buy the thing....lol

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[bomar]

This thread has gotten so idiotic I will leave it to the Windstar and Fiesta
owners to hash out.....

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[Joe]

When people start their posts with "I don't know the answer to your
question, but" that's not a good sign.

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