Living With a 2023 Ford F-250: What’s a Super Duty Like Day-to-Day?

Published: 1/1/0001

• Auto123 reviews the 2023 Ford F-250, with a view to finding out what it's like to live with such a big truck.

Analyzing a model like the Ford F-250 (completely revised for 2023 BTW) is no easy task. There are almost as many versions of this big pickup as there are of the smaller F-150. But make no mistake, we're not talking about the same vehicle here.

Firstly, an F-250 is bigger and, above all, more robust. The F-250 can’t be considered a glorified F-150. What's more, the F-250 is part of a very exclusive though profitable niche (alongside the Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra HD 2500 and Ram HD 2500) that doesn't exist elsewhere. This is the domain of the U.S. Big Three, case closed.

The F-250 Super Duty also brings to mind the even more imposing F-350. But there's a distinction to be made there too. While F-250s are used for work as well as personal use, F-350s are almost totally dedicated to commercial or specialized users.

I've asked F-250 owners how they view their truck, and most are clear: they couldn't live without it. One of my neighbors uses his 10-year-old F-250 for snow removal in winter and landscaping in summer. But he also uses it for short errands. The same goes for Keven Beaucage, a graduate in aeronautics and construction engineering and now a racing school director. He was just as adamant about his F-250: “I wouldn't do without it...even to run small errands!”