Gee wiz Beave! Have you looked at the September issue of Trailer Life, "AKA Get a Life". Ford has been doing this for several years now. And people are buying it. An F-550 with a defective puney little 6. 0 V-8 gas engine copy diesel in a HD dually truck that's only rated to tow 17,500 lbs. Barely more than a SRW 3500 Dodge/Cummins HO. The Ford only rates 11. 3mpg solo and 8. 0mpg towing. Sounds like a gasser to me. But at least the MSRP is a steal at $67,240.
So this guy ain't dumb. He's pretty smart. He knows there's suckers out there and one might very well buy his truck and brag at the local "Dew Drop Inn" over some cheap beer and tacky weming about how much power his new truck has. And check out that paint job man!