Randall Reed’s Planet Ford in Humble is excited to share some Super Duty news! Do you need a Super Duty, but enjoy off-roading too? Now you can get the best of both worlds with Ford! The 2020 F-Series Super Duty will deliver even more capability in an all-new way with the Tremor Off-Road Package. The new offering pushes the limits of Super Duty off-road capability with new hardware and tech to handle rough terrain, providing greater towing and payload than the Ram Power Wagon. This is the most capable off-road Super Duty ever.
“A growing number of Super Duty customers use their trucks for more than work. They’re fishing, camping and towing boats on weekends and they go off-road, so we designed this truck specifically for them – more ground clearance, bigger shocks, bigger tires and more off-road capability,” said Todd Eckert, Ford truck group marketing manager. “Tremor balances what customers demand in terms of work with what they need in the great outdoors.”
While the existing Ford Super Duty is already a workhorse and adventure machine — it’s nothing like this! The Tremor package is available for XLT, Lariat, King Ranch and Platinum F-250 and F-350 Super Duty with the all-new 7.3-liter gas V8 or third-generation 6.7-liter Power Stroke® diesel. Tremor can be specified for 4×4 single-rear-wheel SuperCrew trucks with a 6.75-foot box; F-250 models also require the high-capacity trailer tow package.
But Wait, There’s More!
As if you need more reason to fall in love, this off-road upgrade option includes a set of aggressive 35-inch-diameter Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac maximum-traction tires – the largest diameter tires available on a heavy-duty pickup – mounted on a set of unique 18-inch matte-finished black wheels. These tires, when combined with the 2-inch front-end lift and shorter air dam, result in an impressive 10.8 inches of ground clearance, best-in-class water fording of 33 inches, and the best approach and departure angles of any Super Duty ever – 31.65 degrees and 24.51 degrees, respectively.
In Motion
Progressive-rate springs balance heavy-duty towing performance needs while also controlling body motion on rutted, rock-strewn trails. The rear stabilizer bar is tuned for a lower spring rate so passengers experience less head toss over obstacles during severe suspension articulation.
Custom 1.7-inch piston twin-tube dampers work to control body motion. The massive shocks feature substantial oil volume that helps keep internal temperatures low, while the large cross-section works to improve responsiveness. At very low speeds, they are tuned for soft damping, which is dialed up for control over more severe impacts. Internal hydraulic rebound helps soften the blow of the hardest hits.
Locking Good
Tremor uses a locking rear differential with electronic shift-on-the-fly engagement and a new Dana® limited-slip front differential. In certain modes, the front axle can sense when a tire has lost traction and uses the brakes to send power to the wheel with traction.
Additional hardware includes off-road running boards that tuck up next to the body for damage control, extended-axle vent tubes, and the same beefy skid plates as fitted to FX4 models.
Pick a Mode, Any Mode!
The 2020 Super Duty Tremor features selectable drive modes, which allow customers to choose the setting best suited to driving conditions. These include normal for around-town use, tow/haul for optimized performance under load, eco for enhanced fuel economy, slippery for icy conditions, and deep snow/sand for low-traction conditions. Unique to Tremor is a new rock-crawl mode, which is optimized to operate in 4×4 low and is enabled by the standard TorqShift® 10-speed automatic transmission. Tremor trucks equipped with the 7.3-liter gas engine have a 53:1 crawl ratio while those equipped with the 6.7-liter diesel engine have a 44:1 crawl ratio.
For the first time ever, Super Duty gets Trail Control™, a feature that debuted for F-150 Raptor and Ranger. It functions in any mode like cruise control for off-road driving.
Ready, Set, Go
The Tremor Off-Road Package will be available when the 2020 Super Duty launches later this year. Are you ready to start shopping for a Ford truck now? Our team at Planet Ford in Humble (serving greater Houston, Katy, Atascocita, Kingwood, Conroe) on Hwy. 59 can help. If that’s not easy enough, start shopping online anytime at PlanetFord59.com!