Several outfits make custom F-450/550 with a Ford steel Dooley pickup bed. It's a big job to mount a pickup bed on a chassis cab, so the conversion ain't cheap - around $5,000. The most popular in recent years has been the Manning conversion, because their plant is right outside the KTP plant where the chassis cabs are assembled. Ford builds the truck and drives it next door. Manning mounts the bed then gives it back to Ford. Ford then ships the completed truck to your dealer.
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Would like to know how much more heavy duty these really are over the standard F-350's.
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Specs for 2006 CrewCab 4x4 PSD models with automatic tranny:
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Tires/
GVWR GCWR Wheels Rear end
F-350 DRW: 13,000 23,500 17" 4.10
F-350 TowBoss: 13,000 26,000 17" 4.30
F-450 16,000 26,000 19.5" 4.30 or 4.88
F-550 17,500 26,000 19.5" 4.88
F-450 Tow Pkg 16,000 30,000 19.5" 4.88
F-550 Tow Pkg 17,500 33,000 19.5" 4.88
F-550 can be pumped up with GVWR of 19,000 pounds and GCWR of 26,000 only on regular cab with long frame (often used for roll-back wreckers).
F-450 and F-550 are both available (speciaal order) with high capacity tow pkg with a manual tranny. F-450 GCWR = 28k, F-550 GCWR = 30k
