March 2008 - Cover Story

Ford Gets Tougher with the 2008 Super Duty

By Cindy Brauer

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Fleets Respond to Super Duty

Fleets are just beginning to incorporate the 2008 Super Duty in their work truck applications. "The most significant improvement we have found is the new 6.4L engine," said Frank Carden, fleet engineering specialist for Georgia Power Company. Carden related his fleet's experiences with the Super Duty at the media's Truth About Trucks presentation.

Headquartered in Atlanta, the utility serves the entire state of Georgia and operates an approximately 5,000-unit light- and medium-duty vehicle fleet. Running an exclusively Ford light-duty fleet since 1997, Carden and fleet manager Holly Brown have been "very pleased with the performance of the Super Duty truck."

ValleyCrest Companies, a nation-wide landscape development and maintenance company headquartered near Los Angeles, is also a long-time Ford-exclusive fleet. "The Super Duty trucks are staples of our fleet," said Mike Dingman, senior VP of asset management. "The truck's overall quality and durability over time has been terrific."

ValleyCrest operates more than 3,000 light- and medium-duty trucks. The ValleyCrest vehicle featured in this issue's cover photo is a 2008 Super Duty upfitted as a wood chipper. "The 2008 Super Duty trucks are proving as good as promised," said Dingman. "We were concerned initially about the diesel engine in the '08, but haven't had any issues so far." Dingman personally drives a 2008 diesel-powered Super Duty and "loves it."

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