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Check out all the things I put in the bed of a Ford Super Duty pickup - the largest vehicle we've ever tested

Oct 22, 2016, 22:31 IST

Matthew DeBord/BI

Ford has just completely redesigned its exceptionally popular Super Duty pickup for the first time in two decades. I wrote about how that was a big risk for the automaker, but then it occurred to me that although I was familiar with the legendary F-150 pickup, I had never spent any time with a Super Duty.

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Ford was then kind enough to let me borrow a 2017 F-250 Super Duty 4x4 Crew Cab Platinum, with a mighty 6.7-liter diesel V8 engine. And a big ole bed just crying out to be filled.

This was easily the largest vehicle we've ever tested at Business Insider, outdoing even the Rolls-Royce Phantom.

As it turned out, it was a real challenge to find anything to put in the bed. Most of what I had around my house just didn't seem to cut it. My lawnmower isn't very large. Neither is my weed-eater. I only have one shovel. I don't own any mountain bikes or dirt bikes. And I wasn't going to mess up Ford's truck by filling the bed with rocks or dirt.

Here's what I came up with:

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