I was in a McDonalds drive thru lane and in front of me was the biggest pick up I have ever seen

F650 Ranch King

similar to this



guess they have been a round a while. But this was my first encounter

Saw one at the auto show several years ago. Loaded with creature comforts for something meant to haul.

We used to see a few, from mild to wild paint and graphics on the Ford F650 Super Crewser pulling 5th wheel RVs. We went with an International 4700 instead.

Not my picture:

When I lived in Anchorage, there was this wee little African-American feller who drove one. He played it up big - dressed like a pimp, walked slowly with a strut, etc.

It must have been from my Blackberry days because it's not in my iPhone photos.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
He played it up big - dressed like a pimp, walked slowly with a strut, etc.

How do you know it was just an act...?

^^^ My buddy who knows everybody knew him

F550s and F650s are sold as cabovers, meaning just the chassis and cab. There's no bed so the customer is free to add whatever after the purchase. The two trucks pictured have had beds added after the fact--one from a regular pickup and one a custom job for trailer towing. The black one has been stretched with a third row of doors added as well as the addition fuel tranks. Not sure if the wheels are stock. The white one has had aftermarket wheels and tires added, as well as bodywork.

I saw one of them stretched cabs last summer outside a Walmart. Snapped this picture.

There’s a professional bass fisherman, Skeet Reese, that tows his boat with an F650. I remembered seeing something on tv about it once. I thought maybe he had gone a different route but I saw his truck and bass boat heading down I70 in Missouri on one of my work trips around the state within the last year or two.

another F650 Ranch King
does appear to be a lot of custom work on these

How many gallons per mile does it get? That thing looks cool but I couldn't imagine having to feed it.

~7 mpg

The ones pictured, with all the added custom stuff (weight), likely even less.

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Originally posted by patw:
How many gallons per mile does it get? That thing looks cool but I couldn't imagine having to feed it.

I imagine if you can afford to buy it, you can afford to feed it, even with today's gas prices.

Pre bankruptcy era GM used to do a similar thing with the 4500-5500 series trucks. Sold as a cab-chassis there was at least one upfitter that had a pickup style box available for them.

The dealership I worked at sold many of them as tow rigs for fifth wheel and goosenecks. A couple were just used as big pickups though.

Why you ask? Because they could! Pretty impressive looking especially the 4WD ones.

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Originally posted by shovelhead:
Pre bankruptcy era GM used to do a similar thing with the 4500-5500 series trucks. Sold as a cab-chassis there was at least one upfitter that had a pickup style box available for them.

The dealership I worked at sold many of them as tow rigs for fifth wheel and goosenecks. A couple were just used as big pickups though.

Why you ask? Because they could! Pretty impressive looking especially the 4WD ones.

The Kodiak. Fella in the neighborhood has one.

My son's pitching coach is an ex mlb pitcher who drives one. Thing is hooooge!

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Originally posted by Shaql:
My son's pitching coach is an ex mlb pitcher who drives one. Thing is hooooge!

There’s an eX MLB pitcher who’s from Missouri that uses one as his driver.

This one was owned by a member of the Tennessee Titans awhile back: