I always read these "nobody
I always read these "nobody actually uses these heavy duty trucks" comments and chuckle. It's quite the opposite, though you have one fact right they allow someone to pull large, heavy loads w/o buying a Peterbuilt, Mack, etc, which start upwards of $200k, true used you can get them for far less, however they will still get 2 mpg and are usable only for hauling. The new heavy duties sell like hotcakes because they essentially open the door for small business to get products out, unloaded these will get respectable mpg's
, driven with sense 18 mpg is easily attained, some have reported 20 from the Ford super duty. Consider if that business owner had to own a Peterbuilt AND a car, they might not be in business at all, the arrival of this class trucks have done more for rural U.S. of A than any politician elected in the past 40 years.