2020 Ford Super Duty Tremor Gets Optional Front Winch

Super Duty’s first-ever winch is available on gas and diesel versions of 2020 F-250 and F-350 Tremor and can pull up to 12,000 pounds.

By now, you probably know a lot of the 2020 Ford Super Duty Tremor’s most important stats. There’s a good chance you’re aware it can haul 4,210 pounds of payload (when equipped with the all-new 7.3-liter gas V8), flat-tow 15,000 pounds and pull a 21,900-pound gooseneck trailer (with the help of the more powerful third-generation Power Stroke turbodiesel). Here’s a new figure for you: 12,000 pounds. That’s how much the front end of the Tremor can pull thanks its new optional electric winch.

The new Warn winch from Ford Performance Parts will be available in the middle of this year as a $3,000 factory-orderable option or dealer-installed accessory for the gas (7.3-liter V8) and diesel models of the F-250 and F-350 Tremor. It comes packed with abrasion-resistant synthetic cable with a high tensile strength and fits behind the Tremor’s steel bumper for optimum airflow and clearance.

When the going gets too tough for the Tremor’s two-inch front-end lift, 10.8 inches of ground clearance, and 35-inch Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac tires, the driver can activate the winch using a class-exclusive wireless controller (Ford also offers a wired controller).

Ron Meredith, Ford truck vehicle personalization planning manager, said, “We developed this unique winch in cooperation with Warn specifically to meet Built Ford Tough truck standards for our new F-Series Super Duty. Having a winch specially designed to our Built Ford Tough standards gives our hard-working Super Duty customers yet another tool to extend this truck’s capabilities whether at work or on the trail.”

When Ford announced that it was going to release the ultimate off-road version of the revamped Super Duty, it wasn’t long before people started comparing it to the most hardcore Ram truck, the Power Wagon. Although that’s an absolute beast on rough trails, Ram only offers it in 2500 form with a naturally aspirated 6.4-liter Hemi V8. The Tremor can battle Mother Nature as an F-250 or F-350 with big-block gas or massive diesel torque. This new optional hardware not only makes the Super Duty more capable, but it also means that Ram fans can no longer brag about the Power Wagon being the only heavy duty truck with a front winch.

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Derek Shiekhi's father raised him on cars. As a boy, Derek accompanied his dad as he bought classics such as post-WWII GM trucks and early Ford Mustang convertibles.

After loving cars for years and getting a bachelor's degree in Business Management, Derek decided to get an associate degree in journalism. His networking put him in contact with the editor of the Austin-American Statesman newspaper, who hired him to write freelance about automotive culture and events in Austin, Texas in 2013. One particular story led to him getting a certificate for learning the foundations of road racing.

While watching TV with his parents one fateful evening, he saw a commercial that changed his life. In it, Jeep touted the Wrangler as the Texas Auto Writers Association's "SUV of Texas." Derek knew he had to join the organization if he was going to advance as an automotive writer. He joined the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) in 2014 and was fortunate to meet several nice people who connected him to the representatives of several automakers and the people who could give him access to press vehicles (the first one he ever got the keys to was a Lexus LX 570). He's now a regular at TAWA's two main events: the Texas Auto Roundup in the spring and the Texas Truck Rodeo in the fall.

Over the past several years, Derek has learned how to drive off-road in various four-wheel-drive SUVs (he even camped out for two nights in a Land Rover), and driven around various tracks in hot hatches, muscle cars, and exotics. Several of his pieces, including his article about the 2015 Ford F-150 being crowned TAWA's 2014 "Truck of Texas" and his review of the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider, have won awards in TAWA's annual Excellence in Craft Competition. Last year, his JK Forum profile of Wagonmaster, a business that restores Jeep Wagoneers, won prizes in TAWA’s signature writing contest and its pickup- and SUV-focused Texas Truck Invitational.

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