You’ve only got room for one truck in your life, and you’ve got your sights set on the heavy-duty 2025 Ford Super Duty and light-duty 2025 Ford F-150. Which best-in-class pickup should you choose? Our buying guide is here to help Mandeville drivers figure out how much truck they need!
Key Takeaways
- Looking for luxury? These Ford trucks offer premium comforts like leather upholstery and ventilated front seats.
- Both trucks offer class-exclusive tech features, but the F-150 throws in a few extra options.
- Each model tows and hauls best-in-class loads. Choosing between these heavy- and light-duty trucks comes down to how much weight you need to move!
- The stronger Super Duty (from $45,300) costs a little more than the bestselling F-150 (from $38,810).
Cruising Comfort
For a comfy cruise, you can’t go wrong with either the 2025 Ford Super Duty or 2025 Ford F-150! Both trucks offer a variety of cabin options (regular, extended, and crew), all of which are big on comfort (thanks to their roomy, supportive seating). Ford also offers an impressive range of luxury creature comforts — think leather upholstery and heated and ventilated front seats — all of which lend themselves to a very cushy causeway crossing!
High-Tech Convenience Features
After a recent redesign, the Super Duty added many of the F-150’s most innovative features to its own lineup. Now you can add technology designed to help you back a trailer into a narrow driveway or weigh heavy-duty payloads!
Features Available for Both Trucks
- Pro Power Onboard: Need some electricity on the fly? This system turns your truck into a power generator!
- Pro Trailer Hitch Assist and Backup Assist: Hitch a trailer or back one into your driveway with high-tech assistance!
- Onboard Scales & Smart Hitch: This handy technology estimates payloads and trailer tongue weight to help ensure you don’t exceed your truck’s capabilities!
- Trail Control: A type of low-speed, off-road cruise control, this system helps you focus on steering out of a sketchy situation.
- LED Box Lighting: Illuminate your cargo for easy loading and unloading after dark!
- Interior Work Surface: Transform your center console into an ergonomic space for your laptop.
- Max Recline Seats: These front seats fold nearly flat, helping you get a little shut-eye at rest stops.
- Lockable under-seat storage: Keep your valuables hidden and secure from would-be thieves!
Although the Super Duty offers more upgrades than ever, the 2025 Ford F-150 is still a little more tech-savvy. For example, only the F-150 is available with Ford’s hands-free driving system, BlueCruise. The same goes for Ford’s new Pro Access Tailgate. Designed to enhance accessibility, this multifaceted tailgate can swing open 37, 70, or 100 degrees so you can reach cargo in a tight spot (or when you’re trying to avoid hitting the trailer jack). The F-150 also offers a few high-tech lighting options to help you stay active after dark!
The F-150’s Exclusive Convenience Features
- BlueCruise: Ford’s semi-autonomous driving technology offers hands-free cruising on pre-mapped divided highways, including our local Louisiana interstate system!
- Zone Lighting: Light up select zones outside your F-150 and get to work after dark (or before dawn).
- Dynamic Bending Headlamps: These LED headlamps swivel up to 15 degrees, giving you a better view of what’s around the corner.
- Pro Access Tailgate: The F-150’s innovative new tailgate opens in more ways than one. One method lets you access cargo when you’ve got a trailer attached!
Power & Performance
For Mandeville drivers, performance is the major deciding factor between the Super Duty and F-150. To move a fifth-wheel camper or an especially big boat, you just might need the 2025 Ford Super Duty. Depending on body style and equipment, Ford’s heavy-duty truck can tow up to 40,000 pounds. And if you need to move thousands of pounds of construction supplies or company tools, the Super Duty’s 8,000-pound max hauling capabilities are very enticing!
2025 Ford Super Duty Powertrain Specs
- 6.8L V8 (400 hp, 445 lb-ft)
- 7.3L V8 (430 hp, 485 lb-ft)
- 6.7L Power Stroke turbodiesel V8 (475 hp, 1,050 lb-ft)
- High-output 6.7L Power Stroke turbodiesel V8 (500 hp, 1,200 lb-ft)
- 10-speed automatic transmission
- XL: Rear-wheel drive or optional four-wheel drive
- XLT and up: Four-wheel drive
Even if it can’t move as much weight as the Super Duty, the 2025 Ford F-150 can tow and haul more than any other light-duty truck! With the right body style and equipment, Ford’s best-selling full-size truck can tow up to 13,000 pounds or haul max payloads of 2,455 pounds. For Mandeville drivers who simply want to tow their family boat to the lake or haul tailgating supplies across the causeway, the F-150 gets the job done, no problem!
2025 Ford F-150 Powertrain Options
- 2.7L turbocharged V6 (325 hp, 400 lb-ft)
- 5.0L V8 (400 hp, 410 lb-ft)
- 3.5L turbo V6 (400 hp, 500 lb-ft)
- 3.5L PowerBoost hybrid V6 (430 hp, 570 lb-ft)
- Raptor-exclusive 3.5L turbo V6 (450 hp, 510 lb-ft)
- Raptor R-exclusive 5.2L supercharged V8 (720 hp, 640 lb-ft)
- 10-speaker automatic transmission
- XL: Rear-wheel drive or optional four-wheel drive
- XLT and up: Four-wheel drive
MSRP
As Ford’s full-size light-duty truck, the 2025 F-150 (from $38,810*) starts at a lower price than the heavy-duty Super Duty (from $45,300*). If the F-150 can handle your towing and hauling needs, it’s the best choice to help you save money on a brand new truck. But if you can’t do without the Super Duty’s hefty capabilities, the extra cash is well spent!
*As of 4/10/25
Your Best-in-Class Truck
In their own respective segments, these trucks deliver best-in-class power and performance! However, the best 2025 Ford truck for Mandeville, LA, drivers really comes down to rugged individualism. To build the ultimate off-road truck or enjoy a longer list of innovative features, check out the F-150. For outstanding towing and hauling capabilities, there’s no better choice than the Super Duty.
At Banner Ford of Mandeville, we’re proud to serve St. Tammany Parish and beyond. Visit us to build and order the perfect truck for your Northshore lifestyle, whether that’s the F-150 or Super Duty!