Pickuptrucks.com published its Heavy-Duty Shootout over the summer, which the truck-centric site calls the most exhaustive testing of pickups you'll find anywhere (it's true). The title bout of that competition featured Detroit's best diesel-powered three-quarter and one-ton pickups, with the Chevy Silverado HD coming out on top. But while victory was sweet for the Bowtie brand, some Blue Oval fans bemoaned the fact that the Super Duty trucks weren't of the "Job Two" variety. The Job Two trucks from Ford featured an ECU reflash for their 6.7-liter Power Stroke V8 diesel engines, which resulted in a power bump to best-of-class levels of 400 horsepower and 800 pound-feet of torque. So on paper, the Job Two Super Duty appeared to be more stout than the Silverado HD and its 6.6-liter Duramx V8 diesel rated at 397 hp and 765 lb-ft of torque.

But General Motors didn't back down, instead challenging The Blue Oval's truck team to a mountainous tow-off. Ford refused. Instead of walking away, GM offered Pickuptrucks.com the opportunity to observe a competition between the Ford and Chevy, an opportunity the truck site couldn't pass up, with stipulations. The trucks had to be purchased off the dealer lot, equipment levels had to be as close as possible and the testing would have to be performed by Pickuptrucks.com and Diesel Power magazine, with Chevy merely looking on.

The trucks were driven out to Dillon, Colorado to the Eisenhower Pass on Interstate 70 for a 7.6-mile mountain course with grades ranging between five and seven percent at an elevation that topped two miles high. With four adults and an 18,920-pound trailer for each truck, the overall GCWR of the Chevy came in at 27,940 pounds, while the Ford tipped the scales at 28,160 pounds. The very simple goal was to determine which one-ton truck would reach the summit first, as well as to compare how their exhaust brakes performed.

[SPOILER ALERT: Follow the jump to find out who won or read the official results at Pickuptrucks.com]


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