In order to relocate from Austin to Washington, D.C., my lovely fiancée and I recently had the extreme pleasure of spending two-and-a-half days driving across this great nation of ours in a Ford E-350 Super Duty moving truck with all of our furniture and a multitude of boxes in the back.

During a recent stop in Times Square, L.L. Bean let us drive its new promotional vehicle — the Ford truck-powered Bootmobile. What better to strap into on a windy, January afternoon in midtown Manhattan than footwear the size of a UPS truck, right?

Don't be fooled by the outward appearance of this 1962 Pontiac Catalina. Although there are few hints beyond the "Caution Aluminum" printed on the fenders, what appears to be merely a low trim level Catalina is actually a rare and high performance Super Duty equipped beast.

Ford's offering a reflash upgrade to their 6.7-liter Powerstroke-equipped 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty good for 400-hp and a bonkers 800 lb-ft of torque. Mike Levine over at PickupTrucks.com tossed one on a dyno to confirm the results. Chart below.

A bear cub in Anchorage, Alaska managed to get trapped in a salmon net and couldn't get out. Seeing the trouble a local hopped into his Ford Super Duty to help the distraught momma bear get him free.

The National Truck Equipment Assocation's annual Work Truck Show is trucking along this week. Ever wonder what kind of warning labels end up on heavy-duty vehicles? These are the ten freakiest. Remember, kids: Watch out for those water pools!

We just got back from beating the snot out of Ford's new 2011 Super Duty. While we can't talk about the 735 lb-ft Powerstroke diesel's performance, we can tell you about this monster, the second not-for-sale "Hoss" Super Duty.

Despite showing us the 2011 F-Series Super Duty five months ago, there's been not a word on power. Finally, here's the scoop: Powerstroke, 390HP and 735ft-lb of torque. 6.2-liter gas engine, 385HP and 405 ft-lb of torque. Your move GM.

After GM Vice-Chairman Tom Stephens challenged Ford to a heavy-duty pickup tug-of-war, there was radio silence from Dearborn. Apparently the blue-oval isn't interested in having any fun, so they twittered a reply basically saying "truck off." [PickupTrucks.com]

The Truck Of War pitting Duramax against Powerstroke has officially heated up with GM telling PickupTrucks.com "Let's Go!" to the offer of an old-fashioned-and-insanely-awesome truck tug-of-war. We'll bring the popcorn. [PickupTrucks.com]