Price: $45,265

Mileage: Not available

The brawniest work truck on this list, this 2012 Ford F-350 Super Duty XLT Crew Cab, as priced here, uses a 400-horsepower, 6.7-liter, turbo-diesel V-8 to generate its grunt. With its 800 foot-pounds of stump-pulling torque, it can tow up to 14,000 pounds. Its 8-foot-2-inch-long cargo box can tote up to 3,910 pounds of stuff.

You can haul and tow even more if you pony up the additional $1,895 for the dual-rear-wheel package.

Trucks of this class aren't required by the Environmental Protection Agency to post fuel economy numbers, but you can probably guess they aren't the best on this list.

With its 40-20-40 split front bench seat, the F-350 can seat as many as six. In addition to full power accessories, the standard equipment list includes air conditioning, cruise control, tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, trip computer, six air bags, and a four-speaker audio system with CD player and auxiliary input jack.