Nick Jaynes’ new YouTube video explains how he bought a Ford F-350 XL with Tremor-style off-road capability for just over $64,000. His truck has the XL Off-Road 35-Inch Tire Package, a separate option from the Tremor Off-Road Package. Ford lists it as optional equipment on the XL; its appearance in a fleet catalog does not establish fleet-only availability or fleet pricing.
Correction, October 8, 2026: This story previously labeled $7,250 as the XLT Tremor package price. Jaynes’ pinned comment lists $4,450. We have corrected the package price and clarified that the XL Off-Road 35-Inch Tire Package is separate from Tremor and is not identified by Ford as fleet-only equipment.
The Current Tremor
According to Jaynes, the cheapest badged Tremor he could find actually listed was around $80,000. In searching a Ford dealer’s website for available F-350s with the Tremor package we found only one, an F-350 XLT which carried an MSRP of over $86,000. The current F-350 Tremor package features a list of options, including a 4.30 electronic locking axle (when equipped with the 7.3L V8 gas engine), taller front springs, front limited slip diff, skid plates, and 35” off-road tires, a detail that becomes more important as Jaynes explains his secret.
There’s Got to Be a Better Way
In searching the option packages in Ford’s 2027 catalog, Jaynes found several ways to option Tremor hardware on otherwise less expensive F-350s. In his pinned comment, Jaynes lists the XLT Tremor package at $4,450. He separately gives a $66,145 comparison-build price. That total is not the package price; we have not independently verified its full configuration or recalculated it from the corrected package figure. The F-350 XL can also be optioned with the Tremor package but Ford will also tack on the STX appearance kit, which adds a total of $11,095 for a pre-destination price of $66,080. Jaynes chose the XL Off-Road 35-Inch Tire Package, which he prices at $2,995. Ford lists it as optional equipment, separate from the Tremor package. It gives an XL work-truck configuration Tremor-style capability, with equipment including 35-inch tires, a front limited-slip differential, a rear electronic locker and off-road shocks. Ford publicly announced the package as part of its 2027 lineup.
Next Stop: Carhenge
Jaynes says he located the configuration at Wolf Ford in Alliance, Nebraska, the home of Carhenge. He reports paying just over $64,000 including destination, excluding the expense of getting it back to Oregon. That transaction price is distinct from the $67,470 sticker price he reports for his loaded XL in his pinned comment. Jaynes asked Frank with the dealership why he’d ordered that specific truck, to which the Frank replied, “I just like weird stuff.” So does Jaynes, and honestly so do we. There are limitations on what you can have with the truck as optioned by Jaynes. It must be ordered with crew cab, 6.75-foot bed, and the XL Driver Assist Package. It cannot be had with dual rear wheels, an 8-foot box, or the STX appearance package.
Competition? What Competition?
Jaynes notes, rightly so, that there is no real competitor to the Tremor in the 1-ton pickup marketplace. In an earlier review he declared the Ram 2500 Tradesman Power Wagon “the best value in the off-road HD truck segment”, which he stands by even after trading up from the 2500 to the F-350. There is no competition in the 1-ton segment simply because nobody besides Ford is building them. Despite praising his Power Wagon, and his opinion that the Super Duty has “the charisma of a washing machine”, Jaynes still chose the Super Duty in the end due to his hauling requirements as he was over the limit of the Power Wagon’s GVWR. Beyond his critique of the Super Duty’s charisma problem, Jaynes points out that visibility in the Super Duty is significantly worse than in the Power Wagon, and strongly recommends adding the 360-degree camera option. According to Jaynes, Ram offers no comparable 1-ton and Chevy offers the Z71 package on the Silverado HD but this only includes skid plates, hill descent control, and floor mats.
Conclusion
What matters more for off-roading, style or capability? In choosing an XL work truck with the Off-Road 35-Inch Tire Package, Nick Jaynes gives us a pretty clear answer to that question, assuming common sense hadn’t already. Work trucks aren’t glamorous, and they aren’t meant to be. The men and women who drive them work for a living and care little for decorative flourishes and decals. They care about having the right tool for the job when the job involves leaving the pavement on a daily basis. As Nick says in his video, “A Tremor sticker won’t impress cattle or logs.” In Jaynes’ conclusion he laments, justifiably, that off-road capability is now considered a luxury. Automakers, knowing this, charge customers accordingly as a result, having realized that “buyers who dream about leaving the pavement outnumber the ones who actually do, and dreams pay better.”
