Three white commercial work vehicles — a service-body truck, a high-roof cargo van and a ladder-rack pickup — lined up on the Tom's Ford commercial lot at dusk

Tom's Ford · Keyport, NJ

The Ford Pro Toolbox

Four free tools for people who buy trucks for a living. No login. Pick the job below.

The four tools

Body Application Guide Tool

Pick a body. Get every Ford chassis that carries it.

Open

Transit Body Code Decoder Tool

Build or decode any Transit body code, MY2025–2028.

Open

Section 179 Calculator

Your 2026 first-year write-off, federal and New Jersey.

Run the numbers

Super Duty Towing Capacity Tool

Enter the trailer weight. Get every Super Duty rated for it.

Open

The Ford Pro Toolbox is a set of free commercial-vehicle tools published by Tom's Ford, a third-generation Ford dealer at 200 NJ-35 in Keyport, New Jersey. Ford publishes most of this data as PDFs and decoder charts; these tools make it searchable, do the arithmetic, and hand you something you can send to the commercial desk. More tools get added here as we build them.

Built on Ford's published body, order-code and GVWR data. Section 179 figures are tax-year 2026 and illustrative only. Confirm with your CPA.

The tools in detail

What each one does

Technician measuring cab-to-axle on a bare chassis cab in an upfitter's shop while a dump body waits on a hoist

Chassis · bodies · payload

Tool 1 · Chassis & bodies

Body Application Guide Tool

Start with the body. Find the chassis that carries it.

Pick the body. Stake, dump, dry freight, service, walk-in, wrecker, cargo van. Set the length and what it hauls, and the tool works backward to every Ford chassis that fits: series, cab, drive, engine, wheelbase and cab-to-axle, GVWR and payload with a Good / Tight / Over flag. Every result draws the truck to scale.

You give it

Body type, body length, cargo weight, crew

It gives you

Ranked chassis matches with WB / CA, payload headroom, body order code, and a paste-ready build for the quote form

Open the Body Application Guide Tool 378 configs · 12 body types · source: Ford 2022-BAG

Fleet manager with a clipboard beside a white high-roof Ford Transit cargo van with its rear doors open at dawn

Transit · order codes · MY2025–2028

Tool 2 · Transit order codes

Transit Body Code Decoder Tool

Five picks in, one order line out.

Body style, series and GVWR, roof, wheelbase, drivetrain. Choose them in any order. Combinations Ford doesn't build grey out as you go, so a dead end is impossible. The result is the body code, wheelbase and order code exactly as they read on a window sticker. Or paste a code off an invoice and decode it the other way.

You give it

Cargo, crew, passenger, cutaway or chassis cab · roof · wheelbase · RWD / AWD · model year

It gives you

The order line, e.g. T-350 chassis cab · low roof · 178″ · AWD → W7Z, plus a printable one-page spec sheet

Open the Transit Body Code Decoder Tool 400 order lines · to-scale silhouettes · MY2025–2028

Business owner at a desk with a laptop, invoices and truck keys, a white work pickup visible through the window behind

Section 179 · tax year 2026 · New Jersey

Tool 3 · Tax year 2026 · New Jersey

Section 179 Calculator

See how the 2026 write-off math actually runs.

Set the price, business-use percentage, vehicle class and your rate. The calculator splits the number into Section 179, 100% bonus depreciation and what's left, and explains why a long-bed pickup escapes the $32,000 heavy-SUV cap while a three-row SUV doesn't. It also covers the part most dealer pages skip: New Jersey caps Section 179 at $25,000 and doesn't follow federal bonus depreciation.

You give it

Purchase price · business-use % · truck, heavy SUV or light vehicle · estimated combined tax rate

It gives you

First-year deduction, estimated tax savings and effective cost. E.g. a $75,000 work truck at 35% ≈ $26,250 saved (illustration, not advice)

Open the Section 179 calculator Tax year 2026 · refreshed every January · not tax advice

Layout drawing of a Ford F-450 dual-rear-wheel crew cab towing a gooseneck trailer, with GVWR, trailer weight and GCWR dimension lines

Towing · 2026 & 2027 Super Duty

Tool 4 · Super Duty towing & payload

Super Duty Towing Capacity Tool

Which Super Duty is rated for your trailer.

Ford publishes towing ratings as PDF tables: one figure per cab, drive, wheelbase, box, engine and axle ratio, split across conventional, 5th-wheel and gooseneck, with footnotes for tire and package options. This tool holds all of it for 2026 and 2027. 674 configurations from F-250 through F-600, plus F-650/F-750 GCWR, and works it backwards: enter the loaded trailer and it lists every truck rated for it, right-sized, with the payload the tongue or pin weight will use. Or spec a truck and read its whole axle table.

You give it

Trailer type · loaded weight · hitch type · optional cab, drive, engine and box preferences · your door-label payload

It gives you

Every rated configuration with GCWR, axle ratio and Ford's footnotes. E.g. a 16,000-lb 5th-wheel: every 2026 SRW F-350 diesel is rated 22,600 lb or more

Open the towing tool MY2026–2027 · Ford Super Duty towing guides · refreshed when Ford revises them

Used together

How the tools work together

Most commercial deals stall on the spec, not the price. The tools are built to run in order, and every one of them ends with something you can hand to the desk.

Size the chassis

Run the body and the load through the Body Application Guide Tool. Copy the build.

Lock the order code

Transit? Build the exact code in the Transit Body Code Decoder Tool so the order is right the first time.

Run the tax math

Check the Section 179 numbers against your year, then take them to your CPA.

Call the desk

Send the build to 732-264-1600. Delivered and working by December 31 is the deadline that matters.

Why a dealer built these

Why a Ford dealer built these tools

Tom's Ford has sold and upfitted work trucks from the same corner of Route 35 since 1962, 443 feet from Parkway Exit 117. The questions the commercial desk answers every week, which chassis takes this body, what code is this van, does the F-250 qualify. Are the questions these tools answer at 11 p.m. when you're actually planning the purchase.

Nothing here is a lead trap. Use the tools, print the sheet, take it to whoever you like. When you're ready to talk about a unit on the ground in Keyport, we're a phone call away, and we'll tell you the GVWR before you buy, not after.

1962

Family-owned in Keyport, third generation

Ford President's Awards

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Across 5,500+ reviews on Google, CARFAX, Cars.com and Facebook

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Commercial dealer. Sales, upfit coordination, service

Questions

Questions about the tools

What is the Ford Pro Toolbox?

A set of free commercial-vehicle tools published by Tom's Ford in Keyport, NJ. Right now it holds four: the Ford Body Application Guide Tool (body-to-chassis matching for 378 Ford configurations), the Super Duty Towing Capacity Tool (674 F-250 through F-600 towing configurations for 2026 and 2027, plus F-650/F-750 GCWR), the Transit Body Code Decoder Tool (order codes for model years 2025–2028) and a Section 179 vehicle deduction calculator built on the 2026 rules with the New Jersey differences called out. New tools get added to this page as they're built.

Do I need an account or a login?

No. Every tool runs in your browser with no sign-up. Nothing is stored unless you choose to send a build to the commercial desk through the quote form.

Where does the data come from?

The Body Application Guide Tool is built from Ford's published 2022 Body Application Guide. The Super Duty Towing Capacity Tool is built from Ford's 2026 and 2027 Super Duty Pickup and Chassis Cab Towing Guides and the 2026 RV & Trailer Towing Guide, with Ford's footnotes and a source page on every result. The Transit Body Code Decoder Tool is built from Ford's Transit body-code and order-code tables, verified across 400 order lines for MY2025–2028. The Section 179 figures come from the 2026 federal limits and New Jersey's Gross Income Tax rules, and every number cites its source on the tool's page.

Are the Section 179 numbers tax advice?

No. The calculator shows how the deduction is computed under the 2026 rules so you can have an informed conversation with your CPA. Your actual result depends on entity type, taxable income, business-use percentage and how you file in New Jersey. The page is refreshed every January because the limits change with the tax year.

Can I use these tools if I'm not buying from Tom's Ford?

Yes. They're public and free. If you do want a unit in Keyport, the commercial desk is 732-264-1600 and we serve Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties, plus Staten Island and Brooklyn via the Parkway.

Send your spec to the commercial desk

Call, or bring the build sheet in. We stock Super Duty, Transit and F-150 work configurations in Keyport and coordinate upfits with local body companies. Humanity Comes Standard.

Call 732-264-1600 Work truck inventory Directions

Tom's Ford Commercial Truck Center
200 NJ-35 South, Keyport, NJ 07735
Garden State Parkway Exit 117 · 443 ft from the ramp
Commercial desk 732-264-1600 · Service 732-709-1144

Last updated: August 30, 2026 · Refresh owner: Tom's Ford commercial desk. Section 179 figures are tax-year 2026.
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