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Ford wants the F-150 to be a “drone base station” for mobile deployment

As we concluded with our 2016 Innovations Awards, no other technology more than drones in 2015 showed more potential to impact the way we do business. Komatsu has started a business around the aircraft that could prove revolutionary to its core business. Contractors are implementing them throughout their workflow, and just yesterday we reported on how Caterpillar […]

January 8, 2016

Construction Equipment

Is this Ford’s F-150 diesel prototype?

It seems that a new Ford F-150 that was meant to be veiled from public view wasn’t so hidden after all. Truck enthusiast websites are buzzing about recent photos grabbed by automotive spy photographers SpiedBilde showing a camo-clad, prototype F-150 traveling around Dearborn, Michigan. Only the truck’s bed is donned in that familiar what-do-you-think-you’re-looking-at black […]

December 28, 2015

Construction Equipment

Ford F-150s, Raptor put on drifting, jump clinic that looks like truck figure skating

With the holiday season upon us and ice skating rinks opening up across the country, we were reminded of a pretty impressive display put on at this year’s SEMA show by a trio of Ford off-road racing trucks. In the video below, a pair of F-150s start things off with an interesting dance of drifting […]

December 15, 2015

Construction Equipment

First CNG/propane 2016 Ford F-150s rolling off the assembly line

After unveiling the alternative fuel package in May, the first 2016 F-150s with the gaseous-fuel prep option have rolled off Ford’s assembly line in Kansas City. The package makes the F-150 capable of running on compressed natural gas (CNG) or propane. Ford is currently the only automaker offering a CNG/propane half-ton pickup truck. The initial […]

December 10, 2015

Construction Equipment

Beautiful Gulf Porsche Le Mans-inspired F-150 outshines rest of Ford’s SEMA concept trucks (PHOTOS)

Unlike Chevy, Ram and Nissan, Ford didn’t have much news to share at SEMA this year. But what the automaker lacked in that department, it made up for in F-150s customized by third-party shops. Right next to the prototype 2017 Raptor, sat reimagined F-150s from Galpin Auto Sports, Forgiato and Airdesign USA. You can click […]

November 6, 2015

Construction Equipment

Ford F-Series crowned Hottest Truck at SEMA Show

At the opening ceremony for the 2015 SEMA automotive show here in Las Vegas, the show announced that the winner of its annual Hottest Truck award is Ford’s F-Series. The truck award is one of four the show hands out to manufacturers each year, including Hottest Car, Hottest 4×4/SUV and Hottest Sport Compact. In fact, Ford […]

November 3, 2015

Technology

BrandMotion’s 360° Vision system brings à la carte overhead views to most pickups

Though the SEMA show hadn’t officially opened its doors quite yet Monday, that didn’t stop the Equipment World team from poking around a bit inside the Las Vegas Convention Center as exhibitors hurried to put the final touches on their booths. One of the companies we ran into at a preview event for the media was BrandMotion, […]

November 2, 2015

Construction Equipment

This Ford F-150-shaped corn maze is neat, but the real star is its F-450 pumpkin cannon (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)

Each year the folks at Leaders Farms in northwest Ohio choose a theme for their famous corn maze. This year, Brad Leaders got a bit of inspiration from the new Ford F-150. After all, he’s been using a Ford as his primary pumpkin firing apparatus for years. “Brad was reading a magazine last winter and […]

October 29, 2015

Construction Equipment

Ford issues 2015 F-150 recall due to adaptive cruise control defect

As we saw with both the 2016 F-150 Limited and the recently-unveiled 2017 Super Duty pickups, Ford is placing an emphasis on technology in its attempts to stand out from the rest of the truck-making crowd. And that’s a good thing. Among the 16 segment-first Ford touts on the new Super Duty trucks are a […]

October 9, 2015

Construction Equipment

2017 F-150 Raptor prototype braves soft terrain, logs and water in Ford trail testing

After unveiling the new aluminum design of the 2017 F-150 Raptor in January, Ford engineers have been hard at work testing the new truck’s capabilities through trail trials in Northern Michigan. In the footage below released by Ford, we get a taste of what to expect from the new truck, with Ford saying the 2017 Raptor […]

September 21, 2015

Construction Equipment

Ford treats construction workers to a back massage in the new F-150 for Labor Day

Ford introduced back-massaging seats with its 2015 F-150, but it’s a feature that many still don’t know about. In celebration of Labor Day, Ford decided to head out to an active construction site in Dearborn, Michigan, and ask several workers to have a seat in the new F-150. As you can see in the video […]

September 7, 2015

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Ford boosts the F-150’s acceleration by adding the same sport mode found on the Mustang

One of the cool things about development at Ford is the amount of cross-pollination of ideas that occurs between the automaker’s truck and car engineering teams. For instance, the 2017 F-150 Raptor unveiled earlier this year will be powered by the same turbocharged EcoBoost V6 as the GT supercar. And now the automaker has announced […]

August 13, 2015