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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

Pickups

Ford announces changes, features to 2016 F-150 lineup

[imagebrowser id=384] Ford’s all new 2015 F-150 is still burning through dealership lots, but engineers have already buttoned up plans for the company’s 2016 models. America’s best-selling truck for 38 years will add Pro Trailer Backup Assist next model year along with SYNC 3 – Ford’s newest communications and entertainment system – and Special Edition Packages for XLT […]

June 24, 2015

Pickups

Detroit Big 3 post truck sales gains

Sales of Ram Trucks in July jumped 14 percent, posting the best July sales numbers since 2005 and the 51st-consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains. Ram Light Duty sales increased 15 percent in July, while Ram Heavy Duty pickups were up 18 percent. Ram Truck brand sales, which include the Ram ProMaster van and Ram Cargo […]

August 1, 2014

Construction Equipment

Spy Shots: Is this Ford F-750 a hydraulic hybrid prototype?

With the 2015 Ford F-150 yet to be revealed, not too many people are concerning themselves with what else the automaker might be working on. Luckily Truck Trend and the guys at KGP Photography are keeping their eyes peeled. Otherwise, we would never have gotten a look at the strange beast you see above. As […]

October 11, 2013

Construction Equipment

Vanair’s new LiveDrive 4×4 Plus for Ford Super Duty pickups provides power without underhood compressor

Beneath Ford’s booth at this year’s ICUEE show, Vanair got a chance to debut its new LiveDrive 4×4 Plus PTO driven air compressor system for Ford’s Super Duty pickups. Vanair says the new system is an industry first, providing Super Duty drivers with air and electric power without the need for an underhood air compressor which […]

October 2, 2013

Construction Equipment

Consider us happy if this rendering of the 2015 Ford F-150 proves accurate

Thanks to several spy shots taken of a 2015 Ford F-150 in testing, it’s become fairly clear that Ford’s designers were using the Atlas concept pickup as a way to gauge their next big design in this 13th generation of the series. With those spy shots in mind, David Kiss, a graphic artist at auto […]

June 25, 2013

Construction Equipment

GM trucks sweep Ford’s F-Series, propel automaker to top of J.D. Power’s automaker initial quality rankings

In a survey ranking customer satisfaction within the first 90 days of ownership, J.D. Power has tapped General Motors as the top major automaker, according to a report from the Detroit Free Press.  J.D. Power asks new vehicle owners how happy they are with their purchase and asks them to identify problems, including any ways […]

June 20, 2013

Pickups

Ford Leads Pickup Sales

F-Series Leads In Total Vehicle Sales The turn around in the construction and housing markets the past few months has seen an increase in the sales of pickup trucks as contractors replace aging vehicles. All the makers of full-size pickups have seen sales increases of late but Ford leads the market and is on track […]

June 13, 2013

Pickups

Flaky Tanks

Titan Tank’s dispells a dark cloud that looms over Ford fuel tanks

June 1, 2013

Pickups

F-Series Turns 65

No Retirement In Sight For F-Series Ford F-Series Celebrates its 65th anniversary this year; most popular line of pickups ever   Front-end loaders and backhoes may have replaced hand shovels on today’s construction jobsite, but the Ford F-Series is still front-and-center even after 65 years. On January 16, 1948, the Ford Motor Company publicly revealed […]

April 23, 2013

Construction Equipment

Ram Trucks looking to “upset” pickup sales pecking order after sales increase 25%

The news that Ford, Chevrolet and Ram, in that order, hold the top three spots for pickup sales for March shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. However, as Truck Trend points out in its roundup of how each automaker fared over the year between March 2012 and March 2013, the numbers indicate that an […]

April 5, 2013