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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

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

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

Equipment

Trucks

TerraStar test drive By Jack Roberts When Sterling and General Motors announced they were leaving the North American medium-duty truck market, Navistar wasted no time producing a new truck to fill any hole left by their departure. The TerraStar, as the new Class 4 and 5 model is called, was brought to life in a […]

October 6, 2010