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Construction Equipment

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

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

Shelby unveils its 700-HP F-150: equal parts off-roader and race truck (PHOTOS)

No. 12 Story in 2015 « No. 13 No. 11 »   If driving an F-150 Lariat, among the most luxurious in the F-Series lineup, doesn’t do it for you, maybe driving one that’s insanely fast will. Introduced at this year’s SEMA show in Las Vegas last week, the 2016 Shelby F-150 squeezes 700 horsepower from […]

November 10, 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

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

Roadbuilding

Man steals Minnesota DOT truck from work zone, leads police on a 14-mile chase

A 35-year-old man was arrested Monday for stealing a Minnesota Department of Transportation truck from a construction zone, but not before he took a 14-mile joyride with police in pursuit. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the man walked into the Highway 61 work zone and took a MnDOT inspector’s Ford F-150 early Monday. The Inver Grove Heights […]

August 5, 2015

Pickups

F-150 Limited Most Luxurious Ever

2016 Ford F-150 the most advanced, full-featured F-150 to date New Ford F-150 Limited meets the growing needs of discerning truck customers interested in exclusivity, capability and craftsmanship – those looking to differentiate themselves from buyers of other high-series trucks Innovation comes standard with new F-150 Limited – including SYNC® 3 with AppLink™, and class-exclusive1 features such as […]

July 21, 2015

Pickups

Propane-Fueled 2016 F-150s

Westport adds propane packages to the 2016 F-150 5.0L V8 alternative fuel fleet options.

July 9, 2015

Construction Equipment

Print your own F-150 Raptor or Ford GT with the automaker’s new 3D Store

Remember those halcyon days of model car building? Carefully popping those plastic pieces apart before piecing them together? The smell of the paint fumes and the pride of finding a spot on the shelf? While scale model cars might not be as popular as they once were, Ford is—knowingly or not—providing us with a bit […]

June 29, 2015

Construction Equipment

The 2016 Ford F-150 makes backing up your trailer or boat as easy as playing Pong

Let’s all just take a second and thank the good Lord that Ford didn’t sit idly by and let the selfie become the greatest technological achievement of cameras in this new millennium of ours. Instead, the automaker has been packing their new vehicles with a swarm of cameras to make them safer and easier to operate. […]

May 22, 2015