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Test Drive: 2017 Ford F-650 is a big ol’ Super Duty at heart

Sitting in Ford’s F-650, towering above the surrounding traffic, feels strangely familiar. Strange only because I haven’t driven the truck before, but familiar because of how much of its design is shared with its Super Duty siblings. This generation F-650 gets a facelift that puts exterior styling and interior comforts more inline with the rest of […]

June 16, 2016

Construction Equipment

Ford issues recalls on 2011-2012 F-150, 2016 Super Duty trucks

Ford has announced safety recalls that affect certain 2011-2012 model year F-150s and 2016 model year Super Duty trucks. F-150 transmission troubles The F-150s are part of a recall of around 202,000 Ford vehicles that also includes the 2012 Expedition, Mustang and Lincoln Navigator. Ford says the affected vehicles could have a potential issue with […]

May 3, 2016

Construction Equipment

Ford F-750 gets Roush CleanTech autogas option for V10 engine

Roush CleanTech says it has developed a propane autogas fuel system for the Ford F-750 chassis. The Ford F-750 base model comes with a 50-usable-gallon fuel tank but an extended tank option is available. Todd Mouw, vice president of sales and marketing for Roush CleanTech, says the the model was created in response to the growing demand […]

April 8, 2016

Construction Equipment

Sleds Ford used to test Super Duty hill-climbing limits were no match for new models

Thanks to the new second-generation 6.7-liter Power Stroke V8 when Ford releases its 2017 Super Duty trucks later this year, they’ll be the most powerful models to date with torque expected to breach the 900 lb.-ft. mark for the first time. And while Ford has been quick to boast of these trucks’ new power, the automaker […]

April 6, 2016

Construction Equipment

New Ford Super Duty backup cameras let you monitor your trailer from multiple angles

While the latest F-150 models will nearly back up your boat or trailer for you, Ford’s figures Super Duty customers want a bit more control. But that doesn’t mean these new trucks aren’t at least going to try and help you out, as Ford has equipped the next-generation Super Duty models with a host of cameras ready to […]

March 22, 2016

Construction Equipment

Ford says new 6.7L PowerStroke designed for 500k miles without major service

If there were a road to the moon, Ford says its F-650/750 trucks could survive the journey there and back without a major servicing thanks to its new 6.7-liter PowerStroke V8. We talked a bit about this next-generation V8 with Ford’s unveiling of the new Super Duty chassis cab work trucks earlier this week. Beyond providing a […]

March 4, 2016

Construction Equipment

Ron Hunsche Excavating wins Equipment World’s 2015 Contractor’s Dream Package

Ron Hunsche, president of Ron Hunsche Excavating in Highland, Illinois, is the winner of Equipment World’s 2015 Contractor’s Dream Package. Hunsche won several prizes, including a Ford F-Series Super Duty Chassis Cab with 16,000-pounds conventional towing capacity; a 16-horsepower Ditch Witch RT12 walk-behind trencher; a 20-foot-long, 10,000-pound Landoll LT1020 trailer; and replacement rubber tracks from Rubbertrax. […]

February 19, 2016

Construction Equipment

Ford explains how it lifted 9 trucks with a Super Duty frame amid commenter criticism of stunt

One of Ford’s big marketing points when it unveiled the 2017 Super Duty pickups last year was the trucks’ new, stronger steel frame. Ford says that frame is 24 times stronger than the previous generation frame. And to really drive the point home, the automaker set up quite the marketing stunt. Using a crane, Ford […]

January 29, 2016

Construction Equipment

Ford invites blue collar customers, including contractor, inside Super Duty development process

Over the last few years, Ford’s marketing department has worked really hard to make its F-Series pickups synonymous with blue collar work. It was evident in the first commercial for the 2015 F-150, which had the difficult task of introducing a new aluminum body to the automaker’s lineup. And since then Ford has surprised construction crews […]

January 28, 2016

Construction Equipment

Ford used wide range of aftermarket equipment to test toughness of 2017 Super Duty trucks

For the 2017 model year, Ford’s Super Duty got a dose of high-strength, military-grade, aluminum alloy, which the company says is not subject to corrosion and is more dent- and ding-resistant than the outgoing steel cargo box. But before making such a significant change to the company’s flagship heavy work trucks, Ford wanted to be […]

December 30, 2015

Construction Equipment

The Top 15 Construction Equipment and Truck stories of 2015

The past 12 months have been fun for everyone here at Equipment World. We integrated with our sister site Better Roads, upped the amount of content we produced every day, covered more events and trade shows, reached more people through social media and saw record traffic to the site. That’s mostly because we’ve got such great readers. […]

December 29, 2015

Construction Equipment

KRYPTON: Ford F-350 with sinister visor, 40-inch tires is the true Truck of Steel (PHOTOS)

There are plenty of impressive-looking trucks on the SEMA show floor and the Krypton, a monstrified Ford F-350 designed by the folks from South Carolina shop Fab Fours, is no exception. But the combination of the truck’s bright green visor and wheel flares pulled me in. And that’s when I found out that those things […]

November 5, 2015