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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

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 unveils 2017 Super Duty trucks: redesigned aluminum body, better tow/haul, ton of tech (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

No. 15 Story in 2015 « Intro No. 14 »   We’ve seen more of Ford’s new Super Duty trucks before their actual unveiling than any pickup in recent memory. First there was the prototype that exploded in Death Valley during testing last August. Then there was that leaked photo of an F-250 in all its chromed out glory […]

September 24, 2015

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: Spy shots of 2017 Ford Super Duty confirm updated styling, September unveiling

Usually, the skilled spy photographers who stalk the automotive industry’s camouflaged secrets catch these working prototypes during highway testing. But in the case of the 2017 Super Duty’s latest photo op, Ford was ready. As seen in photos by SpiedBilde posted by PickupTrucks.com and Auto Guide, the automaker prepared a special camouflage decal coating to […]

August 24, 2015

Pickups

How To Install A Hydraulic Pickup Winch

Mile Marker hydraulic winch ready for the long haul and tough jobs

July 15, 2015

Construction Equipment

Ford now offering factory LED strobe warning lights across 2016 Super Duty lineup (PHOTOS)

[imagebrowser id=251] For those who need their 2016 Super Duty to be a bit more visible, whether it be on busy jobsites or on highway work zones, Ford is now offering a factory-installed strobe warning LED light kit. The kit will be an option on all F-Series Super Duty pickups and chassis cabs for $700. The LEDs […]

April 29, 2015

Construction Equipment

SPIED: Leaked photo gives first look at the 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty

So far, the only photos we’ve seen of a next-generation Ford Super Duty were of a prototype of the truck exploding in flames. Thankfully, we’ve now got a much clearer look at the pickup thanks to the folks at Jalopnik. The leaked photo you see above, sent to the site by a tipster, is purportedly of the […]

March 12, 2015

Pickups

Upfit Your Ford F-250 For Work: Choosing The Best Upgrades

There’re a lot of other upgrades that really help make a construction work pickup more valuable in the field as a work tool. These are the add-ons where we’d start.

February 25, 2015

Pickups

Super Duty Gooseneck Install

An easy gooseneck hitch installation using the B&W Turnover Ball hitch kit, which takes less than an hour to be ready to tow.

February 4, 2015

Construction Equipment

Next generation Ford Super Duty pickups will be made of aluminum too

[imagebrowser id=38] The next generation of Ford Super Duty pickups will be made of aluminum, just like their F-150 brethren. Ford made the announcement during a conference call with investment analysts Monday afternoon, according to a report from USA Today. The announcement came as no surprise. Though the announcement that the 2015 F-150 would make […]

September 30, 2014

Pickups

Super Duty prototype bursts into flames during test

The development of a new vehicle is a process full of trial and error, but the untimely demise of a recent prototype of Ford’s Super Duty was all error. Lots of it. On a recent test drive in Death Valley, Calif., the truck – which is expected to follow little brother F-150 in its aluminum construction […]

August 8, 2014