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Construction Equipment

Ford to add 2,000 jobs at Kansas City plant to produce Transit Van and meet “surging” F-150 demand

Ford has announced that it is adding more than 2,000 jobs at its Kansas City Assembly Plant in order to produce the new Transit work van and to keep up with the demand for its F-150 pickup. The Kansas City plant currently employs 2,450 workers working two shifts and a third crew will be added with […]

May 3, 2013

Construction Equipment

Ford pleased with success of EcoBoost engines, using Atlas concept truck as feedback tool

Ford’s Truck Group Marketing Manager Doug Scott recently sat down with Truck Trend to discuss some of the more notable ways the company has been making headlines of late, specifically its EcoBoost engines and what it hopes to accomplish with its Atlas concept. The biggest buzz in trucks right now likely belongs to diesel’s resurgence. […]

May 2, 2013

Construction Equipment

Ford F-150 engineer does Reddit Q&A, is flooded with questions about diesel, discontinued Ranger

Earlier today, Jackie DiMarco, Ford’s chief engineer on the F-150 decided to give users of the massive web forum Reddit a chance to ask her questions. At the end, DiMarco said she had “a ton of fun,” but the same could not be said for many of the Reddit users who submitted questions. On Reddit, […]

April 24, 2013

Construction Equipment

Ford, GM will co-develop nine- and 10-speed transmissions

Ford and General Motors have announced that the two companies have signed an agreement to work together in the development of nine- and 10-speed automatic transmissions. The new transmissions will be built in both front- and rear-wheel-drive variants for cars, crossovers, SUVs and trucks. The end goal is unsurprising: to improve performance and fuel economy. As […]

April 16, 2013

Gear

Ford unveils F-150 SVT Raptor Special Edition (Photos)

Parting is such sweet sorrow. But in this case, it’s just awesome. As we look forward to the looming introduction of the 2015 Ford F-150, we greet the fourth and final model year of the F-150 SVT Raptor with open arms before it likely goes on hiatus. Because the 2015 F-150 will likely introduce several design changes, […]

April 10, 2013

Gear

SumoSprings boost suspensions of Ram 5500 and F-550

Class 5 vocational truck owners looking for a fit-and-forget suspension upgrade to improve their fleets handling and ride quality might find SuperSprings International’s SumoSprings a good fit. The springs for the popular Ford F-550 and Ram 5500 trucks, introduced today at the NTEA Work Truck Show, is the latest addition the SuperSprings SumoSprings line of […]

March 7, 2013

Pickups

Ford Top Truck at SEMA 2012

Ford Tops 2012 SEMA Trucks Ford F-Series, Ford Mustang, Scion FR-S,  and Jeep Wrangler Named 2012 SEMA Award Winners This year’s SEMA Award for Hottest Truck went to the Ford F-150. the top trending vehicle models in four categories were announced today at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. The Ford Mustang was named Hottest […]

October 31, 2012

Pickups

2013 Ford F-150 Revealed

2013 Ford F-150 Revealed It’s been nearly 65 years since Ford rolled out the F-series pickup and the 2013 F-150 they are showing us today in Waco, Texas, is siting beside a 1948 F-1–the model that started it all. We are not getting to sit behind the wheel. This is just a walk around the […]

June 4, 2012

Pickups

Special Project: Super Crew

Ten months and some three-dozen upgrades later we’ve reached the end of the road of our 2011 Ford F-250 4×4 build; Project Super Crew is ready for work.

February 1, 2012

Pickups

F-250 4″ 4-Link Lift Kit Installation

A BDS 4-inch suspension lift clears the way for taller tires and more ground clearance under our 2011 F-250 Crew Cab 4×4.

October 9, 2011