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Tag: aluminum F-150 durability

Construction Equipment
Excavator scrapes 50 tons of sharp rock out of 2015 F-150 to test aluminum bed
When Ford unveiled the 2015 F-150 in January, it knew it would have to convince a lot of skeptics that the truck’s new aluminum body could stand up to abuse. The company has done a pretty good job of allaying concerns through efforts like secretly testing the aluminum body on construction sites and a gold […]
November 4, 2014
2015 Ford F-150 rock bed test excavator
Construction Equipment
Ford reveals 10 torture tests for 2015 F-150 including shrapnel, acid bath, frame twisting (GIFs, VIDEO)
When the 2015 F-150 was announced in January a lot of people wondered just how durable a pickup with an aluminum body could be. Wonder no more. Today, Ford let us in on their torture-testing process for the 2015 F-150 with video of all 10 steps. Some of these steps are so grueling that just […]
April 9, 2014
2015 Ford F-150 torture test
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