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Roadbuilding
Ford starts production of F-150 with CNG
Ford has started production of its 2014 F-150 pickup with the ability to run on compressed natural gas, our sister site, Total Landscape Care reports. The company announced in July that it would offer the 2014 F-150 with a prep package allowing the truck to run on compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) […]
November 29, 2013
Construction Equipment
Everything you need to know about maintenance for propane powered pickup trucks
An increasing number of contractors and fleet managers are looking into the feasibility of running pickup trucks powered by liquid propane gas (LPG). The reason is simple: with the cost of propane running just north of $2 per gasoline gallon equivalent, these trucks make economic sense for a wide variety of applications. (See the sidebar […]
September 1, 2013
Construction Equipment
Ford details maintenance for CNG/LPG F-150, says truck can be specced for either fuel, plus gasoline, but not both
Earlier this week we posted a news story about Ford’s debut of the first factory spec half-ton pickup capable of running on compressed natural gas and liquid propane gas. A few of you wrote in asking whether these trucks were actually capable of running on both CNG and LPG in addition to gas. To answer […]
August 7, 2013
Roadbuilding
Ford announces availability of CNG/LPG capability for 2014 F-150
Ford has announced it will begin offering a prep package this fall that will allow the 2014 F-150 to run on compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and gasoline, our sister site, Equipment World reported. The prep package will make the F-150 the only CNG/LPG-capable half-ton on the market and will allow the […]
August 2, 2013
Equipment
Maintenance
Alternative fuels (first of a 3-part series) Natural gas and propane autogas These are truly “green” fuels, all-American, cost competitive and loaded with horsepower. For medium- and heavy-duty truck applications, though, these fuels can’t be beat. By Tom Jackson It used to be simple. There was diesel, and there was gasoline. Now there’s gasoline, E10 […]
August 3, 2011
Roadbuilding
Trucks
It’s a natural gas Diesel alternatives making headway in the work truck world By Jack Roberts Several years ago, the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Work Truck Show aligned itself with the newly born Green Truck movement. This partnership, that seemed so unlikely at first, has proven to be highly prescient given the alarming spikes […]
March 24, 2011
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