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Ford F-350 dual batteries tested on Battery Tender solar charger
When outlets are nowhere in sight, a solar battery charger seems like a good fit. But what about an F-350 with dual batteries? Could a modestly sized panel handle the job? We weren’t sure what to expect when hooking up Battery Tender’s 15-watt solar panel. We had never tried using solar to charge the truck […]
November 19, 2019
Einride autonomous electric Pod drives through vases, rain and fog
The autonomous and electric Einride Pod shows just how delicate it can be navigating around vases before taking on rain and fog.
June 1, 2022
Top 5 truck videos for 2021
Hard Working Trucks looks back at its Top 5 truck videos for 2021.
December 29, 2021
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Florida trooper narrowly misses being struck by truck
Florida Highway Patrol released video showing one of its troopers dashing out of the path of a pickup shortly after he had stopped to help a stranded motorist on Interstate 95. FHP is asking for help to identify the driver that caused the wreck.
October 13, 2021
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Tow truck driver arrested after lifting car with teen driver
You never know who’s watching including the unblinking eye of video surveillance. That was the tough lesson a tow truck driver in Miami learned recently after police there say he lied about a tow job gone wrong which left a teen driver and her family scared out of their wits. A 17-year-old girl told the […]
September 30, 2020
Pickups
Rivian R1T electric pickup on the loose in Arizona desert
Rivian released footage Thursday of its electric R1T pickup undergoing some challenging on- and off-road testing in Arizona. “We try to subject it to the harshest terrain possible so that we can understand what works and what doesn’t,” The more impressive runs include a rock climb and some fast, tight turns on the test track. […]
June 25, 2020
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Ford Commercial Solutions launches Ford Telematics with limited time offer
Ford Commercial Solutions today announced the launch of Ford Telematics, a web-based software platform and subscription service designed to grant fleet managers easy access to vehicle and driver data. A division of Ford Mobility, Ford Commercial Solutions is looking to one-up aftermarket competitors by offering manufacturer-grade connected vehicle data and information verified by Ford engineers. […]
June 11, 2020
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Dump truck stuck at bottom of underground river
Sometimes it’s hard to tell where it’s safe to drive a dump truck. That was the case for a driver this week in Brockton, Mass. who was driving a public works truck that ended up in an underground river. Underground river? Yes. A bridge that had once spanned the river in downtown Brockton was removed […]
May 13, 2020
Products
Hellwig releases helper springs for 2019-2020 Ford Ranger
Hellwig Suspension Products has released new helper springs for two- and four-wheel-drive 2019-2020 Ford Ranger pickups. The helper springs feature a 2,000-pound load level capacity, ensuring the truck maintains a level ride height and better overall driver control when under load. Check out Hellwig’s installation video below. The weight of heavy cargo in the bed […]
May 6, 2020
Trucks
UPS and CVS launching drone delivery program in Florida in early May
UPS and CVS Health Corporation announced this week that UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) will use drones to deliver prescription medicines from a CVS pharmacy to The Villages, Florida, the largest U.S. retirement community in the U.S. The video below from UPS shows a package delivery from a drone at CVS to the front lawn of a […]
April 28, 2020
Pickups
2020 F-250 Tremor winch pulls a Kenworth
Ford now offers an integrated winch that’s available only on the 2020 F-250 Tremor. Built in partnership with Warn, the winch sits behind the front bumper and can be controlled with a wireless or wired remote. The install does not interfere with adaptive cruise control. Seventy feet of synthetic rope is rated to pull up […]
April 7, 2020
Pickups
2020 V8 VelociRaptor vs. 2020 Toyota Supra
In the interest of taking a break from all things COVID-19, we bring you a race that most of us—particularly physicists—can appreciate. Hennessey posted a video that puts its 2020 VelociRaptor V8 up against a 2020 Toyota Supra. The stock, two-door 335-hp Supra weighs in at 3,500 pounds. The 750-hp supercharged VelociRaptor weighs about 2,000 […]
April 1, 2020
Pickups
Ford shows us how to use Pro Trailer Assist in 2020 F-250 Tremor
Backing up a trailer can be tough particularly for drivers unfamiliar with the task. To help make the job easier, Ford offers its Pro Trailer Assist which is new for 2020 Super Duty trucks. To learn more we turned to Don Mattern, trailer technology supervisor at Ford, who showed us how to steer using a […]
March 18, 2020
Pickups
Hennessey unveils 1,000-hp Jeep Gladiator Maximus
From Hennessey’s ever-expanding and intriguing world of ‘Why not?’ comes the Jeep Gladiator powered by Dodge’s 6.2-liter V8 Hellcat engine. The Jeep Gladiator Maximus 1000 offers 1,000 horsepower, 933 lb.-ft. torque and a check-your-pants zero to 60 mph time of 3.9 seconds. The mid-size marvel was revealed at SEMA in Las Vegas. “We wanted to […]
November 27, 2019
Trucks
Loose wheel slams into SUV on NJ highway
Runaway wheels are certainly dangerous and in some cases deadly. Video below posted on Headline News shows a loose wheel rolling fast down a New Jersey highway before striking an SUV. Fortunately, the driver was not seriously injured. According to witnesses, the wheel slipped off a dump truck.
July 31, 2019
Pickups
Hennessey’s 2019 VelociRaptor roars on the dyno
Hennessey Performance recently posted a dyno test of its 2019 VelociRaptor. The video below shows the sought-after V8 cranking out some impressive numbers. PERFORMANCE: 0-60 mph: 4.1 sec. • 1/4 mile: 12.2 sec. @ 115 mph POWER: 758 bhp @ 7,000 rpm (570 rear wheel hp) UPGRADE INCLUDES: 5.0L V8 Ford Engine • 10-speed Ford […]
June 19, 2019
Trucks
Truck’s collisions owed to medical emergency
Watching this tractor-trailer swerving across a busy Minnesota highway and crashing into barriers is unnerving to the say the least. State troopers report that the driver had actually been having a medical emergency and after undergoing treatment was expected to be okay. Amazingly, the truck did not collide with other vehicles but instead struck highway […]
June 5, 2019
Pickups
Electric F-150 spotted with new suspension
Test mule sightings of Ford’s pre-production electric F-150 will hopefully become more common as time rolls on. A picture posted this week on Fox News Autos shows one of Ford’s electric F-150 test vehicles with a coil-over suspension in the rear versus leaf-springs found in its conventional 1/2-ton truck. Yes, there’s also a tailpipe showing, […]
March 27, 2019
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