19 stories across all model years, newest first.
August 8, 2026
A 2018 Ford F-150 owner has reached 100,000 miles in his truck, providing a useful look at how Ford’s 5.0-liter V8 holds up after seven years of real-world use. The owner, who runs the Smacky’s…
Read story →July 13, 2026
When baseball-size hail pounded western Nebraska, it didn’t just leave a few dents in my Ford F-150. It left an estimated $13,000 in damage and could disrupt my future business plans. While hailstorms are nothing…
Read story →July 7, 2026
There is no shortage of videos telling you modern trucks are unreliable. Spend five minutes scrolling social media and you’ll hear about blown turbochargers, expensive repairs, and electronics failures. But every once in a while,…
Read story →April 22, 2026
Imagine that the people at Ford woke up one morning, looked at the F-150, and said: “Yes, it is already enormous, powerful, and capable of dragging a small moon out of orbit, but what if…
Read story →April 17, 2024
I won’t downplay how much fun this whole automotive journalist gig is. It’s massively entertaining a lot of the time. However, sometimes you fall into the doldrums of crossover after crossover, which can get a…
Read story →March 2, 2024
Pretty crazy how close in price these two 2024 Ford F-150 trucks are and how they different they are in person. Which would you choose? A 2024 Ford F-150 Tremor or a 2024 Ford F-150…
Read story →February 8, 2024
The Ford F-150 Lightning took the world by storm, no pun intended I swear. Ford Motor Co. delivered a real-life, full-size, all-electric truck well before most of the market, including some highly publicized electric trucks…
Read story →May 11, 2022
There is a healthy dose of skepticism right now as it concerns electric vehicles and range. Then when you bring a truck into the picture, the blood pressure rises exponentially. As Ford Motor Co. pushes…
Read story →April 8, 2022
In the first video of this series, see how the 2021 Ford F-150 PowerBoost hybrid towing compares to three other truck while towing a travel trailer over Wildcat Hills in Nebraska. This is part 1…
Read story →August 25, 2021
When publisher Tim Esterdahl bought his F-150 PowerBoost last winter, he knew he would only be driving it for about a year. In the past eight months, he has taken his viewers along for the…
Read story →August 6, 2021
In this video, Publisher Tim Esterdahl rented a camper to take to the lake for the weekend with his 2021 Ford F-150 Powerboost pickup so he could do a good test running the A/C in…
Read story →July 6, 2021
A lot of truck guys say that if you really want to know how your truck is performing you need to get an oil analysis. So, out of curiosity, Publisher Tim Esterdahl decided to order…
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