Highboy79

They could build body and frame out of aluminum. Commercial tractor trailers,Peterbuilts,Kenworths ect have been using aluminum bodies for decades and the option for full aluminum frames have been available for over thirty years if they can do it on a vehicle that carries 80,000 plus pounds on a daily basis then I see no reason ford could not use some of that same technology on their own trucks. Its trying to get people comfortable with buying aluminum trucks thats the hard part.

lkennamer

I'd be all for an aluminum frame! Less weight=more acceleration and gas mileage more acceleration and gas mileage= more smiling when I stop on that slim lil pedal on the right

Hunttman01

Have you seen one of those aluminum bodies after hitting a deer or something? And in A rollover they crush like a soda can...

XtraLargeTall

Not again...

BobLobLaw

Haha I was just gonna say. This has already been covered in another thread

XtraLargeTall

sgtpatiolantern

Depends on the collision. In fact, most heavy truck collisions I have ever seen leave the cab relatively unscathed. Aluminum is stronger than most people give it credit for. Most heavy trucks have gone to aluminum wheels for their lighter weight and greater strength than the old school steel wheels.

Most of the fears of corrosion, safety and durability are unfounded as there have been leaps and bounds in aluminum technology and other substitute materials, but consumers are hung up on decades old myths that they are inferior.

We agree vehicles should be lighter, but won't buy a lighter vehicle.
We agree vehicles should be more efficient, but we'd rather have more power.

Lack of technology isn't the issue in redesigning vehicles, we are. People are too stubborn to change.

It's kinda the same idea of how we have vilified corporations like McDonalds. We whine and b*tch that their food is unhealthy, so they offer us healthier alternatives and we don't buy them.

The same with cars and trucks. They can come up with more efficient, lighter weight vehicles and we kick and fuss like two year olds at a candy store and buy big, bulky, steel bodied V8 powered land yachts and laugh at the efficient offerings.

I'd like to see a lot more alternatives like aluminum and carbon fibre see their way into mainstream vehicle production. They are proven, contrary to popular belief.

I'm not holding my breath though.....