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This pic of an F-150 made it to my Facebook feed...
Posted on 7/23/16 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 7/23/16 at 12:11 pm
Apparently is the aluminum F-150. Kinda scary....
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Posted on 7/23/16 at 12:14 pm to finchmeister08
Apparently it was cut open by the fire department- it's what they call the 3rd Door rescue if I understand.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 12:19 pm to finchmeister08
I saw that too, context of the crash was it hit an 18 wheeler and the jaws of life were used to cut the a pillar and door away from the frame.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 12:25 pm to Napoleon
I wouldn't take the looks of the truck at that point as being unsafe.
That door looks really rigid
That door looks really rigid
Posted on 7/23/16 at 12:32 pm to finchmeister08
The frame is steel.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 12:55 pm to finchmeister08
Good grief.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 12:58 pm to Napoleon
I wonder why they would need to start at the fender.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 1:19 pm to finchmeister08
Are you suggesting the wreck was bad because it's got aluminum body panels?
Posted on 7/23/16 at 1:38 pm to finchmeister08
I saw that the other day on my phone. I couldnt see well enough to figure out what happened. Glad you posted it so I can see it larger.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 1:41 pm to finchmeister08
Look at the plate, that was a brand new truck. 
Posted on 7/23/16 at 2:01 pm to upgrayedd
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Are you suggesting the wreck was bad because it's got aluminum body panels?
The aluminum body F150 got the highest crash test rating. Any vehicle vs an 18 wheeler is going to lose badly.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 2:20 pm to kywildcatfanone
What are airplanes made of?
Posted on 7/23/16 at 2:53 pm to rattlebucket
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What are airplanes made of?
Light weight aluminum not "a high-strength military-grade aluminum" like a F150
Posted on 7/23/16 at 3:12 pm to rattlebucket
Airplanes are not made to be crashed into things.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 3:13 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
so lets start making them out of cast iron?
Posted on 7/23/16 at 3:15 pm to rattlebucket
No, just really thick aluminum that matches what it would weigh if it were made out of sheet steel.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 3:20 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Aluminum bodies are engineered. Some folks making comments about the new aluminum bodies as if they flattened out a bunch of diet coke cans and made trucks out of them. Aluminum isnt what it was many years ago.
I dont have a dog in this hunt....i own a chevy
But I do know that ford, on its own, is driving up the bulk cost of aluminum
I dont have a dog in this hunt....i own a chevy
But I do know that ford, on its own, is driving up the bulk cost of aluminum
Posted on 7/23/16 at 3:42 pm to rattlebucket
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But I do know that ford, on its own, is driving up the bulk cost of aluminum
5 years ago, aluminum was about $2200 a ton. Now it's $1500 a ton. So, how ya figure Ford is driving it up? Obviously you have some insight into base metal commodity trades. So, enlighten us?
Posted on 7/23/16 at 3:43 pm to Tigah Jr
Platinum edition, too.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 3:55 pm to finchmeister08
That was insanely obviously a jaws of life situation.
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