Here’s How Ford Super Duty Trucks Are Made: Video

April 18, 2023 1:42 pm

Ford Super Duty Production Kentucky Truck Plant - Exterior 003 - Front Three Quarters

After inventing the automotive assembly line that’s in use across the world these days, Ford has since worked to perfect its production process by incorporating technology with good old fashioned hard work. This process is always fascinating to watch, and in recent years, we’ve seen the Ford F-150 being built at the Kansas City Assembly plant, Ford Bronco production at the Michigan Assembly plant, as well as the assembly line-less way that the Ford F-150 Lightning gets built at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center. Now, this new video from Frame takes a deeper dive into Ford Super Duty production at multiple U.S. plants.

First up, this video takes a close look at Ford Super Duty production at the Ohio Assembly plant in Avon Lake, a 3.7 million square-foot facility that opened up back in 1974, when it was used to built the Econoline. Today, this plant churns out the Ford E-Series cutaway and stripped chassis models, along with the Ford Super Duty F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550, and F-650.

Here, FoMoCo uses a pretty standard assembly process by modern standards, as these vehicles make their way down the line, coming together piece by piece along the way. However, more modern techniques such as using machinery to turn the frames upside down help make things easier on workers, who don’t have to contort their bodies in an uncomfortable manner – possibly risking injury – to install things like suspension components.

Man and machine work hand-in-hand to build Super Duty models at the Kentucky Truck plant in Louisville as well, a facility that originally opened back in 1969. Along with the F-250 through F-550 Super Duty, the Kentucky plant also builds the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator, conducting all sorts of quality checks before those vehicles are ultimately shipped to customers. Overall, this video provides a fascinating inside look at the Super Duty assembly process, one that makes us appreciate modern manufacturing even more than we already did.

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By Brett Foote

Brett's lost track of all the Fords he's owned over the years and how much he's spent modifying them, but his current money pits include an S550 Mustang and 13th gen F-150.