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Ford Maverick Truck!!

Jim & Selma said:
Hi guys……. one year later.
We still love the Maverick-550 setup and have had two great trips this year.
From Wisconsin down to the Total Solar Eclipse in southern Illinois. We went a week early and explored the Shawnee National Forest. Totality is an awesome experience.
From there we went to New Orleans for French Quarter Fest (4 days of free music on the banks of the Mississippi)
We camped at Bayou Segnette State Park and drove to the ferry to get to the city.
Our second trip was out west on back roads to the Black Hills for a week and up into North Dakota for another week.
In the Hills, we drove into Castle Creek Campground and back out. 10-12 miles of rough, rocky, rutted roads.
We took it slow and our front wheel drive was fine. Beautiful camping on the creek.
Anyways, the Maverick is working as expected.
** Bonus: I figured out a use for the AC plug in the truck bed….I can charge our extra deep cycle battery while we drive !!
That way we have two charged batteries ready when we don’t have plug in power.
The Dometic runs separately from the camper system with the extra battery on the ground off of an alligator clips adapter.
Definitely doubling up on beating the system !!
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My Brother in law has one and loves it -- he's also got an F250 Dually with the big Powerstroke diesel. Different missions. He's been really happy with the Maverick. Having a rav4, I wish I had chosen differently but Maverick wasn't available when I got mine.

My only worry is batter replacement --- but thats the same with any hybrid or electric.
 
I’m now pulling with a Transit T150 AWD with the factory tow package. Its towing is rated at 6,500 pounds and the 560 is barely noticeable. It has more than enough brakes to stop the 560. The trailer brakes only keeps the trailer from jackknifing under severe braking. It’s not activated during moderate braking.

My previous TV was a 2017 Outback with the boxer six. It had enough power but the transmission failed after 55K miles. Subaru replaced it for free even though it was out of warranty.

My Outback gets 29 mpg in mixed driving without and 19 with pulling. The Transit gets about 21 with or without in pure highway. It may be hard to believe the Transit gets better mileage pulling on the highway but it does. Mixed driving it gets about 19.

Thanks for the info on the Maverick.
 
One fun thing with a teardrop camper is the shape will clean up the aero off of big boxy tow vehicles. Most large vans will net zero or even see a slight improvement in mileage when towing our campers.

Cary
 
Cary Winch said:
I have always related it to being like the tail cone that was placed on the space shuttle when it was being piggy back transported on top of a 747. Cleans up the aero coming off the back of the van.

Cary
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Funny -- while I don't think you've ever said anything like that to me in our interaction, this is exactly the image I have pulling behind my jeep cherokee with the flat back hatch...
 
Tour 931 said:
I’ve thought that might be the case.
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Similar to the fiberglas fairings that one sees on some long distance haulers.

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I've idly thought about an extension on my itty bitty Alltrack roof rack but it seems its close enough linked to create some laminar flow from wagon roof to the trailer, at least judging by the amount of crud NOT deposited on rear hatch, when towing.

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I made such a thing for the roof rack on our last Ford Escape before we got our Maverick.
I just used a 1x12, some aluminum angle, and about the same angle as the front windshield had.
I had to cope in the wood to the roof profile and even added weatherstripping.
It’s a 40” spacing on the roof rack.
If anyone wants it, you can have it. Shipping wouldn’t be too much.
Otherwise, feel free to copy the idea.
Like I said way earlier in this Maverick thread, the 2010 Escape had the boxy back end that Cary just mentioned.
The crossover style 2017 Escape was the problem because the airflow was all directed down at the camper instead of up and over. Basically, our Maverick set up solves the problem for us.
 

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I keep returning to this thread and thoughtView attachment IMG_6583.jpeg of it today seeing this saying to myself "Self, wait is that a baby bronco towing that dang huge U-haul?"

Ya, Got faked out, it was a Big Bronco which I confess to lust for except for ridiculous price just to have to FixOrRepairDaily...

("Trolling trolling trolling)" sung to the tune of Rawhide...

Also talked to a couple guys parked in front of Starbux, hitting the coffee and free wifi...
one in a Maverick the other parked next to it in a clean F250,
and they both use them for work- and yep, each said different use case on each.

I'm struggling with justifying paying extra for the low-low I might need twice a year, vs the economy of AWD which works great on the 95%...waiting to hear more anout the hybrid and its gearing going slow...my only complaint on the Alltrack is it cant crawl real slow without slipping the clutch..,"hmm what's that nasty smell, dear?"

Side topic:
Whats the cognoscenti car and truck folk here think:

Imho think prices got jacked due to scarcity and one year depreciation schedules...

But as some of the air has left that scarcity bubble and demand slows truck prices could come down...maybe?

Sure seems to be happening on the unpopular vehicles sitting on back lots...

Another OT: Elon made a comment about some brands going out, Nissan? That seems unlikely...more like the 3rd tier EVs, getting oversold, but what do I know...

Anyway- back to trucklets and trucks as tow vehicles...

On the other hand, if oil fields and pipeline biz is again in a big swing up, to MAGA then new truck prices could still get jacked up more here, in ICE vehicles, anyway...
 
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GlampingOn said:
I keep returning to this thread and thoughtView attachment 11220 of it today seeing this saying to myself "Self, wait is that a baby bronco towing that dang huge U-haul?"

Ya, Got faked out, it was a Big Bronco which I confess to lust for except for ridiculous price just to have to FixOrRepairDaily...

("Trolling trolling trolling)" sung to the tune of Rawhide...

Also talked to a couple guys parked in front of Starbux, hitting the coffee and free wifi...
one in a Maverick the other parked next to it in a clean F250,
and they both use them for work- and yep, each said different use case on each.

I'm struggling with justifying paying extra for the low-low I might need twice a year, vs the economy of AWD which works great on the 95%...waiting to hear more anout the hybrid and its gearing going slow...my only complaint on the Alltrack is it cant crawl real slow without slipping the clutch..,"hmm what's that nasty smell, dear?"

Side topic:
Whats the cognoscenti car and truck folk here think:

Imho think prices got jacked due to scarcity and one year depreciation schedules...

But as some of the air has left that scarcity bubble and demand slows truck prices could come down...maybe?

Sure seems to be happening on the unpopular vehicles sitting on back lots...

Another OT: Elon made a comment about some brands going out, Nissan? That seems unlikely...more like the 3rd tier EVs, getting oversold, but what do I know...

Anyway- back to trucklets and trucks as tow vehicles...

On the other hand, if oil fields and pipeline biz is again in a big swing up, to MAGA then new truck prices could still get jacked up more here, in ICE vehicles, anyway...
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Yeah, like so many things, the supply line interruptions during the pandemic caused so many things to legitimately go up in price due to supply & demand, especially vehicles, but they sure have been slow to come back down even though there is little if any supply-line issues still preventing manufacturing. I don't expect the pricing to go back to pre-pandemic levels, since many wage increases were required to get folks back to work, and keep them, but as the unemployment rate, inflation, and other factors get back to normal I think you will see the pre-pandemic vehicle rebates, and discounts re-appear, and some modest price reductions as new model year vehicles are produced.

In April of 2022 I purchased a reservation for a Silverado EV with an estimated MSRP starting at $39,900, and eligible for a $7500 tax credit, which sounded pretty good. I finally got a notification this fall that the baseline work truck was available to order, after only having the decked out RST model available for 2024 at a $96+K price tag. However the baseline truck was now priced at about $57K. I talked with GM, and the dealer I had reserved through, but neither were indicating there would be a truck at anywhere near the $39,900 of the reservation estimated MSRP, and offered to refund the cost of the reservation, which I finally accepted a couple weeks ago after realizing they had no intention of honoring it. I really don't need a vehicle that large anyway, but was impressed with it's rated range of 400 to nearly 500 miles depending on model, but I think as the segment matures, that range will become more common, charging more rapid, and pricing will become more competitive, since the cost of manufacturing will certainly be less than the ICE as it gets up to scale.
 
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I just read an article on car/truck pricing. Basically it said MSRP went up far faster than cost with the manufacturers just taking extra profits. Now the lots are packed and they are offering huge discounts and still can’t sell them.
 
Tour 931 said:
I just read an article on car/truck pricing. Basically it said MSRP went up far faster than cost with the manufacturers just taking extra profits. Now the lots are packed and they are offering huge discounts and still can’t sell them.
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That seems to be the case -- Especially at CJDR -- though their CEO was just BBQ'd. Carlos Tarares resigned. I"m sure the conversation was something like

Board: Dude. Not good.
Carlos: Nah, we'll just keep going the way we are.
Board: Dude. Not good. Want to rethink that? Because we have.
Carlos: Oh...ummm...I see.

What I don't understand is how ANY executive can be worth $36M a year. Seriously -- the last thing I want to see are caps on income, but there is a point where it is just ridiculous.
 
Sweeney said:
That seems to be the case -- Especially at CJDR -- though their CEO was just BBQ'd. Carlos Tarares resigned. I"m sure the conversation was something like

Board: Dude. Not good.
Carlos: Nah, we'll just keep going the way we are.
Board: Dude. Not good. Want to rethink that? Because we have.
Carlos: Oh...ummm...I see.

What I don't understand is how ANY executive can be worth $36M a year. Seriously -- the last thing I want to see are caps on income, but there is a point where it is just ridiculous.
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$36M a year! I could ruin a company for half that.
 
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