yep iam about to buy one for an electrican in the city its perfect for being able to get to ungrounded for condo parking as well as handle your suburban needs for renovation and trips to homedepot
I hope they do. Might be my next vehicle. I just worry about fords reliability currently. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they cancel it. That last year they made the Ranger (before bringing it back), Ford sold more Rangers than Mustangs. Their thinking was people will stick with Ford and buy the more expensive F150. What they did is bought Canyons, Colorados and Tacomas. Ford isn’t known for good decisions.
The Carolina squat is only illegal if it is modified that way. Pulling a trailer or load is fine. Y’all should google some of them. I have no idea how they can even see.
I'm more intrigued to getting one definitely now after seeing this video. I need something to pull my boat that's not too big. This will be the perfect truck that's inexpensive
Just make sure you get AWD and 4k tow package. Even if your boat weighs only 2k lbs, you don't want to try to pull up a wet boat ramp in FWD. My channel has some AWD videos stopping at the steepest part of an icy street in Park City with no problem.
I think they are. Hyundai has the Santa Cruz, now Toyota is talking a the Stout, Subaru is rumored to be bringing the Brat/Baja back. Hopefully prices stay low. Maverick is now $30-45k truck
I think I've watched 40 different "Towing with the Maverick!!" videos on RUclips and this is easily my favorite. Why? Because most of the others have some stupid premise, like "CAN IT TOW??" "CAN IT HANDLE 4K??" Just dumb! As if Ford would lie about its ability to tow, or lie about a tow rating. OF COURSE it can tow, and OF COURSE it can tow 4K properly equipped. DUH. But exceed the rating and see how it does? NOW THAT is a video worth watching.
I wonder how it would handle an aluminum trailer, 350z, 3 sets of wheels, , fuela quickjacks and tools..id much rather have a more economical dd than another 2000's silverado that gets 13mpg during daily driving use 😢
Great video. I want to know if non FX4 Mavs come with tow hooks somewhere under the front bumper. This is essential when going off-road. Could you please check.
They do not. There is a guy here on YT that checked and the non FX4 trucks don't have all the structural pieces needed for the front tow hooks. I believe his channel was Mr. Boost or something like that.
Flag to see it handled this load well. I am contemplating the maverick but was not sure if it would work for me as several times per year I need to move a 2100 pound mini excavator and my trailer is right around 1500 pounds itself. Now I know those 5 to 7 trips per year will be no problem.
@@rmjones15 I did, and it has been pretty much flawless. I found getting used to the smaller size vs my previous trucks didn't take very long, it was noticeably easier to park as well lol I've towed my baby excavator a few times since as well, right around 3500 pounds with the trailer and while it certainly notices the weight more than my Ram 1500 used to, it handles it just fine. If I had to tow that much daily I would stick to a half ton but it doesn't struggle by any means. The one issue that came up wasn't the trucks fault but it had a tire vibration that they could not get sorted out. Eventually the dealer concluded the one tire was simply defective from the factory. They covered replacing the tire and the problem went away with it. Just luck of the draw I guess. That was resolved at about 400 miles and it hasn't been back to the dealer since, except to do the first oil change at 1200 miles. It may have been a waste but since I was towing I felt better swapping out any initial break in particles or whatever. Going forward I'll stick closer to suggested intervals. Over all I give this thing a 9/10 it's been great and when not towing it gives me about the same fuel mileage as my wife's rav 4 lol
@@alexmaclean1 This is honestly awesome to hear. I've wanted to buy one of these, but every once in a while I wanna haul my old jeep xj somewhere, and it weighs about 3800lbs. I typically trailer it and pull it with an f150, but it can be flat towed with the transmission/transfer case disconnected. Your comment gives me hope that this little truck would be able to handle it every once in a while.
I've been thinking about getting one of these. I have an old jeep xj that I'd like to be able to tow around on a trailer though, and it's pushing 4k pounds on its own so I really just don't know, seems like it would REALLY be pushing it. Also literally pushing it when you'd try to stop I imagine.
Biggest problem is if you live or travel in hilly areas Where I live it was not usual to to see half tons broke down or pushed off the road because they had campers that should be on a heavy duty truck
Literally end of the video, but he had it weighed. Car itself was around 2500#, trailer he guessed was at 2000#, so ~ 500# over the limit by his estimation.
Why didn’t they use a weight distribution hitch like the Equalizer? Problem with towing is not the weight, it’s the stability from cross winds felt when passing big trucks.
Even more than that, if there's excessive tongue weight and the rear squat is a lot, this means brake/control is reduced at the front wheels. If tongue weight is more than half of max rated capacity and the rear end squats a lot, then a WD hitch should be used to correct it so control and braking is maintained.
That motor doesn't have a load of low end torque. The real reason it can pull is because it has very low gearing. All of these classes of trucks are all gears, not motor. The Crown Victoria weighs the same and has the same tow capacity, has a higher GVWR. If you hooked up your motor to the AOD 4 speed transmission of a Crown Vic of years past, your motor would pull itself apart with its turbo and high compression. That old 302 has less horsepower than your motor, but far more capacity to work and suffer heavy loads. You don't have loads of low end power or capacity in that motor, you have endless amounts of mechanical advantage with a low rear end final gear and super low gear first gears. Beyond "how confident it is pulling", keep an eye on that temperature gauge. It isn't just about how "sporty" if feels while doing work, but how how the differentials, gearbox, and motor are.
@@lockandloadlikehell 3.81 for the towing package 2.0 turbo. 2.91 for the hybrid. An 80's Crown Victoria with 4,000 pound pulling capacity could have a 2.73 final gear. Keep in mind, that the 3.63 equipped final drive Maverick has more mechanical leverage in 4th gear than the Crown Victoria has in 1st gear.
My maverick isn’t the fx4 but has the towing package and is xlt. Trying to tow 21 ft boat with some gear in the truck do you think not having the fx4 package will make a difference?
Biggest thing is being smart. Slowing and STOPPING is what matters most. If you overheat your brakes coming down hill you can LOSE your brakes and then you are fuxked. This is why trucks centered around towing have remote trailer brake controls and engine braking to help alleviate the stress on the trucks own brake system
It would technically, because the non tow package Final drive is 3.63 versus the 4k tow package has a 3.8 final drive, effectively delivering more "wheel torque" per gear, but the engine still makes the same power.(About 5% more torque based on axle ratio)
I got bad information when I ordered my Maverick. I was told because I never saw a order/ option sheet like a brochure. The sales person must have been thinking the Tremor when I asked about towing capacity and I was thinking FX4 The Tremor towing capacity is 2k the FX4 is 4K. I don't think I will be able to change this now
Lunatics at ford got onto some serious hallucinants. 4k lb towing with that???? Nissan Murano rated for 3500lb, with twice the power and braking power. I'd love to insurance response in declining calim after crash with 4k lb at the back of this death trap
They use SAE standards for tow rating and they are smarter than you. The tow ratings don’t care about your feelings. So you’re saying the Nisan is rated at 500 horsepower. How did you determine the braking power being twice? I would love to hear that explanation. You said it has twice the power. Listen to yourself next time before showing people your intellect.
A Ford Mondeo in EU can tow 3968 lbs (1800kg) braked. If you crash you did something wrong! Isnt americans the ones who liks personal freedom and responsibility?
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Im a big fan of these little trucks. Im happy they've been so successful because now Ford will really continue to expand trims and options.
yep iam about to buy one for an electrican in the city its perfect for being able to get to ungrounded for condo parking as well as handle your suburban needs for renovation and trips to homedepot
I hope they do. Might be my next vehicle. I just worry about fords reliability currently. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they cancel it. That last year they made the Ranger (before bringing it back), Ford sold more Rangers than Mustangs. Their thinking was people will stick with Ford and buy the more expensive F150. What they did is bought Canyons, Colorados and Tacomas. Ford isn’t known for good decisions.
this truck would be awsome with the 2.3 turbo out of the ranger and a 5 foot bed.
I pulled a 3600 pound Chevy Malibu on a 700pound car dolly. My Maverick had no problems.
Really? How far did you tow
@@Mason1le 10km in city.
There is something very cute about the little Marverick towing lol I would say its good that the truck is new enough to test the towing out.
Americans have the best towing vehicles! Because we love to have fun!
The Carolina squat is only illegal if it is modified that way. Pulling a trailer or load is fine. Y’all should google some of them. I have no idea how they can even see.
I'm in shock. I noticed a guy hauling a 3800lb camper with one the other day. I was in shock, that pickup could handle it
Glad to hear that. I am considering ordering a Maverick to tow a 16 ft rv with a max weight of 3800 lbs.
Being able to move it is different than being able to handle it
@@scottmurphy4946 In this case, it handles it easily.
I'm more intrigued to getting one definitely now after seeing this video. I need something to pull my boat that's not too big. This will be the perfect truck that's inexpensive
Just make sure you get AWD and 4k tow package. Even if your boat weighs only 2k lbs, you don't want to try to pull up a wet boat ramp in FWD.
My channel has some AWD videos stopping at the steepest part of an icy street in Park City with no problem.
The maverick is such a cool truck i hope it is a catylst to a small truck market
I think they are. Hyundai has the Santa Cruz, now Toyota is talking a the Stout, Subaru is rumored to be bringing the Brat/Baja back. Hopefully prices stay low. Maverick is now $30-45k truck
Nice this seems to be a great little truck
I think I've watched 40 different "Towing with the Maverick!!" videos on RUclips and this is easily my favorite. Why? Because most of the others have some stupid premise, like "CAN IT TOW??" "CAN IT HANDLE 4K??" Just dumb! As if Ford would lie about its ability to tow, or lie about a tow rating. OF COURSE it can tow, and OF COURSE it can tow 4K properly equipped. DUH. But exceed the rating and see how it does? NOW THAT is a video worth watching.
It would be great if i could find one in my area for under 15k mark up
Where you towing a chevy tahoe or something like that on 131 a few months ago
I wonder how it would handle an aluminum trailer, 350z, 3 sets of wheels, , fuela quickjacks and tools..id much rather have a more economical dd than another 2000's silverado that gets 13mpg during daily driving use 😢
That was a great gtest and thanks for the tips!
Great video. I want to know if non FX4 Mavs come with tow hooks somewhere under the front bumper. This is essential when going off-road. Could you please check.
They do not. There is a guy here on YT that checked and the non FX4 trucks don't have all the structural pieces needed for the front tow hooks. I believe his channel was Mr. Boost or something like that.
I wonder how long these trucks will last.
Flag to see it handled this load well. I am contemplating the maverick but was not sure if it would work for me as several times per year I need to move a 2100 pound mini excavator and my trailer is right around 1500 pounds itself. Now I know those 5 to 7 trips per year will be no problem.
Did you end up getting it? If so, how has it been?
@@rmjones15 I did, and it has been pretty much flawless. I found getting used to the smaller size vs my previous trucks didn't take very long, it was noticeably easier to park as well lol
I've towed my baby excavator a few times since as well, right around 3500 pounds with the trailer and while it certainly notices the weight more than my Ram 1500 used to, it handles it just fine. If I had to tow that much daily I would stick to a half ton but it doesn't struggle by any means.
The one issue that came up wasn't the trucks fault but it had a tire vibration that they could not get sorted out. Eventually the dealer concluded the one tire was simply defective from the factory. They covered replacing the tire and the problem went away with it. Just luck of the draw I guess. That was resolved at about 400 miles and it hasn't been back to the dealer since, except to do the first oil change at 1200 miles. It may have been a waste but since I was towing I felt better swapping out any initial break in particles or whatever. Going forward I'll stick closer to suggested intervals.
Over all I give this thing a 9/10 it's been great and when not towing it gives me about the same fuel mileage as my wife's rav 4 lol
@@alexmaclean1 This is honestly awesome to hear. I've wanted to buy one of these, but every once in a while I wanna haul my old jeep xj somewhere, and it weighs about 3800lbs. I typically trailer it and pull it with an f150, but it can be flat towed with the transmission/transfer case disconnected. Your comment gives me hope that this little truck would be able to handle it every once in a while.
Wondering what is your mpg when not towing and towing? Thanks
Maximum tow for a 2022 F150 is 14,000 and I would be scared as F to do that
The regular hybrid gets 30+ mpg, but the 4k Ecoboost gets 11mpg when towing roughly 4,000lbs.
yup. that's physics. tow with the hybrid and than let me know what you get for mpg.....
hybrid also cannot tow more than 2k pounds
My Expedition gets 10 mpg towing 3800 lbs. But it only gets about 15 empty. I'll take the Maverick's empty mpg and live with 11 when towing.
cute truck, wish i could find one around...
I've been thinking about getting one of these. I have an old jeep xj that I'd like to be able to tow around on a trailer though, and it's pushing 4k pounds on its own so I really just don't know, seems like it would REALLY be pushing it. Also literally pushing it when you'd try to stop I imagine.
Good luck getting a new one I’ve been looking for over a month 😭 only a few used for sale near me for 5k+ over a new one with 20k + miles 🤦♂️
Biggest problem is if you live or travel in hilly areas
Where I live it was not usual to to see half tons broke down or pushed off the road because they had campers that should be on a heavy duty truck
That Native dude Iin Colorado with the Maverick lives in Colorado....
Any idea how much the whole loaded trailer weights?
Literally end of the video, but he had it weighed. Car itself was around 2500#, trailer he guessed was at 2000#, so ~ 500# over the limit by his estimation.
Why didn’t they use a weight distribution hitch like the Equalizer? Problem with towing is not the weight, it’s the stability from cross winds felt when passing big trucks.
They weren't going that far and the truck outweighs the trailer. It was fine.
Even more than that, if there's excessive tongue weight and the rear squat is a lot, this means brake/control is reduced at the front wheels. If tongue weight is more than half of max rated capacity and the rear end squats a lot, then a WD hitch should be used to correct it so control and braking is maintained.
That motor doesn't have a load of low end torque. The real reason it can pull is because it has very low gearing. All of these classes of trucks are all gears, not motor. The Crown Victoria weighs the same and has the same tow capacity, has a higher GVWR. If you hooked up your motor to the AOD 4 speed transmission of a Crown Vic of years past, your motor would pull itself apart with its turbo and high compression. That old 302 has less horsepower than your motor, but far more capacity to work and suffer heavy loads. You don't have loads of low end power or capacity in that motor, you have endless amounts of mechanical advantage with a low rear end final gear and super low gear first gears.
Beyond "how confident it is pulling", keep an eye on that temperature gauge. It isn't just about how "sporty" if feels while doing work, but how how the differentials, gearbox, and motor are.
What's the Maverick axle (transaxle ratio) for 2.0 turbo and for the Hybrid ?
@@lockandloadlikehell 3.81 for the towing package 2.0 turbo. 2.91 for the hybrid. An 80's Crown Victoria with 4,000 pound pulling capacity could have a 2.73 final gear. Keep in mind, that the 3.63 equipped final drive Maverick has more mechanical leverage in 4th gear than the Crown Victoria has in 1st gear.
Why dafaq is the Bronco rated at 3500
Short wheelbase and soft suspension
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was that willow run area?
Yup!
My maverick isn’t the fx4 but has the towing package and is xlt. Trying to tow 21 ft boat with some gear in the truck do you think not having the fx4 package will make a difference?
You should be fine. Might have more drop in the rear but it'll handle it
Biggest thing is being smart. Slowing and STOPPING is what matters most. If you overheat your brakes coming down hill you can LOSE your brakes and then you are fuxked. This is why trucks centered around towing have remote trailer brake controls and engine braking to help alleviate the stress on the trucks own brake system
Haha I just bought my self a ram 2500 Cummins but now I also want a tiny truck lmao
I have an F-250 and still love the Mav :P
What is the make of the tonneau cover?
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Does the Tow package change torque off the line while driving without towing anything?
It would technically, because the non tow package Final drive is 3.63 versus the 4k tow package has a 3.8 final drive, effectively delivering more "wheel torque" per gear, but the engine still makes the same power.(About 5% more torque based on axle ratio)
I believe that with the 4X4 package the towing capacity is 2,000 lbs not 4,000
Its 4k
I got bad information when I ordered my Maverick. I was told because I never saw a order/ option sheet like a brochure.
The sales person must have been thinking the Tremor when I asked about towing capacity and I was thinking FX4
The Tremor towing capacity is 2k the FX4 is 4K.
I don't think I will be able to change this now
How is the sound system on the maverick?
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Where did you buy the bed cover?
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That unibody chassis probably stretched or deformed a mm or two lol
Modern unibodies are stronger than their framed competitors
lol no they're not
You'd better look up what torsional strength and capacity
That's not how it works.
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Maybe try not to shake camera so much. It’s makes it hard see.
This is what happens when they build a cute little city wannabe pickup
? 😂
It's the current North American attempt at a ute. Hopefully they're here to stay this time.
Show me another truck that can put a ATV in the back and got 40mpg
My 1500 gets 8mpg lol not 40
Lunatics at ford got onto some serious hallucinants. 4k lb towing with that????
Nissan Murano rated for 3500lb, with twice the power and braking power.
I'd love to insurance response in declining calim after crash with 4k lb at the back of this death trap
They use SAE standards for tow rating and they are smarter than you. The tow ratings don’t care about your feelings.
So you’re saying the Nisan is rated at 500 horsepower. How did you determine the braking power being twice? I would love to hear that explanation. You said it has twice the power. Listen to yourself next time before showing people your intellect.
A Ford Mondeo in EU can tow 3968 lbs (1800kg) braked. If you crash you did something wrong! Isnt americans the ones who liks personal freedom and responsibility?
Murano has a pathetic CVT with 0 engine braking, and the platform as never designed to tow. The redesigned maverick body was.
@@Nick-ue7iw I agree with you, it's very sad that a platform that wasn't designed to tow, tows better than the one which was