6500 Mile mountain trip towing 3200lb camper

Patriot68 said:

Just returned home after a 5 week trip to Yellowstone NP from Michigan. 2025 Maverick XLT Eco boost (with 4k package of course)towing a 2026 Rpod171 travel trailer that was 3200lb fully loaded. Pulled it on numerous slopes of 7%+ for extended periods both uphill and down. Crossed continental divide numerous times. Truck had zero issues handling any of it. Took it all over Yellowstone, Tetons, Mt. Rushmore, Badlands, and more. Averaged about 15-16 mpg in the mountains while towing while 18-19mpg between Michigan and Nebraska. Only nervous moments we had were dealing with some Wyoming crosswinds around the Cheyenne area that were gusting to 40-50mph and they closed the highway. Extremely happy.

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Patriot68 said:

Just returned home after a 5 week trip to Yellowstone NP from Michigan. 2025 Maverick XLT Eco boost (with 4k package of course)towing a 2026 Rpod171 travel trailer that was 3200lb fully loaded. Pulled it on numerous slopes of 7%+ for extended periods both uphill and down. Crossed continental divide numerous times. Truck had zero issues handling any of it. Took it all over Yellowstone, Tetons, Mt. Rushmore, Badlands, and more. Averaged about 15-16 mpg in the mountains while towing while 18-19mpg between Michigan and Nebraska. Only nervous moments we had were dealing with some Wyoming crosswinds around the Cheyenne area that were gusting to 40-50mph and they closed the highway. Extremely happy.

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Patriot68 said:

Just returned home after a 5 week trip to Yellowstone NP from Michigan. 2025 Maverick XLT Eco boost (with 4k package of course)towing a 2026 Rpod171 travel trailer that was 3200lb fully loaded. Pulled it on numerous slopes of 7%+ for extended periods both uphill and down. Crossed continental divide numerous times. Truck had zero issues handling any of it. Took it all over Yellowstone, Tetons, Mt. Rushmore, Badlands, and more. Averaged about 15-16 mpg in the mountains while towing while 18-19mpg between Michigan and Nebraska. Only nervous moments we had were dealing with some Wyoming crosswinds around the Cheyenne area that were gusting to 40-50mph and they closed the highway. Extremely happy.

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MavUnicorn said:

I see that you joined the Elks while traveling.

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Patriot68 said:

Just returned home after a 5 week trip to Yellowstone NP from Michigan. 2025 Maverick XLT Eco boost (with 4k package of course)towing a 2026 Rpod171 travel trailer that was 3200lb fully loaded. Pulled it on numerous slopes of 7%+ for extended periods both uphill and down. Crossed continental divide numerous times. Truck had zero issues handling any of it. Took it all over Yellowstone, Tetons, Mt. Rushmore, Badlands, and more. Averaged about 15-16 mpg in the mountains while towing while 18-19mpg between Michigan and Nebraska. Only nervous moments we had were dealing with some Wyoming crosswinds around the Cheyenne area that were gusting to 40-50mph and they closed the highway. Extremely happy.

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Patriot68 said:

Just returned home after a 5 week trip to Yellowstone NP from Michigan. 2025 Maverick XLT Eco boost (with 4k package of course)towing a 2026 Rpod171 travel trailer that was 3200lb fully loaded. Pulled it on numerous slopes of 7%+ for extended periods both uphill and down. Crossed continental divide numerous times. Truck had zero issues handling any of it. Took it all over Yellowstone, Tetons, Mt. Rushmore, Badlands, and more. Averaged about 15-16 mpg in the mountains while towing while 18-19mpg between Michigan and Nebraska. Only nervous moments we had were dealing with some Wyoming crosswinds around the Cheyenne area that were gusting to 40-50mph and they closed the highway. Extremely happy.

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TheQuixotic1 said:

I adore the look of those small R-Pods; I would love it if they offered the 180 or 190 with a king bed (or bring back their 191 model from years ago that was the double twin setup). Unfortunately the wife and I cannot share a queen bed: she enjoys posing like the Heisman trophy while she sleeps and I throw off 50,000 BTUs while I sleep.

Glad to see it didn't give you much hassle. We have been looking at the Rockwood/Flagstaff A-Frame campers which should be even easier to tow when the time comes.

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Patriot68 said:

Just returned home after a 5 week trip to Yellowstone NP from Michigan. 2025 Maverick XLT Eco boost (with 4k package of course)towing a 2026 Rpod171 travel trailer that was 3200lb fully loaded. Pulled it on numerous slopes of 7%+ for extended periods both uphill and down. Crossed continental divide numerous times. Truck had zero issues handling any of it. Took it all over Yellowstone, Tetons, Mt. Rushmore, Badlands, and more. Averaged about 15-16 mpg in the mountains while towing while 18-19mpg between Michigan and Nebraska. Only nervous moments we had were dealing with some Wyoming crosswinds around the Cheyenne area that were gusting to 40-50mph and they closed the highway. Extremely happy.

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awd said:

thank you for sharing your experience. were you driving around the speed limit to get those mpg? (and were those hand calculated or what the trip meter showed?)

did you happen to take note of what the intelligent oil life monitor indicated before and after your trip? i'm considering towing on long cross country trips with a maverick, and am wondering how far one can go without needing to change the oil.

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TheQuixotic1 said:

All EcoBoost engines love clean oil; there are PLENTY of threads across here, Ranger, Bronco, and F150 forums that show the 2.0, 2.3, and 2.7 engines can get hundreds of thousands of miles of good life if you feed the EcoBoost engines fresh, full synthetic oil every 5k miles as your normal maintenance interval.

Any long distance towing adventures and I would personally recommend bumping that to 3500 miles for that specific interval. Better safe than sorry; I'd rather spend an extra ~$200 on a few extra oil changes than worrying about the engine/turbo years earlier than I should.

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