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Previously, I've hunted with RAM Trucks, exclusively. My last was a 2019 RAM tradesman 4x4.
I was a little worried to see how the Maverick would perform.
My hunting location is in Northern Alberta, somewhere near the Peace River. I drove down from the plateau all the way to the river basin repeatedly. Why repeatedly, because there was a bull moose that was taunting me on the way down and up, just over a gulley and ridge with lots of deadfall, making extraction nearly impossible. I had to catch him close to the trail.
I was after white tail, muley, elk, and moose (and some birds).
It was a successful hunt.
The maverick was used to scramble up some quite steep embankments and to ford a little water.
It hauled all our gear up (my son and I), and all of the meat back down+gear less the food and water we used - oh - and without a pop-up blind that was destroyed by weather. C'est la vie!
I couldn't close the tail gate with all animals loaded so lots of straps and tarps had to be used, but other than that, it was everything the RAM was.
There is one real weakness that I've noticed with my maverick, and that's the paint. Any little rock off a vehicle in front will just cause massive damage to the paint. One rock bounced and caused three seperate gouges in the paint across the hood. There's even on from a vehicle in front on the side of the passenger's door. I'm not really sure how that works. This truck has taken more paint damage in 8 months, than my previous vehicles have since 1996 (combined). The paint is really, really, really cheap and terrible. Very fragile. Worse yet, the "matching" paint pen doesn't even come close to matching.
But - aside from that gripe: wonderful truck so far!
I was a little worried to see how the Maverick would perform.
My hunting location is in Northern Alberta, somewhere near the Peace River. I drove down from the plateau all the way to the river basin repeatedly. Why repeatedly, because there was a bull moose that was taunting me on the way down and up, just over a gulley and ridge with lots of deadfall, making extraction nearly impossible. I had to catch him close to the trail.
I was after white tail, muley, elk, and moose (and some birds).
It was a successful hunt.
The maverick was used to scramble up some quite steep embankments and to ford a little water.
It hauled all our gear up (my son and I), and all of the meat back down+gear less the food and water we used - oh - and without a pop-up blind that was destroyed by weather. C'est la vie!
I couldn't close the tail gate with all animals loaded so lots of straps and tarps had to be used, but other than that, it was everything the RAM was.
There is one real weakness that I've noticed with my maverick, and that's the paint. Any little rock off a vehicle in front will just cause massive damage to the paint. One rock bounced and caused three seperate gouges in the paint across the hood. There's even on from a vehicle in front on the side of the passenger's door. I'm not really sure how that works. This truck has taken more paint damage in 8 months, than my previous vehicles have since 1996 (combined). The paint is really, really, really cheap and terrible. Very fragile. Worse yet, the "matching" paint pen doesn't even come close to matching.
But - aside from that gripe: wonderful truck so far!
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