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I really like engineering explained's channel and this is a good video about how water is dealt with in modern lubricants. The title is good click bait, he's doing his job as an entertainer well. Having done over a million miles in hybrids over twenty+ years, I'm glad they solved this problem...

I saw the locations you mention but didn't seal them yet, I wanted to wait to see how much they leak in real world conditions first. That's one of the reasons I clamped the cap in place, so any adjustments or alterations can be made before finalizing install. I still have other items I'll add...

Looks like the inventory of 2025 Lariat hybrids listed for sale has been a large portion of total sales based on this graph from Reddit pulled from auto.dev API - I think they just don't stay in inventory for long duration.

Yeah, the softopper on mine would squish quite readily, especially with a wet snow, it was also an 8ft. bed - the straps weren't stopping the tubes and those tiny pivot pins and brackets from yielding under many pounds of snow 😅.... I imagine they are more sturdy on short bed pickups though...

It's helpful to understand that most of the numbers on the door sticker on your vehicle have nothing to do with legality for towing or hauling, many of those numbers are functionally irrelevant in a court room. The gvwr on your motor vehicle registration is your legal weight limit for the...

Weight per tire not really relevant to ground pressure; there is an easy proxy for ground pressure for any given vehicle - the pressure in the tire. If your car is set at 35psi you're about 35 pounds per square inch ground pressure on the road surface. EVs usually run about the same pressure...

Installed a WildTop canvas topper from Australia this evening. I didn't do the drill install of the brackets yet to the truck bed, just C-clamps for now... Looks like truck cap style clamps would work fine, or you could even add a little bit of hardware and connect the existing brackets to the...

Anything below 10,000 GVWR is not doing any realistically measurable road damage, it's counting hairs on a gnats butt. You could drive any passenger vehicle tens of millions of miles an not even come close to doing one big trucks worth of pavement damage. It's red herring distractions for the...

That specific trailer has (4) 12" drum brakes on 5,200lb axles - for a ~4,000lb load it is *massively* overbraked - if you turned that brake controller up to 10.0 you'd probably give yourself whiplash. The actuation electric or hydraulic makes no difference, merely the swept area of the braking...

It's irrational to tax a non-plugin hybrid with a flat tax. it's double taxation, they already pay gas tax for 100% of the energy used. Tax a PHEV or an EV, sure, but make sure they're taxed at the same average rate as a like for like. So, A crossover EV Mach-E should pay the same average tax...

I don't have any firsthand information on the Maverick installs, but I used Ram Mounts for equipment including laptops/toughbooks in many vehicles over the years and found the entire system very functional and customizable while keeping everything very secure while in motion, too. They have a...

I just replaced the Outlander with the Maverick, and have used several Prius, RAV4, Highlander, and one Powerboost F150 (which was the only disappointment really) in my business for the past decade. Getting rid of the trash-tastic consumer grade automatic transmissions has been the biggest...

This is only really a problem in America with the manufacturer-driven inflated pickup truck size craze; in all other countries they more frequently use vehicles to their real capability every day, day in and day out. I already have towed more miles at those load sizes in smaller vehicles than...

I thought that might have been the dorm room at Berkley, I know they take education seriously out there - but bars on the doors - that's serious overkill!

I specifically bought the hybrid Maverick for that exact use case, and anticipate zero real world problems, based on many years and many miles of experience with very similar, but smaller, vehicles. It's not a real world concern, SAE J2807 ratings are comically conservative and hybrids are...

I never saw the test for the EcoBoost if they did it, but the MPG trailer for trailer at these higher engine loads should be roughly the same - same tow rating, and the hybrid will be switched on its intake cam timing to Otto cycle instead of Atkinson for most of the run with a really bad aero...

I'm really glad TFL bought a Maverick Hybrid so we can see these kinds of extended test results. I started switching from diesels to hybrids about 10 years ago for towing and hauling for our farm and household operations for every single application where they fit - the drive trains are far...

Uhauls are all 4 pin lights, the ones with brakes are hydraulic surge brakes on the tongue, none need brake controllers. You need a 2" ball for any of them even the car hauler which is too heavy for a Mav, but that's about it. Only the 6x12 size of enclosed cargo trailer has brakes, the small...

Some of the newest facility designs I've heard about are eliminating most of the bay lighting, too - there's no one there that needs it, and the machines work just as well in the dark!

I don't even like driving a car or SUV in those kinds of winds, at least when I'm looking at the trip MPG meter. Awesome data to have on hand, thank you!