How thin is that metal? Pretty thin!

[Richie La.]

Holy crap!
Do you have a picture of the size of the branch and about how far it fell from?

I cut it up and weight it Glen. It was just over 100 pounds! Saddest part was, that I was just reaching
for my keys to move it, as there was a terrible windstorm. I was also looking out the window as
I reached for them. The branch came down like an olympic diver, perfectly vertical! And I watched the whole, sad, thing! ‍

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[Richie La.]

I cut it up and weight it Glen. It was just over 100 pounds! Saddest part was, that I was just reaching
for my keys to move it, as there was a terrible windstorm. I was also looking out the window as
I reached for them. The branch came down like an olympic diver, perfectly vertical! And I watched the whole, sad, thing! ‍

About 4” in diameter and it dropped about 25 feet!

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

I cut it up and weight it Glen. It was just over 100 pounds! Saddest part was, that I was just reaching
for my keys to move it, as there was a terrible windstorm. I was also looking out the window as
I reached for them. The branch came down like an olympic diver, perfectly vertical! And I watched the whole, sad, thing! ‍

So, a little heavier than an acorn
Not good.

Can't wait for the nit-nat's to start picking this one apart.
it was a tree branch there was wind resistance. It could have got caught up while falling thus slowing it down.
Was it dead or did it have leaves on it.

 

[Cancunbadlands]

The hood is aluminum

 

[Bob The Builder]

Cafe' standards. The standards that have brought us A/S/S. stupid plastic spats, AL hoods, a BMS no one can figure out including the engineer who designed it among other things.

The new FMAC standards has rolled back the CAFE 50.4 to a much more realistic 34.9. PTIAR.

 

[VICKY]

One of our Mavericks was parked beneath an oak tree on our property last week. It was windy, but not "hurricane windy" or anything. Apparently, a number of acorns fell from the tree in the wind... and dented the hell out of the hood and the roof of the truck. Little acorns.

We've lived in this house almost 20 years and parked countless vehicles under that tree. The acorns bounced harmlessly off our old Escape and my Mustang. Didn't leave so much as a small scuff. But the Maverick is a different beast, with very thin skin, apparently.

I barely bumped my passenger side door handle on a tree parking and it caved in the whole door, my stupid mistake but oh Yea thin skinned for sure.

 

[Big-Foot]

I‘ve crushed stronger beer cans on my forehead during college days…
A simple door ding could not be PDR’d and was a $1,600 repair with paint..

 

[brielee3]

One of our Mavericks was parked beneath an oak tree on our property last week. It was windy, but not "hurricane windy" or anything. Apparently, a number of acorns fell from the tree in the wind... and dented the hell out of the hood and the roof of the truck. Little acorns.

We've lived in this house almost 20 years and parked countless vehicles under that tree. The acorns bounced harmlessly off our old Escape and my Mustang. Didn't leave so much as a small scuff. But the Maverick is a different beast, with very thin skin, apparently.

"Don't make em like they used to" is a saying for a reason.

 

[M_Jorge_63]

BEWARE of acorns.
An acorn almost killed a detained, unarmed man locked in a police cruiser.


Speaks to the hardness of acorns and the quality of law enforcement.

BEWARE of acorns.
An acorn almost killed a detained, unarmed man locked in a police cruiser.


Speaks to the hardness of acorns and the quality of law enforcement.

My uncle was a deputy sheriff. He was also - in a previous life - a marine sniper and marksmanship instructor. Told me about an incident in his town where a convenience store was being robbed. A patrol car with two officers responded, saw the suspects climbing into a van, and each of them opened fire, unloading two magazines apiece at the van. In the end, they never hit the van even once. Goes to show the quality of law enforcement, firearm training. He was so embarrassed to admit that his department was that bad.

 

[Manollo3]

We pay the price for better mpg's I suppose. Ain't nothing free, lol.

I'd rather say another way for Ford to make more profit on each vehicle.

 

[MaverickDragon]

I'd rather say another way for Ford to make more profit on each vehicle.

You can say that (you did ) but the opposite is true in the case of the Maverick's hood.
The manufacturing cost of the aluminum Maverick hood is 2 to 3 times more expensive than an equivalent steel hood. The hood isn't increasing Ford's profit, as in this case it's the opposite.

 

[rick52]

My 2015 F150 had multiple acorn dents. Some sounded like a hammer when they hit.

 

[icegradner]

One of our Mavericks was parked beneath an oak tree on our property last week. It was windy, but not "hurricane windy" or anything. Apparently, a number of acorns fell from the tree in the wind... and dented the hell out of the hood and the roof of the truck. Little acorns.

We've lived in this house almost 20 years and parked countless vehicles under that tree. The acorns bounced harmlessly off our old Escape and my Mustang. Didn't leave so much as a small scuff. But the Maverick is a different beast, with very thin skin, apparently.

Had the same thing happen two years ago. A giant pinecone dropped on the hood while I was camping, there is a very noticeable dint from the hit.

 

[tiktokbrainrot]

"Don't make em like they used to" is a saying for a reason.

That reason being most people have heavy rose tinted glasses.

My 91 got a nasty dent in the hood from a branch hitting it, and you can bend the doors and side panels with just your arm, but they dont make em like they used to right?

 

[Diverguy64]

That reason being most people have heavy rose tinted glasses.

My 91 got a nasty dent in the hood from a branch hitting it, and you can bend the doors and side panels with just your arm, but they dont make em like they used to right?

Things likely have changed, but 30+ years ago, I took an autobody course at vocational school in the evenings while I was restoring an old car. I remember the instructor telling us that the cars with the heaviest duty metal in the body panels were European. North American models were one or two grades thinner, and the Japanese and Korean cars were the thinnest metal. I of course bought a 91 Subaru, and on a quiet day you could hear that car rust. It dented if you looked at it harshly.

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