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I remember a while back someone being concerned that the Maverick wouldnt have all of its AWD traction while in reverse, either for offroading or backing a trailer or whatever. So I hauled a load of lumber home the other day. Just a rough guess I put it around 1900lbs given its overall mass relative to 2x4 weight. So the only place on oue property that you can turn around a trailer with a 16ft beam on it is at the low end of the valley out in the yard. I also needed to back the trailer up into the other end of the valley, aproximately 350ft, uphill with about 150ft of ruts with old gravel at their base and about 50ft of mostly exposed dirt with minimal gravel and grass. The total elevation change is about 7ft and nowhere at all is it level. Normally when backing a load like this I would use our 96 Bronco, its 31x10.50 ATs, F/R limited slips and sizeable weight make it fairly easy. But since the Maverick was the one the hitched up already I decided to try it out.
At first I stayed in standard AWD, without issues at all it got me halfway through the rutted area. I used the 4wd screen so I would notice wheels getting power. It registered the front wheels as getting 25% power and the rears about 10%. However I heard a wheel slipping so I engaged my Tremors rear diff lock and 4wd lock. Then I proceeded on where it started to get the most slippery with the most incline. I would occasionally hear a wheel slip for a 1/4 turn but nothing major. During this time it showed the rears getting up to 20% power while the fronts remained at about 25% or just above. I eventually got it all lined up to the spot I planned however this was where my truck would be in the absolute slickest area. A wet grassy steep hillside on one side and a slight slope starting about the trailers width over from there. I basically parked it in a half notch. Im this area I was definitely spinning all 4 tires because the entire vehicle slipped a couple times down into the notch.
All in all it did the job just as well as my full sized V8 Bronco would have and I am very proud of this truck. It seems like just about every week or 2 I get to put it in a situation where it gets to shine its towing, cargo, or offroad capabilities. We love it.
I will get some pictures on this thread later.
At first I stayed in standard AWD, without issues at all it got me halfway through the rutted area. I used the 4wd screen so I would notice wheels getting power. It registered the front wheels as getting 25% power and the rears about 10%. However I heard a wheel slipping so I engaged my Tremors rear diff lock and 4wd lock. Then I proceeded on where it started to get the most slippery with the most incline. I would occasionally hear a wheel slip for a 1/4 turn but nothing major. During this time it showed the rears getting up to 20% power while the fronts remained at about 25% or just above. I eventually got it all lined up to the spot I planned however this was where my truck would be in the absolute slickest area. A wet grassy steep hillside on one side and a slight slope starting about the trailers width over from there. I basically parked it in a half notch. Im this area I was definitely spinning all 4 tires because the entire vehicle slipped a couple times down into the notch.
All in all it did the job just as well as my full sized V8 Bronco would have and I am very proud of this truck. It seems like just about every week or 2 I get to put it in a situation where it gets to shine its towing, cargo, or offroad capabilities. We love it.
I will get some pictures on this thread later.
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