Mountain Towing Experience with Maverick 2.0 EcoBoost

inthecabin said:

I find it interesting that the truck’s technology actually works and people are impressed. That said I too was impressed with my Rangers FX4 technology and how it works as advertised!! I guess it’s an unexpected surprise

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22RolloverClub said:

LOL I hear ya. I think my surprise wasn't that it worked, but that it worked as well as it did. I was not expecting the little 4 cylinder to engine brake as well as it did with a load that size. This was my 6th trip over and back but my first ever with automatic trans vehicle.

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22RolloverClub said:

Loaded our Maverick up with all our toys for our family trip to Pitkin, Colorado. The town is just on the other side of Monarch Pass which crosses the continental divide. Total load including occupants was around the 3,000lb mark. Truck pulled amazingly.

Trailer mode works well and seems to do what it should. But Low mode is where this thing shines! Holy cow, going up and down Monarch Pass was a breeze. Find the speed you want to go, press the L on the shifter and let the truck crawl up and down the mountain. Both times down I probably tapped my brakes a total of 15 times. On the way back home I set the cruise and didn't even bother with the accelerator pedal either. Got a lot of looks both along the way and at our destination. Saw a lot of Mavs along the way as well. Fuel economy was decent at 17.7 (pump calculated trip average) however we had a strong headwind coming home that sucked up the high dollar Colorado fuel we were filling up with. Sag seemed minimal but was still enough to get flashed a few times when night driving. Might need to look at helper bags or something similar.

Overall I'm thoroughly impressed with the capability and comfort of this little guy.

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Tim d said:

can you select L when towing on the fly?

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colinl said:

Nice report. How was the braking when you did need to actually use brakes?

I also returned from Colorado yesterday into an expected strong headwind from the east. Never had that before, and I got 17.8 mpg on a tank from Limon CO to Newton KS with the cruise set at 84, so I'm guessing you were going slower, perhaps much slower if you were on US 50 instead of I-70.

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22RolloverClub said:

Dude small world. I'm from Newton. Braking seemed fine. It was just a gentle application to drop speed a couple MPH here and there.

As far as the route, yeah we kept our speed low. 65 most of the way on US 50 except for a small section of 70 MPH around Garden City.

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colinl said:

Nice. I'm from Wichita, Newton was just as far as I could get without getting nervous. On the way out I got 20.5 mpg in a light ~5mph north crosswind, so the headwind cost me 3 mpg with our 3 MTBs acting as an air foil.

I got gas at the Jumpstart in Newton and was shocked that they had 93 octane premium and even more surprised that it was $2.89 for some reason. (Their 87 E10 was $3.09.)

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bgn said:

Hopefully, I lose just 1 mpg for my one bike. I've yet to toss my Canyon Spectral 29 on the 1Up rack I just got.

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GPSMan said:

I used to work in Newton!

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colinl said:

Nice. I'm from Wichita, Newton was just as far as I could get without getting nervous. On the way out I got 20.5 mpg in a light ~5mph north crosswind, so the headwind cost me 3 mpg with our 3 MTBs acting as an air foil.

I got gas at the Jumpstart in Newton and was shocked that they had 93 octane premium and even more surprised that it was $2.89 for some reason. (Their 87 E10 was $3.09.)

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22RolloverClub said:

Loaded our Maverick up with all our toys for our family trip to Pitkin, Colorado. The town is just on the other side of Monarch Pass which crosses the continental divide. Total load including occupants was around the 3,000lb mark. Truck pulled amazingly.

Trailer mode works well and seems to do what it should. But Low mode is where this thing shines! Holy cow, going up and down Monarch Pass was a breeze. Find the speed you want to go, press the L on the shifter and let the truck crawl up and down the mountain. Both times down I probably tapped my brakes a total of 15 times. On the way back home I set the cruise and didn't even bother with the accelerator pedal either. Got a lot of looks both along the way and at our destination. Saw a lot of Mavs along the way as well. Fuel economy was decent at 17.7 (pump calculated trip average) however we had a strong headwind coming home that sucked up the high dollar Colorado fuel we were filling up with. Sag seemed minimal but was still enough to get flashed a few times when night driving. Might need to look at helper bags or something similar.

Overall I'm thoroughly impressed with the capability and comfort of this little guy.

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