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16’ trailer, firewood for the weekend, 25 gallons extra fuel for the car, Mazda rx8 full of fuel, fire pit, grill,” both are barely lift able with one person”, all camping gear, and tools.
Was only a bit over one hour down and back to gingerman but 65mph speed limit was zero issues for the maverick.

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16’ trailer, firewood for the weekend, 25 gallons extra fuel for the car, Mazda rx8 full of fuel, fire pit, grill,” both are barely lift able with one person”, all camping gear, and tools.
Was only a bit over one hour down and back to gingerman but 65mph speed limit was zero issues for the maverick.

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Not to rain on your parade, but a Mazda RX8 weighs about 3000 lbs. If you scaled the trailer, car and its load, you were probably far over 4000 lbs. Many large truck stops have scales - might be a good idea to weigh it before doing that again.
 
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Snox801 said:
16’ trailer, firewood for the weekend, 25 gallons extra fuel for the car, Mazda rx8 full of fuel, fire pit, grill,” both are barely lift able with one person”, all camping gear, and tools.
Was only a bit over one hour down and back to gingerman but 65mph speed limit was zero issues for the maverick.

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How was your gas mileage for the trip? Im looking to get a camper (eventually) which wont be as heavy, but similar for aerodynamic purposes...and have been watching other posters with towing, but yours seems to be....slightly....heavier than most others.. ;)
 
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Not raining on my parade at all. I knew where I was for weight. I’m ok with that. As for fuel I ranged around 12.5mpg at 65mph. Very stable with that weight even in the wind. Pulled it fantastic. Definitely needed to adjust the trailer brakes a bit higher but all was good. I’ve hauled just slightly over 8k lbs with it so far. Seems to be much more capable than I ever thought it would be.
 

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So I was not the only one at that gas station. Forgot to post this earlier
Buddy of mine pulling my wife’s track car. Well I bought it for my wife but she had zero interest in it so it became his wife’s track car.

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Can and should are two different words.......Any truck can pull over its weight rating, just wont do it forever. Good looking truck though.
 
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Did the same with mine when I moved from CO to NC. The Maverick did a fantastic job hauling my project car across the country.

My setup puts me just under the 4k mark, but with the bed full and the car loaded to the brim with car parts, it was definitely over the 4k limit lmao
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DTF-Garage said:
Did the same with mine when I moved from CO to NC. The Maverick did a fantastic job hauling my project car across the country.

My setup puts me just under the 4k mark, but with the bed full and the car loaded to the brim with car parts, it was definitely over the 4k limit lmao
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The equipment and people in the truck do not count towards your 4K tow limit. You might have been over on payload but you didn't state what the added weight was.
 

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The never ending misunderstanding of the difference between payload and tow rating.
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