Home Forums Gear Hunting Trucks and Four-Wheel Drives If you’re thinking about buying a Ford Maverick..

That's my consideration. Commute to work/wherever. Bed is big enough to hold a couple of bales of hay to put out in the morning as I'm leaving, take garbage out, haul dead venison, occasionally pull a 5x8 atv trailer, etc. It's not a replacement for my "real" truck but would replace my daily commuter and save me gas doing light things I use a truck for now.

It’s not a truck, it’s a trucklet. I ordered one because I now drive 35 to 40K miles a year. I’m not doing that in an $80K 3/4 ton getting 14 mpg. This trucklet gets high 20’s in fuel economy, is under $30K with some options, and still carries 30 feed bags, the garbage or a limit of sharp tails and two dogs just fine. If I need a truck, I have a $200K Kenworth. That’ll pull a 50K lb trailer “all day long”, uphill, through the snow, with a 1,600 mile range.

Exactly.....but....lol....my "real" truck needs end at pulling a stock or hay trailer!

A 2door single cab for a couple grand less would be a great little service/fleet truck. 35ish mpg is pretty damn good.

There are none for sale in the area I live. Ford, I was told by the local dealer, did crack down on dealers trying to sell for more than MSRP.

I view it as a alternative to the awd SUV we currently use as our primary transportation vehicle. It won't replace my pickup truck but it is a lot better for all sort of small hauling jobs around the farm than the cargo area of a SUV.

I had a 2002 Ranger and it was a handy little truck. Drove the hell out of it until some idiot was texting and driving and totaled it. Good rig for running around town or making trips where I may have needed to haul some items. Brought a lot of deer out of the woods too. I have an F-250 Super Duty for the big stuff but a small truck that is good on fuel is not a bad idea. I have seriously considered the Maverick but I always for 2 years after a new vehicle is introduced to see what sort of problems they have.

I had a little Ranger as well. ‘93 I think. Single cab, 5spd, 4 banger.

Good little truck. I abused the hell out of that thing and it just kept running.

For personal use I’d likely look at the Ranger over the Maverick.

The dealer here shows 1 on the lot for $49k but it's a '22.

The new Ranger doesn't save you anything cost ways over a stripped down F-150. But a stripped down Maverick, even in all wheel drive, has an MSRP of less than $24K

I bet they are bulldoggin’ SOB with 1500 lbs in the bed

I have an old Explorer Sport-Trac that has been a great vehicle for me, over 200K and still going strong. I thought that it was a winner, but Ford must not have.

Coworker was looking to buy one to replace his ranger, ended up buying the new bronc, will probably be glad he did, anyone remember the izuzu pup from the early 80s, had a buddy that had one, we used to ride home in the bed after drinking all night, it made a ranger pickup seem big.

I'm not in the market for a Maverick but I will say I see quite a few of them running around our area. IIRC Ford wanted a small truck for urban types who might not have the money, space or need for a full sized, full capable 1/2 ton.

I'd say that likely works as an alternative given those parameters. Most of the people I see driving the Mavericks tend to be grey haired and older - I'm thinking it's like some have commented above - I need to move the occasional chair, take leaves and brush to yard waste and pick up nick nacks for the old lady - this works at 1/2 the cost.

My 75 year old neighbor is on the waiting list for a Lariat. She has a year wait and it was a tad over 40k

Car makers spend a lot of money researching the markets. They don't just make a car and hope it will sell. They make them for what the market will buy. Sometimes they're wrong but usually they're right. Toyota, for example, decided to avoid the heavy hauler/rv market and not make a Tundra in 3/4 or with a diesel. Their market is for the light haulers and they've sold millions of pickups.

We're going to find out a little before Christmas.....

The only thing I'm not going to do with that thing is load it up and run across the pivot tracks. I'll let you know if it falls flat. For sure can't pur helper springs or airbags on it.....

neighbor lady just bought one and likes it a lot.

Big enough for you to lay down in, you goofy lookin little inbred bastard.

I learned to drive a stick on the road in my dad’s Chevy Luv version of the Isuzu Pup. Yeah, it was small and had a tiny 4-banger, but it was tougher then most half tons I’ve seen lately, and ran forever. He even hydroplaned and flipped it on its roof, slid to a stop, and some farmer helped him turn it back over, and he drove it away. Lol

I have Ford trust issues, though.