There was a time period in 2020 when individuals heading on trip couldn’t discover automobiles to hire or discovered that what they thought of already unreasonable rental costs had skyrocketed. Intelligent renters discovered their solution to U-Haul, which provided vans and pickup vehicles for a modest $20 per day. Now, the rental truck big is providing the brand new Ford Maverick for $20/day at a time when on a regular basis consumers can’t discover any models on the market. Customers on the Maverick Truck Membership discussion board (the picture above from person desousa90 is used with permission) made the invention.
How you’re feeling about this doubtless relies on whether or not you’re ready on a Maverick order. Should you haven’t ordered a truck and don’t care about stock, that is simply one other pickup sitting at your native U-Haul (possibly). If, nonetheless, you’re both ready in your truck or hoping to get in line for one (you’ll be able to’t), you would possibly really feel a bit of salty.
Whatever the Maverick’s availability, the compact pickup is undoubtedly a strong utility car. The truck’s mattress is nearly 4 inches decrease to the bottom than an F-150’s, making it a lot simpler to raise in heavy gear, and there’s nonetheless loads of house for home equipment, furnishings, and different massive gadgets. There’s additionally a big gasoline financial system profit to renting a small truck. The usual U-Haul GMC Sierra 1500 delivers round 20 mpg on the freeway with four-wheel drive, whereas the Maverick’s hybrid powertrain returns 42 mpg metropolis, 33 mpg freeway, and 37 mpg mixed.
We don’t know what number of U-Haul areas provide Maverick leases, however the discussion board posts all seem like from Florida. The truck is listed on some U-Haul location pages and never others, together with some within the areas discussion board customers reported as having seen them.
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