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Unfortunately, Ford also did away with the higher trim versions of the S/Cab in the F150 a few years ago.

Doubt it was from the cap that is less than 200 pounds on a bed rated for over a half-ton. I have a '19 Lariat with a Leer cap and 65,000 miles, half of those towing a travel trailer. The rear springs & shocks feel little different than when new. I'd try some new shocks.

I have an April '19 build with 65,000 miles that is still on the OEM battery. I've got a voltmeter on the 12vdc outlet to keep a close watch on it as I know it's a short matter of time before it's done. But for the moment, it's still going strong.

Each spring at the beginning of camping season and fall at the end, I re-adjust the aim of my headlights to accommodate the squat from the camper, or lack of. On the back wall of my garage, I've placed a set of stickers to aim at. Takes about 3 minutes to do the chore.

They'll own nothing, and be happy. Or so I've been told.

Exactly. The era of being able to expect 250,000 miles out of a new, well-maintained vehicle has come to an end. This along with the inability to repair or replace complex proprietary electronic parts that are not easy or economical to reverse-engineer will see to that. This will ultimately...

Yes, he goes nuts whenever I pull it out because he knows there's a boating adventure ahead.

Camping with your pack is the best.

The DTE estimate is next to useless when you tow, disconnect and not tow, then re-connect and tow. It builds its estimate based upon what the average was for the last tank. If it was smart, it would keep two averages based upon when there is a trailer connected and when not.

Did mine at 60k because half of those miles were towing in mountain terrain and hot weather.

Don't recall reading that. Trailer mode locks out 10. We spend most of our time in 8 or 9 on the flat with no headwind.

2019 Lariat w/tow pkg, towing a 7,000 travel trailer. Yes, mileage sucks. We average around 10 mpg, down from the >20 mpg we normally get on the highway. Most of the problem is the drag from what is basically a big, square box with minimal regard for aerodynamics. My only suggestion is to...

Snow was not in the forecast.

We purchased our Ranger to tow our <7,000 lbs travel trailer. Power has never been an issue. We do avoid driving in windy conditions. And you don't get a lot of downhill braking help from the 2.3.

I tend to run the fuel relatively low on my other vehicles, but since my Ranger is mostly used for weekly ski days in the winter and towing our camper the rest of the time, I fill it up a day or two after returning so that it's always ready for the next adventure.

Rarely, but I do engage it every so often just to exercise it. There's a series of switchbacks with a steep downhill grade at a preserve we visit every so often that it's useful to engage on. Spares me riding the brakes when 1st gear isn't even slow enough.

Roughly half of the 56,000 miles on my '19 Lariat are towing our near 7,000 travel trailer. No problems at high or low altitude and hot or cold. My concern would be avoiding ice while towing. Have seen too many people swapping ends under such conditions.

This sometimes happens when I'm towing our travel trailer in gusty conditions or swerve to avoid hitting something/someone. I tell it to go to hell. Sooner or later the government is going to require notifications of such incidents.

Loved land sailing when I lived in the southwest.

Take it easy on your brakes when towing. Before going down any significant grades, I have already shifted from tow to sport mode and have manually down-shifted to 3rd (or sometimes 2nd if very steep and slower) and let the engine do the braking, only lightly using the brakes to moderate the...