Maverick Guide: Best Trucks for Towing
Buying a truck is serious business, and looking at each truck class’ towing capacity will help you make the right decision when it’s time to visit a dealership. To help with that choice, we looked at three top-selling trucks in each class from 2016-2021, compared their towing capacity, and had our Maverick truck gurus, Service Manager Rich Wilson and Service Advisor Jesse Lawson, make their recommendation from each class.
Buying a truck is serious business, and looking at each truck class’ towing capacity will help you make the right decision when it’s time to visit a dealership. To help with that choice, we looked at three top-selling trucks in each class from 2016-2021, compared their towing capacity, and had our Maverick truck gurus, Service Manager Rich Wilson and Service Advisor Jesse Lawson, make their recommendation from each class.
10 Adventure Apps for You and Your Vehicle
There’s never been a time in human history where travel has been easier. We have powerful computers in our pocket with the ability to help plan and execute any adventures we can imagine. Developers have created apps to help save travelers money, find the best routes to their destinations, and help find memorable locations where they can rest and take in the sights and sounds.
If you’re planning the road trip of a lifetime, or you’re just looking to get out of town for the weekend, we created a list of helpful apps for you and your vehicle, so your adventure can be even more fun!
Read the rest of this entry »Summer Adventure Series: Climbing
Hi Everyone! We’re excited to bring you Week 5 of our Summer Adventure series. This series is meant to inform and equip you with useful resources for making the most of this summer.
As a reminder, our goals for each article are to:
1. Equip & Inspire – Each article will be specifically crafted to outfit you and your vehicle for the given topic.
2. Dive Deeper – Though some of the recommendations will be straightforward, we’ll also include products you’ve never thought of or know much about, but can have an impact on your adventure.
3. Support Local – We’re a local small business and want to support other local small businesses. That said, we also want to give you options, so we’ll include both a local business and an online outlet for you to choose from.
Read the rest of this entry »Summer Adventure Series: Water Sports
Hi Everyone! We’re excited to bring you Week 4 of our Summer Adventure series. This series is meant to inform and equip you with useful resources for making the most of this summer.
As a reminder, our goals for each article are to:
1. Equip & Inspire – Each article will be specifically crafted to outfit you and your vehicle for the given topic.
2. Dive Deeper – Though some of the recommendations will be straightforward, we’ll also include products you’ve never thought of or know much about, but can have an impact on your adventure.
3. Support Local – We’re a local small business and want to support other local small businesses. That said, we also want to give you options, so we’ll include both a local business and an online outlet for you to choose from.
Read the rest of this entry »Summer Adventure Series: Backpacking
Hi Everyone! We’re excited to bring you Week 3 of our Summer Adventure series. This series is meant to inform and equip you with useful resources for making the most of this summer.
As a reminder, our goals for each article are to:
1. Equip & Inspire – Each article will be specifically crafted to outfit you and your vehicle for the given topic.
2. Dive Deeper – Though some of the recommendations will be straightforward, we’ll also include products you’ve never thought of or know much about, but can have an impact on your adventure.
3. Support Local – We’re a local small business and want to support other local small businesses. That said, we also want to give you options, so we’ll include both a local business and an online outlet for you to choose from.
Read the rest of this entry »Summer Adventure Series: Mountain Biking
Hi Everyone! We’re excited to bring you Week 2 of our Summer Adventure series. This series is meant to inform and equip you with useful resources for making the most of this summer.
As a reminder, our goals for each article are to:
1. Equip & Inspire – Each article will be specifically crafted to outfit you and your vehicle for the given topic.
2. Dive Deeper – Though some of the recommendations will be straightforward, we’ll also include products you’ve never thought of or know much about, but can have an impact on your adventure.
3. Support Local – We’re a local small business and want to support other local small businesses. That said, we also want to give you options, so we’ll include both a local business and an online outlet for you to choose from.
Read the rest of this entry »Summer Adventure Series: Camping
Hey Everyone! We’re excited to kick-off our new Summer Adventure series where we plan to inform and equip you with useful resources for making the most of this summer. Starting today, and in the coming weeks, we’ll be hitting topics like: camping, hiking, mountain biking, and more.
Our goals for each article are to:
1. Equip & Inspire – Each article will be specifically crafted to outfit you and your vehicle for the given topic.
2. Dive Deeper – Though some of the recommendations will be straightforward, we’ll also include products you’ve never thought of or know much about, but can have an impact on your adventure.
3. Support Local – We’re a local small business and want to support other local small businesses. That said, we also want to give you options, so we’ll include both a local business and an online outlet for you to choose from.
Read the rest of this entry »Asana Climbing Gym
Idaho is perfect for bouldering. The state’s geological history includes massive deposits of magma that shape the landscape all along the Snake River Plain. Ancient super floods and the Snake River have carved canyons and filled them with large basalt boulders offering climbers the chance to practice the sport they love without the need for a partner or a slew of expensive equipment.
People have told me that bouldering is less intimidating than climbing with a rope. I’m not sure if I agree. Even though there are nice pillowy crash pads all along the base of the shorter walls at Asana gym in Garden City, a fall from a higher section could result in a nice broken ankle.
Read the rest of this entry »Tire Rotation Basics
Last time I checked, tire maintenance is still pretty important. You should treat your tires like your own children, with strict discipline. You should also give them plenty of attention and devote your energy to their care and wellbeing.
For tires to grow up healthy and well-balanced, they need to be rotated and hugged often. Well, they don’t need to be hugged, but I have my own methods of care and it’s nobody’s business.
Read the rest of this entry »Boise River Greenbelt: Jewel of the Valley
In 2021, the Boise River Greenbelt turns 52. The legacy Boise’s past leaders left us in the form of the riverside paths reminds me of this ancient Greek proverb:
“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they will never sit.”
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