The Ford Maverick was so popular that Blue Oval had to stop ordering for the 2022 model year in order to fulfill pending orders. It’s compact, which is perfect for city walks, but that doesn’t mean that owners don’t want to go camping in their pickup.
However, Maverick’s 4.5-foot bed is too short to sleep in so the only solution is to bring a self-contained tent that you need to manually build near your parking lot, or grab the Go Fast Campers (GFC) solution – light pop-up tent. called GFC Platform Camper.
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The solution is simple – mount the camper in a short bed with a sleeping area that goes through the Maverick roof. And because it’s a pop-top tent, similar to the SuperLite rooftop tent for the Ford Bronco, the camper only adds 6.5 inches to its total height (above the antenna). This makes for a fairly compact camper, with a 50 x 90-inch sleeping area and an additional 255 pounds (116 kilograms) of weight.
GFC claims that this is the most spacious camper available to the Maverick, it is also claimed to be the lightest, strongest, most durable and most practical. It utilizes a streamlined aluminum chamber frame (compared to other GFC camper platforms), along with machined components from billets, lift panels, embassy hinges, modular flooring, and a T-track load halo.
When furnished, the bed can still accommodate gear and other items needed for camping, which can include a refrigerator. The video above should show you how a pop-top camper works, including how you can get into your tent without the need for stairs.
Most importantly, the GFC Platform Camper for Maverick only retails for $7,700, which when added to the truck’s price isn’t much. For the record, if you go with the base Maverick XL Hybrid, you can get a 37-MPG (combined) hybrid compact truck camper for only about $28,695, plus a $1,495 destination fee.
