Garage too small. Anyone park outside? In the snow?

[Kit2874]

my truck stays out all the time, but I live in Mississippi so no snow......

You guys can have that, unfortunately I am a truck OTR truck driver so I do have to drive in it with all of the idiots that think that 4x4 or awd is OK to drive fast on ICE..... Just happened in Colorado (stuck there for 2 days) week ago guy going way to fast in a 4x4 tundra passed me and was in the ditch after he passed me....

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[Granger Ford]

Will all of the cold weather and snow we get in Iowa, in order to continue with owning a Lightning, some coverage would be needed! It can be pretty draining on the battery here!

 

[strahanjen]

I live in Colorado and I park outside every day and night. Boulder, Colorado 5200 feet in elevation. There’s no doubt that truck likes to be plugged in and when it’s real cold, I set the warm-up timer to heat the truck up before I get in it. I think it’s called departure. The truck will actually remind me to plug it in, I don’t think it uses much power, but it will use the line and power to heat up the cabin and what not.

Do you happen to know if the mobile power cord used at 240v will be enough power for the precondition? Or should I get a hardwired EVSE?

 

[SamStone]

Do you happen to know if the mobile power cord used at 240v will be enough power for the precondition? Or should I get a hardwired EVSE?

So I use a 40 amp 240 level two charger for most of my charging of the truck. Have no problem, charging the truck overnight and preconditioning it as well in the morning. Hope this helps.

 

[FANTIEPEI1]

I'm considering purchasing a Lightning, but my garage is a few inches too small. I could park it on the pad next to the garage and have the charger installed outside, but I live in MN. There will be snow to deal with. I wonder if anyone else has had to do this. Any comments on the experience?

Has anyone found a way to extend the garage that doesn't cost a ton of money? The contractor I talked to said that by the time he extends and blends in new construction, I might as well just tear down the garage and build a new one.

I'm trying to decide if I should wait for a smaller truck to come out, but I could use the Lightning next summer for powering a job site for a cabin build.

I live in CT and park outside all year round. I haven't had any issues and I stayed plugged in overnight to charge and then I also warm up truck while plugged in prior to leaving every morning. Building a garage in my opinion is not necessary at least not for me in CT

 

[StevenC56]

We started selling some things off and tossing quite a bit in our garage recently as I was going to buy a 2025 Maverick. But we decided the Maverick was just too small and utilitarian, so we purchased a 2024 Lightning Lariat on 9/30. I'm in the process of notching the front wall inward 1.75", and replaced 2 garage door hinges with lower profile hinges that are meant for rollup doors on truck and trailers. I also installed the Swarfworks front license plate relocation bracket to reduce to streamline the front bumper center area. Still a work in progress and I have a metal fabricator building a box and flange to seal off the garage wall modifications. But it fits-Barely.

Here's the finished project except for texture and paint.

 

[SamStone]

I live in CT and park outside all year round. I haven't had any issues and I stayed plugged in overnight to charge and then I also warm up truck while plugged in prior to leaving every morning. Building a garage in my opinion is not necessary at least not for me in CT

I own the lightning and and I live in Colorado. I park it. I charge it outside. In the cold weather I definitely recommend keeping it plugged in and set your departure times as well. I think the truck works fine

 

[StevenC56]

I'm also using one of these stops that's bolted to the concrete floor on my LF tire which is next to my water heater stand.

https://www.amazon.com/Vehicle-Stop...c3f-8a79-4ffa26952c89&pd_rd_i=B07R81ZKDD&th=1

 

[Pottsie]

Will all of the cold weather and snow we get in Iowa, in order to continue with owning a Lightning, some coverage would be needed! It can be pretty draining on the battery here!

Clueless…and from a Ford dealer? My guess is Granger Ford in Iowa wished they were still selling Model Ts…they clearly don’t like progress.

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