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Old 03-24-2013, 06:55 PM
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Out of curiosity, whats the biggest trailer (or item on the trailer, etc) that you would be willing to hook up to a Ranger and drive/pull with? How many axles? How much weight? length of trailer? Any other details you might include?
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Old 03-24-2013, 06:58 PM
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id tow a 16ft tandem with brakes in a heartbeat

actually what i want to get here soon for landscaping
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Old 03-24-2013, 07:08 PM
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Just towed a 20' ft tandem, with no brakes on it. Towed it 90 miles to my hometown with my old truck bed on it. Scraped the bed, and when weighed at the scales, teuck and trailer weighed around 6,600 empty. Picked up my S10 drag truck and towed it 90 miles back home. Not sure how much it weighs but the suspension was almost bottomed out. The truck pulled and handled it just fine though. Guess its time to get some air shocks for the rear.
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Old 03-24-2013, 07:11 PM
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I've towed a 19 foot fishing boat with my 3.0 for 60 miles all done in two days. Having only front brakes on the truck at the time was puckering but I'd definantly do it again in my 4.0

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Old 03-24-2013, 07:13 PM
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I have a 16ft tandem I pull a lot in the summer, 1600 dry weight I hauled about 1400lbs worth of plows on it not too long ago and it went fine. And the trailer doesn't have brakes(that work) but want to get them working this summer. I would probably trust pulling a smaller car or truck for a shorter distance if its flat but no hills.
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Old 03-24-2013, 07:22 PM
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i pulled that ship to the shoot of that toyota commercial
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Old 03-24-2013, 07:40 PM
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i pulled that ship to the shoot of that toyota commercial
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Old 03-24-2013, 07:45 PM
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Out of curiosity, whats the biggest trailer (or item on the trailer, etc) that you would be willing to hook up to a Ranger and drive/pull with? How many axles? How much weight? length of trailer? Any other details you might include?
Out of curiosity do you have a bigger picture of your profile picture?
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Old 03-24-2013, 08:21 PM
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Out of curiosity do you have a bigger picture of your profile picture?
Also curious about this haha
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Old 03-24-2013, 09:04 PM
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Out of curiosity do you have a bigger picture of your profile picture?
Haha! I'm gonna laugh at you if the boobs are just printed on the shirt lol
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Old 03-24-2013, 09:37 PM
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[QUOTE=1st-truck-ranger;1322027]Out of curiosity do you have a bigger picture of your profile picture?[/QUOTE

here you go : http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...exy_Ford_1.jpg
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Old 03-24-2013, 09:41 PM
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Old 03-24-2013, 10:23 PM
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^^^^looks photoshopped! Or printed on the shirt lmao!
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Old 03-25-2013, 03:55 AM
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never towed anything with my ranger but the biggest thing i would tow with my current truck would be my 4600 lb 68 Tbird...with the trailer it would be about 6k lbs
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Old 03-25-2013, 05:41 AM
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never towed anything with my ranger but the biggest thing i would tow with my current truck would be my 4600 lb 68 Tbird...with the trailer it would be about 6k lbs
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