What Size trailer do you haul behind you ranger?
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I was looking in the owners handbook.. my truck is rated for 3400lbs gross trailer weight... because its a 5spd. if it was an auto it would tow like 5800lbs WTF.. I wanted a 4.0L so I could tow.. I guess if I was really into towing I would have checked before I bought a stick.. I'm not regretting my purchase but confused why such a low amount for a 5spd.. Clutch holding capacity???
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I was looking in the owners handbook.. my truck is rated for 3400lbs gross trailer weight... because its a 5spd. if it was an auto it would tow like 5800lbs WTF.. I wanted a 4.0L so I could tow.. I guess if I was really into towing I would have checked before I bought a stick.. I'm not regretting my purchase but confused why such a low amount for a 5spd.. Clutch holding capacity???
if you are good at driving stick you can tow just as much as the autos my truck is stick and i tow more than that all the time. today i had my 2800 lbs behind it and it was like nothing but thats a small load when i get hay its ushually around the 5k mark
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I have pulled a 16ft double axel trailer with every thing from the stuff from me moving to a 350lbs 89 trans am on the back of my truck. the last time I pulled the trans am was to San Antonio from Austin, tx and on the way down there I passed a F350 quad cab with a lawn trailer and full of workers that had a hard time going up at 65mph lol
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However, I also showed them a reservation number for what I needed at the time and the horses a$$ behind the counter had no idea what to do with it.
All that, and I showed them cash. One would think the green would have changed his attitude.
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Edit:
I just went to the haul site and found the compatibility tool indicates one can use a Ranger for a tow dolly with a 3,500lb hitch. Only for small cars though.
Maybe they see no hitch on the truck and shut you down. I don't have a hitch mounted, yet.
Last edited by scrockern8r; 08-19-2011 at 10:55 PM.
#49
Same here. Essentially can't pull a trailer out of the lot without a full sized truck. I can only figure some asshat sued the haul when they piled up their train doing something stupid.
Edit:
I just went to the haul site and found the compatibility tool indicates one can use a Ranger for a tow dolly with a 3,500lb hitch. Only for small cars though.
Maybe they see no hitch on the truck and shut you down. I don't have a hitch mounted, yet.
Edit:
I just went to the haul site and found the compatibility tool indicates one can use a Ranger for a tow dolly with a 3,500lb hitch. Only for small cars though.
Maybe they see no hitch on the truck and shut you down. I don't have a hitch mounted, yet.
LOL I should show up with my g/f's fathers work truck. Let them say no to a diesel powered flatbed! I'm not sure of make or model but that thing has hauled many a broken down vehicles over the years.
Yeah why am I even bothering with U-haul if has a flatbed you ask? Because in the ONE instance I needed it, he was already fully booked for that weekend.
Sucks, but hey that's the brakes of the game.