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Feb 11, 2006

blue_bandit

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From: bamberg germany

duelly ranger

heres a idea i think it would be awsome
a duelly ranger with the fiber glass flares for the bed 5 lights on top the cab(like u see on duellys) and wide come trailer mirrors theres a company that makes kits i found the flares for the older rangers but not the new here is the site

www.arrowcraft.com

Feb 11, 2006

HarryTasker

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Doing that to a Ranger would be the equivalent to putting a big wing spoiler on the back of a front wheel drive single gear tricycle.

Feb 11, 2006

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I have seen a few older ranger and s-10 that were converted to duellies and had cargo boxes instead of regular beds. It different but I dont know if I would do that to my truck

Feb 11, 2006

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worthelss because rangers dont have enough power to acutally need dual wheels to support a load....

Feb 11, 2006

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i was kinda thinking it would be cool to get an older ranger, reinforce the frame, make it a dually and put a diesel in there with stacks

Feb 11, 2006

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they acully had a deisel dually back in the 80's neet truck and there is one around town its like a 89 ranger lifted 9" with dually and 36's i think. its pretty deferent for sure

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Feb 11, 2006

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ghey

Feb 11, 2006

blue_bandit

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ok well scrap that idea

Feb 11, 2006

Roach2004

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100% Ghey! Thats the first time I have seen that!

Feb 11, 2006

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There was An exact replica of this thread a few months ago. It was discussed. The ranger does not have enough power to need the dually axle. Hell 1/2 ton trucks don't even have a dually option!

Feb 11, 2006

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Originally Posted by Alon

i was kinda thinking it would be cool to get an older ranger, reinforce the frame, make it a dually and put a diesel in there with stacks

Do you have the money to actually do something like that?

Feb 11, 2006

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034x4

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To make use of the power/towing capacity you would have to extend the wheelbase at 3 -4 feet to be able to haul the kind of trailers that would hold that much weight with any kind of stability.

Feb 11, 2006

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Evan (HighRollerII) Thinks its cool idea! Way to be diffrent!

Feb 11, 2006

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eDg3 oF cHa0s

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Could be all right if you put a bigger engine in and beef up the suspension...

Feb 11, 2006

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what if the dually idea was for mud bogging?

Feb 12, 2006

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Theres no point. With a dually axle with big tires, the tires have to be skinny (10-11" wide MAX). And if you get 40+" tires they come as wide as 18"+. It would be a waste of money (2 extra tires and wheels) for not a whole lot more tire. Also the skinny tires have alot smaller tread lugs.

Feb 12, 2006

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Originally Posted by Redneckstone

they acully had a deisel dually back in the 80's neet truck and there is one around town its like a 89 ranger lifted 9" with dually and 36's i think. its pretty deferent for sure

I may have seen one of those at a junk yard a little while ago, my friend has pics of it on his camera, I need to get em...

Feb 12, 2006

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i have an old thread kinda like this, i thought itd be cool to see a newer ranger dually. but if they actually started making duall rangers, ghey....

Feb 12, 2006

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TrailRateThisFx4

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i seen it done on a ranger where the guy put the fenders from the bed of a flair side and put them on a regular bed ....looked really cool...but he had just 18" wide wheels in the back and not dual.

Feb 12, 2006

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Originally Posted by 04edge

I have seen a few older ranger and s-10 that were converted to duellies and had cargo boxes instead of regular beds. It different but I dont know if I would do that to my truck

yes i have actually seen one to, looked stupid as hell. had dual wheels in the back and the big fender flares (or what ever they are). it just looked dumb. i think the guy wasted more money than anything

Feb 12, 2006

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Doing that to a Ranger would be the equivalent to putting a big wing spoiler on the back of a front wheel drive single gear tricycle.

Well Put!

Feb 12, 2006

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Duall...QQcmdZViewItem

was surfing ebay when i came across a badass one!

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Feb 12, 2006

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I thought about doing this to an older ranger and putting a really small dump box on it and reinforcing the fram and suspension. I have a landscaping & maintenance business, so I am always thinking of different things to do. --BOB-- I have also seen this done to older tacomas and datsuns.