One of my friends saw last week on a gas station near city of Mexico this highly modified Ranger, as you can see this is more than severe duty, this is brutal duty.
My friend had the opportunity to talk with the driver and the specs of the truck and mods are the below listed:

- Engine: 2.3L INLINE 4 !!!
- Tranny: 5 speed manual
- Axle: Dana 44-3 (4.56 gears) 2 heavy duty leafs added
- 2WD
- Frame extension to accomodate a 7 foot flat bed with the wooden cage
-Payload capacity: Over 1.5 Tons(approx)

I think this guys has taken this ranger to the limits !

What do you think?

 

that thing is CRAZY

 

lol, that little 4 banger must be tired

 

Now this is one time I can't say "Should have bought a diesel."

I would imagine that 2.3 is tired, and the clutch. Haha

All that work though and it can only hold 1.5 tons?

I've hauled a good 4,000lb boat with a dual axle trailer, it wasn't the ideal towing setup but the 302, AOD probably hleped.

But there is a difference between what you can haul and what you can tow.

 

thats sketchy man.

 

ive seen tons of lil truck with huge wooden beds, nots as uncommon as u guys think. alot of ppl take the lil trucks to their max limits. oven on small gassers

 

Wirelessly posted (Blackberry 8530)

Wow. I can't believe they did all that and left the 4 banger in.

 

In Mexico the Ranger´s most fierce competitor is the D22 from Nissan wich can easily haul 1.5 tons in the bed with no mods! that´s why you can see people pushing their rangers to the limits. I´ve hauled near 1 ton with mine too.

I think in the US the ranger is more oriented to a recreative vehicle than a work horse.

 

It looks like its about to snap in the middle.

 

I was thinking the same thing.

 

I've hauled 1,500lb of scrap steel in my Ranger to the scrapyard before. The thing held up fine, even though the rear was 1" off of the snubbers! They can do a lot, for being little trucks.

I've also hauled about 2,000lb of scrap in a single axle trailer to the scrapyard before, that's about 2,800-3,000lb including the steel trailer.

 

I agree with you Joshua, this trucks really get the job done !

Here some examples of what I´ve hauled / towed with mine:

https://www.ranger-forums.com/showth...92#post1784092

 

I just want the Cab !

 

meh 1.5 tons aint that much....as said....u can fit damn near that much pfill in a bed of a ranger..and my 2.3l Didnt seem to mind it all.....im sure the 7.5" diff on the other hand..hated me lol.....the d44 out back and 4.56's on that thing seems over kill

 

1.5 tons is a lot, if it is marijuana you are smuggling across the border.....They have it tarped for some reason.

 

^ LOL! although i think they would be able to get something faster if they are able to get ahold of 1.5ton of weed!

ill load a pic of a small pickup i saw today, tomarrow.

 

Metric ton or ton? Metric ton is 1,000 kg (2,205 lbs) and a ton is 2,000 lbs. 3,000 lbs would be taxing on a F-150.