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ok i will ^_^ anyway i tested it today it does work. got the front wheels to spin in the grass..... yeah i know prolly not the best way to check but that was the best i could think of at the time but hey it worked lol. anyway i am getting it tomorrow or thursday for sure now ^_^ my uncle is talking about just fixing my car and reselling it and haveing me help him with it since i do owe my rents money on that car still anyway....
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Congrats on the purchase, Rangers are kick-ass little trucks. My dad had a '95 4L V6 RWD auto with a long bed and reg cab. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I would trade my Corolla for it in a heartbeat. I think that was honestly one of my favorite vehicles we've owned, and that says a lot, since I absolutely hated him for buying it at first. (Didn't like Fords back then)
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You guys with Ranger experience:

Can they tow much? I'd like to get something that's decent on gas but can tow a few thousand pounds (ie. a car or small boat) too. I was looking at mid 90s F150s with the 4.9 straight-six but they only top about 18 mpg.
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a car maybe not but a small boat i would think it would pull it fine. just get one with a tow package mine doesnt have a hitch except the bumper step thing. if you get the 3.0 or 4.0 v6 anyway the 4 bangers arent very powerful
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I hope you're talking about a VERY small boat.
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Are you asking about safe towing capacity, legal towing capacity, or how much people actually would tow with it?

Boats aren't that heavy until they start getting very large. Cars are; how much car do you want to tow, and how do you want to tow it? My 1980 Buick on a deckover flatbed is a heavy load. A 1994 Civic with a tow bar is 1/3 of that weight.

Power isn't really an issue; if you don't have enough power you just won't go fast. You shouldn't be towing fast anyway. Braking, suspension, vehicle size/weight, and tires are far more important.

The Ranger's towing capacity was discussed recently in another thread, or was that on another forum? Anyway, its tow rating is really low with the manual transmission. It is probably safe to tow the same loads as the same model with an automatic, but you may eat your clutch and/or transmission in the process.
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theholycow wrote: The Ranger's towing capacity was discussed recently in another thread, or was that on another forum? Anyway, its tow rating is really low with the manual transmission. It is probably safe to tow the same loads as the same model with an automatic, but you may eat your clutch and/or transmission in the process.
If it was discussed here I might have missed it. I've read mixed things on other forums about the Ranger now being a tow vehicle, while some say it's safe to tow. Of course being a standardshifter I must have a manual. I've got some other trucks on my list to check out too (mainly the 4.3L Chevys and GMCs). The F150 flat six is a gas hog but that might wind up being the best thing for what I want to do.
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f150 flat six? never heard of a ford using a flat engine before
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Ford has used I6 engines for a long time. They used them in Mustangs in the 1960s, too. Torquey, AFAIK.
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thats an inline 6. not a flat 6
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D'oh! I'm dumber than Ashton Kutcher sometimes.
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The 4.3L Chevy, in the manual-equipped version, isn't rated to tow much either. My half-ton 4.3 is rated to tow a "whopping" 2000 pounds. I'm sure I could tow more than that around town and on the highway safely without tearing anything up, but hauling a heavier boat up the ramp would probably leave eau de clutch in the air.

It's not necessarily all about weight either. I once towed around some kennel enclosures on a utility trailer behind a 4.0L Cherokee. The whole trailer probably didn't weigh more than 700 pounds, but the aero was so bad that it took fourth to maintain 70 on level ground, third to maintain 70 with any uphill grade, and it didn't take much uphill grade before maintaining 70 was impossible. Late-model boats are made to be roomy, so they're deep (i.e. tall) and broad of beam. Between the large frontal area and the fact that their focus is on hydrodynamics, not aerodynamics, the aero characteristics of a modern runabout, even a 19' I/O, are not great, and a lot of them are heavier than you'd think, too.

Then there are the capacity issues of the suspension, tires, brakes, and, yes, transmission, all of which are exacerbated if you tow in much terrain.

If a major portion of the use of the vehicle will be towing on interstates or in the mountains with anything more than a skiff or a Civic, my recommendation would be at least a half-ton, and not a 4.3.
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Incidentally, my parents have a '93 model 19' I/O that weighs a little over 3000# as it's towed, not quite as big or heavy as today's models, and we have towed it successfully in steep terrain with my brother's '95 F-150 4.9L.
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