What's the biggest towed?

[High Desert Ranger]

What's the biggest thing everyone has towed with their RBV's? <<<And I'm not talking anything about any full size truck or big trucks.

Pictures please.

(Hmmm....First post ever in a new forum, Yeah me)

[jv982]

Im sure plenty of people have towed larger things than this, but I towed home a 1971 Chevelle on a U-Haul trailer from St. Louis all the way to Atlanta behind my ranger.

No pics sorry.

[JohnnyU]

I don't see a point in towing 'heavy' loads with a Ranger. I have two full-size trucks with the appropriate drivetrain, weight, and most importantly, adequately-sized brakes for doing so in a safe and reliably manor.

:icon_cheers:

[85_Ranger4x4]

The heaviest thing I have pulled with my Ranger is my dad's 18' car trailer empty, it didn't really like it. The heaviest in the bed would probably be my 289 and C-4 tranny at the same time.

[BDAB]

I don't see a point in towing 'heavy' loads with a Ranger. I have two full-size trucks with the appropriate drivetrain, weight, and most importantly, adequately-sized brakes for doing so in a safe and reliably manor.

:icon_cheers:


yep........ seen to many stupid people towing too much load with not enough brakes......... that being said ................ I towed my Neon SRT-4 behind my explorer bringing it home from the dealership (had to tow my taurus to the dealership, Teffie couldn't drive a 5spd, or tow the trailer behind the explorer).........

also towed a jeep J-10 on a trailer behind my Explorer 35 miles, avoided the freeway at all costs.......... but I am no ordinary stupid people ...... I tow heavy loads for a living and know how to stay well with in my limits

[jmzneal]

I haul a speaker box 2 20lbs subs 2 big amps 2 extra batts every day...it's only about 300 lbs but for a 2.3 4banger it's enough to bog it down up big hills and stuff.

I hauled a leather couch and love seat yesterday in my 07 stx...my new babies First load :D LOL

[Jspafford]

I towed a 29' travel trailer with my 2001 Ranger

Biggest thing with the B2 is a 18' bassboat. Well unless you count dragging stuff because then it would be a 31' travel trailer. Had to drag it sideways. Anyone smell clutch????

[Wicked_Sludge]

2900lbs in a single axle enclosed trailer + 200lbs fiberglass topper + 2-300lbs extra gear in the bed. took this about 2700 miles from alaska to washington

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r9/Wicked_Sludge/DSC01257.jpg

in the bed would be a 2,000lbs 1896 (if memory serves) upright piano. took that about 2 miles at VERY low speed (extremely top heavy).

have also flat-towed an '86, 2.9, 4x4 about 50 miles

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r9/Wicked_Sludge/DSC01320-1.jpg

i once dragged a huge spool of 1/4 galvanized steel across a a guys lot (500' maybe?). at the time i was under the impression that it only weighed 1-2,000lbs. after i moved it i was talking to the guy that owned it and he said it was closer to 5,000.

[Martinnyc]

8500 lbs of combined scrap metal/equipment trailer. They didn't believe me at the scrap yard, when my truck, trailer and load tipped the scales at 12,000 lbs. The 4.0 got it's ass handed to it that day, and the brakes, HA...yeah, coasting to a stop was the only way. Thankfully it was only 2 miles or so, but it was deffinately interesting, and I'll never do it again...
sadly, i don't have a picture of that.
however i do have one of an old fullsize blazer loaded to the roof with scrap metal. If memory serves me correctly, it weighed in at 7200 lbs.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g78/Martinnyc/DSC00165.jpg

years ago when i had my 2.3 ranger, i towed a 94 v-8 t-bird on a tow dolly about 20 miles, mostly in stop and go traffic...toasted the clutch.

[Loanranger]

Well, my sisters Audi 5000S broke down, and the Bronco was down for repairs, so I latched the trailer I made onto the back of my ranger and went and got it. http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t64/Dcdatsuns/towaudi.jpg This was all on flat ground.

Then unloading it, I rolled down the ramps a little fast and ripped the front bumper off! Hey, they said they wanted to part it out, I was just starting the process.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t64/Dcdatsuns/oops.jpg

[hairyboxnoogle]

Ive filled the bed to the top full of wettish sand one time... totally trashed the springs. Other than that ive hauled alot of hay in it usually around a ton to a ton and a half... steers real nice, but pray you dont have to stop, and be prepared to use the e-brake. As far as towing the worst ive done is TRY to pull my 77 F-100 4x4, w/ 460, and a spare 460, c-6, 205, d-44, and 9"............ i said try, cuz i made it about 20 miles and FRIED the tranny (FM-145) totally thrashed the main shaft. But i was kinda hoping it would... secretly i was hoping for a reason to do my drivetrain swap, which im currently immersed in.

BTW: I realize those things above mentioned were stupid and dangerous, but all done on back country roads (NO traffic) and i am no novice at doing stupid things, and i do not suggest anyone try it.... my truck was free, so i didnt really care what happened to it.

[ZSK]

...and i am no novice at doing stupid things...

:icon_bounceblue: That's awesome. A professional at doing stupid things. You've made my day a little better.:icon_thumby:


Do we work together? Because that statement describes many people that I have to put up with everyday.

[racsan]

not much with my current ranger, just a 6x10 V-nose haulmark trailer, it weighs about 1,000 pnds empty, ive probly had close to 800 in it. my '88 ranger flat-towed a dead chevy astro van home 15 miles once.

[PARKINGLOT]

I pulled a cavalier on WAY oversized 2 axle car trailer about 20 miles on time, get part was getting a run at the hill right before the house it was going too...

I once hauled a bed full of topsoil in my old 87 ext. cab 2.3 ranger, that sucked big time. again, probably 20 miles or so....

Good thing I'm used to pulling weight at work...

[hairyboxnoogle]

:icon_bounceblue: That's awesome. A professional at doing stupid things. You've made my day a little better.:icon_thumby:


Do we work together? Because that statement describes many people that I have to put up with everyday.

I didnt really mean it like that :rolleyes:

[mayito]

my father Chevy is the 2d time i towed in 1 year,
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p10ffee1dc9cbf9d41f4825eca1727c3d/e982e40f.jpg


in this one i towed the trailer and 2 bulls, at high way about 65miles/h
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p1c537e30e3a3000ad93886b66f1bbad7/e7ed84da.jpg

[Sevensecondsuv]

I've towed a 96 V-8 Dodge Ram behind my explorer. I've also towed a 80 something jeep cherokee behind it. I've had the bed full of sand, dirt, gravel etc on my ranger. Also hauled a lawn tractor in the back of my ranger the other day... half on the tailgate because the mowing deck wouldn't fit between the wheel wells. That was a pretty funny site going down the road. It felt like it had power steering, which is funny, because it doesn't :sad:

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I have a couple pictures around somewhere... I'll add them sometime later when I get around to getting them up online an all...

In the bed I've had over a ton on several occations...not sure of the exact weight because the yard I was getting material from the one time...well...their bucket scale was broke, so it was somewhere between one and one and a half tons...

I've also packed the bed full of things that I have no idea what the final weight would be. Once I had a full-float D-60 rear, two heavy duty D-44 fronts, regular D-44 front, D-30 axle housing, ranger tailgate, three 33" treads, my cap and 75# toolbox on the back. I've also had a 7.5, d-35, two sets of leaf springs, one pair of coils, a BW 1354 t-case, a4ld tranny, 4.0L, 2.9L, and misc assortment of other items in the bed, topped off with a chrome pushbar, 80# bag of cement, 75# toolbox and a radiator.

For towing, I've dragged my 88 BII on a car dolly, my choptop stock on a car dolly, my choptop in it's current form on a tow bar, and my one buddy's YJ on a tow bar.

My Ranger came equipped with the heavier GVW package and I use it.

[WhiteRanger4x4]

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/6/web/486000-486999/486283_75_full.jpg
Sorry about the bad pic. Towed the wreaked 89 Ranger home.Did it well. Stopping was interesting with no trailer brakes.

[Sunk]

I haven't towed much. The most I had in the bed was around 1300 lbs. I went to get a yard of gravel and the guy asked if I wanted it all. Without thinking I said "Sure I've had many yards of bark."....."Yeah a yard of gravel weighs 2600 lbs..:icon_surprised: I said "Ok, I'll take half."

[PARKINGLOT]

I don't know if it'll count or not, but I had a whole 8.8 in my 4 door focus DD :D

yup, that was fun...

[WhiteRanger4x4]

I don't know if it'll count or not, but I had a whole 8.8 in my 4 door focus DD :D

yup, that was fun...
:icon_rofl::icon_rofl:I bet that was an interesting ride.
I own a 4 door Focus and even with the back seat down there would not be much room .:tease:

[Wicked_Sludge]

thats nothing...ive had a 35 horse johnson long shaft in the back of my 2 door escort. even got it in there with the back seats upright :D

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r9/Wicked_Sludge/DSC02537.jpg

who says cars are useless :beer:

[Will]

I remember that picture.

Makes my back hurt to look at. I would have sold the car with it in there or cut it out with a sawz-all.

[PARKINGLOT]

:icon_rofl::icon_rofl:I bet that was an interesting ride.
I own a 4 door Focus and even with the back seat down there would not be much room .:tease:

eh...the ride was okay...but getting it in, then back out again? That was the interesting part :D

[Forcus]

Towed this down the driveway with the Ranger, didn't even have to touch the pedal.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5149/hpim0296hf0.th.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpim0296hf0.jpg)

[ranger1999 Bob]

this was a few years back went from like where the pats play in MA to NC like this and once i towed a 87 chevy dually with a flatbed from MD to NJ it had no motor trans or nose on it thohttp://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee164/ranger99Bob/rangerloaded.jpg

[Wicked_Sludge]

...cut it out with a sawz-all.

funny you should mention that....i happened accross a cardomain a while back where a guy had taken an escort GT like mine and chopped the top. i thought itd be neat to do the same, but yank the back seats and seal the "cab" up for an escort "elcamino" :D

[85_Ranger4x4]

I upped the anty for my truck last Saturday. We had to pull out our International pickup out of the barn lot so we could bleed the brakes/clutch (shared system) We opted to use the Ranger for its increased manuverability to back down to it. Hooked on to it in 2lo, just got the slack out of the chain and broke a tire loose, our recent spell of heat and torential rain had made the dirt almost as hard as concrete so I couldn't get any bite. So I locked in the hubs (front tires were on grass, that my have helped) and it didn't even blink, pulled it out of its ruts, up a pretty steep bank and into the driveway. It really impressed me because that IH is anything but light and the Ranger could have cared less, I guess that is what having best in class torque (143 lb ft @ 2500 RPM) will do for you :headbang:

[rusty ol ranger]

Heavest thing hauled-
27 bundles of shingles, about 90lbs a piece, in the bed of my 87. Hauled them 25 miles, while the suspension and brakes were maxed, the 2.9 didnt even really notice.

Heavest pulled-

My neighbor had a 87 Chevy 1ton dually 4x4 that had a busted tranny, I flat towed it 10 miles down the road to his friends shop.

later,
Dustin

[sublime68charger]

wasn't really heavy to pull at all but trying to get up to speed would have been an empty gravity Box I pulled behind the 87 Extend Cab. would only due 50 MPH man that thing had wind resistance. just a big emtpy Metal Box behing the truck only went 20 miles.

other than that. trailer with 2 4 wheelers and the box full of Wood is the most it's done.

Pulled small trees out of the front yard with it. only 6 ft High and 3" around.

just give a good yank and out them come.

sublime out.

[Wanderer]

entire inground pool kit minus the re-bar/concrete/gravel...poolwall and support bars...about 700lbs...


and I USED to have a 14ft th wheel trailer I hauled a few other rangers/jeeps on..worked ok..transmission didnt care for it though...I gotta pic somewhere...

[dude772]

an s-10 full of scrap metal, when i say full i mean the cab was filled to the windows and the bed was heaping with a tarp over it, on a dual axle car trailor thats very front heavy.(no bed on my ranger and my 31' tires)

after that would be my 87 cadi coupe deville on a rediculously heavy trailor... this was also without the bed on the ranger and the 31s and it looked like rear springs were bowed the wrong way :| YIKES!! too that one easy it was a rather long trip.

and after that would be my greatest dump tow.... an 81 mustang with an inline 6 from alberta to southern ontario, in the ranger with bone stock everything... maybe even stock ball joints that were damn near ready to fall apart when i left from ontario to get the car. Had to change the front tires half way just to make sure they didn't blow from the insides wearing down to nothing.

Now THAT was stupid ... i learned my lesson!!!!

[liquidcobra]

Here's mine. The car is a Merkur Scorpio. Pulled it 120km.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/liquidcobra/Truck/DSCF0006.jpg
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n73/liquidcobra/Truck/DSCF0007.jpg

[dangerranger0690]

a load of scrap on a trailer (3 small truck cabs with half the frame that were loaded with old engines and crap covered by an old manure spreader) with a bed full of scrap golf cart batteries, top speed of 50 and slow stopping

[amw_drizz]

I don't see a point in towing 'heavy' loads with a Ranger. I have two full-size trucks with the appropriate drivetrain, weight, and most importantly, adequately-sized brakes for doing so in a safe and reliably manor.

:icon_cheers:

i agree and my ranger dont have enough power cause timing is off and carb aint allowing enough fuel in. i got a rig sitting in my yard that is more than capable of haul upto 6 tons (12,000lbs) and the truck weighs 9,800lbs dead empty so thats over 20,000lbs of steel moving down the road for my rig and she can handle it, helped my father build her up. :clapping::headbang: 87 f350 custom, with 5 1/2 ton load leafs car carrier 4:11 gears 4spd 351m

i dont use my ranger for towing and prolly wont either, just to move precious metals from my yard to the scrap yard 30 miles away.

a pic of my hauler if you want to see it, but yea ranger :stop: wont tow with it. http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/570187/thumbnail/dscn0915.jpg (http://www.supermotors.net/vehicles/registry/media/570187)

[Forcus]

I don't think anyone is glorifying pulling a heavy load, just a fun thread. I just wish my Ranger had a greater towing capacity because in most other ways, it's perfect. Hate having two trucks to do a couple chores (but don't tell my GF that!)

[THE WHITE RHINO]

i had 4 350 blocks 2 454 blocks an arc welder tool box, 3 turbo 350 trannys, and an sm465 with 205 transfercase the leafs were hurting bad

[metalmacguyver]

i had aprox. 4000lbs of trailer and cargo behind my 96 2wd 2.3L 5speed. hauled it 200 miles to the other end of MA. only had to use 1st gear once. thank god i built that trailer with electric brakes!




Edit: oh yeah, i pulled that on the bumper. no 2" reciever hitch. prolly not the smartest thing in the world :P

[AllanD]

I have towed in one trip:

1)My 16ft dovetail trailer (1880#)
On it I carried:
2)a Friend's 1987 Saab 900Turbo (3050#)
3)My brothers FULL SnapOn "Black Night" toolbox roll-cabinet.
In the bed of my truck
4)The top box of his toolbox

Total package weight for the trailer was well in excess of 6000#
plus the 4000lb my truck weighs with me, my 235# brother, and a 275# friend.

That was with the 2.9/5sp/3.73 gears.

Total distance covered with the load? 125 miles, what was worse was when I got back it was snowing and I had to STOP and put the chains on my truck so I could get up the hill to my house.

Longest tow? (2.9/5sp/3.73's)

From LaPorte, Indiana with the same 16ft dovetail trailer
and a 3400# Milling machine mounted to the deck of the trailer
To South Plainfield New Jersey. just under 750miles.

Longest tow period? Deadheading the Dovetail trailer back to home (Palmerton, PA)
From Bar Nunn, Wyoming, 1858 miles.
Though this was after converting the truck to 4x4, switching to 4.10 gears
and installing a 4.0 engine.

Funny thing is I got 16.98mpg on the run back from Wyoming
with the A/C on and the cruise control set to 70mph.

Best I ever did with the 2.9/3.73's deadheading the trailer was ~14.5
I got 17.6 dragging another Saab From West Newberry, Mass
to SouthPlainfield NJ, but that as after installing a fresh 2.9 and
switching to 4.10's (the truck was still 2wd at the time)

Do I win a prize or something?

AD

[Forcus]

Do I win a prize or something?

AD

Only if you have pics!!

I've always maintained that the primary safety factor in towing is the DRIVER. I have towed way over GVWR and I do not enjoy it, but it was out of "necessity" at the time. I've seen way too many folks with capacity to spare and drive with loaded fifth wheels like they are driving sports cars. Sounds like you know how to stay safe!

[thegoat4]

I've pull-started a semi on flat ground. Weighed right around 60,000 according to the driver. I used LONG nylon ropes to get as much stretch as possible. Probably about 80 feet, four cords of 3/4. Got my truck rolling along slowly in first and once the slack was gone pushed the pedal. Really didn't bog my truck much at all and got him rolling pretty quick.

Actual trailer is a lawnmower trailer, with a riding mower, a couple of those powered pushers with the little riding sled thingies, twenty weed wackers, gas, leaf blowers, and spare parts and tools. It had no brakes or even lights. Yay for Mexico.

Heaviest in the bed is my full toolbox, right around 1,400, plus some chains and a creeper. Then some godawful pile of stuff crammed into the cab. Oh yeah, and all the dirt and mud caked on the outside.

[Gabe8810]

the most i ever towed in my ranger was my dads twenty foot steel trailer with my brothers ford contour all the way from allmagordo(the tranny in his car went out when we drove it down there) it was a bitch and a half i got the worst gas milage my truck did it pretty good though and man was it a load never will i do that again. i had to do engine braking to slow me down before i pressed the brakes but other than that no major problemsbut my truck hated the load.

[08Ranger]

I towed a Ditch Witch (the kind you ride, not walk behind) on a trailer big enough to put my '92 Ranger 3.0 5sp 2wd on! The whole outfit had to outweigh my truck! Of course I only took it a few miles across town and back. I wouldn't do it again though.

[truckman]

best to date is i was haulen scrap between the bed and trailer which is a 6x12 i tipped the scalles w/ 4800 lbs of scrap, we had 2100 in the back of the truck alone it wasn't a happy camper that day but my wallet sure got happy

[Will]

No tongue weight, lots of resistance--yep, it will squeal.

What's worse is the coil/5 link in the '93 Pathfinder we had. When pulling a trailer from a stop the back of the truck would come up in the air when you started to get some torque in the clutch. It would often break a tire loose even with a lot of tongue weight. Very odd feeling and not very truck-like. I don't know why it was like this but it was very bad.

[Snurfer]

1100 pounds in the bed of my ext. cab ranger 4.0. cement blocks. but i have 4 inch SJ lift springs from an explorer in the back. LOADED

[LowNslow95]

I haven't towed anything, but I have hauled stuff around in the bed of my Ranger. I did countless runs to the local town ship to get free mulch like 5 times. Then I had to get a fridge in the back, that actually fit between the wheel wells and the length of my bed, I was actually surprised when I got it in there.

[DesertStorm]

Haul firewood all the time. Dont know the weight but the truck sits on the bumpstops in the rear. Very heavy. 1200-1500#? Along with pulling log splitter that weighs 400#. All with a 2.3L.

[Jspafford]

No tongue weight, lots of resistance--yep, it will squeal.

What's worse is the coil/5 link in the '93 Pathfinder we had. When pulling a trailer from a stop the back of the truck would come up in the air when you started to get some torque in the clutch. It would often break a tire loose even with a lot of tongue weight. Very odd feeling and not very truck-like. I don't know why it was like this but it was very bad.


I get that with my SD. When I am towing something heavy, over 5K, I can feel the rear raise up when I get on the gas from a stop.. Feels weird, you are correct.

[Will]

I get that with my SD. When I am towing something heavy, over 5K, I can feel the rear raise up when I get on the gas from a stop.. Feels weird, you are correct.

I wonder why your truck does it? I've never observed the phenomena in a leaf sprung vehicle.

[Jspafford]

Dunno, but it makes the back of the truck hunch up. I just assumed it was the torque of the driveshaft pushing downward on the differential that caused the axle to twist the springs.

[racsan]

this is what ive been pulling behind my ranger lately, weighs about 1,000 empty, not sure how heavy ive had it, probly about 800 or so in it helping a friend move. its a 6x10 v-nose haulmark. paid about 2,600 for it last january. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/racsan_2006/Picture094.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/racsan_2006/Picture093.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/racsan_2006/trailere-track002.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/racsan_2006/trailere-track001.jpg

[jlloyd]

With my 95 2.3 5 spd.,I hauled a few loads of heavy mulch that was damp.They said it was a cu. yard.D,ont know the wt.

[Chic N Stew]

I love this, the heaviest thing i've ever towed is a trailer full of shop junk, probably equal to my dads tool chest(it's huge, and it did the clutch in pretty bad)

[DennisH]

I have a 94 3.0L 5 speed 4x4 that I used to tow two seed bean wagons with, on the bumper. (I only had to go about 3 miles) One of the wagons was completely full, the other was a little under half full. I don't know exactly how much each one weighed but I would guess combined they weighed about 8 tons. Thats no BS either becuase at the elevator we have them weighed and on average a full one weighs about 6 tons. I put it in 4 LOW to get them started up out of the field, up the small incline to get on the road, and then when I got them rolling I put it in High and went about 20 mph at MOST. High speeds will cuase you to wreck no matter what your towing them with. I thought it was amazing. After I was done it drove fine and the bumper wasn't affected. I now have a custom made hitch that I made from a Class III 93 jeep hitch. I used 1/4 inch steel to fabricate my own brakets after I had cut off the old 1/8 inch jeep brackets.

[JohnnyU]

Wagons are so hard to tow because they have such little tongue weight. From a static start, that's pretty impressive. I bet your clutch wasn't very happy though.

[mudcrazy]

We were camping at this campsite near Wasaga Beach, and i seen this truck trying to pull this 40 or so foot trailer with a half ton truck. Well it was all good till he got near a bump then he was f--ked. I offered, being lifted and pulled it to the front enterence and out of the way, and only in 4 lo. When that trailer was lowered on my truck, it must have dropped at least 6 inches and won't do that again. But he did give me a free day and night stay at the camp after that. Mike.:icon_cheers:

[Bronco_Chuck]

ive pulled more stuff with my bronco 2 than ive seen half ton trucks pull. I pulled a 3 ton dump truck up a big hill after it ran out of gas at the bottem.
used it to pull my race car(74 ranchero 500) to the race track(60miles round trip)over one season. and pulled all my brothers friends out numores times.

[Auzzey]

I launched a 24' Cuddy/Walk-around. I think the boat alone weighed in close to 4000lbs, plus fuel and trailer. My ranger ('04 Edge, 4.0L, 4x4, manual) pulled it ok...I only had to go about 3/4 of mile and never went over 10 mph.

http://bp1.blogger.com/_dusd55SAXo4/R4jKK7bMCOI/AAAAAAAAACU/nRXGCZ8Do-0/s1600-h/Picture_047_small.jpg

http://bp2.blogger.com/_dusd55SAXo4/R4jKLLbMCPI/AAAAAAAAACc/u880kN0vDjU/s1600-h/Picture_050_small.jpg

and a view from the driver's seat while launching...

http://bp2.blogger.com/_dusd55SAXo4/R4jKLLbMCQI/AAAAAAAAACk/pYCRYBpXPQU/s1600-h/Picture_63_small.jpg

[Auzzey]

I guess my pictures didn't post...what's up with that? I had some good ones too!!

Did I do something wrong (I'm new here, obviously). But I had them posted in a blog and used the insert image button...

[Jspafford]

I looked over your coding, and it should work. Maybe the blog blocked it.

[Culprit]

I've towed a few cars with my '95 4.0L 5 spd manual. The only mod to the truck from stock is that I added a leaf to the rear springs to offset the weight of the steel-core fiberglass cap. I've towed my 78 Vette (recently sold to father-in-law), and a Mazda 626 and VW Golf. A couple of times I used U-Haul trailers, and twice I borrowed a friend's all steel deck flatbed trailer (heavier than the U-Haul trailers). I never would have tried it except it was all between Atlanta, North and South Carolina, and Savannah where it was completely flat. I've towed plenty of smaller things (motorcycles, fishing boats, trailers with pianos, etc) but the cars were the heaviest.

The heaviest load I ever carried in the bed was a pallet of bricks. The pallet won't fit between the wheel wells, so I told the forklift driver to load it turned 45 degrees and get it in as far as she could. Most of the weight was on the lowered tailgate. The rear springs were bottomed out and the frame was resting on the axle. I held my breath for the whole 4 mile trip. If my friend hadn't lived that close to Lowe's, I wouldn't have done it.

http://godissemperfidelis.com/The_Ranger_Station/134-3406_IMGsmaller.JPG

[sick toys]

DO REALLY...REALLY...REALLY........FAATT CHICKS COUNT ???:beer:

[michowski]

DO REALLY...REALLY...REALLY........FAATT CHICKS COUNT ???:beer:

If they effect your 0-60 times then yes I would say they do.

[Natedog57]

Don't know how much this weighed, but ought to win a prize for most unusual/creative. My friend and I just moved it from one house in the neighborhood to another.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg299/natedog57/Misc/P6050263.jpg

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg299/natedog57/Misc/P6050264.jpg


This was a pallet of 60lb bags of concrete. 56 total bags so weighed in at 3360 plus dual axle trailer which I'm assuming weighes between 1500 and 2000lbs. So, in the area of 4860 to 5360lbs.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg299/natedog57/Misc/TowingPalletof60lbsConcrete.jpg

[michowski]

nate that last ranger is freaking awesome dude. Amazing looking rig. Clean mods, fantastic looking results.

[wvcat]

I discovered Dakotas are heavier than rangers....lol
John

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[Mutant Pony]

Hauled a grand prix on a tow dolly with my 3.0, supercab. It didn't break a sweat.

[stzeiser]

A gravity wagon full of corn

[racsan]

from the towing section of the pirate 4x4.com BB; http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i140/rookie_j/RedneckTrailer.jpg

[MaineMan]

104 bales of hay, 200 lbs of grass seed, plus other random stuff inthe cab. i went thirty miles with this load in the rain. the further i went the heavier it got. through some pretty steep country too. i had to stop twice to let the trailer tires cool off.

i have a pic but i cant figure how to add it.

[racsan]

another from pirate 4x4dotcom, from the "big,dumb loads " section. check out how the front tires are spinning, must have broke the rear driveline http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj174/mudbillyredneck/THISISHOWIROLL.jpg

[mhughes165]

largest i ever towed with the ranger woulda been my 83 3/4 ton diesel suburban....flat towed that on 38.5 hawgs 15 miles to my house, pretty much killed my kevlar clutch :sad:

[V8RangerBoy]

Pulled a 35' bumper pull trailer down out of the hills for my uncle after he broke a rocker arm in his 428SCJ (back in '04, no pics!). This was back when I still had the 3.0L in it, and I had to use low range, but the truck did surprisingly well. But, like someone mentioned before, please use an appropriately sized vehicle for something like this, with a nicely matched driveline and brakes for what you're doing. 'Emergencies' like this, break the rules as safely as possible! :)

[reginald fairfield]

Sorry, no pics, but this happened quite a while ago. One of my friends got stuck in his '89 chevy 3/4 ton, and this was because his 4x4 would not engage. This was in a huge, long arroyo that he really had no business in in the first place (long bed, extended cab, piece of shit). I, like an idiot tried to pull him out with my 1999 ranger 4x4. I put it in low range and floored it, and moved him about 2 feet. I am still trying to fix my four wheel drive. It fried low range and the chain, and the hubs too. I was too used to my 1979 jeep cj5 I guess, which can pull out just about anything and not feel it.

[calypso93]

I don't have the largest towed, but maybe the distance is near the top. We had a 21 foot fifthwheel RV, around 4800# loaded, and did close to 50K miles over a three year period. No extra stuff on the truck, other than a 5th hitch. The reat was all factory ordered. Nice trucks theses Rangers.

[redneck_rainey]

ive only towed once but it was a 25 mile trek pullin my grandpas 2500hd with no driveshaft, ranger never bitched, squeaked or moaned. no problems at all. i enjoyed the looks from ppl when they saw a so called 'mini truck' pullin that monstrosity. but all in all its always a good day when a ford is pullin a chevy.

[nextonmags]

The biggest I've towed was an 88 ranger xlt...It had no rear end in it and the bed was off so I hung it from my truck just to tow it to the backyard...lol, I know...stupid idea
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[tony314]

I just pulled my neighbors big ass GMC full sized van today about 7 miles to the shop. He was broke down on a hill facing upwards and was parked in gravel. Through it in 4 Low/2nd gear to get going and didn't even spin the tires. Pulled it like a champ. Some guy in a full size diesel pulled up before we got moving and asked if my neighbor wanted a " REAL TRUCK " that could pull his van to tow him up the hill and too a shop. He said no and the guy started to laughed at me till I started pulling like it was nothing. Smart ass full size truck owners!

[nextonmags]

I just pulled my neighbors big ass GMC full sized van today about 7 miles to the shop. He was broke down on a hill facing upwards and was parked in gravel. Through it in 4 Low/2nd gear to get going and didn't even spin the tires. Pulled it like a champ. Some guy in a full size diesel pulled up before we got moving and asked if my neighbor wanted a " REAL TRUCK " that could pull his van to tow him up the hill and too a shop. He said no and the guy started to laughed at me till I started pulling like it was nothing. Smart ass full size truck owners!

Lol, Nice

[tony314]

I loved it.

[Tractorman]

I towed my 99 Cobra plus all my clothes and crap from Texas on a car hauler with my Ranger. Had an Equilizer hitch. Wasn't fast, but eventually got up to speed, did 75 most of the time on the interstate. Had trailer brakes. Had to weigh in after, Gross weight (without my 250 pound ass in the seat) was 10,500 pounds.

Used it multiple times to haul scrap metal over the summer, regular crossed the scales at a gross of 9500 pounds or better.

Also entered it in a truck pull in the 5000 pound class. Threw 500 pounds of tractor weights in the bed and hooked up! Went 232 feet before I spun out, since I'm on crappy BFG Long trails. Crowded laughed at first, but were cheering me on in the end! Pretty funny experience, plan on doing it more.

[Resurrection Ranger]

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2000 lbs of dog food. Didn't think it was that much till I did a little math with the 40lb bags. Driven about 7 miles and lived to tell about it!

[scott5640]

6 mexicans is the most ive towed, i did pull a 86 volvo out of sand that it was sunk into

[Frank The Tank]

3 round bales of hay on a 16ft trailor 2 slid in crossways and one in longways so they wouldn't roll off.
2000 Ford ranger 4x4 auto ext cab.

I have pictures on my cell of it with 40 round bales in the bed if I knew how to upload photo's to big pictures off my desktop.

Frank

[PaleBlue90]

sadly i lost all my pics


but with my 90 ranger before it went under the knife i hauled 3K of bricks 50 miles on the highway.... made it to 5th gear and 75mph the whole way. good ole 2.3 :D

89 ranger, 2.9,3.73's,posi and 31's i pulled a 1/2 chebbie 70 miles home...my buddys got it for 300$ and on the way home it caught fire lol.

93 exploder stock. i towed a 1500 pound trailer with my my dads 2000 pound tool box,welder,bumper stands,300 pound cart and a few other small things. stopping and starting were slow...my clutch wasnt happy but i did it. managed 60 the whole way and 5th gear at 55mph going up hill :D

i also pulled a 3/4 dodge on 35's that was stuck on a snowy road with my 92 exploder sport. 3.73's 31's and a posi rearend

[Rangerboy65270]

If i had a pic of everything that ive towd with my 94 2wd ext cab 2.3L 5sp. u guys would shit! i pulled a 75 or so jeep j20 wedged on my 16 ft tralier 65 miles and at 65mph. i bought a 91 2wd ranger for my dad and pulled it from Moberly mo to Bonne Terre mo that's 212 miles one way, 3 hrs to get there. tell me i was cuttn the lil 2.3 slack lol. ive got a weigh in slip for 10,800 and the clearence mo scrap yard. it's funny as hell when you go to pull up on the scales with a ranger weighn that and it's not squattin. guy in front of me had a 01 2500 hd and had half the load i did. he made circles around my truck tryn to figure out what it had in it and what was under the bed helpn it set level with that much weight. anybody who dnt beleive that it deserves super duty badges on it let me no lol. truck is a 94 2wd 5 spd 2.3L ext cab 20thousands shaved head cold air, throttle body, electric fans, centerforce stage 2 clutch, flashed pcm, 373 posi 8.8, add a leafs trailer brakes, and air shocks. a few more im proally forgettin . Im having trouble getting it on the comp. but if anybody wants to see a pic of how tuff it is let me no and i will send you some pics off my phone. Id be lost without it. it's my dd and it has 291,000 and still goin stronger than ever

[zukirider21]

biggest thing ive ever towed was a big ass tandem axle enclosed trailer with 3 quads and a few dirtbikes. with my bosses 92 reg cab 2.3 stick ranger.

towed like a dream. no trailer brakes, and not too sketchy. did 60 on the interstate no problem.

[predator]

the heaviest i ever crossed the scales at was 23,500 lbs. considering my scrap rig weighs in at 8500 thats 15,000 pounds of scrap!!! prices were high, scrap was plentiful, oh the good ole days:icon_twisted:

truck used was a 95 dodge half ton shortbox, i have nothing bad to say about dodge trucks except for a few little minor things, i have hauled too many heavy loads of scrap with dodge trucks to say anything bad about them...

[GTO 06]

This is probably the most I have towed with my Ranger; it is a 16ft trailer with hydraulic tilt, and the two golf cart were about 900 lbs each. Way to much tounge weight but not as bad as I thought it would be.IMG]http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv271/GMC83/RANGER/rangertrailer1.jpg[/IMG]http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv271/GMC83/RANGER/rangertrailer2.jpg

[GTO 06]

Here is one more pic.
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[dirtracer81_2]

I have pictures on my cell of it with 40 round bales in the bed if I knew how to upload photo's to big pictures off my desktop.

Frank[/QUOTE]

Hah you didnt put 40 round bales in the bed I know for a fact lol. maybe 1

[Shran]

I have pictures on my cell of it with 40 round bales in the bed if I knew how to upload photo's to big pictures off my desktop.

Frank

Hah you didnt put 40 round bales in the bed I know for a fact lol. maybe 1

Yeah, square bales MAYBE...you couldn't fit 40 round bales on a semi trailer.

Back on topic, I haven't really towed anything stupid heavy, except one time I did pull a 20' car trailer with a 76 F150 (Ranger package, ironically) on it. My old Ranger hated me for doing it. I just found it slightly funny that the little Ranger was pulling the big Ranger since the big one was clearly more suited for the job.

[Frank The Tank]

40 square bales, 3 round bales.
misprint...


Frank

[Texan88]

I towed a 28 hp jd 4x4 tractor with a tiller on it and a dingo skidloader with a bucket, trencher, and post hole digger on a 16' trailer behind my 88 singlecab 4x4 5spd 2.9. I didn't smell the clutch once, but the steering felt really loose, and I knew the brakes would be nearly worthless. I kept it under 50, and I only towed it about 20 miles. I would have used my 06 f150 but I let it sit too long and the battery was completely shot! pics to come shortly

[Texan88]

I towed a 28 hp jd 4x4 tractor with a tiller on it and a dingo skidloader with a bucket, trencher, and post hole digger on a 16' trailer behind my 88 singlecab 4x4 5spd 2.9. I didn't smell the clutch once, but the steering felt really loose, and I knew the brakes would be nearly worthless. I kept it under 50, and I only towed it about 20 miles. I would have used my 06 f150 but I let it sit too long and the battery was completely shot! pics to come shortly

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[TomB1269]

Not heavy, but towed like a ton of bricks. I did not think it would tow as bad as it did. From Northern NJ to Hunter area NY about 130 miles. I was moving and need to move one of those Suncast plastic sheds (7 feet tall x 5 feet wide x 7 feet long) and some household stuff (500 to 700 lbs). I set the Shed up (fully assembled) on a side load quad trailer (just like an open bed 2 up snowmobile trailer) framed it with some 2x3 to support the wind loading and stop the racking, strapped it down and on the way. I had an 8 foot popup that weighted in around 1800 lbs loaded. The quad trailer and shed with household stuff could not have weighted more than 1200 at most 1500 (4 guys easily lifted the shed empty, 2 could have but it would be tippy), the trailers alluminum, and the households? I could barely get it to pull 65 up the NY thruway, and I mounted some plywood on the front as a splitter (like a V nose but only the top half). Trying to tow the broadside of a barn.....:icon_confused:

[The Fox]

I put a 900lbs pallet of tools in the back 30 miles down the freeway to drop it off at a warehouse.

I also towed my brothers old Camero (weighing 4500lbs) on a trailer with my truck to a junkyard a few weeks ago. It did not like to start going up hill but got up no problem once the clutch was fully engaged.

Nick

[suzuki14258]

This is about 5000 pounds, and didnt do a bad job doing it. I have trailer brakes on both axles other wise it would never happen. And i stiffened up the suspension. Also got to give a shout out to my super chips trailer tow mode lol

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[djkommando]

one time me and my friend were goin to the scrap yard and he had an 88 f150 w/ an old heavy ass pintle hitch deckover trailer that we stacked 3 cars on, and he ran out of gas on the highway. luckily i was following him w/ my 86 ranger w/ 2.3 and 5 speed and hooked a 1/2in chain to the ranger bumper and to his truck and it pulled it to the gas station. i estimate it to be minimum 10,000 lbs.

[djkommando]

oh and also the same friend had an 84 2.0 ranger that he used to haul scrap cast iron in and hauled no less than 4000 lbs a few times a day and once i believe it was 5800 lbs. needless to say the truck is now kinda bent in half. where the cab meets the bed is the highest point. but he kept drivin it.

[Dusty_Ranger]

grandparents 25' 5th wheel, it wasnt to bad actually:

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[Will]

That's a cool little fiver. That guy has to be from the 60's.

[rangerdanger9398]

i have a 4.0 96 ranger with 29 10.5 15 superswampers its the farm truck i have pulled kicker wagons full of square balls out of fields no problem wagon has about 200 40lbs bales and the wagon is about 1000lbs

[93rangerXLT4x4]

2 custom built lawnmower racers... blue one (ford) custom built is 326lbs. the orange one is 74' lawnflite its just over 300lbs..
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i've also hauled 17, 70-90lb square bales with saggy leaf springs. dont have a pciture of it.

[Will]

2 custom built lawnmower racers... blue one (ford) custom built is 326lbs. the orange one is 74' lawnflite its just over 300lbs..

Those don't weigh anything. This is my 25hp, 50" '00 Poulan Pro that weighs 720# stock--but has 60# of fluid in each rear tire and 40# wheel weights-- ~920#.
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[mattpresley]

Biggest I've towed with my 2.5, 4 cyl auto was a 5300 lb covered metal box trailer. The back of the truck had another 500 lbs of equiptment. Twas a shitty day....Did I mention it was windy and my balljoints are shot? :(. Took skill staying in my lane

[mattpresley]

grandparents 25' 5th wheel, it wasnt to bad actually:

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being a dual axle trailer the weight is all in the middle of the axles which makes it east to tow. Hills would be terrible and stopping wouldnt be too fun
(to regularly tow a camper not even an f150 is the best tool, buy a Superduty w/ heavy duty brakes and heavy duty tranny)

[Will]

being a dual axle trailer the weight is all in the middle of the axles which makes it east to tow. Hills would be terrible and stopping wouldnt be too fun
(to regularly tow a camper not even an f150 is the best tool, buy a Superduty w/ heavy duty brakes and heavy duty tranny)

No, all the weight is not in the middle of the axles. If it were, it wouldn't make it a great towing trailer. The two things that make it a great towing trailer are that the hitch is right over the truck axle. There is no lever-arm between the hitch and the axle, which gives the trailer a handle to throw the truck around with. The second thing is, the truck's front end stays in alignment no matter what. If you load a TIB Ford with a trailer tongue, it lifts the front of the truck and even a small amount throws the alignment out enough to make the front end 'darty'. With a heavy tag-along trailer you have sway controls and equalizer hitches available to help counteract the effect of the hitch to axle lever arm. You don't need that stuff with a gooseneck or fifth wheel.

You do have the brakes though, as was stated. Trailer brakes though. I can't overstate the importance of trailer brakes. The trailer needs to do it's own stopping. It's a traction thing. The axle needs to be able to provide braking for the weight resting on it. The truck's rear axle is only holding 10-15% of the trailer weight. Even with 15" schoolbus brakes it doesn't have the traction to stop the load if the trailer doesn't have brakes.

[450rwhp]

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n3/akafishbone1061/PICT2858.jpgi have pulled a 25ft travel trailer with my 89 4x4, 2.9l, auto, umm yeah it weighed alot. it sat in floodwater hence the scum line. it was full off all kinds of umm, junk.

[94runninranger]

i have a 94 ext cab 4x4 5 speed 3.0 lifted 4 inches 33s at the time i had a cube of brick in the back drove good steered fine stoped fine everything was good but it doesnt like pulling my 16 foot bass tracker. damn 3. slows:annoyed:

[kenfx4]

thats nothing...ive had a 35 horse johnson long shaft in the back of my 2 door escort. even got it in there with the back seats upright :D

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who says cars are useless :beer:

my dad used to use an 89 escort gt hatchback to travel his troybuilt roto tiller haha

[carchameleon]

i don't know if i have a picture or not, but i towed my 69 corvair on a friend's duel axle trailer with my 93 4L 5spd ranger, it didn't even know the trailer/car were there. probably about 3000lbs or so, not too much.
don't have the corvair or the ranger anymore... i miss having a truck

[07rangerfx4lv2]

steel hay wagon, about 2000lbs. plus 10 round bales, about 800lbs a piece, pulled it many times about 10km, doesnt seem to have a problem with it

[07rangerfx4lv2]

***but its a level II haha

[frankserrano]

before i got my new truck, i used to tow my two jetskis on the trailer quite frequently with my 1997 2.3 auto. one time, i towed them about 40 miles round trip and it was so hard to keep the skis from getting hit because i was on a multilane highway the whole time and the frickin' trailer is like two feet wider than the truck.

[racsan]

a 3,000 pound '93 taurus out of a steep. snow-filled ditch. just bought a new tow strap 2 hours before i put the wifes car off the road. roadside snowdrifts plus slushy roads equal being out of control before you know it! i was impressed that the ranger could pull it out, the ditch was so steep that you couldnt hardly walk up it without falling. best thing is that i got it out of there before any johnny law showed up to ticket me for failure to control. worst thing was that i was a mile from home, and had to walk home to get the truck. (wife cant drive a std.)