Dually Ranger

[88mudder]

sorry no pics.....i just saw a Reg cab longbed dually model, gen 1. It had about a 6" lift on it too. Didnt have my camera on me :annoyed:

[Wicked_Sludge]

ford never put a dual axle under the ranger...it was most likely the conversion kit that you can get from jc-whitney and such.

[chvlfrk]

sorry no pics.....i just saw a Reg cab longbed dually model, gen 1. It had about a 6" lift on it too. Didnt have my camera on me :annoyed:
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This one was on Ebay last week......................

[Will]

I like that one!

[SRL]

I saw an x-cab dually last friday at a pub near my jobsite that we hit for lunch. Forget whether it was a gen 1 or 2 but it had a typical box on it (as opposed to a custom flatdeck like in the pix above).

[88mudder]

this truck was just a dually with dually bed with the wider wheel wells. It was neat. Prolly was converted .

[rusty ol ranger]

I seen a dually ranger the other day. It was all beat to hell and had a service box on it. I really doubt it was a conversion.

I asked a guy i work with who has seen\owned damn near every Ford under the sun.....and he said a girl he went to school with had one.

later,
Dustin

[mhughes165]

ford never put a dual axle under the ranger...it was most likely the conversion kit that you can get from jc-whitney and such.

not tru....there were plenty that came from the factory with a dually back...but they were all for commercial use and they usually were so beat on they got crushed few years after they were made, but most had utility beds and not a standard bed on them....

[Wicked_Sludge]

no, the "incomplete vehicles" as they were called (chassis cab rangers) came with a single wheeled, 28 spline 8.8 in back (the 86-88 axles where the only 8.8's without a provision for a speed sensor).

[mhughes165]

imma see if i can get the build sheet scanned from my neighbor, he has a factory original dually ranger, they were made but it was probably on a special order basis only,.....not a standard option

[85_Ranger4x4]

My 1985 brochure shows the chassis cab trucks with only single rears. Even the heaviest Ranger is much lighter a F-150/250, and both of those have single rear tires, with at most 160hp on tap in a Ranger there just isn't the capacity to justify it. They make conversion kits, which people like to try to pass off as being original.

That isn't to say that there wasn't a company that made them out of normal trucks (like the soft top Sharrod BII's)

[mhughes165]

well he bought it from the dealer new with 8 miles on the truck, whether or not the dealer had a bunch converted or not IDK, but he did buy it from the dealer and its on the dealer invoice

[95XL]

:worthless:

[W6e6s6W]

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http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/94ranger355/84V8RangerDuallyFlatbed1.jpg


Almost a wet dream.
If it had a Cummins in it it would be.
But Its still a good looking truck.

[94 lngbd]

i saw one at a 4x4 swap meet the other day & the rear end was out of a Toyota Motor home

[racsan]

now that is a true dually rear end and would be worthy of being used as a dually. i thought about a dual kit a few weeks back when i had my ranger loaded with wood. top to bottom front to rear. suspention was bottomed out and tires looked half-flat. 0-45 in ten minutes. dont know how much weight i had, but id guess at least 1,000 pounds.

[Wicked_Sludge]

now that is a true dually rear end and would be worthy of being used as a dually.

are you kidding me? the dually 'yota axle isnt worth a soggy sack of dog crap. the early semi-floaters liked to melt and send a set of dually rear tires cruising down the highway by their lonesome. the full floaters did alright, but good luck finding parts for one. im not even sure its possible to change out of the low 3.xx:1 gear ratio that they came with. and since a single rear wheel 8.8 has a similer weight rating and parts can be had for it...

tires looked half-flat...at least 1,000 pounds.

must be p-rated tires. ive hauled close to 1-ton in the bed of my ranger without hitting the bump stops, and the 6-ply coopers could care less (the axle would snap well before they maxed out).

[racsan]

yaeh, my winter tires are the "p" rating. normally i wouldnt use the ranger for such a hefty load. where i was getting wood was better suited for a compact truck. (and the 3/4 ton was 20 miles away anyhow)