Recent content by john112deere

No pics, but... I've slept in the front seat of my '97 (not fun), in the bed under the cap (better) and in a tent (best). When I sleep in the back of the truck, I've got fabric-covered plywood "floorboards" to soften the bed floor, then a Thermarest and my sleeping bag. If I was about 2"...

I've actually written my own spreadsheet for gas mileage...and plan to add in sheets for maintenance and tire changes, at least. I got a bit carried away with making it shiny...I've spent a lot of hours writing macros that won't really simplify using the thing any, but it's been fun. (It's...

What rear-end gears do you have, and what tire size (or sizes) do you run? Also- I've just purchased a new Ranger, and plan on keeping detailed records of every gallon of gas I run through it. Any thoughts on what numbers are or aren't worth keeping neatly organized? I figure if I record the...

First, my beloved '97: Got it just before I turned 17, with a little over 200k miles on the clock. 2.3, 5-speed, 4x2 with factory 4.10 gears. It's slow and lousy in the snow, but I've put more than 60k miles on it in that time, with fewer problems than a lot of vehicles with half the miles...

What I've got: -2009 Ford Ranger -dedicated winter tires mounted on the factory rims, with functional TPMS -original equipment tires sitting in my basement What I want: -two 100% complete, operational sets of wheels and tires (including functional-enough TPMS to keep the light off), such that...

I've got a '97 Ranger, 2wd, with about 247k on the clock. 4-cyl, XLT, sprung pretty low and soft since it was new. Lately (it's been getting worse for a while now) it's been handling almost scary-bad on the interstate at times, usually in cross-winds, and it also has crappy tracking and bad...