What did you do to your Ranger today? (Part Deux!)

[Ranger850]

I run 235-45 Hancooks Dynapro on my wife's Santa Fe on 17" rims. They're fine for what she does, mostly city driving. Rarely hits a dirt road. Lasted 45k miles on the first set with rotation every 2 oil changes. So I got new ones. No complaints about road noise or poor ride when they got wore down either.

 

[rubydist]

I have learned that even the great tire manufacturers have some models that are poor. I had a set of Michelin tires on my wife's suv that were slippery as butter and wore out in about 25k miles. But most Michelins are great, like the ones on the Ranger. So I would caution you not to throw out the entire brand of Hankook due to one bad experience with one tire model.

 

[Uncle Gump]

Took my Ranger to Ikea. Wife wanted furniture.

Still gotta put it together

AJ

My wife did ikea furniture thing when we moved to Illinois. Within a year all the kids rooms stuff... beds/dressers/desks/etc fell apart. I'm not ever spending another dime there.

I hope you have better luck then we did.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

just got my Wulf suspension components now i just need to find a place to put them on. My lift doesn't have the adapters for a truck frame or id just put it on myself.

Just put some 6 ton jackstands under the frame and go for it. I’ve done it multiple times. Matter of fact, my green Ranger is currently sitting on jackstands on the frame in the front in the limestone driveway with the entire front axle and stuff out.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Interesting, and thanks for that info. Ill scratch them off my list.

Maybe they work for some people. I had initially been happy with how aggressive the Dynapro AT looked, but after running them a couple years, I didn’t like them any better than the all season radials that came on my first Ranger from the factory. I didn’t like the Nexen Roadain AT tires either, another tire that looks aggressive but isn’t. I really liked the Remington Rimfire XT and the Sport King AT tires, but neither of those are available anymore. The Nexen tires I initially ran on my F-150 and when they burned out (in about 10k miles), I replaced them with Mastercraft Courser CT. Worlds better of performance, I had a ton of so of wet dirt on the truck and made the mistake of pulling off my driveway which promptly sank the back axle to the pumpkin. Locked the front hubs, threw it into low range, gave it a rock and out it came. Those tires lasted 30k or so before the fronts were tore up from not rotating them. That truck is on its second set of those now. The current version of the Courser CT is the Courser CXT. Mastercraft is made by Cooper and it’s their old tread patterns.

Bear in mind too, my trucks don’t live on the roads, I end up doing a bit of mixed driving with them, mostly roads but a bit of dirt and mud and stuff. I probably would have been fine running the Courser AXT tires on the green Ranger, but I was so mad at the Hankooks that I ordered the CXT. I’ve had the CXTs in some nasty mud and stuff and they just go. But they are also close to a mud tire. My parents are running the AXT on their Ranger and before that the Explorer they had and were perfectly happy with them.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I have learned that even the great tire manufacturers have some models that are poor. I had a set of Michelin tires on my wife's suv that were slippery as butter and wore out in about 25k miles. But most Michelins are great, like the ones on the Ranger. So I would caution you not to throw out the entire brand of Hankook due to one bad experience with one tire model.

Also depends a lot on where in the country you are, what driving conditions are like, and if you always drive roads, off road, or mixed. I’m in hilly country with a good bit of mixed driving and sometimes kinda bad snow.

 

[superj]

went and dropped that jeep tire rack to the new guy and ran into another ranger edge, just like mine, but a purple looking color. ranger day again as the ranger and i are going to the hospital for my check up after work. will probably see 8 or 10 on the whole 15 mile there and back drive. rangers are very popular here

 

[racsan]

went to a auction & got some stuff. goodyear wranglers arent very good in a muddy pasture parking lot. Had my eye on a horse-drawn sickle mower but it went sky high, a lot of amish stuff there. Wife bought a few things. had 3 auctioneers going so missed the small chicken house I was interested in. Filled the back of the ranger with stuff, biggest item was a homemade wishing well Bren wanted. Managed to only spend $60 including breakfast.

 

[1990RangerinSK]

I have learned that even the great tire manufacturers have some models that are poor. I had a set of Michelin tires on my wife's suv that were slippery as butter and wore out in about 25k miles. But most Michelins are great, like the ones on the Ranger. So I would caution you not to throw out the entire brand of Hankook due to one bad experience with one tire model.

This. I had Hankooks on my Ranger, on the rear axle. Wet grass, and ice, all they would do was spin. No grip whatsoever. On my Taurus, I had Hankook Optima hv24 tires on the front. They had pretty decent traction. I don't know if they were the same tire, to be honest. They might have been, and the difference might have been front vs rear wheel drive (both were on the drive axle). Or, they could have been different Hankook tires.

Maybe they work for some people. I had initially been happy with how aggressive the Dynapro AT looked, but after running them a couple years, I didn’t like them any better than the all season radials that came on my first Ranger from the factory. I didn’t like the Nexen Roadain AT tires either, another tire that looks aggressive but isn’t. I really liked the Remington Rimfire XT and the Sport King AT tires, but neither of those are available anymore. The Nexen tires I initially ran on my F-150 and when they burned out (in about 10k miles), I replaced them with Mastercraft Courser CT. Worlds better of performance, I had a ton of so of wet dirt on the truck and made the mistake of pulling off my driveway which promptly sank the back axle to the pumpkin. Locked the front hubs, threw it into low range, gave it a rock and out it came. Those tires lasted 30k or so before the fronts were tore up from not rotating them. That truck is on its second set of those now. The current version of the Courser CT is the Courser CXT. Mastercraft is made by Cooper and it’s their old tread patterns.

Bear in mind too, my trucks don’t live on the roads, I end up doing a bit of mixed driving with them, mostly roads but a bit of dirt and mud and stuff. I probably would have been fine running the Courser AXT tires on the green Ranger, but I was so mad at the Hankooks that I ordered the CXT. I’ve had the CXTs in some nasty mud and stuff and they just go. But they are also close to a mud tire. My parents are running the AXT on their Ranger and before that the Explorer they had and were perfectly happy with them.

See above. I wish I could identify the tires on the truck, but pictures of the back tires aren't clear enough to read the brand/model on the sidewall. HOWEVER, they show a very clear view of the tread, and while you can't read the brand/model on the sidewall, you can see the sidewall fairly clearly.

Those are both Hankook tires. If you zoom in on the back tire of the truck and the front tire of the car, you will likely see that the sidewalls are different. The treads may or may not be the same.

 

[holyford86]

Went and swapped from a diode based to solenoid based dual battery isolator, so far I like it much more.

 

[Maritime Drag Racing]

Wrestled the roll bar's main hoop into the cab but broke the !@#$%^& windshield doing it. Guess it's a good excuse to put a Lexan windshield in plus it will save a bunch of weight. Cheaper too since the Lexan is a third of the cost of a new windshield.

 

[Blmpkn]

Wrestled the roll bar's main hoop into the cab but broke the !@#$%^& windshield doing it. Guess it's a good excuse to put a Lexan windshield in plus it will save a bunch of weight. Cheaper too since the Lexan is a third of the cost of a new windshield.

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Any justification to do racecar upgrades is always welcome lol.

 

[Lefty]

The weather here in Minnesota is beginning to turn. I polished the Ranger today with a buffer. Polished the wheels too. A coat of Turtlewax Graphene is coming as soon as it warms again.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I was finally left alone with the keys to the Bronco, so I did what felt natural.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I was finally left alone with the keys to the Bronco, so I did what felt natural.











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I'm guessing that is some sort of food plus hardware store?