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

[85_Ranger4x4]

They make those receiver steps that might be a solution. One of those might work as is or maybe fabricate another step on to it. That way, it will just be something that you can plug in to the receiver and remove at will.

Something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Brophy-RHS2-Two-Step-Receiver-Hitch/dp/B001U7FSSQ/ref=asc_df_B001U7FSSQ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312123707036&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2377456023441121608&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9018375&hvtargid=pla-574112731892&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=58868508141&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312123707036&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2377456023441121608&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9018375&hvtargid=pla-574112731892

But a little more robust looking.

Probably next spring, it is hard to mock it up without the camper in the truck. Like tomorrow (camping again tonight) the camper gets kicked out of the truck so the topper can get out of the barn for my son's birthday party next weekend.

 

[sgtsandman]

Something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Brophy-RHS2-Two-Step-Receiver-Hitch/dp/B001U7FSSQ/ref=asc_df_B001U7FSSQ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312123707036&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2377456023441121608&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9018375&hvtargid=pla-574112731892&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=58868508141&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312123707036&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2377456023441121608&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9018375&hvtargid=pla-574112731892

But a little more robust looking.

Probably next spring, it is hard to mock it up without the camper in the truck. Like tomorrow (camping again tonight) the camper gets kicked out of the truck so the topper can get out of the barn for my son's birthday party next weekend.

That is better than what I had in mind. I was thinking of the ones that have an open tube for a draw bar. But the steps on those are significantly smaller. So, what you posted would better.

 

[Chapap]

got the sound deadening in. It’s much quieter. I got 36 sqft and it was hardly enough for doing the roof halfarse and the floor. You can see the gaps. The vinyl floor I got seems to be for an f150 tho. It’s huge. Anyone ever put in a vinyl floor?

edit: sqft, not sqyd

 

[racsan]

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got the sound deadening in. It’s much quieter. I got 36 sq yd and it was hardly enough for doing the roof halfarse and the floor. You can see the gaps. The vinyl floor I got seems to be for an f150 tho. It’s huge. Anyone ever put in a vinyl floor?

Yes, put sound deadning and a vynil floor in just a few weeks ago, really made a difference in the interior noise. Wasnt too much to trim off, maybe 4” on each side and 6” on the back cab wall end.

 

[Roert42]

I did a vinyl floor in my f150, they left it really long on the sides. Had to cut to fit.

 

[Chapap]

The one I have seems to be for an f150. It doesn’t seem to fit the floor contour at all and it’s 2-3’ too long and way too wide. How hard was yours to fit in? Did it just fall into place or did you have to fight it?

 

[racsan]

Mine wasn’t too bad, had it in the house to mark spots to cut out holes for shifter and seat belts (I broke torx bits trying to remove the seat belts and decided to just make pass-through holes in the vynil for the seat belts to go through.) Then I put it in, installed the seats, then trimmed the excess. took about 6 hrs start to finish.

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Finally put it all back together! with a few modifications, of course.

 

[RustyShackleford94]

Got the brake line changed. Old stuff here. If i knew it had a compression fitting in there i would’ve swapped it out already.

Had just enough fun to remember why i didnt want to wrench for a living. Checked out all the other lines, little crusty but not bad and no compression fittings that i saw. Waitin on the old man to get here to bleed the brakes right now.

 

[Chapap]

I don’t envy the brake issues. Interior is a different kind of “glad I don’t do this often.” Still nailing down my seat plans.

 

[scotts90ranger]

never seen a shift knob put on upside down before, interesting...

I went camping this weekend too, left the house Thursday at about 1pm for the ~5 hour drive, made it fine with the F350 with in bed camper and the ranger on the trailer with the Honda 400EX in the bed of the Ranger, firewood packed around the quad, then about 14 pallets shoved around the Ranger on the trailer... My only problem on the way there was the boost gauge hose melted or broke somewhere, never looked into it... The old 7.3L is a bit more thirsty with the new turbo but it works better... I can push it harder going up hills and it doesn't overheat anymore, still needs injectors, HPOP and intercooler...

Then later that night we went on a drive in the dunes, there were 3 rigs and 8 people, two in my Ranger, two in a Jeep Wrangler and 4 in a Tahoe, Tahoe was in front, jeep in front of me, jeep went over a smallish razorback dune and the front dug in when he tapped the brakes, being dark he was trying to be cautious but the wheelbase monster got him and it endo'd... landed upside down, I pulled up just behind and did the same as him but with a longer wheelbase I was fine and stopped about 5' from the Jeep. My passenger got out and checked on the two in there, nothing too bad or so we thought then, I grabbed my strap and hooked it to the frame and we flagged the Tahoe down (they were 1/2 mile away by now). Other than the hard top and a few things here and there the Jeep will be ok, the driver broke 3 ribs and is sore, passenger mainly just sore... A side by side in the group did the same thing not too far away, they had some cuts on their heads from gussets on the rollcage so they made a group hospital run... in the 10 years I've been going there, this is the most carnage, and none of it was from doing anything stupid, just bad luck and soft sand...

Then on the way home I felt the trailer get a bit squirly here and there, then I felt what sounded/felt like a flat tire, pulled over and 5 out of 8 lugnuts/studs were missing on the rear drivers side tire... conveniently had a floor jack and enough tools along with two other buddies not far behind that didn't have the adrenalin running through their veins to help me get it together, Napa was still open even, was on the road again in about an hour and a half I think... I learned the hard way not to trust that particular impact with lug nuts... now I gotta try to find another of that wheel...

 

[bobbywalter]

Put the winter doors on the bronco ..replaced the dash lights...still need to rework some ground wires.....something is off...



That was After extracting my new work truck.....on flat fargin ground....

Took both of my trucks to get that useless piece of shit back to pavement.

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Ol pig Didn't even spin a tire or get dirty....

And it holds those tools better then the bitch ass 250.....that thing is a joke.

 

[bobbywalter]

I don’t envy the brake issues. Interior is a different kind of “glad I don’t do this often.” Still nailing down my seat plans.View attachment 67122

That is KEWLZZ...

 

[sgtsandman]

@bobbywalter I’ve found most factory tires to be horrible off the pavement. Even most tires they say are All Terrain tires. I was in a similar predicament last November with the 2019. I had to get pulled out as well. Even in 4X4 Low and the rear axle locked, all the tires did was spin.

Damn shame really. You buy a truck with an off road package and have to careful where you drive off road...

 

[Maritime Drag Racing]

Our track photographer sent me a burnout pic today....