2.3 4wd

[Will]

yeah but you can't beat the mileage and the toyota guys solution is a little thing called a doubler.with a doubler i've seen a toyota buggy snap my 30,000 pound recovery strap at idle(luckily not on my truck)!it's no tire smoker but lockers,doubler and 39's he don't need to waste money and gas on more cylinders

#1--yeah, wouldn't we all like a doubler
#2--a 30,000# recovery strap is sufficient to YANK out a good sized farm tractor with another good sized farm tractor. If you broke it with a 3,000# Toyota that was going at idle speed with a doubler you should ask for your money back for that strap.

 

[wizkid00104]

Click my link. I have one and I just installed the manual bw1354. I love it and I think its one of the best set ups for a light truck and it gets great gas mileage.

 

[rickcdewitt]

#1--yeah, wouldn't we all like a doubler
#2--a 30,000# recovery strap is sufficient to YANK out a good sized farm tractor with another good sized farm tractor. If you broke it with a 3,000# Toyota that was going at idle speed with a doubler you should ask for your money back for that strap.

your right the strap was old and he was giving it a little throttle(800-900rpm's).he was trying to pull out my brothers jeep and hanked on it a couple times before it flew.the strap was hummin' and you could see the big tires turn about an inch at a time as it tried to creep up the hill.one thing it had going was like 4 to one or some thing in the rear case so the crawl ratio was killer.take it easy eh i was just embelishing a little bit for the stories sake

 

[Will]

Nothing wrong with embellishment.

I spent 7 years in the field artillery. I've seen heavy stuff stuck and giant hydraulic winches let out their magic smoke trying to free it. And several 5-tons hooked up together failing. My worst stuck required a 2 day wait for a 32-ton crane to come and lift the whole mess out. I can't imagine being impressed by a little truck I could pick one end up on. I didn't mean to come off heavy.

 

[rickcdewitt]

no prob. that kind of reminds me of a contraption that i used when i worked in the woods doing salmon habit restoration imbetween cutting timber units.my boss started with a peterbuilt flip top truck(i don't know the proper name) with a 40' or so stake bed and hendrickson rear suspension and locking diffs and put a 455 buick/th400 up by the cab in in a cage with a giant sprocket/chain setup to a chevy granny tranny turned backwards for gear reduction on to a shipyard drydocking winch with two main spools of 3/4 cable and a haywire drum with 3/8's on it going back to a huge a frame at the back of the truck with the largest block you've ever seen hanging in it to guide the cable off the truck.the 3/4" cable is good to 200,000 pounds force and when a choker broke the cable would whip and cut down small trees!it could reach a mile and we used it to pull OLD GROWTH trees over and out of the ground INTACT with the root ball still on.then we'ed cut it in 3 pieces.the top with the branches (top 60-70 ft) we would leave for bug and squirrel habitat,i don't know why-ask the biologists.we'ed then winch the middle 50-80 ft,and the lower section 40-50ft(and the heaviest with the root ball),into stream beds so that you lodge each piece into the opposite bank underground 5 feet or so and it makes a dam to trap sediment and create salmon breeding grounds in the gravel and also increase the volume and lower the temperature of the steam.it made me feel proud to see salmon fry in the steams a couple years later.if the jobs were steady i would still be doing it.i don't miss packing the heavy blocks and tackle up and down mountains but that truck was one hell of a winch,he called it his tree puller!it had a 66 mustang shifter just like the one on my 65 stang and a 70's e brake for the throttle so you could ease the power on and leave it while the giant roots crackled and broke.if you weren't careful and diden't hook up the guy wires you could make that truck pop a wheeli' in the front! pretty long winded tale but lets just say my 9000 pounder won't be a problem for me

 

[ZMan]

Click my link. I have one and I just installed the manual bw1354. I love it and I think its one of the best set ups for a light truck and it gets great gas mileage.

what kind of mileage do you get? I know a couple guys who couldn't get better than 20-21 with a 2wd 2.3l..

 

[Turbo-T]

I got one. '84 4X4 shortbed with an '88 TC 2.3, 3.73 gears and 31's. This truck runs happily on the freeway as my daily driver. when we're off road and that turbo spools up the mud does fly.

 

[wizkid00104]

My dad has gotten a little over 30 mpg driving on the turn pike to work a few times. In town i get about 20 mpg. It all depends on your driving style. If you are easy on your engine, your mileage will reflect it. I live in a very hilly area so I do occasionally need to floor the pedal, however, a 2.3L Ranger is not meant to be a fast vehicle. If you treat it accordingly, your gas mileage will reflect it.