Can I tow with 1st gen ranger?

[85_Ranger4x4]

Circa 1985, same story...



Side note, it is amusing a BII is rated to tow 1k more than my wife's 2022 Bronco...

 

[bobbywalter]

Circa 1985, same story...



Side note, it is amusing a BII is rated to tow 1k more than my wife's 2022 Bronco...

only slightly

 

[scotts90ranger]

So an automatic lima can, in theory, outpull a manual 2.9?

lmao. right.

I see they dont even bother listing the 2.0

I doubt they put the power suckomatic behind the 2.0L, they were only like 70hp, don't think it can handle the parasitic load of an A4LD... plus all the 2L rangers had like no options...

Pretty lame that just because people can't drive makes a more capable vehicle less capable legally... I've towed 3k with my turbo ranger and it was fine, I mean I got like 11mpg or something dumb but you'll get that...

It's kinda funny towing the same trailer behind different vehicles... my HFT trailer behind the Geo Tracker I had it noticed, ranger not so much, F350 can't see it and it doesn't know even loaded with wood or something... trailer the Ranger doesn't like, explorer doesn't notice much and F350 doesn't care... The Explorer notices my ~3300lb boat but the F350 doesn't care...

 

[Jim Oaks]

Sorry. I didn't read the first page.

 

[bobbywalter]

that picture is much easier to read.

 

[bobbywalter]

I doubt they put the power suckomatic behind the 2.0L, they were only like 70hp, don't think it can handle the parasitic load of an A4LD... plus all the 2L rangers had like no options...

Pretty lame that just because people can't drive makes a more capable vehicle less capable legally... I've towed 3k with my turbo ranger and it was fine, I mean I got like 11mpg or something dumb but you'll get that...

It's kinda funny towing the same trailer behind different vehicles... my HFT trailer behind the Geo Tracker I had it noticed, ranger not so much, F350 can't see it and it doesn't know even loaded with wood or something... trailer the Ranger doesn't like, explorer doesn't notice much and F350 doesn't care... The Explorer notices my ~3300lb boat but the F350 doesn't care...

even the 4.0 clutch wont take too much of a hit.


36 in tires and lockers will burn the fawk out of it climbing....it drives right through it with a healthy 4.0. that is the 410 gears. but basically equivocates to towing 4k or so.

that is in low range. in high range your not climbing shit without smoking the clutch.

i am not talking slipping it with your foot to keep from stalling....i am talking fully engaged and driving through it....you wont know its slipping till its too late and you smell it.

a doubler eliminates that.

so does the np435. the big truck clutch and flywheel stalls the engine before it slides.

so its not just stopping and starting...its actual holding power under load.

same thing drag racing with spray or turbo or supercharged trucks....they kill the r1 and clutches

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I doubt they put the power suckomatic behind the 2.0L, they were only like 70hp, don't think it can handle the parasitic load of an A4LD... plus all the 2L rangers had like no options...

Pretty lame that just because people can't drive makes a more capable vehicle less capable legally... I've towed 3k with my turbo ranger and it was fine, I mean I got like 11mpg or something dumb but you'll get that...

It's kinda funny towing the same trailer behind different vehicles... my HFT trailer behind the Geo Tracker I had it noticed, ranger not so much, F350 can't see it and it doesn't know even loaded with wood or something... trailer the Ranger doesn't like, explorer doesn't notice much and F350I doesn't care... The Explorer notices my ~3300lb boat but the F350 doesn't care...

I think they did. The factory i worked dt for a while in the early-mid 90s had a 86 or 7 with a 2.0 and an auto.

I dont know maybe it was a 2.3. I checked once because i couldnt believe ford would make something so nutless.

Either way its only purpose in life at that hellhole was for the office girl to go pick up office supplies when needed and haul various crates of shit between the different plants.

 

[scotts90ranger]

even the 4.0 clutch wont take too much of a hit.


36 in tires and lockers will burn the fawk out of it climbing....it drives right through it with a healthy 4.0. that is the 410 gears. but basically equivocates to towing 4k or so.

that is in low range. in high range your not climbing shit without smoking the clutch.

i am not talking slipping it with your foot to keep from stalling....i am talking fully engaged and driving through it....you wont know its slipping till its too late and you smell it.

a doubler eliminates that.

so does the np435. the big truck clutch and flywheel stalls the engine before it slides.

so its not just stopping and starting...its actual holding power under load.

same thing drag racing with spray or turbo or supercharged trucks....they kill the r1 and clutches

Interesting, I could see that... I've been running a centerforce on my '90 for years and I replaced it when I rebuilt the trans but I didn't need to... I think the weights on the fingers help... but I don't make any power until 3k so that helps in that respect too...