How much have you towed with 2.3 and 5 speed

[Ferris Bueller]

How much have you towed with your (modern) 2.3 and 5 speed?

 

[95/2.3]

I have towed a 18' travel trailer with mine. 1995 2.3 5spd just don't put it in fifth gear when towing.

 

[therieldeal]

any idea how much that trailer might have weighed?

 

[PlumCrazy]

I pulled a 7000 pound camper about 10 miles with mine. Pretty sure it took a few miles off my clutch.

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

ford rates the duratec at 2,200lbs trailer weight and 5,500lbs GCWR. going over that is "technically" illegal.

ive never towed with one, but i dont think id want to go much over 3,000lbs with one on a regular basis. if you do...have trailer brakes.

 

[Simple_serf]

How much have you towed with your (modern) 2.3 and 5 speed?

So why is it in the Lima forum?

I've done 6300 with my 2.5. Never again, but in an emergency you do what you gotta do.

 

[Captain Ledd]

if it IS a lima engine, the biggest I towed was an easily 6,000 lb 42' boom lift.

Sort of like this:

Only the one I was towing was loaded on both sides with batteries. 8 lug axles. Never got much farther than third gear lol.

 

[Simple_serf]

Yup... 3rd gear, Heater on full, and the gas on the floor the whole way.

 

[mikepotts]

check out this one...
http://www.rebelrockrunners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3930&highlight=ranger+towing

 

[4b316]

I have a friend that hauls junk and he haul about 1500 lbs of steel in the truck and about a ton of tin on the trailer couple times a week.Has brakes on the trailer and leaves it in 4th when loaded.I done the same thing with my 95 S-10 with a 2.2,most I had on that truck was 2300 lbs of short steel.Oh,the things you do when you are young and foolish(2 years ago)But I have a 3/4 ton truck right now with a dump box and haul2-2 1/2 tons of steel on that and a ton of tin on the trailer with a 6 cyl.

 

[97ranger xlt]

a boat and trailer combo that weighed 2000 lbs total right off the bumper hitch .. no problems at all...

 

[henryj10]

Mountain pass

Dont mean to hijack a thread but I've got a related ? I have a Lima 2.3 in a 1996 Ranger with a 5spd 2wd. I live in Montana State and am moving to Washington state, in between me and and idaho/washington is lookout pass, a 4400 or so foot mountain pass. I'm wondering if my ranger loaded down with an average wieght load of house hould items like stuff packed in boxes, in the bed combined with a 4X8ft max load 1600 lb uhaul trailer could make it over the pass and on top of that another 400 or so more miles to seattle from idaho.

 

[Ozwynn]

what ever 4cyl came in an 89 with a 5spd ........ towed a 21 foot boat on trailer with camping gear in the boat, about 3000 pounds no worries

ford rates the duratec at 2,200lbs trailer weight and 5,500lbs GCWR. going over that is "technically" illegal.

ive never towed with one, but i dont think id want to go much over 3,000lbs with one on a regular basis. if you do...have trailer brakes.

the GCWR is for a combination with out trailer brakes. DOT doesn't care what your egine can handle, just what you have the ability to stop.

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

GCWR is the maximum the chassis is rated to carry/tow by the manufacturer. period...regardless of trailer brakes. ford actually recomends trailer brakes on anything over like 2,000lbs...or some such tiny amount. braking is one of the considerations a manufacturer takes into consideration while choosing a GCWR...thats why 4x4's are usually rated to tow more than 2wd trucks even though 4x4s are heavier...4x4's almost always have larger brakes.

legally, you cant exceed the manufacturers GCWR no matter how big and powerful your trailer brakes are.

henry, barring any unforseen mechanical problems, it'll make it...but the passes will be slow.

 

[Ozwynn]

GCWR is the maximum the chassis is rated to carry/tow by the manufacturer. period...regardless of trailer brakes. ford actually recomends trailer brakes on anything over like 2,000lbs...or some such tiny amount. braking is one of the considerations a manufacturer takes into consideration while choosing a GCWR...thats why 4x4's are usually rated to tow more than 2wd trucks even though 4x4s are heavier...4x4's almost always have larger brakes.

legally, you cant exceed the manufacturers GCWR no matter how big and powerful your trailer brakes are.

henry, barring any unforseen mechanical problems, it'll make it...but the passes will be slow.

I am going to disagree with this and go look it up later. if this was true then a 3.0l with a 7.5" would also have a 5500 pound GCWR since the frames are identical.

manufacturer GCWR goes by what they designed the chassis to do but DOT does not care how big or small the engine is, just the ability to stop and the frame/suspension/axles to handle the weight.

I exceed the manufacturer GCWR all the time ...... I need very expensive permits but I do it all the time and have to have enough axles to meet the bridge laws and have enough braking power to stop.

DOT rules do not only apply to big rigs