In what ways does my ranger look great and how is my ranger too clean.
In your opionon how are rangers a rough breed,
I go around localy here where i live at and i put my ranger into 4x4 low and 4x4 high but i don't go off roading or mudding.
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Hmmmm…
It’s just so clean and shiny. Mine are lucky if I give them a quick wash with dish soap once a month.
I think the Ranger is rough and tough for a few reasons, some observations in general, and some personal experience.
First, and even some of this Ranger crew is going to go nuts when I say this, I think the Chevys and Dodges are all about looking pretty with some capability. I think Ford trucks are work vehicles with some comfort accessories and appearance enhancers. It’s not that you can’t work from a Chevy, or even from a Dodge, but you can always work from a Ford. And there are some gussied up factory Fords, but Lord knows you get that with everything
Number two, is look at who drives them. I’ve been blessed to work hard and be successful, and a lot of the folks around me have the big F150s and F250s and such, but they are what we call “Dunwoody trucks.” Not bragging, but Dunwoody is one of the nicer places to live around Atlanta. The term “Dunwoody trucks” refers to folks who have these big fancy trucks, but all they ever do with them is carry an antique or two or pull the jet skis to the lake. The closest they come to real work is pulling the polo ponies to the field. Mine is not too fancy, but it’s a 96 and it’s almost showroom. Not because I work on it all the time, because it’s been kept in the garage for 3/4 of its life. The folks around me work at a desk, not with their back and with their hands.
That last point gets into why Ford trucks are most popular. The vast majority are made for companies and men that work. They need a reliable truck that will do the job, and what I’ve always liked about Ford trucks as they’ll do 200% of the job if you push them. You get the idea. And with minimal maintenance, they’ll run forever.
And then there are the “little” Rangers. A pretty small economical, hard-working truck, for many working folks, the best they can afford. Contrary to somebody like me who uses them for fun, these guys use them for work, these guys feed their families with them, these guys keep their farms and friends in business with them. I’m constantly impressed with therangerstation.com people who are constantly telling stories about helping their family or helping a neighbor or the community. And Rangers are the truck they drive.
With that kind of use and maybe abuse, it’s hard to keep it looking like new. A lot of of these guys work more underneath them than they do with them to keep them on the road to keep their family safe and warm. They rely on them, and you can do that with a Ranger. When I was part owner of my engineering company, we had 250-300 Rangers and S-10’s, and the Rangers always held up better. Dodges were a poor investment for about a half year, and we gave the S-10s to the guys who would keep them pretty. The Rangers went to the guys who worked their asses off.
Another sign of their value was when we got rid of them. Our business and the guys were hard on the trucks. We bought them or leased them new, depending on tax laws at the time, and we generally kept them only 3 to 4 years before they were totally worn out. A few Dodges and the Chevys got traded in and mostly scrapped. We would let the employees bid on the Rangers when we were done with them and let them go for whatever money came in. Some of them sold for just a few hundred dollars (again three or four years old), and rarely did it go above $1500. I personally know of several of those trucks that are still on the road. As beat up as we thought they were, it was a great benefit to the employees who loved to get them.
And before you think I’m a total arrogant ass, in addition to the prissy F250, I have two custom Rangers now, and a straight and rust free 87 short cab short bed with no motor or trans that I still have plans for. Combined, the two on the road are adding up to almost 700,000 miles. Think about that. I don’t know how many miles on the other one because I bought it without the engine.
Search around on this website, and I think you’ll find a lot of guys who love the Rangers because of what they can do. But we always need guys like you who can show us what they look like if they were neat and clean!!
Sorry to be so long winded, but I think it’s a good topic to share
