They made a ranger dually?

[Cold Dark Shadow]

http://rmn.craigslist.org/car/523736023.html
didnt know if that factory or not

 

[almostclueless]

LOL....that would be silly considering the relatively light duty nature of the 8.8 and the ranger in general.

 

[Cold Dark Shadow]

i didnt think they did but that caught me off guard lol
Looks decent tho

 

[camma83]

It isn't factory though. It's a kit sold by J.C. Whitney.

different post but same topic

 

[Cold Dark Shadow]

huh, thats cool, its a kit

 

[schroader]

wher do you by the adapters for the dual wheels? And what wheels do you use?

 

[ZMan]

Ford did have a chassis cab Ranger in the 80s like Toyota did, but thats not one of them.

 

[Evan]

wher do you by the adapters for the dual wheels? And what wheels do you use?

I'm not sure, but I think you need a dually axle. They are probably full float with a long spindle that can support two sets of bearings and wheels.

I think if you tried to adapt a regular axle into a dually, you'd put excessive strain on the output flange, due to increased leverage from the outer tire. It would be like running wheels that had a 12" offset.

I'm talking out of my ass here, but that's my best guess.

 

[JohnnyO]

wher do you by the adapters for the dual wheels? And what wheels do you use?

J.C. Whitney has a kit. Uses adapters/spacers with another pair of stock wheels and they also have the wideside flares.
It's a matter of personal taste but IMHO it looks like shit.

 

[Danger FX4 Ranger]

Perhaps Heather should join TRS

 

[Dave R]

Ford did have a chassis cab Ranger in the 80s like Toyota did, but thats not one of them.

Nissan had one as well, they were good little trucks. One company that I worked for back in the 80's had one, we beat the snot out of it. I have no idea what rear axle Nissan used but it was definitely a full floater.

 

[schroader]

J.C. Whitney has a kit. Uses adapters/spacers with another pair of stock wheels and they also have the wideside flares.
It's a matter of personal taste but IMHO it looks like shit.

Only thing I could find was the fender flares.

 

[Cold Dark Shadow]

^ same here, might have discontinued it or something

 

[JohnnyO]

Last I looked, it's been a while, the kit was not on the website but if you looked in an actual catalog it was still there.

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

Adaptors

the ranger chassis cab came with a 28 spline 8.8 with single wheels. ford has NEVER put a dually axle under the ranger...so all "dually" rangers you see out there are either the above kit, or an axle swap.