Towing with 3.45 axle ratio

[Ordak]

I know this has been done before but has anyone ever towed anything with 2.3L ranger with a 3.45 rear axle ratio? If so how was the experience? I thinking about hauling a zero turn mower with mine on a trailer(obviously) and wondering if this is feasible.

There was one man when i looked up hauled a duster from Calgary* to San Fran and he had little trouble.

 

[Captain Ledd]

Unless your trailer is ridiculously huge I doubt this would be an issue.

Also, tire size plays a HUGE roll in the trucks ability to apply power to the ground. Also also, manual or automatic?

I haul my vehicles around on a tow dolly with my Ranger all the time with a 4 cylinder. Albeit mine's geared a little on the steep side.

 

[ford4thot]

Think a mower on a small trailer would be fine....^^^ like he said tho, anything big wouldn't work very well

 

[Ordak]

Unless your trailer is ridiculously huge I doubt this would be an issue.

Also, tire size plays a HUGE roll in the trucks ability to apply power to the ground. Also also, manual or automatic?

I haul my vehicles around on a tow dolly with my Ranger all the time with a 4 cylinder. Albeit mine's geared a little on the steep side.

Manual, so i can keep rpm's higher.
Look in your inside door if it is axle "85" it is the same.
The zero-turn and trailer is about 1000lbs

 

[Captain Ledd]

Look in your inside door if it is axle "85" it is the same.

My axle and tire size aren't stock.

The original tire size I had was a 225/70R14 I do believe, with a 3.73 ratio. I've since upped the tire size to 235/75R15 and geared all the way down to 4.56.

But I've seen Rangers come with as small as a 185/75R14 tire from the factory. In which case 3.45 gears might be somewhat spritely.

 

[Ordak]

My axle and tire size aren't stock.

The original tire size I had was a 225/70R14 I do believe, with a 3.73 ratio. I've since upped the tire size to 235/75R15 and geared all the way down to 4.56.

But I've seen Rangers come with as small as a 185/75R14 tire from the factory. In which case 3.45 gears might be somewhat spritely.

I wanted to do that but to seems like a waste of money because i might be buying a 70s f-150 beater for the summer

 

[GentleRF]

My axle and tire size aren't stock.

The original tire size I had was a 225/70R14 I do believe, with a 3.73 ratio. I've since upped the tire size to 235/75R15 and geared all the way down to 4.56.

But I've seen Rangers come with as small as a 185/75R14 tire from the factory. In which case 3.45 gears might be somewhat spritely.

Funny, mine on the rear aren't stock either. The door sticker says they need to be 195/75R14's on those steel wheels with which it came. I managed to find a pair of them through the local free cycle group.

Rick in East Bremerton