Will uhaul rent a car trailer to tow behind a 2019+ ranger?

[Blmpkn]

305's never went vroom... 305's went "gasp choke cough ugh"

The 700r4 aint bad though. I towed nearly 8k with a 700r4 a couple times a year and it lasted to 170,000 miles.

Ha yeah no kidding. Only way I could get that car to spin a tire was during a full-lock right turn going up hill on wet road sand. Sackless.

 

[Dirtman]

Ha yeah no kidding. Only way I could get that car to spin a tire was during a full-lock right turn going up hill on wet road sand. Sackless.

Well yea thats the 305 for you, not the 700r4 lol. 305 is basically a 350 that they choked to death to meet emissions standards. I think even a 50's 265/283 has more power than a freaking 305. I had a buddy with a 57' 283 corvette completely stock and it wasn't quick by todays standards but would move for a 50s car. No issue roasting tires on that thing. To be fair 57 vette weighed probably a 1/4 of a caprice...

 

[Rick W]

Considering I would be within the legal capacity of the truck I wonder just how much trouble I would get in... I can't imagine it would be much more than a pee-pee slap from uhaul and getting banned from giving them business..

Now, for the nannies who like to hit the report button.. not saying I'm going to break the uhaul law here if they say the wagon is a no-go behind my truck..

I do have an uncle with a car trailer I could use, and likely will if uhaul says no. I'd rather take the time and drive over to his house and grab the trailer than pay for two rentals.

why didn’t you say this before? Get your uncle to tow it wherever you want and sit on the couch and drink beer while he does it!

 

[Dirtman]

why didn’t you say this before? Get your uncle to tow it wherever you want and sit on the couch and drink beer while he does it!

Couch.... classic

 

[Blmpkn]

Well yea thats the 305 for you, not the 700r4 lol. 305 is basically a 350 that they choked to death to meet emissions standards. I think even a 50's 265/283 has more power than a freaking 305. I had a buddy with a 57' 283 corvette completely stock and it wasn't quick by todays standards but would move for a 50s car. No issue roasting tires on that thing. To be fair 57 vette weighed probably a 1/4 of a caprice...

The 305 in my caprice (brand new) made like 150hp and 250ft lbs. It was significantly less than that before it got parked cause yeah.. 250 ft lbs should be more than enough to spin one tire even on something that weighs 2 tons AND with stupid high gearing lol.

why didn’t you say this before? Get your uncle to tow it wherever you want and sit on the couch and drink beer while he does it!

Between myself and someone I work with, he's always getting asked to drive to East bumfck and pick something up. I feel bad lol. Plus, now that I have a truck capable of hauling my toy, I wanna see how she gets along with it on the back.

 

[Uncle Gump]

I spent about 30 years playing with air cooled VW's... they're in my blood too.

 

[Rick W]

Between myself and someone I work with, he's always getting asked to drive to East bumfck and pick something up. I feel bad lol. Plus, now that I have a truck capable of hauling my toy, I wanna see how she gets along with it on the back.

yeah yeah yeah, but don’t be selfish! Let Unc do it and have your beer. How do you think he’s going to feel making two trips, the caprice and then the Ranger...



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[racsan]

A 305 with the “right” cam might suprize you, I had a ‘77 nova concours. 4-door-305-3speed auto, had only 35K miles but a wiped stock cam. I put another in it with a new set of lifters. Never changed the stock 2-barrel carb or gearing (dont even know what it was, had to be high as that car could get 23 mpg) Off the line it wasn’t anything, idle loped like it wasn’t hitting on all 8 but once you passed 30 mph it would wrap that needle around like nothing else Id ever drove at the time. body was awful even though the miles were low. only gave 300 for it (in 1990) and 2 years later I sold it for 500. Shoulda kept it. oh well.

 

[Blmpkn]

I spent about 30 years playing with air cooled VW's... they're in my blood too.

Ah yeah ok, I do like the air cooled ones. I half take back what I said lol. A superbeetle swapped with a turbo subaru motor has always been somewhat of a dream car for me.

yeah yeah yeah, but don’t be selfish! Let Unc do it and have your beer. How do you think he’s going to feel making two trips, the caprice and then the Ranger...



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What is with you wanting me to drink beer so badly? Ya know.. I don't have to be drunk for you to take advantage of me. I'm a cheap date buddy

A 305 with the “right” cam might suprize you, I had a ‘77 nova concours. 4-door-305-3speed auto, had only 35K miles but a wiped stock cam. I put another in it with a new set of lifters. Never changed the stock 2-barrel carb or gearing (dont even know what it was, had to be high as that car could get 23 mpg) Off the line it wasn’t anything, idle loped like it wasn’t hitting on all 8 but once you passed 30 mph it would wrap that needle around like nothing else Id ever drove at the time. body was awful even though the miles were low. only gave 300 for it (in 1990) and 2 years later I sold it for 500. Shoulda kept it. oh well.

I wouldn't be surprised if the cam in my 305 was wiped right out as well. I always ran a high zinc race oil in it to try and preserve it but yeah.. probably a waste of money lol.

 

[sgtsandman]

Keep in mind folks, the OP is talking about a 2019+ Ranger and not one of our original models. It's bigger, heavier, and has more power. Granted, it's not an F-150 but what he is asking about is within the manufacturer's limitations. Now, whether U-Haul agrees with that or not may be another story.

For what it's worth @Blmpkn, it's probably best to give them a call instead of us beating a dead horse about what they may or may not allow. If they tell you no, then it sounds like your Uncle's trailer looks like the next best option. It might even be better since I'm sure it's brake equipped. If you don't have the brake module already, there is at least one available from Ford now that is plug and play. No wire cutting or anything from what I understand. Aftermarket, if they are even offering anything yet, is more than likely going to require cutting and splicing.

I just did a quick look. The Ford controller is pricey and you may need a pig tail since the wires for the controller might not have a plug installed. There were a couple models offered on eTrailer that were pricey as well the looked like they are meant to be plug and play. Then there was your standard $80 some dollar units that you would have to slice and dice to install them.

In the end, it depends on how bad you want to be able to use trailer brakes and if you think you will use the module enough for it to be worth the cost. Me personally, I would want the trailer brakes functional at the weights you are looking at.

 

[19Walt93]

I spent about 30 years playing with air cooled VW's... they're in my blood too.

You have my sympathy. My friends and I had them in high school and I fixed a bunch of them. I worked at a service station for 3 years after graduation and I built so many I bought a valve guide driver for them. They'd get a little hot and the head would fall off the #3 exhaust valve and drop into the cylinder, destroying the engine. If they managed to not drop a valve, the cam wore out. Sticking my head into a bus engine compartment after it dropped a valve, broke the piston off, then punched the rod through the block so the fan could blow oil all over wasn't much fun back in the long hair days.

 

[19Walt93]

Back on topic: U Haul makes up for not knowing much by being loud. In the Firestone recall days they'd absolutely refuse to rent a trailer to an Explorer owner but his neighbor could get one to tow behind his Mountaineer or Mazda Navajo.

 

[Snoranger]

Back on topic: U Haul makes up for not knowing much by being loud. In the Firestone recall days they'd absolutely refuse to rent a trailer to an Explorer owner but his neighbor could get one to tow behind his Mountaineer or Mazda Navajo.

They wouldn’t even allow you to tow an Explorer.

 

[racsan]

funny how some of the exploders/escapes with a factory “tow pkg” came with the smaller hitch receiver, When I was looking into a escape it seemed that tow pkg equipped ones had around 3.30 gearing and non-tow package ones were about 3.55 (may not be “exact” on that, been a couple of years now and thats what I recall seeing for a gen 2 escape) Youd think the ones set up to pull would have the lower gearset and the 2x2 receiver, so many more drawbar options for a 2x2, and nearly all accessories for a hitch (like a bike rack) come in the bigger size anyways.
Yes, I tend to forget about the newer ranger and its capabilities, in any towing situation trailer brakes are a good idea, I pulled my old tandem flatbed 50 miles home with a 3,000 pound tractor on it with the escape, I did fine but was extremely cautious, I dont even know what my flatbed weighs but Id guess around 1,000 easily. I wouldnt use my ranger for that job, a new one- probably. You can never be too safe.

 

[Uncle Gump]

You have my sympathy. My friends and I had them in high school and I fixed a bunch of them. I worked at a service station for 3 years after graduation and I built so many I bought a valve guide driver for them. They'd get a little hot and the head would fall off the #3 exhaust valve and drop into the cylinder, destroying the engine. If they managed to not drop a valve, the cam wore out. Sticking my head into a bus engine compartment after it dropped a valve, broke the piston off, then punched the rod through the block so the fan could blow oil all over wasn't much fun back in the long hair days.

Don't feel sorry for me... I still love them. I still have a full set of tooling to do pretty much everything to a VW block and heads. Still have transmission jigs to rebuild both type 1 and type 2 boxes. One of these days I would like to get all of it back in my shop and build a few more.

The problem with number 3 was the oil cooler in the fan shroud and smallish cooling fans on early models. We always updated to offset oil coolers or full flowed the engine case to run external oil coolers... problem gone.