That looks like someone took an old Ski-Doo Bombardier snowmobile from the 70's and Frankensteined it into a watercraft. lolMy Ranger parked next to a crazy diy homemade PWC.
Maybe I should sneak back when it’s dark and paint the old school black stripe on it. ?
Duke, I know you can build anything. Is that your creation?My Ranger parked next to a crazy diy homemade PWC.
I don't think he'd admit it if it was.
Redneck condo?Nope, I’m a truck guy - I stick with what I know.
A danged cool one!Redneck condo?
I agree! I wouldn’t mind having that.
Funny to hear your opinion. The look is so polarizing. I always loved it, especially the TT with color matched roof. Wide angle corner shots are, indeed, hideous, but a nice side view is very different (see below).
The army green goes along way to help the look, and colour match too, still hideously beautiful, lol.Funny to hear your opinion. The look is so polarizing. I always loved it, especially the TT with color matched roof. Wide angle corner shots are, indeed, hideous, but a nice side view is very different (see below).
Right now, the Ranger is, to me, all about practicality. I want things like bigger tires, leveling, etc, but I will lose gas mileage and I have no practical benefit to having those mods for 99.99% of my use case. To date, I have installed Thule roof bars and am using 1/2 of the Thule XSporter Pro bed rack system. This gives me three equally spaced bars so when I am whitewater kayaking/shutting with friends, I can put 3-4 whitewater kayaks on top and 4 in the bed with ease. All that with one of the aforementioned boats being a 13 foot tandem whitewater kayak.
Other than that, it's a Thule tailgate pad for my mountain bikes; a BedRug bed mat and tailgate mat to make the bed more user friendly than just my base spray-in liner; UnderCover Swingcase on the driver and passenger bed interior (which I may sell because I don't think I am going to store things in them and they interfere with bikes and boats in the bed); Xpel PPF on the full front, and ceramic coat on the rest to keep it protected and looking pretty. I did drop in an FX4 traction mode selector switch and plan to add the modes with ForScan. Part of me really wishes this truck had the FX4 package with a rear locker (that I would use once a decade), but I went with what was available and this Lariat Sport had everything else I wanted including the outside key code pad. I also installed an organizer in the center console.
The current major debate is what to do with the overall bed setup. I may just keep the Thule bed rack, but am also considering a tonneau cover, SofTopper, full class cap, etc. The dilemma is that we travel a lot with our 3 Rhodesian ridgebacks (currently they ride in the back seat, but we are trying to decide if the bed is a better place, kayaks, mountain bikes, skis, a tent, etc. I need to have both a plethora of options and perfect optimization when it comes to hauling gear for trips. All of this in a midsize truck rather than a full size.
That's all a long-winded way of saying, "we'll see where it goes."
