RANGER DANGER!!!

[WOADKIL]

‘I call it the RANGER DANGER’: Old Ford Ranger tows massive new GMC truck when it gets stuck on beach. Here’s why
‘That’s the worst time to realize you should’ve upgraded.’

Ranger Danger Link

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[Grandaccess]

having the right Tires and 4Low is priceless!
a few times this year I have been in the situation of having to pull larger trucks than me, and 4L is a beast! my buddy got a Chevy 2500 stuck out in a field 10 motorcycle engines in the bed and his two back tires were De-Beaded!

 

[5thranger]

‘I call it the RANGER DANGER’: Old Ford Ranger tows massive new GMC truck when it gets stuck on beach. Here’s why
‘That’s the worst time to realize you should’ve upgraded.’

Ranger Danger Link

Kinda like plunging a big nasty blockage down the toilet.

 

[Dr_Strangelove]

I remember watching one of those earlier Matt's Off-road recovery sand dune videos where he's rescuing dudes in huge trucks all day long with his little Cherokee and in one of the videos he has the client in the back of his jeep and the client is bemoaning "well... I lowered the tire pressure and everything!" and Matt's response is "Dude, your Raptor is 6,000 lbs - it's gonna sink no matter what you do."

I have a feeling that little Ranger has got a good weight advantage over the Chevy on top of having 4x4.

 

[theprinceofsnj]

Sort of reminds me of when I was working for Mitsubishi-Fuso. That was back in the 2000"s I had a coworker who drove a big black Chevy 4X4. I drove a 1997 Ranger XLT non 4-wheel drive. This one Monday we both came to work with muddy trucks. Poor Mike got a ribbing. One of our coworkers asked him if he had gotten stuck and had called me to pull him out? Tuesday when he came to work his truck was cleaned. I left mine dirty for about a week.

 

[Cabose-1]

FORD F#%&*@! RANGER

 

[TJC]

Way back in 1978 I had just sold my brand new Chevy Full Size Pickup 4x4 with dual tanks after it failed my "mountain road" test deep in the Colorado Front Range. It flexed and squeaked, and at times I swear I could hear rivets popping! The truck looked like the one below his minus the lift kit and massive tires. It also had a tan hood with 5" striped edges and a hood ornament. My first factory ordered vehicle! It looked cool, but it sucked in the mountains. It also sucked gas. 12 mpg! Up hill, down hill, coasting or running 70mph... 12 mpg. Took more $$ than I had at the time to fill the 44 gallons of those twin saddle tanks!

After that debacle I got serious and purchased a 1971 Toyota Land Cruiser (FJ40) Soft Top much like the one below Mine was Red. This was the best 4x4 I have ever owned! (And I am on my 5th one.)

I was tooling along in the Mountain back woods one day and came across an F150 4x4 all tricked out, sitting very high. He had misjudged a washed out road (a pie shaped wedge of the road was gone) and the drivers front end dropped into the hole breaking the headlight. The back passenger tire was well into the air, and the transfer case had split open with gears showing and oil on the ground. I stopped and asked the guy if he needed to be pulled out. He looked at me and yes, but with what? That Toyota? I replied I was willing to try if he was. He reluctantly agreed but didn't think the FJ40 had the muscle to do much of anything. I hooked up chains, put the FJ40 in low range and let out the clutch in first gear, it crawled that pickup right out without breaking a sweat.

When in low range in 1st gear you could walk faster than the FJ40 moved. The thing would climb a tree! Poor gas mileage, but it never flexed, squeaked, or popped! And it stayed relatively clean.

It was all original, straight 6 with a 3 speed manual transmission, manual transfer case and lockout hubs. I still prefer robust simplicity over electronic anything. I mounted a bubble incline indicator on the dash which told me my front and side slopes. Never failed and worked perfectly.

I had that FJ for years and it was completely reliable.

Sometime less is more!

 

[subquark]

Way back in 1978 I had just sold my brand new Chevy Full Size Pickup 4x4 with dual tanks after it failed my "mountain road" test deep in the Colorado Front Range. It flexed and squeaked, and at times I swear I could hear rivets popping! The truck looked like the one below his minus the lift kit and massive tires. It also had a tan hood with 5" striped edges and a hood ornament. My first factory ordered vehicle! It looked cool, but it sucked in the mountains. It also sucked gas. 12 mpg! Up hill, down hill, coasting or running 70mph... 12 mpg. Took more $$ than I had at the time to fill the 44 gallons of those twin saddle tanks!

After that debacle I got serious and purchased a 1971 Toyota Land Cruiser (FJ40) Soft Top much like the one below Mine was Red. This was the best 4x4 I have ever owned! (And I am on my 5th one.)

I was tooling along in the Mountain back woods one day and came across an F150 4x4 all tricked out, sitting very high. He had misjudged a washed out road (a pie shaped wedge of the road was gone) and the drivers front end dropped into the hole breaking the headlight. The back passenger tire was well into the air, and the transfer case had split open with gears showing and oil on the ground. I stopped and asked the guy if he needed to be pulled out. He looked at me and yes, but with what? That Toyota? I replied I was willing to try if he was. He reluctantly agreed but didn't think the FJ40 had the muscle to do much of anything. I hooked up chains, put the FJ40 in low range and let out the clutch in first gear, it crawled that pickup right out without breaking a sweat.

When in low range in 1st gear you could walk faster than the FJ40 moved. The thing would climb a tree! Poor gas mileage, but it never flexed, squeaked, or popped! And it stayed relatively clean.

It was all original, straight 6 with a 3 speed manual transmission, manual transfer case and lockout hubs. I still prefer robust simplicity over electronic anything. I mounted a bubble incline indicator on the dash which told me my front and side slopes. Never failed and worked perfectly.

I had that FJ for years and it was completely reliable.

Sometime less is more!

Old FJ for the win!

I've had mine since 1975 and just passed it on to my daughter - it's a '72 with '69 engine.

 

[9zero1790]

‘I call it the RANGER DANGER’: Old Ford Ranger tows massive new GMC truck when it gets stuck on beach. Here’s why
‘That’s the worst time to realize you should’ve upgraded.’

Ranger Danger Link

the old rangers were like small tractors. low horsepower but sturdy and ready to work lol.

 

[TJC]

Old FJ for the win!

I've had mine since 1975 and just passed it on to my daughter - it's a '72 with '69 engine.

It is a thing of engineering beauty!

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