What are you guys towing?

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We've got a 5' x 10' tilt bed trailer... one of the handiest thing we ever bought. Since we live in a pine forest we haul sappy pine tree branches, and of course trips to the lumber yard and that sort of thing... and our John Deere 265 tractor on occasion.

Our Ranger is the first vehicle we have owned with a back up camera... man is that the cats meow for hooking up the trailer.

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Certainly not the biggest load I'm towing, but it's the most fun load.

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Brought this home for my brother. It was fun to pull, had wind and rain and cold weather. Boat 2100# dry weight, full of fuel and trailer, don't know total weight. 8.5 mpg which was against 30+ mph winds and heavy rain over the 120+ mile journey.
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We just completed 7 week, 7000 mile road trip across northern states from Washington to Upper Peninsula Michigan. Towed 4300 pound wet 17 foot travel trailer. No problems, and lots of adequate power. Conservative driver stayed between 60 and 55 mph. Gasoline mileage ranged from 9.1 to 12.4 mpg depending on speed. Pulled grades fine, 1 degree - 6th gear - 55 mph, 2500 rpm; 2 degree - 6th gear - 55 mph - 3000 rpm. Rig is 4 wheel drive Lariat, with adaptive cruise control. Love the truck, comfortable to ride in and quiet.
 

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Towed this 17 foot 4300 pound trailer for 7000 miles over 7 weeks across country from Calif, to Washington state then highway 2 across Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Upper Peninsula Michigan then down to Wisconsin, Minnesota again, South Dakota, Utah, Nevada and back to home in Sacramento Ca. Returned home on Interstate 90 and 80. It pulled just great. Lots of power.

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I just bought a 8.5x20 enclosed trailer in Gastonia NC pulled it up though Route 77 mountains to NJ Trailer weight empty
3600 lbs w no issues.
Used a Curt 51180 electric mobil brake controller.
That also worked as described.
I was very impressed with the rangers performance and used the
CURT 17063 MV Round Bar Weight Distribution Hitch with Sway Control Black Up to 14,000 lbs, 2-Inch Shank, 2-5/16-Inch Ball towed

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Used a Curt 51180 electric mobil brake controller.
That also worked as described.
Did the Echo cause you any problems with the BLIS system? I went with a Redarc unit because of the issues I heard other people have with the Echo and have been curious of people's real feedback of how it worked with the Ranger's safety features.
 

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You must have maxed out the tow capacity (7,500 lbs.) of the Ranger with that F250 on the twin-axle trailer; how did the Ranger behave with such a heavy tow load?
 
 



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