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The Curt (Amazon best seller) is the kind you can’t back up without taking part of it apart. Cheaper but not even close to the Equilizer of the Blue Ox in performance. The Blue Ox is rated linked is 1500 lb / 15000 lb tow weight this will give you a harsher ride. Go with a 1000 lb/10000 lb...

Purchase a good weight distribution hitch with sway control and you won’t have issues backing up. Look at an Equal-I-zer 4way or Blue Ox Sway Pro.

I am in the process of installing a Tekonsha P3 brake controller on my Ranger. Yes I know the ramifications not my question. I have noticed that many disconnect the battery's negative terminal before installing the brake controller. I understand the potential issues if of touching another...

I was torn between the Blue Ox Sway Pro and the Equalizer. I went with the Equalizer based based on the deal I received when I purchased the trailer not because I thought it was better. I did look at the Anderson as well. People who have them swear by them. Others and myself don’t think it...

I have had mine for 7 months. I have had the same experience as Redland Ranger. A very small amount of leaking (the most comes after a trip through the car wash) in the front corners. I get mostly dust and need to invest in a tailgate seal.

I love my Extang Solid Fold 2.0. Easier install and removal

Phil your title should have been Hackett Job :)

Mike, I was in no way insinuating to tow beyond the stated capacities of 7,500 lbs and 750 lbs tongue weight. My point is that with a weight-distribution hitch the Curt hitch is capable of towing an equal amount as the OEM hitch at a lower cost. I would always use a weight-distribution hitch...

That is not quite accurate. The Curt hitch does have a 6,000 lb tow capacity (lower than the OEM) and a 900 lb tongue weight rating (greater than the OEM). However, the rating when using a weight distribution hitch climbs to 8,000 lbs for towing and a 900 lb tongue weight.

Ford doesn’t have to install and cannot legally void your warranty based on the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act. The act addresses the installation of aftermarket parts and unless Ford can prove beyond doubt that the part caused the issue with the vehicle they cannot void the warranty. It is a high...

Thanks Mike :like: I have been flip-flopping on this for a bit (am I being unsafe not to use the Ford Brake Controller) and your thoughts in the post are spot on and have convinced me finally that I have nothing to worry about by hooking up a brake controller to the existing 4 wires under the...

AEB = Automatic Emergency Braking. For the trailer brakes to operate when AEB is activated, yes it is necessary. Also $261.03 from Varsity Ford.

Dang you Jerry, I was convincing myself that it was no big deal to hook a brake controller to the supplied 4 wires and not go with the New Ford brake controller. Then you used the words to the effect like not a huge cost and makes the truck safer in a braking event and the words makes sense to...

Being the the oversimplifer and overstater :), just speculating, to add that to my resume, could the trailer ECU module be necessary because the taillights are LED in some models of the Ranger? I know I am reading more into this without any facts. :) Wish Ford would let us know at some point.

Mike, Thanks for the reply I oversimplified the issue and hadn't considered the flashing light aspect. It appears using the brake pedal for activation would be better than trying to wire a non-Ford Redarc into a brake light. The module in the kit from Ford is labeled Trailer Lamp ECU. By...

Floyd, The difference between the two controllers (Redarc and Ford) is where the brake controller activation signal is coming from not the controller itself. I posted this earlier in this thread that in the Ford Brake Controller Availability thread that is stickied above in post #63 there is...

Jon, Lots of good options out there if you are talking an 18' to 22' box (based on the RV manufacturers numbers). I was at a recent RV show looking at our nect trailer to be towed with the Ranger. I have researched a bunch of units based on my wife's and my criteria in floor plans. We are...

It is confirmed by a Ford Engineer that posted in the Brake Controller Availability thread above. Here is a link to post #63 in that thread and you can then read the subsequent posts about the purple wire and brake pedal activation...

I don't have th fob remote start but what I have observed using the Fordpass remote start is the seat heater doesn't actually come on until I sit in the seat. When I have a passenger the seat heaters come on for the both of us (driver and passanger).

I ask a room full of people “How many of you think you are a good driver.” Nearly everyone raises their hand. I then tell them statistically half you you are wrong.