A sway control device would make you so very comfy! If the truck looks squatted with the trailer, consider also a weight distributing hitch. You can drive thru a hurricane with a smile. Ok, maybe not.
Mostly a combination of ignorance and curiosity. The truck ran rough, I got a warning that the catalytic converter was malfunctioning. A couple of tanks of 87 octane gas + catalytic converter cleaner in the tank fixed that thank goodness. One could probably get a tune for 100 Octane gas...
Buying hot vehicles at sticker price then selling the vehicles to people who can't get to the dealer fast enough is just another of many ways for rich folks with ready piles of cash buyup things then resell at fat profits, to folks who are not rich. Probably a little easier than buying up homes...
Here's to hoping I will be in the same boat as you in 55K miles:) 40K miles so far, not bone stock, but zero problems and super happy with my Ranger, trailing climbing, trailer pulling, stop and go city traffic, and highway miles. 19.5 MPG (3.5" lift / level, 10 ply rated 295/70-17 tires)
Big wheels look good! Not much cushion between your wheels and rocks, fine for smoother surfaces. Could probably fit 295's for more serious off roading.
ValvoMax Oil Drain Kit, Works very well. Super easy oil changes. So easy I forgot to remove it and cap it last time I changed my oil. Ran 5 quarts of new oil right thru the motor onto the driveway. I saw the pool and realized my lapse before starting the truck. Hi price oil flush! Der
45K miles in my Fx4 XLT, overlanding, highway, local, trailer pulling. Well modded and super pleased with my Ranger. This truck is a civilized beast. I cannot imagine any other maker with equal or better performance or durability.
I am planning lots of overlanding when I get too old to work, so I got the Fx4Package ($1300 these days from Ford) for the skid and bash plates (heavier ones from ARB $700+), locking rear diff (a $420 Ford option w/o Fx4, $700+ from Yukon), front tow hooks ($100 Aftermarket), trail control (lo...
Wow, $63K is amazing if they make that. GM CEO makes about $30,000,000 per year, about 476 times what the $63k/year worker makes. Ford CEO makes about $22,000,000 / year, 350 times what the $63k / yr worker. Stellantis CEO $25,000,000 / year, 396 times that of the $63k worker. The ever...
point well taken. Time was a person could work fulltime @ Ford, afford a house and a boat. Put the kids thru college. Not sure if it is that way of late.
I must admit I got a 3.5" Lift / Level kit from BDS installed. I love the tall truck. I love my 295/70 R17" Toyo Open Country R/T's. I like to climb over stuff on the trail. I think the stock hi butt allows for one to load the rear with stuff and then it would settle to level instead of nose hi.
I heard on a vid somewhere that aftermarket tunes get some of their HP boost from basing the mods on higher octane fuel and that the stock motor is tuned to do ok on cheap 87 octane fuel. That said, I run the weak 91 octane fuel we can get in AZ. I am quite happy with the motor, it really...