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  1. Ergonomics question - tall old guy - ExCab or Crew?

    I am a couple inches shorter and maybe 35 lbs lighter so not a perfect fit to your dimensions. I have a SuperCrew and don't find ingress/egress a problem. Headroom is great, etc. I just got a new hip (closing in on 4 weeks ago) so I still have to get in butt first then pivot my legs, no...
  2. 6,800 lbs with Surge Brakes?

    OK, OP, never mind, ignore whatever he posts…. :LOL:
  3. Strange occurrence with transmission and accelerating

    When I see stuff like that, I always think of the international space station, sure hope they have that shielding stuff all worked out. ;)
  4. 6,800 lbs with Surge Brakes?

    Hopefully @Grumpaw will happen along, he can probably answer your questions. Or maybe PM him. Very experienced tower.
  5. Strange occurrence with transmission and accelerating

    That sounds very much like what happened. Perhaps with the exception of the revs going nuts and the limp home mode stuff, very strange.
  6. 6,800 lbs with Surge Brakes?

    I have always had decent luck with surge brakes. They obviously don't have the tuning ability that controller electric brakes do, but at least you have something back there braking when momentum shifts. I have not towed with my Ranger yet but I always tried to have about a 30% margin over max...
  7. Little Truck doesn't Equal Little Person

    Those are the best of times. Our daughter is 39. seems like yesterday when she was 3yo riding on my shoulders. Enjoy every second if it.
  8. The smart headlights that could make night-driving MUCH easier: Ford is testing technology that projects directions, speed limits and weather informat

    That is primarily why I bought those DD SS3 Pro fog lights to replace my fogs on the Ranger. They are very bright and have a cutoff so don't bother oncoming traffic, with a very wide spread. We don't have a lot of fog (although we do occasionally have some heavy snow), but we certainly have a...
  9. Ride quality on Ranger *head bobble sensation*

    To keep the body more level in uneven terrain (where one wheel is in bump and another perhaps in droop) you want more articulation, sway bars limit articulation. I believe you when you say you feel an improvement in side to side rocking on uneven surfaces.
  10. Strange occurrence with transmission and accelerating

    Must be a full moon or something. Yesterday, turning onto the road our house faces (it is a very steep road). As I turned right off onto our road, the transmission never downshifted. It lugged big time (I mean like it was in 4th gear, going slow up a steep hill), then (like me when I...
  11. Ride quality on Ranger *head bobble sensation*

    Very surprising result (on the rocking back and forth dampening), still trying to get my head around that. On corning on the street, I can definitely see how it would help.
  12. Ride quality on Ranger *head bobble sensation*

    Interesting, I would have guessed a sway bar while improving lean in a corner (flatter), would tend to increase side to side rocking as it would tend to remove articulation.
  13. Little Truck doesn't Equal Little Person

    Glad you didn't have any setback issues. I disagree on the LFCD helping in any way (the pistol cartridge version, the rifle cartridge one which was a completely different design and was patented by him was a great die). I believe the taper crimp version of the LFCD was the biggest piece of...
  14. Ride quality on Ranger *head bobble sensation*

    The FX4 shocks are Ranchos. I think I read somewhere the non FX4 models have a different supplier. I personally don't think it is just a shock issue with the FX4 (although Ranchos don't have a stellar reputation). I think it is a combination of spring/shock package that might lead to a more...
  15. Little Truck doesn't Equal Little Person

    Plus, everyone has one of these right? Minimum 10 gal Roughneck... :)
  16. Little Truck doesn't Equal Little Person

    No problems, just come to San Francisco, nobody has guns but the police and the bad guys. But, they are still going to say, “hey look, a Canadian, free shit man!”. ;) But hey , if they only steal $899, it really isn’t really treated as a crime so, no harm no foul, eh? :crackup: May have...
  17. Where’s your dog?

    OK, don't laugh. We do hook our dogs harnesses with a strap to the seat belt anchors. Haven't needed it yet, but it does give you peace of mind knowing they won't be complete projectiles, flying through the windscreen...
  18. The smart headlights that could make night-driving MUCH easier: Ford is testing technology that projects directions, speed limits and weather informat

    I just looked it up and Tucker had the center light that moved with the steering. The outer two straight ahead (or wherever they were adjusted to.. ;)).
  19. Little Truck doesn't Equal Little Person

    Yeah, I wasn’t referring to the powder density, but it sounds like for whatever reason that powder cop worked for you.





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