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I'm just at 50k miles, got the truck new only a year and a half ago. I take the truck crawling and overlanding every weekend and I beat the living ***** outta this thing lol, not a single broken part or issue. Only ever replaced the battery once. Its an amazing overland/offroader and the power puts Tacomas to shame. I run 35s with the ford performance tune, I can't even notice them compared to 32s. I give the truck my vote and recommend going for it!

Awesome!! These are the type of post I was hoping to see!

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[Greywhale]

Awesome!! These are the type of post I was hoping to see!

Thanks!

No problem, good luck with the build!

 

[seanellaz]

Hey guys, new to this thread.

I have a question for you guys, specially those who have heavily modified their Rangers. I have a ‘22 XLT FX4 SuperCrew Ranger and have been absolutely wrestling back and forth on fully committing keeping the truck. Reason stems from having over a million miles of owning, overlanding
modifying Toyota Tacomas. Unfortunately my latest Gen 3 Tacoma as per performance was an utter let down. Leading me to want to try something else out. I’ve got 20k miles on the Ranger with zero issues and other than my absolute disappointment in some of the initial quality control measures from the factory and the cheap interior, it’s actually been quite the little performer.

All my vehicles eventually get heavily modified for a hybrid utilitarian/overland build which suits my usage as a survival instructor/guide traveling all over the Rockies. I absolutely want to dive deep into committing to a full out build comprised of nothing but high end components.
My concern is finally dropping that much money into something I’ve never had experience with per the brand and model vehicle. I’ve considered going back to a Toyota in a 4Runner. Granted it’s an absolute dinosaur of a rig, but damn near indestructible. The payload, transmission, gearing and capabilities are much more on par with the Ranger than my Gen 3 Tacoma was. I’m just trying to gain confidence that I’m not going to dump this much into it then regret later on in terms of reliability, durability and longevity of this Ranger.
I believe I had done quite a bit of homework prior to trading my Tacoma in for this ranger in terms of long term ownership. I guess the Toyota DNA still just runs super thick in blood and is making me second guess.

Those that have heavily modified or those that have put a ton of miles of their rangers already. Are you pleased with the trucks quality and reliability?

Thanks!!!

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.

 

[LookARE]

Hey guys, new to this thread.

I have a question for you guys, specially those who have heavily modified their Rangers. I have a ‘22 XLT FX4 SuperCrew Ranger and have been absolutely wrestling back and forth on fully committing keeping the truck. Reason stems from having over a million miles of owning, overlanding
modifying Toyota Tacomas. Unfortunately my latest Gen 3 Tacoma as per performance was an utter let down. Leading me to want to try something else out. I’ve got 20k miles on the Ranger with zero issues and other than my absolute disappointment in some of the initial quality control measures from the factory and the cheap interior, it’s actually been quite the little performer.

All my vehicles eventually get heavily modified for a hybrid utilitarian/overland build which suits my usage as a survival instructor/guide traveling all over the Rockies. I absolutely want to dive deep into committing to a full out build comprised of nothing but high end components.
My concern is finally dropping that much money into something I’ve never had experience with per the brand and model vehicle. I’ve considered going back to a Toyota in a 4Runner. Granted it’s an absolute dinosaur of a rig, but damn near indestructible. The payload, transmission, gearing and capabilities are much more on par with the Ranger than my Gen 3 Tacoma was. I’m just trying to gain confidence that I’m not going to dump this much into it then regret later on in terms of reliability, durability and longevity of this Ranger.
I believe I had done quite a bit of homework prior to trading my Tacoma in for this ranger in terms of long term ownership. I guess the Toyota DNA still just runs super thick in blood and is making me second guess.

Those that have heavily modified or those that have put a ton of miles of their rangers already. Are you pleased with the trucks quality and reliability?

Thanks!!!

Personally im a big overlander and so is my brother the main difference is that I have a ranger and he has a Tacoma. Both fully built or whatever bumper racks tents and other heavy shit. The most noticeable difference is that the ranger still feels like a car/truck instead of a tank. Keep in mind i’m still waiting on a ford performance tune And am running bigger tires. I have no regrets about it either and even tho it doesn’t get as much offroad time as it wants it‘s still a comfortable daily. BTW I’ve driven both these trucks for 8+ hrs straight

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