donsmith
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- First Name
- Don
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- Location
- Dallas, TX
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- 2022 Ranger Lariat
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- Television cameraman and video editor
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I just took delivery of a 2022 Ford Ranger Lariat and it appears to have everything I need to tow with except for the 2" ball.
There's a hole in the rear bumper where I can take out the plug and put in a towing ball.
Under the bumper is the needed 4-pin electrical connection and the loops (see pictures) where you can secure a chain from any trailer that you may be wanting to tow.
In the cabin, there's anti-sway and towing controls
However, I can find NOTHING about putting the ball into the bumper of a 5G Ranger. Not in the owners manual and not on YT and not online that I've found
I learned this while visiting a U-Haul center where the tech knew immediately that I did not need to install the receiver bar on the bottom of the vehicle but the ball he had did not have a shank long enough to go through the hole in the bumper and be secured with a very large nut screwed on far enough to allow a cotter pin through the shank below it. The shank length of the ball at U-Hall was 3 1/4 inches. The shank needs to be longer, but I don't know what that needed length is.
Before I install the tow ball, I just want to ask around if this is acceptable for towing where my biggest load will likely be my 825lb motorcycle.
There's a hole in the rear bumper where I can take out the plug and put in a towing ball.
Under the bumper is the needed 4-pin electrical connection and the loops (see pictures) where you can secure a chain from any trailer that you may be wanting to tow.
In the cabin, there's anti-sway and towing controls
However, I can find NOTHING about putting the ball into the bumper of a 5G Ranger. Not in the owners manual and not on YT and not online that I've found
I learned this while visiting a U-Haul center where the tech knew immediately that I did not need to install the receiver bar on the bottom of the vehicle but the ball he had did not have a shank long enough to go through the hole in the bumper and be secured with a very large nut screwed on far enough to allow a cotter pin through the shank below it. The shank length of the ball at U-Hall was 3 1/4 inches. The shank needs to be longer, but I don't know what that needed length is.
Before I install the tow ball, I just want to ask around if this is acceptable for towing where my biggest load will likely be my 825lb motorcycle.
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