What are you guys towing?

[Crow_of_judgement]

GS is Girl scouts?

Yep.

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[jprime84]

Anyone towing a Ranger with their Ranger? Trip for the spring shakedown was anticlimactic after my freshly charged cranking battery died between home and the ramp. Had to replace it, but then again that was the point of the shakedown.

Another cool thing was the truck alerted me to a rear right trailer lighting issue (water in the sealed LED fixture) that I had no idea was there. Past tow vehicle never said a word.

Used tow/haul mode, and it was easy enough driving. Seemed like the engine would struggle right when starting from a stop sign and then the turbo boost comes in and nearly wants to chirp the tires. This what others are seeing?

Towing Ranger 1788WT on a dual axle trailer. Estimating about 3400 lbs tow weight.

 

[lukdeg]

this is what I will be pulling as soon as the truck arrives! don't mind the Edge in front of it, it identify as a Ranger...
trailer is a Prolite Max 2900lbs

 

[bostonburner]

I'm towing a 1400lb offroad camper, I've done about 3000 miles towing it since I got my ranger last summer and it tows way better than my V8 lexus while getting double the gas mileage! Also getting the ford performance tune made a pretty noticeable difference in towing performance.

 

[Dgc333]

Wife and I have been talking about getting a camper for some time but have not been sure we would use it enough to justify the expense. I ran across a 17' Skyline for a price that I can justify and picked it up yesterday.

 

[Crow_of_judgement]

95 mile highway trip with a 25 mph headwind pulling the 5x8 loaded with a zero turn averaging 65 - 70 mph netted me 17 mpg... oof

 

[ctechbob]

95 mile highway trip with a 25 mph headwind pulling the 5x8 loaded with a zero turn averaging 65 - 70 mph netted me 17 mpg... oof

Lol, you can argue with physics all you want, but you can't fight it.

 

[CB750F]

Anyone towing a Ranger with their Ranger? Trip for the spring shakedown was anticlimactic after my freshly charged cranking battery died between home and the ramp. Had to replace it, but then again that was the point of the shakedown.

Another cool thing was the truck alerted me to a rear right trailer lighting issue (water in the sealed LED fixture) that I had no idea was there. Past tow vehicle never said a word.

Used tow/haul mode, and it was easy enough driving. Seemed like the engine would struggle right when starting from a stop sign and then the turbo boost comes in and nearly wants to chirp the tires. This what others are seeing?

Towing Ranger 1788WT on a dual axle trailer. Estimating about 3400 lbs tow weight.

I pulled this last year, about 4 hrs drive, close to 5000lbs. Mpgs were about 13/15mpg? Tow mode, was smooth, no issues. Starting from a stop was smooth. I have no experience with pulling/trailering & I thought it was just so easy & smooth.

 

[Tracy Bowman]

Moved my sailboat out of storage in preparation for spring. Just took it to the marina where it will receive some nice racing bottom paint. The boat is an S2 7.9, kind of a "Great Lakes racing sailboat". It's the reason I bought the Ranger. It's a 1980s hull and kind of heavy compared to more modern construction. Total package of boat+trailer weighs around 6000 (6300 on the cat scale last fall, but I've since removed a lot of tools and useless bits from the interior so this is a guesstimate).

I posted about hauling the same boat in this thread just a few months ago. Lessons learned from my first times towing: I put as much crap up front as I could to get tongue weight up. And double checked the trailer tire pressure this time. Last time it turns out the tires were down a few pounds from what they should be. I had brought my air compressor but forgot the chuck when I moved in the fall, whoopsie daisy.

I'm not sure what my tongue weight is currently but will say combination of weight management and tire pressure was a HUGE improvement from towing in the fall. I experience absolutely no sway, even when I had a 30mph gusty crossbreeze. Even the crummy surge brakes felt totally adequate. I'm still considering rebuilding the trailer to have electric brakes, but after this drive I'm not sure I really *need* to. This thing tows like champ even with the crappy setup. Glad I got this truck and not a "fullsize". Really, the Ranger is a fullsize anyway...

It’s a beauty!

 

[Stic-o]

Heritage.....

 

[jprime84]

Looks good at the ramp

 

[Max Crafter]

Someone globally is towing something cool

 

[Stevedbvik1]

Heritage.....

That brings the definition of a spare to a whole new level ?

 

[Shane008]

I’m towing only the good stuff.

 

[LaBalbe]

Getting ready to take the kids out for the weekend.

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