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Ranger Mel

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Nope, no plow package.

Since I only do my own driveway, I elected to wait and see how it handles the weight of the plow. So far, it seems OK. Steering feels fine. The place I bought it from and had it installed is about 45 minutes away and even driving home from there with the plow mounted, operating temps were more of a concern than front end weight. At some point, I may decide to go with Bilsteins up front, or something similar.

I haven't noticed any issues with power draw. There's no dimming of lights or evidence of electrical gremlins when I raise the plow.

I have the VeePeak OBDII dongle and OBD Fusion to keep track of engine and transmission temp, both of which stayed in normal, no-plow, range.

The Ranger is probably not a platform I'd recommend for someone who'd be running around town doing driveways, mostly because of temps, but it appears to be a good combo for personal use. It's almost as good as the Jeep Wrangler I used to plow with; I just need to be a bit more thoughtful about how I maneuver.
Update us on long term durability. Even on heavier trucks the ball joints, etc. seem to take a hit.
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My Ranger carried me 49 miles to the dentist on Hull Street to have a $3200.00 crown installed on number 6 tooth, then to Hooters in Chester for buffalo shrimp and fresh celery, then to the gas station in Hopewell for a top off with 93 in preparation for the catastrophic snow storm this weekend, then to the house after passing a Toyota burning on fire on the side of 288. New Ranger rear drive shaft is vibration free even at 75 MPH. (Don’t tell anyone). In addition, the generator is already hooked to the PTO on the Kubota Justin Case.

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My Ranger carried me 49 miles to the dentist on Hull Street to have a $3200.00 crown installed on number 6 tooth, then to Hooters in Chester for buffalo shrimp and fresh celery, then to the gas station in Hopewell for a top off with 93 in preparation for the catastrophic snow storm this weekend, then to the house after passing a Toyota burning on fire on the side of 288. New Ranger rear drive shaft is vibration free even at 75 MPH. (Don’t tell anyone). In addition, the generator is already hooked to the PTO on the Kubota Justin Case.

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$3,200 for 1 crown?:shock: Man that's highway robbery!!

I'm so glad we're close to Mexico and have a great dentist there. I need to have 2 old metal fillings removed and a crown on each on. Price is $500/each which includes removing the old metal fillings, bonding with new fillings and zircon crowns. Heck my dental implants were only $1,750 from extraction to finish and that includes panoramic X-rays.
 

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$3,200 for 1 crown?:shock: Man that's highway robbery!!

I'm so glad we're close to Mexico and have a great dentist there. I need to have 2 old metal fillings removed and a crown on each on. Price is $500/each which includes removing the old metal fillings, bonding with new fillings and zircon crowns. Heck my dental implants were only $1,750 from extraction to finish and that includes panoramic X-rays.
Yeah right, I wish. One implant here cost me $7000.00 beginning to end. A three tooth bridge was $6000.00, and the current root canal and crown were $3200.00 together. The dentist, the endodontist, and the oral surgeon I have are very good indeed albeit it very expensive as noted.
 


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I fell your pain, I had that happen to my mulch once. The whole side of the house looked like someone threw black pepper all over it all the way up to the gutters! I looked it up online and saw it was a huge problem from siding, pvc fences and on cars where they parked them in the driveway close to the mulch. One poor guy just installed a huge white pvc fence around his property and mulched all around it and within a month it was ruined. I tried everything to get it off and nothing works so I dug it all out and luckily lived in the woods so I dumped it deep in there and replaced it with red crushed brick.
I stopped using mulch. With all the storms we get it always gets blown away, plus the neighborhood strays thinks it's their personal poop box. I use red lava rocks now, wind doesn't blow it away and the rock hurts the kittays wittle paws so they poop else where :like:

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I stopped using mulch. With all the storms we get it always gets blown away, plus the neighborhood strays thinks it's their personal poop box. I use red lava rocks now, wind doesn't blow it away and the rock hurts the kittays wittle paws so they poop else where :like:

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I like your Gnomes. 😜

Great minds think alike, here's mine that greats you when you walk in our front door. :oops:

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I like your Gnomes. 😜

Great minds think alike, here's mine that greats you when you walk in our front door. :oops:

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Thats so awesome!!!

You can't see it, but my "welcome" mat says Go Away :LOL:
 

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I stopped using mulch. With all the storms we get it always gets blown away, plus the neighborhood strays thinks it's their personal poop box. I use red lava rocks now, wind doesn't blow it away and the rock hurts the kittays wittle paws so they poop else where :like:

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We have a flower bed behind the house about that size, and use rubber mulch (ground up tires).
 

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Put in my cool new cabin air filter.

Then I took an unnecessary 150 mile road trip on 75 mph straight county roads with no 🚔 anywhere when an 18 wheeler going the other direction dropped a rock on me.

...accepting reasonable offers.
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I’m about to fix (I say a far less impressive window butthole rock chip.)..
I was headed out to pick up my step daughter from her bio father when it happened…
 

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I like your Gnomes. 😜

Great minds think alike, here's mine that greats you when you walk in our front door. :oops:

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I fill my gnomes with tannerite 😂
 
 








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