Ford F**king Ranger Doing Truck Things! Post Yours...

[Gowheelwithjonlarson]

I have fallen in love with this raptor:
It does everything. Im a jeep buy, but this thing is rad as hell.

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[CoNB117]

What’s going on with that Audi? Looks like an Ai generated image, or or bad photoshop to remove the front wheel.

Just removed my gf from the pic, figured she didn't want to be posted on the forums lol

 

[stemplar]

Another day of the truck doing a little bit of this and a little bit of that

 

[BuenaRaptor]

1040lbs of flagstone

 

[JDW]

Here's my Raptor doing not drift car things. I think I was pretty close to the max capacities hauling this. It did well.

 

[CoNB117]

Another day of the truck doing a little bit of this and a little bit of that

What's the specs on your wheel/tire setup there? Fitment looks pretty good

 

[stemplar]

What's the specs on your wheel/tire setup there? Fitment looks pretty good

The wheels are Method 703 17x8.5 with +35mm offset and the tires are Nokian Outpost nAT in 255/75r17 (so they're 32"). Suspension is stock; my idea of "levelling" is to load 1200lbs in the bed or put a heavy trailer tongue on the hitch

 

[stemplar]

What's the specs on your wheel/tire setup there? Fitment looks pretty good

This thread has more photos of the wheels and tires: https://www.ranger6g.com/forum/threads/method-703-35mm-255-75r17-tires-on-stock-lariat-fx4.17712/

 

[NinerK]

"Wide open when the light turns green, yeah buddy that's a dirt track thing" That rapter looks legit pushing spring cars.

 

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[Lion77]

Towed my daughter's boyfriend's car that broke down in on a trip up to visit family out of state over Memorial Day weekend. My wife and I were already up there the day before, so had to drive halfway back, pick them up, then go get a u-haul car dolly and pick it up on the way back home a few days later as we couldn't leave it for more than two days on the highway it broke down on. Drove it home late Monday night, then straight to the dealer he got it from Tuesday evening, he had the thing only 21 days and paid cash....obviously not a good choice in vehicle given that it only lasted a whopping 21 days before a blinking CEL and limp mode!

U-Haul Tow Dolly: listed at 740 lbs
2011 Hyundai Veloster: 2600 lbs
Passengers + Luggage (4x of us): ~750lbs

~4090 lbs of cargo in total. Went up a very steep 20+ degree grade that was about 300 yards long and I barely had to press the gas. I was very surprised I didn't need to give the truck more throttle. Obviously in tow mode, the PCM kicked the gearing down so the engine RPM was at about 3k and it just went right up it with cargo / car in tow.

For reference, my daughter followed us in her Prius C and she had to floor it to get up the hill lol. I did it with 20% throttle and 4k lbs of cargo....the two vehicles could not be more opposite!

Oil temp never went past 217F (normally ranges in very low 200's when not towing, so not really any appreciable rise). Ambient was in mid 60's. Trans oil temp never got past 210F. Water temp, normal. Pro Cal tuned and normally use TopTier 93 (Shell, Mobil 1, Sunoco etc.), tows like a champ, which isn't easy to do or common for an off-road oriented truck.

Aside from the reduced tow capacity due to suspension / stability limitations, the RR largely preserves the excellent towing performance of the garden variety rangers. Oh, and did I mention that I still managed about 16 MPG going 75 on the interstage with all that in tow? Not bad!

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