This is Scary

Playtime II wrote:
Sport trac sits on a Ranger frame and not the explore frame. Mine was rated 5500 4x4 with the 4.0. Cant recall the payload but it was a nice truck for boat towing.

The early Sport Tracs were on the Explorer/Ranger frame. Then in 2007 they were switched over to the independent rear suspension Explorer frame.

Either way, the Sport Trac in the picture is broken!

Sport trac sits on a Ranger frame and not the explore frame. Mine was rated 5500 4x4 with the 4.0. Cant recall the payload but it was a nice truck for boat towing.

x96mnn wrote:
$100 says it tows great and no issues at all.

The salesman told him he had 'plenty' of truck to tow it.

Ray

I don't see what the problem is.

Caveman Charlie wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:

Mr.Mark wrote:

John & Angela wrote:
We hear it at the dealership all the time when we tell them they have to pay attention to weights. "I have a dually, I can put anything on this truck and still pull a horse trailer"

Can somebody tell me what has actually happened here? The springs broke? The frame?

It seems to me that the transmission would have given out before the frame.

The major weight of the horse trailer would have been on the trailer tires

, right?Thanks,MM.

No...it would be 4 horses or even more at 1,200 lbs.each inside scrambling. :W

This cargo moves! I often pull a four place slant horse trailer with my MH. You KNOW it's back there when they start moving around. I.E. scrambling.

Except that not a horse trailer they are hooked to.

Yah I know. Just saying that it's s scenario that comes up often as a salesman. Hard to convince them otherwise.

rockhillmanor wrote:

Mr.Mark wrote:

John & Angela wrote:
We hear it at the dealership all the time when we tell them they have to pay attention to weights. "I have a dually, I can put anything on this truck and still pull a horse trailer"

Can somebody tell me what has actually happened here? The springs broke? The frame?

It seems to me that the transmission would have given out before the frame.

The major weight of the horse trailer would have been on the trailer tires

, right?Thanks,MM.

No...it would be 4 horses or even more at 1,200 lbs.each inside scrambling. :W

This cargo moves! I often pull a four place slant horse trailer with my MH. You KNOW it's back there when they start moving around. I.E. scrambling.

Except that not a horse trailer they are hooked to.

TucsonJim wrote:
I don't understand. Everything looks okay. They're just checking the oil before they hit the freeway at 74mph.

This. I don't see a problem. :h

Mr.Mark wrote:

John & Angela wrote:
We hear it at the dealership all the time when we tell them they have to pay attention to weights. "I have a dually, I can put anything on this truck and still pull a horse trailer"

Can somebody tell me what has actually happened here? The springs broke? The frame?

It seems to me that the transmission would have given out before the frame.

The major weight of the horse trailer would have been on the trailer tires

, right?Thanks,MM.

No...it would be 4 horses or even more at 1,200 lbs.each inside scrambling. :W

This cargo moves! I often pull a four place slant horse trailer with my MH. You KNOW it's back there when they start moving around. I.E. scrambling.

Would a Hensley Arrow make everything better?

Bruce

There won't be much sway with all that tongue weight