2004 Ford Ranger 4.0L V6 4WD Automatic
Has anyone used a Ford Ranger 4.0L V6 4WD Automatic as a tow vehicle for a TT? I look up the specifications and they are rated to tow around #5,800 and I am curious if any one has some experience ...
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bikendan wrote:WesleyW wrote:
Thanks everyone for the valuable advice. I found it extremely helpful and really appreciate it especially about the safety concerns.
After reading all the comment I went out and bought a Ford F-150 5.4L V8 which should be enough to pull a Travel Lite Falcon F20 with a dry weight of 2,480 lbs.
Once again thanks everyone for the advice.
good choice, that gives you some room to upgrade in the future.
Not sure this is totally correct. Depending upon how many family members, how heavy etc. One might be at gvwr of ANY of the vehicles mentioned, before hooking up a trailer. In this case, the person has NO trailer tow capacity....says the father of 4, when kids were adult sized teens, we weighed in over 1200 lbs between the 6 of us! We needed a rig with over 2000 lbs of payload just to tote a 6500 lb 24' long travel trailer!
Then also way back in the day, I saw a poster in an RV place. Rigs with the Ford 4.0 V6 had a max trailer capacity of 5000 lbs. "IF" the rig had less than 60 sq ft of frontal area. if 6.01-70 sq ft, you had to low the amount to 4000 lbs, 7.01-80 sq ft, you were down to 3000 lbs. OVER 80 sq ft it was not recomended you tow said trailer etc.
Marty
