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fintip
Explorer
Jan 03, 2020

Towing a 2640lb 16ft TT with a Ford Ranger 4.0L?

Title pretty much says it. I just jumped in head first and bought a travel trailer, and now I need to swap my car for a truck to tow it. My trailer is a '58 16ft 2640lb unit. Big non-aerodynamic fr...
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dodge_guy
Explorer II
Jan 29, 2020
I towed a 25ft Award TT with a 95 Explorer 4dr with the 4.0 (pushrod Motor) and 3.73 gears. It did fine in the Midwest. Never took it too any mountainous areas, but I would imagine it would’ve been slow. The trailer loaded for a trip was 5k lbs!

The Award is very aerodynamic so it towed easy. The trailer the OP has is a brick and would really make any older V-6 work.

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