Ford Rangers

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   Ford Motor Company uses two criteria to rate their truck's towing capacity.  First they rate it conventionally by weight, then it's rated by "trailer frontal area".  Meaning the frontal area of the trailer less the frontal area of the truck.  The total frontal area of an r-pod is about 65 square feet, I don't know the frontal area of a Ranger.  The 2006 Ranger is rated to tow 50 sq. ft., with a 3.0 or 4.0 V6.  If you decide to tow with a Ranger, keep a close eye on the front brake pad wear and rotor condition, Rangers are notorious for front brake wear under severe conditions.

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Old Dingo&Mrs.Dingo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 Jul 2012 Location: Tarentum, PA Online Status: Offline Posts: 138	Topic: Ford Rangers Posted: 07 May 2014 at 12:23am
	Ford Motor Company uses two criteria to rate their truck's towing capacity. First they rate it conventionally by weight, then it's rated by "trailer frontal area". Meaning the frontal area of the trailer less the frontal area of the truck. The total frontal area of an r-pod is about 65 square feet, I don't know the frontal area of a Ranger. The 2006 Ranger is rated to tow 50 sq. ft., with a 3.0 or 4.0 V6. If you decide to tow with a Ranger, keep a close eye on the front brake pad wear and rotor condition, Rangers are notorious for front brake wear under severe conditions.
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hogone Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1043	Posted: 07 May 2014 at 6:43am
	I was really going to stay out of this one but can't help myself!! Hard to believe a 4 cylinder Ranger has a towing capacity of 5500. That's almost as much as my F150 V8(4.6). Just my 2 cents if this is the case, I think it would be extremely under powered. Nothing against rangers here, because as everyone knows, FORD rocks!!!! hogone
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vyfarrell Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 27 Apr 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 08 May 2014 at 3:55pm
	The ranger we have is a 2006 207-horsepower, 4.0-liter V6 engine, automatic. The maximum towing capacity is rated at 5580 pounds. Dropping that down to, 5000 pounds,the numbers looks like this: 5000 -2630 (unloaded rpod 179 weight) -1155- (cargo carrying capacity of 179) =1215 under the 5000 limit Will test it out and see how it goes, and if necessary get something else to pull the trailer. Don't want to be worrying about brakes failing / engines going out... not my idea of a good time! :) I do appreciate all of the feedback.

David and Danette Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1215	Posted: 08 May 2014 at 4:05pm
	That makes a lot more sense having a V6. I think you will be fine perhaps you may wish you had more HP but that may depend upon your gearing.
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