Why don't we get this Ranger?

[SVT666]

Pwnt.

Hardly.

My best friend owned 2 of them, and I borrowed one a couple times when I was in high school to haul firewood and it was fine.  Of course it doesn't haul what the mid-sizers do, but it's as good as any compact.

[SVT666]

Atleast with that Ranger, Ford could compete in the crew cab segment

It seems that people are forgetting that Ford already competes in the mid-size crew cab pickup segment.

[Pancor]

My pops has an '02 2WD, regular cab with the stick and the 2.3l.   I've hauled some heavy-ass loads both in the bed and on a trailer, and it handles it surprisingly well.  Going uphill is a real shitshow, and I've even found myself with the throttle right to the floor in 5th gear on flat ground, but at lower speeds it really does impress. 

[SVT666]

My pops has an '02 2WD, regular cab with the stick and the 2.3l.? ?I've hauled some heavy-ass loads both in the bed and on a trailer, and it handles it surprisingly well.? Going uphill is a real shitshow, and I've even found myself with the throttle right to the floor in 5th gear on flat ground, but at lower speeds it really does impress.?

The one my buddy had that he would let me use was a 1990 4x4, extended cab, with the 4.0L V6.  It took heavy loads just fine.  People have to remember it's a compact pickup...not a half-ton.

[Eye of the Tiger]

My '94 4.0 Ranger hauled kegs of beer up mountains like you wouldn't believe!

[nickdrinkwater]

It seems that people are forgetting that Ford already competes in the mid-size crew cab pickup segment.

I think I prefer the Ranger.  Interesting though.

[SVT666]

I think I prefer the Ranger.? Interesting though.

I like the sport trac.  The box is a little small, but how many people who own midsize trucks actually haul anything anyway?

[Soup DeVille]

Hardly.

My best friend owned 2 of them, and I borrowed one a couple times when I was in high school to haul firewood and it was fine.? Of course it doesn't haul what the mid-sizers do, but it's as good as any compact.

It would haul it, yes, and would handle OK as well; but it'd be dragging its butt around like you cut the rear springs. Even the last generation F-150s did the same when loaded close to their payload rating.

[SVT666]

It would haul it, yes, and would handle OK as well; but it'd be dragging its butt around like you cut the rear springs. Even the last generation F-150s did the same when loaded close to their payload rating.

Don't you remember that all trucks used to do that because they came level from the factory.  When they started getting the "raked" look to them you could load them up to max payload or beyond and the truck would sit virtually level, but that's because the ass end is a lot higher then the front when unloaded.

[Soup DeVille]

Don't you remember that all trucks used to do that because they came level from the factory.? When they started getting the "raked" look to them you could load them up to max payload or beyond and the truck would sit virtually level, but that's because the ass end is a lot higher then the front when unloaded.

Some were worse than others, and the Rangers have always been on the 'worse' end of the spectrum as far as that goes. It would haul things though- I once had 2 3-ton electric chainfalls in the back of mine (about 660 lbs each). Didn't break anything, but that was an einteresting drive...

[The Pirate]

My Ranger ('90 4x4 4.0L) hauled decently well for being a small truck.  I installed some add-a-leaf springs though, which helped a lot.

[Tave]

Some were worse than others, and the Rangers have always been on the 'worse' end of the spectrum as far as that goes. It would haul things though- I once had 2 3-ton electric chainfalls in the back of mine (about 660 lbs each). Didn't break anything, but that was an einteresting drive...

No, the worst on the spectrum was my generation of 4runner/Taco. It dragged its ass even without anything in the back.

[etypeJohn]

I noticed the ads for the new Ranger while flipping through Top Gear magazine.






WTF? Why does truck-loving America get stuck with the 1983 Ranger while the truck haters in Europe get this!

Wouldn't be suitable for the US market.  The steering wheel is on the wrong side.   

[Onslaught]

Wouldn't be suitable for the US market.? The steering wheel is on the wrong side.? ?

It's the mail man version.

[JWC]

Wouldn't be suitable for the US market.  The steering wheel is on the wrong side.   

There...I "Americanized" it.

[ro51092]

That's a very good chop.

[JWC]

That's a very good chop.

Don't tell anyone....its called "flipping"...it's under "rotate image".

[Raghavan]

I'm pretty sure he just reversed that picture.

[ro51092]

I'm impressed, maybe it's because I've never used Photoshop before?

[SVT666]

I'm impressed, maybe it's because I've never used Photoshop before?

You can do it in Paint too.

[850CSi]

It seems that people are forgetting that Ford already competes in the mid-size crew cab pickup segment.

Yeah, I immediately thought of the Explorer.