Sick for a stock truck

**deathgodusmc** · 01-06-11, 04:28 PM

Video: Next-gen Ford Ranger shows locomotive force — Autoblog

Pulls a 160 ton locomotive. As someone thats tows alot of heavy shit around thats pretty fucking impressive.

**Stealthyking** · 01-06-11, 04:36 PM

Ford rangers ALWAYS been an awesome truck, just always to small, From the looks of it they finally are modeling it close to the f150, The ranger shoulda been the f150 and vice versa, Ive personally always loved the f250's or 350turbo disels, Anyways my cute little ford explorer sport gets the job done.

**DancingCorpse** · 01-06-11, 04:37 PM

Pity we won't be able to purchase it here in the States.

**deathgodusmc** · 01-06-11, 04:53 PM

I know my f150 can haul more then what they say the f350 is for. Seriously under rating their trucks. I have to assume its because people are to stupid to start breaking when they need to when under a load.

**flame** · 01-06-11, 05:05 PM

yeah I have loaded 3300lbs in the bed of my 3/4 ton chevy.

**deathgodusmc** · 01-06-11, 05:18 PM

Before i bought my trailer i would carry everything in the bed of the truck and many times it was 600 yards of carpet with glue, wall base, prep, amd what ever else the job required. Just the rug came in at a minimum of 7500 lbs and that just the light shit. I remember putting 400 yards of enhancer back rug on her and the front tires almost came off the ground literally.

That being said the bed does have a mild lean you can see between the cab and the bed (a little wider at the top then the bottom) and some of the runners for the floor of the bed have been caved in a bit. Of course i bought it as a work truck so i expected some damage due to the loads but for a 6 cyl. 99 xlt shes handled more then many people would even consider doing to a truck.

**deputyfestus** · 01-06-11, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

Video: Next-gen Ford Ranger shows locomotive force — Autoblog

Pulls a 160 ton locomotive. As someone thats tows alot of heavy shit around thats pretty fucking impressive.

meh...................

**HeavyG** · 01-11-11, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

Video: Next-gen Ford Ranger shows locomotive force — Autoblog

Pulls a 160 ton locomotive. As someone thats tows alot of heavy shit around thats pretty fucking impressive.

Eh, pulling is different than towing. There is no tongue weight... Let's see that truck launch and recover a 36' Grady White like this Cummins Diesel:

YouTube - Grady White 36 Extreme Boat Launch

**deathgodusmc** · 01-12-11, 09:42 AM

My sisters husband has a boat a little shorter then that i believe its 30 ft maybe 32 he towes it with a tahoe. Boats are not very heavy to begin with. If i had to guess i would say that boat is in the neighborhood of 12 13 thousand lbs. I've towed more then that with my f150 v6. Those trailors are designed to set the distrubution of weight close to the wheels. Granted its not perfect but the tongue weight isn't as extreme as you think. You also have to keep in mind tongue weight also aids in traction. Now if you have your load shifted to far forward you gain traction but lose steering capabilities. If the weight is to far back you picking up on the truck and losing traction.