"BAR" wrote in message
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jim wrote:

Even my car can and has towed 2300 lbs. It's not a big deal.


Ask Don how he stops the little Ranger 4x2 and the 2300 lb load. I would
bet that the little itty bitty transmission in that little Ranger 4x2 is
about at it's end of life.



I don't know about that. The Ranger is a tough little truck for it's size
and should handle that weight without any problems.
It uses a Mazda transmission that has been well proven.

I towed a car trailer with my John Deere tractor and backhoe attachment on
it a few miles to my daughter's house with the Ranger I had. The tractor
probably weighs close to 4000 lbs ... maybe more and the trailer was about
1400 lbs. I wouldn't recommend this, nor would I do it again (one of the
reasons I got the F-250 SuperDuty), but I was amazed at how well the little
truck handled it.

I was also amazed that the town cop that watched by pass by him didn't stop
me. The whole setup looks ridiculous with the trailer and tractor about
twice the size of the little truck. But ... he just stared and let me go
by.

Eisboch