Re: [A/S] Not towing with a Ranger

["Joseph Ruckman" <malruck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill,

I do indeed have the extended cab with the 126" wheelbase/203" OAL.  
The GVWR is 4920 lbs, GCWR is 9500 lbs, max trailer weight of 5600 
lbs.  I note right off that if you max out both the vehicle and the 
trailer, you get a combined GCVW of 10,520 lbs, or 500 lbs over the 
GCWR, so the ratings right from the get-go appear to be generous.  
Still, they are a place to start.

Regarding the weight of the Globetrotter – with a dry wight of 2890, 
in a previous post I gave an estimate of it's gross at 3700 lbs. but 
the ones I've looked since seem to run around 1000+ lbs more loaded, 
so I strongly suspect it's probably closer to 4000 lbs.  Thus I get 
the same 1000 lbs of trailer per liter of engine displacement as you 
do.

As both you and Tuna pointed out, at least "by the numbers," 
everything tells me that my Ranger is adequate for the task, at least 
here on the eastern seaboard.  However, I can't help but wonder about 
the law of diminishing returns.  And as I said to Tuna, I don't want 
to be the one telling the tale of how beautifully it towed right up 
until...

Regards,

Joseph