PLMCRZY
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View attachment 264429 heres a lite load on a 93 splash with a 4 cyl 5 speed two wheel wonder..
Holy crap!!! How much wood is that?
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View attachment 264429 heres a lite load on a 93 splash with a 4 cyl 5 speed two wheel wonder..
it stacks out to 2/3rds cord 4'x16'x16/18" blocks... jack pine!Holy crap!!! How much wood is that?
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word to the wise
the ford ranger/ mazda b series trucks early to mid 90s (same trucks and also some f150s) have very weak leaf spring mounts on the frame. front and rear. It is very common for them to rust and weakin in a short amount of time, when this happens and there is any heavy weight added they will shear off the frame and slame into the floor of the bed. Sometimes one mount will fail. sometimes two depending on where your weight is placed. Or in my case all 4 happened to fail at the same time. It is a common enough occurance, parts stores carry the mount and the shackle kit in stock.
I got lucky to only have a 30 gun safe laid down in the bed when mine failed thankfully, not fully loaded with wood. it will bring you to a very abrupt stop as it will stretch your e-brake cables when they hit the bed. Same as if you were going 45mph and slammed your e-brake pedal to the floor. So i would make sure to at least check them if you plan on hauling with one. I wouldnt want to see the outcome if that were to happen on a busy public road.
I do on occasion still haul with it when its what i have but i homemade some new brackets and shackles so im safe now. But i would be careful. I have a small 4x8 trailer andit works much better with that truck.
my '87 shortbed hauls wood occasionally, having a short bed is a bummer... but hey I get 25 mpg city out of a 2.9L 5 spd 4x4, 136K on the clock.
my '06 F250 on 35's works well too, just cant get back through the woods like my ranger can.
That pic looks near susquehanna state parkish/ northern marylandish.:greenchainsaw:
Yup, I'm 20 mins south east of Gettysburg. Just across the Mason Dixon line. Carroll County.
Nice area up there for maryland. I'm in baltimore county. A couple years ago i started a "who hauls with a 4 cylinder pickup" thread. A lot of people do. I have an 04 5speed tacoma 4x4 and a 6x12 trailer that serve me very well. It got a 2.7 liter 4. Damn reliable scroungemobile and fun to drive, too.
I had a 98 Tacoma with the 2.7 & 5 spd in it before I got my F250. I miss that truck.
3" Body, 3" suspension, 4.10's, and 35's. Thing was a tank.
I'd have kept that toyota.
Mine is a regular cab. I replaced my stock leaf springs with 2.5" lift skyjacker brand springs because the stock ones were arched like a frown due to my constant oak and trailer abuse of them. Had to put 2" lift spacers on the front to even it out. I probably treat it like a half ton truck but i just go slow when i do. 4cylinder trucks will probably be in ever higher demand as the gas prices skyrocket by design. I calculated over several months and my high average was 24mpg unloaded so i can't really complain.
I'll leave that to someone else to answer, I've never towed enough with the Ranger to have a good idea.
I would be getting concerned about stopping though...when I have a 1/3rd cord green in it you definitely know it (the way my property is laid out, I go 1/2 mile by public road from my woodlot to my house). Quarter cord I'll run down and get a grinder or go visit my mom with a load in it. And I'd be concerned you could balance the load so the truck springs are happy, and the trailer is happy, but the brakes would scream for mercy when you go to stop.
Of course, delivering to customers it should be seasoned so 1/3rd of cord may be the same weight as a 1/4th of green.
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