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 What boat can I savely pull with a 4 cylinder ford ranger?
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07/29/13 07:49 PM
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heef
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I have a 4cylider 07 ford ranger the towing capacilty is 2600. I am thinking aboat a 14 foot aluminum or carolina skiff. Would the ranger pull those out of the water and down the road.
dhrooky
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Re: What boat can I savely pull with a 4 cylinder ford ranger?
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07/29/13 07:58 PM
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Bigdaddy590
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My 1976 ranger with a 85hp weighs roughly 2500 with trailer just to give you an idea of boats weight.
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Re: What boat can I savely pull with a 4 cylinder ford ranger?
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07/29/13 07:59 PM
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krazy kris
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Definitely I pulled a 16ft aluminum bass tracker fully rigged with a 4cyl ranger no problem a few years ago.
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Re: What boat can I savely pull with a 4 cylinder ford ranger?
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07/29/13 08:20 PM
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Karl Dietz
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I pull an Alumacraft Classic CS with 50hp motor with my 4 cyl. GMC Terrain. Its working but it does fine.
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Re: What boat can I savely pull with a 4 cylinder ford ranger?
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07/29/13 09:05 PM
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I have an 08 Ranger with 4 cyl., I pull an 83 18' Ranger bass Boat with Merc. 150, but I only pull it to the gas station (2 miles) & in & out at the ramp (1 block) it struggles some coming out but it does it. You will have no problem.
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Re: What boat can I savely pull with a 4 cylinder ford ranger?
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07/29/13 10:10 PM
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Re: What boat can I savely pull with a 4 cylinder ford ranger?
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07/29/13 10:46 PM
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BJH ( JUST JIGGING)
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It will probably pull it out "safely" also! 
I would agree with you , but then we would both be WRONG !!!!!
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Re: What boat can I savely pull with a 4 cylinder ford ranger?
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07/30/13 02:13 AM
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gregpaul
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 too much time on my hands
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Re: What boat can I savely pull with a 4 cylinder ford ranger?
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08/01/13 03:37 AM
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this, if your truck is a standard you are better off.
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Re: What boat can I savely pull with a 4 cylinder ford ranger?
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08/01/13 10:30 AM
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Don Collum
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If will be pulling rig through much on highways are metro mess areas I would be more concerned of the wieght pushing the truck around and stopping distance. Good luck on getting a boat.
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Re: What boat can I savely pull with a 4 cylinder ford ranger?
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08/01/13 12:58 PM
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A wise boat dealer once gave this advice to me. "any truck can PULL a boat, STOPPING it is much more important".
I pulled my CC with a S10 Chevy for a while....a SHORT WHILE!
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Re: What boat can I savely pull with a 4 cylinder ford ranger?
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08/01/13 04:40 PM
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Rudy Lackey
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Re: What boat can I savely pull with a 4 cylinder ford ranger?
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08/01/13 05:22 PM
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Stump jumper
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A wise boat dealer once gave this advice to me. "any truck can PULL a boat, STOPPING it is much more important".
I pulled my CC with a S10 Chevy for a while....a SHORT WHILE! My FIL towed his 18' Tracker Pontoon with a 4 banger Ranger. Pontoon is a little different animal because of wind resistance. That thing was like pulling a small TT. In this case it was as much the pulling as the stopping.
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Re: What boat can I savely pull with a 4 cylinder ford ranger?
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08/03/13 06:04 AM
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Kat-man-do
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Yeah I see questions about pulling capacity. Most trucks will pull a heavier boat than you think, but they won't stop it as fast as you hope.
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Re: What boat can I savely pull with a 4 cylinder ford ranger?
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08/05/13 04:09 PM
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heef
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thanks to all who responded it helped me alot in my decision process
dhrooky
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