2007-12-27 07:20:02 · 4 answers · asked by Barb R 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Ford
A good rule of thumb, If you can't pick up the trailer tongue, it's to heavy..
2007-12-27 16:23:23 · answer #1 · answered by ClassicMustang 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spend a little money and buy a standard frame mount tow hitch receiver. Those cheap bumpers on new vehicles can't protect the vehicle in a collision, how do you expect it to pull anything.
Seriously you need to invest in a Class III Receiver. They're about $165 at UHAUL installed. Which includes the trailer light wiring connector. A Class III receiver is rated for 5,000lbs. Which is about what the tow rating is on your truck.
My uncle bent the crap out of the rear bumper on their explorer sport trac towing a small UHAUL trailer using the bumper ball mount.
Be smart protect your truck and get a frame mounted tow hitch receiver. Which by the way with a weight distribution hitch you can tow a heavier trailer. I've pulled a 24' car hauler loaded with an 83' ford bronco with the weight distribution hitch with no problems.
The bumper on your truck is rated a class II if your lucky which is rated for 2,500lbs. Most new bumpers aren't heavy enough to withstand the stress of a trailer, so I don't suggest using a bumper to pull a trailer.
2007-12-27 15:23:44 · answer #2 · answered by Bill S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. it ought to have the skill to do it, yet you would be apologetic approximately it. upload the load of the two horses, alongside with the load of the trailer on my own, and you're finding at close to to 2 a great deal. The brakes on your Ford Ranger weren't designed to provide up with that lots weight pushing against them and (greater importantly) your transmission wasnt designed to tug that style of weight. additionally, in the journey that your hitch ball is on your bumper, the two horse trailer ought to certainly rip it perfect off. even in the journey that your hitch have been welded below the bumper onto the physique, a 2 horse trailer could probable exceed the load shrink to your truck's suspension. I in simple terms think of that's way too volatile. evaluate, quite, a a million-horse trailer with double axles. apart from being a million/2 the load to tug and supply up, a double axle single-horse trailer could placed lots much less weight on your hitch. those trailers are somewhat hard to locate, besides the shown fact that it may be relatively genuinely worth the attempt. Your Ford Ranger truck is seen a "gentle accountability" truck, and in simple terms wasnt equipped to shield a 2 horse trailer.
2016-10-20 02:01:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About a 500lb tongue weight and 5K max pull capacity using a class 3 hitch. The bumper is rated class 2.
2007-12-27 07:23:38 · answer #4 · answered by The Eagle Keeper 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋