mattging94
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- La Grande, Oregon
- Vehicle Year
- 2003
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- 4.0L SOHC
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- Manual
Well I just acquired a 1965 F100 to use for a beater rig. It's got a straight 6 and 3 on the tree with a long bed. It's not at all pretty but for $850 it doesn't need to be! Anyways my issue is that right now it's about 85 miles from where I need it to be. I'm wondering if I could attempt to tow it on a dolly with my Ranger - it's an 03 4.0L 5spd manual 4.10 axles 4x4. If I was towing only on flat ground I would have no reservations trying to tow the F100, but here's the thing, I got a mountain between here and where I need to go. The uphill side won't be too bad - not much to climb coming from this side - but going down the other side it is a long, steep grade. I could go down the freeway and hope the traffic doesn't run me over while I crawl down, or I can take the old highway that has no traffic but is steeper, narrower, and has sharp hairpin switchbacks. Either way I'm looking at about an 8 mile stretch of continuous heavy downhill grade.
What do you guys think? If I take it slow and careful and keep it in a low gear can I handle having that 2 ton F100 pushing me down the mountain, or is it just too much weight on the Ranger to attempt it?
What do you guys think? If I take it slow and careful and keep it in a low gear can I handle having that 2 ton F100 pushing me down the mountain, or is it just too much weight on the Ranger to attempt it?