Help with Choosing Vintage

[craftsman]

O.K. what ever I decide to do with my 2007 Classic I'm going to start looking for a small vintage unit to restore. I would like something that is light enough to tow with a 4.0 Ford Ranger. any help or suggestions will be greatly appreaciated.

[mello mike]

What is the Ford Ranger 4.0 rated to tow? We need to know that before we can give you any recommendations.

[mutcth]

Max towing capacity of a Ranger is 5000 pounds. That would seem to give you lots of options in the vintage world, given that 25' trailers from the 70s have a dry weight right around 4000 lbs.

Tom

[AIR-Quarius]

ours is 4500 lbs

[Dave Park]

Weight and Towing (pounds)
Regular Cab SuperCab
Styleside 6ft Styleside 7ft Styleside 6ft
4x2 4x4 4x2 4x4 4x2 4x4

Base curb weight 3028 3464 3094 3530 3193 3705
Payload capacity 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260 1260
GVWR 4380 4760 4389 4840 4600 5000

MAX TOWING CAPACITY, PROPERLY EQUIPPED
4.0L, 3.55, man trans - - 3560 - 3380 -
4.0L, 3.55, man trans - - - - 3280* -
4.0L, 3.55, auto trans - - 5690 - 5860 -
4.0L, 3.55, auto trans - - - - 5740* -
4.0L, 3.73, man trans - 3260 - 3200 - 3100
4.0L, 3.73, auto trans - 5720 - 5640 - 5560
4.0L, 4.10, man trans - 3260 - 3200 - 3100
4.0L, 4.10, man trans - - - - - 2660**
4.0L,4.10, auto trans - 5720 - 5640 - 5560
4.0L,4.10, auto trans - - - - - 5120**

Obviously the formatting will mess up as this forum strips out multiple spaces, but you should be able to figure out the columns....

[AIR-Quarius]

Here's a link too that might can help, it a forum for pickup trucks etc.

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