DCGibbs
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Not for what Jonathan wants for those... $$$. And, the F Company - in Columbia, SA is putting new 70 Series Gear into a 40, and selling them for 250K... That is our of my league. . .
SO, school me - I am a Toyota guy, with a problem....
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pcstockton
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I know..... I was just kidding around.
Pacific Northwest yetti
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My 2019 ZR2 can be flat towed. * Would be an expensive toad though. But a great little truck!
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85_Ranger4x4
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Funny thing, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Toyota fanboy now but I started many years ago with a 4WD Ranger. It wasn't the most reliable of trucks. Yet I was, still am honestly, kind of a Ford truck person. But in any case I jumped ship and was a long time 1991 Toyota owner, then 2008 and all around Toyota person for 25 years now.
But one thing I hated about that old Ranger was the electronic t-case actuator. It's one thing I hate on my current 2008 Tacoma. And it's not so much the lack of mechanical actuator (not insignificant) but lack of neutral, too.
Well, short story long, your comment got me to web searching and I found this nugget. There's a way to put current Fords in neutral specifically to flat tow so it might not be necessary to find a decent old Ranger and suitable parts kit.
Ford Tech Tips: How to Flat-Tow Your Ranger or F-150 Raptor - Ford-Trucks.com
With your truck in Accessory Mode and a few Menu button clicks, it's easy to set up your F-150 Raptor or Ranger for a flat-tow.www.ford-trucks.com
It makes sense for at least one company to want a piece of that flat tow 4WD market Jeep has. Gotta tip the hat to Ford for realizing that.
The Ranger with the electric t-case, like 3 bolts to slip the shift motor off and you can manually turn the shaft with channel locks or the like to manually shift the transfer case. And it does have a neutral, the positions are marked for 4hi, 4lo and 2hi. Neutral is the unmarked detent between 4hi and 4lo.
Mine is manual shift. I love it but I have never flat towed it since the closest thing I have to a motor home is oddly... my Ranger.
