I am currently pulling with a manual transmission 4x4. It’s a long wheelbase Ranger and a Seafari 20 is about as much as I would pull with it. It has F150-sized brakes and 8.8 rear end so it’s stout enough just kind of short and narrow. With 4.10 gears and a super low, low range I also idle up the ramp in 1st and just bump the gas in 2nd.
To answer the original question, I wish I looked for an SUV rather then the pickup. I love my Ranger but as a family man, we often take 2 vehicles to the ramp when everyone is going. For the few times I need a pickup, I found that the Uhaul $20 per day around town for pick up or trailer to be a honest deal. I have done it twice. Speaking of Uhaul, the 15’ box truck got, you guessed it, 11 mpg from Homosassa to Buffalo last year.
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