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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo
I am genuinely impressed - 4500kg GVM is Jappo truck competitor, this is firing a shot at Isuzu Truck and their N series sales, those things are around $60K DA mark for their base model tray 'ready to work' range.
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Several years ago a customer ran dually F350's in preference to an N series Isuzu in the same weight class.... simply because "They dont drive like a truck"
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Originally Posted by csv8
So, you dont like caravanners? What you wrote is a load of rubbish
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Smoo isnt on his own if he hates them, though I would consider "hate" a mild word if describing my feelings towards them.
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Originally Posted by kevino
It’s a case of trying to lift their driving skills
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Which is a bit like trying to get a horse to drink when its prefectly content just standing there and looking at you.....
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Originally Posted by simon varley
then the development costs outweigh the profit.
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Disappointing considering how ford managed to produce an RTV with absolutely zero changes to the main body/subframe, neglecting to make the Ranger chassis capable of supporting high or low ride format is exactly that, negligence.
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Originally Posted by vanman_75
Not sure if you have actually owned and towed a 3 ton van but most cars can't get over 90 without either towing issues, or struggling power wise so a lot slow down realising they are not driving an ideal setup
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If the vehicle isnt up to towing its rated towing capacity at the posted speed limit, it shouldnt be on the road.
If the driver doesnt feel they are safe driving a legal car & trailer combination at the posted speed limit, they are unsafe to be on the road with that combination, regardless of their speed.
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Originally Posted by XR Martin
There was a Ssangyong Rexton at the servo the other day with a massive caravan attached. Back end was on the bump stops and front was sky high. It even had aftermarket springs which you could see.
Apparently they can tow 3.5t, not sure how heavy the van was but looked scary as hell.
People spend top dollar on the caravan, then buy the cheapest thing they can to tow.
Crazy.
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All the gear & no idea.
Whats got me is that if anything, ADDING another model defies logic, the Ranger fills the void at the entry leval of the ute market, the F150 doesnt really do anything a Ranger does except tow 4500kg at its rated GVM with a bigger body while pampering to the yank truck lovers, then theres the F250, with its 4499kg GVM, higher towing capacity again over a F150
A Ranger super duty doesnt really seem to do anything that the F250 doesnt already do, so why create another, unique, development costly model when the F250 already exists, already has import approvals in place and just needs to be built in RHD?
Well.... I suppose you can build a Ranger SD much more cost effectively in Thailand and make more profit than a RHD F250.