15 mpg while towing 6000 lbs and a nearly full payload in the bed is pretty good for any pickup truck.

That guy knows his vehicle well, and is not afraid to use it. Those towing numbers are impressive.

If I was in the market for a small truck, I would buy a ranger off this guy's enthusiasm alone. What a nice guy.

his fuel savings was doing 65mph, i cant tell you how many times i hear people complain about mpg when towing and when you ask them their speed they say 75-80mph LOL. if he did 55mph we would have been around 16-17mpg. You Guys should do a video on this just to prove a point

Wow, I really like that look with the leveling kit and steelies! Good video, thanks gentlemen.

The new Ranger is one of the best kept secrets in the automotive world. Most people can’t get past “dated interior, no 6 1/2 foot bed with the super crew, only one engine available“ but oh well.

That was probably the best commercial for a Ranger since they brought it back.

Aerodynamics play a huge part on highway MPG. Notice the entire load sits lower than the roof of the truck so the trailer would've "drafted" off of the truck. An enclosed trailer that weighs half as much but sat a few feet higher would've achieved a much lower MPG. I have 2 trailers and loaded to the same amount of weight, the one that sits 3 ft higher will always consume a lot more fuel.

I like this guy. Knows his stuff, and is passionate about his rig. And those are suprisingly good numbers for that weight combo

I bought a an FX4 Ranger a year ago. I’m moving and have rented a trailer to help with the move. I loaded that trailer up with the heaviest stuff and the back was loaded too. I drove 280 miles through the mountains. I was shocked how well the truck used fuel. I expected to suck gas. It was the opposite. I love this Ranger!

I've had my 2020 Ranger a little over a year now and I too am impressed with the towing ability. It pulls my pontoon boat up some pretty steep grades with no issue. My old 1994 F-150 ( 4.9 L ) struggled on the same hills with the same boat where the tiny 2.3 pulls with lots of power to spare.

I’ve driven a new Ranger for a couple days as a rental and would buy one without a second thought. And that’s coming from someone who doesn’t like modern vehicles, nor do I like turbocharged motors. Yes the Ranger has its faults like anything else, but there’s a lot to love about this truck too! Ford obviously knows how to build a darn good truck, and they did this one right.

The steel wheels look so good.

those steelies are awesome!

Ive had a '19 Ranger XLT FX4 crew cab over 2yrs /20k mis. Its been totally flawless & prob my favorite truck owned thus far. Im sold on Ecoboost power/durability. Owned 1- F150 w/gen1 Ecoboost also ..had 186k mis when sold to coworker & was running very well. He owns truck still 2+ yrs later. Love my Ranger! #T6

I've got a stock '19 Ranger that I used to move my daughter about 150 miles away. I was very happily surprised at how well it did. With the largest Uhaul trailer, I (computer) checked my mileage towing the trailer empty at 80+ one way and very, very full, including the the bed of my truck and every inch inside the cabin the other way at 60-65. I actually got better mileage fully loaded. 13 empty and 16 loaded. The faster you push the Ranger the worse your mileage gets. That's why I get the same 23mpg in town as I do on the freeway normally. I was hesitant about the 4cyl engine when I was thinking about buying the Ranger, but it has proven to be one of the high points in ownership. I feel like my Ranger can (almost as capably) do anything my half ton I had before it could do (except seat rear passengers comfortably). 98% of the time it is just hauling the driver, so I can live with whatever small difference there might be in capability vs a full size the other 2%. I am yet to have a scenario where my Ranger couldn't do what I wanted, but my half ton could have (except seat rear passengers comfortably).

This is exactly the scenario I’ve been trying to find content of, thank you!

14.82 mpg is pretty damn good for that weight and payload I would say. Especially with a leveling kit. I made a 220 trip with my 2019 Ranger Lariat FX4 recently. No mods. All stock. First road trip. I always use 89 octane fuel - happy medium of what is recommended and required as per manual. Myself and my two teenage boys, hockey gear, and cooler in the bed. So maybe 600lbs of flesh and gear. Drove 60-65 mph of mostly interstate driving in MA, CT, and NY. My computer said 30.2 mpg but when I hand calculated it at the pump, it was 26.04 mpg. Not sure why there was such a large discrepancy. We have 16k on the truck and overall mpg is 18.7 mpg and it normally ranges between 16 and 20 mpg per tank. Making a second trip at end of month. Hoping to get close to the same numbers.

Good deal. Got a ranger tremor a few months ago. Absolutely the best truck i’ve ever had, thrilled with it!

Pizza cutters in steelies are the way to go, this dude gets it.

That guy is pretty damn cool. He knows exactly what he is talking about and speaks very clear so it's very good as a non native english speaker zu understand him. It was the same when he showed his semi. I think he would be a good car reviewer. Greetings from Germany.

I just want to say that each of you guys at TFL do really great reviews.I especially respect your unbiased approach. I've seen where you compare vehicles and even state the one that you like..but you still give a lot of credit for the other vehicle and leave it to consumers to select their preference.. That's special keep up the good work.

I challenge TFL to do a MPG loop with that truck and try and achieve those numbers.

That's actually impressive, especially for that size truck.

It's all about aerodynamics. The trailer frontal area is about the same as the Ranger so the airflow is not as turbulent. A lighter but much taller trailer would generate much higher drag and lower mpg

Enjoyed and that was impressive mileage for the Ranger.

I love this guy and his truck! I would love to see more of both on the channel. I love my Ranger, at 22k miles and most of those towing or hauling heavy I have had no issues. Lots of fun off roading it as well!

It's a pity that you don't get the 2.0 twin-turbo diesel version in the USA. It is a superb performer and very well suited to towing. I'm off in about two hours with a triple axle Ifor Williams 14ftx6ft6 livestock trailer. The trailer weighs 1.2 tons and today I have only three cattle as cargo, one about 750kgs and the other two about 550, so 6700lbs in all. This is behind an 80,000 mile 2.2 diesel 150hp with six speed auto. This truck is not in the same league as the new twin turbo with ten speed auto but it does the job fine in really hilly country [West Wales]. On some main roads here is requires 4wd and low range to pull trailers up the hills. In town! I wouldn't pull my trailer at 60mph because cattle tend to dance around and the tow ball weight varies significantly as the do so.

I get 16 with a tandem U-haul with mine with a light load of furniture. It's a great little truck. I switched back and forth in tow/haul mode when needed the drive on flat highway it did well. I love my new Ranger.

We love this guy

This guy and his enthusiasm are awesome.

I have 48k on my 19 Ranger and it gets 22.5 mpg mostly city driving.

This guy is smart and knows his stuff! Makes me appreciate the Ranger even more.

This guy reminds me of “Chuckie” from Rugrats 😂 - But I loved how passionate he was about his truck. He’s a true “car nerd” and I throughly enjoyed it

Broken in truck can make a difference. That’s the problem with testing brand new. Not always as accurate as it will be in the real world after a few thousand miles.

This man is my kinda guy. Every detail of his mods down the letter and you just can't seem to not like him. Very nice truck.

My 2020 ranger only gets 15 mpg without towing lol. In it's defense, there a ton of hills around where I live, and I don't do to many long trips on highways. It's just funny seeing he's getting same milage as me but he's towing.

I am currently about 4800mi into a trip towing a 23’ travel trailer with my 18’ Chevy Colorado Z71 4x4 with the V6/8spd. Been getting great fuel economy so far and the truck is a beast. My brother loves his Ranger for towing as well. These midsized trucks these days are towing beasts!!! I am looping back through Colorado I about a week. Currently in the Olympic National Park in Washington state. About to head South along the coast line on hwy 101 to the Redwood Forrest in a few days before heading back East to Coastal Virginia. Let me know if you want me to swing by!

This guy should be a salesman for something. I dont know why but whatever he'd be selling I'd be buyin. This guy knows his sh!t

This guy is a character! He should be a part of the TFL team!

This is exactly the video I’ve been looking for. Great video!

Nice work Dan! Really interesting stuff for sure... you get better MPG towing then I do completely unloaded lol

I’m currently out on an RV trip with my GMC Canyon with the 2.8 turbo diesel towing a Winnebago MicroMinnie 2106 and am getting around 17.5 MPG. This is with a lot of mountain climbing. If it’s flat I can get close to 20 MPG.

I tow our 18 foot Coleman tt (4500 lbs loaded) with a 2020 ranger FX for XLT super crew and get 11 to 12 mpg. However, I do look down and I’m going 70-75 sometimes and you don’t even realize it in the Ranger, that thing just wants to go! trailer or not!

That's super impressive. I just got back from a trip in my Raptor towing roughly 5k in a travel trailer, plus camping gear and kids in the back. I did 12mpg, though wind resistance probably accounts for that. Nearly 15mpg in that little truck with 6k lbs plus gear plus family is pretty amazing though!

Thanks for sharing Dan.

Love the way the guy has this truck! The wheels are perfect!

Hey, that 'mileage' impresses me too! Love that Mercedes 280 Kase,...nice one x 10!

The owner has terrific attention to detail.

I can confirm this. Towed a large heavy high wall 20' pop up trailer from LA, to Yellowstone, to Mt. Rushmore and back home to LA, with my 2019 Ranger on 33's and averaged 14 mpg.

I believe it’s important to state start and destination points. I to have driven very long stretches and gotten phenomenal gas mileage because of the difference in elevation. My 6.2L Silverado 1500 gets 12 mpg pulling a 33 foot travel trailer and that is constant for a round trip.

Trailer is grounded through the ground wire on the plug, not the ball

I love that old merc!!

I have a 2019 XLT lifted, 33" tires and tuned pulling a 4000lbs RV (not counting all my gear) and I get 13Mpg. Wind plays a big role in how well my MPG is. I was in Colorado last year and towing my RV through the mountains was impressive. The little 4cyl that could, never thought I would be saying I have a 4cyl and tow an RV at 8000 feet.

I need some of that fairy dust in my gmc duramax , don’t understand it ,but I do believe him ,seems like a honest fellow 👍

Awesome vid 😄 guys..... Love a vid with a big guy and a small truck maxed out.... Very useful info and keep up the good work

Guy seems so nice, love it.

Wooow that mpg and add ons are impressive !

Great little (big) trucks.

This video was actually really informative thanks guys

Dan was awesome. Great job and awesome truck!

Love that it's lifted and still on steelies! Can't beat steel wheels! Still want one of these to DD and tow my Jeep around - same weight 6000 pounds of trailer. But thanks to the covid market, i'm not spending that much on a truck! I believe the MPG. Mostly a flat trip. If premium gas was used and the 10 speed was locked to 7th gear it could do it.

Awesome to hear! I love my 2020 Ford Ranger Super Cab XLT 4x4! Mine's a standard non off road 4x4. So far I've upgraded to all LED front low/high beam headlights, LED foglights. I also put tasteful blue tint on my OEM XLT headlights as well as yellow tint on the OEM foglights. The yellow tint on the foglights really helps cut through the fog! And the Laminx tint also protects the light lenses from discoloration, scratches or clouding-over or hazing. I have Weathertech custom digital fit floor liners being I'm up in Minnesota. I also had Dakota Rustproofing completely 100% rust-proof my truck before its first Winter. Absolutely NO rust or corrosion or pitting even on the frame, springs etc! I also added a Mishimoto "sealed" cold air intake with "dry" non-oiled synthetic cone filter element so as not to foul sensors & maximum engine/turbo protection. A 3 inch stainless steel AWE 0FG exhaust system gives my truck a low, deep growl with literally no drone + added power. I also added a Mountune Performance heavy-duty, high performance intercooler for cooler charge air intake temps + to keep heat at bay & heatsoak down. Ford EcoBoost motors all seem to suffer from heatsoak issues and I love the Mountune intercooler + it's literally been "tested" in our 100 degree Midwest heat. I could still roast the tires even on a 100 degree day. Next I'll be adding a Livernois Motorsports custom engine "tune" with custom tunes for towing, daily driving or racing for different fuel octanes. This will give my Ranger more power, even better efficiency & will also fine-tune the transmission shifting on the 10r80 10 speed automatic. This custom Livernois Motorsports tune will add up to 80 horsepower & 100 lb/ft of torque. I'm still running my "stock" 255/65/17 30.1 inch tall tires + average 22-24 MPG in "mixed" daily/work driving. I've gotten as high as 27.5 MPG on the highway at 70 MPH. The poorest MPG I've gotten was 18.5 - 21 MPG in the Winter in "very" cold -20 temps. I've been very impressed with my Ranger to say the least!

Love the steelies on it! Looks so good!

That's why the newer rangers are king of the midsized trucks!!

I like it just for the fact that it's NOT a Tacoma and yet still reviews quite well against it.

This guy knows his stuff

That's sweet mpg I love my 2021 Ranger STX , I AVERAGE 24 in all around driving and highway with cruse set 27.8. And plenty of power.

I never heard of using the hitch ball as a ground, often times the ball is bolted onto a ball mount that is powder coated, and last I remember, powder coat is non-conductive. I've always depending on having a really good ground wire on my 7-pin for having good electric trailer brakes. Don't get me wrong, I think greasing the ball is a good idea, I'm not saying it's not, but I grease mind for lubrication purposes, there's significant friction on the ball + ball socket when making turns, but I don't use dielectric grease, I use a grease that has good lubricating properties, such as axle grease.

That’s awesome MPG towing well done. Nice Truck

Dammm this guy really know what He is talking about! Congrats mate you just gave me some ideas.

Those are good numbers. I tow a 19ft travel trailer 65-70mph, about 4000lbs and probably about 1000lbs payload and get 12.4-12.8mpg in the south western states. Headwinds knock me down under 10mpg but that's expected.

Just bought the 2021 ranger xlt sport a few months ago. I absolutely love this truck. I’m looking to put a leveling kit on it soon and a few different upgrades. I would absolutely recommend this truck after driving it 3k miles. Hoping it stands up for years to come. Only time will tell

Nice feature story. Good job Andrei.

Have to agree with him that the fx4 Ranger is pretty impressive off-road. Mpg wise normal driving, town/backroad/Highway im average 24mpg

I believe it. When Towing a ‘55 F-100 or a ‘49 John Deere A I’ve average13.5mpg. 2019 F-150 4x4 crew cab 2.7.

What a impressive truck and kind owner lol

you guys were right in the rav4 video. everything looks good with steelies!

Nice rig Dan….I might need to put one of these on my wish list.

I have towed my 05 mustang GT convertible on a shitty uhaul trailer and the ranger got me 17.5 mpg. It's in Florida..but still ..pretty amazing

I Towed a 6000lb 8 foot wide travel trailer from Texas to California, I got 12.5 mpg driving it at 60mph, I think wind resistance made my mileage less but but overall its better than most trucks.

That gas milage is inconceivable.

I have a lifted Ranger with 33s and have wondered what fuel economy would be towing. Now I know. Almost 15 MPG is pretty impressive with that load. I just did a 1500 mile trip and averaged about 18 but I had cruise control set at a higher speed.

His MPG rating seems good to me, my family and I moved from Colorado to Indiana last summer in a brand new 2020 Ranger Lariat towing a 12' closed trailer with motorcycles and other items that the movers wouldn't take. I also had to Softopper on the bed because it was also loaded with stuff too. Same basic idea, set the adaptive cruise as far away from the next vehicle as I could and let it ride down I 70 the whole way. I think I was in the 16MPG range, but I wasn't loaded right at the limit of the capacity.

Oh yeah…..well on my last fishing trip I got 30mpg pulling a 30 ft gooseneck trailer. Good trip, I caught a couple of 30lb Bass too.

Sounds about right. You guys do the towing loop at 75mph, going 10mph slower really helps.

TAFFR !!! That's A Freakin Ford Ranger !! Impressive !!!

I drove my ranger with 32 tall tires GCVW 12020 trailer was 6500 pounds over 500 pounds in the bed Five star tune and intake and charge pipes i drove 370 miles round trip and going 75mph and 80mph i got 14-16 mpg. and plenty of power to pass big rigs and other slower vehicles

That’s a big boii for that little ranger. I’m impressed

love the retro benz

Dielectric grease is non conductive so it can be used in computer connectors to reduce chance of corrosion and NOT conduct pin to pin and cause signal issues. On the ball it inhibited corrosion. The connection ball to coupler is better due to no rust. The truck will have a ground in the factory plug and the trailer should have ground pin. Groundcthrough ball was sort of OK until the disconnect connection started. Ground through ball with give alerts that will make you crazy on any newerntrucjscwith factory trailer wiring.

That’s impressive. I like the steelies too

Very cool video! Impressive to say the least regarding mpgs. My 2004 Ranger with BFT package and 4.10s and stock tires only achieved 11 to 13 Mpgs witb just under 5k traveling from Northern Maine to Eastern Oh in winter conditions. However the frontal area of the trailer was higher than the truck and cap. Empty my truck only gets 20 mpge if I keep it under 66 on highway. At 75 it's more like 16 to 19 depending on terrain. Around town it only gets 15 to 18 and in cold weather or if four wheel drive is on my around town mileage drops to 13 to 15. I hope they offer the future Ranger in a crew with 6 foot bed and 48 inches between the wheel wells. Also update that rear seat. And put in the 2.7 lol! That would be fun!

How much normal family weighs in Murica?

You can generally get pretty good mileage through the flatter states (and compared to CO, that's almost all of them). Plus this is a little more aerodynamic than a tall box trailer.

That’s impressive. Really puts into perspective how bad a driver my brother is. His 19 ranger gets 16 when he drive it (unloaded)

I have a '20 XLT 302a just like this one but lifted on Ford/Fox setup and 33" tires. Just normal driving I avg 21mpg per tank. That's with a LMS tune, SPD Downpipe, and Mishimoto intake. Drive normal and these trucks get great mileage but the power is definitely there and accessible when you need it. I can also attest to the rear leaf springs not allowing as much flex.

For any truck that is impressive. Guess we know why Ford's still best selling truck's 44 year's in a roll. I know it has me rethinking on buying that Ram.

Those timbren bump stops are an epic waste of money. It basically gives your next to zero suspension travel.

Dielectric grease is the complete opposite of conductive. Lol