@@FlexmarkOutdoors Thanks for your videos! Just got my 2020 Ranger and am awaiting my Titan Fuel Tank. Could you let me know what Tonneau cover you have to protect the tank? I am needing a cover that is lockable and will not interfere with the tank. Thanks in advance...
@@FlexmarkOutdoors You are the best!! Thank you.. I will be ordering soon along with the pull away tool box container for the other side of the truck bed. Thanks again!! Have a great Independence Day!!
I have one here in UK - and it is great for such a small country. 2.2 Litre, Mid-Size does loads of towing and farm work. Max I can tow under law all up is 3500kg - 7700lbs. Ideal for me, fuel economy drops from say 25-30mpg - to 20-25mpg when max towing and she handles it like a champ. The heaviest thing I move is a small excavator - and an Ifor Williams trailer full of sheep. I see some of these things in the US with huge engines and sub 12miles per Gallon and I am a bit 😮😮
How about another tank on the right side of the bed for water for us overlanders for long camping excursions. And either get the performance tune from Roush or ford. They are basically the same curve. Really helps in the midrange and the extra torque helps the mpg.
I've got a '19 Ranger crew cab. I've towed from WY (near you/shop in IdahoFalls) to central Utah and back via SLC airport towing a trailer not unlike yours w/2 ATVs and a 3rd in the bed. MPG was just under 17 for the trip at plus or minus 70MPH. I agree the Ranger's tank is too small, but save for specific circumstance, fail to see the benefit the tank configuration you have when the tank can be filled faster at a gas station. Hard wiring the tank to the truck's tank and controlling gravity flow via a solenoid switch in the cab makes more sense. The aux tank needs to be thinner and mounted forward in the bed. Bed space is limited to begin with.
@@FlexmarkOutdoors Don't have an answer as to the why of your lower mileage. Your economy does seem to be on the low side of what others seem to be getting. Don't know if you purchased at Broadway, but perhaps a ECU reflash might help. I do know Ford is constantly updating ECU software, usually minor things, without notifying customers.
@@Sig721Tau Not too worried about the need for a F-150 when towing less than half the rated tow weight. And it's not being lazy, it's called planning, topping off prior to an off-road trip. A couple of 5-gal cans strapped in the back for that occasional long off-road experience is a much more economical approach than $300. But whatever works for you, is fine. Just saying...
@@KenDavis-uo8kq Have just over 18K miles on the truck and I've never experienced any shudder that I was aware of. I have experienced a once-in-awhile "clunk" durning down shifts under certain light throttle application, typically when slowing down. That is the only drive train issues I've noted. I drive in "sport" mode ALL the time. MPG is very close to the same as driving in "Drive mode" but the truck seems more "lively." When towing, transmission response in sport mode is very close to drive mode with tow haul engaged, but I don't believe "sway control" is engaged when towing in sport mode.
@@FlexmarkOutdoors You said you put taller tires on it. Unless you calibrated the speedometer you are covering more ground than the computer thinks, so you are getting better mpg.
I bought one in December and I'm getting 23.9 super cab model with the chrome package XLT fx4 package I couldn't be happier with the best I've gotten was 25.9 but I don't tow nothing
@@Sig721Tau he meant 23.9 mpg, if you dont understand what he meant then you must be very stupid, i assume you are since you had to make a post questioning this
Yah. Wish they did t have all the gadgets either. But it’s funny that’s what a lot of people are looking for and the salespeople don’t seem to understand very well when u tell them. 🙄
@Flexmark Outdoors yeah I recently traded my f150 with the coveted 36 gal tank for a nissan frontier with a 21 gal tank. At the time I was also considering the ranger. Never the less the lack of range kinda sucks with all mid size trucks! Good video though.👍
Hahaha. I actually sold the Tremor last May for the 36 gallon F150 FX4 😂😂. And now I’ve preordered a Ram Rev to see if I can make it work for a daily driver & a hunting vehicle.
Great product. I have a Ranger and I live in Northern Wisconsin and I do get a bit nervous when I go deep into the woods as far as fuel. MPG varies a lot when off road or go kin gup and down things in 4WD. So it gets harder to estimate how much fuel I am going to need. I am seriously considering this product. Thank you for the review.
I really like this video... beautiful background too... would be nice to see the needle before and after to get an idea of what this will do for your tank... would also be nice if they mounted it in a tool box position (for more balance and safety) so u doesn't weigh down one side with that approx 150lb weight...
We’ve really liked always having the extra fuel onboard. Knowing that Will never be stuck somewhere out of fuel or that we can always help someone we ever came across someone who ran out of fuel or just not wanting to stop at a gas station
I love the Ranger and they are now selling 2nd in the midsize trucks, only behind the Toyota Tacoma. That’s very good. I just sold mine and ordered a 2021 Ranger Tremor. Nothing but good things on my Ranger. It had a throttle body issue, but warranty covered it.
Have a 2019, zero issues. Great off road, and around town. 19 city for me, around 24 on the highway. Comfortable, quiet, and brings a smile to my face still every time I see it.
That's not bad, price isn't bad either. Personally though, I would rather just have a few Jerry cans in the garage to throw in the truck bed whenever I'm about to tow something heavy. That way you don't have that system mounted permanently in your bed where it gets in the way when you don't need it. I can see how this would be appealing to some people though.
Yah. I would appreciate the 6 foot bed too. No doubt! Thx for watching. For me though I can find other ways to take along more stuff w carriers etc but the fuel tank to me is my #1 thing. The fuel light also comes on w 3.5 gallons still left in the tank which amplifies the owners anxiety about running out of fuel or not having a large enough tank.
Of course you are aware you can get a longer 6' bed (I'd like one also) but then the rear "seat" is limited to storage and small children. I would have gotten the extended cab instead of the crew cab but the delimiter for me was the fact the rear "doors" only open 90 degrees instead of like the F-150s 170 degrees. I had an 4-door 2005 and hated the 90 degree rear doors. Think about shopping and parking with a vehicle next to you. It's almost impossible to get your stuff behind the front seat.
@@jimjacobson4797 even if it's not for you, ford should at least have a 6ft crew cab option. If toyota has that option, ford should as well.. Hopefully the next gen will have a 6ft crewcab optional
Sxs and that tailgate on the trailer catch a lot of wind. We cut our trailer gate down to 2.5' That is a really cool extra tank. I'd be like to put a hank crank pump somewhere in the mix
The worst thing about the Ford ranger is the cab noise. I have a 2020 Ford ranger and a 2019 Colorado diesel it’s not even close between the two. Massive wind noise in the Ranger cab mostly from the back cabin area. It’s a known issue and for that price I should not have to R and D it myself.
We do notice a little wind noise depending on speed and the direction of the wind blowing outside. It seems to come front the front driver side but perhaps it’s the rear as you say.
Ya I’m dealing with this right now and I’m not even toughing anything and maybe driving around 290 miles before fill up. It is definitely disappointing having to feel up more especially since gas went up 50 cents more a gal
Why on earth would you buy a midsized truck if you plan on towing that much... That was your real problem not the trucks fault its your fault for buying a product that doesn't best suit your needs.
Bwahahahah! Towing a side by side at less than 3,000 lbs... Bwahahahhaa. Yah, sorry, you don’t need a full size truck for that. Love the truck. It’s a great truck. You missed the point. The gas tank is just too small. That’s it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@FlexmarkOutdoors when I say "much" I'm referring in the sense of "often/distance" not weight lol. If you are gonna tow long distances and/or very regularly then either get a full size truck or don't complain about your midsize getting bad milage lol.
Where can I get that truck bed topper? Can you send me a link to that purchase website. I just test drove one of these trucks today and it'll probably will be my truck here in the near. Great video thank you for the info.
Well that's what happens when you ask a four banger to behave like a V8. Would love to buy one, but the EcoBoost hasn't proven itself to me yet. Am I wrong?
I’ve been looking at that same truck and I got 2 questions how hot does the inside get in the heat and how well does it tow I understand it can’t pull a goose neck but I got a 16 foot tandem axle trailer and I love pulling it around
I've pulled/carried about 3,000 pounds (I have the tow pkg) and don't even know it's back there - to coin a phrase. By heat I assume you mean the engine. Gauge doesn't move and some of the hills I've climbed are 20 miles long. With the A/C on.
If you really use a truck then small trucks really are a wast of money. That's why some manufacturers stopped selling them. They weren't selling. Same still applies with the new small truck's. For a little extra money a full size truck gets the same fuel economy and has a lot more capability.
Yah. We love it. Always having the 15 gallons gives me the freedom to stretch the limits on road trips, help others if they were to run out of fuel, or even fill my riding lawn mower in the summer when I forget to fill the garage can.
@Der Schwindel haha yeah, but I was already moved out of my house and had no way to reduce weight, I was moving across the country that day. Just got the weight at the CAT scale to be reimbursed for the move.
@@KenDavis-uo8kq very occasionally I do. I think it is related to the driveshaft being slightly out of phase though. A new tsb just came out to address the issue, apparently installing a shim to change the pinion angle if I remember correctly.
@@KenDavis-uo8kq No problem! Everyone's needs are different, but for me the Ranger is perfect! It goes everything I ask of it with ease, I get really good fuel economy cruising down the highway, and even stock gets me everywhere I need to go off road. (which while hunting in Utah can be some gnarly places) Seems like it will hold up well long term, but only time will tell. 18k miles so far!
I agree Wade. Ours now has almost 13,000 miles and have had zero issues with it. I put one size larger tire on it from stock and I can still get 21-22 mpg at 65mph
Hahaha. Like I said in the video, I was in tow haul mode and doing 75 most the way. Sure it would have been better doing 65-70 but it wasn’t good. May have even been fighting a little wind
That’s why you buy a full sized truck. My F-150 with the 2.7L would get 21 mpg at 75 MPH all day long. Without that trailer it at 26 mph, all day long. Read owners manual, if pulling anything that little motor wants a minimum of 91 octane fuel.
Sure but the F150 costs 50%++ more than the Ranger (when comparing like equipped packages). Take a Ranger or F150, make them both 4x4, Lariat, Crew Cab, and the F150 is around $20,000 more. The Ranger Lariat Crew Cab 4x4 MSRP starts around 40k, whereas the F150 is around 60k. Of course, you would haggle them down and not pay MSRP but the point remains the same, the F150 is much more expensive. Not to mention many people don't want such a huge truck that won't even fit in their garage, parking spaces down town, etc. And the F150 with the V6 can tow 7700 lbs, basically the same as the ranger, the 2.7L gets 8500 lbs so an extra 1k. Not that great. Now, if you go with the 3.5L, you can tow 13,200 which is impressive... It seems to me that if 7500 lbs isn't enough, and you need to upgrade to an F150, then only the larger engines on the F150 would be worth looking at (e.g. the 3.5L EB @ 13.2k lbs, or the 3.0L Power Stroke @ 11.5k lbs, or the V8 @ 11.6k lbs). Of course, as you said, you do get better gas mileage when towing with the larger engine but come on, how much are you really going to tow to justify spending $20,000 (or so) more? An example sticker on the F150, the entire fuel budget for a year at 19 MPG and $2.40/gal puts it at $1,900 per year in fuel cost. Even if the F150 towing mileage is 50% better, lets say you spend 50% more on fuel with the ranger, that'd be 2850 bucks, so a difference of 950 bucks per year. And that's if all 15,000 miles of the year are getting that 50% worse MPG (which they wouldn't). But even in those AMAZING circumstances for the F150, it would take 21 years to recoup the price difference. But of course, you'd never buy a Ranger to tow 100% of the time, it would probably be more like 20% of the time in best case scenarios so really it would take more like 100 years to recoup that price difference. Of course, that's not the only thing extra you get with the price difference, you get the bigger size as we already mentioned which may be a good thing but could just as easily be a bad thing. So in conclusion, they are just too different and not to be compared like this. If you want a huge truck and you want to tow all the time, yes, of course, get the F150 with the big engine. But for most people that do seldom towing and want something to fit in their garage and they don't want to pay 50% more, get the Ranger. It just depends on what you need.
@@KenDavis-uo8kq Driveline shudder from start is a rare issue and covered under a TSB. From Ranger 5g, I'd guess maybe 10%-15% get the driveline shudder from stop, and 99.9% seem to be fixed with the TSB.
I tow a 5000 lb camper with my Tacoma....and it is a 4.0 V6 and it is hard on gas, so FORD being the geniuses they are, offer a turbo 4...man oh man are they idiots. I ordered a Tundra TRD OFF ROAD with the 5.7 V8...now that should tow well and be better on fuel than my Tacoma while I tow our RV.
No Sir! Explain to me how that's BETTER than a gas station for ease of use or more convenient than a Jerry Can for versatility. No Sir. Not in my Ranger.
For a mid-sized truck 18 gallons is enough. If you are sucking 10 miles to gallon pulling a toy truck then you need a bigger truck. Look at your bed, that’s a lot of explosive material riding by your head. I can see mounting tank on trailer but not in bed. Look at mid 80’s GMC trucks, they blew up when struck from the side because the gas tank was covered by sheet metal only. This is a rolling lawsuit waiting to happen. Like the truck.
Go back and research the so called GM side saddle fuel tank issue, the news media got caught faking the test with little rocket motors hidden to spark the fuel.
The only advantage to this is off-roading. It’s completely pointless otherwise. If you have to stop and siphon gas from it into your fuel tank, why not just stop at a gas station?
A very wrong assertion since it’s only your opinion. Lots of other uses and that’s for each person to decide. You have decided that for you it’s good for off road use. Many other valid conclusions can be reached instead of your broad sweeping generalization.
@@FlexmarkOutdoors the whole point of your video was to claim the auxiliary tank helps solve the problem of having a small primary fuel tank. It clearly doesn’t. Like I said, how is it any better than just stopping at a normal gas station, since you have to stop anyway?
Saoirse lots of reasons. Including a fuel station may not be convenient. Maybe you just like having the 15 gallons no matter where you are or what the situation. You haul 4 wheelers and toys and need to fuel anyway. Again, lots of reasons.
@@FlexmarkOutdoors Exactly like I said: OFF-ROADING. It’s pointless for solving the small fuel tank problem. The only real solution for that is a larger primary tank. I’m sure it hurts your feelings that I pointed out you’re wrong.
Exactly. Committed to losing cargo space instead of buying a few gas cans and using a tie down or cargo keeper and being able to remove the cans when not in use. If you really were committed to "Cannonballing" you could always plumb a pump and fill line into a tee in the original tank fill line and replenish your tank as you drive
We are really enjoying he Titan sidekick. Now, now matter where I am or what I’m doing, I know I’ve got the fuel to be flexible? It’s not for everyone I’m sure.
Clemente I have another installation video on my channel you can check out. Or search Titan Sidekick installation and I’m sure it will come up. It was the only video on RU-vid that had the installation. I think with the discount code they gave me, the price as of earlier in January came out to $278. Something like that.
#1 having to remove the tire to do a oil change! Lol Direct Injection too add a turbo and you have carbon build up at 40k Miles won’t last long term it’s garbage!
