tried it out as a tow vehicle, better on getting up to speed than my '93 ranger, but the ranger does a better job of getting it stopped. fuel milage is about the same as the ranger while towing-bad, about 10-12. all that frontal arear acts like im pulling a drag chute behind me.

 

here is the parts truck, a '94 with 200K and a bad trans. these rims were oringinally on the brown '97. i like this paint better than the '97. although all the issues ive had with the '97 have prompted a name: "brown for a reason" i may pull these rims and get tires on them, the ones on the '97 now that were oringinally from the '94 are in bad shape and difficult to put on with the recessed lugs. here is the '94: