ranger is a good truck, plentiful, good on power and towing capability, thirsty as hell if its the 4.0, and a complete dog with the 4cyl.

Good choice as its cheap to maintain, but since every company has gone insane with truck sizes, good ones are a lot of money and climbing, at least in the rust belt where a lot of options have returned to iron oxide long ago.


Toyotas small trucks are good but the same factors with the rangers are hitting the toyotas as well, climbing prices, and for a truck that was already considered better than the domestics, climbing at a steeper rate. Its a sellers market now for anything smaller in good shape.

My suggestion is this, take a look at what full size trucks built before the massive bloating are going for in your area. I have found the prices to still be reasonable around here, and while there is an increasing demand for the small trucks due to no new new ones being built, an older full size is still a decent price and sometimes a deal.

For example, I recently sold a 99 ranger 4x4 rustbucket extended cab. complete death trap. I sold this truck for more money than I paid for a far less rusted, 1994 F250 7.3 with a flatbed and 4X4. It would have been an inconceivable possibility even 10 years ago. These are old trucks, but i never would have believed it possible. The F250 seller said I was the only one who came and looked at it. No one wanted an old bench seat no options work truck with no comfort and no amenities.

People buying full sized trucks now are buying enormous 4 door monsters they can't see out of, and moving out of far more reasonably sized regular full size trucks. Id search in the late 90s to 2010ish range full size

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