2001 Ford Ranger Mail Truck from North America - Comments

Fuel pump several times.

A bunch of batteries.

Lots and lots of spark plugs and wires.

All maintenance stuff.

Well, Ford must be holding out of us. 1.1 million miles on the original drivetrain.

This truck was made with the same engine as the Mail Carrier's engine for our local post office, and I can't tell you how reliable this thing has been. So much better than the original Ranger.

Of course, it's got no features, so nothing really goes wrong, but the few things it does have, all work. Radio, Speedo, Lights, and Wipers.

Anything that gets over a million miles on the original equipment is one heck of a vehicle.

Of course now it's tired, but it still starts everyday, so we keep using it.

Ford knows how to make a truck, now what I don't get is why they make them for US?

1,000,000 miles in 5 years is 200,000 miles a year, which is 3846.00 miles a week. Is this interview for real? I don't see how anyone can drive that much?

Well, just think of how much a postal truck has to cover per day anyway. Large neigbourhoods almost all day every day, except sunday? Plus, the trucks probably go freeway or are used in different areas. I'd say it's plausible.

I made an offer on an 05 Focus with 173,000 miles. 200K a year is very achievable.

Well, let's figure it out: 200,000 miles a year divided by 52 is 3846 miles a week, divided by 6 (no mail delivery on Sundays unless you're Jerry Seinfeld doing Newman's mail route) is 641 miles a day. For an 8 hour day you would have to be driving an average mph of 80+ to get 641 miles.

Even the aforementioned Newman might have difficulty getting the mail into the mailboxes driving that fast!

Rural postal carriers rack up really high miles. One of our friends was putting 200,000 miles a year on his Chevy S-10 doing a rural route, as well as using it for family errands as well. He was required to use his personal vehicle, though he was generously reimbursed for its use.

One of my biggest laughs came from a friend of mine's claim that he put 1,000,000 miles A YEAR on his commercial truck!!! Do the math: He had to be averaging 2740 miles a DAY, or an average speed of 114 mph 24 hours a day, seven days a week!! Talk about dedication to work!! (not to mention being a genius at dodging tickets!!)

Is it possible to buy a mail truck new? I heard my postman say that they get exceptional gas mileage, and although this review my not be true, I know our postal trucks are very durable, some with half a million miles.

There is no way that a Mail Truck is driven at 80mph all day long. How would anybody be able to place the mail inside mailboxes at that speed. Also, there is no way any gasoline 4 cylinder Ford engine would last to 1.1 million miles.

I asked about our postal trucks today, and the guy delivering our mail showed me the odometer which said 778,000 miles. But as for the year, I have no clue how old the truck was or how many engines it's been through.

And for the commenter above, most of the 4 cylinder engines that Ford releases are junk, cause they are for consumers. I've seen industrial gas engines from Ford that are 20 years old and running just fine.

Hate to say this in a ranger post, but I use to work as a state emissions inspector and all the postal vehicles that I ever saw where s10's. this would go with the original posters info also as it states that the motor is a 2.2 which is a GM motor not a Ford (ranger motor anyway which the closest is a 2.5).

I'm not saying that it would not be possible for a ranger to make it for a million miles though as I think it could be if well maintained, but I do not believe this poster is 100% accurate with his info.

If this guy was going to try and feed us this kind of B.S., he should of at least picked a year in which this may of been possible. I'm not the smartest guy around, and evidently he isn't either. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Ford person...

Well, are commericial cars driven over 2 shifts i.e. 16 hour days? Not nonstop and nothing to do with postal; I am just stating commercial use does not necessarily mean 8 hour days.

Commercial vehicles are driven 24/7/365.