Towing with a Ranger?

We bought the Ranger today - big grins all around  

A nice economical truck - we were surprised to find, reading stuff at the dealer's, that its listed towing capacity is more than the Explorer. The other surprise: The listed towing capacity referred to the 4.0 liter engine, although it was not clearly stated as such. The salesperson found that nugget in another publication, and had been assuming that the capacity referred to the most common engine, the 3.0 liter.

Thanks to your responses above, we were scrutinizing this issue with extra care. We had the dealer locate the 4x2 supercab with a 4.0 liter engine, so now we have the truck my husband wanted, and its listed towing capacity is 5860 lb.

Pam