The 1993 Ford Ranger was a pickup truck that Hank Hill owned for almost 20 years, and as result he was quite emotionally attached to it. Bobby was attached to the truck as well. He traded in the Ford Maverick he owned for it. Peggy loved the truck despite having previously threatened to divorce him if he ever got the rid of the Maverick. The Ranger is red and it has the dashboard and interior of a 1993-94 Ranger, but the grille resembles the grille of a 1995-97 sometimes.

In the Season 5 episode Chasing Bobby, the truck was retconned from a 1993-1994 model to a 1982-1988 model. In previous episodes, the truck was shown to have an automatic transmission, but in Chasing Bobby it had a manual transmission. Some earlier episodes show the truck as having a floor shifter, while others show it with a column shifter. The truck is depicted as not having 4-wheel drive. Since the Hills live in Texas, it can be assumed that Hank's truck has air-conditioning. In some episodes, it depicted as as having power windows, while others show it with manual/crank windows.

There are numerous goofs with the truck in Chasing Bobby, including the truck being depicted as 20 years old. The episode was made and presumably took place in 2002, and while the Ranger did make its debut in 1982, extra-cab models didn't come out until a few years later.

It started having mechanical problems and breaking down repeatedly in Chasing Bobby. Hank refuses to accept it after the mechanic claims it only has 500 miles left. Hank did everything possible to save her including buying new parts and tuning up the engine. Despite everything the transmission was shot, engine mounts were rusted, and the engine kept catching on fire. Bobby attempted to help having his dad take it to a shop called Pick-Up Truck Heaven but it turned out to be a car dealership. During the trip to and back the truck kept backfiring and finally died for good on a train track. Hank attempted to fix it but it wouldn't start and the truck was destroyed by an oncoming train. Bobby later finds the gear shift knob admits that the truck possible died on the tracks as it accepted it was finished and told Hank to move on and get a new truck. Hank finally accepted his old truck is gone and bought the 1999 Ford F-250 Super Duty from Pick Up Truck Heaven. To honor the memory of his old truck, Hank keeps the Ranger's gear shift knob in place of the new one's.