A “HEMI” is a special type of engine design that helps the fuel burn more efficiently. “6.4 liter” means the engine is pretty big, which usually helps it make strong power.
The Dodge Ram 1500 is a large pickup truck. Some versions can come with a big V8 engine, including Hemi options, for stronger acceleration. The podcast is talking about a high-performance Ram 1500 setup.
The Ram 1500 is a popular half-ton pickup truck. Here, they’re talking about it with a performance HEMI V8, which is what makes it feel more like a muscle truck than a regular truck.
SRT is a performance trim level associated with Chrysler/Dodge-era high-output models, and “SRT Hemi” here means the truck is using a HEMI V8 tuned for that performance package. It signals more aggressive engine calibration and hardware than a standard HEMI setup.
The Dodge Charger is a large car made for strong acceleration. Some versions are built to be very fast, and the podcast is talking about the latest/last high-performance setup for that model line. It’s mentioned because it’s part of the Charger and Challenger performance story.
The Dodge Challenger is a sports car designed for speed and power. The podcast is referencing a special high-performance version and the fact that the current lineup is changing. It’s brought up because it shares that performance heritage with the Charger.
The Ford Maverick is a small pickup truck meant for everyday use. It’s easier to park and drive than big trucks, and it comes in different trims. The podcast mentions a specific Maverick variant as part of a discussion about trucks.
The Ford Lobo is mentioned as a specific Maverick version. It’s basically a name for a particular trim or configuration of the Maverick. The podcast brings it up to identify which one is being discussed.
Sidepipes are exhaust pipes that stick out along the side of the vehicle. People like them because they change the look and usually make the truck sound louder or more aggressive.
The Dodge Viper is a sports car that’s famous for having a very powerful V10 engine. The podcast is talking about the V10’s performance and how it could be used in a truck-style vehicle. It comes up because the Viper’s engine is a standout piece of performance hardware.
A dyno is a test machine that measures how much power a vehicle is making. It helps compare performance before and after mods.
Car
Ram DC 650
The Ram DC 650 is a special Ram truck that’s been turned into a higher-performance model with a supercharged 5.7-liter Hemi engine. It’s sold through dealers as a ready-to-buy performance setup.
Fox Factory is a well-known performance brand. In this episode, they’re mentioned as the company involved in building the supercharged Ram performance package.
The 5.7 Hemi is a specific 5.7-liter V8 engine used in Ram trucks. “Hemi” refers to the engine’s combustion-chamber shape, which helps it breathe and make power.
The Ford F-150 Lobo is a high-performance version of the F-150. The hosts bring it up because it’s similar to the Ram DC 650 in that it’s aimed at buyers wanting a supercharged performance truck.
SEMA is a big auto show where companies show off new trucks, concept builds, and aftermarket parts. The hosts mention it to say they saw the concept there before it became a real thing.
The NASCAR Truck Series is a racing league where the cars are based on pickup trucks. The hosts say it’s a stepping-stone series where drivers can work their way up to bigger NASCAR races.
Car
Ram 5.7 Hemi
This is a V8 engine used in Ram trucks. “Hemi” refers to how the engine’s combustion chamber is shaped, and it’s the starting engine they’re talking about here.
Quad cab is a truck cab configuration with four doors, where the rear doors are shorter than the front doors. The hosts use it to describe the new Ram’s proportions—“shorty” rear doors while still being a four-door layout.
E-Torque is a mild-hybrid add-on that uses a small electric motor to help the engine, especially at low speeds. It’s not a full electric car, but it can make the truck feel more responsive.
Hybrid technologies mean the truck uses electricity to help the engine. The hosts are basically saying this version avoids the hybrid-style features that some people don’t want.
Stop-start automatically turns the engine off when you’re stopped and turns it back on when you start driving again. Some people don’t like it because it changes how the car feels at idle.
An “8-speed” transmission is an automatic gearbox with eight different gear ratios. It helps the engine stay in the right range for smoother driving and better acceleration.
Wheelbase is the length of the car measured from the front wheels to the rear wheels. Changing it can affect how the truck drives, especially turning and stability.
“Off the shelf” means they used parts that already exist and are ready to buy, instead of inventing new ones. That can reduce cost and development time.
Two-wheel drive means only two wheels get power. That can be fine on dry pavement, but it usually has less grip than four-wheel drive when roads are slippery.
Four-wheel drive powers all four wheels, which helps the truck grip better on slippery or rough surfaces. It’s especially useful in bad weather or off-road.
Low range is a special low gear for off-roading that helps you move very slowly with lots of pulling power. Without it, you generally can’t crawl over tough obstacles as effectively.
This is an automatic mode where the truck figures out when it needs extra traction. You don’t have to manually switch between drivetrain settings all the time.
Drifting is when the car intentionally slides sideways while still moving forward. It takes skill and should only be done where it’s safe and legal, like a track.
The Lancia Kappa is a car model name. In the podcast, it’s being mentioned because someone named Nick Kappa is being introduced. The focus is on the person, not on detailed car specs.
“Extended cab” means the truck has some extra space behind the front seats for kids or occasional passengers. It’s not as roomy as a full four-door crew cab.
“Suicide doors” are doors that open the other way than normal—hinged differently. In this case, the host is saying these doors open normally, not like that style.
The Porsche 911 is a sports car made for performance driving. It’s usually thought of as a two-door car, but some versions have four doors and can seat people in the back too. The podcast brings it up to talk about how usable it is for passengers.
The Ford F-150 Lightning is an electric pickup truck based on the F-150. The podcast is talking about whether Ford will bring back or reuse the “Lightning” name for an electric truck. It’s mentioned because it’s tied to the EV version of the F-150.
“Two-year start” means getting a new truck ready earlier than competitors. The point is that if you wait too long, you miss the moment when buyers are looking for that kind of truck.
The Hummer EV SUV is an electric SUV. It’s designed to handle rough terrain and it’s meant to feel like a tough, high-performance vehicle. The podcast mentions it as an electric competitor in the off-road/performance space.
The Ram TRX is a supercharged, off-road-focused version of a Ram pickup. It’s meant to be fast and capable on rough terrain, not just comfortable for commuting.
The Ford F-150 is a large pickup truck. The podcast is discussing how it fits into the market compared with more extreme off-road performance trucks. It’s mentioned as the baseline F-150 model while they talk about bigger performance expectations.
The Silverado SS was a past performance version of the Silverado. The point here is that GM has tried making the Silverado more performance-oriented before.
Concept
sport truck vs desert runner trade-offs
They’re comparing two styles of trucks: one built more for driving/handling on-road (“sport truck”) and one built for off-road desert use (“desert runner”). The point is that making a truck great at off-road can mean it’s worse for towing and everyday practicality.
Car
Ram Rumble Bee
The Ram Rumble Bee is a special Ram truck. In this discussion, it’s the street-focused one that still uses the same kind of high-power Hellcat engine, but it’s meant to be more usable day to day.
The “Hellcat” is a famous high-power engine used in some Dodge and Ram models. Here, they’re saying both trucks use that same supercharged V8 style of power, so the difference is more about how the truck is set up (street vs off-road).
Term
off-road truck
An off-road truck is built to handle dirt, rocks, and uneven ground better than a normal street truck. They’re saying the TRX is the off-road-focused choice.
A street truck is meant to feel better and be easier to live with on normal roads. They’re describing the Rumble Bee as the street-oriented one.
Term
sports car of trucks
They mean the truck is supposed to feel fun and exciting like a sports car, not just like a work truck. It’s a way of saying the Rumble Bee is aimed at people who want that kind of driving thrill.
The Challenger is a performance muscle car. The podcast is talking about the Hellcat version and guessing what it might cost. It comes up because pricing is part of the discussion about the car’s high-performance trim.
“6.4 HEMI” means a big 6.4-liter V8 engine. The HEMI design is Chrysler’s way of shaping the combustion chamber to help the engine breathe and make power.
The Dodge Power Wagon is a special off-road version of a pickup truck. It’s built for tougher driving, like rough trails and low-traction conditions. The podcast is talking about how the Power Wagon concept has changed in newer models.
“392” is shorthand for the engine’s size—this is the 6.4-liter HEMI V8. They’re talking about putting that same engine into more trucks so it feels more powerful.
The Chrysler Pacifica is a minivan, meaning it’s built to carry families and passengers comfortably. The podcast is discussing the idea of a high-performance version (the “392”), which would be unusual for a minivan. It’s mentioned because it would change what the Pacifica is known for.
“Four by four” means four-wheel drive (4WD), where power is sent to both the front and rear axles. They mention it to explain why the base truck’s price might land around a certain number, since 4WD typically costs more than 2WD.
The Jeep Gladiator is Jeep’s truck. They’re saying the 392 engine isn’t available in it, so you can’t get the same big V8 performance there.
Term
discretable sway bar
A sway bar helps keep the vehicle from leaning too much in turns. If you remove it, the suspension can flex more over bumps and uneven ground—useful for off-roading.
A locker makes both wheels on the same axle spin together. That helps when one wheel is slipping, so the truck can keep moving in tough off-road conditions.
Term
crash print
Crash testing is how car makers prove a vehicle is safe in crashes. If you change the frame or wheelbase, they often have to test it again to make sure it still meets safety rules.
An eight-speed transmission has more gear steps than a smaller-gear gearbox. That helps the engine stay in the right “sweet spot” for smooth driving and quicker response.
Disconnecting the front end means the truck can stop sending power to the front wheels. It can run like a rear-wheel-drive vehicle for normal driving, then re-engage the front when traction is needed.
They’re talking about a special exhaust on the truck. That exhaust changes how the truck sounds—so they’re playing the audio again to show the difference.
A cutaway is a truck display with sections removed. It lets you see how the truck is built underneath and inside instead of only looking at the outside.
A Track Pack is a bundle of performance upgrades from the factory. In this segment they mention it includes things like better tires and aerodynamic changes to help the truck handle harder.
A locking differential makes both wheels on the same axle spin together instead of letting one spin faster than the other. That can help the truck hook up better when traction is poor or when you’re doing big burnouts.
“Aero” means the parts that help the truck move through the air more efficiently. Things like spoilers can help the truck feel more stable and controlled at speed.
Bilstein shocks are the truck’s shock absorbers made by a performance-focused suspension company. They help control how the truck bounces and how firmly it responds over bumps.
The caliper is the part that clamps the brake pads onto the disc. More pistons usually means stronger and more even clamping, which helps the brakes work better when you’re driving hard.
Brembo is a company that makes high-performance brakes. When a truck has Brembo calipers, it usually means the braking system is upgraded for stronger stopping.
Launch control is a mode that helps the car launch as hard as possible from a stop. It controls things like power delivery and traction so the wheels don’t just spin.
A rear locker makes both back wheels turn together. That can help the truck put power down more effectively when traction is limited, like on a drag strip.
A “spool” is a way to lock the rear differential so both rear wheels spin together. It helps grip for drag racing, but it can make the truck harder to steer smoothly.
Brake fade is when your brakes stop working as strongly because they get too hot. The host’s “nothing in the brake” description is what it feels like when braking power disappears.
Tire speed rating is the maximum speed the tire is designed to handle. The host is using it to explain why top-speed attempts depend on tires being built for that speed.
Understeer is when you steer into a corner but the car doesn’t turn as much as you expect. The host says trucks tend to do this because they have a lot of weight up front.
The center of mass is the “balance point” of the vehicle. Where that balance point sits—especially if it’s heavy in the front—changes how the car rotates when you turn.
Term
ceramic brake option
Ceramic brakes are a brake material option meant to stay effective at very high heat. The host is wondering if the truck could offer that to help prevent brake fade.
A tube-frame chassis is built from welded steel tubes that form the vehicle’s structural “skeleton.” It’s common in purpose-built race cars because it can be very stiff and lightweight, and it allows teams to tailor mounting points for suspension and safety equipment.
Camber is how much a tire tilts when you look at it from the front or rear. Race teams set it so the tire sits in the best position for grip when the car is turning.
In drag racing, the quarter mile is a common race distance—about 400 meters. When people quote a “quarter-mile time,” they mean how fast the car can cover that distance.
“0 to 60” is how fast a car can go from standing still to 60 mph. Lower time usually means quicker acceleration, but it depends on traction and how the power is delivered.
A gallon is how fuel is measured—both how much fits in the tank and how much you burn. They’re using gallons to estimate how far the truck can go and what it costs to fill up.
Fuel range is the distance you can drive before you need to refuel. They’re explaining that towing makes the truck burn more fuel, so the range gets shorter.
Towing means pulling something behind the truck, like a boat trailer. It makes the truck work harder, so it uses more fuel and can go fewer miles before refilling.
The Toyota Tundra is a large pickup truck. It’s made for towing and can handle off-road driving better than many regular trucks. The podcast is mentioning it as part of a group of trucks that are meant for rough use.
Car
Ram Tradesman Power Wagon
This is a special Ram truck meant to be cheaper than the usual Power Wagon. It’s still built for off-road use, but it makes tradeoffs—like less engine power—to hit a lower price.
Horsepower is a number that describes how strong the engine is. Higher horsepower usually means more ability to accelerate or pull, but this truck is tuned for less to save money.
The Ram Power Wagon is a special Ram pickup meant for off-roading and towing. It comes with rugged gear like a winch and locking differentials so it can handle rough terrain better than a normal truck.
A locking differential helps both wheels on an axle work together. Instead of one wheel spinning in the dirt, both wheels get power so the truck can move through tough terrain.
The sway bar helps control side-to-side body lean when driving. If it can be disconnected, the wheels can move more freely off-road for better grip over bumps and ruts.
Starlink is a satellite-based internet service. They’re using it so they can send data/video from the truck even when they’re not near good cell service.
Payload is the maximum weight a vehicle can carry in addition to its own weight—typically including passengers, cargo, and any added equipment. The hosts are discussing payload limits and how they relate to truck setup choices like suspension tuning.
Overland Expo is a show where people who travel off the beaten path bring their trucks and camping gear. It’s where the hosts saw the camper builds they’re talking about.
Brand
winnabigo arca
Winnabigo Arca is a camper setup made to go on a truck for overlanding. It’s meant to be a more budget-friendly version of the ultra-expensive expedition-camper style.
EarthRoamer makes high-end expedition campers and trucks. The hosts mention it mainly to compare price—EarthRoamer is the “million-dollar” end of the market.
Car
Ram 5500
The Ram 5500 is a heavy-duty truck version of the Ram line. It’s built on a stronger frame so it can carry big camper conversions, like the one they’re looking at.
They’re saying the setup can handle winter conditions, down to about -10°F. That means it’s meant to stay usable and not freeze up when it’s really cold.
A cassette toilet is a portable RV toilet where the waste is stored in a removable “cassette” unit. The hosts discuss whether it’s composting versus cassette-style, noting that with a cassette you typically remove the cassette and dispose of it rather than storing waste in a fixed tank.
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Roman check this out do you hear that wow you did a tick-tock open Andre yes
it's a it's an exhaust note of something wonderful it's a big 6.4 liter
Hemi inside SRT Hemi inside of a Ram 1500 yeah and this podcast guys if you're
listening to this and I'm watching it you'll note that that was a truck
exhaust with a v8 Hemi and so we're gonna be talking about the four trucks that
Ram just introduced including the helicatted rumble bees yes it's a whole
rumble bee lineup they're calling it the muscle truck a lineup basically
basically trucks for the street they're lowered they're big they're wide and they
also make good noises yeah I haven't seen this much excitement since they
actually introduced the last helicat in the charger slash challenger so Andre
you just came back from Detroit exactly and you actually drove a truck back
we'll talk about that later but the big news of course is that you got to see
what is probably the most exciting pickup truck since the Raptor are are
yeah which has been about three years yeah he got the Maverick what was the
Maverick one Maverick Lobo well that's okay but it's not as much as it's as
exciting as this yeah so this is really cool that Ram is coming back with with
street trucks yeah you know and it all started dude in the 70s and also early
2000s for them right because they used to have quite a lineup of street trucks as
well yeah so here we're looking at a picture if you're listening to this of
what trucks let's start with the red one which is very
well known the little red Express exactly all the way on the left that's
like that you know that oh really yeah it was I've only I've only kind of walked
around it and heard it run yeah they had a program a long time ago did you spin
the tires no well there's not a lot of horsepower in 1978 but it does have those
sidepipes and then of course following next to that is the Viper powered V10 SRT
sport truck you know back in the day you and I did a video where we put one of
these SRT 10 trucks they're called Dodram back then remember we put them on a
dyno and that was that was insane dude because people used to customize them
obviously straight pipe them that was a lot of fun yeah and you know for a long
time that was the cheapest way to get that 10-cylinder because the trucks were
dirt cheap you could get the truck for like 10k and now they've come up in
price actually saw one for sale the other day for 40,000 for a long time they
hung it around 20 25,000 and the thing about these SRT 10 trucks is that they
were really used people didn't just put them away you know wrap them in vinyl and
save some of them were saved you know a couple more but most were actually used
and then they kind of worked their way down you know from first owner to like
high school kid eventually well that's quite a high school truck
like 10 to 15k it was affordable and it had a boat ton of horsepower what's
next to it what's someone next to it then well the next truck the silver one if
you're watching us on CFO talk it's the new truck that I just recently reviewed
here in Colorado this is their new DC 650 which is a direct connection which is
kind of like performance parts right for Ram it's a Fox factory supercharged
5.7 Hemi so the smaller Hemi and Fox factory builds it for Ram and sold it
sold at the dealers so it's kind of kind of competes with the supercharged Ford
F-150 Lobo that Ford does as well yeah but then that lime green truck this is
the one that's got everybody so excited so let's well the lime green truck came
out what the year year and a half ago remember you and I saw it at SEMA it's
called the dude concept okay remember the dude yeah and also behind it it's Ram's
Ram truck series I mean sorry NASCAR truck series NASCAR truck yeah kind of
the feeder series for NASCAR yeah start with trucks they move up so let's get to
the big news so Ram unveiled for for freaking new sport trucks yes so which
one do you want to start let's start with it let's start let's start with the
small engine and work our way up yes so it all starts with the 5.7 Hemi by the
way these engines have been around for quite some time sure this is nothing new
so so the 5.7 Hemi originally really came out in like 2003 in 2009 ish they
actually updated that to what we know of today but do this truck listen to this
they shortened the frame they didn't have to do this in my opinion right but
they shortened the frame it's still a four door but it's a shorty right the
rear doors on this quad cap are pretty short and the wheelbase of the Ramble
B57 is about the same as a Tacoma wow believe that yeah that's crazy so it's
short but it's really wide check it out it's 88 inches wide dude so the first
truck has just a regular old Hemi yes 5.7 without e-torque without oh good so
how much horsepower is it putting out so 395 that's not bad it's okay yeah about
400 you know 395 horsepower is quite as much as a 6.2 in the Chevy but no it's
respectable but it's got a TRX hood dude it's got those white fenders you know
we always talked about the coke bottle shape right that Hemi looks tiny in that
engine it's crazy but look no hybrid technologies because I know you know we
know that a lot of fans of these in kind of old-school muscle are they want as
few technology bits as possible right yeah they don't like including stop
start yeah they don't like stop start like hybrid it's gone in this truck yeah
exact stop starts so for all of you who hate stop start you don't have to worry
about it now now before we get to the next one couple things I want a couple
kind of notes I want to leave here first if you want to see this engine and you
want to see the truck go over to all TFL where Andre did a wonderful video or if
you're listening to this and you want to actually watch this podcast you can
also go to TFL talk on YouTube or on Spotify you can watch it so there's a
lot of places you can watch this so all TFL that comes easiest place to find
this also you could come to our patreon page and be with us live yeah like our
people who are watching us now and then we'll answer your questions which we'll
get to in a second all right so you like this color I do I don't remember the
official name of this color but it's kind of like almost a mad gray right
it's not like a battleship gray is yeah yeah it's like it kind of looks like a
battleship yeah it's kind of very military battleship gray it's kind of
cool-looking I mean you got to give it to Ram and Stalantis in general they just
do really good sticker packages and they do really good colors right while
everybody's doing blacks grays silvers and whites these guys are out there
doing battleship gray bumblebee yellow yeah you know that dark red that we'll
get to in a second is also cool so a couple questions I have before we move
absolutely how many how many gears in the transmission so this there's a still
zf8 speeds right so so I think what Ram did here and we were trying to like
peek behind the curtain you know get into their minds because I thought they
were just gonna take a regular crew cab make it wide body and just ship it out
there right but I did not expect them to come out with not like two or three but
four different variants of this truck and then also shorten the wheelbase and
just have a quad cap short bed it's a 5 foot 7 but they can maintain the
mechanicals because they have them already right so why reinvent everything
if you don't have to reinvent everything so let's so the transmission is they
just took it off the shelf okay let's talk about let's just stick to this
truck so we don't confuse people because like I said there are four do they have
any numbers do we have a zero to 60 or any performance numbers in terms of yeah
something we can quantify so this truck we're talking still about 57 so
straight up v8 right 57 no super charging on this particular model this
is where it all starts they said 6.1 seconds zero to 60 two-wheel drive or
all wheel four-wheel drive all of the above so there's no for low because you
not gonna be crawling rocks with this one okay no low range but they have all
wheel drive auto they have for high and they have a special button that I also
show in this video which is rear wheel drive only so if you do want to do a
little bit you know of drifting you know responsibly right on a close course
there you go you can you could see a two-wheel drive button right there and
then all will drive on every model every model and did they do any burnouts or
any kind of drifting dude dude this was very interesting so this introduction
was at Chelsea Proving Grounds in Michigan yeah which is the Stalantas
Proving Grounds and I see a lot of burnout like yes you see a lot of rubber
on on the asphalt and the concrete that's that's over here and so Nick
Kappa is one of their you know PR managers hey Nick hey Nick you know Tim
listen to this so thank you for having us out thank you for having us out and
by the way I'm a little grumpy what's up okay I'm a bill of grumpy here oh why
did certain media outlets get the truck at the is it the Connor indoors indoors
different while you were fighting with the rest of the weasels out there why
why weren't we invited I think I'm calling you out on this one because I
watched all the videos so so I mean I get that you had top gear out they are
coming from across the pond yes so and I'm sure they have British accent I'm
sure they're selling a lot of trucks in the UK especially SRT yes because we
know if one thing top gear is known for is I performance trucks so that one was
a little bit of a head scratcher I get the straight pipes are Canadian so maybe
it was maybe it was an international thing maybe they invited the
international people out to you know to get the trucks ahead of time while the
rest of us fought it fought it out I don't know this exactly I didn't ask
Nick straight up this question but I was robbing elbows with Steven Elmer and
Howard Elmer they're Canadians he wasn't he wasn't at the other
location we were standing shoulder to shoulder together but dude I would
prefer this actually okay that's good you know why why because Nick and Tim you
like the energy of having a hundred other influencers buying for the same
video well no because it's kind of difficult yeah because we want to work
nicely with everybody yeah and it's really difficult to kind of not walk in
front of somebody else's camera I'm not being grumpy they let's just a truck to
drive home I know you know you're you you're being I'm being me tongue tongue
in cheek yeah let's call it that let's go with that no dude but when they
introduced these trucks Tim can this because the CEO was kind of giving his
you know a corporate presentation and then at full speed yeah I would say
going about 60 or 70 or 80 miles an hour each truck flew by the audience cool
during the presentation and Top Gear didn't get to see that and straight pipes
didn't get to see that either okay so I would have preferred to be outside at
Chelsea Proving Grounds and you know what else right before this presentation it
was raining yeah and then the Sun came out wonderful and then right after this
presentation when we were leaving the rain started again so so I think divine
powers were there and they allowed this event to happen all right let me keep
going I've got I've got a lot of questions Andre so I'm gonna keep going
with these questions yes all right so how about the rear seat room is it is a
trunk is a cab smaller than yes yes yes it's more like so it's it's it's pretty
small so like this old fork you know with those little it's kind of like an
extended cab right yeah it's an extended cab but with four forward opening
doors so they still open in the normal manner not backwards way not not
suicide yeah exactly but but there's still limited space Tim Kuniscus called
it I think he said spousal alibi basically you if you're a gentleman you
know purchasing this truck and if you are married get the kids in the back but
in the 9-11 I'll tell you that exactly you tell your beautiful wife you say but
honey it has four doors we can put all the kids in there and we could still go
you know to our vacation or wherever we're going we'll get to that and I said
portion 9-11 for a very specific reason because I think when we get up into the
more expensive trucks I think they might be actually competing price wise we're
guessing at that but we'll get to that there's so much more to go over exactly
how about like tire size wheel size what are we looking at here so 20 inch wheels
yeah and they go up to 22s on the SRT and you know the Halcat trucks and
good year sport Eagle Sport tires so none of these trucks come with like
sticky summer rubber sure so if you really wanted that I think you would
have to do it yourself yeah later on how long before somebody slams one of
these when they actually hit probably one day yeah probably exactly and throws
on some Hoosiers but these are all seasons because I mean I mean it's still a
factory truck right so the one you see here on this 5.7 liter truck is a 20
inch wheel but dude this is a wide body so they're using the same fenders you
know the bed sides and the front basically they took the TRX yeah they
took the TRX and shrunk it at least yes like honey I shrunk my TRX yeah I
shortened it and do we annoying any numbers on towing capacity or fuel
economy we a fuel economy nobody cares okay towing fair enough actually people
do care probably they do care you know Jalabnik wrote a story they said right
truck wrong time basically like the best truck at the worst time which was a
pretty clever headline I thought price a fuel price in Michigan is still pretty
high yeah but it's not coming out we'll get to what it's coming out we're gonna
string you along a little bit here so you gotta listen we'll give you every
detail every detail possible but and also we need to address some of the
comments and questions here yeah but but what did you ask me as far as towing
yeah how much about 8,900 pounds that's a lot so that's decent yeah that's also
you could tell your wife honey we can bring our camper or our boat with us
right it will still tow a boat all right when we answer these questions as we
kind of go along so Don thank you Don for being here Don Megahan says you're
always here we love super fans dude you're a super fan do you think Ford will
answer this and use the name lightning again oh hell yeah yeah Ford's already
working yeah they're probably working on this for a while the truck market is so
competitive for Ford I don't think Chevy either can let the stand you know I
think I think we're gonna see a new heyday of sport trucks so we'll see Tim
so Tim mentioned in one of his remarks yeah the CEO of Ram he said that he
thinks he has a two-year start yeah the on the others the problem is if if you're
forward and you'll say let's see if these things sell by the time they come to
market and by the time you know that it's going to be way too late for you to
develop them so if you want to compete with this you got to like do
it now so that you're out there at the same time and so that's up I guess up
to Farley to decide if he really wants to play in this world the one that still
is a head scratcher is GM I mean they never really did a TRX competitor I
guess the Hummer the EV Hummer sort of kind of is right but I think for most
let's call them petrol heads the way the British you know for most people in
the internal combustion engine the that just does not compete with a TRX or a
Raptor or Raptor R and really GM by the way there are new Silverados are coming
just around the corner right I mean they're coming very very soon and for I
think for GM I mean they do have some history here they used to have the SS
Silverados right so they do they can't answer we haven't seen any prototypes
that are slammed yeah right we haven't seen anything from Ford I mean Ford does
have the Lobo you mentioned that already the F-150 Lobo you can get it super
charged for about what 11 or $12,000 at the dealership but it's not coming from
the factory that way so so before we finish the rest of these comments well
let's get the rest of comments well a 4x4 enthusiast is here he says they say
they appreciate the podcast thank you very much and there's their in line is a
rub Andre so when the world went let's call a desert runner truck yes Raptors
TRX's those trucks have a lot of inherent usefulness utility and comfort
whereas when you go to sport truck you're losing a lot of that so so you're losing
okay with let's let's kind of go down the list with a sport truck and
let's call it a desert runner you're losing towing so both ways you're losing towing
but with the desert runner you're gaining capability off-road which you lose obviously
in the sport truck yeah in this one you're also gaining performance in both probably better in
the sport truck but you know the the desert runners also do very well but the most important
thing that you're losing here is utility in terms of space and i think you're losing comfort well
this rumble i agree with you because they actually said that off-road trucks are comfortable
they're trying to make a truck do on truck like things and that sentence is already problematic
right because you're trying to fit almost like a you know a square peg into a round hole
but we could still get excited about this because there's still the other trucks are available
it's not like they're taking away the TRX and bringing this out so it's just kind of an addition
all right so you walk into the ram dealership and you've got two trucks sitting there on the
showroom floor you've got the rumble bee which we'll get to in a second and you've got the TRX
both have the same powertrain basically both have the helicat engine both have same horsepower
one's an off-road truck and one's a street truck yes one is shorty and the other one is longer
if you've had a TRX and you've got a boat full of money you're probably going to go with the rumble
bee because it's different it's new yeah but let's let's go down a year and i'm sure they
thought this through where the all the people who wanted rumble bees have rumble bees and now
you're a truck buyer that hasn't had either of them my god tells me the one you're going to go for
is a TRX just because it's going to be more comfortable more utilitarian it's going to have
more space it's going to just be a more useful truck because you're really creating a sports car
of trucks with the rumble bee and that has you know only so much utility having said that there's
a wait to get a 9-11 so i could be wrong you know i mean but i don't think it's the same buyer i
don't think the guy i don't think i think the guys who buy Ferraris Lamborghinis and and they
might be truck curious but the end of the day they're always going to go back to what they know
versus like versus like you know i mean if you have if you're into like racetracks and
you know taking your sports car on the racetrack then you might want to buy one of these
the Toyota you could you know your yellow 9-11 or your yellow Lamborghini you might want to buy
the rumble bee but i don't think you're going to be the guy out there buying this so that you
can drive it around and you know take it to drag racing i i don't know i could be wrong well i'm
guessing Roman that when you're spending they didn't say pricing right on the Hellcat but i'm
guessing if you're spending you know six figures which some of these trucks will be that you have a
garage full of different vehicles all right let's get to the next one we've kept them waiting but
that's a great point um well Elliott is here Michael St. John is here thank you guys for for
we'll we'll get to some of the off-roading questions about the Grand Ineos Grenadier in
a second um and let us know in the comments if you'd rather have a TRX or a rumble beam if you if
yeah if if pricing and everything were the same which would you rather have if we gave you a hundred
thousand dollars right now plus uh which way would you go yeah all right all right let's go to the
next truck so what's the next one in horsepower colt can we go to the next one please yes the red
one the red one okay i'll love that uh graphic on it do you like the new bee i do i love the new
bee is poking out from the bed into the cab yeah from those of you guys who are just listening to
this it's a it's kind of a very fire engine dark red and then there's a bee that's coming off the
a graphic the bed and into the rear doors of the truck it's really cool they do really good graphics
so first of all this is a new v not the new v8 so the 64 hemmy is inside of this
but rumble bee right so basically what used to be in the power wagon yes but it's a whole different
animal it's the same engine size same basic engine but the horsepower is more performance
oriented rather than the work truck right isn't this also in the uh wrangler yes 392 yeah so it's
the same engine so they're putting a 392 into everything now it's pretty soon the pacifica
392 might be coming hell yeah now you're talking no but we've been asking for this for a very long
time give us a high performance 392 or 6.4 liter in the ram 1500 and they finally did it but only
in this truck and i saw a lot of comments on my on the video we published that said give me this
engine in the other ram trucks right not just one so they haven't announced pricing but let's just
take a guess at it okay we can kind of take a guess at it so the 57 the hemmy i bet you that's
going to be the entry level so i think if you get a bare bones one i think we're talking 60k
i think that's a fair number given today's pricing yes and by the way that base truck
has cloth interior manual adjusted seats that you love i know how you much how much you love
manually there's nothing better than manual adjusted seats on a 60 000 dollar vehicle but anyway
so we'll go so um i think they could squeak under 60 maybe okay yeah but you know you know so that's
around we're ball parking in here yeah because it does have four by four yeah right so that it
already has that all right and now if you go with the 392 in the jeep you can't get it in the gladiator
yet but you can get in the wrangler uh and you get the moab one actually yeah you can get the moab
those are 80 000 and they're coming out with the willies which is losing the discretable sway bar
and the front locker for base price of 70 so i think it's not a stretch to say that this truck
with the same engine is going to be at least 10 more if not more i think so yeah so we might
be looking at 70 70 to 80 i think i think that's where we're at with this truck yeah all right
and so interior what was the interior in this one did this have leather or was it so it's it's
kind of a one step up okay so i think same size though dimensionally it's a it's the same size
same wheelbase it's a 132 inch wheelbase by the way um you know they also have the grand wagon
here based on the same platform basically the truck platform but and but the the grand wagon
here has yet another wheelbase can you imagine how much they're investing into this because when
whenever you create a new chassis new wheelbase new vehicle you have to do entire crash print you
know certification you have to have emissions millions there are tens of millions yeah if not
a billion dollars into this yeah so same size um you can get different wheels and tires so you
could also get 22s on this bad boy they have different badging it says right there have me
it still has this hood scoop is it functional yes okay so these hoods scoops are functional
do you ever go into the hood is there a place where we could see what the engine looks like
yeah we were just looking at it okay i missed it i was too busy we were just we were fired up here
there it is 6.4 liter yeah and you can see that fills out the it's a little better
yes and on the left there if you're seeing on the passenger side there's that performance
air intake that's big that also comes through the hood right so there's a passageway where that air
comes in uh through the hood scoop so um yeah so um 470 horsepower 455 pound feet of torque
and i think a lot of people which is the same as in the 392 i think yes uh the Wrangler 470 470
if i'm right yeah so maybe different amount of torque uh rating yeah but still the same eight
speed um or i think uh it's maybe even uh upgraded eight speed transmission also all will drive also
rear wheel drive mode so you can disconnect the front end and you can still do those burnouts
if you want wow this might be the sweet spot for many people in the lineup and this is the
engine you heard at the beginning of this podcast this is the engine um and they by the way the 57
has that gt remember the gt exhaust which is a little bit louder yeah cool can you play the
exhaust note again just so people missed it at the beginning because we kind of just jumped into it
so let's let's let's hear it again yeah here's here's another here's another version of it
uh oh sorry it's okay there it goes
one more
uh very raspy yes and also i've probably the best way to listen to these trucks is actually
accelerating unfortunately garage or it's five in the morning right where you wake up the neighbors
and then your wife asks you why the heck did you buy this um so so yeah that's really fun all
right should we go to the next one let's go one more let's go let's step it up to the next truck
because there are four of them well yes um so the next step before we even get to the yellow truck
we could start looking at it um at the yellow truck but you've got a cutaway here yes i'm so happy
they brought the cutaway here there's diesel dave do you see them him he's
there with us um so there's also three starstruck this is tv starstruck by diesel dave no uh diesel
brothers yeah yeah yeah he actually uh kind of uh made a cameo in one of our shots he should have
been the cameo in his i don't know he he didn't he wasn't filming oh but he came
in and he asked me hey can you lower this thing more and i said yeah i think we could probably
lower it why couldn't you here did you know who you were no diesel dave i'm disappointed 15 years
of andre and roman doing nothing but he didn't say hey on doing nothing but ike reviews he didn't
say hey andre no no no um no uh where were we oh uh before we move on to the hellcat which we are
you know kind of looking at this chassis already there is a 392 track pack so think of the track
that's the fourth truck right third truck in our the way we're going yeah third truck but overall
we talked about four being introduced right so you can get the 392 with a track pack yes and the
track pack basically gives you some of the performance like aerodynamics tires some like for
example rear locking differential for those massive burnouts that are available on the
hellcat version but just with a different engine right the 392 comes with some of those
performance upgrades including aero um yeah we there's a there was moment we'll
get to that there was a moment where you were showing actually the little spoiler on the back
yeah and that's one that one that's on the hellcat so the chassis is cool because you
can kind of see the suspension um this this also has bilstein shocks by the way um and
a massive brakes we just saw that massive 16.1 inch diameter rotors and giant six piston calipers
in the front those are brambos um and also air suspension is available oh okay so when diesel
dave came on all fours or just in the rear yeah all four corners so when diesel dave was asking me
can you slam it i think he meant you know let's drop it right now let's use oh i see you know
you know i'm saying like he just wanted to dump the air out of the bags is there a launch control
yes but only on the track pack and the hellcat versions all right so let's say we're talking
$70,000 for the 392 and then you add a track pack i'm going to go with at least 10 yes probably
now we're at 80,000 ish we're just guessing at this guys but i think it's an educated guess
all right well let's go to the big news let's look at the rumble bee yes and the most important
thing is the front end so let's take a look at the front end oh my god that is you see that coming
in your rear view mirror you're going to move over yeah you're going to be scared you're going to
start crying when you see this because it's an all-new front bumper right so usually dude i hate
plastic you know little wraparound bumpers on trucks because they kind of it makes it look like a car
yeah right in my view but this works i think because this is a special street version of a truck
the way that they did the lower dam right the lower grille and the upper side grills
i think it looks killer yeah so what we're looking at here if you're listening to this is
obviously a bumblebee colored truck so we're looking at yellow and black yes with stripes
with stripes master and they've done the rumble bee before this is this is not something that's new
you're pointing to a master spoiler right now yes which is gonna get pretty broken
you have to be careful when you're pulling up to a curb one of the greatest things about
having a pickup truck is you don't have to be worried about pulling up to a curb but now you
are in sports car land did they have a front lift like they do on the Corvette well they have an
air suspension so i guess so they could so maybe like before you park you're gonna have to raise
the truck yeah and then same dimensions right yeah same wheelbase all right same size same fenders
do we have the interior shots can we see the interior yes this is basically a trx interior
dude okay high bolsters leather different materials it's coming a little bit later in this video call
i think after this we go inside oh you're almost there there i am okay let's let's see what it looks
like there we go yeah it's big screen 14.5 inch screen rumble bee badging carbon fiber trim real
or fake we know carbon fiber trim yeah i think they do everything real okay um so when french
stitching looks yeah orange stitching everybody was wondering why the orange stitching and the
yellow exterior and the little rumble bee on the seat the orange is basically the color of the
hellcat i think that's the same rumble bee from before or very similar maybe they no they redesigned
them yeah they were very proud but it's the one where the the stinger is kind of yeah it's pointing
forward so it's attacking it's exactly but that was the same one the old one also had a stinger
yes but i they were pretty proud of updating the rumble bee logo wouldn't that be cool if you were
a designer and they're like hey today yeah you get to make draw a new rumble bee that'd be a really
good day yeah that's a good day um but so the screens in the in the base rumble bee you know
was an 8.4 inch display in the 392 you went to a 12 inch display now in the srt you're going to the
the hellcat truck you're going to 14 and a half inch display and look they have a brake controller
auxiliary switches for auxiliary lights i saw four of them maybe a winch no i'm just kidding oh look
at that that that's the same out of the that's that that was in the track hawk that same little
launch control button yes and then also east pool so east pool is a different name for a rear
locker basically right so you click east pool and it basically locks the rear end where is it called
east pool uh because of drag racing days oh so it's a drag race racing term we're
basically you know how people used to weld the rear differentials for drag racing they kind of
call them spools oh i see at that point so so that's this is kind of the coming from the drag racing
days um which is i think is cool cool connection and let's do we talk horsepower did i miss that
we have not mentioned horsepower yet all right so let's go let's go look under the hood cold
we got to go to this is where we have to go to the chassis cold because the hood latch was broken
somebody some influencer broke the hood latch uh did topger have that problem i don't think so see
i don't think so there's the engine with the big supercharger sitting on top
of it and the orange valve covers and the orange block that's where the orange is coming from yeah
that's kind of the orange color the old hennie triple sevens roman 777 horsepower
and 680 pound feet of the right let me ask you this do you remember how much the last like trx
was remember the yellow one that came out oh like a special edition yeah how much was that uh like
125 thousand i don't think we're far from that with this truck and unfortunately some dealers
would probably even oh hell yeah upmark this oh yeah the first couple months yeah yeah for sure
so unfortunately you will have to have a lot of cash uh to to bring this or um srt hellcat rumble
be home um anyways um that's a lot of torque that's a lot of horsepower basically the same
engine as in the new trx which is coming this summer by the way i would love to see like somebody
take this thing around the track and drift it wouldn't that be cool just just to see like
white smoke pouring off the rear wheels and then just that you know that would be so much cooler
than even a sports car just you know full opposite lock and the things because you don't have a lot
of weight in the back no it's going to be a lot easier to do yeah it's going to be
a drift monster but do you see those white things in the very front by the frame yeah those are air
ducts uh for the front brakes okay so basically directing some cooler air towards the front brakes
because our big complaint has always been remember the me in case smoked the trx brakes when we were
towing yeah um for a little bit we didn't ruin the brakes they were just getting
hot and also people complained about like the derango hellcats you know warming up their brakes
and just not able to hold up to it they said they were fixed they would fix it uh for track use
so they said you can actually bring a hellcat rumblebee truck to any race track in the country
and it should withstand all right a couple a couple things i can give you here uh maybe five years
ago i was on a perelli program yes and they let me take an f-150 on the track in vegas okay uh
but lap and a half the brakes failed it was terrifying i was coming around the corner uh
and i floored it on the straightaway and then i went and there was nothing in the brake there was
nothing so so i mean trucks don't aren't designed for track performance and they're aren't designed
for top speed so let's talk about that most trucks have tires that are rated up to maybe a hundred
and 1000 and twenty miles an hour well usually it's 106 for most vehicles right pickup
trucks but then like the raptors and the trx's are about 116 118 and then the fastest truck we've
seen i think is the rivian remember 130 130 it's rated at 130 so what will this truck do they talk
about top speed yes okay because they want to beat the original srt 10 which did 154.5 something
so it's like model bond speed german modify exactly so kaniscus the ceo said um their goal is 170
miles per hour so the tires are rated for that okay right and that's why they're doing like the
the low front end right the the spoiler in the front and they're trying to make it as slippery as
possible but it's still a truck right it's still a truck yeah so what i mean like if you've ever
been racing the first thing you see is two things right first they're slammed yeah they're slammed
but they understeer like crazy because all the weight is in the front yes that's why sports cars
the optional weight is 50 50 so it rotates around the center of mass with this same problem you're
going to have all the weight a big engine in the front and the second thing you see on those trucks
is actually have water that squirts onto the brakes which is really cool because when you've got all
that weight in the front and you've got all that kind of understeeriness then you're going to use
those even those massive brakes get really really hot very quickly would there be like a ceramic
option talk about that they didn't talk about that might be so they did say something about
you know roadkill nights that they always do on woodward avenue yeah i could see this being a
drag strip truck for sure hell yeah yes but they also talked about more is coming so they didn't
talk about carbon ceramic brakes or they didn't talk about you know bigger superchargers but i'm
assuming there might be something in the aftermarket right that or in their mopar you know the parts
and now i'm going into deep end so correct me if i'm wrong but when you look at when we show that
NASCAR truck yes that's basically a NASCAR with a truck body on it yeah it's a tube frame there's
not they don't share almost anything right it's not it's not really a truck it just it just looks
like a truck it just they made it look like a pickup truck right but it's a tube frame unique
chassis look at the camber you know the wheels leaning you know to one side because
they go 11 way of course they're going one you know turning left they're looking at a giant
spoiler on the back yeah so 170 in a straight line hell yeah that's going to be fantastic i would love
that will be scary Tim sign us up when we get to the drag strip we want to be one of the first
to go out there and you know what i want to see actually all three of them or four of them lined
up on the same straight away i think we're the last people who actually do truck drag racing i don't
think anybody else yeah i want to see them side by side and we have an airstrip here guys so you
know did you know that yeah we have an airstrip we have our own private airstrip here uh it's how
much is it three it's a quarter mile 1300 it's it's three quarters of a mile yeah so it's like
4000 feet yeah is our airstrip yeah so we have plenty of space guys
almost a mile so the first video i'd love to do is take all let's call three of them
and drag race them against each other yes that'd be great because you want to see visually how do
they stack up yeah exactly and how do yeah and then we got to get a like a lobo and a
absolutely and a supercharged board and uh you know one of the new gms i mean these are
incredible videos that are coming yes so they talked about specs right on the srt hellcat yeah
they talked about 3.4 seconds 0 to 60 which is respectable right that's crazy and also
11.6 second quarter mile 11 6 but which is probably what a rivian quad motor will do
no dude dude rivian quad motors will smoke that it might smoke it because it has a thousand horsepower
you know over a thousand horsepower no changing gears so it's on at's so
so of course you know the comments will come in that you know a rivian doesn't sound like a hellcat
which is true yeah um but as much as they're talking about this there's still technology that's
way faster than this right because we're living in a different era well so when we were at sima
andre four does the supercharged at f150 right with the whiplos it's still a whipland you know
and i think that most of these are whipples i think that was what 720 horsepower if i remember
right for which one for the one you do at the dealership where you had you know you get it's
about 700 yes yeah it's around yeah you get forward like 10 000 plus dollars and it's a
whipple three liter and then they supercharge your f150 the five liter they don't supercharge
an equal boost obviously yeah the five liter and you end up with like just around seven
and horsepower we drove it yeah it didn't feel that fast actually you did get that great super
i also drove it in michigan yeah and it felt different it felt a little bit better okay maybe
the one we had was you know not quite what depends on the putting out all the power you
know which dealer does it maybe yeah uh so so those are all videos that we got to do but around a
track yeah i'm not sure this is something that i think for video it'll be incredible like as a drift
truck uh but but actually taking it around a track you know maybe i don't know i agree with
straight line hell yeah so the srt truck they said the curb weight is 6200 pounds yeah it's still a
heavy beast right that's that's a lot of weight it's almost as much in like a rivian weighs like
7 000 pounds plus right so these are very heavy vehicles i if i bought the 392 let's say i can't
afford the srt right but let's say i talk my wife into 392 ram rumblebee um i would love to bring
it to like cars and coffee i would love to drive it almost every day maybe it could be my daily
what color would you get we don't know the colors yet either not all the colors uh i i would probably
i wouldn't get black or white well there's there's a couple things we haven't talked about no white
so we've been very excited but let's i don't want to be a debbie downer here but there are issues
fuel economy we don't know do we know no but you know what's and the other issue is i think
we're certainly in the teens yes 26 gallons of fuel that's not a thimble roman especially in the
hellcat it's a thimble because especially imagine i mean you can get a forward f150 or 36 gallon tank
exactly all forwards f150s comes with 36 gallons yeah so that and that that that those are relatively
fuel let's say low 20s how about this roman let's say you're going to the lake well if you're
if you're getting 10 miles an hour 10 miles per gallon which is possible 260 miles of range yeah
and that's what that's the end but what if you're towing your boat to the lake then you're down to
maybe 150 miles a range depending how much weight you're towing so it's going to be drinking fuel
yeah and the tank i i think it's a smaller tank because they shrunk it down what's five times 26
120 125 let's call it hundred and 29 dollars right now at five dollars a gallon to fill it up
this is why gelaping said right truck wrong time and the other thing is if you guys want to get one
this year probably not so the 57 they said it's coming in 2026 okay there you go so but that's
already out there i mean you could already get a heavy yeah but the rumblebee yeah the rumblebee
hemi yeah so if you want to shorten the 392 and the hellcat version of rumblebee are coming next
year and the first half so it's not going to be super super quick yeah so we have potentially
just under a year in the spring of next year yeah so a year from now yeah that's that's a
that's kind of a buzz kill yeah but before you get that the summer is the trx okay so before
these rumblebees come uh you get the trx but basically it's the old it's the it's the trx that
they had this one yeah yeah yeah the well it looks very similar to what they had before just it just
has a new power number the 777 okay so more horsepower but more torque yeah more torque
but the same trx basically so that's coming this summer uh we we were hoping to drive it
quite soon maybe within a couple months uh we'll be driving this new trx yeah i mean the steel bumper
dude steel no plastic i have to say i i i loved our trx andre it was one of my favorite trucks
that we've ever owned i was very sad when we sold it i remember i think we were one of the first in
the country to get one i'm still sad thank you to ram uh but kind of been there done that uh and
that's just me we probably won't be buying a trx yeah that's just that's probably just me because
you know we live on doing reviews of new vehicles and it kind of feels like you know putting on a
set of old shoes even though the new shoes are these new shoes but the rumblebee is a new shoe
it's a new that's a brand new shoe yeah that's a brand that's brand new shoe yeah the trx yeah
you know i love what tim's doing i mean as a v8 enthusiast as a truck guy this is wonderful news
it's going to force gm it's going to force forward and maybe even toad uh to step up right
we've got the hammer coming on the toad side we're supposed to be an off-road truck another
off-road truck yeah the tundra hammer yeah toad is never going to be out there ahead of everybody
else so uh that's cool so i mean it's great to see this competition heating up any more comments you
want to read uh let's see uh four by four enthusiasts is wondering if we're going to do another calling
segment where we can yeah we're definitely going to do it i was going to do it this week but uh
this took precedent yeah and and i've been traveling you know a lot of our team is traveling
actually this week that's where case is not here yeah right case probably would love to
talk about this this is an aruba for a wedding whoa whoa yeah hey case you're rebuying i wonder
what's i wonder what he's dry no not his wedding probably a jimney that's what i'd be driving in
aruba dude i i want to talk to him next week about this all right uh let's wrap up with the
truck that you drove home so ram was kind enough thank you ram to give you a driveway truck what
it what did you i have i saw it parked out front what did you bring to the office it's big and red
it is big and red it's very big and red it's the new tradesman power wagon we all of course
know it exists yeah but a lot of people thought it went away i can't wait quietly yeah basically
it's a way to save money so but everybody knows that the power wagon is there and the diesel
comments power wagon is coming right this summer but the tradesman power wagon looks almost like
a normal ram except it's a little bit taller it's got those beefy you know dirt track tires
and you could save about 10000 dollars if you can order one over the regular power wagon
you could save money it's six point 43 you could get the engine now uh with less horsepower
it's 400 and five horsepower because it's a commercial kind of engine yeah right so a lot
less power and a lot less efficiency you get rid of the winch in the diesel does this one still
have the winch yeah it has a winch oh wonderful i can't wait so but when you can how much andre how
much is the msr pn so 65 yeah it's not horrible yeah the the regular power wagon you know with all
the flashy graphics and a different grill and led headlamps that are different that starts at 75
so you could save 10 grand by going tradesmen and then selecting the power wagon cloth interior
yes smaller screen this one has a bigger screen oh okay that's optional all right option and optional
carpet in this truck okay that's good so but you get the winch lift you get locking
differentials three lockers three lockers you get disconnectable front sway bar you get the big
tires although they're small they look small in the truck right because it's 33s on the giant heavy
duty so what we did so gavin and i were filming this right and rumblebee at chelsea then uh when
we finished filming um we imported all the footage onto the hard drive we jumped into the power wagon
because we had to get home right we we needed to start driving because it's 1200 miles it's quite
quite a ways to get home did you do a fuel economy don't say don't say we won't talk about it we're
gonna have to we're gonna make you watch that video because andre worked and gavin worked hard on it
yes all tfl and then i you know what i made gavin do i made him plug in the laptop into the truck
hold the starlink out the window so yes he was he was hanging out with a starlink antenna so you
could transfer the video but first he edited while we were moving oh my god did he get truck sick
no oh he's a he's a soldier i would be truck sick yes and how was it as a road
so it's a little bit bumpy it's heavy duty it's not as horrible as like a duly like an empty
duly on 35 air down we did not air down for this trip even though i talked to a lot of people at
the program they're like andre you should totally go to 40 psi you know because it's at 65 yeah so
i was thinking like at 35 and air them down yeah and uh i was like guys we we have to be more
efficient i mean i mean the reason also they put that much air in those tires is for towing
yes when you put the trailer on what's what's the towing capacity on this battle it's not huge it's
11 000 oh that is not huge no that's that's that's full size that's half ton territory that's half
ton territory and payload is 1500 pounds which is also not great for right for and that's been a
it's been a problem with the power wagon for forever because it's got the softer suspension
right it's it's got the suspension for off-roading and the giant articulation right because that's
what it's for it's for going into crazy crazy terrain hmm that's an issue but you know what
we have it for an extended time it's a long-term truck wonderful this is also a great truck to
put a camper on exactly um so i want to go to the lake with it i want to camp with this uh we're
going to be doing a lot with this power wagon so you could see everything also when the diesel
comes we can compare a diesel versus gas okay all right and then we're almost out of time but
the last question i want to ask you is you did go to the overland expo and you saw a heavy duty
truck with a winnabigo camper on it tell me about that call the winnabigo it's the arca arca a r k a
you exactly you want to put a c in there but it's a k the arca and this this is like a
an affordable version of yes of the earth roma yeah if the earth roma is a million
dollars this is more affordable yeah or or like before the affordable version of the earth roma
was a truck house yeah and now and now it's underneath the truck house and price earth
roma is a million truck house was half a million and this is how much 330 000 okay cool you want
to bring up that video would you mind yeah we have a video of the winnabigo on our truck channel as
well winnabigo arca so by the way the here this the it's based on the ram comments 5500 chassis
by the way at the overland expo this was a trend not only the arca was unveiled but like the
storyteller unveiled their version of very similar to the storyteller has been modifying
Mercedes vans for a while now they've gotten into the world of trucks of big trucks so and a lot of
people are now doing those rear doors that open so you can have like a balcony look at a balcony
and does this have a balcony yeah yeah it does i like i like the metal around the thing so if
you're hitting a tree it protects the yeah protects the body a little bit that's that's really cool
oh yeah so they're colin i were actually filming this so it has an open space in the back you could
move those couches yeah so the couches are kind of mounted in the back you can open them up um and
have a beautiful uh view oh look at that um you could mount everything uh what's it built on what's
the truck what's the truck chassis it's a 5500 kind of a long wheelbase ram ram okay and of course a
comments engine yeah and high output and they're all output now well it's like a commercial engine
right so it's the same it's not as much it's one it's one horsepower number it's 360 horsepower
this one but i think they did a good job uh as far as for what you get you get four season capability
down to negative 10 Fahrenheit right that's kind of interesting because that's very hard to do
and you have a shower bathroom you have uh look what's four people tires are those 40 ones
yeah they look big see i'm touching the uh heated floor it has a heated floor wow that is cool so
that is really cool you know this is a very american way of going camping it's like it's like the
europeans either go with these little like cars that they're towing these campers with yes or they
have these massive man trucks right yes you know i'm talking about like right the big like there's
almost nothing in the between yeah and there's nothing like like something that you could take
around the world with 200 gallons of diesel yeah but this is kind of the very american thing where
it's kind of you know not quite uh not quite a man truck yeah and yeah not quite a man truck
and not a man man yeah not quite a tiny camper towed by a three-cylinder diesel hunday exactly
exactly did you like this yeah i did i think it was innovative um the toilet hides away there's a
lot of space um yeah so i i think is that a composting toilet or is that a cassette cassette
composting yeah i i don't i'm not i don't know about every difference i think don't
know either i'm gonna say composting basically you got to take out the cassette and then throw
it away it doesn't go into like a dark and into a tank yeah so that's yeah which is which is better
i think well plus you don't have to pump dirty tanks you know at your neck it's better for you
it's better for you the person for you but it's worse for your wife
because you're the one having to to clean out the tank right the dark water tank
yes but i think your wife would appreciate something in the flushes yes so there's not a
look no a cassette that that is in there with you know what's left in there oh that's above the
cab you get a little but the bedroom is pretty nice still i like it yeah how much was it again
you said 30300 and 30000 okay only 330 guys well and you
can get this from our friends at transwest if you're here in colorado exactly yeah so check
them out all right guys well um thank you for watching listening let us know in
the comments below out of the the three trucks which is the one that you'd go for we know which
or t rx or would you go for a t r or an rho or would you go for an rho yeah um it seems like
both the off-road and now the street trucks are having a moment let me ask you something as we close
would you get a rumblebee if it was available with a hurricane
twin turbo no i want to be eight i don't care about the straight six no no god no if you're
gonna get the rumblebee go go because the rumble is in the name right yeah yeah that's the problem
with that straight six is it just doesn't sound as good i mean it's the same problem very powerful
it has with the raptor right it's very powerful it is but it just doesn't have that like you know
that that emotional connection that you would get with the b8 all right uh remember where should
they go for more tfl coverage old tfl.com because we have everything including cars electrics
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