jscusmcvet
Adventurist
Price too good to be true?
https://raleigh.craigslist.org/ctd/d/miami-2017-ram-2500-power-wagon-4x4-4dr/6816376198.html
https://raleigh.craigslist.org/ctd/d/miami-2017-ram-2500-power-wagon-4x4-4dr/6816376198.html
Price too good to be true?
https://raleigh.craigslist.org/ctd/d/miami-2017-ram-2500-power-wagon-4x4-4dr/6816376198.html
and.. advertised in Raleigh... but truck in Miami.... no bueno....
based on the dash lights (serv 4wd, and all the locker lights) I am guessing the hanging part is the sway bar. The front locker wiring harness runs through the smart bar, if the smart bar is disconnected it kills the front lockerI would run the hell away from that thing....
Passenger front, driver rear, pic 2 something hanging that shouldn't be, driver door pinch.... frame bent I guarantee...
I guess as a die hard Toyota fan who sold out and went Ram I’ll chime in here. I’ve had 2 Tacoma’s built out quite extensively and I absolutely loved them. Then recently I was looking into the 3rd gen. to put a Habitat on and had to go back to the drawing board once I talked to a couple of 3rd. Gen owners about that new motor and transmission. Because I am not a hardcore rock crawler type it wasn’t so much a lack of trail capability as much as it was a fear of constantly over working that motor and tranny with the weight of the Habitat/Goosegear/fridge/gear etc. I didn’t like the idea of cruising down the highway to my next adventure and listening to the motor scream and the transmission shift back and forth the entire trip. It just seems like that will cause the power train to wear out sooner than later thus losing that Toyota reliability that we have all grown to love so much. Don’t get me wrong, I will always be a Toyota fan and hope that I am wrong and they end up going for 500k with minimal issues. Also, I must say that they certainly look sexy when they are cruising down the road, and I see them everywhere so obviously a ton of people are satisfied enough to invest the money to build them out really well. I just hope they can hold up. As far as the Ram goes, performance for my purpose is incredible. I can easily pass anyone on the highway heading uphill without the Cummins even breaking a sweat. And having the extra room on longer trips is a much welcomed change from my Tacoma days. But, the cost of maintenance is significant. Even though I do my own oil changes it’s about $110 for full synthetic and a filter. Plus DEF juice, plus fuel filters ($100). All said and done, I would definitely go Ram again but I would consider the Power Wagon another viable option. But as far as size goes, the benefits of full size completely outweigh the drawbacks for me.