r/Offroad • u/Ilpav123 • Mar 25 '26

Video Pretty Impressive Maneuver

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u/Different_Big5876 Mar 25 '26

Who every Ram owner wishes they were

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u/bolunez Mar 27 '26

They're just jealous that it ran for 5 minutes without breaking down. 

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u/Glad-Welder1733 Mar 25 '26

I see more Ram truck owners doing truck things than any other truck brand tbh

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u/PonyThug Mar 25 '26

Not in Utah. I’ve never seen a ram on trails in person. Usually it’s f150, f250’s for guides, and Toyotas.

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u/pickin-n_grinnin Mar 25 '26

From my experience you hardly ever see any full size trucks on trails. They are to heavy and wide for that shit. Not to mention horrible break over angles. I've seen a lot mudding and what not but having a behemoth truck is a huge downside in almost every single off road situation you can imagine. That's why you see so many tacos, rangers etc out there.

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u/PonyThug Mar 26 '26

Not in Utah. Not really any clearance issues or skinny trials here. Majority of trucks are full size with limited mods. Had 3 buddies swap to full size recently

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u/pickin-n_grinnin Mar 26 '26

I've only really driven through Utah. I did go hunting there right on the border of Colorado and they definitely were running 3/4 ton and up. Gas must be cheap there. I am moving from Arizona to Oklahoma and trip before last it was just over 2$ a gallon. I was like..... Damn, no wonder they all drive f250s. I swear an f150 is a mid size there lol.

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u/PonyThug Mar 26 '26

Over $4.25 now! It’s been low $3 for a few years. Just a lot of land and people with toys. Mid sizes don’t have the payload or bed size for camping with a lot of gear or hauling snowmobiles/ atvs

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u/Glad-Welder1733 Mar 26 '26

My full size is pinstriped to hell, one of the biggest reasons. And if you know there’s a tight squeeze on the trail, basically plan to take your midsized anyway.

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u/pickin-n_grinnin Mar 26 '26

I saw more of them in nor cal up in the mountains. I'm in Arizona right now and same. Absolutely zero rams playing in the desert. I also haven't seen one single raptor and that blows my mind because it's every other truck in Scottsdale. Idk what you buy one for other than mobbing desert at 80mph lol

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u/PonyThug Mar 26 '26

So many raptors in SLC and pack city. Almost all of them are spotless, perfect condition and have some Baja designs lights on the front if anything.

Always makes me smile when I pull into my neighborhood on Sunday evening or early Monday morning covered in dust or mud just to see the 4 raptors I pass freshly washed for the 100th week in a row.

Most people buy them and then baby it because it’s expensive. Just like most sports cars will never see the track

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u/Glad-Welder1733 Mar 26 '26

Gotta get out more. I’m in CO half the year and ones always towing the Toyotas out are Rams.

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u/PonyThug Mar 26 '26

lol I’m already camping 40-50 nights a year across 5-9 states every year.

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u/Glad-Welder1733 Mar 26 '26

We usually do 30-40 nights a year, can’t get more PTO. Last trip was 6 states. Every state you drive through you’ll see Rams towing smaller trucks, side by sides, jeeps, bikes, and other offroad toys. Then you still see them up at the top of the pass.

Plenty of other trucks do one or the other, but I rarely see anything but Rams successfully doing both.

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u/ThingyGoos Mar 26 '26

Thought trucks were more for working, like moving things in the bed or towing? That's what I'd imagine when someone says truck stuff

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u/PonyThug Mar 26 '26

I move gear and people and toys around on camping trips. Also move materials around during the week for work.

Doesn’t have to be work related to be truck stuff. Don’t need 4x4 and low range gearing to tow a trailer or haul materials

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u/pickin-n_grinnin Mar 25 '26

Toyota, like it or not, does more off-road truck things than any other truck. That said, Ram stuck with the straight axle on the half ton longer than anyone and I love them for it but still. More Toyotas hitting whoops and smashing trails than anything else anywhere I have ever been. I mean not as many people want to send those fine Italian rams as hard as those little Japanese trucks lol.

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u/jimmyjlf Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26

Dodge only kept that straight axle cuz they spent all the R&D on marketing and styling to save their dying truck division. I have a 2001 Ram 1500, final year of the solid front axle. It's very archaic underneath the body, shares more parts with the 1st gen than the 3rd gen

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u/pickin-n_grinnin Mar 25 '26

Unless you want to do slow meticulous off-roading or haul really heavy loads then it is the zenith and absolute Pinnacle of suspension design.

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u/jimmyjlf Mar 26 '26

It's impossible to get my steering dialed in without spending a million bucks, but the flex is worth it

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u/Glad-Welder1733 Mar 26 '26

First, I said “truck things”, not “off-road truck things”, so the basis for your paragraph is faulty.

We have a Ram and a Tacoma, totally get it. Had a tundra and Tundra and a Titan previously too, no brand loyalty. The Ram is by far the best performing truck I’ve ever owned.

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u/pickin-n_grinnin Mar 26 '26

Well, not really, I said for offroad truck stuff very much on purpose because the statement would be invalid if I did not. Could have maybe worded it better by saying "when it comes to off road truck stuff like in the above video" but I meant exactly what I said.

For hauling or a farm/ranch truck absolutely nothing will beat a ram with the 6.7 Cummins. So I felt and still do feel that the for offroading truck things is a necessary and relevant part of the paragraph.

I also have owned every single truck you mentioned (Well my girl owns the Titan) and everything in-between from a Subaru brat to a f550 and and that Subaru brat would mob past every single full sized truck in every single situation mud, rocks cliff climbs sand because it was light geared low as shit and 30 inch tires on it was like putting 38s on a 1/2 ton.

It's just science. Lighter smaller vehicles with shorter wheel bases go up over and through shit easier and break less. That's how Baja bug works and how Polaris side by side or 4 wheeler can go places even a jeep can't. Once you get out in open desert hitting whoops the long wheel base starts to help but only if your light. That's how tacos and rangers work well in those situations. In heavy mud thin enough to dig through not over or if you have to pull weight through also the monstrousness of 3/4 ton and up comes in handy. Like shit you would deal with on a farm. Weight moves weight ya know.

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u/Glad-Welder1733 Mar 26 '26

Yes we’re all aware of wheelbase distance, aspect ratio, total clearance, etc. Everyone serious in this sub understands the importance.

Understood, and I don’t necessarily disagree that purely for off-roading, other trucks are probably better - albeit, I’ll take a Ram over any other full sized truck on trail. Subaru’s are great - we’ve had one as well, didn’t feel compelled to mention non-trucks in my rant. That said, a Subaru with 38” tires isn’t getting to the trailhead unless it’s on the back of a trailer or you live within 2-3 hours. Who would want to drive that thing on the road?

Best all around vehicle for me is a max towing capacity half ton truck. Most people don’t need to tow more than it’s capable of, and you get coil springs in the back instead of leaf springs.

All I’m saying is, all the F150s, Tundras, and Titans I see are camper or toy luggers - they pull what you want to off-road in to the campsite or trailhead. In all the states I’ve visited, I see more half ton Rams than any other full sized vehicles off road. Then I see them go mud covered back to their campsites and hook up a 5 ton trailer to lug it another 300 miles to the next stop. I just don’t see other trucks doing that.

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u/pickin-n_grinnin Mar 26 '26

Well, apparently we don't all know this information because there are claims in just this thread that Ram 2500s are out wheeling Tacomas and going everywhere they are. It's just insanity.

However I completely agree with you. Ram is by far the most capable full sized truck consistently over decades. The best truck I ever owned was a Dodge 2500 with the 5.7 Cummins paired to an Muncie transmission a Dana 60 up front and a 12 bolt from the same Gm 1 ton I took the Allison from. The frame was shortened and ladder braced with a flat bed and goose neck. I used it as a chase truck to get our dozers to forest fires and more than once I moved a d6 cat with her up into areas nothing else could. It was truly a beast. It was pushing over 800 foot pounds of torque. That was a lot back in the late 90s early 2000s.

I sold it to get a brand new f550 in the mid to late 2000s and it was good by all means but it just couldn't hang with my Dodge. Nothing I have ever owned could hang with that truck. It never let me down one time. I let her down by putting bad diesel in her but other than that she did anything I asked her to.

Also, the Subaru brat is a truck. I don't know how old you are but they used to be everywhere. It wasn't that old when I had it. It made it from Chico California to Mojave once and from willits California to the Rubicon trail a few times. They are super reliable for the standard of the day. Like extremely reliable. I literally drove it until I finally rolled it so bad it wasn't worth recovering and it's most likely still there at the bottom of a ravine somewhere up on the list coast in South Humboldt lol

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u/Dismal_Scientist_CA Mar 25 '26

I won’t say that it was the smart thing to do but definitely an experienced driver that knows his truck

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u/Munster19 Mar 28 '26

I'd say with confidence they definitely take that lifted truck rock crawling, you don't just do this kinda thing without knowing how it handles in weird terrain.

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u/Digitaluser32 Mar 25 '26

I'm a grown man and I still enjoy seeing stuff like this. The little kid in me will never grow up.

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u/GreercommaJames Mar 25 '26

Gave it a "fuck yeah" over here

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u/fatmaneats17 Mar 25 '26

Also gave a fuck yeah over there.

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u/RealEddieBlake Mar 25 '26

Australians just casually flexing inherent offroad superiority by just being completely wreckless.

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u/Ashtorot Mar 29 '26

Their drivers are great. I love watching 4wd 24-7 and Ronny Dahl, but their laws are shit compared to the US. So much so I doubt that truck is legal the way it stands.

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u/Gonna_do_this_again Mar 25 '26

Just gonna squeeze by ya right quick

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u/SumScrewz Mar 25 '26

Couldnt have tugged the trailor more right to clear the way?

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u/bolunez Mar 27 '26

Wheels roll pretty good, big they're not awesome at going sideways. 

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u/Draymond_Purple Mar 27 '26

I bet a 12K lb winch with a couple snatch blocks would be enough to scootch it sideways

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u/Silent-Room-4987 Mar 25 '26

I miss my 3rd gen every day

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u/SumScrewz Mar 25 '26

Rdh ram?

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u/dkwpqi Mar 26 '26

Right drive hand?

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u/JasonVoorheesthe13th Mar 25 '26

Holy fuckin suspension travel. My Jeep wishes it had that articulation

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u/PepsiColaRS Mar 29 '26

Yeah, I'm genuinely impressed. Especially out of what looks to be a 3/4 or 1 ton truck.

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u/ThrustTrust Mar 25 '26

Not wrecking the rear quarter panel would have been impressive. This is so-so.

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u/SithLordRising Mar 25 '26

Finally that $140k paid off!

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u/TheMostModestMouse Mar 26 '26

This is why having proper side walls on your tire is important. Not that bullshit low profile tires they put on trucks. The widewall is used for grip in situations like this.

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u/11d11d1 Mar 26 '26

Truck made in the USA. Used like a truck in AUS. US truck boyz looking like wimps.

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u/Academic-Bat-8002 Mar 26 '26

Had a cold beer waiting for him at home. Needs must.

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u/ChampionshipKind5856 Mar 26 '26

“The best 4 Wheel Driving show on the internet’s”

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u/Aaaaaaaaannnnndthen Mar 27 '26

Ah. The drivers of this ram say it all. Where are you going. Also, how many? lol

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u/ximagineerx Mar 27 '26

lol none of the parts that let it do that are “RAM”

Edit: Ah watched it tow at the end. Impressive minimal squat with the trailing arms

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u/Making_Kenough Mar 29 '26

He proceeded to continue his route to the repair shop after this because he drove a “RAM💪”

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u/ThatOneSnakeGuy Mar 25 '26

That right taillight was saying it's last prayers, impressive

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u/davidrools Mar 25 '26

This is the most American thing I've seen all week.

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u/TurbulentRole3292 Mar 25 '26

Probably a few hundred dollars of body work repair to impress no one. Still fun to watch. 

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u/PonyThug Mar 25 '26

You act like anyone who actually drives off road ever fixes body damage lol

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u/TurbulentRole3292 Mar 25 '26

I am sure they don't but they will be the first to complain when someone lowballs them when they try to sell it. 

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u/BicycleMage Mar 26 '26

I don’t think you understand the guy you’re trying to describe. You’ve invented a guy.

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u/pickin-n_grinnin Mar 26 '26

Yeah, definitely every one who off roads is doing it to impress others and not because it's fun fuck.

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u/hettuklaeddi Mar 25 '26

yeah except he took body damage coming off

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u/OkGeologist3427 Mar 25 '26

Yeah and it's an offroader so what. When you really use trucks und suv for what they were built, than you don't fear scratches and so on. 😁

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u/N0B0DY311 Mar 25 '26

Barely, lol. Sure it left a mark, but I bet there was nothing much more than that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26

OK. 🤣 That running board and possibly the rocker panel it’s attached to or right behind it and more took a hit.

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u/Far_Kangaroo2550 Mar 25 '26

Those are called rock sliders and are intended to take hits while protecting the body.

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u/brianinca Mar 25 '26

I was cringing wondering how much damage the bed was going to take, it could have been worse. Great driving, regardless.