These flogs buy 300k rigs, smash them to bits and then put the hand out to the sponsors to foot the bill. The aim is to get in and get out with minimal damage. If these flogs had to pay for it themselves, they would look at things differently.
Drive it. I daily drove a crew cab short bed HD ram with a 7 inch lift on 37s for 12 years before frame rust made it the right time to move it along. Now my daily driver is a crew cab F450.
@@bigdogbuilds A portal package plus certification would be upwards of say 30k compared to long travel suspension lift just under 6k. They would have to be extensively tested though, i know mark4wd adaptors has with his 79s.
Ive found that my truck works really well at rhe factory stace with the factory tires and factory suspension. Its 24 years old and not any issues at all. 😅
After 12 years with a 2011 Ram 2500 diesel I wanted to go with Ram again. I even test drove a Ram 3500 dually and found out that Stellantis has done a great job of screwing up the newer Ram HDs. The steering is loose with the adaptive steering option, and throttle response is terrible. Unfortunately you can't get it without adaptive steering unless you are willing to give up a lot of other options. Instead of buying a Ram 3500 and driving it home the same day I waited 2 years for a Ford F450.
Less of an issue on these trucks, the Chevy Silverado 2500 diesel makes 975 foot pounds of torque at 1500 RPM. The torque reduction due to larger wheels is largely irrelevant when we are talking about this level of power
The stock tire on a Chevy 2500HD is a 33 (275/70R18). Going to a 37 is a 12% increase. By opting for the 3.73 over the standard 3.42 you get 9% of that back. My truck came from the factory with 32 inch tires (225/70R19.5) and a 4.30 final drive ratio. I'm in top gear (10th). It's great for towing, but I could use bigger tires or a few more gears in the transmission.
@rich7447 Good information, thanks. I do not see the coversion you tubers mention any of this, especially with slow speed off road use nor with the promotion of the 40 in. tires.
@@rodmcisaac3 There isn't a lot of mention of speed ratings for tires either. My current truck is electronically limited to just over 80 mph to prevent you reaching the 87 mph speed rating of the tire. A lot of the larger tires have lower rated speeds than the factory tires. If I go up one size, the speed rating of the tire goes from N to L (75mph). The Jeep drivers are usually where most of the discussion around gearing and tire size happens. The Wranglers don't usually have close to the power (4xe and Rubicon 392 excepted) as a full size pickup. I had a 7 inch lift and 37s on my 2011 Ram 2500 diesel (350hp/650 lb ft). The factory option 3.73 gearing with the 37s worked out to the same as stock tires with the factory standard 3.31. I considered 40s, but it meant going to at least 4.10 to maintain a 20,000lb tow rating. With the way that most of these trucks are de-rated in Australia it probably isn't going to make a huge difference running 40s with a 3.73 final drive. The Chevy 2500HD is rated to tow up to 22,500lbs in the US and Canada, so 3,500kg is not making it work very hard. The chances of getting above 8th gear are going to be pretty low.
Can't believe everything watched was unobtainium, one-off except for supplier furnished bolt-on gear. Its not even usable without stilts or ladder step stool. Come on Mate, tell us your design brief requirements based on road warrior failures. Its not even a good tow pig bouncing on bags now
"Unobtainium is a term used to refer to a material that cannot be accessed. Such a material might be rare, prohibitively expensive, controlled or simply nonexistent. A common observation about unobtainium is that it meets all requirements perfectly, other than not actually existing." Yet we build 5 per week like this.... alot of people touring Australia, doing the trip of a life time with thier families.
@@bigdogbuilds no doubt. AUS supply chain validates that 5/wk claim. Actually envious Australians have such a strong Outdoor Adventure brand going. BUT as an American, Chevrolet officanado, ex 5th wheel tower and Mohave desert rat - that ¾ ton isn’t the tow pig he thinks. It’ll grind through brakes, bearings and pads so quickly. Not to mention the airbag assist that only hardens the caravanning. She’s a sweetheart in front of a camera but so much of that isn’t able to transfer when she can’t use it without a step up onto something. Nothing wrong with any of the kit - going American 6”+ lifts just means Australians have to rejig their canopy engineering to accommodate human-sized usage ala fridge dropdown glides.
