1 Year NO BS Review - 2019 Ram Power Wagon 

Great job on video. Well laid out. 30 minutes was a lot but it was all useful information and no fluff. Real review from real owner. Fresh perspective compared to the internet car reviews that buy a fleet of vehicles to "test" for a year or are loaned them by the manufacturer. Thanks for posting!

"I'm just throwing everything in here so it's not a half-hour long video." Posts a half-hour long video. LOL! Great review, thanks! :)

Great video, thanks for taking the time to film it. I'm looking really hard at the Power Wagon. Will be towing my 2 dr JK behind it. I'm thinking the Power Wagon can handle it😎

Awesome awesome awesome Power Wagon!!! Love it and everything you’ve done to it. Good to know on the 35”+ for the spare! Love to see some off road videos with it. 👍👍

Those RAM mounts are solid, great video.

Good stuff man. I have an S&B on my 2019 Hemi and you may want to get an over sock for your filter if you are gonna run it off road do to the dust I'm sure you encounter. Wonderful throttle response and economy, totally worth it!

Great video and review! Thank you for the honest review.

Great video Justin. I just purchased my new 2020 PW last week. Also, some excellent info in the comments about upgrades! Thanks!

What a great review! I thoroughly enjoyed all 30 minutes and am seriously considering this as my next vehicle offroad, hunting, towing my wife's camper trailer and overlanding in Alaska.

Really appreciate your video and honest and detailed information on the Power Wagon my man, just subscribed! Thank you and I cannot wait to see Brad’s video too. Been thinking about a JLU Rubicon, but want space/room/storage in the vehicle and want the vehicle to have good capability out of the gate to get out and explore, camp, and get off the grid...Thanks again bud! 👊👍🇺🇸

I have a 19 PW and your dead on about MPG. Good to know about the brakes. Sweet setup.

Great review. Beautiful truck. Thank you for sharing.

Best review I’ve ever seen - I’m buying a PW now .... but will wait till end of the year ... I currently have a 1500 EcoDiesel ... love it to bits but can’t beat the presence and comfort of the new PW’s!

Great video brother, thanks for honest info 👍🏽

You have a beautiful truck I love the color. I would love to have a power wagon. Nice job on the exhaust it sounds great.

Beautiful truck man..I love the color...I'm seriously thinking about the power wagon..thanks for the video very informative

Thanks for the review. You have a beautiful truck.

Thanks for your thorough explanation of your thought process prior to purchase.

Fantastic, full feature, deep-dive review, thank you for taking the time to do such a thorough, superlative job 🤝.

Just stumbled accross your channel, awesome awesome content!!!! I love about 2 hours north of Moab Utah, big Jeep guy but would loooove a power wagon!!!! Look forward to the review

Great video, thank you for taking the time to make it and share it with us!! How long have you had your call sign??

Pretty honest and fair review. Appreciate it.

I have the 2018 twin to yours, like your interior upgrades from the 18 like heated rear and power ports. Love my truck, towed a 34ft trailer with no issues. Had to put a canopy on mine so I get some drone from the non-stock exhaust. My mpg is 12.5 city/highway on reg fuel with occasional 14s if my foot is light and run premium. Stock wheels and tires, 35s coming soon. Totally agree on the brakes!

When you said Larimer County Landfill after saying you were in Colorado I thought you were in Ft. Collins. My Grandmother used to live in Adrial Hills and I went to a volleyball camp in 1991 at CSU and was the only guy out of 104 campers. 😎

Justin, oil changes. Break the filter loose and then cover it with a 1gal zip lock bag, then unscrew it off the motor. It will not catch 100% of the oil, but it will catch quite a bit, then just zip the bag shut and put it in the trash. Easy.

Got 13k on my 19 wagon and I absolutely love it. Good video.

I just bought my PowerWagon yesterday, the exact same color but with black rims. I love this truck so far and am I am happy I took the plunge on buying it. She's expensive but I feel great driving it.

Awesome information man!!!! Thanks

Have a jeep and looking at turning in my Chevy 1500 for the PW. I drove the 75th-anniversary edition yesterday and the wife fell in love with it. I was skeptical about the towing but I don't tow much over 10k anyways. I think the trailer or boat is 7500. thank you for answering a lot of questions I had. great video

Well done review. Super helpful.

Awesome video looking into buying at a 75th anniversary so I appreciate the detailed video

Looking at a 2022 Power Wagon tomorrow! Very excited!!

Was looking for PW vids and found your channel. Wanting to buy a new PW within next 6 months. Looking forward to your adventures.

Great review - thank you

I’m in the same boat, either PW or Gladiator. Gladiator is expensive. PW can be had for the same price, but in my suburban home a bit too large to fit in my driveway, and probably more truck than I need. I drive a Frontier now and I like the size. But if I was going full size I would seriously consider a Power Wagon. Nice complete review.

I love how he says he’s throwing everything in so the video isn’t 30 minutes but still ends up 30 minutes this is absolutely my dream truck and striving to get that bad boy

Thanks for the review

Good vid. I've also watched TrailRecon's vids, I have driven the Ram and can't argue it's a nice truck and my second choice, I went with the Gladiator. Maybe after a year or two I'll switch over.

Thanks for the thorough review! You helped talk me into it - bought a 2020 Power Wagon last week! Any hitch recommendations?

Great video thank you!

I put upgraded pads on my Ram. Huge difference. I two a two car hauler gooseneck. You can barely tell it's there. I put about leveling airbags on the rear and disc brakes on the trailer. It goes over Wolf creek pass with no complaints At 60k the header bolts failed. Found out it's very common. I put solo loud muffler and it sounds great. Nice review

Justin, I am thinking of buying a PW but what you said about the brakes was bothersome so I did a little research and found that this is a common problem with these. You need a "scan tool" connected to the computer to open the ABS valves - then bleed the brakes. After that the sponginess is gone and good solid brakes again. I hope you see this. Art from Ohio

Awesome details! Great video! Stellantis owns Jeep and Ram. Price differences are mostly due to demand. Many Jeeps are bought as a style statement and never taken on a dirt road. That's fine with me as an investor. I like the Gladiator but think it's underpowered. The PW is the best HD off-road. The biggest penalty is weight and in some cases size in close quarters. Great choice! Just my opinion.

Awesome video my dream truck

Happy you're loving your truck. WIth Ram or any Chrysler/Fiat products, my worry is more mid to long-term reliability. There's a lot of reviews out there in the RU-vid land that would be me fearful in forking over dollars for Ram but if you do keep this for a few more years it'll be interesting how you fair. - Never Mind, I just watched your 2 year review :)

Nice review 👍

Great video 👍👍👍👍👍

Love hearing a Ford guy converted to Ram. I just traded my F150 5.0 that I’ve been driving for almost 7 years and loved for my new PW. Dealership was 2 hours away and driving the PW home I fell in love with it. Best decision! Thanks for an amazing thorough real world chat about how a PW is as a daily driver. Did you post a link for the exhaust? Is it bolt on or welded? Amazing sound.

Hey, thanks for sharing your Power Wagon with us. I've owned several different models of pick up trucks and was more partial to Fords. However, I love the looks of the Dodge Rams. As a retiree the Power Wagon is out of my budget limit and looked at a couple of used models for 30 grand, one 2018 and one 2016. The Gladiator is out as it has lost its attraction for me.

I bought the gladiator over the power wagon , it’s been a great truck . I would enjoy the space you have in your ram . But honestly for I’m doing on my farm hunting and hog hunting and off roading it’s hard to beat. Nice truck man

Love my 2019. Have about 20k miles on it now. 12 city is normal, but 15.6 was the best running 65mph for about 350 miles

Hey Justin, hello from Kimball Nebraska! Great video and great review! Really appreciate you posting it. That format was easy to listen to and not a lot of junk music. I also would like to complain to the guy that put that oil filter right there! Someone should make an oil filter relocation kit for us 😉

Your financial breakdown was awesome! I run similar evaluations and spreadsheets for my vehicles, hobbies etc. Is there anyway you can do a similar break down on your JL?

This was a nice video for someone who is considering a Power Wagon. The fuel economy is worrisome, but the 1500 pound loaded weight seems like a deal breaker when I start adding up the weight of a bed vault and slider bed and a steel bed cap with a rack. I plan to pull an overland camper as well.

Just ordered a Delmonico red 2021 PW, moving to Windsor this spring, I’m sure we will cross paths!

My late father was on the board of directors of Cummins Inc. manufacturing.

Thanks great info. Michigan is high also on fees. I pay $240 on my GMC SLE all terrain. 6000 lbs. pulls 10,700 up 60 degree off road 15 city 19 highway. Love it 19 inch wheels. I’m 74 next truck the Dodge “Limited”. 4X4 mega cab 2500. 4 inch lift. I’m all crippled up and like luxury with 4 wheel security. Live on farm in snow belt Michigan

You made the right choice. The Gladiator has tons of problem like fake defroster vents and a bad windshield

I love how that truck sounds

Great video. I have just over 200 miles on my 2020 PW, and just love it. I came from a 4 door Tacoma TRD, put 253,500 trouble free miles on it but it was too small for my kids and dogs. I also looked at a Gladiator, but it was smaller than my Tacoma. I made the right choice.

i love the PW. I too did not buy a Jeep Gladiator because of the sticker price. I ended up getting a Chevy Bison and it has been a good truck so far.

I have a 2019 tradesman short four door. Love everything about it. However, Next one will be the extra four door with ram boxes. I use the backseat as a work closet... So... Thanks for all of your videos!

It's a good looking truck definitely a beast. You can get one of those two foot by 4 foot wide pans from O'Reilly and that could help you out right there that's what I use for my oil change!

I put all my tie downs in one side of the I floor storage. Stashed a first aid kit, and other goodies on the opposite side.

Checkout Fumoto oil drain valve. They make draining the oil a breeze with no mess. There are several different types.

According to 2 RAM techs, the 6.4 liter in that Power Wagon is designed to run with 88-89 octane to get the best performance. It will run just fine on 87 octane. Just designed to run on mid-grade fuel.

Brakes: Check the pads themselves. FCA had a bad habit of using tiny pads, the pad holder is normal sized on my Chrysler 200C AWD but the pads were half the size. I replaced them (Still nearly 80% of the pad left) at under 40,000 miles and the new Ceramic pads had 2x the contact area. The difference in braking is day and night.

Each oil change adds x13 corrosion protection power to the undercarriage. :) And on the hawes fairlead, it should be polished smoother than what Dodge, err, Ram, has done with that coating. Rollers runs the risk of pinching the synthetic line at the roller end bushings and cutting it.

Can’t wait for the air intake review!

If you remove that front seat center console you can build different boxes for whatever you need and they bolt right in. It's pretty useless as a seat, but the hidden storage is nice. I built a rifle carrier and ammo storage box for mine. A 12v cooler would be another idea.

Good info. Thanks.

Ram boxes on the side of the bed are a great option to get. I have them on my 19 power wagon and store all my recovery and go bag gear in them.

I was laughing so hard because I did not even realize that there was more storage under the center seat! I’ll have to look in mine tomorrow.

Great video man I’m looking to buy in a 2500 2022 right now diesel song great video

Honestly the video could have been an hour and I would have enjoyed even more...thank you so much for doing this for us. I am very interested in the Power Wagon, actually looking at one tomorrow. This helped a great deal. Like you, I also love my Ford's and have owned many. Currently own a 2017 F-250, 6.7 diesel. I bought it because I've always had diesels and love the characteristics, towing ability etc. but don't really need it as I tow 10K or less. With all the CP4 pump issues, egr, dpf, def and the rest of the garbage that comes with owning one these days (yes, I could delete it, install a CP4 disaster kit etc. but I'm done and over with them). Thank you again for a great video

I had a 2020 Gladiator Rubicon and I bought a 2022 Power Wagon and I’m extremely happy I did. It’s a Gladiator on steroids, more comfortable,more space, 12,000 lb. Winch , there’s only one draw back, gas mileage but you don’t buy a three quarter ton truck for the fuel mileage. I put a cat back on my truck because I didn’t like the look of where they put the resonator . I’ve got the level 2 Power Wagon. I still have a 2005 Wrangler Rubicon LJ .

SSBC or EBC brakes. My ancient (2002) F350 is running 35's. I put drilled and slotted rotors and ceramic brake pads. World of difference...

Going to order a new Tacoma Trd off road next year. Going with ARB Summit front bumper and Warn winch. Would you go 10k or 12. 5k winch? More for peace of mind than anything while in the Beartooth mountains near Red Lodge MT. Enjoyed the Alpine loop in our Jeep Liberty few yrs back. About as technical as we will ever get. Great videos thanks for posting.

While oil filter location is not great it does have a drip guide that keeps the mess to a minimum. I’m sure you noticed a small funnel located right under the filter, you just crack the filter and let it drip for a while slowly that way it only gets onto one crossbar and doesn’t splash all over the place.

Love how simple this is front and rear locker and disconnected sway bar if I loved in USA I think this would be my choice

Delmonico is a beautiful color. Congrats.

I also track my mileage on Fuelly. I can compare my 2018 Tundra, a half-ton truck, to your PowerWagon. My Tundra has a lifetime average (2 years, 16 000miles) of 11.2 MPG. My best tank was also 15.6 MPG. My worst tank (8.63 MPG) was this spring when I was hauling 10 000lb load after load of clean fill in a dump trailer while landscaping. I think my average should be better, but for the first year of the truck's life, it did mostly short trips of 2-3kms, not really having a chance to warm up at all (I also live in Manitoba, where it gets really, really cold, which doesn't help). Now I have a beater car for the short daily trips, and the truck only gets used on longer trips where it will have a chance to warm up and stop dumping fuel into a cold engine. My average should be going up over the next year.

Great video. I am looking to get one of these as a dail to replace my build JKUR(jeep) that will be a trail rig. This truck seems like a good replacement.

Great Truck !!!!

I was looking into one of these after having 2 1500 Rams. What I didn't like during test ride was lack of response when hitting the gas paddle. My 1500 gets up and to much better with 5.7 HEMI. I did like everything else including no drone noise when switching to eco mode. It does have about as much HP and torque as 1500 so I decided to keep mine.

Love the Power Wagon. I am a chevy guy but when it came to buying a new truck a couple years ago I went with Ram. I did not get the Power Wagon, went with the 1500 Sport with the 5.7 which for towing is rated at about the same as the Power Wagon. Would likely get a bit better millage with the Power Wagon when towing but everything has trade offs. And Brad bought a Power Wagon??? Guess I need to keep up better on Instagram.

I have a rebel and can confirm oil changes are no better on them.. Looking at upgrading to a Power Wagon now..

Test driving this truck tomorrow

My dad got a 2018 2500 model with the 6.4 hemi, for like 40-or-something thousand. Kunes Country was the MVP for the hookup

The brakes on the 3500 ram are boosted. The 2500, across all trims, has a mushy pedal. I have to pump brakes in my power wagon, neither of my 3500 rams had squishy pedals. Even my 2500 cummins had squishy brakes. Also, when I was in Cheyenne Wyoming I had the same gasoline results your seeing. However, once I moved back to North Carolina, where we have 93 octane, if I don’t run premium gasoline, I get ticking with 89 and knocks with 87. At 30k on the clock, I do get about 1-2 mpg better with premium but I use it mostly because my engine doesn’t sound like trash.

Justin, have you looked into fumoto oil drain valves? We put one on our Dodge and it makes oil changes easy. You just slip a hose on and open the valve. It drains a little slower, which is the perfect time to grease some zerks.

Great rundown of the +s and -s of the PW, another sub added! As much as I love this truck, your comment about the brakes being insufficient is a deal breaker for me. Anyone tried different pads or rotors with any noticeable improvement???

Great overview, ty! I am at 16k on my 2020 pw do u recommend changing diff oil front and rear? Why did u do it at 10k? Can u share the brand of your tires, do they also come in 37?

As much as I love my Jeep I can see myself converting over to a Power Wagon in the future. I'm just worried about not being able to do some of my favorite trails anymore, Black Bear, Top of the World, Fins n Things, etc.

16:11. You could load the under floor storage space with some survival preparedness supplies. The type of stuff you will hopefully never need, but if ever you do, you'd be happy you have it there. 👍

Great vid, just purchased a 2020 power wagon. What running boards do you have? Look great!

Im getting a 2500 upgraded tradesman. Id love a power wagon, but considering the work that I do, i cant see spending the extra for a truck that will take some abuse..... towing, mud and dust, carrying loads in the bed, the usual stuff. You have a great looking truck

Can the local Ram dealership re-calibrate the speedo if I were to get 35’s? Or does it void any warranty if that’s done? I’ve had my White ‘19 Power Wagon for just under a year and absolutely love it! Every possible option except the adaptive cruise control. This is my second Ram with Ramboxes and I don’t think I could go without them. Awesome video!!

i appreciate the detailed review, loads of good insight here. Id like to hear your reasoning on having the JL, or where its use comes into play. hearing you say the Power Wagon is the Rubicon of the truck world. i wonder about your thought process on what gets taken where, on what type of trip/recoveries, and why. Thanks for all you do justin. hope i get to wheel with you sometime.

Justin, thanks for the video. Have you done any research on upgraded brakes? Found anything good that will fit with the 17" wheels?