2024 AEV Prospector XL: Factory Monster Truck! 

It's criminal not to have lockers. They should do front and rear

Funny thing about these kinds of trucks is they rumble into a parking stall next to you and it’s always at little 5’ 6” guy that jumps out of it with giant biceps.. hours of entertainment for people watchers.

That's beautiful. But I do agree with others that the overall package should include front and rear locking diffs. But we all know, maybe 5% of these vehicles will be used off road.

Get a Power Wagon, get the 3 inch lift, put 37s and if you like the look get the front rear bumper and save 40-50k

The Power Wagon has front and rear lockers, a helical gear limited slip rear differential, a disconnecting front sway bar, hill decent control, and an incredible amount of articulation. The Prospector is an absolutely beautiful truck, but as they say in Texas, it’s all hat and no cattle. You’re better off with the PW or the 2500 Rebel if you want to seriously go off roading. I would buy this truck, but only because it looks cool, not for its capability.

650 pound payload is horrible!! They made a cool looking truck that can't haul anything or actually be used for much.

First off I love, love, love the truck. I know that the fact that it is missing lockers bothers many. What I cannot wrap my head around is the payload capacity. This is supposed to be an overlanding truck and it only has 650lbs of payload capacity. Deduct the weight of the passengers and what remains for tents, fuel, water, recovery gear, food, generator…….I know what people will say, “the GVWR is conservative and the truck can handle more.” True, but if you rear end someone or lose control of the vehicle, being over the GVWR will not serve you well in court.

Hey, Ben Hardy. It's me again. Keep on, man. You still great.

I have a Prospector XL and I was too disappointed AEV does not offer Lockers (Front and Rear) at least a rear locker would have been nice. I am weighing out my options now. The Ram Rebel uses the same rear Dif of 11.50 AAM but does have an electric rear locker. Not sure how difficult this will be to order and install the electrical rear locker portion or the spline gear set up. My other option is ARB lockers front and rear. Which does get expensive with an air compressor, lines and installation. The other thing on my list is to put a fuel tank where the original spare tire is located and be able to transfer this fuel into the main fuel tank when necessary and beefing up the AEV rear bumper and add a rear Winch.

Ram build a fantastic monster truck love it

How or why do these $90k plus trucks nowadays not come with a $500 spray in bed liner? I would much rather have a protected truck bed then $1000 plus retractable side steps. Terrible the directions trucks are headed in

I love it! I think it looks awesome in black too!

I would like front and rear lockers also, but 850 lbs. of torque will rip apart the front gears and the front shaft!

Ty for sharing, kool review ... it's a city slickers rig for sure ... lol But I still want one 😅

What do you think about the suspension upgrades in terms of driving performance/comfort. I drive a rebel 1500. Are these coils and suspensions necessary better than a stock 1500?❤

love it imagine more HP and more torque, it will be the best truck on market🤩

What is the white blinking in the gauge cluster?

This is one of the coolest trucks out there. But what is its purpose? Flexing? Prospecting? Overlanding? Pimping? All of the above?

No bed liner, No lockers. 641 lbs. of payload...?🤣 $130k!!! Yikes!

They wouldn't let you brush the snow off before you started filming? Thanks ben

Come on brother do a Carli Suspension comparison. Include costs etc that would make a great video!

Great looking truck, but my 2023 Power Wagon will out climb and crawl the $120,000 lockerless truck. I would like to see all the AEV items on a Power Wagon...

Man I had a 86 ram 150 prospector as a kid in the 2000s

Awesome

Cool. Conversion for a extra $30,000 not bad.

So….. what I’m hearing is a maverick has 2.5-3x’s the payload capacity of this thing

Я построил свою версию AEV XXXL, мосты портальные от унимог 427, резина микки томпсон 54 дюйма, клиренс под центральеым редуктором 70 см))))))) привет из сибири, алтай

2024 Ram 2500HD Heavy-Duty Laramie 6.7L Cummins Turbo Diesel 6-Speed Automatic AEV Prospector XL Bison Night Edition Crew Cab 4X4!

Doesn't a power wagon do everything this truck does but better? What's the point of it?

641 lb of payload? Is this for real? My Ford Fusion has 825 lb

641 pounds of payload

$90,315

I think the Prospector is better than the Prospector XL for the working man. Still can do off-road but won’t kill you on payload

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It's a really good looking truck, but it's not worth what they're asking. And assuming it was, there's a lot missing given the price point. Running 40s with no steering stabilizers? No lockers on a truck that supposed to be purpose built for off-roading? An in-bed tire carrier that destroys your rear visibility vs putting a heavy swing-away carrier on the already beefed-up rear bumper? Just doesn't make any sense. I mean, I'd be drawn to that truck like a moth to a flame, but once you get close enough you realize things just don't add up. I also have to wonder what the current impact of Diesel-gate 2.0 with Cummins is going to look like when buying a diesel Ram. I'm already reading horror stories of people not being able to register their new trucks because they have a Cummins diesel. And personally, I absolutely despise the Rebel/Power Wagon grill, so putting it on this AEV truck would completely ruin it for me.

Makes no point in purchasing this truck with an AEV build and having 650 payload. What a waste of money. Worst payload over a taco. LOL. If I'm overlanding, I expect to have all my gear and family with me. No fun camping alone.

They left the factory spare under the bed lol

With that payload you can't even have 5 people in the truck.

Yeah…… massive spare in the bed, but not a spray in bed liner? What the hell?

News flash buddy it’s a ram

Still way too much money!!!!! It's insane.

It's an awfully big RAM.

So they put the spare 40 in the bed, but left the stock spare under the bed? Wow dodge

This an awful lot of money for a Power Wagon wannabe. Diesels are notoriously bad off road because of the weight, and AEV just added another 2000 lbs. This absolutely one cool looking truck, but it is basically just an appearance package. It’s not really much more capable than a stock 2500. If you like this truck ( and who wouldn’t), definitely get one, just know that is nowhere near as capable off road as it looks.

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Ben, You need to slow and stop slurring your words.... I could not even understand what you said about the name of the dealer who's lot you are standing in.... FYI.......it's very irritating when youtoobers talk to fast that they can't be understood.....