PLAD 450 & AAC-58DW Review: DONT SLEEP ON THESE! 

Man, I miss regular 6x6 offroad trucks, In early days of snowrunner offroad class was biggest in terms of no. of trucks but now heavy class is biggest & by a big margin.

PLAD 450 might be the first heavy class to be a legitimate replacement for many of the off road trucks. Its decently fast despite its size and supports alot of the more used addons with the exception of a low saddle. I still wouldn't take it down narrow trails though. AAC is actually pretty decent too. It can still get stuck in deep mud holes even with the JAT tires, but with its special transmission and always on locks its the first of its kind thats not annoying to drive and slow over less demanding conditions.

Wow. The clip showing it not tipping was amazing. Thanks for adding that kind of proof to your explanation. You da man, Nate.

Great video as always. Wow. Jaw dropped on Plad stability and really nice all around.

The PLAD might be my new favorite heavy, as it fixes the problems inherit with the Derry Special despite lacking the superior MHS2 tires. It's stable and much quicker than the Special which bleeds so much power in wheelspin. Big advantage with always on diffs and why the Special, Tatras, etc.. are slow as mollasses. The weaker tires aren't even a bad thing, keeps it from being OP and with the JATs it walks through death ice like the Zixzs. I've criticized the plethora of "cookie cutter" scouts, but the new one is quite good with the special transmission, S power and always on diffs. One of the strongest light scouts. But like so many others said, we need more medium trucks like the Pike and Mack defense for the sake of variety.

Always great videos man, appreciate the hard work and time you put into each one.

I find the AAC-58DW extremely efficient. I run with the final engine option and the exclusive "special" gearbox. It feels like it's fuel tank lasts forever, not to mention the roof rack has 2 full refills, as someone who is super picky about fuel consumption this might be my new favorite scout!

8:06 that’s my favorite testing spot lol there is massive boulders close by the garage easy to get to test the collision mesh in an area everyone can relate to/retest themselves. Sort of a random throw away plus. The spare wheel on the bed makes it a great overloading truck when combined with the crazy stability. I drove around with 3 slate blocks out of the quarry twice and didn’t tip either time. The wheel kinda holds stuff in the back and crane/cab holds it in front making overloading a bit easier. Great video as always Nathan! Keep up the good work.

Finally I've watched all your truck reviews. It gave me fresh new perspectives and I mostly agreed on your opinions. I enjoyed your reviews, so thank you for all the effort you put in it and I'm looking forward for your future videos.

Been on a kick watching your videos, got back into Snowrunner kinda heavy lately, finally got the Kenworth 963 (love that rig) and got the Plad unlocked and loving the game all over again. Love your work, and enjoyin spending time plowing around in the trucks. Thank you!

another banger, always find myself smashing that like button on your videos!

I tried the Plad today and its very good indeed. Feels very solid and stable, and even if it does not have all the attachments mastodon does, its much shorter and more manoeuvrable. That high saddle sits very high, making this a good candidate for heavy trailer towing, since they wont scrape the ground as much.

Hello Nathan and thanks for your review. I also noticed how incredibly powerful the brakes are compared to other trucks! Maybe you'll think of me the next time you have to brake with it 😉 Have fun.

Thanks for the review. The Plad seems very capable : 63'' tires, great stability, decent/good power and power to weight, good options. About ground clearance especially front/low but also back and side, i've seen people testing it by using the Cat TH 357 lifter. The Scout AAC seems to be very good at pulling for a scout, one metal beam is heavy (5t) and it did well in your video. That said the tires diameter is quite small (39' ?), that should limit on hard map with lot of deep mud/snow.

OP as this might be, I really think that this would've been so much nicer with a 3 slot bed. It even looks like there is space for it. I wonder if someone is going to come up with a mod for this. BTW, despite this game being called "Snowrunner", there aren't a lot of Snow maps. I would actually like the devs to give us a few more Amur level maps before they stop development for this game. The last few maps have been either hybrid snow maps or just mud maps with no personality. Amur, Imandra, etc feel like extremely well-designed maps with their own personality.

I just got Snowrunner a few weeks ago on PS5, I struggled at first but I'm getting the hang of it, just finished Michigan in around 70 hours 😅 Starting to find a lot of resources to help, including this channel, which is helping me understand how the trucks work and how tires work etc. I love driving sims in general but I've really fallen in love with this game, hopefully I'll find plenty of good pointers while digging through this channel. 😊

I would've overlooked the PLAD as a Kolob with more addons and roof rack, but seeing that collision model (or rather lack of it) I certainly will use it a fair bit as high saddle hauler. My focus for S13 was on the AAC. A front heavy FWD with high torque and special gearbox makes for a great vehicle to drag Exploration Units or even deliver cargo.

I want to like the PLAD because it's amazingly capable, especially compared to something like the Derry Special. I just can't stand using it because of the constant clicking/ticking sound that plays at all times. It drives me insane and I swear I've never seen anyone even mention it.

great video as always. I was a little unsure about the PLAD but I will give it another chance. Def a like from me. Also, Am I the only one who think the Caterpillar TH357 is the best scout vehicle to open maps if the forks are removed? eats up mud better than actual scout trucks. keep up the good work Nathan

Keep on Trucking 🚚🚛🚙🛻

Great review, absolutely love the look of the PLAD! Unfortunately I don’t have the DLC yet. Did you also take a look at the Atom? The buffed it slightly right?

Wow, new trucks, new seasson (I'm somewhere in Seasson 6, not much time to catch up :D), but this truck looks amazing, altough one thought still occured to me during watching the video - isn't that truck maybe a little bit OP? The stability seems out of this world and how you went through that muddy river.... just wow. I remember the beginings in Michigan, where just to see pool of mud my heart dropped down :D Now, driving very often ZikZ 612H I just wonder - where's the challenge....

The plad is my new favorite truck

hey nate did you see the frame flex and suspension mod? Seems to bring back some of the offroading charm of mudrunner

Thanks for the review, Nate! One thing I didn't like here: you used to voice over each pro and con by name, here you don't. With me listening to the video more than reading the text, it's easy to miss where one part of the video ends and another starts.

Dude, those balance tests were hard to watch ;P ... All of my body tells me that this truck should have tipped 2131 times already... Amazing balance.

Great video Nate and a great truck in the top five in my opinion

Kind of wish some of the newer heavies had some more flaws. It seems like every heavy truck added outclasses the previous one

I really would like to advocate for the JAT MHS 4 on this truck. I've been able to get it through deeper conditions with those than I have with the ohs2s. Also, to use your own argument in favor of it, the MHS4 has a lower dirt/asphalt grip which should theoretically improve climb performance by allowing the tires to slip more, especially since this truck slightly lacks power.

It only misses 3 slots + crane on the back + trailer ... :D It looks like it has a space for it.

6:10 Do I recognize the "Factory Grounds" map here? I think so. If so, it wouldn't have been a shame if he had tipped over here, but what he's done here is impressive! Hats off.

Fair review as always. I, however, am a touch disappointed in the PLAD by way of its not so great diff-lock AND lack of some power. It's got the same weak diff-lock problem as the Derry 15C had on initial release. Hopefully that gets fixed cause I constantly had a wheel or two getting locked up on objects randomly and preventing me from continuing. Pulling the construction trailer out of the mine, I had to grab the M917 to winch it over basic boulders twice, and once ona broken rock/cement section. Once I ran outta fuel near the top, I reset that mission and used the M917 and it did the mission in 3/4 the time 😢 The AAC-58 is honestly a shocking good scout so long as you stay outta mud though.

Another super review 👏💪 well done we know its fresh out of the box so to speak but in your gameplay if this truck its viable. I do think as a seasoned player if snowrunner myself us veterans of the game should understand trucks like this should not have a ton of addons ans be spected to do everything we desire we arw supposed to learn and drive these vehicles better with our skills right. The players that was every addons known to man with a vehicle that rerives from the original Faun beast ballast truck should be driven and adored with minimal extras. That part of this community I've never understand in wanting the game to soften up and for maps to be with simpler terrains smh, if that is what you play this for then saber should make a arcade style basic fun easy gmae for those players. Mods ate out there for people to make things simpler but i do no think daber should afree to soften this game up ever i for one love all the difficulty it gives, even though i despise Imandra i played it and achieved alot i just dont like snow truly as a person at all in life and playing on it in a game isn't fun for me. But we should stop expecting silver spoons with this game it began as tough and we use our minds and our patience to make it work and the love for snowrunner is just that. If this game ever slips into simplistic or designed with vehicles all set with similar full utilities i will have to day goodbye to this game it must stick to what made it.

I like the PLAD however i feel it suffers on the new map just due to all the tiny narrow tracks around the quarry and the hills in and out of them, so i limit it's use in those area which is i think a good way to make players use other trucks.

It looks like the Plad has slightly higher lift on PC, compared to Switch. I was right about the suspension bug

I really like the new scout. As you said, it has good stability and significant (for a scout) weight, which helps with offroading. The PLAD... I'm not sure how to feel about it. We didn't need another superheavy beast of a truck, there are already too many of these. Yes, it's capable, but I don't like driving it - it's too heavy, turns slowly and has very annoying sound that reminds me of Azov 5319. That one is justified to have that turbo whistle, because it's so fast. But hearing that and slowly crawling through stuff? Thanks, but no.

cue the New Truck Smell

Just had to add that I was like #420!

Wow another 8x8 with huge power and tires so original Saber... Nice video

For the PLAD, I'm using the Westline engine with the Advanced Special gearbox with the JAT tires you mentioned. It's not the fastest, but it gives it an S rating on P2W which makes it great for hauling the heavy stuff. On the road, I'm still able to get the backend to kick out around corners which is nuts for a truck this big. The fuel consumption also isn't too bad. I do have an Atom setup for refueling but I've never needed it for any of the missions I've done with the PLAD. And the stability...it's crazy how tough it is to flip this truck.

If the truck did have all the big numbers, then you would be complaining that it was OP.