What the heck is an AEV Prospector XL 

Best prospector xl video. Awesome work

Awesome and outstanding as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

Love seeing the star and bars flying along with the don't tread on me flag!

You always have great content and video edits from music or sound to effects. Hope you stay with it. Also, your vlogs are edited and planned so well.

Really happy to see you making videos again. I always really loved your style. Love the truck too, those things are the dream for sure.

Awesome video and truck. AEV makes outstanding vehicles and products. Your review of the 2020 Prospector XL at SEMA one year is what got me interested in full size overlanding vs the Wranglers I had owned since 2001. I have the 12" screen on my 21 75th Anniversary PowerWagon and its super useful. With the 12" screen your climate control functions (right and left temp control, mode, fan speed, auto or not, recirculation or fresh air mode, defrost front and rear) are buttons on the sides of the screen, so you don't have to pop any of that on the screen to use it. The benefit over the smaller screen in my opinion is when running carplay you can have your map (google maps, waze, whataever) on 1/2 of the screen and then your media/music or phone on the other half.

Damn. Waiting for this video! I recc this setup all the time 🤘

Super dream truck! Awesome. Some advantages on using the Power Wagon would be the heavy duty axles, the lockers and the built-in Warn winch. I would imagine that using the 5.7l or the 6.4l could be beefed up a little to push those tires.

Always love you're content. I couldn't afford to buy both the truck and the upfit at once so I've been building mine over time and am constantly watching and rewatching your videos for inspiration and info. I won't have the official serial numbered build but it was worth building this overtime. I'm in the home stretch now waiting for the lift, tires and fenders but every thing else is dialed in. Thanks again for the info and inspiration ;)

Love this truck. It's one I wish for, and really want. Welcome back!

Loving the return to the long form videos. Keep it up!

look forward to the videos, keep them coming.

Nice now i know what i need to do on my truck. Thank you so much Damn awesome truck

Wow, very nice details about the ... BEAST!!! Love the truck man.

I am glad you’re back. I hope to find this truck in Canada. May you have many cool story telling trips in your future.

Honestly the lines on that truck are sooooo good!

Glad to see you back man. Me and my Power Wagon have followed your adventures for a minute!

I remember walking into the garage in Missoula and seeing that Dave had cut his keep in half. I thought he was nuts - I also knew how much he loved his Jeep. Clearly it worked out.

So glad you’re back man

Good to see you back. Hope I'll run into you again at the Overland Expo in Flag this year.

I love it that you had your shirt on and no dumbbells truck is awesome seen it at overland expo east

Great video!

That rig is a beast! Great video - thanks Jason!

I will be getting my PXL late summer early fall. It is an investment. Having a true PXL with the warranties also makes the resale higher. Appreciate all that you do with all of your content.

Great Vid.....in person these trucks are uber impressive. Cross Jeep (Chris and Gang) appreciate what the AEV products offer and many times you can find a nice prospector in their inventory....along with other great/unique 4wd vehicles

Great video to see you back and let us see your ideas and adventures. One thing I would say is that the Cummins has issues with grid heater bolt that sometimes comes loose and goes into the cylinder usually number 6 and destroys the engine. Banks diesel has an upgrade for elbow and grid heater. May be a non issue since you live in a warm climate but just a simple fix for $100k+ truck.

welcome back

Keep knocking that rust off. Hoping to see you regularly in the future.

Yayyyyy he’s back!

Good stuff, Jason! AEV is definitely an awesome company making high quality stuff. None of my builds are full AEV, but have had zero complaints with the parts we have incorporated from them.

Jason you are a true professional miss having you around every week !!!!

Thank you for sharing. Great video. I still have my Gray 4runner. Slowly building it out without over pricing the valve. Always looking for sales and deals. Take care and see you passing SR 44.

Hey Jason, hope all is well. Good to see you posting long format videos again.

thx for all the info. ive been looking at these for a couple years now & will be ordering one soon. Question - what is the height from the ground to the top of your project M camper? Im going to be modifying my garage to get it inside. thx again.

Killer sunglasses, Jason

i traded in a 2019 Ram 1500 Longhorn with the 12 inch screen and got a 2023 Ram 2500 Limited Long Box AEV Prospector XL. It has 360 view but had the short screen, having had both I actually like the smaller screen better. Id rather have a physical button any day. Congrats on the car, just took mine to big bear.

Great video. Ended up with an F350 for various reasons though Jackson at Glendale CDJR was fantastic and even let us test drive his personal PXL. About the scratches -- get the truck PPF'd. I did that with our F350 and it is such a gamechanger.... The new PPF is even ceramic coated which is a plus. With such wide trucks its fantastic to know you arent ripping up the side of the truck.

I love your truck I have a 2017 tradesman I’m building up so far I have aev salta wheels Mickey Thompson Baja boss 37 Carli lift i just got a banks pedal monster man made a huge difference you should try it

Thanks for the great overview! I'm looking at an AT4XHD AEV for my next vehicle and am sold on "new, official AEV" for all the reasons you mentioned. One that you didn't, but that is super important to me, is insurance. I have a 2009 JKU that I bought new and have built up over time. It has a 6.2LS swap, full metal cloak lift and armor, bumpers, winch, etc. etc. The maximum I can insure it for is stock 2009 JKUR blue book + $5K in "accessory" coverage. This is far below replacement cost. Like your 4Runner, it's to the point were I wheel it and don't sweat scratches or dings, but with a new $100K+ truck, having full insurance coverage and a full warranty is critical.

I had an AEV JKUR and its was amazing

Trail Recon (i think) has a video touring their facility and shows some of the fender trimming mid process. Great stuff

So, I just bought a factory Prospector XL. I have a FWC Hawk installed and now I am trying to figure out the best solution for the spare....I have looked at Rig'd, and all other optional swing-away bumpers....curious if you have any thoughts or plans to solve this problem. TIA...GREAT Vid, btw!

If anyone is truly interested in this truck, theres plenty of info out there to find out anything you wanna know. Not trying to be rude, just saying that cause i found a lot of info doing just that since i plan to do this as a piece build to my power wagon 😅

Great video! I have a Power Wagon that I am building out and the issue I am running into is how to carry a spare larger that 35”. Could you please explain what you did to solve this issue?

Jason - Any issues with the Cummins when doing trails - hours of slow off-road? DPF getting filled or regens off road? Best - John

I am also in FL and I would love to chat with you I'm in the space coast area

The most frustrating part of driving a Dodge product with the big screen was messing with the climate control while driving. My Nissan I can adjust without ever taking my eyes off the road. Knobs are still important.

I have a prospector XL 2022 Megacab. Have you noticed the vibration in the rear bed? What PSI do you run your tires? I have the 40 inch Toyo MTs. The ride on this thing is very rough.

I have a ram cummings 2014 , and know AEV , but wondering how much ride comfort on road do you get , thinking of running 37” tires

I'd love to know the MPG you get out of that beast! Your property is beautiful!

what do you do to stay cool when summer camping, portable ac?

Did you go with the SAE or Sport Baja Designs / CJC fog light kit? I've been looking into the same kit. One more question... where do you get you tires balanced? I have a Power Wagon with 37s and it's never easy... I imagine 40s are even harder to get a quality balance job.

Tell us about those new 40s! Do you like them? I've heard that the Cooper tires were hard to balance, did you have that issue? or did you just need new tires?

I just wish they would make a prospector xl set up for the superduty

Geez Jason! That thing doesn't even have any bumps or scrapes! Time for you to "Walk the walk"!!

Why I never go with air bags on my trucks, they will always fail sooner or later.

In my opinion, the best truck platform for overlanding is the Ford F-250. I am in the business, and all of the big 3 brands have issues as far as recalls and ware problems. The F-250 has, by far, the most stout stock suspension and axles. The trans has a good reputation, and the diesel 6.7 is definitely the better motor. I like the creature comforts of the interior as well. This is not to say that I don't appreciate other trucks. I do like a lot of features of the Prospector. Your outfitting is a great way to go. I'm excited to see what more you have planned. Having said all that, I still like my Bronco the best. Mine is the same color as yours. If you buy a lift, wheels & tires at 4 Wheel Parts, you can get a 100K mile warranty on the drivetrain & 3yr 36K parts & labor. It is solid too. Everything is covered too.

Us Daves don't mess around

biggest thing is rear locker is downside for the RAM 2500, that is really suprsising compare to Ford 250. I rather use Ford with Power Stroke, even Cummins is nice but no locker

What's the stock gear ratio? Saying that lockers weren't added makes me think that this is fake news. No one would do that.

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About the dealership section, i had an experience when i went to purchase my pw mentioning aev to the person who was helping me and he had no idea what aev was or that they even existed 😅

Meh. I’ve had one. Looks cool, EVERYONE loved it. It was a great looking rig, Not the greatest performer by any means. Nobody wants to put 40s on it and the aev components are just not the best in the industry. I was super unhappy overall and it was a huge headache. Skip it. No matter how much AEV tries to defends itself from it being an overhyped “lift kit”…performance wise that’s what it is.