@@dougpendleton1266 no lockers for all that money 😔 Nice truck but it comes crippled. I couldn't handle watching much more after seeing that poor attempt to crawl through that rocky terrain. Ram needs to learn a lesson from Polaris ATV's that came factory with True 4wd from 1987... Sometimes if you want something right then you have to build it yourself.
Add another $2500 USD and you could put in your own aftermarket lockers EASILY! I would try 4x4parts and JEGS websites to get them for a reasonable price.
I have 2024 mega cab 3500 with RAM BOXES, XL AEV edition with front 16.5 winch, . I have modified with multiple search and rescue lights, designed and engineered a rear 16.5 Warn rear winch bumper, 52 gallon titan fuel tank to replace original tank, 7500 watt EcoFlow inverter in the bed, , 3200 watt Honda generator to back up the inverter, ARB twin air compressor with ARB front locker ( still waiting for their design of the AAM12 rear locker). Oxygen/ acetylene torches, chainsaws, multiple Milwaukee commercial work lights. Pulled my 24 ft trailer to Asheville, Boone North Carolina and Trade Tennessee and this AEV PROSPECTOR along with atvs, skid steers, helped so many with hurricane relief. Trucked made me look like hero. Was a true blessing having this truck along with a few modifications of my own
You forgot a few things.... combined in-cabin SDR (Software Defined Radio) setup with combined AM/FM/Shortwave/VHF/UHF/Iridium/Starlink tranceivers) and roof-mounted Fractal Antennas for your long distance radio and satellite communications, 100,000 Lumens LED lightbars pointing front, back, left and right with Red, Green, Blue, Pilot Car Orange, Safety Yellow, and Purple LEDs for campsite lighting and Tri-band Infrared and Tri-band UV output for thermal and optical nightvision illumination! You also need an in-cabin mounted tactical IP-69/Mil-Spec 810K (yes! there is a K version mil-spec now!) Getac rugged laptop AND tablet, Stereoscopic FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) 6-axis gyroscopic stabilized thermal nightvision cameras plus RGB Optical DCI-8K resolution high-gain nightvision cameras with 20x optical zoom using Fujinon Stereoscopic Cinema Zoom Lenses plus DCI-8K driving cameras pointing front, back, left, right, upwards and entire underbody (i.e. pointing down on front, back and both sides!) all going to the in-cabin-mounted 32 inch DCI-8K resolution 8192 by 4320 pixel OLED computer display showing and recording ALL video cameras onto multiple 20 Terabyte hard drives at DCI-8K resolution and 120 fps frame rates using H.265 codecs! You also need a rear mounted swing-out cage for storing TWO 100 lbs propane tanks for your super-quiet 250 Kilowatt propane Ballard Fuel Cell generator, the propane BBQs AND the two 200 litre wheeled fresh water tanks that will output to your portable hot water shower, toilet tent with cassette chemical toilet, Coleman portable camp kitchen system with four-burner propane stove, hot water sink and extra shelving, your portable inflatable hot tub and your filtered drinking water system. Remember to carry along your 20,000 watts worth of portable rollup monocrystalline solar cells for your Li-Ion battery generator, a ruggedized 65 inch OLED DCI 8K resolution OLED video display, XBOX/Playstation consoles, your inflatable 20 foot by 20 foot by 12 foot high -50 Celcius rated double-wall insulated winter tent, your inflatable couches and love seats, your King sized inflatable bed with memory foam topper, your portable 8-foot dining tables and collapsible chairs. Add in the inflatable kayak, inflatable canoe and pedal-powered fishing boat, 1000 foot input hose for your 10 gallons per minute 2 microns and less fresh water purification and distillation system which can take out the salt from ocean water AND clean up dirty pond, river and lake water! Add in the wood-chip-to-Methanol/Bio-diesel distillation system to make off-grid fuel for your truck and heating/cooking systems. Did you also add in your EV powered electric mountain bike, your EV four-wheel-drive off-road scooter, your TWO YEARS worth of 30-year-storage-capable freeze dried foods stash AND your two years worth of instant-edible MRE's plus -50 Celcius rated mountain hiking boots, Canada Goose winter parka and snow pants, snow shoes, crampons, ice picks and ice saws, multiple 2000 feet rolls of 15,000 lbs rated Dyneema winch and climbing rope? You also forgot the one inch thick .,50 CAL and 20 mm round-rated ceramic plate up-armouring all over the truck, and painted cammo Kevlar soft-armor jacket for visual stealth and your 2000 watt CO2 cutting LASER, 240 V/50 amp MIG/TIG arc welding setup, chainsaws, portable machine shop and woodworking toolsets, portable metal deposition 3D printer and portable plastic resin 3D printer so you can make all sorts of truck parts and survival good all off-grid! Did you forget anything else? V
no lockers for all that money 😔 Nice truck but it comes crippled. I couldn't handle watching much more after seeing that poor attempt to crawl through that rocky terrain. Ram needs to learn a lesson from Polaris ATV's that came factory with True 4wd from 1987... Sometimes if you want something right then you have to build it yourself.
Still luvin my 2015 Prospector Power Wagon on 37s with front and rear lockers. If it wasn't for TFL showing them on their awesome channel, i would have never known about them.Thanks, TFL. AEV is the best in the business.
Definitely the ultimate HD, I bought mine in April 2024 and the only 3 things I wished the truck had was that it was 3500 for the upgraded transmission, rear lockers, and mega cab!!! Besides those three things I absolutely love it. My dealership said to rotate the tires every 2500 miles, I had to buy a new set of four tires only after 12,000 miles on the truck!!!
Congrats Marchal for having great tastes in trucks...he definitely gets it. I'm not sure why TFL has an aversion lowering tire pressures. Those Coopers are very good tires but you need to drop them down to 12-14 psi for those conditions. The bigger the tires the less air pressure they need to hold up the load, even a big old Cummins. Add front and rear selectable lockers and that truck is complete. As for the tire wear issue, a truck this new should not have death wobble (as discussed on Marchal's channel)....something is not mechanically correct and should be further researched in regards to alignment (potentially not enough caster) or some parts are worn or a combination of the two.
I have a 2018 2500 Prospector XL and it is an awesome truck. The older models had lockers optional and they came re-geared to match the tire, that is how you get the trans to live with the size of the truck. It is the best riding HD truck I have driven, same ride if it going down the interstate or a gravel road. I do take it off roading on some mild trails but up north it really shines in the winter with deep snow. I have taken it through snow covered roads that a ranger with tracks was getting stuck on.
"IF" is the important part. Hopefully Ram and Jeep make it out alright. I hope to see them continue. One scenario I see happening is the government bails them out but strings attached require them to go all electric > Can't sell EVs to customers in large enough numbers to sustain operations > Back to the government for another bailout.
If your RAM last 3 years I’ll be impressed. They’re just garbage. What % of RAMs are still on the road after 10 years. Renault makes a truck that’s cool for a couple of days-ish.
There is a part of me that would upgrade to a 2500 just for this reason alone (the column shifter is the best shifter for a pickup, and I have NO idea why anyone thinks it has to be "re-invented"). The last time on these trails it was in a rented Wrangler with 35's, and that real lever to the transfer case and transmission was really reassuring.
One thing I like about the Prospector that not many people comment on is the little shovel-and-axe badge. Overall it's a damn nice vehicle and any owner is lucky to have it.
I wish AEV made bumpers for my F150. AEV's bumpers seem better than their competitors because the look like they're made for the vehicles as opposed to looking like they're cobbled together from weird shaped scrap metal.
If your front is cupping tires on a solid axle. It's cause your toe is off. I set mine to 1/32 toed out. Even if you have 1/8 toe in on a huge tires. It chews them up. You're welcome.
had STT pros on my every day/crawlin rig.. By far the best tire. Air em down to 10-15psi and youre set. Rotated every 3k and got 50k out of them. Love those tires.
Awesome truck! But i’m pretty sure that just has the standard torsion rear limited slip that comes standard on the 3500 rams, and not an automatic locker.
As one who owns a Power Wagon with Carli Pintop suspension and other upgrades, you can get a 'friction' locker for the front or ARB air powered front locker. That minor investment will transform this beast.
Maybe it’s just because I’m on the east coast where most of our trails are heavily wooded but I just can’t imagine off roading something this big. Cool truck, if he loves it, good on him, but I don’t think I’d personally off road something bigger than a gladiator.
@@rockie307I cringe anytime I hear a new pinstripe being formed on my jeep and it was less than $40k new. This rig is three times that (four?). And sometimes it’s not about driving skills - I’ve seen trails where people have had to take the doors off a jeep just to fit through two trees. It’s not always about “skill issue,” sometimes you just don’t bring a cleaver to a situation where a paring knife is required, y’know?
@backwoodstherapy Yes i agree if you have to take doors off wrong tool lol. This truck will fit down most national forest roads or logging prospecting roads where most people go though. You can put atv in the bed and go where a jeep will not.
Love the Limited Longhorn trim as that is my favorite Ram configuration. Great looking outfitted truck by AEV. However, Andre you are wrong on the payload being 2500lbs on this 1 Ton truck.. That payload was when it was stock before all the AEV upgrades. New payload on Ram 2500 or 3500's after outfitted with all the gear are typically around 900 - 1000 lbs. When you add camping or overloading gear, tents, and passengers even with a 1 Ton truck you will exceed payload!
This is an AWESOME BEAST of an off-road machine and while it is a bit DIFFICULT to get into the narrower deep-backwoods trails of say Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Colorado because it's so HUGE, this beast of a truck makes for a MUCH BETTER LOAD CARRYING vehicle which could make you fully off-grid independent if you load it up with all your 3000+ LBS worth of off-grid, backcountry and SHTF camp gear! When SHTF happens, I would get THIS type of truck that would be pre-packed with TWO YEARS WORTH of MRE/Freeze-Dried food supplies, lots of roll-up solar panels and BIG propane off-grid electrical systems capability, and every camp gadget known. I would be self-sufficient for YEARS since I would also bring a wood-chip-to-methanal/diesel-fuel-distiller along with me to power it! I could stay in the backwood forest service roads doing fishing, hunting and survival camping FOR YEARS with this truck! I'd even up-armor it with stealthy cammo-painted ceramic plates and kevlar skin! V
For everyone concerned about it not having lockers, if you want a build like this I'd suggest you go with a 4th gen 3500 SRW(Crew/Mega) because up til 2018 you could get ARB lockers front and rear, so you can have your cake and eat it too.
That is my dream truck . Just sad that AEV does not add lockers when they are in the axles . That is my only gripe with them . If one day I could ever afford one of these trucks , that is the first thing I would be doing is lockers
It’s a beautiful truck, but the lack of lockers handicaps this truck tremendously. It’s the biggest reason I never pulled the trigger on it. I’d love the 2500/3500 capacity and bed size but I’ve also heard from other owners that the ride is rough. Plus lugging or idling the diesel for long periods like you do off-roading with the emissions nowadays is asking for diesel engine issues. I ended up going with a Ford Raptor R but also considered the Power wagon.
I think the rough ride just comes with the territory in one of these. You need stiff springs to handle the weight these trucks can haul, and unloaded that makes for a rough ride.
With tires that tall I'm curious how much clearance the differential gets now. Unless they stated it and I missed it. Normally I would gripe about not having a locker but I think it has enough articulation to get you out of most problems. Except maybe deep mud where that extra Tire spinning could be the lifesaver
I just bought the 2500 Rebel Prospector XL. I just took a 6 hour trip and had some vibration between 45-65 mph. I will be calling AEV this week to see what they say. Any thoughts?
@crazy12ish balance issues if your going that fast. Anything under 20 mph you have an out of round tire. Could be a loose beadlock, sometimes if you put aftermarket wheels on and don't take the clips off the rotors that hold them on when going down the factory line will cause the wheel to not sit flat and cause a vibration also
These coopers are better off-road than the BFGs available now. But the BFG is better on the street. But rotating every 3-4K miles is a must for any mud tire. Regardless of the brand.
@@iAmMarchal I have run several sets of coopers (but on jeeps). For the BFG, they don’t actually make a 40” tire. They have 39’s. If I had your rig, I would go with the Toyo MT. They handle the weight of a heavy rig pretty well, and they ride well. And are still great off-road. If you want a mid terrain, I think the Toyo is your best option.
@@BisonMan-im4zxeither a filter dome or turn it around. Reson is debris and dirt with get sucked in facing forward most stock intakes like that dont have a prefilter
@@BisonMan-im4zx well thats a opinion I guess. dodge is doing fully sealed intakes now. so forward facing can destroy the engine over time. just like Toyota found out 2 years ago with the tacoma front facing intake. Which was changed to rear facing this year.....If its a open loop its fine to be facing forward. But if fully sealed snow, water dust will get sucked in and have no where to drain and just goes thru a cheap filter.
LOL! So it's almost as capable and luxurious as my 2022 Level 2 Power Wagon. Lockers front and rear are a must for serious off-roading as is a matching spare tire, it looks like the OEM 33" tire in the spare tire holder. Come to think of it, maybe it's a good thing you don't have lockers just think of the carnage a 33 on one side and a 40 on the other. OUCH!
FYI Did I share this with you? I dont recollect, but, there is a trucker in Germany who has just been assigned a brand new all electric SCANIA BEV simi. He has a YT channel and is sharing with viewers his experiences driving, delivering, charging and life living with a BEV simi. There are a lot of channels dealing with diesel simis but this is the first BEV simi channel I have found. His channel is>>>electric trucker. !
Cool looks; great taste; but mpg…next truck might need to be one of those Oshkosh Military Tankers…like seriously do those have any kind of off road capabilities?
It's not the tires. When one front and one rear tire are spinning and the truck is not moving, the problem is no Lockers. The rear did not look like an automatic locker. A Jeep Gladiator Rubicon with those tires in 35 inch does not have a problem.
alot of wheel spin for a top line off road truck. auto locker did nothing. or is it lsd? i dont understand why it does not have an electronic rear locker at least.
@iAmMarchal I've got them on my power wagon, did lots of research, alot of tires, especially aggressive all terrains don't last long with the weight of these trucks, but the toyo mt's have a harder compound that does, also the toyo mt's in your size should be D rating so you only have to run 35psi in them, you'll get alot nicer ride. Also they are super quiet for an MT. Don't go with BFG tires they are trash.
Another Marcus here w/ a 3500 PXL 😀. Owned it since May 22’ and the BFGs are amazing, highly recommend it and night / day difference in all aspects. Curious what PSI the coopers were at (looked like hwy pressure) but then again my coopers performed very poorly. I bet the BFG would perform better and not need a locker aired down. @iammarchal - I have a brand new 2024 3500s with Toyos and I have a new set of the BFG 40”s and would be great if you have any tips for testing (noise levels) etc on both. Or if you’re ever in LA welcome to test both!
I stopped 5 seconds in and reminded myself that 99% of vehicles are depreciating assets and this one is no different. So with a price tag of over 100k cdn I'll pass
All that truck and everything, yet no lockers or even a rear locker. And with Any lifted truck with big tires should be rotated every 3500 miles. Your tires will last much longer. There is nothing wrong with those tires.
I looked at the Ford website itself and, in principle, a new one will cost an average of $ 50K in a normal configuration Is it the same everywhere, or is it possible to find cheaper somewhere? I can't go to all dealer sites in the USA and car sales.@@brohammer
In my country, for example, the Ford F150 will cost from 60-65K $ and in the USA with the same configuration it will cost 50K$. That is, it is much more expensive, while the average monthly salary is 700-800 $. That's why I'm asking what the price is, maybe it can be cheaper.
That guy would've saw better treadwear, if he rotated his tires every 5000 to 4000 miles with huge rubber like that, they wear out a lot faster, especially on a super heavy truck.
no lockers for all that money 😔 Nice truck but it comes crippled. I couldn't handle watching much more after seeing that poor attempt to crawl through that rocky terrain. Ram needs to learn a lesson from Polaris ATV's that came factory with True 4wd from 1987... Sometimes if you want something right then you have to build it yourself.
What’s outdated about the transmission we own five of these trucks in our fleet driven by guys that don’t care because they don’t pay the bills and these transmissions have never given any issue
@@tarpontail2750 I’m happy to hear that but from what I hear you are the exception not the rule… everyone I know who has had one has had at least minor issues with them. What I really mean though is the fact it’s still a 6speed. Still an awesome truck but at the price for me I’d rather have something with an updated drive train. A 8 or ten speed Aisin is what I’d want that’s all.
@@keegan809what kind of issues have you heard from these people you know? And what use case do you feel having an extra couple of gears would really impact the performance or drive ability?
@@ALMX5DP The one that stick out are two buddies who were stranded while pulling their campers and one of them even had a dually so he was irate eventually ram bought it back. The other guy traded his for a tundra. The other guys were little things like hunting for gears really rough shifts. Stuff that Cummins guys are always talking about. To be clear the rams are my favorite I’m not talking trash but just sharing what I have seen. The newer trans trucks are just more fun to drive having more gears keeps you in power band more and makes the vehicle feel more powerful than it is. Just my experience take it with a grain of salt. I would definitely try one out for your self maybe I have just gotten too picky.
@@keegan809 could be a coincidence both had issues and I am not sure what with the transmission might have went wrong or if they were stranded due to other electronic or mechanical problems. More gears can provide closer spaced ratios but in a truck like a Ram HD, unless you're really pushing the limits of what the truck is designed for I am not bothered in the slightest about being 1-200rpm closer when a shift occurs (especially on a HO with 1000lb-ft close by). Heck I think the 10 speed Ford and GMs often skip shift when not really pushing, so they'd act similar to a 6 speed in normal driving. Cant comment about rough shifts but hunting for gears seems odd (not to mention when towing I think manually selecting gears is the way to go anyways).
Excellent video! It does surprise me that a build of that magnitude did not include lockers...
@@dougpendleton1266 no lockers for all that money 😔
Nice truck but it comes crippled.
I couldn't handle watching much more after seeing that poor attempt to crawl through that rocky terrain.
Ram needs to learn a lesson from Polaris ATV's that came factory with True 4wd from 1987...
Sometimes if you want something right then you have to build it yourself.
@@karlw426 I have two words for you: Power.........Wagon.
Add another $2500 USD and you could put in your own aftermarket lockers EASILY! I would try 4x4parts and JEGS websites to get them for a reasonable price.
I really appreciate seeing the owner is well educated in his truck and the terrain.
My friend dont even think of using that stock size spare. You could destroy your axle.
We need this guy to be a host on the show!!
I have 2024 mega cab 3500 with RAM BOXES, XL AEV edition with front 16.5 winch, . I have modified with multiple search and rescue lights, designed and engineered a rear 16.5 Warn rear winch bumper, 52 gallon titan fuel tank to replace original tank, 7500 watt EcoFlow inverter in the bed, , 3200 watt Honda generator to back up the inverter, ARB twin air compressor with ARB front locker ( still waiting for their design of the AAM12 rear locker). Oxygen/ acetylene torches, chainsaws, multiple Milwaukee commercial work lights.
Pulled my 24 ft trailer to Asheville, Boone North Carolina and Trade Tennessee and this AEV PROSPECTOR along with atvs, skid steers, helped so many with hurricane relief. Trucked made me look like hero. Was a true blessing having this truck along with a few modifications of my own
Does it have the Bluetooth buttplug that rises out of the driver seat?
@@theglowcloud2215 Jealousy is an ugly emotion.
@@johnkraft5640 you are my new role model😂
You forgot a few things.... combined in-cabin SDR (Software Defined Radio) setup with combined AM/FM/Shortwave/VHF/UHF/Iridium/Starlink tranceivers) and roof-mounted Fractal Antennas for your long distance radio and satellite communications, 100,000 Lumens LED lightbars pointing front, back, left and right with Red, Green, Blue, Pilot Car Orange, Safety Yellow, and Purple LEDs for campsite lighting and Tri-band Infrared and Tri-band UV output for thermal and optical nightvision illumination!
You also need an in-cabin mounted tactical IP-69/Mil-Spec 810K (yes! there is a K version mil-spec now!) Getac rugged laptop AND tablet, Stereoscopic FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) 6-axis gyroscopic stabilized thermal nightvision cameras plus RGB Optical DCI-8K resolution high-gain nightvision cameras with 20x optical zoom using Fujinon Stereoscopic Cinema Zoom Lenses plus DCI-8K driving cameras pointing front, back, left, right, upwards and entire underbody (i.e. pointing down on front, back and both sides!) all going to the in-cabin-mounted 32 inch DCI-8K resolution 8192 by 4320 pixel OLED computer display showing and recording ALL video cameras onto multiple 20 Terabyte hard drives at DCI-8K resolution and 120 fps frame rates using H.265 codecs!
You also need a rear mounted swing-out cage for storing TWO 100 lbs propane tanks for your super-quiet 250 Kilowatt propane Ballard Fuel Cell generator, the propane BBQs AND the two 200 litre wheeled fresh water tanks that will output to your portable hot water shower, toilet tent with cassette chemical toilet, Coleman portable camp kitchen system with four-burner propane stove, hot water sink and extra shelving, your portable inflatable hot tub and your filtered drinking water system.
Remember to carry along your 20,000 watts worth of portable rollup monocrystalline solar cells for your Li-Ion battery generator, a ruggedized 65 inch OLED DCI 8K resolution OLED video display, XBOX/Playstation consoles, your inflatable 20 foot by 20 foot by 12 foot high -50 Celcius rated double-wall insulated winter tent, your inflatable couches and love seats, your King sized inflatable bed with memory foam topper, your portable 8-foot dining tables and collapsible chairs. Add in the inflatable kayak, inflatable canoe and pedal-powered fishing boat, 1000 foot input hose for your 10 gallons per minute 2 microns and less fresh water purification and distillation system which can take out the salt from ocean water AND clean up dirty pond, river and lake water! Add in the wood-chip-to-Methanol/Bio-diesel distillation system to make off-grid fuel for your truck and heating/cooking systems. Did you also add in your EV powered electric mountain bike, your EV four-wheel-drive off-road scooter, your TWO YEARS worth of 30-year-storage-capable freeze dried foods stash AND your two years worth of instant-edible MRE's plus -50 Celcius rated mountain hiking boots, Canada Goose winter parka and snow pants, snow shoes, crampons, ice picks and ice saws, multiple 2000 feet rolls of 15,000 lbs rated Dyneema winch and climbing rope?
You also forgot the one inch thick .,50 CAL and 20 mm round-rated ceramic plate up-armouring all over the truck, and painted cammo Kevlar soft-armor jacket for visual stealth and your 2000 watt CO2 cutting LASER, 240 V/50 amp MIG/TIG arc welding setup, chainsaws, portable machine shop and woodworking toolsets, portable metal deposition 3D printer and portable plastic resin 3D printer so you can make all sorts of truck parts and survival good all off-grid!
Did you forget anything else?
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You should post a video of your rig would love to see what you did to it
Cannot believe a truck so well built doesn’t have lockers on it. You’d think that would be the first thing to go in
no lockers for all that money 😔
Nice truck but it comes crippled.
I couldn't handle watching much more after seeing that poor attempt to crawl through that rocky terrain.
Ram needs to learn a lesson from Polaris ATV's that came factory with True 4wd from 1987...
Sometimes if you want something right then you have to build it yourself.
@@OS-hx4jk The downside of it being a Longhorn 3500. If it was a 2500 it would have rear coils and an available rear locker.
@@karlw426 not necessary with big tyres and big articulation. trophy trucks are 2wd.
you'll never need them. I own one and I've done things in this where everyone around me was struggling. Those 40 inch too MT are no joke.
@@OS-hx4jk No one makes a locker for the rear axle for these trucks. You can only get a rear locker with a Ram Rebel or both in a power wagon.
Still luvin my 2015 Prospector Power Wagon on 37s with front and rear lockers. If it wasn't for TFL showing them on their awesome channel, i would have never known about them.Thanks, TFL. AEV is the best in the business.
Definitely the ultimate HD, I bought mine in April 2024 and the only 3 things I wished the truck had was that it was 3500 for the upgraded transmission, rear lockers, and mega cab!!! Besides those three things I absolutely love it.
My dealership said to rotate the tires every 2500 miles, I had to buy a new set of four tires only after 12,000 miles on the truck!!!
Congrats Marchal for having great tastes in trucks...he definitely gets it. I'm not sure why TFL has an aversion lowering tire pressures. Those Coopers are very good tires but you need to drop them down to 12-14 psi for those conditions. The bigger the tires the less air pressure they need to hold up the load, even a big old Cummins. Add front and rear selectable lockers and that truck is complete. As for the tire wear issue, a truck this new should not have death wobble (as discussed on Marchal's channel)....something is not mechanically correct and should be further researched in regards to alignment (potentially not enough caster) or some parts are worn or a combination of the two.
Thank you! I agree on all your points. That lack of lockers does get me. One of these days I’ll fix it!!
I have a 2018 2500 Prospector XL and it is an awesome truck. The older models had lockers optional and they came re-geared to match the tire, that is how you get the trans to live with the size of the truck. It is the best riding HD truck I have driven, same ride if it going down the interstate or a gravel road. I do take it off roading on some mild trails but up north it really shines in the winter with deep snow. I have taken it through snow covered roads that a ranger with tracks was getting stuck on.
nice truck owned by a cool dude
@@mysticman1671 owner here. Thank you for the kind words!
If ram is still around in 3 years it's going to be a very different company
@@patwyliee8068 it's going to be a mix of italian, french, japanese ,american who knows🤣
"IF" is the important part. Hopefully Ram and Jeep make it out alright. I hope to see them continue.
One scenario I see happening is the government bails them out but strings attached require them to go all electric > Can't sell EVs to customers in large enough numbers to sustain operations > Back to the government for another bailout.
@@patwyliee8068 If they discontinue, RAM will be an instant classic. Get one while you can.
If your RAM last 3 years I’ll be impressed. They’re just garbage. What % of RAMs are still on the road after 10 years. Renault makes a truck that’s cool for a couple of days-ish.
@@mradamp125 RAM is a REAL man’s truck
If it has the classic column shift lever and not the shift knob on the dash, that's a plus.
There is a part of me that would upgrade to a 2500 just for this reason alone (the column shifter is the best shifter for a pickup, and I have NO idea why anyone thinks it has to be "re-invented"). The last time on these trails it was in a rented Wrangler with 35's, and that real lever to the transfer case and transmission was really reassuring.
One thing I like about the Prospector that not many people comment on is the little shovel-and-axe badge. Overall it's a damn nice vehicle and any owner is lucky to have it.
I wish AEV made bumpers for my F150. AEV's bumpers seem better than their competitors because the look like they're made for the vehicles as opposed to looking like they're cobbled together from weird shaped scrap metal.
If you lightly press the break and throttle at the same time it will lock the front axle up when going up something while just one wheel is spinning.
This rig is one bad ass ride. What a cool vehicle. From the factory on 40s. Wow
If your front is cupping tires on a solid axle. It's cause your toe is off. I set mine to 1/32 toed out. Even if you have 1/8 toe in on a huge tires. It chews them up. You're welcome.
love these 2500+ series of off-roaders. need to do a ‘budget’ build on an older model truck with ideas from these newer rebel , at4 or tremor models.
I love this build. I'd definitely find a way to get some lockers on it, it needs it. Sweet ride.
Marcus seems like an awesome guy! What a truck💪. Andre, your killin it with your interviewing skills👊🔥 great video
Kind words Jason! Thank you! ❤
Love the big dog AEV 😍 amazing to see it dealing with the narrow stuff too 👍💪🤗🤗
i really like this video! it really does surprise me and reminds me of an extreme offroad beast
Wow tastefully done is right this thing is awesome, nice choice
had STT pros on my every day/crawlin rig.. By far the best tire. Air em down to 10-15psi and youre set. Rotated every 3k and got 50k out of them. Love those tires.
Its like drinking Busch light out of polished Waterford crystal
Awesome truck! But i’m pretty sure that just has the standard torsion rear limited slip that comes standard on the 3500 rams, and not an automatic locker.
Marchal is the man!
Thank you!
As one who owns a Power Wagon with Carli Pintop suspension and other upgrades, you can get a 'friction' locker for the front or ARB air powered front locker. That minor investment will transform this beast.
Maybe it’s just because I’m on the east coast where most of our trails are heavily wooded but I just can’t imagine off roading something this big. Cool truck, if he loves it, good on him, but I don’t think I’d personally off road something bigger than a gladiator.
Colorado trails tend to be narrow too. I’d hate to meet this leviathan while in my Tacoma. And what’s with the tiny spare?
If you got driving skills and don't mind scratches and a few dings it aint bad.
@@rockie307I cringe anytime I hear a new pinstripe being formed on my jeep and it was less than $40k new. This rig is three times that (four?). And sometimes it’s not about driving skills - I’ve seen trails where people have had to take the doors off a jeep just to fit through two trees. It’s not always about “skill issue,” sometimes you just don’t bring a cleaver to a situation where a paring knife is required, y’know?
@backwoodstherapy Yes i agree if you have to take doors off wrong tool lol. This truck will fit down most national forest roads or logging prospecting roads where most people go though. You can put atv in the bed and go where a jeep will not.
Yes. It’s not something I can take on any trail. We picked this specifically coz it’s wider. And didn’t go up as high either coz it narrows.
That's a hell of a truck!! ❤❤❤
Such a beautiful truck. I love it
I like it. Looks like a giant RC toy truck.
Love the Limited Longhorn trim as that is my favorite Ram configuration. Great looking outfitted truck by AEV. However, Andre you are wrong on the payload being 2500lbs on this 1 Ton truck.. That payload was when it was stock before all the AEV upgrades. New payload on Ram 2500 or 3500's after outfitted with all the gear are typically around 900 - 1000 lbs. When you add camping or overloading gear, tents, and passengers even with a 1 Ton truck you will exceed payload!
This is an AWESOME BEAST of an off-road machine and while it is a bit DIFFICULT to get into the narrower deep-backwoods trails of say Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Colorado because it's so HUGE, this beast of a truck makes for a MUCH BETTER LOAD CARRYING vehicle which could make you fully off-grid independent if you load it up with all your 3000+ LBS worth of off-grid, backcountry and SHTF camp gear!
When SHTF happens, I would get THIS type of truck that would be pre-packed with TWO YEARS WORTH of MRE/Freeze-Dried food supplies, lots of roll-up solar panels and BIG propane off-grid electrical systems capability, and every camp gadget known. I would be self-sufficient for YEARS since I would also bring a wood-chip-to-methanal/diesel-fuel-distiller along with me to power it! I could stay in the backwood forest service roads doing fishing, hunting and survival camping FOR YEARS with this truck! I'd even up-armor it with stealthy cammo-painted ceramic plates and kevlar skin!
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For everyone concerned about it not having lockers, if you want a build like this I'd suggest you go with a 4th gen 3500 SRW(Crew/Mega) because up til 2018 you could get ARB lockers front and rear, so you can have your cake and eat it too.
You need to get toe set to 0 degrees. Stops the cupping issues on the heavy duty rams.
I want one, that is so cool looking
Wow I love that truck!! Thanks for the video!!
Thanks for watching!
Operator error.
With the limited slip/locker in the Ram you need to add a little breaking to help it engage, just like the HUMVEE.
Nice truck. I like
I love the A-Team theme... You go B.A...!
That is my dream truck . Just sad that AEV does not add lockers when they are in the axles . That is my only gripe with them . If one day I could ever afford one of these trucks , that is the first thing I would be doing is lockers
No one is making an aftermarket locker for these trucks. When ARB makes a locker they will offer it as an option.
are the tires even aired down at all?
Awesome truck, would love to own one.
Any large tire on a heavy truck, especially an aggressive tire such as these, will cup badly if left 8k miles.
Beautiful real truck.
Cool rig. Surprising it does not come with lockers.
It’s a beautiful truck, but the lack of lockers handicaps this truck tremendously. It’s the biggest reason I never pulled the trigger on it. I’d love the 2500/3500 capacity and bed size but I’ve also heard from other owners that the ride is rough. Plus lugging or idling the diesel for long periods like you do off-roading with the emissions nowadays is asking for diesel engine issues. I ended up going with a Ford Raptor R but also considered the Power wagon.
I think the rough ride just comes with the territory in one of these. You need stiff springs to handle the weight these trucks can haul, and unloaded that makes for a rough ride.
@@backwoodstherapyagreed.
My Ram 2500 has the same two tone paint. Rarely ever see ir
Because I have never been off-road, I was curious to know what is the hype of it?
I have zero experience of it but I notice people keep doing it.
Does anyone know if you can add some Air lockers to these? That’s all that is missing on this truck.
Nice truck!
Thats a neat rig.
Thank you!
Awesome truck but needs atleast a rear locker.
With tires that tall I'm curious how much clearance the differential gets now. Unless they stated it and I missed it. Normally I would gripe about not having a locker but I think it has enough articulation to get you out of most problems. Except maybe deep mud where that extra Tire spinning could be the lifesaver
Cool truck.
I just bought the 2500 Rebel Prospector XL. I just took a 6 hour trip and had some vibration between 45-65 mph. I will be calling AEV this week to see what they say. Any thoughts?
@crazy12ish balance issues if your going that fast. Anything under 20 mph you have an out of round tire. Could be a loose beadlock, sometimes if you put aftermarket wheels on and don't take the clips off the rotors that hold them on when going down the factory line will cause the wheel to not sit flat and cause a vibration also
nice truck, only problem tires get bad very soon.
These coopers are better off-road than the BFGs available now. But the BFG is better on the street. But rotating every 3-4K miles is a must for any mud tire. Regardless of the brand.
I was hoping those would be more well rounded off and on? Have you run those?
@@iAmMarchal I have run several sets of coopers (but on jeeps). For the BFG, they don’t actually make a 40” tire. They have 39’s. If I had your rig, I would go with the Toyo MT. They handle the weight of a heavy rig pretty well, and they ride well. And are still great off-road. If you want a mid terrain, I think the Toyo is your best option.
@ thanks good info! FYI. BF just recently came out with a 40. Not sure how widely available it is yet. It’s about 3600 for 4 😢
So what happened to the automatic rear locker you were talking about??
That air intake needs to be turned around or a dome to replace the top
Why?
@@BisonMan-im4zxeither a filter dome or turn it around. Reson is debris and dirt with get sucked in facing forward most stock intakes like that dont have a prefilter
@ it will be fine.
@@BisonMan-im4zx well thats a opinion I guess. dodge is doing fully sealed intakes now. so forward facing can destroy the engine over time. just like Toyota found out 2 years ago with the tacoma front facing intake. Which was changed to rear facing this year.....If its a open loop its fine to be facing forward. But if fully sealed snow, water dust will get sucked in and have no where to drain and just goes thru a cheap filter.
@ It’s not an issue.
needs a front locker bad
Agreed. Really bad!
Prospector don't care!! 👍👍
Wonders what cooper tire has to say about these tires . Did the owner contact Cooper tire ?
is there an option to have both diffs locked as you had two open diffs going..did the lo king rear not engage?
What a truck!!!!!
Lockers ...
LOL! So it's almost as capable and luxurious as my 2022 Level 2 Power Wagon. Lockers front and rear are a must for serious off-roading as is a matching spare tire, it looks like the OEM 33" tire in the spare tire holder. Come to think of it, maybe it's a good thing you don't have lockers just think of the carnage a 33 on one side and a 40 on the other. OUCH!
They leave the original spare under the vehicle and say to use only under 50 mph. A full size spare is optional with a bed floor or side bed mount.
They need to match the same size tires on the spare tire . Look at the spare tire under the truck it’s small compared to the rest of the tires.
FYI
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Cool looks; great taste; but mpg…next truck might need to be one of those Oshkosh Military Tankers…like seriously do those have any kind of off road capabilities?
It's not the tires. When one front and one rear tire are spinning and the truck is not moving, the problem is no Lockers. The rear did not look like an automatic locker. A Jeep Gladiator Rubicon with those tires in 35 inch does not have a problem.
alot of wheel spin for a top line off road truck. auto locker did nothing. or is it lsd? i dont understand why it does not have an electronic rear locker at least.
What’s with that stock spare tire
This guy doesn't even know what kind of G-Wagon he had LOL
Beast but needs lockers
Do some more vehicle testing with snorkels
TOYO M55 i hear they are a great tire
They are a good tire. They are not made in a 40” tire
Toyo MT would be the tire for that truck
I think that would be awesome. When these run down I’ll be switching. No doubt.
@iAmMarchal I've got them on my power wagon, did lots of research, alot of tires, especially aggressive all terrains don't last long with the weight of these trucks, but the toyo mt's have a harder compound that does, also the toyo mt's in your size should be D rating so you only have to run 35psi in them, you'll get alot nicer ride. Also they are super quiet for an MT. Don't go with BFG tires they are trash.
Bring Marcus back!
Why does it still have a factory spare underneath? What good is that? 😂
Haha. I ask myself every time I see it. I need to remove it one day. The actual spare is in the bed of the truck.
Another Marcus here w/ a 3500 PXL 😀. Owned it since May 22’ and the BFGs are amazing, highly recommend it and night / day difference in all aspects. Curious what PSI the coopers were at (looked like hwy pressure) but then again my coopers performed very poorly. I bet the BFG would perform better and not need a locker aired down.
@iammarchal - I have a brand new 2024 3500s with Toyos and I have a new set of the BFG 40”s and would be great if you have any tips for testing (noise levels) etc on both. Or if you’re ever in LA welcome to test both!
Someone bought this truck, sent it to AEV, took it on a trail and found out it doesn't have lockers and dumped it.
Surprised it has payload left and is that a regular spare ? Cmon now
With that kind of modification, payload and GVWR kinda go out the window in terms of real world applicability.
Yea. It’s got a full size spare in the bed. Kinda hate it coz it reduces my space in the bed. Not to mention payload. But love the truck
Respect
It’s too bad ram dropped the Aisin transmission
I stopped 5 seconds in and reminded myself that 99% of vehicles are depreciating assets and this one is no different. So with a price tag of over 100k cdn I'll pass
All that truck and everything, yet no lockers or even a rear locker. And with Any lifted truck with big tires should be rotated every 3500 miles. Your tires will last much longer. There is nothing wrong with those tires.
What is the price of Ram 1500 3.0L or Ford F 150 3.5 hybrid in the USA?
@@SergioSTim google??
I looked at the Ford website itself and, in principle, a new one will cost an average of $ 50K in a normal configuration Is it the same everywhere, or is it possible to find cheaper somewhere? I can't go to all dealer sites in the USA and car sales.@@brohammer
I went to the copard, but is it possible to be in good condition there at all?
In my country, for example, the Ford F150 will cost from 60-65K $ and in the USA with the same configuration it will cost 50K$. That is, it is much more expensive, while the average monthly salary is 700-800 $. That's why I'm asking what the price is, maybe it can be cheaper.
Nice but Elevation Off Grid seems better/nicer to me for F550 and Ram 5500.
That guy would've saw better treadwear, if he rotated his tires every 5000 to 4000 miles with huge rubber like that, they wear out a lot faster, especially on a super heavy truck.
40” tires, stock spare.
Look at that itty bitty spare tire...my old off-road club wouldn't allow this truck as one slipped bead and it would be unable to move on that mini
no lockers for all that money 😔
Nice truck but it comes crippled.
I couldn't handle watching much more after seeing that poor attempt to crawl through that rocky terrain.
Ram needs to learn a lesson from Polaris ATV's that came factory with True 4wd from 1987...
Sometimes if you want something right then you have to build it yourself.
dont have lockers..hmmmm. power wagon still king to me
awsome video, stil a ram tho )=
I love these but even if I could afford it the outdated trans would be a dealbreaker.
What’s outdated about the transmission we own five of these trucks in our fleet driven by guys that don’t care because they don’t pay the bills and these transmissions have never given any issue
@@tarpontail2750 I’m happy to hear that but from what I hear you are the exception not the rule… everyone I know who has had one has had at least minor issues with them. What I really mean though is the fact it’s still a 6speed. Still an awesome truck but at the price for me I’d rather have something with an updated drive train. A 8 or ten speed Aisin is what I’d want that’s all.
@@keegan809what kind of issues have you heard from these people you know? And what use case do you feel having an extra couple of gears would really impact the performance or drive ability?
@@ALMX5DP The one that stick out are two buddies who were stranded while pulling their campers and one of them even had a dually so he was irate eventually ram bought it back. The other guy traded his for a tundra. The other guys were little things like hunting for gears really rough shifts. Stuff that Cummins guys are always talking about. To be clear the rams are my favorite I’m not talking trash but just sharing what I have seen. The newer trans trucks are just more fun to drive having more gears keeps you in power band more and makes the vehicle feel more powerful than it is. Just my experience take it with a grain of salt. I would definitely try one out for your self maybe I have just gotten too picky.
@@keegan809 could be a coincidence both had issues and I am not sure what with the transmission might have went wrong or if they were stranded due to other electronic or mechanical problems. More gears can provide closer spaced ratios but in a truck like a Ram HD, unless you're really pushing the limits of what the truck is designed for I am not bothered in the slightest about being 1-200rpm closer when a shift occurs (especially on a HO with 1000lb-ft close by). Heck I think the 10 speed Ford and GMs often skip shift when not really pushing, so they'd act similar to a 6 speed in normal driving. Cant comment about rough shifts but hunting for gears seems odd (not to mention when towing I think manually selecting gears is the way to go anyways).
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More money than cents.
All that and no lockers?? 😮
Keep your foot in it, when it starts moving 🤨
Billions of offroad miles have been done without selectable lockers.