by "HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
Published 02/10/2017 at 16:17
by "HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
Published 02/10/2017 at 16:17
Tags: Neat
; RAM
; Long Hauler
STARS: 8
That time Ram was going for maximum truck driver feels and ended up making a 24 foot long truck.
Ram 5500 megacab...with a long bed...and an extra extension in the middle for addition fuel for a total capacity of 300 (!) gallons plus 38 gallons of diesel pee. It weighed 9300 lbs dry and nearly 12,000 lbs fully fueled with no one on board.
Thats a little more than half its 19,500 GVWR. Even with people and fuel it could still put my 97 Land Cruiser in the bed and have payload to spare. It could tow 9 tons as well. It was...big. For perspective its a foot longer in wheelbase than my Cruiser is long.
it gets about 12 mpg, which means you could fill up in Sand Diego and drive to Houlton Maine without stopping for fuel.
Which actually wouldn’t be too hard to do with some relief drivers because the mega cab has all the room you need to sleep, stretch or well...don’t go to the bathroom in there, have some decency.
Seriously, you could put a camping pad on the floor and have a pretty good sleep.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/10/2017 at 16:22, STARS: 2
Paging jkm7680
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
02/10/2017 at 16:22, STARS: 0
All for the low low price of?
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
02/10/2017 at 16:23, STARS: 0
I read hauler as harder....
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 16:23, STARS: 0
Not as bad as you might think, they estimated the cost at just over 100k. Of course every fillup is going to cost you a grand
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 16:24, STARS: 0
Well thats certainly what RAM was going for.
"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada)
02/10/2017 at 16:26, STARS: 0
I want it. It would probably be hell to park though.
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
02/10/2017 at 16:26, STARS: 0
Ram longer harder
"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
02/10/2017 at 16:27, STARS: 0
This kind of truck was my dad’s jam. He was a sucker for the longest truck possible. Biggest cab biggest bed and throw some dualies on there bub!
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
02/10/2017 at 16:29, STARS: 1
I need it. Lowered, please. Obscenely long and a bit lower for better center of gravity and to make it look even longer than it already is
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
02/10/2017 at 16:30, STARS: 0
This is a good truck
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 16:30, STARS: 3
Im not immune to this line of thinking. What a cool way to tour the country with a big 5th wheel...so long as you don’t have to park it anywhere. solution: a pair of Honda africa twins between the cab and the trailer.
"RyanFrew" (ryanfrew)
02/10/2017 at 16:30, STARS: 0
Wait, was this direct from the manufacturer?
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 16:31, STARS: 0
Im for it.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 16:31, STARS: 1
it was a one off concept to gauge interest in special builds. This one was used as a racecar hauler for the company.
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
02/10/2017 at 16:31, STARS: 0
For some reason I didn’t think they ever actually made this thing.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 16:32, STARS: 1
nope, just a proof of concept. I think they were trying to see if there was interest in a special build market for this kind of thing. I suspect there was but it was already pretty well fulfilled with Kodiaks and the like.
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
02/10/2017 at 16:33, STARS: 2
faster *the music builds* *daft punk appear out of nowhere*
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
02/10/2017 at 16:35, STARS: 0
now you are speaking my language
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
02/10/2017 at 16:36, STARS: 0
The picture with that girl, despite the business-like appearance of a laptop, perhaps suggests there may be room in the back seat for... nah, never mind. Yes, sleeping, that is all. Those are business shoes. Definitely
"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
02/10/2017 at 16:36, STARS: 0
I have an unnatural fondness for really big trucks. From this to deuce and a halfs to Kodiaks. I really want one even though I’d rarely use it
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 16:38, STARS: 1
I was walking very delicately around that picture, lets just say there is lots of room for activities in the megacab. Freakin’ DIESEL POWER magazine...
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 16:39, STARS: 3
My friends neighbor owns a business here in Utah that specializes in selling Deuce and a halfs for...sigh...prepers.
"AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
02/10/2017 at 16:42, STARS: 0
Remove brush guard, side steps, mudflaps, and dumbo mirrors. Lower it a few inches. Use it for Gumball records!
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
02/10/2017 at 16:47, STARS: 0
“Prepping” is pretty big there, no?
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 16:51, STARS: 2
there are people who believe in being prepared, and then there are people who build bunkers...his business focuses on the later.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
02/10/2017 at 16:58, STARS: 0
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
02/10/2017 at 17:00, STARS: 1
Longtrucks are simultaneously awesome and disgusting somehow.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 17:02, STARS: 1
Yup (saw this about a month ago.)
"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
02/10/2017 at 17:03, STARS: 0
Sounds like a neat little business, besides dealing with preppers, though I’d imagine they mostly pay cash
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 17:03, STARS: 0
yeah, its been lucrative and it sounds like he has a lot of fun.
"garagemonkee" (monke)
02/10/2017 at 17:08, STARS: 0
I wonder if there’s actually a market for what they made. It’s in between a 1-ton and a full-on big rig tractor. Big rigs are not that much more expensive than this truck, though I wonder what theoretical operating costs between the two would be like. Definitely an interesting concept, thanks for the post.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
02/10/2017 at 17:10, STARS: 0
Prepper your angus
"facw" (facw)
02/10/2017 at 17:20, STARS: 1
Big enough tow vehicle and you can put a car back there:
"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
02/10/2017 at 17:20, STARS: 2
19,500 pounds should require a CDL
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 17:21, STARS: 0
I’d rather have the bikes.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 17:22, STARS: 0
It does, yes. At least in my state.
"facw" (facw)
02/10/2017 at 17:27, STARS: 0
You have no idea how disappointed I am that I can’t find a photo of a Smart Car with a dirt bike on the roof. Can only find bicycles:
Also, this I guess:
"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
02/10/2017 at 17:38, STARS: 1
Well that’s very reasonable of your state. VT is 26,001, which is idiotic.
"ToyotaFamily" (robbav35)
02/10/2017 at 17:41, STARS: 0
Saw a guy driving a lifted Ram 5500 once, total bro truck. He used it to haul a 3 car trailer I think. Pretty cool seeing it actually get used.
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
02/10/2017 at 17:42, STARS: 0
Except the Pentatonix version is actually better.
"Liam Farrell" (ackrunner)
02/10/2017 at 17:48, STARS: 0
Cannonball oddball. Might now get the friends of OPEC award though.
"RyanFrew" (ryanfrew)
02/10/2017 at 17:52, STARS: 0
Why do I want it so much?
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
02/10/2017 at 18:02, STARS: 0
Probably depends on how it’s used.
Some states require a CDL for 10,001 if it’s being used commercially, 26,001 if it’s not, with exceptions for RVs.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
02/10/2017 at 18:02, STARS: 1
What’s going on with that box between the cab and the bed?
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 18:05, STARS: 3
The chassis they used was too long for even the mega cab and long bed, so they had to fab up something in the middle...which turned out to be a gas tank.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
02/10/2017 at 18:13, STARS: 0
Huh. I was expecting it to be an awkwardly-sized tool box. Ford had that “MidBox” with the external door and drawers that pulled out, but it was almost twice as wide as this. All I see here is what looks to be a lockable top.
I guess it makes sense that a narrow space like that would be used for fuel. I wonder if it’s tied in with the diamond-plate tank in the bed?
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/10/2017 at 18:16, STARS: 1
There are 3 tanks, the factory tank, the tank in the mid bed and the big diamond plate tank, they are pump transfer tanks (not interlinked except by pumping from one tank to the main) plus a urea tank.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
02/10/2017 at 18:18, STARS: 0
Oh geez, wow! Well, I guess that’s how you make up for that 12 mpg.