RAM Long Hauler

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 02/10/2017 at 16:17 • Filed to: Neat, RAM, Long Hauler

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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.

Lets all just agree this is poor picture setup

Seriously, you could put a camping pad on the floor and have a pretty good sleep.

TheHondaBro > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 16:22

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Paging jkm7680

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 16:22

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All for the low low price of?

MonkeePuzzle > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 16:23

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I read hauler as harder....

HammerheadFistpunch > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 02/10/2017 at 16:23

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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 > MonkeePuzzle 02/10/2017 at 16:24

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Well thats certainly what RAM was going for.

not for canada - australian in disguise > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 16:26

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I want it. It would probably be hell to park though.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > MonkeePuzzle 02/10/2017 at 16:26

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Ram longer harder

CalzoneGolem > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 16:27

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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 > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 16:29

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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 > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 16:30

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This is a good truck

HammerheadFistpunch > CalzoneGolem 02/10/2017 at 16:30

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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 > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 16:30

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Wait, was this direct from the manufacturer?

HammerheadFistpunch > For Sweden 02/10/2017 at 16:31

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Im for it.

HammerheadFistpunch > RyanFrew 02/10/2017 at 16:31

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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? > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 16:31

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For some reason I didn’t think they ever actually made this thing.

HammerheadFistpunch > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/10/2017 at 16:32

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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 > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 02/10/2017 at 16:33

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faster *the music builds* *daft punk appear out of nowhere*

bob and john > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 16:35

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now you are speaking my language

functionoverfashion > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 16:36

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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 > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 16:36

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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 > functionoverfashion 02/10/2017 at 16:38

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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 > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2017 at 16:39

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My friends neighbor owns a business here in Utah that specializes in selling Deuce and a halfs for...sigh...prepers.

AfromanGTO > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 16:42

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Remove brush guard, side steps, mudflaps, and dumbo mirrors. Lower it a few inches. Use it for Gumball records!

benjrblant > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 16:47

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“Prepping” is pretty big there, no?

HammerheadFistpunch > benjrblant 02/10/2017 at 16:51

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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 > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 16:58

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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 17:00

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Longtrucks are simultaneously awesome and disgusting somehow.

HammerheadFistpunch > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/10/2017 at 17:02

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Yup (saw this about a month ago.)

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 17:03

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Sounds like a neat little business, besides dealing with preppers, though I’d imagine they mostly pay cash

HammerheadFistpunch > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/10/2017 at 17:03

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yeah, its been lucrative and it sounds like he has a lot of fun.

garagemonkee > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 17:08

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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 > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 17:10

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Prepper your angus

facw > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 17:20

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Big enough tow vehicle and you can put a car back there:

Tekamul > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 17:20

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19,500 pounds should require a CDL

HammerheadFistpunch > facw 02/10/2017 at 17:21

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I’d rather have the bikes.

HammerheadFistpunch > Tekamul 02/10/2017 at 17:22

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It does, yes. At least in my state.

facw > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 17:27

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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 > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 17:38

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Well that’s very reasonable of your state. VT is 26,001, which is idiotic.

ToyotaFamily > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 17:41

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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 > MonkeePuzzle 02/10/2017 at 17:42

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Except the Pentatonix version is actually better.

Liam Farrell > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 17:48

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Cannonball oddball. Might now get the friends of OPEC award though.

RyanFrew > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 17:52

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Why do I want it so much?

bhtooefr > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 18:02

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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 > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 18:02

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What’s going on with that box between the cab and the bed?

HammerheadFistpunch > Urambo Tauro 02/10/2017 at 18:05

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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 > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 18:13

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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 > Urambo Tauro 02/10/2017 at 18:16

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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 > HammerheadFistpunch 02/10/2017 at 18:18

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Oh geez, wow! Well, I guess that’s how you make up for that 12 mpg.