To all, that was me and my truck. Addressing comments and questions. 2012 Ram 3500 Laramie Longhorn Mega cab built in September 2011, received November. MSRP was $60,000. Bought new for $52,500. Immediately added 2 step bigger tires, winch bumper with 12000# Ramsey winch(truck weighs >9500#), fabricated skid plate made with 2x1/2" bar stock. The truck has no low hanging parts. The bumper does not reduce approach angle but does weigh front down by about 1/4". The only damage was a groove along the exhaust system that was only cosmetic. Still in place today. On a Ram both drive shafts are out of reach of most protrusions. The only vulnerable part is the plastic fuel tank but doesn't protrude below the frame rail. Never been seriously touched. Yes I reduced the resale value. No I don't care. Plan on keeping it till my ticket gets punched. I'm 70 right now. We've run almost every trail in Colorado in the last 15 years through 2017. Can't breath at altitude since my Covid experience(almost died). Obviously the Ram can't run Black Bear due to length. I've only used the winch 4 times in that length of time. I am an engineer, auto and aircraft mechanic, Bass guitar player and singer, off-road enthusiast, welder, hydraulics technician and more. I decided to climb it because I didn't know any way around the wall and we wanted to run the entire trail. I asked the dozen or so people if I should attempt it and most gave me a thumbs up(probably wanted to see if I'd do it). That same front bar several people criticized was what got me up(its a winch mount). Yes you probably wouldn't buy my truck but I would. It's been tested tough and is not any worse for the wear. Besides I wouldn't sell it anyway. The leather heated and cooled seats, rear heated seats, back seat DVR, Uconnect, amazing audio and 600 lbft of torque is awesome. Happy trails.

hey this is me and my grandpa...this was a great trip. its funny because my grandpa forgot to take the parking brake off while winching up the hill (thats the creaking noise you hear). BTW we made our own rock sliders to protect the trans and transfer case, so no rams were harmed in the making of this extreme hill climb xD...besides the running boards

When you see something like this, the best thing to do is run. Otherwise, you are more than likely going to have to be involved in a recovery.

when your vehicle is longer than the obstacle you are going to have a bad time

All right students!! Welcome to Wheeling 101. Todays lesson: Breakover Angles!!! Followed up by How to Pick the Right Vehicle for the Trail. Now....let's get started!

Some folks have more money than common sense.

Liquid lockers, now available in frosty twelve packs...

never question a man from Wisconsin. we're likely a 12pk deep at any time

Another low mileage leased Dodge Mega-Cab King Ranch turn-in available for purchase for just the right 2nd owner! Did I mention WELL MAINTAINED with a CLEAN CarFax report! Can you say DEAL!

Like a bunch of chickens clucking away.

"It's ok, in Wisconsin they're half price." Best line of the video.

more money than brains.

Hell yeah. Have fun with your truck; no point in treating it like a princess it's whole life. Thumbs up!

Thanks for filming this. Just hilarious 🤣

I love to read the comments of people bashing him saying, "More money than brains". The same people comment on other videos, "You bought that truck to use it!" Cracks me up.

When the guys saids he is going to crack his t case. Wow dude get real. I give props to the driver for not giving up

I remember my first beer

That Ole boy tore it up. I got high centered before the wall and then the rain started. I'll be back another day to give it a go. Either way he got up it.

He's in another video pulling a fifth wheel up that hill. Hahahah...

The guy said give respect to the dodge at the end.... you mean respect the winch... it did all the work

I took two courses in high school that would have helped this guy--one in physics, the other in geometry.

That is almost better than the first day of full on spring time at the boat ramp.

Love it. Next summer I'm just going to sit here for a couple if days and go pro and drone it. Lol. Stand by

Oh man, thank you for shooting and posting this video, lol! I feel for the guy, I drive a long wheelbase truck. I wish it could do more but, sadly, it is very limited off road. I would have quit when my bumper / body got anywhere near those rocks.

I could watch this all day.

my only complaint about this - I should have had popcorn as part of the entertainment!!!!!

Whoaaaaa, I cannot believe I seen a guy do that to his truck. He is one idiot!

he really needs a extended cab to go with the bed for off roadin

If I were there I would ask any body bring some popcorn as I am setting up my chair for the show.

Thanks, Yank. You just set back evolution 75 years.

"When you Laramie when you shoulda Rubiconed, yer gonna have a bad time!"

Unbelievable... I would have loved to see a close up of the aftermath. Anyone else wondering how he got back down?

We need guys like this to sand down the trails a bit so it isn't so rough

That is about the most painful 9:14 I have ever watched 🤢😰

That was painful to watch, yet somehow I couldn't look away. Lol

Grandpa's on the stump whiskey again

Something tells me that using the winch to drag it over an obstacle that has high centered it is not going to end well. I'm kind of surprised that he didn't leave a trail of broken parts behind him.

makes me cry

Ah man, I've watched this video and shared it a dozen times. IT NEVER GETS OLD. Folks, pride and ego will never serve you on the trail. But man, you can't watch this without screaming at the screen.

"Don't worry its a rental"

"Hold my beer "

I'm dying watching this. LOL. I've run that in my wildcat trail and a 3" lift Cherokee. Piece of cake. And off-road, winched crew cab, (or is that mega-cab) rock crawler. Hilarious.

I did this fall of 1994 on a Suzuki DR350, have never been back once was enough.

I did the area there is 2 LOW in my Jeep CJ-5. I used my large pickup to tow my Jeep to Silverton.

If he'd have jeeped it, he wouldn't have needed to dodge, ram or winch it.

I wounder whats up that trail that would make him want to get up there so bad he would risk trashing that truck like that? Or should I leave out risk and just say trash ?

Four wheel drive sometimes breeds overconfidence. This clip may be 5 years old but I still see this stuff all the time.

perfect vehicle for off-roading

And here we see a winch fighting a fierce battle with weapons-grade stupid.

"Stupid is as stupid does"

I thought he was stupid for buying a dodge then he does that. WOW! What a knucklehead!

I'm from Wisconsin an we don't claim this dude what the hell was he thinking

That damage multiplier is causing some approach problems. Oh, and long wheelbase issues.

Dont take a mall-crawler behind the curb!

Too long, too big, too heavy too expensive, bad approach angles - so why? I'd love to see a 20 year old Fiat Panda scamper around it up the hill...

Wow. Just wow. (Head shake)

More bucks than brains!

Problem was he sat on the edge of the bed & picked his toes

When we see someone like this out on the trails, with no common sense, it's a good time to make a quick departure. Otherwise, it turns into 2 hours of helping get unstuck or them wanting to borrow tools and equipment to fix their mistakes. I've done it way too many times in the past. Let them learn the hard way.

Too long of wheel base and a foolish driver. Sad situation.

Guessing he found out the wife won the truck in the divorce.

id never have believed it if i hadn't seen it for myself.....

That's nucking futs !

When a Cummins owner thinks he bought a Power Wagon.

Apparently more money then brains.

He might of missed his exit ?

Winchin it don't mean you conquered it.. lol

Too close for comfort, especially if I had my children there, if that cable snaps who knows where it ends up.

I'm sure he tried the crack, but where is the video!! His wench is strong, glad he made it. Anytime I see Poughkeepsie I LOVE it, great trail. I'm sure he rubbed a couple spots lower on the trail, and the last mile to the parking lot there is a tire shredder!! Didn't look like he left an oil slick, so a big win for that truck, but when it's sold, don't link that video!

If you can't go up can you go down..

Now that's entertainment

He knows he needs a winch before even starting the trail so why not a lift.

Hilarious I live here, cracks me up. Best shows in the state. Try another beer.

I’m sure the spotter will help.

Needs to replace stock bumper with an aftermarket bumper and increase the approach angle in the front and replace the rear bumper to increase the departure angle in the rear if he plans on taking these trails. Outfit with a 12,000# winch.

i guess the guy is on loan payments and cant afford to have it lifted and big tires.. i drive long wheelbase suburban but already 6 inch rcx lifted and 35 inch tires,, i would try it and probably no plm..

the key words DONT TAKE YOUR STOCK TRUCK OFF ROADING LOL he invested money into the wrong thing that front bumper

It looked to me that he bent his frame. Look at the gap between the bed and cab and you can see the gap at the top of the bed is several inches wider than at the bottom.

He has way more money than brains... And the people applauding that are worse.

OMFG! WHERE IS THE PAVEMENT? lol, j/k good job. What I woulda done different, though, is if you couldn't make that side route without winching, go back to where you straddle that notch and just winch up that. Wouldn't have dragged the vehicle so much.

a 10?

Joe gotta be gettin in the way!

He should have bought the lift kit and bigger tires before he bought the winch.

Thanks to Lindsey for posting that👍👍👍

Its like he hates his truck.

The problem isn't with the truck, it's with the driver. Stock-sized tires, no locking differentials, little to no lift, and a mega-cab Ram 2500....all those things stack the odds against the driver. The driver needs to understand his stock truck's limitations and modify accordingly. A properly modified Ram 2500 should have no problem getting over that type of terrain. And plenty of Ram owners have demonstrated that. Also, I really like how the camera guy and by-standers are trash-talking this guy the entire time, and then at the end applaud his efforts....classic monday morning quaterbacking.

And that’s why I would never put a dumbass bull bar bumper on my truck.

I want to see an appropriately setup full-size pickup tackle that obstacle. I want to setup an over-landing vehicle and a full-size truck is attractive for a family of 4.

You can tell who has the money.... LOL...

That hurts. Why which such an unsuited vehicle?

Where on hell does he think hes going

This is when you bring half a dozen sand bags in your bed, load up 3 on each side to prop the hill and drive over them, bring your front end up.

I can see it now. Slightly used Dodge truck for sale. $75k

For sale....elderly man driven...gently used and never off roaded...smh....

My IQ just dropped 30 pts watching this...

truuuucksss

What a freak. Takes a new truck and destroys it on one obstacle ?

I think it's apparent, but I gotta ask, Lindsey, did ANYONE try and warn him that he didn't have the right tool for the job? I'm all for doing dumb things with repurposed vehicles, but DANG, nothing with a premium like THAT! Didja stick around, and watch any more of his calamities, or did you think it wise to bail, before he planted that beast where nothing short of a Russian Helo was gonna get it out?

Its a stock truck! Why would you

Talk about no brains... Aired down... 45 psi in the back and 60 in the front!!!!!????? Huh