Power Wagon MEGA Payload Capacity

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Bob Vincent

Bob Vincent

4 жыл бұрын

Sharing a brief video of my 2016 Power Wagon with factory coil springs and added Firestone air bags that enable me to pull heavy trailers. Increased capacity for hauling heavy things in the bed like this 2,300 lb tote of hydraulic oil. I recommend changing Stock Aluminum Power Wagon wheels out for steel wheels. I found some cheap steelies off of a 2012 Ram on Craigslist for $200. With frequently airing down, and using my truck to haul heavy trailers several times a week, it's caused damage in the past to my tires and i experienced a couple of my 10 ply tires blowing out and found the other 2 severely damaged by the sharp alum wheel lips. Partly, I attribute the aluminum wheel damage, causing tire failures, to airing down many times at the beach and i think sand worked it's way in between the tire and wheel. I've had no problems hauling heavy after putting on steel wheels. Another thing helping me now handle heavy towing is added air bags. I know a lot of people say that air bags rip and tear and limit the flex and articulation of the PowerWagon, but after installing my bags more than 2 years ago, and going full articulation dozens of times, they haven't ripped nor torn yet for me, and i don't think they've hurt articulation one bit. I LOVE THEM. So when it comes to the PowerWagon, with minimal mods, it does everything i need a truck to do and a lot more.

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@andres93b
@andres93b 4 жыл бұрын
Sir you are the best power wagon owner I have known
@brandonm7863
@brandonm7863 2 жыл бұрын
Just delivered 3000-3400lb of firewood out of the bed last night. Handled that full cord stacked over cab high better than any half tons, even my old K10 heavy half ton handled a half cord. "Power wagon is just a heavy half ton" my @$$ But unloaded the ride reminds me of the 2005 Sierra Denali! In love with my '15 PW
@starmc26
@starmc26 3 жыл бұрын
All the numbnutz that talk smack about how the power wagon has 1/2 ton capabilities need to see this video. The power wagon is a HD truck with solid axles and HD brakes. The numbers that come from the factory are for liability reasons ONLY.
@brianvera2353
@brianvera2353 3 жыл бұрын
real world testing....nice job
@JOROZC7009
@JOROZC7009 3 жыл бұрын
Good video
@jimmy4x4socal44
@jimmy4x4socal44 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome thanks for the information
@BibleSamurai
@BibleSamurai 2 жыл бұрын
Bob did it
@clydebevi6393
@clydebevi6393 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I want to order a PW. I have a 11K boat. Everything I am reading before this says it is too heavy.
@JMKFAMILY
@JMKFAMILY 4 жыл бұрын
Great information. What is the part number / model number for the Firestone Airbags that you purchased? Link?
@bobvincent4841
@bobvincent4841 4 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I didn't see this until now. I am not sure, but I think the part number or "code" is F2580, but for sure, I do remember getting them from etrailer .com and they are called the firestone ride-rite air helper springs- double convoluted- rear , for Ram 2500 and I see an old email that says I paid $365.29 Jan of 2017 . They sure have been well worth the money! Update, here's the link www.etrailer.com/Vehicle-Suspension/Firestone/F2580.html
@jeffreysamples3506
@jeffreysamples3506 3 жыл бұрын
I just bought a power wagon and would love to see how you tow with yours. I don't have the equipment like you but I am very interested in seeing it
@bobvincent4841
@bobvincent4841 3 жыл бұрын
I'm going on a job tomorrow to demolish a concrete front porch/ steps and to remove sod from that yard there with my excavator. I'll take a short video of the truck and trailer loaded. Congratulations on your new PowerWagon!
@jeffreysamples3506
@jeffreysamples3506 3 жыл бұрын
@@bobvincent4841 thank you so much
@joeblack143
@joeblack143 2 жыл бұрын
Why do you people drive with the tow mirrors extended out when your not towing?
@bobvincent4841
@bobvincent4841 2 жыл бұрын
Because i can see better with them that way and i haul a trailer just about every day. It's better loaded AND empty.
@joeblack143
@joeblack143 2 жыл бұрын
@@bobvincent4841 You do you, I was just wondering why I see all these Rams with the mirrors extended towing a 30ft ghost trailer? That is an awesome Power Wagon I used to have a 76 4 spd, 318, step side, 4x4 with granny gear.
@bobvincent4841
@bobvincent4841 2 жыл бұрын
@@joeblack143 thank you. I bet the 76 was cool.
@mtemp208
@mtemp208 3 жыл бұрын
Love the PW and would have bought one but they payload is less than some half tons... certainly you are way over your payload specs with 2300lbs and more of cargo or pulling an excavator
@bobvincent4841
@bobvincent4841 3 жыл бұрын
Oh for sure, it's overloaded with what the factory rating sticker 'says' it can do, but if you look at the front suspension in the front and rear axles and the frame on that truck compared to any half ton whether it be Dodge Chevy or Ford it's Superior and strength much more heavy much more beefy. So much more rugged and capable of hauling something heavy. the only thing it was needed was to put a couple cheap bags on the back. And Yep, technically insurance will say it's been modified, and if i get in a wreck while 'loaded heavy' and working it, insurance probably won't pay, ya know, weasel out of paying anyway, but that's a chance I'll take. It pulls and STOPS what i haul, just fine. I have recently transitioned in to doing more heavy pulls with my 2008 Duramax, but as for my PowerWagon, I just wanted one truck that makes my bread, gets me and my toy hauler to the lake, Moab, down the road, and to the next place i decide to call camp.
@mtemp208
@mtemp208 3 жыл бұрын
@@bobvincent4841 I hear you. I have a 2500 cummins and it’s limited payload is annoying as well being that the axles and brakes etc are the same as 3500s. Especially with adding airbags.
@bobvincent4841
@bobvincent4841 3 жыл бұрын
www.etrailer.com/Vehicle-Suspension/Firestone/F2580.html
@bcatz454
@bcatz454 3 жыл бұрын
I can't see why you would downgrade to steel wheels when they come stock on the Power Wagon package with forged Alcoa wheels. Yes, forged stock wheels, and you put steel ones on?
@bobvincent4841
@bobvincent4841 3 жыл бұрын
At the time that I put the steel wheels on I had been going to the lake at least twice a month and I would always air down to about 14 lbs on that deep sugar sand. consequently I ended up with quite a bit of sand between my wheels and my tire beads and the sand that had become impregnated into the tire bead eventually ate away at the aluminum wheels, causing them to become very sharp and this made 1 of my Cooper tires to blow out . While changing that tire out I had the other three dismounted and found that they were all soon to follow the beads were damaged and all three wheels were Sharp which quickly ruined new tires. So the moral of the story if you're going to do any heavy hauling you're lots safer with a steel wheel and especially if you play in the sand because they hold up when the aluminum wheels didn't. There was also another truck I had, a 99 Ford f250, and I would haul my 17,000 lb backhoe on my 24000 gvwr rated gooseneck tandem trailer. And I had the same thing happen with that truck. It had factory aluminum wheels0 and they became very sharp because I was hauling heavy with it everyday and it caused my Big O tires to blow out so I've had at least two trucks now with aluminum wheels that the beads got very sharp and caused tire damage just because I hauled heavy. I strongly discourage hauling heavy loads with aluminum wheels on a 3/4 ton pickup. I think aluminum wheels on a dually are just fine but not heavy hauling on a 3/4 ton. I really didn't downgrade to steel wheels because I liked my factory Power Wagon wheels so much that I went on Craigslist and found a set of aluminum Power Wagon wheels to put my 37 inch Patagonias on that I take to Moab. Hope this helps you and gives you some understanding as to why I've done that.
@bobvincent4841
@bobvincent4841 3 жыл бұрын
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