It’s a Ram

Especially with that giant aluminum windscreen

@@krisparent7061 which normally means it’s a sloppy built piece of shit, that somehow meets Chryslers “spec”. However, being a work truck trim actually does wonders here. Waaaaaaay less garbola to go wrong, as it’s just a truck.

@@gingerd2098 Strange as it's commonly ranked near the top in terms of reliability.

Yea, 49 MPH while pushing to the limits. Very impressive lol

Pentastar is as good as any import V6. It's even better than GM and Ford modern NA V6's by objective metrics. Jeep guys aren't complaining and they came from the bulletproof AMC I-6 4.0L engines.

That would be awesome because i have a theory that other than right off the line gears don’t make much of a difference anymore with these 8 and 10 speed transmissions. Once you’re going if it needs more gearing it just downshifts.

Thank you for the kind words.

Good tip for those that haven’t towed. I do that with my Aluma enclosed trailer. I have 2, a 7.5 x 16 and a 8.5 x 24. The small one is for fishing & camping. The Gladiator was about 7,000 lbs and the tires were slightly larger than stock. 2,000 lbs at these lower weights are a significant difference they are about 5250 lbs if the trailer is right at 2,000 lbs. I had predicted closer to 9 minutes in the last video I was wrong. All things considered the truck did fine. The Ike Gauntlet is pretty extreme and the majority of owners & drivers won’t have to do something quite so extreme. The lights are definitely marginal but LED conversions are available. The car looked like it was loaded properly and the trailer was well balanced.

This might work with the uhaul trailers 😂

@@cdbnum1 works fine with big trailers too. I have a 24 ft equipment trailer I do that too. The Jack is strong enough it can actually lift the entire rear end of the F250 off the ground so you have to be careful and chock the wheels if you're loading something very heavy. The ramps extremely steep so sometimes to load a car on there I have to do that to get it to clear. It has a pintle hitch, so it won't slip out. I would be a little leery of putting that much force on a ball hitch.

@@travisb9130 Yeah, it works with all trailers. I have many different trailers in many sizes, and with the ball hitch, you don't want to jack the trailer up to high, just enough that it starts to lift up on the truck a little is all you need. I have one 20-foot trailer that has a ball hitch, and a heavy-duty jack, and I lifted the rear of my RAM 2500 almost to the point of the rear tires coming off the ground. But I do keep the letch that's in the tongue of the trailer pretty tight so that it holds onto the ball really well. I don't think most people even check and adjust that, they just buy or use a trailer and hook up and go. lol.

@@calvinh.8882 - so true on maintaining the proper grip on the ball!! I had a friend do some heavy damage to his truck when he panicked stopped, hit nothing, was hit by no one but himself!! Heh heh. The trailer went right into the tailgate and started to ride up the truck. When the nose of the truck went down, the back went up as well, the trailer nose went up!! It was about 4,000lbs he figures and he didn’t have functional trailer brakes!! The ball tension wasn’t his only problem there!! The trailer was written off and the truck was close as it was older. That vehicle was mint mind you,,,, he could do it, but was selective I guess. His new trailer is very well maintained now.

It's just hard on everything

I've done that to load cars. It helps a lot.

They didn't need to. My car has a 5.5 degree approach. It's not crazy low - the lowest point is the front splitter at 3.5" - it has a 36" overhang from the front axle to that point, and that massive overhang makes loading tricky. With 14' Gen-Y ramps, if the ground is working in my favor, I can drive right up. I usually try it first, and if it rubs, I back down and start to work through the bag of tricks. Anyway, I would not use the tongue jack that way. When loading, there is usually some lift on the tongue that pulls the jack off the ground. You would have to really creep up the ramps and onto the trailer to keep it from slamming the jack back into the ground. That is not always easy, especially in a manual transmission car with a high output engine and super light flywheel that wants to launch over the truck as you creep up the trailer. The first thing I pull out of the bag of tricks is raising the height of the tongue. Instead of using the tongue jack, I back the truck onto the stubby ramps that came with the trailer. You could do the same thing with some scrap wood or bricks, I just happen to have an extra set of ramps when I am loading the car. This step alone is almost always sufficient.

A 2x4 under each front tire of the car on approach to the ramp is even easier and safer

@@jdofmemi That is in the bag of tricks... But you need to put the wood under the ramp to avoid the car dropping into the void between the ramp and the wood. To be safe, the wood needs to be at least as wide as the ramp. To work, the section of wood in front of the ramp needs to be at least as long as the car's overhang. I find it easier to safely accommodate the trucks clearances than the car's and the ramp's. Otherwise, it would be preferable to raise the ramps - raising the truck gets you less clearance for the same lift. My 2.5" thick ramps under the back wheels of the truck moves the end of the trailer down about an inch. Unfortunately, trailers ramps are not as wide as the ramps I have for loading the car, so it would not be safe to use them to lift the ramps. Flat on the ground under the truck is very secure. Race Ramps makes foam ramp extenders that probably weigh less than the wood required would. I would get some, but my truck is payload limited, so using ramps stored in the trailer is a better option than something I would have to put in the truck.

How do you know?

How do you know?

Kase and Tommy will be racing each other with Tommy in the Vette that Roman bought and Kase in his own Vette down on the Diagonal ( hwy 119 ) that runs between Longmont and Boulder.

Made me cringe.... like WTF the car hasn't been idling for more than 2 seconds.

Yes! Exactly.

It’s like being a little kid again and having the adult tell you how to do everything and that they are always right

He should have takes the dog instead.

Kudos to us for having to endure your asinine comment.

It’s definitely the other way around. Andre is incredibly annoying and odd

I know right, maybe the transmissions gearing compensates for it.

It's ok but not impressive considering it is reg cab short bed and only 5,000 lbs.

@@ocrapo9327 it just runs in lower gears. nothing crazy

@@HAHA.GoodMeme Yeah the 10 speed in the ford vs 6 speed in ford. 10 speed has a lower first gear so it pulls very nice up hills vs the 6 speed. They both do the job though.

@@HAHA.GoodMeme true, but the "space" between the gears is a lot taller with a highway rear end making the engine rpm difference after a shift a lot larger. Note how it was slowing down to 54 and 4k rpm before downshifting, and then was able to gain speed again till it hit 6500 and upshifted again and proceeded to lose speed... With a 4.10 rear end it would have been able to stay higher in the rev range where the power is. Not a big deal with a 10 speed since there are more lower gears, but with a 6 speed it really starts to affect the "distance" between gears. I don't know the real world for it.

a few decades ago hp was measured at the flywheel. so a late 70s and anemic 80s small block chevy wasn't putting a lot of HP to the ground but the torque stayed somewhat respectable. I had a 77 k10 swb. After a few bolt ons I never worried about towing 5000 lb up a hill but stopping on wet roads was sketchy.

@@JayJohnson4x4 yeah Jay true. The boys complained about low torque hurting the 3.6 and 3.21 axle ratio. But still, good enough tow

Get out and do the real thing! U wont be sorry...i love to tow

@@wellthatdidntwork Trust me I’m trying to. Once I get my drivers license and am able to get my own trailer if not work for a company that I can do so, trust me, I will!

Wow I feel old. Mid 2010's? You mean like last week? Oh crap!

@@LSRG-YT--LandonSRobloxGaming best of luck. Most important thing is to pay attention to ur surroundings, use your mirrors constantly, and an empty parking lot to practice is always a great thing for a beginner. Make sure ur load is always properly secured (over securement never hurts), and that your equipment is checked b4 each trip and in proper operating condition. 👍🏼

@@wellthatdidntwork agree 100%, and don’t speed also, 65 mph is enuf

That's an odd comparison lmao

@@ryanregister495 just making the point that a base engine of today has more power than a top of the line option 20 years ago and the work people actually do with a half ton truck has not increased substantially since then so a base engine will be more than enough for the majority of people.

Nah the Ram Classic headlights suck. Trust me I hate mine.

Roman stated that even without a load on the trailer he had trouble even knowing if the headlights were on.

Whether the vehicle has Halogen headlights, or good LED lights, does the vehicle have headlights that auto level, based on vehicle load, or a manual adjustment control of the headlights position ? If not, it should 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@kirsatta I’ve got a 2022 Ram half ton with the halogen headlights and they provide good visibility, as long as you don’t overdrive them. I find 70mph to be about the maximum speed I’m comfortable with at night. LED lights do reach out farther than halogen lights, but at the expense of blinding oncoming drivers.

@@anthonyc1883 yeah, he said they sucked before too.

What's cool is u can still buy this body style truck today in 2022 but what's even better is u can buy the v8 model who knows possibly even a stick shift

@@jackdaniels2657 Yessir, it reminds me of my 1976 GMC with it's 350 4 bbl engine and 4 speed manual box, 6 foot bed single cab, now that was a fun truck! You're right, wouldn't it be nice to be able to go order up and buy one of these today!

you can forget about manual... ...and I'm not to sure single cab is going to remain an option on 2023 models (even Classics)

@@Hydra360ci I wouldn't want one today in any case, I was merely stating what was in my ol' '76,

Those were great times! Loved his Russian-only schtick.

Thank you for watching for such a long time!

@@anthonyc1883 Andre is a good character actor! I view his current schtick as the 'everyman' plus a bit of exaggerated expressions. The crazy Russian mechanic role was short lived. He interviews others well and asks open ended questions so guests and say what they want.

Thank you for watching.

Thank you for watching.

The only reason why they couldn’t see is because the truck was squatting, therefore the headlights were aimed at the sky instead of the road. If I were in their shoes, I would have backed the car all the way on the trailer. That would have decreased the tongue weight while still keeping it high enough to avoid sway, and improving the headlight performance. LED headlights in this scenario would have severely blinded on coming traffic while not improving visibility much, because of the squat.

@@91CavGT5 But the unladen trailer, on their trip out to pick tip the car, caused almost no squat and Roman commented that he still hated the headlight performance.

@@anthonyc1883 indeed he did state he didn’t like the headlight performance. When aimed correctly, LED headlights do give you better visibility, at the expense of blinding oncoming drivers. Halogen headlights worked for decades, and do provide great natural visibility with less eye strain. If halogen headlights don’t provide you with enough visibility then you are probably driving too fast. I’ve got a 2022 Ram half ton with the halogen headlights and they provide very good visibility, at speeds no higher than 70 mph.

I was going to comment similarly. Just because it's a 5.7 it not the same as all the older engines. This has all aluminum LS1 completely new for its time.

Yesssir, ls1 and ls6 powaaah

Maybe dodge should improve trans programming? This is a review channel and not kissing asses of car manufacturers... Hopefully

transmission programming is part of the test, they can't manually make it do anything

Dodge has terrible transmissions

That 8spd is a ZF unit and is one of the best transmissions on the market.

@@angelgjr1999 ...it's not a Fiat transmission, It's a BMW, and in a lot of other stuff.

Although he also complained about them on the outbound trip when the trailer was empty and the truck barely squatting.

Wow, a fan is part of the device? Interesting.

200...they are 2k in canada

@@dezmod1644 I bought mine from a company called Headlight Revolution.

Imagine if that 3.6 was Twin Turbo

@@dariusmooney14 yup, imagine if Fiat would have invested some money into that engine what it could have been

@@paulhunter9613 It serves its purpose I suppose. Now thet are going with that in line 3.0 twin turbo.