The Power Wagon Curse

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The Power Wagon Curse

Post by FordyceCreekTrail » Thu Dec 27, 2018 6:47 pm

I am flat exhausted today. Went in and out twice and spent hours recovering vehicles from snowy hills and ditches. Everyone's holiday guests wanted to bail out before the next two monster storms and I had to tow them out of our neighborhood. Everyone in town is like " oooh, mountains look pretty lets take our crappy AWD car up and go hiking" And 12 freaking CCC vans full of kids coming up to do trail work in the storms. :doh:

This guy with 35s on a Grand Cherokee and huge lift is stuck, I am like lock your diffs. But the thing just had AWD, huh?
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Post by RustyPW » Thu Dec 27, 2018 7:12 pm

:lol: I charge stupid people. The lower the IQ, the higher the price.
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Post by Mule » Thu Dec 27, 2018 7:18 pm

:rofl:

The reason i'm requested to go on some site trips is because I have a "monster truck" that can get others unstuck. :o

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Post by DiazOsos » Thu Dec 27, 2018 7:31 pm

What comes around goes around. You did the right thing. Plus some kid will grow up and want a powerwagon one day instead taking the walk of shame to a Subaru. Well done sir!

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Re: The Power Wagon Curse

Post by machete-lc » Thu Dec 27, 2018 9:40 pm

How did/do the KM3s work in the snow? Tomorrow should be an interesting day in the Metro area. Nobody knows how to drive in the snow.
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Re: The Power Wagon Curse

Post by ramv » Fri Dec 28, 2018 4:54 am

I drove 200 miles in the snow for work today. This is the truck to have. Not a curse. I love that it looks like a regular 3/4 ton
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Post by olyelr » Fri Dec 28, 2018 7:25 am

ramv wrote:
Fri Dec 28, 2018 4:54 am
I drove 200 miles in the snow for work today. This is the truck to have. Not a curse. I love that it looks like a regular 3/4 ton
Every now and then I get caught up in the look of the new ones... but then I step back and take a good look at mine and remember why I searched high and wide for it. I love the relatively low key look.
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Post by FordyceCreekTrail » Fri Dec 28, 2018 8:01 pm

Oh my god, another day. I head up and road is clogged with AWD vehicles( including Telemundo TV or what ever) and regular pick ups. I cleared my driveway with the snow blower but a rear locker now BARELY gets you in and out of the neighborhood. We have to get the county going, or snow plow fixed, or get someones skid steer up here. Its out of control. Does no good if the PW is the only vehicle able to get out.

As far as KM3s. FREAKING AWESOME! Seriously, these things are kicking ass. Drove through a blizzard 5hrs round trip in everything from ice covered to 3' of snow. Mostly of the time I can idle up hill on shear ice when no one else CAN EVEN MOVE. I am now using rear locker continuously, and to pull people up hills its both lockers for sure. These are the best BFGs to date, hands down. Used them my entire life but never seen ice traction like this.
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Re: The Power Wagon Curse

Post by olyelr » Fri Dec 28, 2018 10:40 pm

FordyceCreekTrail wrote:
Fri Dec 28, 2018 8:01 pm


As far as KM3s. FREAKING AWESOME! Seriously, these things are kicking ass. Drove through a blizzard 5hrs round trip in everything from ice covered to 3' of snow. Mostly of the time I can idle up hill on shear ice when no one else CAN EVEN MOVE. I am now using rear locker continuously, and to pull people up hills its both lockers for sure. These are the best BFGs to date, hands down. Used them my entire life but never seen ice traction like this.

The km3’s?! You sure?! 🤣

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Post by FordyceCreekTrail » Sat Dec 29, 2018 9:56 am

I just want to say as a Noob with only a year in a PW, these things are so awesome in the Snow. I attribute that to a lot of things, none seem particularly ground breaking on there own. Ram engineers seem to have really tuned things nicely.

1. Ground Clearance ( Of course)
2. 35's ( ok so Ram Cheaped out with 33" Dura Trash, but they fit and are part of the capability)
3. Front and Rear lockers ( yes another DUH)
4. LSD when unlocked. This is possibly single most important feature. To have a well balanced LSD for high range use on highways when lockers would be quite dangerous at high speed rounds the truck out and means even off-road I can get home with out low range and lockers. (well not now) I forgot how awesome it was in the Old Monteros. Now if they only had ABS back then.....
5. Traction control and its mapping. I have seen many complaints here, I can only assume its for older models. Its fantastic, it can lay low and increase as I need it slowly, or hit a little harder when I need it to with out stalling the wheel spin.
6. ABS braking is well balanced, never seems to get in the way at all.
7. Wider track then typical 2500. Very stable in high speed conditions, never seems to waiver.
8. Stability control. Again well set and takes a slide where you want it to lick in to kick in.
9. Gearing. Gearing seems low enough in low range to always move, but on ice not enough to create to much torque.
10. Engine power. Enough to light the candles when you need it.
11. Smooth take off in bad conditions. Lots of things come together here, but to be on glassy ice on a steep hill and so easy to just ease forward is awesome. My 2005 Titan would kick tires loose for sure.
12. Weight, well it sucks for gas mileage, and for some off road situations, but it helps in the snow. ( unless you bury it up to the windows of course :lol: )
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Re: The Power Wagon Curse

Post by TankerZak » Sat Dec 29, 2018 11:34 am

FordyceCreekTrail wrote:I just want to say as a Noob with only a year in a PW, these things are so awesome in the Snow. I attribute that to a lot of things, none seem particularly ground breaking on there own. Ram engineers seem to have really tuned things nicely.

1. Ground Clearance ( Of course)
2. 35's ( ok so Ram Cheaped out with 33" Dura Trash, but they fit and are part of the capability)
3. Front and Rear lockers ( yes another DUH)
4. LSD when unlocked. This is possibly single most important feature. To have a well balanced LSD for high range use on highways when lockers would be quite dangerous at high speed rounds the truck out and means even off-road I can get home with out low range and lockers. (well not now) I forgot how awesome it was in the Old Monteros. Now if they only had ABS back then.....
5. Traction control and its mapping. I have seen many complaints here, I can only assume its for older models. Its fantastic, it can lay low and increase as I need it slowly, or hit a little harder when I need it to with out stalling the wheel spin.
6. ABS braking is well balanced, never seems to get in the way at all.
7. Wider track then typical 2500. Very stable in high speed conditions, never seems to waiver.
8. Stability control. Again well set and takes a slide where you want it to lick in to kick in.
9. Gearing. Gearing seems low enough in low range to always move, but on ice not enough to create to much torque.
10. Engine power. Enough to light the candles when you need it.
11. Smooth take off in bad conditions. Lots of things come together here, but to be on glassy ice on a steep hill and so easy to just ease forward is awesome. My 2005 Titan would kick tires loose for sure.
12. Weight, well it sucks for gas mileage, and for some off road situations, but it helps in the snow. ( unless you bury it up to the windows of course Image )
Yes stability control and traction control are great! SOMETIMES! Because sometimes they try and kill you or at minimum prevent you from doing stuff. I like what they did, i just want the ability to turn all that crap off... lock the rear in 2high and rooster tail some shit!!

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Re: The Power Wagon Curse

Post by TankerZak » Sat Dec 29, 2018 11:36 am

olyelr wrote:
ramv wrote:
Fri Dec 28, 2018 4:54 am
I drove 200 miles in the snow for work today. This is the truck to have. Not a curse. I love that it looks like a regular 3/4 ton
Every now and then I get caught up in the look of the new ones... but then I step back and take a good look at mine and remember why I searched high and wide for it. I love the relatively low key look.
I hear ya. I really regretted not getting the 17 for a bit. But now I'm glad I have a 16 Laramie that I've made my own. Too many 17s and 18s running around. I'll post pics once the bumper goes on here in a week or so...

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Post by FordyceCreekTrail » Mon Dec 31, 2018 5:30 pm

Just got back from saving a Nissan Frontier cliff diver. Weeeeeeeee
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Post by FordyceCreekTrail » Tue Jan 01, 2019 10:43 am

No shit, I always take photos of the best recoveries and forgot this time! :angry:
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Post by Low_Sky » Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:13 pm

FordyceCreekTrail wrote:No shit, I always take photos of the best recoveries and forgot this time! :angry:
No guff from me. When I’m blocking a road or a busy rail with a recovery, I never take pics. Too busy hustling to get out of the way.


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Post by FordyceCreekTrail » Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:38 am

Exactly, and its non stop. The neighbors Tundra fell apart plowing yesterday and wedged sideways on a hill. Had to bust out the snatch block on that one. He went and bought a new Tundra last night. Hoping the electronic LSD gizmo and IFS will do it. Says somewhere he saw the Tundra rated #4 best plow truck. I find that hard to believe.
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Post by olyelr » Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:48 am

FordyceCreekTrail wrote:
Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:38 am
Exactly, and its non stop. The neighbors Tundra fell apart plowing yesterday and wedged sideways on a hill. Had to bust out the snatch block on that one. He went and bought a new Tundra last night. Hoping the electronic LSD gizmo and IFS will do it. Says somewhere he saw the Tundra rated #4 best plow truck. I find that hard to believe.
I see oodles of plow trucks all winter long... fords, chevys, dodges... but I dont think I have ever in my life even seen a Tundra with a plow on it. They must be great!
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olyelr wrote:
Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:48 am
FordyceCreekTrail wrote:
Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:38 am
Exactly, and its non stop. The neighbors Tundra fell apart plowing yesterday and wedged sideways on a hill. Had to bust out the snatch block on that one. He went and bought a new Tundra last night. Hoping the electronic LSD gizmo and IFS will do it. Says somewhere he saw the Tundra rated #4 best plow truck. I find that hard to believe.
I see oodles of plow trucks all winter long... fords, chevys, dodges... but I dont think I have ever in my life even seen a Tundra with a plow on it. They must be great!
Women don't usually do the snow plowing...

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Post by Lazarus » Wed Jan 02, 2019 2:06 pm

We were leaving a ski resort in Idaho this past weekend and saw a Prius ripping out of the lot. We thought it was pretty funny how fast he was going, then about 3 miles down the road we find his Prius buried in a snow bank around a turn haha. Winched him out and laughed about it the whole way home haha.
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Post by RustyPW » Wed Jan 02, 2019 4:32 pm

olyelr wrote:
Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:48 am
FordyceCreekTrail wrote:
Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:38 am
Exactly, and its non stop. The neighbors Tundra fell apart plowing yesterday and wedged sideways on a hill. Had to bust out the snatch block on that one. He went and bought a new Tundra last night. Hoping the electronic LSD gizmo and IFS will do it. Says somewhere he saw the Tundra rated #4 best plow truck. I find that hard to believe.
I see oodles of plow trucks all winter long... fords, chevys, dodges... but I dont think I have ever in my life even seen a Tundra with a plow on it. They must be great!
Most plow trucks are 3/4. Only seen a handful of 1/2 tons. And those 1/2 tons happen to have a solid front axle. The 2G Rams and older. Seen a Jeep CJ with an 8ft plow once. :lol:
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Post by Low_Sky » Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:12 pm

My old neighbor had IFS on his plow rig. I think it was a Honda, don't know my four wheelers that well.
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Post by Mule » Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:13 pm

Wish I had a pic of the UPS truck I pulled off the driveway last year.

On the plow discussion.... :doh: :lol: I don't know why this is a thing.
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Post by FordyceCreekTrail » Wed Jan 02, 2019 7:10 pm

I told him;

1. Need a rear locker
2. Solid front Axle
3. 2500

I found two left over 2018 PW for him and he sends me a text.....I had to go with my Heart. AAAAAHHHHHHHHH
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Post by RustyPW » Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:22 pm

Low_Sky wrote:
Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:12 pm
My old neighbor had IFS on his plow rig. I think it was a Honda, don't know my four wheelers that well.
In my neck of the woods. Never seen a IFS truck with a plow.

My brother had a 1988 Dodge 2500 with a plow. When I worked at the power plant. I drove a 2004 ferb f250 with a plow. On both of those trucks. I've broken the plow frames a couple of times.
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