Power Wagon Commercial goes bad

[BlkWgn]

http://jalopnik.com/truck-commercial-go ... socialflow

[Kemp_]

Looks like the media guys don't know how to spool out a winch

[Cactus Red]

Seriously - a winch, rocks to hook up to, lockers to get it going after the winch frees it, and it's still stuck. Bravo...

[TwinStick]

Maybe now they will make the swaybar electronics, locker plugs, wheel bearings, idler pully's, tensioner & fuse boxes a little more waterproof !!! lol

[vanished]

I'm supposed to go wheeling sat - thanks for the reminder twinstick to stay out of the water!
Back on topic, check out 4g general section on DT for additional pics. It got much worse... Lol

[05PWrockcrawler]

Too late that thing is toast with that much salt water in it. Wow! Not sure what they were thinking or trying to do. Sure there was some major ass chewings if not someone getting fired.

[04Ram2500Hemi]

This is why you never by used. Not everything shows up on Carfax.

[cruz]

Not sure what they were thinking or trying to do.

Maybe they were trying to wash off that gawdawful paint scheme.

[BlkWgn]

If you follow the link on the story there are more pics

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[verdesardog]

what a bunch of guys from the lower end of the gene pool......

[04Ram2500Hemi]

This could have been a cool commercial if they had a snorkel on the truck and it got out.

[verdesardog]

This could have been a cool commercial if they had a snorkel on the truck and it got out.

If those idiots couldn't get it out without a snorkel, a snorkel wouldn't have helped....it was stuck before the tide came in.

[04Ram2500Hemi]

This could have been a cool commercial if they had a snorkel on the truck and it got out.

If those idiots couldn't get it out without a snorkel, a snorkel wouldn't have helped....it was stuck before the tide came in.

I'm aware- read my post again. I said it would have been cool if they would have showed it getting out with a snorkel. I'm aware the snorkel wouldn't have helped them any, I just thought it would be cool.

I'm still pissed that not one moron even tried to use the winch. What the hell did they think that big ass hook on the front of the truck was for?

[flattire]

Maybe...the lockers wouldn't lock

and...

the winch wouldn't rewind after pulled out.

[wagonlvr]

This could have been a cool commercial if they had a snorkel on the truck and it got out.

If those idiots couldn't get it out without a snorkel, a snorkel wouldn't have helped....it was stuck before the tide came in.

I'm aware- read my post again. I said it would have been cool if they would have showed it getting out with a snorkel. I'm aware the snorkel wouldn't have helped them any, I just thought it would be cool.

I'm still pissed that not one moron even tried to use the winch. What the hell did they think that big ass hook on the front of the truck was for?

A really big fish?

[RustyPW]

That's the only thing I can think of right now. Morons!

[PWRider]

Maybe...the lockers wouldn't lock

and...

the winch wouldn't rewind after pulled out.

PR vehicle may easily be missing winch remote. Would it last long in salty water not sure either? There is really not much in front of them to hook up to. Lockers are useless in wet sand. Only hope is to air down very low and pray you can crawl out. Loose wet send in those tide pool acts like a suction cup.

[LKelly]

One of the people who was supposedly there mentioned that the winch had been installed at the last minute, and wasn't actually wired to the battery...which wouldn't be a big surprise, as the vehicles used in photo shoots are often cobbled together. I know that our testing department used to get pre-production vehicles all the time that were missing major components, or had parts from several model years patched together.

Heck, it wouldn't surprise me if half the "power wagons" we see in commercials are actually regular 2500s that were mocked up to look like PWs.

[TwinStick]

Yup,


Epic Fail !!!

[04Ram2500Hemi]

This just keeps getting better: http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/20 ... -prototype

[TwinStick]

Haha !! "Dodge Ram Prototype"--- must be the Aquaman edition. LOL What color is that---aqua silver ? LOL That may be a new option---the hot tub in the back. LOL $150,000 prototype---maybe it has the new "upgraded front end" ? Maybe the reporters have this all wrong---this is just a new cost cutting way of salt spray testing ? LOL


does NOT approve of this new testing method !!!

[myoung84]

[Fireman78]

I just read this story (as always I am late), but I found out they apparently left the Winch Remote in Detroit.

[Glenn5995]

Apparently the tide came in before they could get the lockers to engage. Now maybe they will improve the lockers......not.

http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/g ... z2SlapmqVP

http://green.autoblog.com/2013/05/02/ra ... pending-n/

http://wot.motortrend.com/ram-power-wag ... z2ShiwIxct