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Tire Wear and Engine Performance Assessment

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Ram Trucks after 3 BRUTAL years of Work

What happens here

The presenter inspects the Firestone Transforce tires, noting that after 15,000 miles, they are already showing significant wear, which he considers good *for these tires*, implying they are not top-tier. He mentions that many Ram owners report these stock tires failing around 15,000 miles. Moving to the engine, he praises the 6.4L Hemi for its consistent power and performance, stating it 'delivers the power and performance you need' without ever lacking or 'over-delivering'. He also discusses fuel economy, indicating 12-13 MPG in city driving and 8-9 MPG while towing heavy loads. He highlights that despite intentionally overloading the truck with a large dump trailer full of wood, the engine has never 'fought' or struggled, consistently meeting the demands placed upon it.

Goal: The presenter examines the truck's tire wear, noting premature degradation, and assesses the engine's consistent power delivery for all tasks, including towing beyond recommended limits.

Tools and materials

  • Ram 2500 Heavy Duty Truck

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come stock on these trucks are lasting about 15 000 miles and it seems like they start to go to heck tim has the almost identical truck uh as this one and his went out at 15 000 miles oh hey while we're here dent i we hooked up to um frankie loaded up the our big dump trailer over full of wood and i was like can this truck handle it not an issue we've never had it's never lacked even when we put way more on it than it should have it's just never it's never fought us on any of those points so frankie decided to load this truck the way that frankie wanted he wanted to see if it could handle it so we had hauled multiple loads out this was the light load because this was uncle tom's load frankie's load he hand stacked all of the wood all the way above the boards it was the most incredible load of wood i've ever seen go down the road there it is that's frankie's load all hands that split hand stack stuck in there uncle tom's loaded he didn't make quite as big that's uncle top i bought this truck the exact same time as my ford pickup truck and i don't have a single dent on it and that truck has 50 000 miles on it um so let's talk about this one i said has 15 000 miles on it but let's be very clear what that means if you stand back you'll see a plow on

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