Home Forums Gear Hunting Trucks and Four-Wheel Drives Day dreaming about a new hunting truck.

I'd happily run 4.56 gears with large tires for anything off the pavement.

No, I haven't bought the truck. As to bigger tires, after one goes above 35 inch tires, you run into fender rubbing problems and off set concerns.
4Wheeler magazine did a story about going to 35 inch tires in a Power Wagon. Didn't make any difference.
What I'm going to do, considering all the money it would cost, is run my 2014 Wrangler for a season and see just what's involved in my new area(s).
I'd dearly love to have a 2500 Ram with big tires with lots of range and power. But the Jeep I have now does everything I need and it fits in the tight places where the Ram might not go. So, that is also a consideration.
Heck, after talking to my buddy down there, he suggested I try an area even bigger than the one I was looking at. Good bucks and very little hunting pressure.... E

Customizing a truck to be exactly what you want is all personal taste. Most of the OP's choices sound fine on paper, (not a mopar guy) but lower gears, bigger tires that can be aired down in soft sand, lockers, a winch and lights are all pretty standard if you're going to be wandering.

For desert dwelling a ladder rack might be great. You can set it up where the platform can be turned upside down in transit, flipped over with a chair & even maybe a way to rig shade. Mount some big lights on top above the cab on the front of the rack for jamming down the desert roads heading back.

Buy the best side wall tires, carry two spares, and self recovery equipment. Not having concerns about getting stranded will give you the freedom to wander where you want and enjoy yourself. There's usually a lot of unseen gems hidden.

Just a thought. the late model RAMs offer a version called the "Outdoorsman" in 1500, 2500 and 3500 since 2011. It has lots of extra goodies that you might want to check out including skid plates and heavy duty components.

I just put a deposit on a 2016 Outdoorsman 2500 diesel with 37K miles. That mileage loses the basic warranty on the truck, but the engine and power train warranty should be good for a few more years.

Living in NM, I am not too worried about frame rust, et al. I do wish I am getting the version with the locking gun and fishing compartments over the rear wheels, but that wasn't available in a used 2500 right now.

I would double check the gears....they use to come with 3:73 and the 5.7 hemi (that was the major complaint about the older power wagon, mane slightly underpowered with too high of gears fro what the truck was designed for) and then changed to the 6.4 hemi and 4:10 gears. I don't think there is an option for anything lower from the factory. I did a bit of research on them before I bought my 2016 Power Wagon....

Great truck on a side note and I don't think u have to do anything to them to do what u want.

Get a diesel!

I've got one. It's an '06' 2500. E

Just bought a 2017 dodge power wagon tonight. Long day.
I'll be figuring out all the bells and whistles tomorrow.

WOW ! Let us know what you think of it. E

As long as I don't pay attention to the mpg I love it.

Big truck with lots of get up and go. Still getting used to where all the buttons are. Will be trying it out in some snow over the next week or so. Right now with our weather all I can say is it's waterproof.

Tell me about it.... We will get some rain and some snow in the passes on Sunday or Monday. Then the long range forecast is for dry weather until at least the middle of March. E

Me too, want one bad