Okay Dodge followers, this text is for you. We simply ask that, must you really feel compelled to leap into the feedback to share your approval of this correctly spectacular video, please chorus from the tasteless Cummins/Energy Stroke diesel jokes you individuals love a lot. We’re a family-friendly web site, and amongst different issues, we aren’t completely certain this older Ram is working a diesel engine. Extra on that in a bit.
Here is what we all know for certain. This 30-second clip comes from Williams Lake, British Colombia, positioned within the coronary heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. It is shared on YouTube by ViralHog, which merely describes the occasion as a Dodge pickup towing a loaded logging truck from an intersection, the place it broke down. It occurred on July 10, and searching on the video, we are able to see this logging truck wasn’t simply loaded. It was totally loaded with tandem trailers, and a fast test with British Colombia tractor-trailer laws states the utmost allowable weight for such a configuration is 140,000 (63,500 kilograms). Yikes.
As for the pickup truck, it seems to be a third-generation Dodge Ram from the 2002-2008 period. Judging by the facet mirrors and grille – and the truth that the motive force even tried this feat – we assume it is a minimum of a 2500 mannequin if not a one-ton 3500. It has an aftermarket entrance bumper and what appears like a small suspension carry with some meaty tires, however that makes completely no distinction when towing 140,000 kilos of logs and semi-truck.
As such, we see whisps of white smoke as quickly because the video begins, and as soon as the rig is rolling, we see extra white smoke billowing from beneath the truck. One factor we do not see is any signal of diesel smoke, and underneath such a load we might anticipate to see a minimum of slightly little bit of coal, even when the Cummins engine is inventory. That implies a 5.7-liter Hemi V8 is underneath the hood, making all of 345 horsepower (257 kilowatts) and 375 pound-feet (508 Newton-meters) of torque.
As for the white smoke, we hope it is tire smoke from the passenger rear wheel however the angle makes it laborious to inform. We may be clutch smoke if it is a handbook, and the way in which the pickup bucks laborious in the direction of the top of the video, that would effectively be the case. If that is certainly a Hemi-powered Dodge Ram with a handbook transmission, it is solely exceeding its rated towing capability by one thing like 132,000 kilos.
Here is hoping the stranded semi-truck driver gave the Ram proprietor one heck of a tip for his herculean effort. That money may effectively be wanted for some imminent driveline repairs.
