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Dodge Ram 5500 chassis cab road test
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Nov 10, 2024
2008 Dodge Ram 5500 chassis cab road test / car review from Allpar with dump truck back
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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now here's something that you don't do
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every day in the Dodge truck press the
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up button and watch the bed go up oh you
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have to keep your finger on the
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button this is a standard bed attachment
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that was actually not designed
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specifically for a Dodge we're told it
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was very easy to fit on because of the
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upfitter friendliness of this
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vehicle and this other than the fun of
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actually tilting up the back of a truck
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we're doing this so that we can show you
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the
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frame in the back of the truck you see
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the wiring harnesses and the main gas
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tank all underneath the
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frame move
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forward again nothing's above the frame
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and the frame is flat there are no
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rivets going up above
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it nothing sticking out no emissions
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equipment sticking out of the cab are is
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where the mid ship's gas tank would go
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if this vehicle was fitted with
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one you can see the heavyduty rear leaf
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spring
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suspension on this particular model we
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have a very nice long cord allowing us
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to put the bed back down which you will
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do now I
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assume yes a tiny little pump is
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responsible for hauling an entire bed up
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and
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[Music]
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down again not having any emissions
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equipment sticking out makes it a lot
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easier to have the bed go up and down
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which is why upfitters are so excited
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about this
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[Music]
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truck on both sides are
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standard oversized 557 mirrors that also
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fall down and become very nice small
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standard mirrors
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[Music]
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now the engine's fairly quiet and we're
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told that it's becoming a favorite for
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Repo Men to buy because they can
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actually take people's Vehicles while
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they're still
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asleep whereas in the Ford trucks they
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wake everybody up and have all sorts of
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interesting stories to tell
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[Music]
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later I can always edit later by the way
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but you knew that
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now we're going to use some of the best-
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inclass first gear
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[Music]
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acceleration and you can stop Ming is a
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remarkably easy vehicle to drive given
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its size it's just by driving the
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standard Dodge Ram truck it's got the
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same basic controls it feels about the
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same fairly responsive and it lets us
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fast it lets us get onto the freeway
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with no problem uh the steering wheel is
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not overly heavy it feels tight it feels
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responsive and the brakes feel good so
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overall the experience of driving one of
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these big Dodge Ram clast 5 5500 trucks
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is very similar to that of driving a
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Dodge Ram 1500 the ride is a little
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stiffer not too much stiffer it's still
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comfortable uh all the controls are very
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familiar to a standard Dodge pickup
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owner and the main thing that you have
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to remember is it's a lot bigger and
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fortunately we have these great mirrors
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which have both a large and a small
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component uh to show you who's on your
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side now this truck has this little work
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surface in between or armrest up to you
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what you use it for you lift it up and
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you get a little third seat doesn't have
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a headrest but does have a full seat
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belt over here where a person would
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normally be expected to put their legs
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you have the cup
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holders aspray little work surface
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and of course your four-wheel drive
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control manual which has a low gear if
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you need it uh the controls are all
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familiar to your regular Dodge owner
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standard corporate Dodge stereo standard
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corporate climate control
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system standard Dodge gauges of course
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here you have the standard Dodge trip
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computer which will tell you what
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direction you're going and what
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temperature it is or if you press this
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button will give you a distance to empty
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which in this case is 404 Mi which which
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is really good considering that we've
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only got 3/4 of a tank of
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gas go through the system warnings for
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you your personal
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settings
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or tell you how long you've been going
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your trip odometer elapse
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time average gas
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mileage yeah if you were taller you
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could see the engine from
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here this is of course the famous 6.7 L
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cumins Turbo
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diesel the joke is that people don't buy
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Dodge trucks they buy C's turbo diesels
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and the Dodge truck happens to come
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wrapped around it now you'll notice that
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there's the front tire rear tires they
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look very different that's because the
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rear tires are Traction tires and the
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fronts are for steering the reason for
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that is that sometimes you need to steer
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and sometimes you need to push it also
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comes with four steering tires or four
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Traction tires depending on your needs
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and we have the cover mirror trailer
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towing mirror regular mirror trailer
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towing mirror regular
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mirror we hope that you liked our wrapup
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of the Dodge Ram 5500 it's really a very
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nice pleasant truck to drive the seats
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are rather firm at least with the
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leather but it's a good looking truck
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and it's got great features especially
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for upfitters the big key will be uptime
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and reliability the jewelry is still out
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but it looks as though that's all been
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designed in
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by the way the bed came with this our
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very favorite warning
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notice from allar have a good week
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