Vans are all the rage right now, and we get it. They are discrete when you are asleep inside on the side of the road or in a parking lot, and you can go straight from the driver’s seat to the bed without exiting the vehicle. If you actually want to go off-road though, vans start making less sense. Even if they do have a diesel engine and 4WD, vans have dinky tires and a terrible breakover angle. Even a 4WD diesel Sprinter can’t hold a candle to this Ram truck, and we are hear to tell you why. This is the top ten reasons why this Ram 3500 is way better than any van.
1. Cummins diesel engine
2. Ease of maintenance
3. Factory 4WD
4. Solid front axle
5. Affordability
6. Shower
7. Toilet
8. Queen sized bed
9. Fits 37-inch Nitto Ridge Grapplers with minimal lift
10. Ability to tow up to 15,000 pounds
Harry didn't buy this truck with the intention of living out of it, he bought it as a tow rig. He's put over 50k miles on this truck in the past four years, and just added the third set of Nitto Ridge Grapplers- and it’s not that he wears them out… they just keep getting bigger! He started with 295/75R18 tires on the factory wheels, then 35-inch Ridge Grapplers with Thuren front coils, Airlift air bags in the rear with Daystar cradles, and 2.5-inch Fox shocks all around. Most recently he added 37-inch Ridge Grapplers on AEV Salta HD wheels that have the appropriate backspacing to limit rubbing.
All of that makes for a nice tow rig, but the truck wasn’t an alternative to a van until the Northstar 650SC camper was added last winter. Inside it is cozy for two people, a van would definitely have more interior space. You aren’t going to tow a rockcrawler on a trailer with most vans though, or get to the locations you can get to with this Ram for that matter.
Do you agree? Is Harry off his rocker? Drop a comment and let us know what you think and want to see next from Harry and Mike!
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