2014 Ram 4500 HD Chassis Cab 4x4 Crew Cab - Car and Driver (blog)
There’s no better way to evaluate a van or a truck than to, you know, actually use the thing in the manner for which it was designed. We initially wanted to test a bare-bones, long-box, regular-cab version of the current Ram pickup—almost every example that comes through this place is loaded to the gills—but we quickly learned that no such vehicle existed in Chrysler’s press fleet. Then we received an email containing the question, “Would a 4500 chassis cab with a flatbed work. Legally speaking, the truck was clearly in our possession, but it wasn’t in any of our usual parking locations. No, it was parked way off behind our building, next to the dumpster, because a Ram 4500 will not fit in a normal parking spot. But there it was: four doors, 11 feet of flatbed, and nearly 200 inches of gluttonous, outrageous wheelbase. When the 4x4 Crew Cab is built, it doesn’t have a flatbed—or any bed at all. It’s up to the buyer to install whatever they want, be it a utility box, a dump bed, or whatever. So if you’re looking to purchase a truck like this, budget at least $3500 for the most basic 11-foot flatbed like the one seen here. Our test truck was a long-wheelbase version in the top-spec Laramie trim and packing the Hemi V-8. (A Cummins turbo-diesel is available. Source: www.caranddriver.com
