Power Pull - Automobile Magazine
A few months back, my travels took me to New Orleans, where I drove a white Ram 2500 Power Wagon. a white Power Wagon. " Leaving said hotel, I have ambitions to take the Ram off-road, but first I have a more prosaic mission: driving to a golf course with my brother-in-law, Rick. The Power Wagon is like the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor of low-speed trail work, with locking front and rear differentials, a detachable antiroll bar, and even a beefy winch attached to the front bumper. Golf runs, I know, are beneath it. At the course, Rick suggests that we test the Power Wagon within the confines of our circumstances. "Let's winch our golf clubs over to the truck," he suggests. It's almost as if the good people at Chrysler intentionally neglected to include the controller, on the grounds that journalists and winches are a bad combination. Adjacent to the course, I spy a construction site that includes a giant mulch pile. Before I can consider trespassing-related implications, I engage low-range four-wheel drive, lock both axles, and disconnect the sway bar. The mammoth Ram tiptoes up the incline, sinking in but clawing its way inexorably forward until we're parked atop the soft pile of mulch. I feel the need to explain myself, so I drive down off the mulch pile and pull up to chat. Source: www.automobilemag.com
