Yes. Over exaggerated. Probably not a practical vehicle for most in the UK but he makes it seem worse than it really would be. Especially at the gas pump. The white van at the gas station is the same one at the corner just before.
@@larrydlam -- I suspect the white van is driven by a colleague of his, participating in the video by making sure that the difficult situations will be set up just right. He certainly could have waited at the gas station and pulled in behind somebody else after the other vehicles cleared, or left after the first fill up and gone back around to get to the pump again for the rest. He absolutely could have parked and walked into the McDonald's. Probably can't fit inside most private garages or public parking structures in the UK either. But the gasoline/petrol costs are completely real, and not semi-contrived like some of the other scenes in this video. So overall, I think the video is worthwhile, because anyone across the pond who thinks they might want a full size American truck should probably consider these possible situations before making such a purchase.
the point of the video was probably to be excessive. dude brought a gas engine tuned to 1000 horsepower that gets maybe 7 mpg when a diesel engine in a truck that size gets ~20 mpg if driven conservatively. for a F250, RAM 25500 or bigger truck diesel is really the best option for either efficiency or power. diesels can make even more power than gas if you stuff enough air in them with a turbo or super charger. A sufficiently boosted Cummins diesel engine in a RAM can run a 9 second quarter mile.
@@T-Dawg123a -- Plus the truck he is driving here isn't even a 2500. The Ram "Hennessy Mammoth 1000" is actually just a flashy modified version of the Ram 1500 TRX with a short bed. (Although the external dimensions in terms of width and length of the vehicle are about the same between 1500 and 2500 models if they all have the crew cab and short bed.) It's basically a toy for dudebros to want to show off their truck, as opposed to people who actually need a truck for work or towing. And the one shown here isn't even the largest version of a 1500 Ram, because it is clearly the one with the short bed and not the full size bed behind the crew cab. He would've had more difficulty with a long bed when it comes to things like parking or trying to turn in a small radius on a narrow road. I agree that diesel probably makes more sense in the UK, especially since your winters tend to have milder temperatures than the northern parts of the US and Canada. There will be times you have to use a heater for the engine block, but not as commonly as we do here.
He made it look difficult to drive when in reality they’re not. You get use to it real quick. The power is amazing and so much fun. You should check out all the bells and whistles it has.
True. They are a beast, but once your used to it, its pretty easy. Though even here sometimes you can have issues like if your trucks to long or cars are to close on either side when parking.
@@knightspearhead5718 But even in US cities it's not that hard. It's not as easy as the suburbs or rural areas, but it's much easier than what he made it seem
You go girl! When my daughter turned 14 and got her restricted driver's license I made her drive a quad cab Dodge Ram pickup to school. She didn't really like it at the time, but she is glad she learned back then. Her DD is a '23 Escalade now and frequently drives drives their 1 ton GMC dually doing chores or pulling their 42' horse trailer.
To be fair, as a full size pickup truck driver myself for several decades now, I find most places here in the states are built to accommodate that size vehicle, including most open lot parking spaces, two-lane bridges, etc. There are certainly exceptions in some older towns that were highly populated before cars even existed. But I think most cities in the UK would fall into that category, which is why there were several points in the video where other vehicles had to back up to allow him to pass through on a road that was only about 1.5 truck widths. Even here in the US, there are some parking structures where the roof clearance is too low, and some businesses with street parking or parking lots that seem to be set up for smaller vehicles only. When I know I'm going to have to park someplace like that, I take my Durango instead of my Ram.
@@shyryTsr2k -- True, what he is driving here is definitely not the largest American pickup truck. This "Hennessy 1000" is a modified version of the Ram 1500, which is that manufacturer's smallest full size pickup truck. Plus the one in this video only has a short bed as opposed to a full-size bed behind that crew cab. Dodge used to make a midsize truck called the Dakota, but they stopped making it a decade or so ago. It would've been a better fit for these roads in the UK. Chevrolet still makes a midsize truck called the Colorado that would also make more sense in the UK. Ford refers to their Ranger line as midsize, and it might actually qualify as midsize these days because they do seem bigger now, with actual doors for the backseat in the extended cab versions. But 30 years ago when I last owned one of them, I would call even the "super cab" Ranger a small truck, because the back "seats" in those "super" cabs consisted of a fold-down platform that faced sideways, like a jump seat on an airplane, and you had to fold and push the front seats forward to reach the backseat in the first place.
Just for reference, this is a heavily modified truck that costs about $160,000. I've driven a bigger pickup for work pulling a 20ft trailer. It's not that bad once you get used to it. It's definitely easier to do over here in the US.
3-ton is curb weight. Tonnage in the American pick-up truck market refers to hauling capacity (aka payload). The three capacities are ½ ton, ¾ ton and 1 ton.
this truck is not supersize (i live in the South, There are a lot of BIG trucks), theres just soooo much more room in the US. The lanes are wider, the parking spaces are larger, drive thrus are everywhere. UK cities were built around people and horses. A lot of US cities are usually less than 200 years old and the streets are straighter and are built FOR car traffic🙂👍
That is not the average size. There are trucks out there that are smaller than that. I'm sure he could have gone for a mid-sized truck. It just wouldn't have been as funny. 😂🤣
This makes me want to attempt my truck in the UK. I am from Texas, USA and this is about normal when it comes to the size of trucks. But a majority are bigger than this.
1999 f350 crew cab 4x4 long box dually with the 7.3l power stroke. Though you guys have me beat in the fuel tank. I’ve only got 36 gallons, though I’ve been eyeing the Titan 64 gal replacement tank
That truck was a little wider and taller than the average full size truck and over double the horsepower. They do have large fuel tanks and stand tall. You can always tell when it’s someone’s first truck. You get use to it.
This is a standard double cab short bed pickup. It's the current in thing for family and toy haulage. It also works good for contractors that need to take a crew and materials to a job site. By the way they do make longer pickups too.
That is actually a smaller pickup in Texas. Many of the ones I see around here are quad-cab standard bed 3/4-tons. they are 6.62 meters long and 2.12 meters wide. The fuel tank is 125 liters.
I don't live in Texas but I know that's not a small truck that is a cool cab pay attention that is a big 4 door crew cap I have friends that have them Only difference between that it's considered a 1/2 ton
@@joeschleyhahn5555 I'm not lying to nobody I don't know what you are talking about Just go to ram trucks And they'll tell you that's a full size truck
For the US, that is not a "large" "pickup" truck, and is what I, personally, would class as an expensive toy, rather than practical vehicle. It has a supercharged, 6.2 liter gasoline (vs diesel) engine rated at 1,000 HP - but it is mounted in a "1/2 ton" chassis, and though lifted, it is not 4-wheel drive. It's price tag - in the US - is over $135,000 and they will only make something like 200 of them. A truly Large US pickup, might be a crew cab (4 full sized doors, with full rear seats) - with a long wheelbase, and dual rear tires - with a "3/4 ton", or "1 ton" chassis (Dodge 2500 or 3500 series vs a 1500 series). If you wanted to make it even more unwieldy, you could get it in 4-wheel drive. But even in the US, these are not very handy for in town driving, or parking. That ,and I cannot imagine what they would cost to operate in the UK because of fuel costs.
@@MA-jd4ui My mistake on the 4WD, I did notice that it was a crew cab - but it has the short bed (5'7") behind it - vs a long bed/ long wheelbase chassis like a 2500/3500 crew cab with the full 8' foot long bed. So, how do you like your truck?
@@theblackbear211 That is true I only get 8 miles per city and 12 on the highway if I'm lucky But mine has 702 horsepower The Hennessy one has a 1000 Mine was a 150000 so I imagined that 1 would cost more
Wish I could add a photo. That’s pretty much a regular sized truck here in the states. Look up an F350 crew cab long bed dually. That’s what I have. But you get used to it quickly as well. My truck holds 36 gallons of diesel
That truck is not extreme in the way of size, maybe in HP, but that is the usual size other than having larger tires and possible lift, it is not far off of a normal size truck. The F-150 Raptors are wider and taller than their standard counterparts. So it would be wider than that Dodge you are watching.
It's the same size as your standard full size truck in the US. Hell,I have trouble fitting my Tundra on some streets in Houston as well as fitting it in some parking garages.
Gas is short for "Gasoline". Our drive thru's are just about the same size, you just get use to driving these places, I have a Ford 150 single cab but the longer bed so my truck is the same size as this
This is cause gasoline is the refined version of petrol and petrol is known as crude unrefined oil funny how the uk always laugh and say we are wrong for calling it gasoline when they don't even understand what petrol is lmao 😂 realistically you can't just pour petrol into your car it wouldn't work 😂
A Brit first used the word gasoline but then they decided they'd switch to calling it petrol. In America petroleum is the unrefined product . We usually use it to describe the many products made from it
We call it "gas" because it is short for gasoline. Petrol is short for petroleum which is the black stuff that comes out of the ground and is then refined into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, etc.
4:25 Gas is an abbreviation for gasoline which originated as a brand name in the past, and it remained in use because competitors would also refer to their fuel as "gas."
Pickup trucks in the US are one of if not the most common vehicle. This is a Ram 1500, it does happen to be the TRX version and upgraded by Hennessy but it is in fact the size of an average pickup here in the US. It might be slightly taller but overall it is a common vehicle here and not difficult at all to drive.
I actually had a pickup similar to this. Way back in 1980 I bought a 1978 Chevrolet K10 pickup. It was a full size, single cab witn an 8' bed. It also had a 3" lift kit which I quickly added 36" tall, 14" wide tires too. The bottom of the door was over 2 feet off the ground and it would drive over and through just about anything. In fact at one point some drunk woman pulled away from the curb as I was making a turn and I drove right over the front of it.
Our McDonald's drive through is just as tight in the US and yes that's the average size pickup truck. He greatly exaggerated. You just get used to driving a larger vehicle.
When I was a kid in the USA we had station wagons (estate wagons) and a lot of people had tiny cars and pickups like Datsuns and Subarus because of expensive gas. These big suvs and trucks are a menace.
“Just going to find myself a parking space” 13:54 *Drives on top of curb* 😂Best part & we do that in the states as well.. One of the many perks of a lifted truck..🤷🏻♂️
They're not all that size, but that's probably one of the more popular sizes. There's definitely smaller pickups, but they're rarer, at least in the southeast which is pickup truck central, and there are some far bigger.
I've been to the UK, driven all over England especially the Lake District. This vehicle is as wide as some of the roads. If you're going to drive this truck there, you better be able to back up well, because you may(will) have to back up into one of those cut outs in the dirt banks on the road. 3 point turns wouldn't just be at intersections. 😂
A one of a kind car was made that would elevate the truck above other cars. The tires moved outward also. At full hight it could over pass many cars on a crowded or backed up road.
I love driving them. I don’t own one but I’ve been given them sometimes when renting a vehicle and all they have left is a big truck. The first time I drove one I thought it would be hard but it’s awesome.They have sensors everywhere which makes it so easy to park. But our roads and parking spaces are much bigger.😊
Hi guys. I have a Ford F-250 which means it can carry 3/4 of a ton load in the bed. I'm 6'2" and have to use the nerf bars as a step to get in. The fuel tank holds 36 GALLONS. Our vehicles do run on the larger size still but are smaller overall than ones from the past. Our roads were made with our vehicles in mind unlike Europe that still builds roads for horse and buggy size.
That particular truck is extra wide because it is built for offroad driving. Otherwise, there are plenty of trucks that are longer and heavier. The truck on this video is considered a "half ton" or light duty truck. We also have three quarter ton and one ton trucks which are generally used for work and have large diesel engines and larger frames and axles, making them pretty heavy. Then of course there are plenty of people, including myself, that install lift kits and larger tires, making the truck even bigger.
1:51 This pickup truck is on the larger side, but it's not particularly uncommon or the largest one out there. In the United States, especially in the Midwest and South regions, it's not unusual to see one out of every three vehicles on the road being some kind of truck. However, it's worth noting that many of these trucks are simply used as daily transportation and are never actually put to use for their intended "truck-like" functions, such as off-roading or hauling cargo.
Although this truck is a 1500 like the raptor the TRX witch is the base for the henissey mammoth. It is wider and tailer then the standard 1500 pick up it's wider then the 2500s or 3/4 tons. So no this isn't the size of the standard American pickup but these do roll around in the states.
How to "spray" wash a large vehicle: 1) Accept the fact that you are going to have to pay for two separate cycles. 2) Use the first cycle to loosen up any obvious debris, then switch over the foam brush. Make sure you drop at least a little bit of soap foam in bits all around the truck, including the roof, and then go back around to actually use the brush for scrubbing. Don't worry about running out of time because... 3) You are going to use the second round to do the tires and wheel wells, and then rinse everything from the top down. Much less stressful than trying to wash and rinse the entire thing in one go.
Beesleys, commenting on something you said about the white vehicle @ 2:36, yes, we also call it a van, but with a specific name--sprinter van, if I'm correct, that is. These can be identified by their unusually high roof.
My dad drove around a duly (which has fenders that stick out on both sides and would have definitely been more difficult as far as driving through those narrow places. Not sure if it would make it down some of them at all just due to narowness. But that style truck isn't as common as the one he drove). Our truck was also extended cab (so it had full size back seat and front seat) and a long bed (so longer than the normal length of the bed of most trucks), making our truck not only much wider than most trucks but longer as well. And yeah they are almost always high off the ground since they are originally designed for work and you may need to go over rough terrain (though not everyone who drives one actually needs one in the states)
I drive a 7-seater family-style van over here in the US. Not as long or as wide as that truck, but still a pretty big box of a vehicle. I do keep the rear seat folded into the floor for cargo space, and the middle two bucket seats have the seat-backs folded down as well. If I place the front of a standard 4x8-foot sheet of plywood atop the folded middle seats, I can fit the entire thing in far enough to close the back hatch completely. Without any cargo in the van, it gets a hair over 630 miles on a single tank of gas. When I was a teen on the family farm, I would regularly drive an 18-foot-bed dump truck to take grain and corn to local feed mills, so I know what it's like to drive a larger-than-passenger-sized truck. And the combine harvester had a grain-mowing attachment that was 14 feet wide--driven mostly on back roads and dirt roads. Our largest tractor would regularly tow a 12-foot-wide disc harrow. The fellow in the video could have avoided all the hassle he was showing by simply being patient enough to wait for a petrol pump where he didn't have to block someone in, and not using a drive-through to get his food. If he was making the tightest turns that truck was capable of doing, I'd be surprised. To me, it looked as if he were exaggerating everything to make a comical point. As for British roads being narrower, they are. I've visited England twice and everything except for the highways/motorways are much narrower than the same sort of roads in the US would be. I never tried to drive in England, but I was a passenger often enough to see what the roads there are like. I was astonished the first time my British friends took me out on the back roads there. Parking on both sides, with basically a single lane in the middle for two-way traffic to share, and pulling to the side to let oncoming traffic to go by. It made sense, especially with the smaller size of the cars, but the typical US driver would go slowly mad trying to cope--most assuredly so if driving one of our typically-larger vehicles. Driving a British vehicle on British roads would be more easily managed by a US driver--once they got used to driving on the left, steering wheel on the right, roundabouts, and pulling over for oncoming traffic on narrow roads. If *I* absolutely *had* to drive a US vehicle in England, I'd opt for a motorcycle! Or some of our own smaller cars. We do have plenty of small cars, but the stereotype is, of course, huge fuel-guzzling behemoths.
I can relate. We had the same problems when the US Army firleded the HMMV in Europe (except for the McDonalds. Weren't allowed to use the drive through.)
On American roads, our lanes are generally wider in width, which can be attributed to the vast land available in the country. Since there is usually no need to conserve space, the roads are not constrained by trying to weave through 200-year-old towns and villages. U.S. roads are typically 12-14 feet wide (3.5 -4.5 meters) compared to the 9 feet or 3.65 meters in the U.K.
I have to mention, it all comes down to knowing the measurements of your vehicle, position the driver seat so you can see the front of the hood, position the mirrors so you see a small part of your vehicle as well as the road and having the competence to drive it in smaller spaces. If you’re afraid to drive it anywhere and end up with a 1-2 feet gap of space, you’re not competent and need to take more driving lessons or turn in your license. I’ve mostly driven large trucks and became skilled at fitting them down narrow streets and back alleys in the big cities.
Hi y'all! This is funny!😄 That's the RAM HENNESSEY MAMMOTH with 1000hp (several mods)! You should look at their 6X6. And you're right, Love, it's not good to leave soap on a car/truck. I love Ram, Dodge & MOPAR TO YOU!!😎👍
I don't have a problem driving my truck around America. Most trucks are that big, but that truck is bigger than most. It has a suspension lift on it, to make it more useful off road. I only have two trucks with suspension lifts on them, two of them are lowered and the truck in my picture is big but it is still at factory height. Then I have a 1ton dually truck that is bigger and wider than all of my other trucks.
In the US if a vehicle is over 80 inches wide they have to have amber marker lights on the cab roof. Most pickups with single rear wheels are under that unless they come from the factory with extra wide fender flares. I don't see the lights on this, just a full sized truck.
I drive a 2007 GMC Sierra 1500 extended cab with 4 wheel drive. Vehicle driver and fuel puts it at 6300 lbs. At over 200,000 miles and it's worn out power steering you would have to use both arms to turn at low engine idle in areas like that.
In the US our roads, parking spots and lots are bigger for sure - you could drive that baby all day long on the interstate with plenty of room. These big trucks with nice interiors are very comfortable on long road trips, we cant have our big cars any more but we can still have our big trucks-!!
My jeep has two (21.5 gal) tanks, before anyone asks it did not come with two. I like go off roading. Pt an American or the average Texan in that rig and you will see what that toy can do.
Parking a truck even in the U.S.A. can be quite a pain. One time I counted and my son took up 13 parking spots with is 3/4 ton Dodge Megacab and a 35' gooseneck trailer.
Depends, I drive an F250 SuperDuty Platinum Diesel, sits on 35 inch tall tires, over 500hp and 1000 ftlbs of torque, and she weighs in at 9860 lbs. My fuel tank is 25 gallons and I get 20 mpg
That is a Ram TRX which is roughly $100k vehicle. Built for off-road driving. I have a truck that size, but there are bigger trucks. A 3500 Ram truck is massive.
I have a 2016 Dodge Big Horn HD 2500 (AKA called 3/4 ton in USA) Crew cab with a 6.4L V8 OHV engine in (they also come with diesel engines in them)that weighs 7,880 US pounds. It is 80.1 inches tall, 79.4 inches wide, has a 96 inch box, 260.8 inches long, 169 inch wheel base and a towing capacity of 14,020 US pounds. Called Pickups by farmers and ranchers or city folk call them trucks are even larger weight wise by frames, bigger wheels and tires and called 3,500 super duty 3/4 ton, 4,500 tonner and 5,500 super duty tonner.
Hey guys! I can relate. I own a 6.0 litre diesel Ford F-250 that averages 12 miles per gallon. I got tired of paying that fuel bill, and now im in a Mazda 3 hatchback! 34 miles per gallon average. Couldn't be happier!!! 😃
This a highly modified stock truck, Hennessey in a car tuning and modification company here in the states which takes stock cars and trucks and builds them to massive power, they also do Mustangs, Vipers, etc. The Mammoth is likely a close to $500K USD build for that 1000HP
American pick-up trucks are not all the same size. I think this one is toward the upper end of the common range, i.e., there are a lot of pick-up trucks this size on American roads, but there are also a fair number of somewhat smaller ones.
Although it is a four door with short bed, It is typical width & length. The large tires are probably not stock, so it is taller than normal. 72-78 inches tall is more typical.
Here in north Florida you'll see trucks way bigger than that driving down the roads or in drive thrus. He made things way more difficult than it needed to be.
We have a Ford Raptor truck. It’s 9” wider than a lot of trucks. We live in Texas so we’re surrounded by big trucks. They’re not that difficult to drive really.
I love my Dodge pickup. I have a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 SLT. It has a 4.7 L V8 that gets decent gas milage. This truck of mine is a beast. My truck is just the right height to be level with drive through windows at restaurants. The gas tanks holds appro. 26 gallons US. It will cost me about $75 US to fill up if close to empty. This truck rides better than a lot of cars sold in the US. It is very comfortable to ride in also. It fits our roads just fine. I wish I could send you a picture of it. He has a cool truck!
the truck in the video isn't much bigger than the standard 1500, while it does have slightly wider tires, and a small lift, it is still indicative of a typical american crew cab pickup. and keep in mind, just how far apart places are in america. american fuel tanks are huge for a reason on pickups and full size suvs that typically don't get very good mileage. why though... does it have texas plates?
Normal pickups in America especially in the mountains of northern California all 4 wheel drives lifted three sitting on 38 inch tires. The dodge on 35 inch tires. My daily driver to work. 12 miles one way.
size wise this isn't the largest. The largest would be around 3-4 feet longer and a foot or so wider. I drive my f350 dually through stuff that tight all the time at 15-20 mph while plowing snow.
While I was stationed at RAF Mildenhall in the 90s, I had my 1990 Pontic Grand Prix coupe. It was a tight squeeze in multistory car parks and some of the country roads. Perfect on the motorway and many A roads though.
A 3 ton US pick-up? Humm?? I have never heard of a 3 ton. Perhaps he is talking about the total weight of the truck. That is possible but not how they are rated in the US. A 1 ton is about as high as they go for consumer trucks here. This is the weight it is rated to carry in the bed of the truck. NOT how much it will haul (some go up to 9 tons there) or how much it weight total. That could be 3 tons.
That truck is "normal" size by American standards. It is the same size as my 2008 Ford F-250 flatbed, but the road here (Phoenix) are sized for large vehicles. Even so, my truck can be a challenge in parking loot Full-size pickups are probably the single most popular vehicle in the Southwest.
Most people who have one of those need it, and if he drives much he might want to get a line of credit at the gas station. The real fun is getting it worked on.
I honestly want to see how a Pickup truck handles the snow because I assume that it handles the snow better than a normal car with 4 wheel drive an a 8 wheel diesel transporter truck which usually jack knifes in bad weather.
It depends on the driver. The thing with trucks is the bed is light. Unless you have heavy stuff in it. It can be very dangerous. I have seen trucks driving backwards down the road. People think I have 4 wheel drive I can go anywhere. Forgetting stopping. You still in the breaks the rear end can come flying around.
If you want to see some pickup truck snow driving check out the RUclips site Trent and Allie they've been building their own house & garage, in Utah, above 8000 ft elevation, in the snow right now. They show snow driving and recovery of stuck vehicles on their videos.
I drive the same model (Ram 1500) so it is really that size, but mine is not lifted. That's also a Hennessy upgrade, so that version of the truck is VERY expensive and not something the average person could drive. On smaller roads it can be difficult, but if you are used to the size of the truck then its not bad. This video was obviously someone who has never driven something that big
He made every interaction a lot harder than he needed to.
I agree. Most of those didn't look that bad
Yes. Over exaggerated. Probably not a practical vehicle for most in the UK but he makes it seem worse than it really would be. Especially at the gas pump. The white van at the gas station is the same one at the corner just before.
@@larrydlam -- I suspect the white van is driven by a colleague of his, participating in the video by making sure that the difficult situations will be set up just right.
He certainly could have waited at the gas station and pulled in behind somebody else after the other vehicles cleared, or left after the first fill up and gone back around to get to the pump again for the rest.
He absolutely could have parked and walked into the McDonald's.
Probably can't fit inside most private garages or public parking structures in the UK either.
But the gasoline/petrol costs are completely real, and not semi-contrived like some of the other scenes in this video.
So overall, I think the video is worthwhile, because anyone across the pond who thinks they might want a full size American truck should probably consider these possible situations before making such a purchase.
the point of the video was probably to be excessive. dude brought a gas engine tuned to 1000 horsepower that gets maybe 7 mpg when a diesel engine in a truck that size gets ~20 mpg if driven conservatively.
for a F250, RAM 25500 or bigger truck diesel is really the best option for either efficiency or power. diesels can make even more power than gas if you stuff enough air in them with a turbo or super charger. A sufficiently boosted Cummins diesel engine in a RAM can run a 9 second quarter mile.
@@T-Dawg123a -- Plus the truck he is driving here isn't even a 2500. The Ram "Hennessy Mammoth 1000" is actually just a flashy modified version of the Ram 1500 TRX with a short bed. (Although the external dimensions in terms of width and length of the vehicle are about the same between 1500 and 2500 models if they all have the crew cab and short bed.)
It's basically a toy for dudebros to want to show off their truck, as opposed to people who actually need a truck for work or towing.
And the one shown here isn't even the largest version of a 1500 Ram, because it is clearly the one with the short bed and not the full size bed behind the crew cab. He would've had more difficulty with a long bed when it comes to things like parking or trying to turn in a small radius on a narrow road.
I agree that diesel probably makes more sense in the UK, especially since your winters tend to have milder temperatures than the northern parts of the US and Canada. There will be times you have to use a heater for the engine block, but not as commonly as we do here.
He made it look difficult to drive when in reality they’re not. You get use to it real quick. The power is amazing and so much fun. You should check out all the bells and whistles it has.
It’s a status symbol not a work truck. So is meant for those with to much time and to much money. So for us blue collar folks is useless.
True. They are a beast, but once your used to it, its pretty easy. Though even here sometimes you can have issues like if your trucks to long or cars are to close on either side when parking.
Its difficult because of the road sizes. British streets are much smaller then ours.
KippNAshley Miller:. It wouldn't be that fun in Britain.
@@knightspearhead5718 But even in US cities it's not that hard. It's not as easy as the suburbs or rural areas, but it's much easier than what he made it seem
I am a 77 year-old woman…and I drive a big Dodge Ram pickup…. I love it!! ❤️🇺🇸
Fun…and informative video!!
My neighbor has one of those I hear it running right now. 😅
That's cool! RAM TOUGH, baby!!❣️🇺🇲
You go girl! When my daughter turned 14 and got her restricted driver's license I made her drive a quad cab Dodge Ram pickup to school. She didn't really like it at the time, but she is glad she learned back then. Her DD is a '23 Escalade now and frequently drives drives their 1 ton GMC dually doing chores or pulling their 42' horse trailer.
Here in Ford F150 country..which is whole country..we call Dodge Ram as Obama/Government Motors trucks..thanks
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I've owned trucks larger than that in Indiana. He made things way harder than it had to be.
But you don't drive it in the UK
To be fair, as a full size pickup truck driver myself for several decades now, I find most places here in the states are built to accommodate that size vehicle, including most open lot parking spaces, two-lane bridges, etc.
There are certainly exceptions in some older towns that were highly populated before cars even existed. But I think most cities in the UK would fall into that category, which is why there were several points in the video where other vehicles had to back up to allow him to pass through on a road that was only about 1.5 truck widths.
Even here in the US, there are some parking structures where the roof clearance is too low, and some businesses with street parking or parking lots that seem to be set up for smaller vehicles only. When I know I'm going to have to park someplace like that, I take my Durango instead of my Ram.
Yeah that truck looks smaller than the ones I've seen.
@@shyryTsr2k -- True, what he is driving here is definitely not the largest American pickup truck. This "Hennessy 1000" is a modified version of the Ram 1500, which is that manufacturer's smallest full size pickup truck. Plus the one in this video only has a short bed as opposed to a full-size bed behind that crew cab.
Dodge used to make a midsize truck called the Dakota, but they stopped making it a decade or so ago. It would've been a better fit for these roads in the UK.
Chevrolet still makes a midsize truck called the Colorado that would also make more sense in the UK.
Ford refers to their Ranger line as midsize, and it might actually qualify as midsize these days because they do seem bigger now, with actual doors for the backseat in the extended cab versions. But 30 years ago when I last owned one of them, I would call even the "super cab" Ranger a small truck, because the back "seats" in those "super" cabs consisted of a fold-down platform that faced sideways, like a jump seat on an airplane, and you had to fold and push the front seats forward to reach the backseat in the first place.
Just for reference, this is a heavily modified truck that costs about $160,000. I've driven a bigger pickup for work pulling a 20ft trailer. It's not that bad once you get used to it. It's definitely easier to do over here in the US.
More like $110k, but still insanely priced…
Ok more like $130k lol. Didn’t know it was a 1000hp version haha.
It is a standard size pick up we do have super duty size as well.
Yep Ford Super duties exists.
Extended cab too!
It's not even a dually
3-ton is curb weight. Tonnage in the American pick-up truck market refers to hauling capacity (aka payload). The three capacities are ½ ton, ¾ ton and 1 ton.
That doesn't even represent payload anymore. My 2004 3/4 ton Duramax has a payload of just over 4,000lbs.
this truck is not supersize (i live in the South, There are a lot of BIG trucks), theres just soooo much more room in the US. The lanes are wider, the parking spaces are larger, drive thrus are everywhere. UK cities were built around people and horses. A lot of US cities are usually less than 200 years old and the streets are straighter and are built FOR car traffic🙂👍
I dont know it looks pretty supersized to me, I live in the USA btw, makes my audi a4 look like a car for midgets
Pick up trucks come in varying sizes but his is a fairly typical size.
That is the average size of a full size pick up, but the power train is decidedy larger at 1000 HP.
That is not the average size. There are trucks out there that are smaller than that. I'm sure he could have gone for a mid-sized truck. It just wouldn't have been as funny. 😂🤣
That's definitely the average full size truck. It just costs 160k because it's a modified TRX.
1000hp isn't as common but the physical size of the truck is pretty common to see in the US. We even take the small form trucks and make them big.
This makes me want to attempt my truck in the UK. I am from Texas, USA and this is about normal when it comes to the size of trucks. But a majority are bigger than this.
We have one. It's soooo comfortable. It makes my Mercedes feel like an economy car inside.
It's SOOO cute that you think 3 ton is big!
My '89 Suburban had the long-range tank, 40 gallons, or, 152 liters.
The 2000 Ford Excursion V10 6.8 Liter 44 gallon standard tank has entered the chat.
1999 f350 crew cab 4x4 long box dually with the 7.3l power stroke. Though you guys have me beat in the fuel tank. I’ve only got 36 gallons, though I’ve been eyeing the Titan 64 gal replacement tank
@@johnthrasher4477 The Titan tanks are awesome. Pricey, but awesome.
That truck was a little wider and taller than the average full size truck and over double the horsepower. They do have large fuel tanks and stand tall.
You can always tell when it’s someone’s first truck. You get use to it.
That’s a standard size. There are MUCH longer ones and also some people raise them up !
This is a standard double cab short bed pickup. It's the current in thing for family and toy haulage. It also works good for contractors that need to take a crew and materials to a job site.
By the way they do make longer pickups too.
That is actually a smaller pickup in Texas. Many of the ones I see around here are quad-cab standard bed 3/4-tons. they are 6.62 meters long and 2.12 meters wide. The fuel tank is 125 liters.
I don't live in Texas but I know that's not a small truck that is a cool cab pay attention that is a big 4 door crew cap I have friends that have them Only difference between that it's considered a 1/2 ton
Sorry about the misspelling That is a crooked app
Surely the fuel tank is in gallons. Nobody in Texas understands litres!
Why are you lying to these people.
@@joeschleyhahn5555 I'm not lying to nobody I don't know what you are talking about Just go to ram trucks And they'll tell you that's a full size truck
He really made it very much harder than it had to be in the video.
For the US, that is not a "large" "pickup" truck, and is what I, personally, would class as an expensive toy, rather than practical vehicle.
It has a supercharged, 6.2 liter gasoline (vs diesel) engine rated at 1,000 HP - but it is mounted in a "1/2 ton" chassis, and though lifted, it is not 4-wheel drive.
It's price tag - in the US - is over $135,000 and they will only make something like 200 of them.
A truly Large US pickup, might be a crew cab (4 full sized doors, with full rear seats) - with a long wheelbase, and dual rear tires -
with a "3/4 ton", or "1 ton" chassis (Dodge 2500 or 3500 series vs a 1500 series).
If you wanted to make it even more unwieldy, you could get it in 4-wheel drive.
But even in the US, these are not very handy for in town driving, or parking.
That ,and I cannot imagine what they would cost to operate in the UK because of fuel costs.
Everything you said is correct except one thing That is a crew cab I have one and it is all will drive That's the way that model only comes
@@MA-jd4ui My mistake on the 4WD, I did notice that it was a crew cab - but it has the short bed (5'7") behind it - vs a long bed/ long wheelbase chassis like a 2500/3500 crew cab with the full 8' foot long bed. So, how do you like your truck?
@@MA-jd4ui Can you imagine their response if he had a 3500 with the optional 50 gallon (~190 liter) tank?
@@theblackbear211 That is true I only get 8 miles per city and 12 on the highway if I'm lucky But mine has 702 horsepower The Hennessy one has a 1000 Mine was a 150000 so I imagined that 1 would cost more
That’s a typical dodge ram in the states
That’s a standard size truck here in Canada and america we have smaller and bigger trucks the truck that guy is driving is the same size of my truck
This vid is hilarious haha, and yeah where I live In the us I see ton of these driving around but the roads and car parks are wider
Wish I could add a photo. That’s pretty much a regular sized truck here in the states. Look up an F350 crew cab long bed dually. That’s what I have.
But you get used to it quickly as well. My truck holds 36 gallons of diesel
The tank on my truck is 35 gallons or 132.4 liters.
Even having a long box f150 crew cab is tough to park in many places in Canada. Have to be careful not to park where others can block me in.
That truck is not extreme in the way of size, maybe in HP, but that is the usual size other than having larger tires and possible lift, it is not far off of a normal size truck. The F-150 Raptors are wider and taller than their standard counterparts. So it would be wider than that Dodge you are watching.
It's the same size as your standard full size truck in the US.
Hell,I have trouble fitting my Tundra on some streets in Houston as well as fitting it in some parking garages.
That's a average medium sized truck in the USA 😂 let's see him do a f350 crew cab long bed
That is not a mid size truck in the US That is a full size truck That model is actually wider and bigger than a full size truck Your F350 is a one ton
mid size would be like a toyota tacoma
@@rvt_h3d Yes thank you that's correct
Gas is short for "Gasoline". Our drive thru's are just about the same size, you just get use to driving these places, I have a Ford 150 single cab but the longer bed so my truck is the same size as this
And it's a British word.
In the US gas is short for gasoline. Slang, you might say.
This is cause gasoline is the refined version of petrol and petrol is known as crude unrefined oil funny how the uk always laugh and say we are wrong for calling it gasoline when they don't even understand what petrol is lmao 😂 realistically you can't just pour petrol into your car it wouldn't work 😂
@@drun420s4 Well, they should take notes from us on that since we are a driving culture!😂👍
A Brit first used the word gasoline but then they decided they'd switch to calling it petrol.
In America petroleum is the unrefined product . We usually use it to describe the many products made from it
People use these kind of trucks to go 4x4ing off road stuff where you have to use your four wheel drive.
We call it "gas" because it is short for gasoline. Petrol is short for petroleum which is the black stuff that comes out of the ground and is then refined into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, etc.
4:25 Gas is an abbreviation for gasoline which originated as a brand name in the past, and it remained in use because competitors would also refer to their fuel as "gas."
Pickup trucks in the US are one of if not the most common vehicle. This is a Ram 1500, it does happen to be the TRX version and upgraded by Hennessy but it is in fact the size of an average pickup here in the US. It might be slightly taller but overall it is a common vehicle here and not difficult at all to drive.
I actually had a pickup similar to this. Way back in 1980 I bought a 1978 Chevrolet K10 pickup.
It was a full size, single cab witn an 8' bed. It also had a 3" lift kit which I quickly added 36" tall, 14" wide tires too.
The bottom of the door was over 2 feet off the ground and it would drive over and through just about anything. In fact at one point some drunk woman pulled away from the curb as I was making a turn and I drove right over the front of it.
Our McDonald's drive through is just as tight in the US and yes that's the average size pickup truck.
He greatly exaggerated. You just get used to driving a larger vehicle.
When I was a kid in the USA we had station wagons (estate wagons) and a lot of people had tiny cars and pickups like Datsuns and Subarus because of expensive gas. These big suvs and trucks are a menace.
“Just going to find myself a parking space” 13:54
*Drives on top of curb*
😂Best part & we do that in the states as well.. One of the many perks of a lifted truck..🤷🏻♂️
They're not all that size, but that's probably one of the more popular sizes. There's definitely smaller pickups, but they're rarer, at least in the southeast which is pickup truck central, and there are some far bigger.
Yeah once saw a huge Ford pick up truck with a big body and the tires where huge tread tires.
I've been to the UK, driven all over England especially the Lake District. This vehicle is as wide as some of the roads. If you're going to drive this truck there, you better be able to back up well, because you may(will) have to back up into one of those cut outs in the dirt banks on the road. 3 point turns wouldn't just be at intersections. 😂
A one of a kind car was made that would elevate the truck above other cars. The tires moved outward also. At full hight it could over pass many cars on a crowded or backed up road.
Very funny! :) This was a typical sized truck here.
I love driving them. I don’t own one but I’ve been given them sometimes when renting a vehicle and all they have left is a big truck. The first time I drove one I thought it would be hard but it’s awesome.They have sensors everywhere which makes it so easy to park. But our roads and parking spaces are much bigger.😊
Hi guys. I have a Ford F-250 which means it can carry 3/4 of a ton load in the bed. I'm 6'2" and have to use the nerf bars as a step to get in. The fuel tank holds 36 GALLONS. Our vehicles do run on the larger size still but are smaller overall than ones from the past. Our roads were made with our vehicles in mind unlike Europe that still builds roads for horse and buggy size.
That particular truck is extra wide because it is built for offroad driving. Otherwise, there are plenty of trucks that are longer and heavier. The truck on this video is considered a "half ton" or light duty truck. We also have three quarter ton and one ton trucks which are generally used for work and have large diesel engines and larger frames and axles, making them pretty heavy.
Then of course there are plenty of people, including myself, that install lift kits and larger tires, making the truck even bigger.
1:51 This pickup truck is on the larger side, but it's not particularly uncommon or the largest one out there. In the United States, especially in the Midwest and South regions, it's not unusual to see one out of every three vehicles on the road being some kind of truck. However, it's worth noting that many of these trucks are simply used as daily transportation and are never actually put to use for their intended "truck-like" functions, such as off-roading or hauling cargo.
Although this truck is a 1500 like the raptor the TRX witch is the base for the henissey mammoth. It is wider and tailer then the standard 1500 pick up it's wider then the 2500s or 3/4 tons. So no this isn't the size of the standard American pickup but these do roll around in the states.
This was the most hilarious thing I've seen in a long time LOL
You can get all sizes of pick up trucks but this size is common in the US.
This is why Europe uses more vans than pick-ups.
Their vans are narrower and taller as well in Europe, usually.
I drive a 2000 Ford Excursion w/ a V10 engine and a 44 gallon tank (~171 liters). That truck isn't really big.
How to "spray" wash a large vehicle:
1) Accept the fact that you are going to have to pay for two separate cycles.
2) Use the first cycle to loosen up any obvious debris, then switch over the foam brush. Make sure you drop at least a little bit of soap foam in bits all around the truck, including the roof, and then go back around to actually use the brush for scrubbing. Don't worry about running out of time because...
3) You are going to use the second round to do the tires and wheel wells, and then rinse everything from the top down.
Much less stressful than trying to wash and rinse the entire thing in one go.
Beesleys, commenting on something you said about the white vehicle @ 2:36, yes, we also call it a van, but with a specific name--sprinter van, if I'm correct, that is. These can be identified by their unusually high roof.
My dad drove around a duly (which has fenders that stick out on both sides and would have definitely been more difficult as far as driving through those narrow places. Not sure if it would make it down some of them at all just due to narowness. But that style truck isn't as common as the one he drove). Our truck was also extended cab (so it had full size back seat and front seat) and a long bed (so longer than the normal length of the bed of most trucks), making our truck not only much wider than most trucks but longer as well. And yeah they are almost always high off the ground since they are originally designed for work and you may need to go over rough terrain (though not everyone who drives one actually needs one in the states)
I drive a 7-seater family-style van over here in the US. Not as long or as wide as that truck, but still a pretty big box of a vehicle. I do keep the rear seat folded into the floor for cargo space, and the middle two bucket seats have the seat-backs folded down as well. If I place the front of a standard 4x8-foot sheet of plywood atop the folded middle seats, I can fit the entire thing in far enough to close the back hatch completely. Without any cargo in the van, it gets a hair over 630 miles on a single tank of gas. When I was a teen on the family farm, I would regularly drive an 18-foot-bed dump truck to take grain and corn to local feed mills, so I know what it's like to drive a larger-than-passenger-sized truck. And the combine harvester had a grain-mowing attachment that was 14 feet wide--driven mostly on back roads and dirt roads. Our largest tractor would regularly tow a 12-foot-wide disc harrow.
The fellow in the video could have avoided all the hassle he was showing by simply being patient enough to wait for a petrol pump where he didn't have to block someone in, and not using a drive-through to get his food. If he was making the tightest turns that truck was capable of doing, I'd be surprised. To me, it looked as if he were exaggerating everything to make a comical point.
As for British roads being narrower, they are. I've visited England twice and everything except for the highways/motorways are much narrower than the same sort of roads in the US would be. I never tried to drive in England, but I was a passenger often enough to see what the roads there are like. I was astonished the first time my British friends took me out on the back roads there. Parking on both sides, with basically a single lane in the middle for two-way traffic to share, and pulling to the side to let oncoming traffic to go by. It made sense, especially with the smaller size of the cars, but the typical US driver would go slowly mad trying to cope--most assuredly so if driving one of our typically-larger vehicles. Driving a British vehicle on British roads would be more easily managed by a US driver--once they got used to driving on the left, steering wheel on the right, roundabouts, and pulling over for oncoming traffic on narrow roads. If *I* absolutely *had* to drive a US vehicle in England, I'd opt for a motorcycle! Or some of our own smaller cars. We do have plenty of small cars, but the stereotype is, of course, huge fuel-guzzling behemoths.
My husband has one, a Ford F-150 with a full back seat! I drive it too, not too much different from a big car or a van!
I can relate. We had the same problems when the US Army firleded the HMMV in Europe (except for the McDonalds. Weren't allowed to use the drive through.)
The TRX has a relatively small tank at 33 gallons/125L. You can get a 50 gallon/190L tank in the Ram Heavy Duty.
4:56 "Hopefully this isn't going to be too expensive."
me: *chuckles* "Oh you sweet summer child."
On American roads, our lanes are generally wider in width, which can be attributed to the vast land available in the country. Since there is usually no need to conserve space, the roads are not constrained by trying to weave through 200-year-old towns and villages. U.S. roads are typically 12-14 feet wide (3.5 -4.5 meters) compared to the 9 feet or 3.65 meters in the U.K.
I have to mention, it all comes down to knowing the measurements of your vehicle, position the driver seat so you can see the front of the hood, position the mirrors so you see a small part of your vehicle as well as the road and having the competence to drive it in smaller spaces. If you’re afraid to drive it anywhere and end up with a 1-2 feet gap of space, you’re not competent and need to take more driving lessons or turn in your license. I’ve mostly driven large trucks and became skilled at fitting them down narrow streets and back alleys in the big cities.
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I don't have a problem driving my truck around America. Most trucks are that big, but that truck is bigger than most. It has a suspension lift on it, to make it more useful off road. I only have two trucks with suspension lifts on them, two of them are lowered and the truck in my picture is big but it is still at factory height. Then I have a 1ton dually truck that is bigger and wider than all of my other trucks.
In the US if a vehicle is over 80 inches wide they have to have amber marker lights on the cab roof. Most pickups with single rear wheels are under that unless they come from the factory with extra wide fender flares. I don't see the lights on this, just a full sized truck.
I drive a 2007 GMC Sierra 1500 extended cab with 4 wheel drive. Vehicle driver and fuel puts it at 6300 lbs. At over 200,000 miles and it's worn out power steering you would have to use both arms to turn at low engine idle in areas like that.
For a RAM, that's about right. But there are larger pickups here as well.
Yup, those are TX plates, & left steering! Surprising that it's allowed there.
That’s the most common sized truck in the US. It just has a lift kit and larger tires added to it.
In the US our roads, parking spots and lots are bigger for sure - you could drive that baby all day long on the interstate with plenty of room. These big trucks with nice interiors are very comfortable on long road trips, we cant have our big cars any more but we can still have our big trucks-!!
Being from Texas I loved seeing that Texas license plate 😅😂😂 it added a nice touch
My jeep has two (21.5 gal) tanks, before anyone asks it did not come with two. I like go off roading. Pt an American or the average Texan in that rig and you will see what that toy can do.
That is a fairly standard size truck here in Florida. Mine is the same size but not as high.
Parking a truck even in the U.S.A. can be quite a pain. One time I counted and my son took up 13 parking spots with is 3/4 ton Dodge Megacab and a 35' gooseneck trailer.
Depends, I drive an F250 SuperDuty Platinum Diesel, sits on 35 inch tall tires, over 500hp and 1000 ftlbs of torque, and she weighs in at 9860 lbs.
My fuel tank is 25 gallons and I get 20 mpg
That is a Ram TRX which is roughly $100k vehicle. Built for off-road driving. I have a truck that size, but there are bigger trucks. A 3500 Ram truck is massive.
I have a 2016 Dodge Big Horn HD 2500 (AKA called 3/4 ton in USA) Crew cab with a 6.4L V8 OHV engine in (they also come with diesel engines in them)that weighs 7,880 US pounds. It is 80.1 inches tall, 79.4 inches wide, has a 96 inch box, 260.8 inches long, 169 inch wheel base and a towing capacity of 14,020 US pounds. Called Pickups by farmers and ranchers or city folk call them trucks are even larger weight wise by frames, bigger wheels and tires and called 3,500 super duty 3/4 ton, 4,500 tonner and 5,500 super duty tonner.
Hey guys! I can relate. I own a 6.0 litre diesel Ford F-250 that averages 12 miles per gallon. I got tired of paying that fuel bill, and now im in a Mazda 3 hatchback! 34 miles per gallon average. Couldn't be happier!!! 😃
This a highly modified stock truck, Hennessey in a car tuning and modification company here in the states which takes stock cars and trucks and builds them to massive power, they also do Mustangs, Vipers, etc. The Mammoth is likely a close to $500K USD build for that 1000HP
American pick-up trucks are not all the same size. I think this one is toward the upper end of the common range, i.e., there are a lot of pick-up trucks this size on American roads, but there are also a fair number of somewhat smaller ones.
Although it is a four door with short bed, It is typical width & length. The large tires are probably not stock, so it is taller than normal. 72-78 inches tall is more typical.
Here in north Florida you'll see trucks way bigger than that driving down the roads or in drive thrus. He made things way more difficult than it needed to be.
The guy driving is obviously "churching it up" for dramatic purposes.
😂 This isn't his car! He reviews cars for his RUclips channel/company called CarWow.
We have a Ford Raptor truck. It’s 9” wider than a lot of trucks. We live in Texas so we’re surrounded by big trucks. They’re not that difficult to drive really.
I love my Dodge pickup. I have a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 SLT. It has a 4.7 L V8 that gets decent gas milage. This truck of mine is a beast. My truck is just the right height to be level with drive through windows at restaurants. The gas tanks holds appro. 26 gallons US. It will cost me about $75 US to fill up if close to empty. This truck rides better than a lot of cars sold in the US. It is very comfortable to ride in also. It fits our roads just fine. I wish I could send you a picture of it. He has a cool truck!
the truck in the video isn't much bigger than the standard 1500, while it does have slightly wider tires, and a small lift, it is still indicative of a typical american crew cab pickup. and keep in mind, just how far apart places are in america. american fuel tanks are huge for a reason on pickups and full size suvs that typically don't get very good mileage. why though... does it have texas plates?
Normal pickups in America especially in the mountains of northern California all 4 wheel drives lifted three sitting on 38 inch tires. The dodge on 35 inch tires. My daily driver to work. 12 miles one way.
size wise this isn't the largest. The largest would be around 3-4 feet longer and a foot or so wider. I drive my f350 dually through stuff that tight all the time at 15-20 mph while plowing snow.
They are normal and only get about 16 miles to a gallon. and sometimes they have 2 gas tanks lol
While I was stationed at RAF Mildenhall in the 90s, I had my 1990 Pontic Grand Prix coupe. It was a tight squeeze in multistory car parks and some of the country roads. Perfect on the motorway and many A roads though.
“Gas” is short for Gasoline. 😂😂😂. Big trucks are considered normal transportation vehicles in the US. Very common here ❤
A 3 ton US pick-up? Humm?? I have never heard of a 3 ton. Perhaps he is talking about the total weight of the truck. That is possible but not how they are rated in the US. A 1 ton is about as high as they go for consumer trucks here. This is the weight it is rated to carry in the bed of the truck. NOT how much it will haul (some go up to 9 tons there) or how much it weight total. That could be 3 tons.
That truck is "normal" size by American standards. It is the same size as my 2008 Ford F-250 flatbed, but the road here (Phoenix) are sized for large vehicles. Even so, my truck can be a challenge in parking loot Full-size pickups are probably the single most popular vehicle in the Southwest.
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Most people who have one of those need it, and if he drives much he might want to get a line of credit at the gas station. The real fun is getting it worked on.
Thar is a normal size 1/4 ton Pick up. Pick ups are the most popular vehicles in the USA . Jim from Milwaukee
they are this size or even bigger if you got to the Heavy Duty trucks. Like the Ford F-250/350, RAM 2500/3500, Chevy/GMC 2500/3500
I honestly want to see how a Pickup truck handles the snow because I assume that it handles the snow better than a normal car with 4 wheel drive an a 8 wheel diesel transporter truck which usually jack knifes in bad weather.
It depends on the driver. The thing with trucks is the bed is light. Unless you have heavy stuff in it. It can be very dangerous. I have seen trucks driving backwards down the road. People think I have 4 wheel drive I can go anywhere. Forgetting stopping. You still in the breaks the rear end can come flying around.
If you want to see some pickup truck snow driving check out the RUclips site Trent and Allie they've been building their own house & garage, in Utah, above 8000 ft elevation, in the snow right now. They show snow driving and recovery of stuck vehicles on their videos.
I drive the same model (Ram 1500) so it is really that size, but mine is not lifted. That's also a Hennessy upgrade, so that version of the truck is VERY expensive and not something the average person could drive. On smaller roads it can be difficult, but if you are used to the size of the truck then its not bad. This video was obviously someone who has never driven something that big