I own a 2020 Power Wagon. I thank you for explaining its many features in any easy and understandable manner. Keep bringing great info about the Power Wagon!
always good to see new videos from this channel. BUT, please do not use TOW BALL for recovery!!! people have been killed and i had a near miss just recently
a little risk never hurt anybody lol JK you are 100% correct but seeing as I was in the truck with nobody else present when stress was on the hitch I felt like everything was going to be okay
good safety point. add a soft shackle to the your new kinetic rope your ordering bud. that ball can become a projectile for sure and go right through the radiator or winsheild of the vehicle being pulled.
Thinks for this thorough example of locking differential and limited slip. I just regurgitating what I heard. I may have to watch a few more times to understand. I drove trucks for over a decade. I just play with the gearing till I get the desired outcome. Most my learning is through experience. I learned that I could be in the same exact situation and a different combination of 2 wheel or 4 wheel drive will get me out of that situation. Do you have the same experience? Sometimes flooring the gas through mud will keep me from getting stuck. Sometimes driving slow in 4 low will keep me from getting stuck. Traction boards work when they want to work. LOL. People say that the wheel that is spinning needs the traction board. Sometimes the wheel that has the traction needs the traction boards.
Technical correction.. when you state locking a diff sends equal power to each side (or locking the Center diff sends equal power to front and rear axles) that’s correct when all wheels have full traction but not correct once any one wheel loses traction. Locking a diff ensures the axles (or driveshafts) on either side of that diff will rotate at the same speed regardless of relative grip level and so the actual power (more accurately torque) to each of those axles (or driveshafts) will have to vary depending on relative grip levels. I.e. in the extreme of one wheel being in the air and the other on pavement, 99% of the torque through the diff goes to the wheel with traction and only enough torque to free spin the lifted wheel at the same speed goes to that wheel. If you had both axles locked and 3 wheels on ice and one on gravel you’d be able to climb a hill because 99% of the engine torque output is getting to the ground via that one wheel.
I wish the PW had more payload (I understand why it doesn’t), I just needed at least 2,500, otherwise I would have bought one. I went with the closest thing F-250 7.3 with 4.30 and rear diff lock. It netted me 3,000 payload for my trailer, gear, and family. The PW is a beast tho! Especially after Ram went to the awesome 8 speed but kept 4.10s!
I agree like 1500 lbs is just not enough if you actually need to tow a large trailer. but the PW is what it is and I always have to give props for Chrysler sticking to their guns and making this truck. I keep hearing good things about those 7.3 with the 10 speeds. I think ford nailed it with that engine.
I have a wagon and plan on putting carli springs on it with King shocks but it should increase that rear to 2000lbs add that to airbags with daystar cradles and you should be fine.
great vid! never get tired of learning about our PWs! Never get tired of the under body view! QUESTION: does your PW have a singular knock in front end when reversing down a grade whike turning and truck is cold??
terrible conditions to pull that bus but perfect to show and explain how everything works and why. another well done. love your Saturday night going out for dinner hat. can I recommend Bilstein 5160 shocks. ride quality is far better than stock and a big difference when loaded with something like a 90's camper that is way over max or firewood to the top of the cab. i sometimes don't think things all the way through.
lol nothing like good camping trip with an overloaded truck! and okay interesting, what type of Bilstein shocks come with the power wagon from factory?
Good video but there was no way the Power Wagon was going to pull that weight while in the snow. If it were on a dry surface with good traction it may have been able to. The best way that I’ve found to pull something that heavy out of snow or mud is with a kinetic rope. In fact, my kinetic rope works so well that I don’t use my winch as much as I used to. My Power Wagon, with it’s weight above 7000 lbs, can’t yank just about anything out of whatever it’s stuck in, even something that weighs double what the Power Wagon weighs.
I need a power wagon 😂 I buried my 1500 with a 3in lift and 33in duratrax in a snow bank while screwing around at work and had to get pulled out by a Ford of all things because my rear doesn’t have a lsd or locker so one wheel had traction but the other wheel in the snow was just spinning about time for a upgrade 😂
lol I know the pain! my old 1500 had 2 open diffs and I hated it. granted it usually did just fine off-road but I was always afraid of getting stuck lol
@@TheGettyAdventures yesserr I’ve been to off-road parks before and never got stuck I’ve been close I hit a mud hole that was apparently the worst in the whole park and managed to walk it out in low and wiggling the wheels while trucks with 40s got buried and needed a tractor to pull them out
because the two axles are locked together (front and rear). and when you turn there are speed differences between both front and rear axles. since the axles are locked together the speed differences cannot be met and so the driveline binds up. making it hard to turn
I own a 2020 Power Wagon. I thank you for explaining its many features in any easy and understandable manner. Keep bringing great info about the Power Wagon!
thank you Ken! I will try my best!
Dude you did an EXCELLENT job explaining the PWs 4wd system! Kuddos!
Thank you sir! appreciate it
kenetic ropes are a must my friend, love your videos i have a 2018 PW "slightly" modified 😉
I'm going to order one. to be honest I knew this bus wasn't going anywhere but when the snow starts to melt I might give her an honest try!
always good to see new videos from this channel. BUT, please do not use TOW BALL for recovery!!! people have been killed and i had a near miss just recently
a little risk never hurt anybody lol JK you are 100% correct but seeing as I was in the truck with nobody else present when stress was on the hitch I felt like everything was going to be okay
good safety point. add a soft shackle to the your new kinetic rope your ordering bud. that ball can become a projectile for sure and go right through the radiator or winsheild of the vehicle being pulled.
Yeah just saw that Ford dude that got killed pulling from the hitch ball.
_Imagine having a 20 person family & owning your own coach bus to travel across the country that'll be dope lol._
Thinks for this thorough example of locking differential and limited slip. I just regurgitating what I heard. I may have to watch a few more times to understand. I drove trucks for over a decade. I just play with the gearing till I get the desired outcome. Most my learning is through experience. I learned that I could be in the same exact situation and a different combination of 2 wheel or 4 wheel drive will get me out of that situation. Do you have the same experience? Sometimes flooring the gas through mud will keep me from getting stuck. Sometimes driving slow in 4 low will keep me from getting stuck. Traction boards work when they want to work. LOL. People say that the wheel that is spinning needs the traction board. Sometimes the wheel that has the traction needs the traction boards.
Technical correction.. when you state locking a diff sends equal power to each side (or locking the Center diff sends equal power to front and rear axles) that’s correct when all wheels have full traction but not correct once any one wheel loses traction. Locking a diff ensures the axles (or driveshafts) on either side of that diff will rotate at the same speed regardless of relative grip level and so the actual power (more accurately torque) to each of those axles (or driveshafts) will have to vary depending on relative grip levels. I.e. in the extreme of one wheel being in the air and the other on pavement, 99% of the torque through the diff goes to the wheel with traction and only enough torque to free spin the lifted wheel at the same speed goes to that wheel. If you had both axles locked and 3 wheels on ice and one on gravel you’d be able to climb a hill because 99% of the engine torque output is getting to the ground via that one wheel.
Mint vidya!
Can’t wait to try mine out, picked it up 2 days ago!
get those diffs all locked up!
I wish the PW had more payload (I understand why it doesn’t), I just needed at least 2,500, otherwise I would have bought one. I went with the closest thing F-250 7.3 with 4.30 and rear diff lock. It netted me 3,000 payload for my trailer, gear, and family. The PW is a beast tho! Especially after Ram went to the awesome 8 speed but kept 4.10s!
I agree like 1500 lbs is just not enough if you actually need to tow a large trailer. but the PW is what it is and I always have to give props for Chrysler sticking to their guns and making this truck. I keep hearing good things about those 7.3 with the 10 speeds. I think ford nailed it with that engine.
I have a wagon and plan on putting carli springs on it with King shocks but it should increase that rear to 2000lbs add that to airbags with daystar cradles and you should be fine.
great vid! never get tired of learning about our PWs! Never get tired of the under body view!
QUESTION: does your PW have a singular knock in front end when reversing down a grade whike turning and truck is cold??
Sounds like axle or brake? Cold shouldn’t matter
terrible conditions to pull that bus but perfect to show and explain how everything works and why. another well done. love your Saturday night going out for dinner hat. can I recommend Bilstein 5160 shocks. ride quality is far better than stock and a big difference when loaded with something like a 90's camper that is way over max or firewood to the top of the cab. i sometimes don't think things all the way through.
lol nothing like good camping trip with an overloaded truck! and okay interesting, what type of Bilstein shocks come with the power wagon from factory?
You should try a kinetic rope.
I would have tried flipping the boards over to grab better on the surface of the snow.
interesting! I'll have to give it a go
Try this video again when the snow is gone. I’d like to see if it can actually do it or not
I have to do it now. I bet if I air the bus up she would of moved
What do you do for anti rust ?
Good video but there was no way the Power Wagon was going to pull that weight while in the snow. If it were on a dry surface with good traction it may have been able to. The best way that I’ve found to pull something that heavy out of snow or mud is with a kinetic rope. In fact, my kinetic rope works so well that I don’t use my winch as much as I used to. My Power Wagon, with it’s weight above 7000 lbs, can’t yank just about anything out of whatever it’s stuck in, even something that weighs double what the Power Wagon weighs.
I just ordered one, a couple people mentioned it and so I bought one for next time!
i would also suggest a kinetic rope! 👍🏻
I need a power wagon 😂 I buried my 1500 with a 3in lift and 33in duratrax in a snow bank while screwing around at work and had to get pulled out by a Ford of all things because my rear doesn’t have a lsd or locker so one wheel had traction but the other wheel in the snow was just spinning about time for a upgrade 😂
lol I know the pain! my old 1500 had 2 open diffs and I hated it. granted it usually did just fine off-road but I was always afraid of getting stuck lol
@@TheGettyAdventures yesserr I’ve been to off-road parks before and never got stuck I’ve been close I hit a mud hole that was apparently the worst in the whole park and managed to walk it out in low and wiggling the wheels while trucks with 40s got buried and needed a tractor to pull them out
Do another test with good traction.
Need to get 3 more traction boards under those tires and re do the test!!!
Alex! You had to know your truck was just going to sit and spin on the snow. That bus will be stuck there till the spring thaw! HA!
100% she aint moving nowhere, just used it as a good anchor point! but some spring I bet she'll pull it.
Thanks buddy…
I’m just gonna say it… what about winching to something heavy… like a bus? I thought that’s what power wagons were for. You knew it was icy
it's only a 12,000 winch lol that bus weighs 54,000 lbs. but yes that bus was frozen solid into the ground.
Bruh pullin off the ball is not safe at all!
Honestly if it was dry land or road, I'm pretty sure the truck can haul it.
Why when you are on 4wd and turn the wheel it’s hard to do?
because the two axles are locked together (front and rear). and when you turn there are speed differences between both front and rear axles. since the axles are locked together the speed differences cannot be met and so the driveline binds up. making it hard to turn
@@TheGettyAdventures thank you!!! I’m sharing this video with my friends as well
You didn't show how to lock the LSD!
The title's misleading, nice presentation though.
Fair enough lol