Tradesman with Powerwagon Package vs Powerwagon

[Docwagon1776]

How are the LED headlights? That is one thing I noticed that the Tradesman doesnt have and is probably worth any price increase alone. Crappy halogen headlights arnt fun.

Phenomenal. I've got the adaptive that's only available in the top trim, and they are absolutely incredible, but even the lower trim LEDs are way better than halogens.

 

[2020PW]

The power wagon was once a very seldom seen vehicle and hard to locate. They have turned into grocery getters as you can see with the center console, etc.

If you plan on using it as designed get the tradesman, upgrade as desired. The PW is a good platform to start.

The only thing I don’t like about the tradesman is the interior door panel. The arm rest on it is hard as a rock, but can easily be changed.

 

[retired]

The power wagon was once a very seldom seen vehicle and hard to locate. They have turned into grocery getters as you can see with the center console, etc.

If you plan on using it as designed get the tradesman, upgrade as desired. The PW is a good platform to start.

The only thing I don’t like about the tradesman is the interior door panel. The arm rest on it is hard as a rock, but can easily be changed.

for me it was the dash and the steering wheel in the Tradesman that probably influenced me the most.

 

[BowerPower]

The power wagon was once a very seldom seen vehicle and hard to locate. They have turned into grocery getters as you can see with the center console, etc.

If you plan on using it as designed get the tradesman, upgrade as desired. The PW is a good platform to start.

The only thing I don’t like about the tradesman is the interior door panel. The arm rest on it is hard as a rock, but can easily be changed.

They have turned into grocery getters because they don't rate them to tow or haul much. What good is a truck that can only carry 4 adults and 800 pounds in the bed? The original power wagon was a work horse of a truck for ww2 and the farm. Now it's all play and almost no work. I still think they are awesome and pretty much ignore the payload rating.

I wouldn't dismiss the tradesmen because of the headlights. Aftermarket bulbs from superbrightleds.com are a night and day difference over halogens. I have several cars that I have done it to they last forever and produce a good beam. You also have the added benefit of cheaper headlight housings if someone breaks the headlights or taillight lenses.

 

[mass-hole]

They have turned into grocery getters because they don't rate them to tow or haul much. What good is a truck that can only carry 4 adults and 800 pounds in the bed? The original power wagon was a work horse of a truck for ww2 and the farm. Now it's all play and almost no work. I still think they are awesome and pretty much ignore the payload rating.

I wouldn't dismiss the tradesmen because of the headlights. Aftermarket bulbs from superbrightleds.com are a night and day difference over halogens. I have several cars that I have done it to they last forever and produce a good beam. You also have the added benefit of cheaper headlight housings if someone breaks the headlights or taillight lenses.

Yeah, <1500 lbs of payload in a 7000+ lb truck is kinda lame but its kinda how the whole 3/4 ton vs 1 ton is. Most of the time a 3/4 ton is the same as a 1 ton(especially the diesels), it just has an artificially low GVWR to skirt taxes. The Powerwagon is a much stouter truck than the door sticker suggests.

 

[2020PW]

They have turned into grocery getters because they don't rate them to tow or haul much. What good is a truck that can only carry 4 adults and 800 pounds in the bed? The original power wagon was a work horse of a truck for ww2 and the farm. Now it's all play and almost no work. I still think they are awesome and pretty much ignore the payload rating.

I wouldn't dismiss the tradesmen because of the headlights. Aftermarket bulbs from superbrightleds.com are a night and day difference over halogens. I have several cars that I have done it to they last forever and produce a good beam. You also have the added benefit of cheaper headlight housings if someone breaks the headlights or taillight lenses.

Look at the limited mega cab CTD. PW is pretty much in line with the capacity. The PW is advertised as an off road performance product, what’s the limited mega cabs excuse?

At the end of the day, get a superduty tremor as it does both off-road and towing.

 

[bcbouy]

power wagons are as rare as hens teeth where i live. i've seen maybe 4 other ones in the last few years and they were vacationers passing through,and everyone owns a truck here due to the brutal winters.i did not seen a Tremor since they were introduced for the first year.i wanted to test drive one before i got my PW, but couldn't find one anywhere in my province.now they are a little more common,but nowhere near the Ram #'s.

 

[ramffml]

Look at the limited mega cab CTD. PW is pretty much in line with the capacity. The PW is advertised as an off road performance product, what’s the limited mega cabs excuse?

At the end of the day, get a superduty tremor as it does both off-road and towing.

The limited mega cabs excuse is that it has a huge cab and a heavy monster diesel engine.

The tremor is competitive with the new rebel (which also tows and does offroad). Neither of those compete with the PW IMHO.

The powerwagon is for hardcore offroading (in as much as you can with such a big truck). You will not find a more capable heavy duty offroad truck from the factory. Obviously payload and towing suffer as those are the features that allow it to offroad.

Choice is good. Ram offers a truck for every purpose, just pick the strengths of the truck depending on your usage while understanding that strengths in one area automatically mean weaknesses in other areas as they are mutually exclusive due to physics.

 

[mass-hole]

Look at the limited mega cab CTD. PW is pretty much in line with the capacity. The PW is advertised as an off road performance product, what’s the limited mega cabs excuse?

At the end of the day, get a superduty tremor as it does both off-road and towing.

I like that the Ram's wheelbase is shorter. A PW is 149" vs my current F150 that is 157" and a Tremor that is 160"

I would rather have the 7.3L and 10 speed though.

 

[62Blazer]

Power Wagon's are still fairly rare here in the midwest where I live, especially compared to Jeep Rubicon's and lifted Jeep Wranglers in general. On average I see multiple Rubicon's everytime I leave my house and not unusual if they are lifted with larger tires and a winch installed.....also guarantee that most of these lifted Jeeps have probably never even been in 4wd and definitely have never used, or at least needed, the lockers. PW's are also fairly rare on dealer lots where as most places always have Rubicon's sitting around.
Let's get real regarding the payload and towing capacity of a PW. They are capable of way more than the average 3/4 ton truck owner needs. Next time you take a road trip start counting how many 3/4 ton (2500) and 1 ton (3500) trucks to see on the road or Walmart parking lot and tell me how many are carrying any type of load or pulling a trailer. I drive a 60 mile round trip to work everyday that includes two towns and freeway between two large cities, and I bet it's at least 10 of these trucks with zero load compared to everyone pulling a trailer or a big payload in the bed. A 10,000 lb. trailer is pretty decent size trailer and that was around the maximum towing capacity rating of any 3/4 ton (2500) series trucks not that long ago. My last truck was a Chevy 2500HD with the gas engine, 4.10 gears, and all of the towing packages and it was only factory rated at 9,900 lbs. towing. I really think a lot of the people making comments that a PW can't tow have never really towed a heavy trailer, or maybe have never pulled a trailer at all. If you whole goal with a truck is constantly hauling a big trailer or big payload than you should be something else, but they probably also don't need the off-road specific items of a PW.