2017 Ram 3500 Limited Mega Cab 4×4: Beauty Is the Beast

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Every time I receive a heavy-duty pickup from the press fleets, I refer to the never-ending battles waged amongst the manufacturers of said trucks and this will be no different. Ram sent us its latest, largest consumer machine and it is a beast – a very pretty beast – in the form of the 2017 Ram 3500 Limited Mega Cab.

2017 Ram 3500 Limited Mega Cab 4x4: Beauty Is the Beast

2017 Ram 3500 Limited Mega Cab 4×4/Images by David Goodspeed

Not only was this one of the “fanciest” trucks we have reviewed to date it takes the crown as the most expensive to adorn the test driveway as it rolled in here at just a tick under 82 grand. For folks not residing in over-inflated real estate markets (such as ours here in North Texas), many will say that this is more than they paid for their first house. True in our case. And we almost have to break the review down by the truck’s title word-by-word, which is so big itself the manufacturer left the words Heavy Duty out of the paperwork as it would not fit.

2017 Ram 3500 Limited Mega Cab 4x4: Beauty Is the Beast

As you see, this is the 2017 model of the Ram 3500 Heavy Duty. This is the largest pickup you can buy from your Fiat Chrysler Automobile affiliate dealer. This is the workhorse of the fleet, and while many will never cross paths with one of these pickups (let alone drive one), these trucks command attention and respect. When it rolls out in dual rear wheel form (dually, for short), things get even more interesting as those wide rear fender wells seem to stretch from coast to coast and require even more caution to be around. Drivers of these trucks learn very quickly that this vehicle does not maneuver like single rear wheel pickups. One inattentive move, and you will be replacing the entire side panel of the cargo box.

2017 Ram 3500 Limited Mega Cab 4x4: Beauty Is the Beast

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About the Author

David Goodspeed
David was editor of AutoworldToday at Today Newspapers in the Dallas suburbs until its closing in 2009. He was also webmaster and photographer/videographer. He got started doing photography for the newspaper while working as a firefighter/paramedic in one of his towns, and began working for the newspaper group full-time in 1992. David entered automotive journalism in 1998 and became AutoworldToday editor in 2002. On the average, he drives some 100 new vehicles each year. He enjoys the great outdoors and as an avid fly fisherman, as is his spouse Tish. He especially enjoys nature photography and is inspired by the works of Ansel Adams.

2 Comments on "2017 Ram 3500 Limited Mega Cab 4×4: Beauty Is the Beast"

  1. D??ng Nguy?n | July 15, 2017 at 2:09 pm |

    What a great article!

  2. D??ng Nguy?n | July 15, 2017 at 2:11 pm |

    ‘Not only was this one of the “fanciest” trucks we have reviewed to date
    it takes the crown as the most expensive to adorn the test driveway as
    it rolled in here at just a tick under 82 grand. For folks not residing
    in over-inflated real estate markets (such as ours here in North Texas),
    many will say that this is more than they paid for their first house.
    True in our case. And we almost have to break the review down by the
    truck’s title word-by-word, which is so big itself the manufacturer left
    the words Heavy Duty out of the paperwork as it would not fit.’

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