This week’s featured “cool thread” is unusual as it is a little bit of a project thread and a little bit of a general Dodge Ram offroading discussion thread. Wh1t3NuKle started this thread almost two years ago with the hopes of showing off what his 2g Ram could do, posting pictures and videos of him working his truck through the most demanding offroading obstacles while pointing out any problems that occurred while his Ram is in action. Over time, others with similar experiences have also chimed in – while both Wh1t3NuKle has continually posted modifications made to his Ram over the past two years.
This thread is long and wordy but if you spend time offroading your Ram, or if you just enjoy looking at pictures and videos of 4-wheeling including both success and carnage – this thread is a gold mine of information. In the long run, Wh1t3NuKle most certainly has shown during the last two years that you can indeed use a full sized Ram to conquer the roughest wheeling situations. At 18 pages, this is a long read but in my opinion, this is one of the coolest thread on DodgeForum.com with tons of pictures and what amounts to a play by play reading of Wh1t3NuKle’s offroading fun sine 2012.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
