Beastly: Ram 1500 TRX Dominates Pulling Sled in TikTok Video

Ram 1500 TRX is made to soar through the dirt, but it can pull with the best of them.

The Ram 1500 TRX is an incredible machine. The 702-horsepower supercharged Hemi makes it the most powerful production truck in the world while the culmination of its parts make it the quickest, the fastest and the most off-road capable truck in the world. The adaptive, mode-controlled Bilstein suspension setup offers the perfect combination of ride quality on the road and the ability to handle any footing when off-roading, but the high performance suspension is less-than-ideal for towing.

That is why the 702-horsepower half-ton has a maximum towing capacity of just 8,100 pounds. The truck will comfortably move way more weight, but the engineers felt that the suspension system is only good for around four tons.

Generally speaking, the world of big truck pulling is reserved for the larger, three-quarter ton and 1-ton trucks, as most stock half-ton pickups lack the gusto needed to pull the massive, weighted sled. However, the Ram TRX is far from most pickups and even with the soft rear suspension, it handles the pulling sled incredibly well.

Ram 1500 TRX Details

This video of a Ram 1500 TRX in action with a pulling sled was posted to TikTok by n.d.madsen. There is no other information included on the truck or its owner, but from what the event announcer is saying, this truck is owned and driven by a gentleman named Lee. The announcer also says his last name, but we can’t make it out well enough to try to spell it.

In any case, the owner has entered his 2021 Ram 1500 TRX into the exhibition class of a local truck pull and a TikTok user caught it on film. Prior to the run, the announcer tells a story about someone in the area who was spraying at 125 miles per hour, presumably using a crop duster, and this truck went tearing by. The TRX is limited to 118 miles per hour due to the limitation of the off-road tires, but the point of the story is that the supercharged Ram 1500 is fast enough to beat a plane.

Pulling Like a Heavy Duty

Shortly into the video, the Ram 1500 TRX roars into action. At first, the driver is being gentle with the throttle, working to get all of the weight moving before really putting the hammer down, but even under light throttle, we can hear the whine of the supercharger. Once the truck and sled are moving along, the driver climbs into the throttle harder, at which point the IHI blower really starts to scream.

With the supercharged Hemi hard at work, the Ram 1500 TRX easily pulls the huge sled to the far end of the course, barely losing steam as the large weight moves to the front of the sled.

The truck travels 454 feet and a top speed of 20 miles per hour, but this run was limited more by the length of the course than the ability of the truck. If not for the end of the track with a couple of tractors in the way, this TRX would have likely kept on truckin’ ahead with the big sled out back.

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Patrick Rall

"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.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

Rall can be contacted at QuickMirada@Yahoo.com

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