If getting into the Power Wagon is a test of your physical fitness, being in the Power Wagon is more an exercise in comfort. Getting out of it can be equally tricky - you basically fall out and work to control your landing without twisting an ankle or wrenching a knee. The ground clearance of a Power Wagon is 14.2 inches, which is roughly 1-3 inches more than you’d get in other 4× or 3500 models.

Walk up, open the door and literally lift yourself up into the cabin via the step rail and grab handle on the A-pillar.

There are running boards, but they’re fairly high and tight against the body so as not to impede off-road ground clearance over obstacles. The crew-cab configuration gives it four full doors and a massive cabin, but the factory lifted suspension will be your first challenge. Built off of the Ram 2500 heavy-duty truck, the Power Wagon is a huge truck, not a light-duty Ram 1500 pickup. Your first challenge in driving a Ram 2500 Power Wagon is getting into the thing. Related: Working and Playing With the 20 Power Wagon Size Matters 20 Power Wagon | photo And along the way, I got a better sense of what it’s like to live with this beast of a machine as a regular conveyance. But I’d not had much experience using the Power Wagon as a daily driver, and despite the lack of fun nights out on the town and random trips to favorite coffee shops lately due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was still plenty to do with my week in the ultimate Ram. I’ve already driven the 20 Power Wagon extensively off-road, thrashing it through dunes and dirt at Indiana’s Badlands Off-Road Park in 2019, so if you want to know how it handles such terrain, have a look at this Power Wagon video.

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