I travelled to Iceland last year, and had the pleasure of riding in one of your previous 6x6 ram 5500 creations. Your builds are an amazing mix of North American and Europe technology. I could be wrong, but I doubt these trucks exist anywhere else in the world. I really enjoyed seeing these trucks in person. Please keep building crazy vehicles like these!!!!
I have been waiting for someone to do a build like this!!! Made my day seeing someone swap unimog axles into a ram Cummins. The transfer case, suspension, drive shafts, brakes and steering set up are also amazing, this makes me wish y’all could get hired by a big automotive company to design a truck that should come from the factory
I work on lifted trucks and pre runners. I’m really impressed with the extended front and body work. The suspension design I’ve never seen anything identical to that, torque tube, rear trailing arm with an A arm, bypass shocks and air bags, the axles with portals and 58 in tires is completely insane. I’d love to drive one to see how it feels. Amazing craftsmanship the engine bay is just as wild as the rest of the truck. Please post more of this thing if you can
Truly impressive, I love your level of dedication to make sure everything was done right. The fan was the only weird thing to me ut I can see how retaining it as a factory setup is potentially more reliable. It would be great to see pictures of it next to a stock truck to really get a sense of how much bigger it is because everything has been scaled up to match the 58s and looks dimensionally correct.
That platform on the roof is a perfect mounting place for a roam star link kit!! Then you have service and internet 🛜 24/7! Nice truck though absolutely one hell of a build!!!
More walk around videos like this, some videos of in progress builds, work being done, etc. and i could see your youtube channel really taking off. This is super cool stuff but I'm surprised you did so little work to the engine itself.
Wow! That's a great truck. I would love to see some sort of driving on and off-road. Seeing those huge tires churning up mud and snow would be nice. And then we can see how well your suspension works. Plus we'll get a chance to hear it running. Great looking truck, you and your team have done a wonderful job all of you deserve a pat on the back
You should totally make some custom offroad lights that fit where the factory lights would be so that when you are out playing in the forest or the snow you can use them and they will look so good with some cabin clearance lights to match.
I just want to say, if you’re ever feeling generous, I would love to drive this truck! BEAST! You really outdid yourself with this one it’s beautiful 38:23
If I purchased the truck stock,how much would the modifications,approximately cost, including shipping there and back from and to the east coast. A life time truck purchase, no need to ever replace it. Love it. What an impressive build.
You are amazing 😮. Dedication, experience, talent, and money!!! I would greatly enjoy having a friend and neighbor like you and your friends!!! A quote from my best friend and Lord concerning the tower of Babel, If they can think it they can do it!!! It's just amazing Indeed!!!
For an engine of this size and with 500 horsepower we would have needed a 50hp electric fan to sufficiently cool the engine. The stock fan can take up to 10 percent of the engines power on full blast. That's not really feasible and we do not have great experiences with electric fans due to ice and snow build up as well as reliability. In our experience the mechanical fan is more reliable long term and it out-flows the electric fans on the market.
I made it all to the end, because it was really interesting - thanks for taking the time! Although, I must admit my inner devils advocate came through in the beginning and I asked myself: why not taking a Unimog in the first place ? Of course it is a pretty machine and has a cummins, but apart from that it appears to be just a very capable off-road..monster. But I got it eventually and the tremendous weight savings speak for themselves. Before I go into my thoughts (you asked for them), this is not meant as smartassing or criticizm, because this is quite frankly a pretty brilliant build with a lot attention to detail. I appreciate that! These are just some thoughts, especially given all the time you put into this (what is a month or 2 more among friends, right ?-) Oh yes, of course I am only an armchair engineer and not a real-world builder, so my respect comes naturally! My thoughts to this: A: With all this amount of work, especially by making the fibre parts yourselves (and with all that skill - they seem to be executed really nicely), I would have made some design changes along the way like flushing the facia of the headlights that now are just covers and making the front appearance slicker. Or integrating new headlights just somewhere, instead of bolting them on. This goes a little bit in to B. B: With all this gained amount of space, an integrated winch would have been -again- looked a bit slicker. I recognize it appears to be mounted on a 2“ receptacle and thus detachable, but, well, I just like integrated. And the probably otherwise useful lightbar seems be covered by the winch too! C: I like those solid state based relay controllers. Easier wiring, soft-fuses, more flexible controlling (e.g. Switch-Pros). No real-world experience, but I like the concept. D: maybe think about airline-tracks for the roof-rack. Makes installations a breeze and endlessly flexible, same for the bed. Keep up the good work, I love it!
Amazing fabrication and I love the way the shaft driven fan looks but wouldn’t it be even easier to just run electric fans. No matter, it’s an awesome rig
wow...fantastic truck, build, and video. Thanks for taking time to go through some of the modifications compadre! Hopefully we can see it in action soon. edit to add....What is the ride quality like and how does it handle? I'm guessing its built for mostly low speed , but how would it handle at hiway speeds?
[For new builds] any idea to put that front winch where the batteries are currently located and have those mounted above the fan axel? Have no idea what kind of batteries you have, but with light lithiums you probably would have more weight at center of gravity. Also, the winch in its current location is both obtrusive and not so nice (quite ugly?). However, you have created an innovative, massive and cool truck. Kudos og skål fra Norge.
Looks like the winch is on a 2" receiver mount. Are winches less popular in Iceland? Lithiums would definitely save a lot of weight, but cold weather is a concern. Many aftermarket drop in batteries now come with internal heaters.
What an awesome build. First time I've seen a cummins engine look small inside the engine bay 😂 Curiosity, why go for a mechanical fan compared to electric? Seems easier to swap to electric than build a fan shaft ?
For an engine of this size and with 500 horsepower we would have needed a 50hp electric fan to sufficiently cool the engine. The stock fan can take up to 10 percent of the engines power on full blast. That's not really feasible and we do not have great experiences with electric fans due to ice and snow build up as well as reliability. In our experience the mechanical fan is more reliable long term and it out-flows the electric fans on the market.
you mentioned if we have any additional questions to post comment; what has been done to the stock Ram front clip headlights? are those covers , painted over or is that some hitech Icelandic one-way paint which permits the lights to still work or are you solely on the massive wattage of aux illumination out front ? thanks ,your truck makes my 2016 1500 bighorn look like a Subaru Brat
What a clean build. Really enjoyed seeing all the different aspects of the build. I have a question about the pump on the drivers side fender. What is it's purpose? My second question is did you need to modify/change the brake master cylinder to operate all 8 calipers? I can't wait to see the driving video! Cheers!
beautiful. the only thing is, if you are using this you would want a bigger engine: cat. or 8.3. this 6.7 can pushing but you need something that can reliably pull too. its never about your own weight and load, its about how it helps other things as well
Thats really not alot of weight. My 2018 Durango door says 8200. Being a bigger truck with all that done isn't bad. It's definitely got the motor to do it. Beautiful truck but I have my question? I see the lift under it. So how tall is it without the lift taking w.e amount of weight off the suspension? 5 or 6 inches shorter?
You guys could make some serious money making overland camping rigs here in America. Nobody is doing stuff like that here. A camper on the back area in the bed would be great.
I would love to see a video of this thing driving.
That's coming in the near future.
That’s the problem it can’t make those tires rotate lol
@@skycowboy_7391 1100ft lbs of torque says it could turn the sun over
@@highlandtrucksmods Pleeeeaaaaaase, I'd love to see this thing in some off road action
I just want to see the publics reaction to this thing rolling down the street
American: How do you make a RAM even better?
Iceland: “hold my beer”
Just don’t forget where the truck came from originally. Don’t see them using a Icelandic vehicle lol
@@Freddy_Confettiyou mean mexico? 😂
@@Freddy_Confetti 🧂
@@Freddy_Confettiamericans would just put wides and rock lights on it lol
@@Freddy_ConfettiMexico, still America, just South Americas
I wouldn’t tell anyone I’d won the lottery, but there would be signs.
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I travelled to Iceland last year, and had the pleasure of riding in one of your previous 6x6 ram 5500 creations. Your builds are an amazing mix of North American and Europe technology. I could be wrong, but I doubt these trucks exist anywhere else in the world. I really enjoyed seeing these trucks in person. Please keep building crazy vehicles like these!!!!
That great to hear. Yes we did a 54” 6x6 Ram build a few years ago, it was a fun one.
@@highlandtrucksmods what’s going on in Iceland that there’s a need for big trucks like this?
@@abc-ed1nr its generally either for glacier tours or going to the highlands to have some fun ;)
I have been waiting for someone to do a build like this!!! Made my day seeing someone swap unimog axles into a ram Cummins. The transfer case, suspension, drive shafts, brakes and steering set up are also amazing, this makes me wish y’all could get hired by a big automotive company to design a truck that should come from the factory
I work on lifted trucks and pre runners. I’m really impressed with the extended front and body work. The suspension design I’ve never seen anything identical to that, torque tube, rear trailing arm with an A arm, bypass shocks and air bags, the axles with portals and 58 in tires is completely insane. I’d love to drive one to see how it feels. Amazing craftsmanship the engine bay is just as wild as the rest of the truck. Please post more of this thing if you can
Truly impresive amount of work and engineering!
Truly impressive, I love your level of dedication to make sure everything was done right. The fan was the only weird thing to me ut I can see how retaining it as a factory setup is potentially more reliable. It would be great to see pictures of it next to a stock truck to really get a sense of how much bigger it is because everything has been scaled up to match the 58s and looks dimensionally correct.
Thank you very much, in our experience the mechanical fan is more reliable long term and it out-flows the electric fans on the market.
That platform on the roof is a perfect mounting place for a roam star link kit!! Then you have service and internet 🛜 24/7! Nice truck though absolutely one hell of a build!!!
I really appreciate the effort that was put in to overall build quality even to the small seemingly insignificant details. Truly impressive work.
Very nice, impressive work!
That's a small winch for such a big vehicle
My 2 trips to Iceland were both in the summer, but I loved seeing these types of trucks. All parked, but I bet they are awesome in the winter.
Absolutely beautiful! Well done guys! Well done.
Well done! That’s definitely one of kind. Kudos to you and the team for making that beast!
i love seeing these big snow trucks. i watch the documentary they have about these rigs. id love to own/build one. great looking truck. well done sir.
Absolutely beautiful build.
Definitely post a video of testing this beast off road
I like your build. It reminds me a bit of the "Hellboy" ""world's biggest offroad wrecker"".
Wow!!! Impressive build. Amazing job. Definitely want to see this bad boy on some snow.
So many clever solutions! Outstanding build!
That's wild! 🫡
Love your videos Sarah! You always inspire me!
That truck is insane Damn 🤌🏻♥️
Overkill, is underrated. Fantastic job👊..
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rogue valley, Oregon USA
Seeing this gives me hope for solid axle swapping my 1500 with a pre ifs G Wagon front axle
Why that axle??
@@xmo552 2 match G wagon front end swap
More walk around videos like this, some videos of in progress builds, work being done, etc. and i could see your youtube channel really taking off. This is super cool stuff but I'm surprised you did so little work to the engine itself.
Wow! That's a great truck. I would love to see some sort of driving on and off-road. Seeing those huge tires churning up mud and snow would be nice. And then we can see how well your suspension works. Plus we'll get a chance to hear it running. Great looking truck, you and your team have done a wonderful job all of you deserve a pat on the back
Absolutely awesome! Very nice work!
What an awesome build.
That is one heck of a rig nice build
Great build!! I want to see it crawling.
A bird isn't bragging because it flies. It's just reality. You are good!!! 😲
Now dats a big truck well quit big and I just loved it....very nice 👍
That is amazing. Massive amount of work there
It’s weird seeing a Ram and hearing someone say “centimeters” Lol Sweet build!
Very glad that this popped up on my feed. Good work fellas!
WOW Now THAT is a truck. Love it! Really nice build!
Thanks, glad you like it.
Well done, both of course the truck which is amazing and the video itself. Thank you!
Thank you very much!
Crazy build! It'd be cool to make some decals that look like original headlights to put in that place. It would keep the original look more.
We actually have thought about it and it could be very cool.
All this awesome work and did not do rear wheel steer! Really missed a fantastic upgrade there!
You should totally make some custom offroad lights that fit where the factory lights would be so that when you are out playing in the forest or the snow you can use them and they will look so good with some cabin clearance lights to match.
this is what dreams are made of!
If you have a wreck, it shatters cool, does look awesome
Grindavik rescue vehicle! Crazy.
What a beast!
I just want to say, if you’re ever feeling generous, I would love to drive this truck! BEAST! You really outdid yourself with this one it’s beautiful 38:23
Thank you for the compliment :), we'll have to see about the driving ;)
Great work. Hopefully there will be a video of it driving in snow.
That's the plan!
Love it, definitely work of art!
SICK truck guys! Now a Ford! 😁
PS, this truck is bad ass. I didn't mean to overlook out of my previous comment. Trucks an amazing piece of work.
Let's go test drive.... I loved.... Great big job done 👍👍👍
Great work gents, this is indeed a monster!
Much appreciated!
Amazing work ill keep an eye out for videos of this running
Great build!! Looks very professionel!! Imagine to drive this beast here in GERmany, that has to be funny... sorry for my bad english
If I purchased the truck stock,how much would the modifications,approximately cost, including shipping there and back from and to the east coast. A life time truck purchase, no need to ever replace it. Love it. What an impressive build.
Amazing build. Beautiful
holy crap Ive been on a truck kick lately and that is a truck I would love to own But merely a dream and as such will be flushed away hahaha
Truly amazing build quality!!!
Mad build, no music clip, subscribed!
damn, that a crazy setup.
well done!!!
Only 300 subs??? I bet you’re about to blow up!
Awesome Build !! 🤩 Driving video please!!
Thank you! That video is coming in the near future.
You are amazing 😮. Dedication, experience, talent, and money!!! I would greatly enjoy having a friend and neighbor like you and your friends!!! A quote from my best friend and Lord concerning the tower of Babel, If they can think it they can do it!!! It's just amazing Indeed!!!
Wow, thank you for the compliment
The fan also probably helps keep the batteries at an adequate temperature to operate efficiently
Before, it fitted perfectly into the garage. when they put the new wheels on it, it wrecked down the blue pillars.
I didn't even watch the video, just checked around and I'm 100% sure I NEED ONE
100 horsepower and 300 Nm per tonne, some sweet sweet ratios...
Honestly would be one hell of a rescue/recovery truck
That is super heavy duty truck very cool
The only thing I would change would be to use electric radiator fan
then you take out that shaft
For an engine of this size and with 500 horsepower we would have needed a 50hp electric fan to sufficiently cool the engine. The stock fan can take up to 10 percent of the engines power on full blast. That's not really feasible and we do not have great experiences with electric fans due to ice and snow build up as well as reliability.
In our experience the mechanical fan is more reliable long term and it out-flows the electric fans on the market.
This isn’t a grocery getter. Outside the states people don’t use big pavement princess vehicles for status.
I made it all to the end, because it was really interesting - thanks for taking the time!
Although, I must admit my inner devils advocate came through in the beginning and I asked myself: why not taking a Unimog in the first place ?
Of course it is a pretty machine and has a cummins, but apart from that it appears to be just a very capable off-road..monster.
But I got it eventually and the tremendous weight savings speak for themselves.
Before I go into my thoughts (you asked for them), this is not meant as smartassing or criticizm, because this is quite frankly a pretty brilliant build with a lot attention to detail. I appreciate that! These are just some thoughts, especially given all the time you put into this (what is a month or 2 more among friends, right ?-)
Oh yes, of course I am only an armchair engineer and not a real-world builder, so my respect comes naturally!
My thoughts to this:
A: With all this amount of work, especially by making the fibre parts yourselves (and with all that skill - they seem to be executed really nicely), I would have made some design changes along the way like flushing the facia of the headlights that now are just covers and making the front appearance slicker. Or integrating new headlights just somewhere, instead of bolting them on.
This goes a little bit in to B.
B: With all this gained amount of space, an integrated winch would have been -again- looked a bit slicker. I recognize it appears to be mounted on a 2“ receptacle and thus detachable, but, well, I just like integrated. And the probably otherwise useful lightbar seems be covered by the winch too!
C: I like those solid state based relay controllers. Easier wiring, soft-fuses, more flexible controlling (e.g. Switch-Pros). No real-world experience, but I like the concept.
D: maybe think about airline-tracks for the roof-rack. Makes installations a breeze and endlessly flexible, same for the bed.
Keep up the good work, I love it!
Great work! Professional job!
Sweet truck I need one here in Canada
Here in Australia we don't get to much snow but i think this would even be at home here you could do some mad driving in the dirt .
That is BADASS......
Simply amazing quality build 🤤🤤🤤😍😍😍
I love it beautiful work
It's beautiful.
heck yeah man gotta love our Cummings trucks lol 😁 😁
Amazing fabrication and I love the way the shaft driven fan looks but wouldn’t it be even easier to just run electric fans.
No matter, it’s an awesome rig
One word- Insanity!
wow...fantastic truck, build, and video. Thanks for taking time to go through some of the modifications compadre! Hopefully we can see it in action soon. edit to add....What is the ride quality like and how does it handle? I'm guessing its built for mostly low speed , but how would it handle at hiway speeds?
Respect!
[For new builds] any idea to put that front winch where the batteries are currently located and have those mounted above the fan axel? Have no idea what kind of batteries you have, but with light lithiums you probably would have more weight at center of gravity. Also, the winch in its current location is both obtrusive and not so nice (quite ugly?). However, you have created an innovative, massive and cool truck. Kudos og skål fra Norge.
Looks like the winch is on a 2" receiver mount. Are winches less popular in Iceland? Lithiums would definitely save a lot of weight, but cold weather is a concern. Many aftermarket drop in batteries now come with internal heaters.
Dam love the truck . Great job-- tire scrub
Do you keep the mechanical fan for reliability purposes over a electric fan?
Now that’s how you do an American truck! With German parts in Iceland!
What an awesome build.
First time I've seen a cummins engine look small inside the engine bay 😂
Curiosity, why go for a mechanical fan compared to electric? Seems easier to swap to electric than build a fan shaft ?
For an engine of this size and with 500 horsepower we would have needed a 50hp electric fan to sufficiently cool the engine. The stock fan can take up to 10 percent of the engines power on full blast. That's not really feasible and we do not have great experiences with electric fans due to ice and snow build up as well as reliability.
In our experience the mechanical fan is more reliable long term and it out-flows the electric fans on the market.
The long hood and fenders make it look a bit goofy but it’s a bad ass machine either way!!
There's always one guy out there 😠 and you are that one guy👎
It’s not built to impress the fukbois at the mall.
Man I wish we could use tyres that size. 35 inch is the maximum in Australia
Yes truly, that is something that should definitely be changed in Australia.
Get glaciers then
you mentioned if we have any additional questions to post comment;
what has been done to the stock Ram front clip headlights? are those covers , painted over or is that some hitech Icelandic one-way paint which permits the lights to still work or are you solely on the massive wattage of aux illumination out front ? thanks ,your truck makes my 2016 1500 bighorn look like a Subaru Brat
What a clean build. Really enjoyed seeing all the different aspects of the build. I have a question about the pump on the drivers side fender. What is it's purpose? My second question is did you need to modify/change the brake master cylinder to operate all 8 calipers? I can't wait to see the driving video! Cheers!
What a beast
Only in Iceland 🔥🔥🔥
beautiful. the only thing is, if you are using this you would want a bigger engine: cat. or 8.3. this 6.7 can pushing but you need something that can reliably pull too. its never about your own weight and load, its about how it helps other things as well
As a T e x a n ... I formally a p p r o v e this truck.
Nice Ride good job 👍
Thats really not alot of weight. My 2018 Durango door says 8200. Being a bigger truck with all that done isn't bad. It's definitely got the motor to do it. Beautiful truck but I have my question? I see the lift under it. So how tall is it without the lift taking w.e amount of weight off the suspension? 5 or 6 inches shorter?
Wheres the gear shifter? I love it, and so does it have 6 gears then hi low range effectively 12 speed or does it have more?
You guys could make some serious money making overland camping rigs here in America. Nobody is doing stuff like that here. A camper on the back area in the bed would be great.
Please make a video of this trucks in the snow!!!!
😂😍😍 insane love this big things
Curious your thoughts on the performance diesel market in the USA