Mike Holt runs the YouTube channel Street Speed 717, and he is not one to shy away from extreme challenges, especially when the Youtuber is behind the wheel of a pickup truck.
Recently, Holt put his newly acquired RAM TRX through some abuse. Holt promised to jump his TRX over a creek if his subscribers came through on a “like” challenge. The YouTuber received an overwhelming response for his previous Raptor jump video, and was compelled to make the jump as promised.
It is worth noting that the RAM TRX is a lot heavier than the F-150 Raptor. The front-end of the TRX carries a bulk of that weight courtesy of the giant 6.2-liter supercharged motor. Understandably, Holt was more anxious about this jump than his previous outing with Raptor. To make sure that his TRX walks away from the stunt in one piece, Holt loaded the flatbed with a combination of spare off-road wheels and dumbbells, in an attempt to weigh the rear-end down.
The YouTuber claims that he loaded around 400 pounds of cargo on the flatbed. Ram only introduced the TRX a few months ago, and unlike the Raptor, spares for Dodge’s super truck are produced in limited numbers for production models. Other than the SRT Hellcat-sourced powerplant, many parts on the TRX are bespoke to the pickup truck.
The truck walked away from the jump without any substantial mechanical damage. The damage was limited to the bodywork and the skid plate. This meant that Holt could drop yet another gauntlet for his subscribers, and unsurprisingly, the YouTuber’s fans came through with over 30,000 likes. This time, the RAM TRX was in for a radical modification, which involved installing four-feet-tall off-road tires.
With the help of eight spacers on each corner, the truck was soon riding on 44-inch tall mud bogger tires. This allowed Holt to take the truck mudding around his friend Bailey’s farm, and even take a quick dip in the creek that the YouTuber jumped only a few days back. The truck’s all-wheel-drive system continued working without a glitch and distributed 702 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque to all four wheels.
Even though the giant wheels destroyed the front fenders of the TRX, the modification unsurprisingly improved the pickup truck’s grip over slippery surfaces. The fact that Holt’s TRX continues to work without any mechanical issue is impressive, to say the least.