2021 Ram 1500 Big Horn

About this truck

This is the Ram you buy when you want the truck to do real work during the week and still look right pulling into the driveway. It's a 2021 1500 Big Horn Crew Cab sitting on a lift with 20-inch XD wheels wrapped in all-terrain tires, finished in Diamond Black Crystal Pearl with the blacked-out grille, black badging, and black bumpers. The stance is the first thing everybody notices, and it wasn't thrown together - the lift is even, the tires are matched and evenly worn, and it drives straight down the highway without wandering.

Under the hood is the 5.7L HEMI V8 backed by the 8-speed automatic and a proper four-wheel drive system with an electronic transfer case. That's 395 horsepower and enough torque to pull a loaded trailer up a grade without hunting for gears. Shift into 4-High for wet pavement or a muddy job site, 4-Low when you're backing a boat down a slick ramp.

Inside it's the Big Horn layout - heavy-duty cloth buckets with a full center console, Uconnect touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, dual-zone climate, and a power driver's seat. The crew cab back seat is the real selling point: full-size adults sit back there without complaining, and the bottom cushions flip up when you'd rather haul tools and toolboxes inside and out of the weather. The all-weather floor liners have been in it since new, so the carpet underneath is clean.

Mechanically it's sorted. Oil changes were kept up, the tires have plenty of tread left, and the brakes were measured and are well within spec. Nothing has been hidden here - if you want to put it on a lift and look underneath, come do it.

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