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  • Ram 3500

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    RAM 3500

    With the RAM 3500, you own the road. This truck is the ultimate in touring performance. You don’t buy a truck like this without a serious vision. We’re here to bring your vision to life through tailored customisations and modifications. At Big Dog Builds we have the skills, experience and R&D to build the RAM of your dreams.

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    Big Lapper

    Towing

    8/10

    Looks

    7/10

    Interior

    8/10

    Driveline / Performance

    7/10

    Off Road Capability

    4/10

    Modification Ability

    7/10

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    NIL

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    Big Lapper

    Towing

    10/10

    Looks

    10/10

    Interior

    9/10

    Driveline / Performance

    9/10

    Off Road Capability

    7/10

    Modification Ability

    8/10

    Towing Class

    NIL

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    Heavy

    RAM 3500 BUILDS
    One RAM, one bar, two hoops. Our RAM 2500 wore the full hoop. This morning the team fitted the mini hoop, threw on colour-coded flares, and now Dean and Timmy can't pick a favourite. Same base bar, same testing, a lower-profile hoop, and it's ready to order now for the 2025-on RAM 2500 and 3500.

✅ What you'll see:
· The mini hoop and the full hoop side by side on the same RAM: which one would you pick?
· The same base bar, put through the same testing as the full hoop
· The adaptive cruise radar module relocated into the bar itself, and why recalibration matters
· Two Lightforce driving lights with spot, flood and beast mode
· A winch cradle that drops down without removing the bar, so the winch can go in at stage two
· Flip-up number plate over the fairlead, and room to reach the winch clutch
· Built around a 15,000 lb Carbon winch, with room around the RAM's big intercooler
· Parking sensors on custom mounts behind the bar, sitting flush
· Steel construction, powder coated, and six different ways the engineers test it
· Colour-coded front flares that tie the bar in
· Left-right and up-down adjustment for a clean fit every time

✅ How it's set up:
· Big Dog Builds' RAM 2500, 6th gen
· Mini hoop bull bar with driving lights and a winch-ready cradle
· Factory radar, adaptive cruise and parking sensors kept working
· Colour-coded front flares

✅ Where to start:
· Full hoop or mini hoop? Tell us in the comments which one you'd run
· Want the mini hoop on your RAM 2500 or 3500? Talk to the team for a quote
· Interstate? Bring your RAM up to Queensland for the bar, lights and winch in one visit
· Still choosing your platform? Download the free Buyer Kit below

CHAPTERS
0:00 — One RAM, two hoops: which would you pick?
0:37 — Same base bar, radar built into the bar
1:17 — RAM mini hoop now ready to order
1:57 — Driving lights and the drop-down winch cradle
2:52 — Which RAM 2500 and 3500 models it fits
3:17 — Flush-mount parking sensors
3:34 — Steel build and six ways it's tested
3:47 — Design, and colour-coded flares
4:12 — Adjustable fitment
4:49 — Full hoop or mini hoop? Where to start

👉 Free 2026 Buyer Kit: https://start.bigdogbuilds.com/buyer-kit/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=bdb2610_yt4_ram_mini_hoop&utm_content=tsewbyD7SNM

📞 Call us: 1300 325 979
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    RAM 2500/3500 Bull Bar: Full Hoop Or Mini Hoop? We Swapped Ours
    YouTube Video UEwwYmFlRDROVWFkNkNLMkhfRG1QQVNXc3R5REVpLXVJNi4xOTEzQzhBQzU3MDNDNjcz
    This RAM 3500's owner planned his whole build off one of Dean's videos. He wanted six inches and 37s; the team talked him down to something that suits South Australian roads, a 3.25-inch pin-top kit, and kept the 37s. Timmy, the build designer on this one, walks Dean through every decision: the suspension package, why the factory shock mounts come off, the front end, the roof rack and the behind-seat power, before it heads south.

✅ What you'll see:
· Talking a customer down from six inches to a 3.25-inch Carli pin-top kit, and keeping the 37s
· The essential and full touring packages, and why this one ticked every upgrade: radius arm swap, torsion sway bar, high and low-mount steering stabilisers and a front diff guard
· RAM 2500 or 3500? Identical from the front; leaf springs versus coils at the rear
· King 2.5 remote-reservoir shocks tuned by Carli, radius arm drops for caster, and limit straps welded to the chassis
· Why the factory front shock mounts get cut off for reinforced Dominator mounts on every RAM kit
· The adjustable track bar that centres the axle after a lift
· Method 305 wheels on 37-inch Nitto Ridge Grapplers, and Apex quick-deflate valves from 60 to 20 PSI in seconds
· Tyre poke handled by colour-coded flares and Big Dog Builds' kickback mud flaps
· The front bar with a 15,000 lb Carbon winch and Lightforce driving lights
· Factory camera and radar kept in their factory positions, and why recalibration matters for windscreen and insurance work later
· RealTruck XL power steps with puddle lights
· Big Dog Builds' roof rack: white and amber side lights, recovery boards, a shovel holder, satellite internet and solar
· The Switch Pros panel on a 3D-printed mount and every light it runs
· Running satellite internet from the behind-seat battery so it can't flatten the start batteries
· The rolling tonneau that locks with the tailgate, and the 37-inch spare that won't fit underneath
· Tub outlets, the rear Anderson plugs, solar trickle charging, and setting rear airbag pressure

✅ How it's set up:
· RAM 3500 Night Edition, built for a South Australian owner
· 3.25-inch pin-top suspension with every upgrade, on 37s
· Front bar with winch and driving lights, camera and radar kept in factory positions
· Big Dog Builds roof rack, behind-seat battery with solar, rolling tonneau

✅ Where to start:
· Seen a build you like? Bring it in and the team will set it up for how you'll use it
· Weighing a 2500 against a 3500? Talk to the team
· Still choosing your platform? Download the free Buyer Kit below

CHAPTERS
0:00 — He built his truck from one of our videos
1:03 — 3.25 inches on 37s, set up for South Australia
1:41 — The full touring suspension package
2:23 — RAM 2500 vs 3500: the real difference
3:07 — Shocks, radius arms and limit straps
3:40 — Why the factory shock mounts come off
4:24 — Centring the axle after a lift
5:15 — Wheels, tyres and quick-deflate valves
6:29 — Tyre poke, flares and kickback mud flaps
6:56 — Front bar, winch and driving lights
7:52 — Camera and radar kept in factory positions
8:43 — Power side steps
9:45 — The Big Dog Builds roof rack
10:39 — Side lights and the switch panel
11:57 — Powering satellite internet without flat batteries
12:28 — QC, then the trip to South Australia
12:51 — The tonneau cover
14:03 — The 37-inch spare
14:27 — Power outlets and rear plugs
15:39 — Looking after the start batteries, and rear airbag pressure
16:41 — The year of the 3500? Where to start

👉 Free 2026 Buyer Kit: https://start.bigdogbuilds.com/buyer-kit/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=bdb2610_yt1_grey_ram3500_v2&utm_content=2rSgOLvnwVk

📞 Call us: 1300 325 979
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    He Built His RAM 3500 Off One Of Our Videos, Then We Talked Him Down
    YouTube Video UEwwYmFlRDROVWFkNkNLMkhfRG1QQVNXc3R5REVpLXVJNi5BRjJDODk5REM0NjkzMUIy
    Dean reckons the RAM 3500 is shaping up as the truck of 2027, and this one makes a good case for it. A brand new 3500 in Granite Crystal and the Night Edition spec, built front to back at Big Dog Builds for a customer in South Australia. It goes on a transporter for the trip home, with the handover planned as a video call with Harry, who set the switch panel up himself. So Dean and Harry give it the walkaround the owner would get in the shed: suspension, front end, power, rack, tonneau and everything in between.

✅ What you'll see:
· The suspension combination: a 3.25-inch Carli pin-top kit with the track bar in the base kit and every upgrade ticked
· Why the factory lower shock mounts get cut off for Carli Dominator mounts, and what the torsion sway bar does to the ride
· Radius arm drops for better caster and an alignment that suits the camber of Australian roads
· High-mount and low-mount steering stabilisers, and when bigger tyres make them worth adding
· The front bar with a winch and two driving lights, camera and front radar kept in factory positions so the driver-assist recalibrates
· Lightforce driving lights with spot, flood and a combined mode, all wired through the Switch Pros panel
· Method 305 NV wheels on 37-inch Nitto Ridge Grapplers, and Big Dog Builds' own kickback mud flaps
· Airing down from 60 to 20 PSI in about twenty seconds with quick-deflate valves
· AMP Research power steps (now under the RealTruck name) that drop and tuck away with the doors
· Leaf springs on a 3500: the worry for owners leaving a 79 Series, and why nobody has come back asking for a softer pack
· Carli long-travel rolling-sleeve rear airbags, manual Schrader valves as a fail-safe, and Air IQ control from the cab
· The rear power plugs: an ignition-only output that won't flatten the start batteries, and a two-way plug for van stability control or trickle charging
· The 37-inch spare that won't fit under the RAM, and Dean and Harry's favourite tonneau: a manual rolling cover that locks down rib by rib
· The Big Dog Builds roof rack: solar, a Starlink Mini on its own mount, a 50-inch light bar, white and amber side lights, and a fold-down UHF antenna
· Big Dog Builds' behind-seat battery for the sixth-gen RAM: a 120Ah lithium with a Redarc Alpha DC-DC charger and a back-feed button for the start batteries
· The roof-lining switch panel on Big Dog Builds' own 3D-printed mount, high-beam triggers and the phone app

✅ How it's set up:
· Brand new RAM 3500 Night Edition in Granite Crystal, full touring build for a South Australian owner
· 3.25-inch suspension with steering stabilisers, torsion sway bar and long-travel rear airbags, on 37s
· Big Dog Builds roof rack with solar, light bar, side lights, satellite mount and fold-down UHF
· Behind-seat lithium battery with DC-DC and solar charging, outlets in the tub and the cab
· Power side steps, Big Dog Builds mud flaps, colour-coded flares and a rolling tonneau

✅ Where to start:
· Live interstate? The truck can ship home on a transporter, with the handover done over a video call
· Coming out of a 79 Series? Ask the team how a built 3500 actually rides
· Still choosing your platform? Download the free Buyer Kit below

CHAPTERS
0:00 — Is the RAM 3500 the truck of 2027?
1:33 — The suspension combination
2:56 — Shock mounts, sway bar and radius arms
5:39 — Steering stabilisers: high mount, low mount
7:15 — Protecting the diff
9:01 — Guarding the intercooler
10:02 — The front bar, winch and driver-assist sensors
11:03 — Driving lights and the combined mode
12:10 — A virtual handover to South Australia
12:28 — 37s, offset and Big Dog Builds mud flaps
13:39 — Power side steps
15:17 — Leaf springs: too rough for a 3500?
16:01 — Long-travel rear airbags
17:43 — Why the new body needs colour-coded flares
18:14 — Air valves and the rear power plugs
20:51 — Where the 37-inch spare lives
21:14 — The rolling tonneau: why it's the favourite
24:04 — Roof rack, solar and satellite internet
25:22 — The fold-down UHF and roof lights
26:34 — Power outlets in the tub
28:02 — The behind-seat battery
30:42 — Airbag control from the cab
32:20 — The switch panel and the app
33:54 — Where to start: the Buyer Kit

👉 Free 2026 Buyer Kit: https://start.bigdogbuilds.com/buyer-kit/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=bdb2609_yt18_grey_ram3500&utm_content=_Pn-19yJa1M

📞 Call us: 1300 325 979
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    Is The RAM 3500 The Truck Of 2027? The Full Touring Build Walkaround
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