Stan Prueitt's Dodge T-Rex 6x6

Dude I saw you on TTC! That is the sickest Mopar I have ever seen. EVER.

How heavy is the beasty?

seen it a few times in moab

awesome!

Meat_ said:

How heavy is the beasty?

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It weighs 9000 lbs. 3500 pounds of that is axles and tires.That is what makes it so stable, I have 3500 pounds, or 1/3 of the vehicle weight down low in between my tires. Since the V10 is thirsty I carry 500 lbs of fuel. It all adds up. My tow Rig wieghs 8500 stock so I Figure the T-Rex with six tires and 9K wieght it all balances out..

Here are some more Thumbnails of our rig, Steelbender and Prittchet Canyon:

And again here are the video links of us wheelin it both in competition and for fun:

http://video.cardomain.com/Clip.aspx...4C8472748DDE82

My Wife is the spotter / Winch-Wench
http://video.cardomain.com/Clip.aspx...97D4FE855A9C0F

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My lovely wife spotting me through the Mini Rubicon for a first place win.

http://video.cardomain.com/Clip.aspx...E0D3963C95B6DE

Here we are at TTC 2007 pulling out stuck trucks:

http://video.cardomain.com/Clip.aspx?key=1496A55F4DABBAE4

Enjoy.

Oh why not, here are some more thumbnails:

And Some more:

Here is my wife behind the wheel: You go girl!!!!:greg:

Here is my wife posing in the back of the T-Rex

And the other...well......

WOW I'm impressed

sprueitt said:

It weighs 9000 lbs...

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Ouch, that limits the trailers it can ride on

That thing is cool the only other one I have seen wa at the Auto Rama years ago. I think it was gold.

soda blaster said:

That thing is cool the only other one I have seen wa at the Auto Rama years ago. I think it was gold.

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That is right. Dodge was planning on building these. They were prototyped in 1997 and slated for production in 2003. When the Germans took over Chrysler they canceled the project because they thought that no one would buy one, it was too much truck. They don't know us Americans very well. The 6x6 T-Rex Dodges were really made for towing. It was not wide in the rear like a dually, yet you had still four tires back there, but on two axles. It had more traction, more towing capacity, better handling, better braking, and was cool. The T-Rex's could hold 8000 lbs in the bed, and tow 26,000 lbs. It was awsome. So when they cancelled the production after only a few prototypes, I built my own with the help form a friend at Godwin Fabrication. Dodge heard about it and sponsored us. The rest is a history of fun.

Attached is a picture of one of the prototypes. The Gold one. There were only about six T-Rexs made. I had one as a tow rig and the Green Offroad version. The pictures of the White T-Rex was my tow rig.

Here are the pictures of the White T-Rex Tow rig: I sold it on Ebay last year for a killing!!

I sold the White T-Rex for a New Dodge Tow Rig and Trailer; Attached are some new pictures of my tow rig and custom trailer.

Stan, where did you get the tent trailer. Was it a trailer that you removed the axles from? I thought about doing that, only only with an 8 footer and facing the door to the deck of the trailer.

Bart said:

Stan, where did you get the tent trailer. Was it a trailer that you removed the axles from? I thought about doing that, only only with an 8 footer and facing the door to the deck of the trailer.

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I ll get you some more pictures. It is great. I needed a very heavy duty trailier to carry the T-Rex and all of our gear when we go to competitions and such, and none of the Toy Haulers on the market are big enough or stout enough, plus they want $40K+ for them. So I go a 14K goosneck, had them build a 6x8 deck on the neck, and then I found a pop-up witha flat bottom. Welded some mounts and built a removable deck and added stairs and whala...You have a two story camper. The deck of the trailer we have an outdoor Kitchenette the folds on to the deck and we have a Canopy that can cover the whole deck in bad weather. That gives us 20 ft. of dance floor or dinning space for us and our friends. I built a smaller balcony deck that comes out on top by the camper and the awning hooks up to it. Great view over all the other RVs. Party deck, Lots of space, I love it.

The reason for putting the pop-up lenght wise was for several reasons: 1) You can put a bigger trailer up there, width is a problem. 2) If your pop-up camper pops to the sides, you may not fit in some RV Parks. RV park slots are kinda narrow and you dont want to be sleeping right over someone elses fire, tent, camper, Truck, prot a tpotty / sewer.... 3) tail lights are all hooked up and work with the trailer lights , so it is facing the right way. 4) alittle more stream lined when towing.
We love it and so do my kids.

I just can't get over how sick that is.