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20 Laramie 2500 6.4l "overland" build

Nice truck, I really like the build. Maybe I missed it, what gear/tire combo are you running? Just curious.
 
Thanks for the reply. I'm currently on 37 12.50 20s with 3.73s. I bought the truck that way, it is on the AEV 3 inch lift. I don't have any real noticeable lack of performance, but have thought about going to a 35 12.50 in the future. I do spend some time offroad over here in Vt.
 
NHoverland, do you have any plans to regear the truck? If so, do you have a shop you trust to set the axles up in NH?
 
snocam said:
NHoverland, do you have any plans to regear the truck? If so, do you have a shop you trust to set the axles up in NH?
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No plan to gear the truck in the near future. I personally have never had to have axle work done, so I don't have a preferred shop. I would suggest looking for a long standing Jeep shop, as Jeeps more often than not have Axles and Gears swapped out for lifts and bigger tires. If you are in the Concord area, Steves Jeep Country on RT.4 in Northwood would be a good place to check. Also as far as I know, there have not been any gear manufactures that have released gears for the 19+ trucks if you fall into that model year range.
 
snocam said:
NHoverland, do you have any plans to regear the truck? If so, do you have a shop you trust to set the axles up in NH?
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If you are in the Derry area, Ratchetts Offroad may be worth a look as well... they specialize in rock crawlers and diesel rigs.
 
Thanks for the replies. My truck is a 2020 with 3.73s, on 37s, does fine actually, but longterm I could see doing a regear, although the 8spd really makes things liveable now. There aren't many shops in Central VT.
 
This so far has to be one of my most challenging and exciting projects I have started. The ARB Linx system has so much to offer. Yes, it is expensive, but wel worth it. Paired with the ARB Twin Compressor it controls the rear air bags independently, the NH Overland 4 Tore Fill kit (or others equipped with the pressure control valve), ARB Fridge/Freezer Controls, 6 Auxiliary output triggers, battery monitor, tpms monitor diff. lockers (when equipped), and more. Forgive the wiring mess, still moving and changing things.
 

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Great build on your truck! Nice to see a few NH people here, I'm in Concord. Just a stock truck though, boring compared to yours. :D
 
NHOverland said:
This so far has to be one of my most challenging and exciting projects I have started. The ARB Linx system has so much to offer. Yes, it is expensive, but wel worth it. Paired with the ARB Twin Compressor it controls the rear air bags independently, the NH Overland 4 Tore Fill kit (or others equipped with the pressure control valve), ARB Fridge/Freezer Controls, 6 Auxiliary output triggers, battery monitor, tpms monitor diff. lockers (when equipped), and more. Forgive the wiring mess, still moving and changing things.
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I know you've been toying with this system a while, curious how you feel about the responsiveness of the screen, startup time, etc.? My only real concern with this system is that over time it will experience issues on the "phone" hardware with causes the system to lag and crash so often it's functionally unusable, especially in the cold.

That said, it checks every box in a control system for my truck with the exception of being digital screen over physical buttons.
 
UglyViking said:
I know you've been toying with this system a while, curious how you feel about the responsiveness of the screen, startup time, etc.? My only real concern with this system is that over time it will experience issues on the "phone" hardware with causes the system to lag and crash so often it's functionally unusable, especially in the cold.

That said, it checks every box in a control system for my truck with the exception of being digital screen over physical buttons.
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So, I have mine powered full time and if I don't use the truck for a couple days, it will crash probably 3 out of every ten times. I don't know if it is related to being powered full time or a software bug. As far as responsiveness go, the "phone" could use a hardware update for sure. Extreme cold will slow it down just like any other smart phone, but a few minutes in the warmth and back to normal. Startup is normal, the app starts right away so there is no hunting to start it. You can buy a replacement "phone" if it dies. I have reached out to ARB to see if they are willing to share future updates and hardware upgrades. I will post that information if/when I hear from them.
 
NHOverland said:
So, I have mine powered full time and if I don't use the truck for a couple days, it will crash probably 3 out of every ten times. I don't know if it is related to being powered full time or a software bug. As far as responsiveness go, the "phone" could use a hardware update for sure. Extreme cold will slow it down just like any other smart phone, but a few minutes in the warmth and back to normal. Startup is normal, the app starts right away so there is no hunting to start it. You can buy a replacement "phone" if it dies. I have reached out to ARB to see if they are willing to share future updates and hardware upgrades. I will post that information if/when I hear from them.
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Thanks for the info. That's a huge bummer to hear. I get that you can't be sure if it's because it's full time on or not, but not a great feeling that it's curr6crashing 30% of the time, plus slowdown with the cold.

Probably a non issue in the most general sense, but man is that a bummer. Arb had mentioned at some point that they had the hardware revamped for their needs, but seems like it still suffers the same issues as youd expect.
 
UglyViking said:
Thanks for the info. That's a huge bummer to hear. I get that you can't be sure if it's because it's full time on or not, but not a great feeling that it's curr6crashing 30% of the time, plus slowdown with the cold.

Probably a non issue in the most general sense, but man is that a bummer. Arb had mentioned at some point that they had the hardware revamped for their needs, but seems like it still suffers the same issues as youd expect.
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Don't get me wrong, 30% is not a good number, but on the rare occurrences that I do not drive the truck those 3 times pretty well span the year. I'll see if I can get a video the next time I have a issue. You get a notice the app is not responding with a cancel and restart option, it takes about 30-45 seconds at most to restart and you are back in action.
 
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