We’re customizing the coolest construction truck ever, using a 2010 Ram 2500 4×4 Crew Cab diesel as our base model…

If you could design your dream truck, from scratch, what would it look like? How would you modify the stock model, and what would you add to it to make it the ultimate construction contractors’ truck?

That’s the task we’ve set for ourselves with our Project Big Boss.

During the next eight months we’re going to turn an already fine diesel pickup, the new Ram 2500 Crew Cab 4×4 diesel, into a ride any construction company boss would be proud to drive. And we’re going to show you, step by step, how we do it.

To help with this ambitious project, we’re teaming up with a couple of sources here in our hometown of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Locklear’s Dodge City (www.locklearcars.com) will be making sure our 2010 Ram Crew Cab is regularly serviced and maintained, and Eric and Todd Kirkland and crew at Truck Supply & Outfitters (www.trucksupplyandoutfitters.com), who do this sort of thing for a living, will install all the upgrades we’ve planned for the Big Boss.

Installs

DPF-back exhaust

aFe DPF-back exhaust installation Dodge Cummins 2010 L6-6.7L gets a little power boost with better exhaust flow by Bruce W. Smith Owners of 2010-newer Ram diesels who want a little more pulling power might want to consider upgrading the factory intake and exhaust to let the engine breath easier. The aFe Performance Package is a complete air-flow solution producing 5hp and 12 lbs./ft. of torque. This matched ...

Cold air power

Owners of 2010-newer Ram diesels who want a little more pulling power might want to consider upgrading the factory intake and exhaust to let the engine breath easier. aFe kit makes it easy...

Dual-steering stabilizers

Upgrading to twin steering stabilizers improves late-model 2500/3500 4x4 Ram pickups steering feel on-pavement and off; Superlift kit makes it easy

Cummins intercooler tube upgrade

Cummins intercooler tube upgrade from aFe is an easy way to improve power and fuel economy on heavy-duty Dodge Rams...

Air-helper spring installation

The best cure for tail sag and body roll under heavy bed load conditions is upgrading the stock suspension with air-actuated helper-springs like those available from Firestone...