Very Good Review! It's all down to a matter of needs and personal preferences with these two. Both are winners as far as I'm concerned. It's a great time to be a truck buyer.

My pick is the Raptor, but it's much closer than I thought before I read this article. The Dodge is no slouch!

Great review i think both trucks are great. If i could i would love to have both in the driveway. But im glad everyone will know that these trucks are for different uses and do what they do well.

Thanks Mike for doing the heavy lifting on this comparo. The best of the web.

@Johnny: Actually, thank John Stewart for writing this one. I just got wet taking pictures. ;-)

My dumb. Thanks - John Stewart, Mike Levine, Ian Merritt.

Makes me want a Raptor more and more..

The Ram NEEDS the ZF 8 speed automatic.
4.696, 3.13, 2.1, 1.67, 1.29, 1, 0.84, 0.67 Reverse 3.3

You wouldn't need that extra low 1st gear all the time, so unless you are in tow/haul mode, or 4x4, you'd start in 2nd gear.

One minor gaffe, REAR axle on the PW is 10.5" (front is 9.25"). Also, in your specifications, you're talking about the REAR axles only.

Until the 8 speed auto shows up, how about the extra low low-range, from the Wrangler Rubicon, in the PowerWagon.
3 x 4 x 4.56 = 54.72 crawl

ZF 8hp70: 4.696 x 2.72 x 4.56 = 58.25 crawl

A few more for the spec sheets:
Raptor Power Wagon
Ground Clearance 11.2 8.4
Approach angle 30 deg 35 deg
Breakover angle 20.8 deg 25.5 deg
Departure angle 22.7 deg 27.7 deg

For the dirty folks that care.

Good comparo. i have to admit the raptor front end looks better than any F150 out there. Also the Ram could use a 6speed auto. Both good trucks

i thought these trucks are american made. i keep my tundra. it's got 80% american parts.

@Bruce: The Raptor is built at Ford's Dearborn Truck Plant in Michigan. The Ram is assembled in Coahuila, Mexico. The specs above list only where the engines are built, not the pickups.

Also, that 80% "American" parts content for the Tundra is an index for American and Canadian parts, not just American parts.

Last time I checked the F-150 was right up there at 80%, too, but I can't find a figure for 2009. It is at least 75% and up to 80%.

Do I want to keep inferior sheet metal, drivetrains, and frames that may be only 1 or 2% more Canadian and American (which is debatable) or do I want something that is of comparable domestic content but will actually last? That is the question.

You wouldn't need that extra low 1st gear all the time, so unless you are in tow/haul mode, or 4x4, you'd start in 2nd gear.

Why are the Tundra guys so angry and trying to prove something?

I thought the topic was Raptor and Power Ram?