Win a Rossmönster Baja Trail Adventure Truck + $100,000 Cash

What you're looking at

This isn't a dealer-lot truck with a topper bolted on. The grand prize is a Rossmönster Baja Trail LX, the flagship of a small Colorado overland builder, hand-assembled on a Ford F-350 one-ton chassis with the 6.7L Power Stroke turbo-diesel. The headline feature is the hard-sided, push-button pop-top: it drops low for a manageable center of gravity on the highway, then powers up into a four-season, insulated living space that sleeps four to six and keeps four usable seatbelts. Inside is a genuine buildout — full kitchen, enclosed bathroom, solar charging feeding a lithium house-battery bank — so it functions as a self-contained basecamp, not a weekend tent.

Underneath, it's built to actually use that capability: 37-inch tires, upgraded off-road suspension (Rossmönster spec's the Carli Pintop system on these), a trail bumper, and auxiliary lighting. On a 50-gallon diesel tank these are quoted around 600 miles of range, which is the whole point of an expedition rig — get far off pavement and stay there.

Why it matters

Rossmönster builds in small batches, and the Baja Trail LX sits at the top of its lineup. New units are effectively made to order, so they almost never surface used — when they do, even a 2024 with mileage commanded $329,000. New-build LX trucks advertise in the high-$300Ks and up. For an overlanding enthusiast, this is the kind of turnkey, no-compromise rig you'd otherwise wait months and write a very large check for. The fact that it's the prize in a children's-blindness research raffle is the unusual part.

The fine print worth knowing

A few things to read carefully before you enter. First, the advertised $400,000 ARV is the truck plus a $100,000 cash award bundled into the grand prize — not the value of the vehicle by itself. Second, there's a cash-only alternative: the winner can take $250,000 instead of the truck-and-cash package. Third, taxes are on you — the organizer states the winner is responsible for all local, state, and federal taxes, and a 1099 will be filed for U.S. winners at the value of the prize, so budget for a meaningful bill.

Entries run as donations ($25 for the base tier, currently doubled during a 2x bonus window), but there's a legitimate free route: mail a 3x5 card with your details in a #10 envelope to the Macedon, NY P.O. box in the official rules (postmark by July 3, 2026). Eligibility is U.S. residents excluding Washington State, plus Canada, 18+. The sweepstakes ends 11:59:59 p.m. MST on July 5, 2026, with a random drawing on or about July 10 conducted by a third-party administrator (American Sweepstakes & Promotion Co.).