14:10 awesome customer. You get a ton of "thank you"'s but not as many "great job"'s. This guy knew how much work it actually took to get that Jeep out. I'm sensing he also knows the danger involved. There's so much more than just hooking up and leaving. Angles, stresses on winch lines and stuff, brakes for Jefe's sake, things like that. There's truly a _ton_ of stuff to think about all at once, and all those things are constantly changing as you go. Great job guys
@@10laws2liveby a little scary for sure! But those winch lines are likely rated to have 3-5 jeeps hanging off of it I would think. When designing things like this with essentially a small crane, you need to put in a safety factor of at _least_ 2× but more is always fine. The wrecker was designed to pull damn near anything, so I would think (and hope) that he uses lines with a higher capacity than needed!
@@10laws2liveby lol I wish. I'm on the Canadian east coast, not much here for trails, especially for full size rigs. Just a mechanic/crane operator lol
I just watched your son inaudibly pay you a very big compliment. Into the video he explained with no jocularity, "I've never done this" and then they established a plan then went back to his a video voice. If you were on site, it would not have been different. He learned common sense from someone. Good on you.
When Kaulin was told he sounds like his dad when praising the wrecker, I’m surprised he didn’t say “thanks!” Those are big boots to fill and Kaulin is excelling at this amazingly!! 👍
Good PR and customer relations always a great thing especially for the line of work you’re in. From what I see in the videos, y’all are very good at that. A lot of your customers are real thankful to meet you/ the crew not just because they’re stuck but because of your presence in the area and y’all are good people. It’s cool to see you/ the crew taking time to acknowledge that. I hope this channel is around for a long, long time . 👍❤
Like Rory Irish says a few hundred miles to the east, "I'd rather have too much equipment, than not enough." (Matt would say, "That Wrecker is a 'Beast'.")
Trailmater and Pauls wrecker are both awesome, but the MORR WLO-RR wrecker is a beast. It makes every recovery seem simple, with no harsh overworking the equipment. 👍
Dude has some confidence in his motorhome. I barely will take mine on gravel, but it's a lot lower slung, and about 15 feet longer. The Wetzel boys are starting out life with a helluva good practical education.
I understand where you're coming from but I can't use the word confidence to describe driving that vehicle on that surface even if you are being sarcastic. So I'll just leave it at that.
You guys should consider some boat fenders you could attach and remove from the rear bumper so you can worry less about the vehicles getting more intimate that required during a tow. It could be some lightweight and durable insurance. Just a thought.
"Human sacrifice. Jeeps and Broncos living together. Mass hysteria!" Haha. Love it. When an offroader is in need and there's another offroader nearby, help is there regardless of what they drive. Great to see Jefe and his awesome Bronco again.
Great channel!! Love the way you father! Your home taught knowledge is far and above most! More vids with Jammie and Rhett!!! Thier dry sense of humor cracks me up!!!
I love all the idiot commenters making up stories about how he left the channel, blah blah. People have no idea whats going on in these guy's lives and just make up nonsense.
Idk what the WLL is for those winch lines, but with two of them i'm sure they were within that spec. I would have doubled them over with a block on connection point just to ease the load on the winches.
Google says a Bronco weighs 5300lbs and those winches are rated 12,000lbs. I wonder what the soft shackles are rated at, and I wonder what difference to weight all the mods Jefe has done to his car have made? The numbers tell us he was OK, but rather him than me!
@@TrevorDennis100that was not Jefe's Bronco. It was the customer's Jeep YJ. Stock they weigh between roughly 4000 and 5200 pounds. A 1/2" Yankum soft shackle has a recommended working load of 10,250-14,499 lbs and a max strength of 62,500 lbs. Even the smaller 7/16 one has a working load of 5,000-10,249 lbs and a max of 45,500. I suspect one winch line and one soft shackle could dead lift that Jeep all day.
I had the pleasure of meeting you guys today July 2. Biggest thing was happening was five bullet holes in our fire station and then you all showed up today I first viewed one of your videos last night for the first time still blowing my mind then you drove by my house, so I’m making up for last time. Checking out every video I can you guys are awesome. Great meeting you today. Thank you again, I took a picture of my jeep next to your toe rig. One of my buddies couldn’t believe it.
So when I was a kid growing up, my dad bought a 1968 Kaiser CJ five we put a lift kit on it. It had a in-line six we put headers on it to let it breathe and Dad got his hands on 415 inch wide racing slicks that he took to a tire shop and had them puthalf inch in sets of two about 4 inches apart little paddles and we tore up Pismo Beach Glamis everywhere we could find sand dunes. My childhood was awesome. I had sand burgers, sand, hotdogs, sand, macaroni, and cheese. Sometimes mom could even make sand tuna casserole. My childhood was the best and I wouldn’t change it for anything thanks mom and dad and thank you mats off-road recovery for bringing back such fond memories. Our arms are forever wrapped around you here in Kennewick Washington Washington state on the mighty Columbia river
This was a good video and Jefe made an cameo, good to see Jefe again helping out! His nerves were on edge getting pulled out of that hot tub and I don't blame him at all! The big wrecker done what it usually does making hard things look easy on these recovery's. Kaulin, Rhett, Kolby and Jake assisting with the jobs!
4:30 Yes Kolby! Snowrunner is a blast. You guys should contact the company who made it about getting the wrecker in that game! That would be absolutely freaking amazing! The Morrvair, Banana, and Bombi would be sick options too. Well, after this video, looks like it's snowrunner time for me again 😂
When I was young I made the mistake of using beer to quench my thirst when out in the severe heat. What a mistake that was. It was the (self imposed) sickest afternoon and evening I can recall.
I am at 06:06/21:27 and thinking Jefe is reconsidering his decision to return because of the position he is in at this particular time. Welcome back Jefe! Get behind the wheel.
@@jamesstore7055 What made you think Tongan? I'm in New Zealand, but we think of Tonga as our close cousin. 😃 Except when when they face the All Blacks. Then they are the enemy. 😉
Every time we get a camera shot out of the windshield of the heavy wrecker, I can't help myself,, I see a smiley on the cowl. Even the Heavy Wrecker enjoys your videos 🤩
Two great recoveries!! You boys are getting pretty good at this!! LOL!! Jefe was there to make sure everything was being done right! LOL!! You guys always do a super fine job!!
I was reading the comments before and they said jefe left I'm glad he didn't I enjoy it when he is helping with recovery great crew and that wrecker is awesome
Kaulin is proving that he's been paying attention to his dad for the last few years. And he and Rhett have developed great on-screen personalities, too. Great job, boys (including Jefe and the rest of the crew)! Making Matt proud. [Cue the screaming bald eagle.]
Kaulin you have grown alot in recoverys and figuring out what to do, great job. It was good to see Jefe back on recoverys. Rhett you did an amazing job of getting Bronco stuck lol.
What’s with the folks ragging on Jefe? As for the comments on his Bronco getting stuck, they don’t have “normal” sand out there! It’s more like talcum powder in places like it got stuck. I’m a proud Bronco owner and I can assure you that they don’t get stuck very easily. I remember the episode when his Bronco was the fastest vehicle to drive up and out of a valley up a sandy singe track trail!
Also, the Bronco wasn't "Stuck", it was just inconvenienced. Thinking back, I seem to recall it got out of the river spot that Matt accidently got all of his rigs stuck in due to a bit of overconfidence.
I've never seen more capable, self-reliant kids in my life. Kudos to Jamie and Matt AND you kids.
and to them young man as well,,they are good people
You obviously have seen very little of the world,it’s not that rare.
Im with y on that, Matt and Jamie have done a wonderful job.
The thing is, they’re no longer kids, and they were brought up to do this!
I loved that you gave him some new equipment, when he pulled you out. Jefe has always been very honorable. LOVE IT!
He's a road man. He gets it.
where has Jefe been this past month?
@@Oldtimeredsomewhere else. Mind your business
14:10 awesome customer. You get a ton of "thank you"'s but not as many "great job"'s. This guy knew how much work it actually took to get that Jeep out. I'm sensing he also knows the danger involved.
There's so much more than just hooking up and leaving. Angles, stresses on winch lines and stuff, brakes for Jefe's sake, things like that. There's truly a _ton_ of stuff to think about all at once, and all those things are constantly changing as you go.
Great job guys
Yea I was actually on the edge of my chair watching that Jeep swing around just hopping a cable didn't snap.
@@10laws2liveby a little scary for sure! But those winch lines are likely rated to have 3-5 jeeps hanging off of it I would think. When designing things like this with essentially a small crane, you need to put in a safety factor of at _least_ 2× but more is always fine. The wrecker was designed to pull damn near anything, so I would think (and hope) that he uses lines with a higher capacity than needed!
Your so righ you must have been down that that trail yourself.
@@10laws2liveby lol I wish. I'm on the Canadian east coast, not much here for trails, especially for full size rigs. Just a mechanic/crane operator lol
I just watched your son inaudibly pay you a very big compliment. Into the video he explained with no jocularity,
"I've never done this" and then they established a plan then went back to his a video voice. If you were on site, it would not have been different. He learned common sense from someone. Good on you.
When Kaulin was told he sounds like his dad when praising the wrecker, I’m surprised he didn’t say “thanks!” Those are big boots to fill and Kaulin is excelling at this amazingly!! 👍
Good PR and customer relations always a great thing especially for the line of work you’re in.
From what I see in the videos, y’all are very good at that. A lot of your customers are real thankful to meet you/ the crew not just because they’re stuck but because of your presence in the area and y’all are good people. It’s cool to see you/ the crew taking time to acknowledge that.
I hope this channel is around for a long, long time . 👍❤
YUP..."Dad would be proud"...damn, as a long time subscriber, I am proud!!
Great to see you again Jefe, you have been missed! Another great video from everyone's off road recovery except Matt, Lol
glad to see jefe back
@@stevehenderson4289 Where was he? I missed that explanation.
@@Oldtimeredsomewhere else. Settle down princess
Kaulin has developed into a very competent recovery man and seems very comfortable in front of the camera.
True, and, true.
Like Rory Irish says a few hundred miles to the east, "I'd rather have too much equipment, than not enough." (Matt would say, "That Wrecker is a 'Beast'.")
Matt has to be proud of his sons and his crew.
Keep your pride, I prefer SATISFACTION
I loved the head nods from Matt, and Jeremiah Johnson, but the Bald Eagle was freaking funny 😂. Jefe was cracking me up in the hot tub.
Michael Caine
Awesome Editing !
Matt's editor ROCKS...like Pink Floyd, Journey, Boston and Supertramp! You get the IDEA!
The eagle scream is what killed me on that.
Trailmater and Pauls wrecker are both awesome, but the MORR WLO-RR wrecker is a beast. It makes every recovery seem simple, with no harsh overworking the equipment. 👍
Good heavens the wrecker is a beast. It's great to see it reliably working up to its potential.
Dude has some confidence in his motorhome. I barely will take mine on gravel, but it's a lot lower slung, and about 15 feet longer. The Wetzel boys are starting out life with a helluva good practical education.
I understand where you're coming from but I can't use the word confidence to describe driving that vehicle on that surface even if you are being sarcastic. So I'll just leave it at that.
That’s not confidence it’s stupidity they are often confused but how you tell is by watching this video!
You guys should consider some boat fenders you could attach and remove from the rear bumper so you can worry less about the vehicles getting more intimate that required during a tow. It could be some lightweight and durable insurance. Just a thought.
"Human sacrifice. Jeeps and Broncos living together. Mass hysteria!" Haha. Love it. When an offroader is in need and there's another offroader nearby, help is there regardless of what they drive. Great to see Jefe and his awesome Bronco again.
It's just like the military. We all rib each other but are always there when needed.
Great channel!! Love the way you father! Your home taught knowledge is far and above most! More vids with Jammie and Rhett!!! Thier dry sense of humor cracks me up!!!
Ha! You would almost think Jefe was back in the Golden Nugget lol
Jeffe has been absent too long. He always makes the videos fun.
I love all the idiot commenters making up stories about how he left the channel, blah blah. People have no idea whats going on in these guy's lives and just make up nonsense.
Way too much fun...again. What a great team. Each of you adds to the enjoyment of these wonderful videos. Keep em coming.
20:30 was the best part of this video as a Jeep owner. LOL
Man, that was almost a dead lift out of that hot tub. Seemed a little sketchy but hey, it worked. I was nervous for the cables. Got 'em out!
Idk what the WLL is for those winch lines, but with two of them i'm sure they were within that spec. I would have doubled them over with a block on connection point just to ease the load on the winches.
Google says a Bronco weighs 5300lbs and those winches are rated 12,000lbs. I wonder what the soft shackles are rated at, and I wonder what difference to weight all the mods Jefe has done to his car have made? The numbers tell us he was OK, but rather him than me!
@@TrevorDennis100the soft shackles are rated 38,000 the Matt's off-road recovery rope is also 38,000
@@TrevorDennis100 Standard 4WD recovery soft shackles are usually around 15-20 metric ton breaking limit, which is what, 30-40k lb?
@@TrevorDennis100that was not Jefe's Bronco. It was the customer's Jeep YJ. Stock they weigh between roughly 4000 and 5200 pounds. A 1/2" Yankum soft shackle has a recommended working load of 10,250-14,499 lbs and a max strength of 62,500 lbs. Even the smaller 7/16 one has a working load of 5,000-10,249 lbs and a max of 45,500. I suspect one winch line and one soft shackle could dead lift that Jeep all day.
I had the pleasure of meeting you guys today July 2. Biggest thing was happening was five bullet holes in our fire station and then you all showed up today I first viewed one of your videos last night for the first time still blowing my mind then you drove by my house, so I’m making up for last time. Checking out every video I can you guys are awesome. Great meeting you today. Thank you again, I took a picture of my jeep next to your toe rig. One of my buddies couldn’t believe it.
You need something like boat fenders to cushion any potential impacts onto the boom.
Wasn't Rhett's fault, it's a Bronco. Good thing there was a Jeep there! ;-)
What was the thing in the hot tub, with the broken axle?! Hah!
@@yankee2yankee216hahaha got em
@@yankee2yankee216
That one uhhh….. that one doesn’t count😌😂
Watching all the way from South Africa
And New Zealand
Lekker man. ;)
@@johndevires5911Lekker man, lekker! 🤭
Great TEAMwork and communication with this crew.
Good morning FabRat fans. Great to see Jefe
Awesome recovery by the crew. I was wondering if Jefe was ever in the service? He’s a great leader when Matt and Jamie are away.
The best part of waking up is fresh Off Road Recovery in my cup. ☕
Folgers. HA HA HA
Me , vodka in my hot chocolate. Git er dun !
Wym?
I read that with the melody 🎶 lol. Love it!!
I love it. "It's hot in here", Jake running along side in the sun and happy about it.
"If anything happens just scream like a little girl!" 😂😂😂
He always does
😂😂😂
So when I was a kid growing up, my dad bought a 1968 Kaiser CJ five we put a lift kit on it. It had a in-line six we put headers on it to let it breathe and Dad got his hands on 415 inch wide racing slicks that he took to a tire shop and had them puthalf inch in sets of two about 4 inches apart little paddles and we tore up Pismo Beach Glamis everywhere we could find sand dunes. My childhood was awesome. I had sand burgers, sand, hotdogs, sand, macaroni, and cheese. Sometimes mom could even make sand tuna casserole. My childhood was the best and I wouldn’t change it for anything thanks mom and dad and thank you mats off-road recovery for bringing back such fond memories. Our arms are forever wrapped around you here in Kennewick Washington Washington state on the mighty Columbia river
and to this day, still dropping marbles out... 🤣 I hate sand, that's not used for some traction on ice/snow roads. lol
The proud segment was perfect 🤣🤣
This was a good video and Jefe made an cameo, good to see Jefe again helping out! His nerves were on edge getting pulled out of that hot tub and I don't blame him at all! The big wrecker done what it usually does making hard things look easy on these recovery's. Kaulin, Rhett, Kolby and Jake assisting with the jobs!
Thank you Kaulin , Rhett and Jeffe for the adventure , seeing some beautiful scenery and great recoveries !
Jefe: "I'm little worried."
Also Jefe: "Look Ma no seatbelt!"
That always blows my mind! It’s always like “oh man, this is sketchy!🥺😬” but somehow that doesn’t translate to putting on the seatbelt 🤷🏻♂️
Kaulin has great OfF Road Recovery Energy
Well would you look at that!!! Jefe is back!!! To all of those who thought he had jumped ship….One of the greatest channels ever
4:30 Yes Kolby! Snowrunner is a blast. You guys should contact the company who made it about getting the wrecker in that game! That would be absolutely freaking amazing! The Morrvair, Banana, and Bombi would be sick options too.
Well, after this video, looks like it's snowrunner time for me again 😂
You can already get it with community created mods
So the mod names are:
Fred’s BFW
C.C.W. Morvair
C.C.W. Lil’ Suzi
Then there’s several XJ mods.
Tracks don’t work in snowrunner
@@jacob.davis334 thank you! I'll have to look it up. Will it work with "unofficial" ports of the game? (Got from fitgirl)
When I was young I made the mistake of using beer to quench my thirst when out in the severe heat. What a mistake that was. It was the (self imposed) sickest afternoon and evening I can recall.
It’s a good day whenever we get to see the Wrecker come out to play
That wrecker is a roadster ( only seats two) no air conditioning in the desert. 🤣 gas gage doesn't work....... but hey let's build something else. 🤡
I am at 06:06/21:27 and thinking Jefe is reconsidering his decision to return because of the position he is in at this particular time. Welcome back Jefe! Get behind the wheel.
Matt has some awesome SONS !! I LOVE YOU ALL @ M.O.R.R. !!!🥰 🥰
The crew is getting very comfortable in front of the camera. Nice narrative,banter and a seamless advertisement for soft shackles.
The wrecker literally doesn't care what you put behind it lol
Love watching your kids work, my nephews can't find their behinds without a manual.
I'm not even American...that was a well placed eagle. lol
That phrase “well-placed eagle” has me chuckling and grinning. I’m not even exactly sure why, but I like it. 💁🏻♀️😂😂
Just out of curiosity if you're not from the United States are you perhaps Tongan?
@@jamesstore7055 no mate, England lol
@@jamesstore7055why would that matter anyways.
@@jamesstore7055 What made you think Tongan? I'm in New Zealand, but we think of Tonga as our close cousin. 😃 Except when when they face the All Blacks. Then they are the enemy. 😉
great job on those recoveries guys, the wrecker makes light of both jobs, thanks for sharing
Amazing recovery from the “Hot Tub”!
Both good recoveries! Love this channel (74 y/o Grama S. California)!!
Pretty good, you drove a bronco out and it didn’t break the front suspension and leave you stranded….thats a win in any bronco owners book!👍🏼👍🏼
I don't think he's running stock suspension.
Great job getting everyone out.
It's good to see Jefe back. I was wondering if the cup was forgotten.
"Oops!" It's ok to say that. You're still owning your mistake. My wife hates that. 😂 Excellent work boys!
I laughed out loud as it's just the perfect statement in one word.
Every time we get a camera shot out of the windshield of the heavy wrecker, I can't help myself,, I see a smiley on the cowl. Even the Heavy Wrecker enjoys your videos 🤩
Steering from the outside seems a lot more sketchy than just being in the jeep.. but what do I know? Lol
That's what I thought too, until I see him in the Jeep without a seatbelt on!
@@Mrgluck-ho6th easier to dive out the window......
Thanks for rocking reusable cups instead of all those plastic water bottles! Great job guys!
The wrecker is one of my favorite builds on all of the internet
Love the look on Rhea’s face when he got the Bronco stuck!
Colin did a great job with the wrecker. Matt is headed to FLorida again soon now that he has capable hands to leave it in.
Great recovery guys...you done well.....Matt will be proud of you all....Stay safe and see you on the next one
No surer way to be POSITIVE that your item is going to be messed with than to state "no one better mess with this!"
Glad to see you have been doing more recovery videos. Great job Colin.
"If anything goes wrong, scream like a little girl"...now that is funny!
Hilarious 😂
He did, repeatedly😂
And he did 😅
Agreed, Jefe should stay in the office.
@@PanheadJeff58 He did, too. 'Kaulin, don't dangle me.' 😱✂
Two great recoveries!! You boys are getting pretty good at this!! LOL!! Jefe was there to make sure everything was being done right! LOL!! You guys always do a super fine job!!
Haven't seen Jefe for ages. Was starting to think he'd left! . . Nice to see ya Jefe 🙂
I was reading the comments before and they said jefe left I'm glad he didn't I enjoy it when he is helping with recovery great crew and that wrecker is awesome
Nice work, glad to see Jefe get outside even if it was for a short time.
Kaulin is proving that he's been paying attention to his dad for the last few years. And he and Rhett have developed great on-screen personalities, too. Great job, boys (including Jefe and the rest of the crew)! Making Matt proud. [Cue the screaming bald eagle.]
Don't dangle the Jefe! 😅
Collin has been proving to be a beast at recovery and using the LORR makes dual winches cinch things out easily. Great job
You never use your radio to talk to each when towing 😂😂
They really need headsets, since their hands are usually busy...
@@AndrewAMartin I'm pretty sure they have them just don't use them
Kaulin you have grown alot in recoverys and figuring out what to do, great job. It was good to see Jefe back on recoverys. Rhett you did an amazing job of getting Bronco stuck lol.
What’s with the folks ragging on Jefe? As for the comments on his Bronco getting stuck, they don’t have “normal” sand out there! It’s more like talcum powder in places like it got stuck. I’m a proud Bronco owner and I can assure you that they don’t get stuck very easily. I remember the episode when his Bronco was the fastest vehicle to drive up and out of a valley up a sandy singe track trail!
I remember that ! Light brite put bronco thru hell , they do good
Sandy Seige was before his portals too, no?
Yup, no portals during the sand climb
Also, the Bronco wasn't "Stuck", it was just inconvenienced. Thinking back, I seem to recall it got out of the river spot that Matt accidently got all of his rigs stuck in due to a bit of overconfidence.
5:12 5:14 no blurr editors..
Good to see Jefe again! It's been a while!
Great people can stop asking about Jefe now.
Jefe, Rhett and Kaulin are a lot of fun...and they do good work smartly. Bravo boys, bravo!
15:42 - Slam them keys off that thang. 🤣
Loving the content ❤ recently lost my father and these videos have been much needed therapy ❤
Did Jake really drink his water ‘pinky up’ like the sophisticated man he is? 😂😂
He adds a 'touch of class' to every video ;)
its actually less sophisticated since it uses fewer digits.
Pinkies out for the boys!
girly man.
colin operating that truck like a true pro!! Nice work! Rear steer in action
There is Jefe for all you people asking on the last video!
Colin is becoming a very very capable recovery engineer. I like how Matt seems to be trusting him more and sending him on more jobs with the Wrecker.
Down in a hole, feelin' so small...
Right on brother! 🤘
I'm not losing my soul, because I'm saved by the grace of Christ Jesus.
Down in a hole, losin my soul...
I noticed you blocked out the front plate but not the rear one. Good rescue and good video footage. Keep up the great work
That Jeep is in Diamond Billed Rockpecker territory! 😂
Glad you got to go have some fun Matt. Good idea teaching the kids the business that looks like a good retirement plan.
Matt's ultimate goal:
"Our dad's out by the pool in back, and didn't want to get out of his pool chair, so we kids are going to go and do a rescue..."
Good to see ya Hefe! And Kaulin, way to rock. And getting stuck is a rite of passage 😅
Jefe is back. Congrats to him on retiring from the military!
The greatest day of your life is the day you get out.
@@wayneabbott652shows what all that service actually means. Nothin'. Let those oil wells protect themselves lmao
now if he just retires again and moves to Florida.
What a crew and what a great machine you all built!
"Somebody put it in the shade for me"
You guys are doing very well. Matt has trained you well. Thanks for the video.
The way you are all so confident that the fibre ropes will not fail is quite amazing (Jeffe not so sure)
Great job guys and it was nice to see Jefe 👍
The eagle caught me off guard haha!
Dude, that's my buddy with broke front axle on his jeep in the hot tub, awesome vacation buddy can't wait to see ya.
Last videos comments people were saying Jefe was gone but it looks like they were talking out of place.
Great to see hephe sorry I spelled your name wrong but missed seeing you. Thought you went somewhere else. Great job to all of you.