I admire how everyone in the crew aren't just recovery experts... but also fabricators, welders, mechanics, automotive electronicians, off roaders, video editors, AND entertainers. Trevor is a good example of this...
They aren't fabricators or welders, nor are they any of the other industrial things. All of them are laymen except for Trevor I imagine since he was in the engineer corps in the military I heard somewhere. Lizzy started welding 10 minutes ago and Matt's experience with welding is from making derby cars.
I got a chuckle when Matt said we put it together and take it apart a zillion times (I'm paraphrasing). I do electronics not mechanical design but we both experience the same prototyping steps. In addition, the final product is often significantly different in detail from the early concept.
Maybe they can do joint ventures. Rudy making custom gun safes sounds interesting too. Maybe the Banana, Morrvair and Wildhog can incorporate a gun safe too, lol
@@modernprosperity7798 only the employees know for sure, so many business seem great to work for but have power hungy asshats throwing their weight around. It seems morr crew seems genuine and happy, since they are not a fulltime fab shop with customer projects and deadlines. My buddy got his dream job working on robbie gordons crew and ended up quiting cause robbie made it hell. You just never know what goes on behind the scenes.
After working at a number of manufacturing jobs and repair shops, I’ve learned the best boss is the one out there in the dirt and sparks teaching. The bad ones sit in their office and criticize everything you do. Matt, you are one of the best! (As is your entire crew.)🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
100%The O N L Y way to go. You'll never go back to the fake corn syrup stuff. You definitely have to pour some of that over the best vanilla ice cream you can find.
I love your channel! I'm in Oceanside, CA, but grew up in Orderville so I get to see places I'm familiar with. We called Hurricane "Herr-a-cunn" when I was a kid. Pop bought his first 4x4 in 1957, a Chevrolet short bed step side. I was 12, so didn't drive it much. Then he bought a GMC long bed step side with a V-6 -- much better rig than the Chevy.. It was purely a work truck (folks were in the "rock" business -- Fisher's Rock Shop) and we rarely if ever drove it for fun. We travelled in the same areas you do, though, and we spent a lot of time off-road in southern Utah, Arizona, Arizona Strip, and Nevada. THANK YOU for all the fun!
Matt and Crew, You have a wonderful family here, I can't express how satisfying it is to see Lizzy grow as a welder and recovery expert. Seeing Rudy strike out on his own is just as satisfying. I have even noticed some growth in you Matt.
Just a thanks for clamping that plate to the drill press table. The injuries from loose work on the table really really hurt, and I needed stiches and staples. So now I'm a bit paranoid, yeah silly me. Keep at it the wrecker is coming along nicely !!!
To heck with the gripers and complainers! I look forward to video's coming out. Not what each one may or may not be about, but every single one! You provide a great variety between recoveries, traveling, and builds. If I was to gripe about anything, it would be that I want more of them 😀😀 Keep up the awesome work and have a fantastic week.
Hey Matt, I’m so happy to see you working on the big truck. I think it would be really interesting to see a price breakdown once it is done. I hope you aren’t offended by our curiosity about the cost of the truck. I’ve seen other UA-camrs do a breakdown but it’s not for everyone so either way we will still be watching. Thanks!
Love that T-case doubler setup Matt!!! Trevor is killin it on the fabrication!!! Lizzy final gets to do more welding!!!😁 Great to see the Amazon wrecker kit coming together!!😆
The frame air tanks were from the beginning a fair idea, if you remember several of your fans mentioned it was not a good long term solution for air tanks. The air bottles are much more practical and replaceable in the future if need be. Still can't get over how large those tires are. Looking forward to that big beast on it's test drive.
The frame air tanks were from the beginning a really bad idea. There's a reason air tanks are cylindrical. His frame rails would have been cylindrical eventually.
@@stargazer7644 funny you say that. Apparently you haven't done too much looking around. There is one of the car building programs on television & youtube that made bumpers that are air tanks, that are NOT cylindrical. They've been doing it for years & they even sell the plans & kits to do it. I can't remember right off hand who, but it can be found by searching.
The problem with any air tank is it collects water. If the frame is still sealed up a little linseed oil can be put into it to prevent rust. This is done on steel tube light aircraft for this reason.
@@timothygeiger8271 And yet, Matt didn't use them. Do you understand WHY air tanks are cylinders? Just because you can do something stupid, doesn't mean you should.
That is going to be an amazing doubler setup. One thing I would change is replace the cast aluminum adapter with a steel one. Those aluminum adapters are very weak I broke two of them on my rig before going to a steel one. You can cause some damage to the output and input splines when the adapter breaks.
Upvote this, I had the same thing happen in my 6.0 suburban, Those aluminum adapters don't hold up to offroad situations. And this rig is likely going going to break it.
@@boostjunky9 Awesome! Thinking ahead 👍 I considered machining my own adapter from a piece of 7075 drop I had. But someone on pirate4x4 told me where I could find a cast steel one at the junk yard and figured I would save myself the trouble. Btw. That is an amazing looking transfer case, I have always been looking at the Atlas cases for my past builds but after seeing the midnight metalworks case on bleepinjeep I have been considering one of those for my next build they look amazing.
Matt love what y’all do but make sure when welding stainless steel y’all use a respirator stainless welding can cause hexavalent chromium disease. Bad for lungs and all that. Keep up the hard work!
That wrecker is amazing!!! Can't wait till you get it up and running! Great job, all of you. Well done so far. Till next video, stay safe, and God bless!!
Morning Matt et'all.... Dropped in last weekend and you were gone!! Did see the wrecker and got my T-SHIRT... Traveled Route 66 and then back home to Ontario... logged 7,000 miles Maybe next time 😁 Pete from Canada 🇨🇦
G'day guys. Great to see you working on the wrecker again. It's a bit of a process to get it right. And when it's all done and operational and you start using it you will probably have to change things around
A tip that was given to me to increase the life of both your drill bits/ hole saws and your knuckles. "More trigger, less push" I'm strong and impatient too, but tap magic and metal shards is not fun in a busted knuckle! Lol
Great to see the progress on the wrecker, even better to see Lizzy really beaming lately, her growth in confidence makes me smile, look out Matt you've got competition for the presenters spot.
Proud Canadian here, happy to see some maple syrup down there eh 👍🏻 spent lots of time in the bush with family over the years boiling sap into the delicious liquid gold. Now I have a hankering for waffles... 😬😎🇨🇦🇨🇦 Cheers from the great white north 🍻🍻
Whilst I love both your recovery and build work, the most wonderful thing about watching you, (plural), is the incredible workforce/friendship group that you have. You are all blessed. You never work a day in your lives. Thanks from Australia.
I miss having Rudy on the crew. That being said, i understand a young man having to make a go at creating something for himself. I know he will make it happen. Still miss him in the dynamics of it all.
@@fragletemmer Doubt it, but maybe no one really knows. From what I've witnessed in life most young men who grow up with a dad that owns / runs a business, the boys usually don't want anything to do with it because they want to go do their own thing and not have Dad breathing over their shoulder and telling them what to do everyday, like still being a kid living at home. Give it 5-10 years and they eventually start to realize spending time with your Dad is probably a good thing as he ages and having the opportunity to be more mature and start making decisions in a company you'll get to inherit is fun and exciting, giving a real end goal of all the work you put in. Give it time, he'll be back one day to help his dad out. Or maybe not, his younger brother may take that role too who knows.
I am amazed at the drive and commitment to finish such a large expensive project while running your business. Your staff is amazing and your wife is the best wife ever to put up with the challenges of you balancing your work life balance . You should be extremely proud of all you ,your family , friends and staff have achieved. I have really enjoyed watching the build as I am sure tens of thousands of other folks have. Thanks for sharing part of your lives.
Hey guys, loving all your banter fabrication weather reports and of course the recoveries. I used to be in the armed forces and whenever we were giving instructions re directions we all would say left hand down....right hand down and raise the corresponding hand incase we could not be heard ! So that way it didn't matter if you were in a LHD or RHD vehicle 👌🏽 Keep up the great work. ✊🏽 Chris.
Hey Matt and Crew! Been following for a while now and know the names of everyone but I think some introductions are in order! Also wanted to say that on my projects I always wrap my exhaust from the headers back in that titanium exhaust heat wrap you can find on Amazon. It virtually eliminates heat from the pipes. You can touch the headers as the truck is running and not get burned. This will eliminate the need for heat shields and route heat out the tail pipes instead of disipating into the frame and surrounding components. 👍👍👍. Love the show and can't wait to see what's next.
@@knobleindustries8106 The 'main concern' would be that after wrapping the headers and pipes in titanium exhaust heat wrap - You cannot use a pressure-washer to remove all the dirt/mud that is going to build-up after running this wrecker off-road during all types of seasonal weather conditions. - - Pressure washing loosens the wrap's fibers.
I wonder how I've been pressure washing and cleaning my projects all these years and never had that problem. Along with millions of other vehicles that have header wrap.
@@knobleindustries8106 And I wonder why the manufacturers of exhaust header wrap specifically advise *against* pressure-washing header wrap? So, there's that.
I really enjoy the videos and have purchased some of your items. Most beloved was your recovery rope bundle but sadly it was lost in northern Wyoming during a highway mishap. I'm hoping someone will find it and realize they're carrying one of the best I've had. 😭 Be safe. Also wanted to mention that Amazon still out of stock on the wrecker 😉
Your guys build is coming together so good. I love watching all the builds and shenanigans! I also build and modify everything. Since you are on to doing exhaust again and again I have a suggestion. Many many years ago my brother and me stuffed a Chevy 350 into a 4wd s10 blazer with a 5 speed manual trans behind it. We kept all of the factory functions of the vehicle in it so had to run headers to make all of the stuff clear. We found that the headers would crack every couple weeks from the heat and rigidity because we much like you mounted everything super tight so it wouldn’t rattle on things and I hate the sound of exhaust leaks. Finally I put the soft flex couplers in below the headers that newer transverse mounted engine run so that the frame could flex and the engine could rock a bit on the mounts without breaking the headers apart. I would recommend the same go in your exhaust system so you don’t run into the same issues. Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming. Thanks Guys
Your Big Awesomeness of a Wrecker is coming together ... Fabrication is a process of do and redo... my father always said; anything worth doing is always better when you have to do it twice... Thanks 🙏🏻 for sharing
Thanks for addressing the air tanks, I was wondering about that because I remember when you built them into the frame rails so I was confused when you added the external tanks, makes sense now. It’s looking pretty beastly!💪👍
Hey Matt I was looking at your tire/wheel setup, if those are the military wheels you'll want to cut the lip down to the bead of the new tire. I've heard the large side lip will cut the sidewall of a conventional tire at low air pressure. Love the build and the recoveries. Would love to bring my sedan out to Utah for some wheeling with you guys.
Besides incorporating the Doubler into your build, I was wondering why you haven't considered using a Turbo Encabulator? Not only would it supply inverse reactive torque for use in unilateral phase detractors - but would also be capable of automatically synchronizing cardinal grammeters, for much easier shifting. They've had, for quite some time now - a new design available... Instead of power being distributed by the relative motion of conductors and fluxes, it's now produced by the modial interaction of magneto reluctance and capacitive deractence.
@@AcePaul - The muffler bearings on my ZJ were seized after years of neglect. When I replaced them I was happy to see that they were redesigned by simply incorporating a single zerk fitting. I never bothered to grease them before, because I couldn't loosen the duplator to slide the scranaflange back to access the bearing and pack them by hand. The original bearings were made out of Prefabulated Amulite, surmounted by a malleable logmetric outer casing - in such a way that the two inner Spurving bearings were in a direct line with the Panametric Fam. I was really happy to see that these new ones are stamped showing that they're made from 100% post-consumer recycled Mountain Dew soda can tabs, because the Prefabulated Amulite has been banned for containing radioactive materials than can contribute to the formation of tubloidial buttnoids in Desert Tortoises.
Hi Lizzy, hope all's well with you today and I love watching you weld cause you're really good at it and keep up the good work...I wanted my youngest daughter to be like you but she's into running gas stations/convenient stores in Ohio called Dutchess, in the Akron area. God bless you Lizzy and keep on keeping on cause you're a fabulous welder and worker. I'm 63yrs old and I never learned how cause I get jumpy when it arc's lol....
Once you go to a doubler you'll want one in all your toys. Much better gearing selections. I run two mounts. One for the transmission and one under the dual case setup. Keep after it and you'll get it.
loving the wrecker build. its coming along great. wish i could come work for you and get to build some cool machines like the moorvair, banana, and heavy wrecker. doing the recoveries would be fun also.
I think about how awesome it would be to work with someone like Matt doing this type of work, also. Gone would be the monotonous days of clocking in just to do the same thing over and over and over again 🤣
You could always slightly pressurise your chassis and run it to a gauge in the cab. .5 bar or there about. That way if you ever get a crack in your chassis you will notice it immediately. So much of your chassis will be hidden by the build and ancillary equipment. It would only cost a few dollars. Also positive pressure will mean that you never get rust on the inside of the chassis, which presumably is unpainted.
@@underthetrees4780 absolutely, but a wrecker that will be twisting its chassis under enormous strain carrying dynamic loads over horrendous terrain. Also the majority of the work is already done(it is currently pressure tested). So borrowing some ingenious innovative German engineering cannot be a bad thing.
I love you guys (all together) and each of you for yourselves. I also love how you're looking after each other, but I think that Rudy flew of the net so prematurely!
Just imagine how many grinding wheels and mig welding wire is put into a build like this. Plus the late hours on it while running a business. Love the videos keep them coming. Thanks!!
The frame is technically a sealed vessel, however, even though you are not using it as an air tank it has regular air in it, not dry nitrogen, plus multiple penetrations now and you operate in hot and cool conditions this may cause condensation inside the frame leading to rust and corrosion. I only know this because I am in a much colder clime. It might be a good idea to figure out a way to saturate the inside of the frame with an oil or a rust inhibitor. Just a suggestion though. Great job on it and I am looking forward to seeing it in action
Watch every episode. But quick tip. With the drill press use sugar water. Like in an old gear oil container. It’s cheap have to had to cook steak down and keep cool but she will pull worms. Saves drill bits. Just cheap and works.
Matt you are my spirit animal. I would recommend a flexi hose section between motor and chassis on the exhaust pipe. It helps with flex when motor moves on the mounts. I have cracked my exhaust manifold before. After that modification, never again.
I can’t imagine the crew’s desire to get the Wrecker on the road. But you don’t cut corners and you even do some things 6 times 😁 Btw just received my Matt’s Straps. Quality item, best I’ve ever had. Thanks!
His name escapes me, but I always get a kick out of that slack jaw kid catching flies in the shop. Totally reminds me of a younger version of myself! Keep up the progress!
Good to see more progress on the wrecker. I can see it'll likely be some time yet before it hits the trails. It will be interesting to see how it all performs once it's ready enough as you'd say. No doubt they'll be changes as it gets to work. Love watching the whole process though.
Matt about STUFF lol. I just wanted to say. Thanks on your recent giveaway you kept it easy to enter and seemed aimed back towards UA-cam subs. No purchase to enter !! Not buy away like so many are doing . Buy a item to enter to me is a lottery not a giveaway !!! I didn't win but appreciate you guys remembering us subscribers .
Hat's off you guy's are very diverse in your skill set's ya make a great team for building such elaborate rigs & offroad recovery job's, heavy wreaker is coming along great keep up the good work thank's for sharing God bless ❤😉👍
Loving the set-up Matt and team. Have you considered exhaust wrapping the pipes to also help reduce the heat build up? Also ceramic coating the pipe as that too helps reduce the radiated heat on the exhaust.
Matt, you and the gang have a very informative as well as a risky Channel when you Recovery Vehicle's. Some of the Recoveries you do is very scary at most, but you always have a plan to do it safely. Now in your last live video you signed a tape a measure that you said was very accurate and that you always use one. Where can I buy one of the tape measures? Because do a lot of wood projects and to get a accurate measurement I have to measure on the 1'' instead of the clip on the end. Love the channel and can't wait till you get the Big Recovery Truck done.
My grandmother was about Lizzy's age during WW2 and she worked a couple jobs. One was sewing and one was machinist/welding work kind of like what Lizzy is doing here. Oh, and grandma also took care of cattle and kids while grandpa was overseas fighting. Tough people like that are few and far between nowadays.
She's looking real good. It's coming along nicely guys. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friends. Fab On. Weld On. Tow On. Keep Making. God bless.
Ed is standing there in the background approving with a thumbs up. And he held that pose for the whole video. I bet he got tired.
he also stood that for the entire nugget body work stuff at RLN.
..as well as bored (board?)….
@@peterwhitmore6842 If we can never get bored watching these videos, I imagine all of us would love to be Ed's cut out right now.
Multiple times during the video I thought "oh look Ed showed up"
Ed does not get tired. Ed is tough. Sometimes I think he is Chuck Norris’ dad, and taught him everything he knows. 👊🤜
I admire how everyone in the crew aren't just recovery experts... but also fabricators, welders, mechanics, automotive electronicians, off roaders, video editors, AND entertainers. Trevor is a good example of this...
this channel is pure gold
Trev does such nice clean wire harnesses. Love to see it
That’s just the small town life. If you are not multi talented, you won’t make it in a small town.
They aren't fabricators or welders, nor are they any of the other industrial things. All of them are laymen except for Trevor I imagine since he was in the engineer corps in the military I heard somewhere. Lizzy started welding 10 minutes ago and Matt's experience with welding is from making derby cars.
@@SnorrioK sounds like the opinion of someone that went to university and inherited a snob attitude
I got a chuckle when Matt said we put it together and take it apart a zillion times (I'm paraphrasing). I do electronics not mechanical design but we both experience the same prototyping steps. In addition, the final product is often significantly different in detail from the early concept.
And the fasteners are gonna be wore out before the rig is finished!!
I want Rudy to chase whatever his dreams are, but I miss seeing him on every MORR episode.
Maybe they can do joint ventures. Rudy making custom gun safes sounds interesting too. Maybe the Banana, Morrvair and Wildhog can incorporate a gun safe too, lol
Look at combat crew they can go through bogs with there vehicles
we miss rudy here , but Lizzy does welding with style !
I feel the same way.
@@muddsnow3167 She has dealt a ferocious learning curve! I wish I could learn and master a new skill like that!
Matt is the type of boss/person we should all aspire to be like. Great channel, great content and a great team!
Go back and watch some of his first videos let's just say he's polished his online image quite a bit
Exactly, Matt leads by example.🙂
@@rodney1818 was he that bad?? Lol
@@modernprosperity7798 I don't judge but when you're in business for yourself you learn to act a certain way towards employees
@@modernprosperity7798 only the employees know for sure, so many business seem great to work for but have power hungy asshats throwing their weight around. It seems morr crew seems genuine and happy, since they are not a fulltime fab shop with customer projects and deadlines. My buddy got his dream job working on robbie gordons crew and ended up quiting cause robbie made it hell. You just never know what goes on behind the scenes.
"Ruuuuuuuudiiiiii!!!!" Love it. Just like the back in the good old days.
After working at a number of manufacturing jobs and repair shops, I’ve learned the best boss is the one out there in the dirt and sparks teaching. The bad ones sit in their office and criticize everything you do. Matt, you are one of the best! (As is your entire crew.)🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
The Wrecker is turning out AMAZING! Let me know if you need anything else. (I dont recommend that much syrup for lunch)
Will you share your endless supply of maple syrup with us please? Lol
100%The O N L Y way to go. You'll never go back to the fake corn syrup stuff. You definitely have to pour some of that over the best vanilla ice cream you can find.
The amount of labor on your build is mind blowing. You guys are pretty awesome.
Love the way you guys act when things go bad no bad language or attitudes no yelling at each other. class act
Yep. Just an occasional "R-r-r-r-u-u-u-u-d-d-d-e-e-e". LOL I miss Rudy working with his dad. He is a great fabricator.
Tho can't help but wonder if 1 or 2 got edited out over the years :)
@@johnnaylor1706 Yea, I don't curse a lot, but every now and then I need to let one fly. It usually comes after wounding myself.
@@bigredc222 Yes.Even I found I'd cussed a couple times after someone commented on it.I watched my vid and saw a few 'vine rips' comments.Oops.Darnit.
Proof that entertainment doesn't have to have a lot of conflict.
I love your channel! I'm in Oceanside, CA, but grew up in Orderville so I get to see places I'm familiar with. We called Hurricane "Herr-a-cunn" when I was a kid. Pop bought his first 4x4 in 1957, a Chevrolet short bed step side. I was 12, so didn't drive it much. Then he bought a GMC long bed step side with a V-6 -- much better rig than the Chevy.. It was purely a work truck (folks were in the "rock" business -- Fisher's Rock Shop) and we rarely if ever drove it for fun. We travelled in the same areas you do, though, and we spent a lot of time off-road in southern Utah, Arizona, Arizona Strip, and Nevada. THANK YOU for all the fun!
Matt and Crew, You have a wonderful family here, I can't express how satisfying it is to see Lizzy grow as a welder and recovery expert. Seeing Rudy strike out on his own is just as satisfying. I have even noticed some growth in you Matt.
Just a thanks for clamping that plate to the drill press table. The injuries from loose work on the table really really hurt, and I needed stiches and staples. So now I'm a bit paranoid, yeah silly me. Keep at it the wrecker is coming along nicely !!!
I was also happy to see that clamp. People don't think about it till after they have been bit.
To heck with the gripers and complainers! I look forward to video's coming out. Not what each one may or may not be about, but every single one! You provide a great variety between recoveries, traveling, and builds. If I was to gripe about anything, it would be that I want more of them 😀😀 Keep up the awesome work and have a fantastic week.
Hey Matt, I’m so happy to see you working on the big truck. I think it would be really interesting to see a price breakdown once it is done. I hope you aren’t offended by our curiosity about the cost of the truck. I’ve seen other UA-camrs do a breakdown but it’s not for everyone so either way we will still be watching. Thanks!
Probably hard to quantify many aspects of the labor and re-labor as you just DO.... everyday.
Good seeing Rudy again. I’ve been loving his channel but I miss him on MORR.
Love that T-case doubler setup Matt!!! Trevor is killin it on the fabrication!!! Lizzy final gets to do more welding!!!😁 Great to see the Amazon wrecker kit coming together!!😆
Lizzy needs to know if have a big gap to weld start using a steel coat hanger as filler and will look sweet when done
The frame air tanks were from the beginning a fair idea, if you remember several of your fans mentioned it was not a good long term solution for air tanks. The air bottles are much more practical and replaceable in the future if need be. Still can't get over how large those tires are. Looking forward to that big beast on it's test drive.
The frame air tanks were from the beginning a really bad idea. There's a reason air tanks are cylindrical. His frame rails would have been cylindrical eventually.
I’m glad he changed his mind.
@@stargazer7644 funny you say that. Apparently you haven't done too much looking around. There is one of the car building programs on television & youtube that made bumpers that are air tanks, that are NOT cylindrical. They've been doing it for years & they even sell the plans & kits to do it. I can't remember right off hand who, but it can be found by searching.
The problem with any air tank is it collects water. If the frame is still sealed up a little linseed oil can be put into it to prevent rust. This is done on steel tube light aircraft for this reason.
@@timothygeiger8271 And yet, Matt didn't use them. Do you understand WHY air tanks are cylinders? Just because you can do something stupid, doesn't mean you should.
That is going to be an amazing doubler setup. One thing I would change is replace the cast aluminum adapter with a steel one. Those aluminum adapters are very weak I broke two of them on my rig before going to a steel one. You can cause some damage to the output and input splines when the adapter breaks.
Upvote this, I had the same thing happen in my 6.0 suburban, Those aluminum adapters don't hold up to offroad situations. And this rig is likely going going to break it.
We are planning a billet version to go with our cases at midnight metalworks but have to get the time to do it.
@@boostjunky9 Awesome! Thinking ahead 👍 I considered machining my own adapter from a piece of 7075 drop I had. But someone on pirate4x4 told me where I could find a cast steel one at the junk yard and figured I would save myself the trouble.
Btw. That is an amazing looking transfer case, I have always been looking at the Atlas cases for my past builds but after seeing the midnight metalworks case on bleepinjeep I have been considering one of those for my next build they look amazing.
Matt love what y’all do but make sure when welding stainless steel y’all use a respirator stainless welding can cause hexavalent chromium disease. Bad for lungs and all that. Keep up the hard work!
That wrecker is amazing!!! Can't wait till you get it up and running! Great job, all of you. Well done so far. Till next video, stay safe, and God bless!!
Morning Matt et'all.... Dropped in last weekend and you were gone!!
Did see the wrecker and got my T-SHIRT...
Traveled Route 66 and then back home to Ontario... logged 7,000 miles
Maybe next time 😁
Pete from Canada 🇨🇦
How's life in Canuckistan for ya?
Great to have Rudy back on the channel and helping out a bit too. Must've smiled whem he heard Trevor yell "Ruuudddyyyyy!" 😂
Good call on abandoning the pressurized frame rails. Good work you guys!
Sneak peak Rudy's commanche w/ 4x4 swap.
G'day guys. Great to see you working on the wrecker again. It's a bit of a process to get it right. And when it's all done and operational and you start using it you will probably have to change things around
A tip that was given to me to increase the life of both your drill bits/ hole saws and your knuckles.
"More trigger, less push"
I'm strong and impatient too, but tap magic and metal shards is not fun in a busted knuckle! Lol
Great to see the progress on the wrecker, even better to see Lizzy really beaming lately, her growth in confidence makes me smile, look out Matt you've got competition for the presenters spot.
I miss Trevor yelling RUUUUDY!!!!!!
So great to see Rudy! Just hasn’t been the same without him
Proud Canadian here, happy to see some maple syrup down there eh 👍🏻 spent lots of time in the bush with family over the years boiling sap into the delicious liquid gold. Now I have a hankering for waffles... 😬😎🇨🇦🇨🇦 Cheers from the great white north 🍻🍻
Whilst I love both your recovery and build work, the most wonderful thing about watching you, (plural), is the incredible workforce/friendship group that you have.
You are all blessed.
You never work a day in your lives.
Thanks from Australia.
I miss having Rudy on the crew. That being said, i understand a young man having to make a go at creating something for himself. I know he will make it happen. Still miss him in the dynamics of it all.
Internet says Rudy got fired...
@@fragletemmer Doubt it, but maybe no one really knows. From what I've witnessed in life most young men who grow up with a dad that owns / runs a business, the boys usually don't want anything to do with it because they want to go do their own thing and not have Dad breathing over their shoulder and telling them what to do everyday, like still being a kid living at home. Give it 5-10 years and they eventually start to realize spending time with your Dad is probably a good thing as he ages and having the opportunity to be more mature and start making decisions in a company you'll get to inherit is fun and exciting, giving a real end goal of all the work you put in. Give it time, he'll be back one day to help his dad out. Or maybe not, his younger brother may take that role too who knows.
I am amazed at the drive and commitment to finish such a large expensive project while running your business. Your staff is amazing and your wife is the best wife ever to put up with the challenges of you balancing your work life balance . You should be extremely proud of all you ,your family , friends and staff have achieved.
I have really enjoyed watching the build as I am sure tens of thousands of other folks have. Thanks for sharing part of your lives.
Hey guys, loving all your banter fabrication weather reports and of course the recoveries. I used to be in the armed forces and whenever we were giving instructions re directions we all would say left hand down....right hand down and raise the corresponding hand incase we could not be heard ! So that way it didn't matter if you were in a LHD or RHD vehicle 👌🏽
Keep up the great work. ✊🏽
Chris.
Thanks Ed for keeping them guys in line.👍🏽🤙🏾✋🏽🖐🏽👌🏽👌🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤷🏽♂️🙋🏽♂️😊😎.
Hey Matt and Crew! Been following for a while now and know the names of everyone but I think some introductions are in order! Also wanted to say that on my projects I always wrap my exhaust from the headers back in that titanium exhaust heat wrap you can find on Amazon. It virtually eliminates heat from the pipes. You can touch the headers as the truck is running and not get burned. This will eliminate the need for heat shields and route heat out the tail pipes instead of disipating into the frame and surrounding components. 👍👍👍. Love the show and can't wait to see what's next.
The contained heat will definitely help to prematurely burn-out the inside of the glasspack mufflers.
That's definitely the main concern
@@knobleindustries8106 The 'main concern' would be that after wrapping the headers and pipes in titanium exhaust heat wrap - You cannot use a pressure-washer to remove all the dirt/mud that is going to build-up after running this wrecker off-road during all types of seasonal weather conditions. - - Pressure washing loosens the wrap's fibers.
I wonder how I've been pressure washing and cleaning my projects all these years and never had that problem. Along with millions of other vehicles that have header wrap.
@@knobleindustries8106 And I wonder why the manufacturers of exhaust header wrap specifically advise *against* pressure-washing header wrap? So, there's that.
I really enjoy the videos and have purchased some of your items. Most beloved was your recovery rope bundle but sadly it was lost in northern Wyoming during a highway mishap. I'm hoping someone will find it and realize they're carrying one of the best I've had. 😭 Be safe. Also wanted to mention that Amazon still out of stock on the wrecker 😉
Glad y'all are working on the wrecker again because I like watching builds.
Trevor and Lizzie are really good workers.
CONGRATULATIONS to Lizzy and Clancy!!!.. Wishing many years together in marital bliss.
Nice to see the new axels on the Commanche before Rudy's next episode aires
That transfer case looks bulletproof!
Rudy has almost 200k subscribers! I remember when Matt didnt even have that many. Good job Rudy.
Your guys build is coming together so good. I love watching all the builds and shenanigans! I also build and modify everything. Since you are on to doing exhaust again and again I have a suggestion. Many many years ago my brother and me stuffed a Chevy 350 into a 4wd s10 blazer with a 5 speed manual trans behind it. We kept all of the factory functions of the vehicle in it so had to run headers to make all of the stuff clear. We found that the headers would crack every couple weeks from the heat and rigidity because we much like you mounted everything super tight so it wouldn’t rattle on things and I hate the sound of exhaust leaks. Finally I put the soft flex couplers in below the headers that newer transverse mounted engine run so that the frame could flex and the engine could rock a bit on the mounts without breaking the headers apart. I would recommend the same go in your exhaust system so you don’t run into the same issues. Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming. Thanks Guys
Awesome video, There's a lot of progress that you guys made the fabrication is coming along quite well thank you for sharing it with us
Hey Matt. You should look into Jet hot coating for the exhaust system. I have my headers on my CTS-V coated and the heat control is amazing.
There's plenty of different coatings. Jet hit us fine but kinda behind the times
The amount of suspense that I've built up to see this truck perform is immense. It's been a crazy build.
Your Big Awesomeness of a Wrecker is coming together ... Fabrication is a process of do and redo... my father always said; anything worth doing is always better when you have to do it twice...
Thanks 🙏🏻 for sharing
Morning from hurricane ravaged Sarasota Florida
Thanks for addressing the air tanks, I was wondering about that because I remember when you built them into the frame rails so I was confused when you added the external tanks, makes sense now. It’s looking pretty beastly!💪👍
Hey Matt I was looking at your tire/wheel setup, if those are the military wheels you'll want to cut the lip down to the bead of the new tire. I've heard the large side lip will cut the sidewall of a conventional tire at low air pressure. Love the build and the recoveries. Would love to bring my sedan out to Utah for some wheeling with you guys.
Who said it? "I did something right from once". You all are great. Thanks for the content.
Besides incorporating the Doubler into your build, I was wondering why you haven't considered using a Turbo Encabulator? Not only would it supply inverse reactive torque for use in unilateral phase detractors - but would also be capable of automatically synchronizing cardinal grammeters, for much easier shifting. They've had, for quite some time now - a new design available... Instead of power being distributed by the relative motion of conductors and fluxes, it's now produced by the modial interaction of magneto reluctance and capacitive deractence.
You have to be of a certain age to recognize the classics.
Why does this make muffler bearing come to my mind?
@@AcePaul - The muffler bearings on my ZJ were seized after years of neglect. When I replaced them I was happy to see that they were redesigned by simply incorporating a single zerk fitting. I never bothered to grease them before, because I couldn't loosen the duplator to slide the scranaflange back to access the bearing and pack them by hand. The original bearings were made out of Prefabulated Amulite, surmounted by a malleable logmetric outer casing - in such a way that the two inner Spurving bearings were in a direct line with the Panametric Fam.
I was really happy to see that these new ones are stamped showing that they're made from 100% post-consumer recycled Mountain Dew soda can tabs, because the Prefabulated Amulite has been banned for containing radioactive materials than can contribute to the formation of tubloidial buttnoids in Desert Tortoises.
It'd be great to throw one of those in with the other kits from Amazon.
Building that wrecker is no small feat. But you have skilled workers in Trevor and Lizzy!
Lindsey is such a sweetie. Don't leave home without her. It's just not the same if gone.
7:12 Who needs a metal bending brake when you have Trevor? 😁
Kudos on the eye protection (at least most of the time)! Extra credit for hearing protection!
Hi Lizzy, hope all's well with you today and I love watching you weld cause you're really good at it and keep up the good work...I wanted my youngest daughter to be like you but she's into running gas stations/convenient stores in Ohio called Dutchess, in the Akron area. God bless you Lizzy and keep on keeping on cause you're a fabulous welder and worker. I'm 63yrs old and I never learned how cause I get jumpy when it arc's lol....
Once you go to a doubler you'll want one in all your toys. Much better gearing selections.
I run two mounts. One for the transmission and one under the dual case setup.
Keep after it and you'll get it.
Got a sneak peak of Rudy's pickup with the new axles installed
I'd love to work in the shop with these guys. I'd learn so much cool stuff.
loving the wrecker build. its coming along great. wish i could come work for you and get to build some cool machines like the moorvair, banana, and heavy wrecker. doing the recoveries would be fun also.
I think about how awesome it would be to work with someone like Matt doing this type of work, also.
Gone would be the monotonous days of clocking in just to do the same thing over and over and over again 🤣
Awesome matt , and crew! Looks great 😁 as an old mechanic love the building, never too late to learn new tricks!
Best part...the enthusiasm of the entire crew as the build continues.
You could always slightly pressurise your chassis and run it to a gauge in the cab. .5 bar or there about. That way if you ever get a crack in your chassis you will notice it immediately. So much of your chassis will be hidden by the build and ancillary equipment. It would only cost a few dollars. Also positive pressure will mean that you never get rust on the inside of the chassis, which presumably is unpainted.
It's a wrecker, not a 917.
@@underthetrees4780 absolutely, but a wrecker that will be twisting its chassis under enormous strain carrying dynamic loads over horrendous terrain. Also the majority of the work is already done(it is currently pressure tested). So borrowing some ingenious innovative German engineering cannot be a bad thing.
How would you effectively eliminate all the water vapor out of the pressurized air?
@@dawabbitt3079 Use nitrogen.
@@dawabbitt3079 Use dry argon of course.
I love you guys (all together) and each of you for yourselves.
I also love how you're looking after each other, but I think that Rudy flew of the net so prematurely!
He had to after what happened…
@@gunner4544 Thans for the update, it'll be something that I miss!
Just imagine how many grinding wheels and mig welding wire is put into a build like this. Plus the late hours on it while running a business. Love the videos keep them coming. Thanks!!
I am so stoked to see this monster wrecker in action! I already really enjoy your recovery efforts and this wrecker is going to be super Cool!
Yes!! Back to the big wrecker!
Why does Matt reminds me of Yukon Cornelius from Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. Wrecker is looking great can't wait till it's done
Bumbles bounce!
Excited to see its first recovery. Love watching your videos and can see how this will be super helpful when done! Keep up the good work.
The frame is technically a sealed vessel, however, even though you are not using it as an air tank it has regular air in it, not dry nitrogen, plus multiple penetrations now and you operate in hot and cool conditions this may cause condensation inside the frame leading to rust and corrosion. I only know this because I am in a much colder clime. It might be a good idea to figure out a way to saturate the inside of the frame with an oil or a rust inhibitor. Just a suggestion though. Great job on it and I am looking forward to seeing it in action
Unfortunately it's to late, but I would have sprayed the plates with a weldable primer.
Fun fact: Matt grew his first facial hair when he was 7 years old.
Did he have a beard in the old derby video?!
I thought he was born with it
Classic
Some would say he hit puberty in the 3rd trimester.
Rumor is he was born with a fur collar around his neck.
"Some assembly required." How my nightmares begin.
Watch every episode. But quick tip. With the drill press use sugar water. Like in an old gear oil container. It’s cheap have to had to cook steak down and keep cool but she will pull worms. Saves drill bits. Just cheap and works.
Matt you are my spirit animal.
I would recommend a flexi hose section between motor and chassis on the exhaust pipe. It helps with flex when motor moves on the mounts. I have cracked my exhaust manifold before. After that modification, never again.
I can’t imagine the crew’s desire to get the Wrecker on the road. But you don’t cut corners and you even do some things 6 times 😁
Btw just received my Matt’s Straps. Quality item, best I’ve ever had. Thanks!
His name escapes me, but I always get a kick out of that slack jaw kid catching flies in the shop. Totally reminds me of a younger version of myself! Keep up the progress!
Jake--It's all in how one perceives it. I see him slipping out of cute and into handsome.
@@cotton-Dave someone's trying to catch a charge! Lol
Good to see more progress on the wrecker. I can see it'll likely be some time yet before it hits the trails. It will be interesting to see how it all performs once it's ready enough as you'd say. No doubt they'll be changes as it gets to work. Love watching the whole process though.
You would benefit from using exhaust wrap on your exhaust to help with the shielding. It really is a good product. Love your wrecker project
Good to see it coming along brother!
Good MORRning everyone!
Wow. 3rd .. very good
@@ColinRichardson Shoot, I was trying for 5th again. Lol
@@JohnFL I am sure you are not too quick at everything you do. Maybe think of baseball next time?
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I'm looking forward to seeing the wrecker at work and hope it will turn out to be as awesome as it appears to be.
there is a coating for exhaust that reflects heat out the rail pipe. thanks for sharing!
A wise philosopher once said "Give me a low enough range and I can tow the world"
"Low enough range and sufficient traction" was the exact quote i believe.
I don’t drive my truck. I just put it in low gear and the universe moves slowly through underneath me.
I think I speak for a lot of us viewers when I say I’m very glad to hear that you abandoned the idea of using the frame as an air reservoir.
as a former boiler welder I approve this message
Matt about STUFF lol. I just wanted to say. Thanks on your recent giveaway you kept it easy to enter and seemed aimed back towards UA-cam subs. No purchase to enter !! Not buy away like so many are doing . Buy a item to enter to me is a lottery not a giveaway !!! I didn't win but appreciate you guys remembering us subscribers .
Watching y'all makes my day. Thanks for all you do, stay safe and God bless.
Love the wrecker!
Just waiting on Lizzy's build MATT MAKE IT HAPPEN
Wedding gift maybe?
@@marvindebot3264 she’s getting married?
Hat's off you guy's are very diverse in your skill set's ya make a great team for building such elaborate rigs & offroad recovery job's, heavy wreaker is coming along great keep up the good work thank's for sharing God bless ❤😉👍
Matt angle grinding in full PPE warms my heart.
The only reason I watch these videos is Lizzy😊
Rory trolling you even harder considering he doesn't put untested and unproven prototypes on his rigs lol.
I was going to say the same - he's letting Matt be the Guinea pig.
Yes, surprised they're going prototypes when there's already well proven options on the market.
Loving the set-up Matt and team.
Have you considered exhaust wrapping the pipes to also help reduce the heat build up?
Also ceramic coating the pipe as that too helps reduce the radiated heat on the exhaust.
Matt, you and the gang have a very informative as well as a risky Channel when you Recovery Vehicle's. Some of the Recoveries you do is very scary at most, but you always have a plan to do it safely. Now in your last live video you signed a tape a measure that you said was very accurate and that you always use one. Where can I buy one of the tape measures? Because do a lot of wood projects and to get a accurate measurement I have to measure on the 1'' instead of the clip on the end. Love the channel and can't wait till you get the Big Recovery Truck done.
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Good MORRning Mr T
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My grandmother was about Lizzy's age during WW2 and she worked a couple jobs. One was sewing and one was machinist/welding work kind of like what Lizzy is doing here. Oh, and grandma also took care of cattle and kids while grandpa was overseas fighting. Tough people like that are few and far between nowadays.
Yep people nowadays go bonkers and wanna fight if you use the wrong pronoun
She's looking real good. It's coming along nicely guys. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friends. Fab On. Weld On. Tow On. Keep Making. God bless.
it's going to be one awesome wrecker when it's finished! nice welding young lady