Could I Have Botched This Any Worse?
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- So we got a call to pick up 2 RZR's, but I don't think I could have botched this job any worse.
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This has to be the most addicting channel on UA-cam. Every time I watch 1 video I end up watching 10. Great stuff.
Agreed. This is starting to affect my life in a not so great manner. I find myself up at 330 in the morning watching. Love Ed! He’s bad ass
@@bigscore1 agree
Same. And 100 likes right here👏🏽
I’m doing the exact same thing !!
@@bigscore1 3:47 am here and I’m doing just that now 😂
Razors are one of the greatest strokes of financial genius ever created. Build a machine you absolutely know people will destroy. Charge a butt load of money for it and create a great parts stream. Go to the bank.
This also gives you an idea of the absolute fortune they're making renting them out knowing the repair frequency and cost.
Yeah don't let that guy fool you. It's no 9000 to fix that one. That is the type of guy that when you first meet him he tries to tell you he makes $150,000 a year and supports him mom and drives his mom and still lives with her and has a kid he don't take care of and tells you hi mom lives with him and he is supporting her and taking care of her lol
@@alexanderforbes2126 I rented a Razor for 4 hours in Overton Utah and it was over $400. It was ALOT of fun. I'd rather rent one a couple times than buy one. The Can Am, Maverick, l believe was the model cost even more to rent. I wonder how much Matt charges to pull people out? Glad I didn't get stuck
@@alexanderforbes2126 Wouldn't constant repairs on the rental equipment make the bottom line not so great?
I’m not gonna like this, even though I love the comment, because it has 69 likes lmfao
at this point im convinced RZRs have suspension made of toothpicks.
Yup money makers.
Nope chinese white metal.
Yes I agree they seem to break so dadggum easy🤷♂️😁
Try jumping your car 60 feet and see what happens
Those are abused pretty bad but I'd rather be in a KRX1000 instead. Much much tougher.
Good Job Matt you recovered the vehicle when a lot of people would of gave up because of where it was.
I give you credit for always figuring out a solution in an situation.
Only an honest man would show his 'off' day. Life is full of 'learning opportunities'. Live and learn my friend, keep up the great work!
Wish I could record a few of my "I can't believe it!" days, in the machine shop.
@@09mxrider he was trying to find it. Also you have no idea that he charged them for all that time. I do not think Matt would charge unfairly as he is such a good human being. Maybe try it, you might like it...
@@09mxrider Thanks for the info. Had no idea. That being said it does not sound to bad for an off road recovery although i see your point about the driving around. Hope Matt takes that into consideration. You dont ever see anyone looking pissed after they pay mind you.
@@09mxrider naw but I kinda feel like you are just a little jealous 🤷♂️😁
"Not because it was a great accomplishment, but because it took 7 years..." 🤣🤣 im definitely going to use that one!
I wonder if it had anything to do with broken mirror(s)
why not power the trailer winch off the jeep trailer connection
Jerry M Undwood, Jr. my guess is the wiring in the Banana can’t handle that much current and would fry that wire and possibly one(s) alongside it
@@jerrymundwoodjr.2084 The largest wire in most Bargman trailer connectors is the charge wire. It's #10 usually, good for maybe 30 amps. Typically, a 12 volt winch draws up to 300-400 amps on peaks. They would likely vaporize the
#10 wire, set fire to the Banana and make recovery of a RZR that much more difficult when the fire went out. The day Matt was having could do without pyrotechnics.
I laughed pretty hard when he said that
“You know what’s awesome about this? We now have the exact same problem in the opposite direction.” I did find that funny Matt. Good job for working hard and being persistent with that job.
Around 4:47 mark. So nice. The customer offers to pay and Matt says basically don't worry about it. Class act. 👏👏 I commend you brother. That's very nice of you
Matt:is this yours
Guy: no, a rental
Matt: ripps it up hill
its a rental - cool is it insured? yep
mint..
@@zachsoanes6417 Must be some crazy insurance costs. 2 high $ Razors in one day. Yeeesh!!!! The shop likely makes all its money fixing the machines it rents out.
@@canamrider7195 exactly
Ha ha ha I caught that too
I’m actually glad to see this.
Matt isn’t afraid to show that sometimes shit just falls apart.
Including his back
Very genuine! It's why I love this channel
Yep. He is honest with it.
I spent seven years in the Marine Corps, and I drove wrecker for three of those years. I feel Matt's pain on a visceral level. Things break. Plans fail. We are prepared, until we aren't. And even with all of our experience & planning, we can always find "fun" new ways to make our days more interesting. LOL Adapt, improvise, and overcome.
@@lylehuber1466 Thank you for your service.
Wow, that was a rough one. Good job not loosing your temper! It's very easy to just loose it when things are fighting you like that. Well done!
Love how you love and respect your animals taking them wherever you go.
Knowing how much they want to be with their human family.
I once got a work jeep stuck deep in the swamps of eastern NC. Like this, it was not an easy job. There was not really a "road" to get where we were.
"Al", the crusty old wrecker driver and Navy Vet that came and got us, said as he was driving us (like a mad man) back to the spot we got stuck, "The first guy I worked for said you never leave one."
My boss asked him, "Did you ever leave one?
Al: "Yeah. I left two."
He didn't elaborate.
After the recovery, my boss asked, "So after seeing what you just went through to get us, I gotta ask, what about the two you left?"
Al: "The first was a fully loaded cement mixer burried up to the axles. The second was a Cadillac that had jumped itself into a canal. Got it the next day tho with the help of my brother and a second truck..."
He charged us $80 and even billed the company we worked for. "I don't take credit cards, but I'll write you an invoice. I know you're good for it" We always said he did at least $80 damage to his truck getting to us.
Please be on the lookout and if you can help search for missing mom, Holly Courtier. She went hiking solo Oct. 6th in Zion National Park, Utah in the Grotto park area. Per her daughter, she's an experienced hiker but she was supposed to be back long before now. 💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏
that is so sad. i hate hearing this. I hope she miraculously is okay.
Kind of creepy to post dick emojis and hearts after a comment like this.
@@alankatterheinrich8660 its a nose not a dick, but i think a nose is even creepier tbh
@@alankatterheinrich8660 They were supposed to be praying hands, as in asking for prayer!
I'll keep and eye out but I'm in another country so I'm not sure I'll be much help
Matt is always calm , never panics, never gives people crap for doing foolish things, like taking a 2-wheel drive vehicle down a trail it has no business being on. Always just on to the next try and the next try and next.
I 100% respect every effort you make to better your rig before heading out again.
"I feel like I just finished medical school , not because it was a great accomplishment, but because it took 7 years" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
was looking for this comment. It was so funny when he said that 🤣🤣
Took the words right out of my mouth
That was a good line. See if I can remember it and use it at the appropriate time.
Hilarious we got a comedian!!
My pride took over this past weekend. Went to Sand Hollow and got stuck. Instead of calling Matt and the chance to meet him, I was able to get unstuck by myself from following this amazing channel BUT blew my transmission. Next time I'm calling whether or not its embarrassing. I called Winder Towing though for their recommendation where to tow my truck and gave a great recommendation. Thank you!
Argh! That sounds like a terrible price you had to pay, not to mention the aggravation of destroying the transmission. How bad was the damage, physically and financially?
Watched all your vids, love your work.
I see you struggle loading that trailer sometimes so here are a few suggestions that you've probably already thought of.
1. Mount the winch inside the box to get that extra pulling range you need with the big 4 seaters.
2. Ebay has wireless remotes for the winch cheap!
3. A solar panel and charging circuit from your Jeep would keep a jump pack charged in the box.
Thanks for sharing your passion.
👍
That jeep is a beast, it has been everywhere at least 3 times and somehow still lives.....glad your channel is growing fast and your getting a ton of views!! You deserve it!!
Too the comments about durability, I dare say any vehicle including a trophy truck that jumps 60 feet off the top of a dune and lands directly on its front end will sustain major damage. I have owned a Polaris XP 1000 rock and trail for over 4 years drove it 4000 miles over the roughest terrian , sand , mud , every trail in Moab and in the Mountains and have never broke anything or had to take it to the shop everything still runs like new. It’s not the machines it’s the driver.
Just buy a jeep for the price 😂
in stuff like this its always the driver.
Boss,, a couple pully's will tweak here n there.... ijs.
Ian aka Tinman Bigfoot Tracker Channel Canada British Columbia BC.
You needed Ed with, he is the good luck charm. Stay safe and healthy.
FACTS
DAMN RIGHT
@Chimpmaster lol. Not really but that's funny
I love the videos but if I could make one suggestion I would switch that coupler to a pintle hitch it would not pop off like that add safety chains and if the budget ever allows a tilt deck trailer with a big winch would be perfect for these recovery’s
You could install/wire in a battery isolator, mount a small dedicated battery in the rear of the Jeep and wire through a jumper cable plug to trailer. Never have to worry about forgetting your jump box again. No added weight on trailer.
Yup
Inverter generator, perminately mounted in trailer box. Ac winch motor. Lifting arch. Mucho less work for not quite mucho more money.
He keeps talking about keeping weight down on everything to make it on the sand. So he doesn't want to overload either the jeep or the trailer with recovery gear.
I would run a 12v feed to the back of the vehicles then just a plug in cable to the trailer winch, or whatever else needs aux power at the back
Matt's whole channel is a metaphor for life. That's why I watch.
I've been having a rough couple of days, but this video (your attitude and tenacity) has been an inspiration to me at a time when I needed it. Thankyou. You dont just recover vehicles, you also recover peoples lost spirit. Thankyou again.
Everytime I'm down this channel boosts me up.
Hey its been a yr since your comment and i was just wondering if you feel any better and if u are still watching?
I've watch your perseverance and most importantly your calmness. This is the 1st time (in the 50+ episodes I've watched) I've seen Matt throw something, Heck! I was tick off last night cooking a hamburg!
I watch all the time, and pretend I have a yellow Jeep riding all over the west not getting stuck. Love the engineering on the spot. Ruddie is great. Good parenting and pet care.
Appreciate you posting this. I have days like this so good to know not alone.
“Dismantling their own Jeep to get the job done” that is what being a professional is all about.
Matt...the epitome of Adapt, Improvise & Overcome...well done.
Just like being a parent, you do whatever you need to in order to take care of your kids.
wouldn't a professional have been better prepared?
@@CVALOVIC Time constraints, requests, demands, etc don't always allow somebody to think of and collect everything that they may need. Also being so prepared often increases costs and not everyone can afford the pro-pro guys.
I pulled a headlight and battery once when I needed a focus light on location once during a photoshoot in the dez.
MATT You are awesome! When everything goes South you just keep heading North. If your job was easy everyone would be doing it. Keep up the good work!
Always gonna be days like these Matt... y'all do us proud, takin' a few on the chin... and workin' through it. Can't wait to see you and Paul pullin' back the peel on the big banana and makin' her even better! cheers~
I ran 00 wire from my battery to my rear bumper, & put a “fork lift” quick disconnect plug on it & my jumper cables/trailer winch wires/overland trailer batteries to charge.
I was thinking along the same lines.
"Anderson Plug" is the term you seek and yes, obvious solution.
Could also have a dedicated battery in the trailer box, properly wired and charged by the vehicles trailer plug like a travel trailer set up.
@@puntacanaman1 Weight, it would weigh more than the wiring from the front for a relatively small winch.
Matt.... for real. Anderson connector mounted on the Jeep. Could have paid for that 3 or 4x over with amount of jump boxes you've had to buy.
I just like how people think Rzr's are naturally built to go airborne.
Maybe wings would help!
I think most of them happen because they cant see the dunes when the sun is overhead. There are no shadows which makes it al blend together.
Use redbull instead of gas and you’d be fine
I just about would've left the last one! That looked like a big ole mess.
Too many video games being played, and teaching "off-road technique" subconsciously.
Matt is a good dude..especially when he remembers the jump box👍
Matt as you always say “ We Got It Out”” You did it!!! Pop to you and your Hard work! Keep on Keepin on!
🤙😎
" If it looks stupid and it works, it ain't stupid. LOL Everyone has an off day Matt....no worries..
Hahaha, I was going to write the same thing but decided to check the other comments first! You beat me by an hour.
If it looks stupid and it works, it probably is stupid and you've likely been lucky. Story of my life really, I'm a lucky dude a lot of times.
I think we learn more from our mistakes...
If the job was too easy, there wouldn't be anything interesting to watch. You won, and that's what matters. Great job!
I love this channel! Seriously, this is one of my favorite episodes! Pulling the jeep apart to use the battery directly... I am sitting here at 22:10 on a Thursday night, after commuting home (been on base since Monday), and I am sipping wine to Matt's Off Road Recovery while my wife, junior and our twins are sleeping in our bed. Good times!
Now we know why Matt's such a great and horrible person, he's a incredibly stubborn optimist..
Here are the cliff notes for these...comments:
- Get a sign/placard that reads “JUMPBOX”
- Get polarized sunglasses
- Get an ATV battery (lighter) with solar panel
- Add more hooks to your trailer
- Buy a drone to canvass the area
- Exercise/stretch at your age 😉💪🏼
- Don’t rent a RZR 😂
- Keep up the awesome work and channel 🤘🏼
I suggested in another video that you use the same size battery that we use in a typical side by side or ATV, they're small and they're powerful enough to get the job done and the best thing about it is you can get a Deltran solar battery tender that would bolt right to the top of your toolbox and it would always be charged. In fact the battery is the same size as the one in your jump box.
Solar with all the sand might be a Problem though, wouldn't it? Because you would have to clean it multiple times a day.
@@awon3 nah the wind would blow most of it off. I actually think a solar tender is a brilliant idea.
A solar panel on top of that tool box wont last long. It would be easier to run a cable from the Jeep's charging system/battery to the back of the Jeep and use jumper cables to power the winch from the Jeep.
@@TwoTall1988 Matt would forget to plug it in. 😂 My thought was to minimize responsibility. Those solar panels are tough.
@@Rusted_Link There's nothing to forget to plug in and if you put charging terminals on the back bumper and keep ther jumper cable in the work box on the trailer, it only adds like 10lbs to the entire build. The jump pack he carries weighs like 30lbs and the sidebyside/ATV batteries aren't much lighter than the jump pack.
It hard to believe what kind of crazy thing people do to have fun. It good to have that there’s people like this to rescue these crazies.
I just love the honesty of this video. Most people would just edit the struggle or skip the whole filming all together
So easy to zip tie a power wire underneath your Jeep... With a quick disconnect at the hitch and then do the same thing to your winch.. bam winch runs off of car
Add a cutoff switch so it is not always live and you have something like the wreckers do.
@Brandon Berkebile he doesn't want the extra weight of another battery. He has modded the Jeep and trailer to be as light as possible to float over the sand.
Won’t carry an essential extra battery but will roll 5 man deep 🤣
@@hayden5099 well, when you put it that way 😉
Thats a smart idea.
This channel is a PR nightmare for RZR
Why cause a bunch a people rent something they have no idea how to use.
Are used to hate razors because what they do to the trails but after getting to drive one they’re freaking awesome.
And you can’t fix stupid
I just do not get the appeal of something that costs thst much vs. the capability.
I use to work on a race team in nevada with sand rails. I can only think of one time we seriously cracked the frame, and we abused the hell out of them. That a bunch of novice drivers are able to trash these to that level does not speak well of their durriability.
@tyvek05 I'm thinking the opposite. A lot of people might think twice on any of the brands of this type of vehicle. I would. I'd rather sink my money into something more durable.
I know right? People ask me why CAN-AM and RZRs are horrible investments and I point to this channel and ask them to count how many of them he has to tow because they break when people treat them like dune buggies.. their not for that.. they have the cheapest suspension parts.. you want to put put around the woods then ok.. you want to race around the desert then you will be spending thousands on repairs bills constantly.. might as well just buy a cheap truck/jeep and modify and save money!
Love these guys, awesome show. Thank you for being cool people and sharing your world with us!
Great to see your got the self respect to show the good, bad and ugly. Yes, errors, but you recovered from you decisions and got the job done... well done you...
If they had stolen that one, they would have done you a favor.
That's one of those, "I need a beer after this.....ok, several beers after this!" Kinda situations.
Keep gettin them out!!😎
Thank you, Matt. This was just flat entertaining! I'm so sorry to laugh at your expense, but there were a couple of belly laughs in this one! You're a stud for showing your not-so-good day! Good on 'ya!
Some D rings welded to sides of the trailer & a snatch block or two might be a good addition to the already impressive trailer. Woulda probably helped in this situation. Great videos, keep em coming !
My trailer has a fold down ramp and short sides. The machine has no choice but to slide on straight.
I was thinking you could put little eyelets on either side of your trailer, at 2 foot intervals or so, that would allow you to hook the winch line on, so that when you are pulling stuff onto the trailer and if you need to pull it one way or the other, or on an angle like this, it may help?
That's exactly what he needs to do. Just like the chain locks on his rollback.
Seems like a good Idea with very little investment in time, money, or weight
Reminds me of the old Van Morrison song, "There'll Be Days Like This". More relevant is you worked through it and made your own day. Can't really ask for much more than that. Carry on!
Boy I have spent a lot of time in the Pismo dunes charging around a conquering Devils Slide but I never have had to deal with desert sand like you do. You were well challenged and met the demand and conquered. I have learned loads watching you execute your extractions. You are a master of the dunes.
Matt, glad to see that you kept your cool and you prevailed! That was a tough one. Have you thought about a tilting trailer with 2 winches to control the direction? I know this is an older video.
"If I was smart..." is how you start a sentence when figure out that you did it wrong. Sorry Matt, but I laughed out loud for awhile (lolfa) when the trailer came unhooked. It was just so "Murphy's Law". Great video!
Matt has a rare moment of frustration and is still calmer than me on a good day. LOL
Its amazing how calm you stay LOL. That would NOT be me for sure. You can tell your just a real down to earth dude, and no frills for the camera. I dig it
Its all a learning curve, Matt. There just happens to be a kink in the curve occasionally. How you cope in those temperatures I don't know.
When everything that can go wrong does, thought we was going to see Matt get mad for once lol. Your a good man!
If that was me there would be things flying everywhere lol
Ha ha, me too!
It's easier to act cool, when someone or a camera is around. 🤯😳
"The Bowl of Misery" By the way, $500 for a fender that should be as cheap and simple as swapping out air filters is bo..oh..oh..gus.
Just don’t drive like my brother.
if they made'm cheap, they better be prepared to make a shitload of them because people will say: "no problem, it is just a cheap fender" after wrecking it in a stupid way.
@@GrizzlyPath kudos for that. Haven't heard that in a while. I miss it.
@@GrizzlyPath ...and don't drive like my brother. : )
I dont have almost any plastics on the front of my razor, as long as it drives and runs who cares its just over priced plastics
That was a good one. I was like "yea... yea ... oh noooo.... " all the time.
Kudos to you guys for also showing a not perfect job.
Makes it all the more real. Great channel !
I just love the way you're prepared every time you go out
Looks like the Rented Razors are fitted with weak joints to break easily if the buggy is "launched" to reduce structural damage... The rental company must either have a very good insurance and/or carry a lot of spare parts. I wonder how much the rental companies charge for one of these.... The towing companies must also have quite a high maintenance cost to be factored in each callout.
It doesn’t sound like much of a business to me. Unless the rental massive!
@@guybutler6406 100$ hour
Made with the exact same pipe and joints used on the quads only real difference is the buggys are a minimum twice the weight and carry upto 5 people opposed to a quadbikes 1 they are also geared to go faster with the added need of a crumple zone. Only winner is polaris charge big $ to buy then charge big $ for parts.
"...need a trailer that works..."
Haha! The last time someone dared mention that in the comments we got a ten minute lecture about how the trailer is perfect!😁 It would probably be fine if the Razers never had bent and broken front ends, but they ALWAYS have bent and broken front ends!
I love Matt lectures. He is a practical engineer.
If it wasn't for the super soft sand, he'd probably have a tilt-bed, but as he's said before, he built that one to be lightweight.
Matt's got skills. Can't believe how red the sand is out there. Looks like Mars.
Where do you think they film mars for movies😂😂
Release the conspiracy theorists!
Congrats to Tommy on his new Truck! He writes, "Hey TFL team!
I just wanted to thank you guys for all the awesome content that you guys put out on all of your channels! I recently picked up this 2020 F-150 with the 3.5L Ecoboost and being able to watch your in-depth reviews on every truck was incredibly more helpful than the salesmen at the dealerships. I hope you guys get back on good terms with Ford. You do great things for them!
Just wanted to say keep up the great work and keep killing it Andre!
Thanks from Chicago,
Tommy"
Mad Moose rentals!!! That’s where you recommended we go!
Great people and love their sxs’s! Had so much fun tearing up the sand hills! Top of the World!! ❤️🐞
Matt! A solution to your jumpbox problem: get yourself a set of 0 guage jumper cables, cut off the ends and run them from your battery along the frame to the back hitch, then splice in some quick disconnects. From the trailer side use the leftover wire to connect into the winch. Then can also use the terminal clamps you cut off to jump other vehicles.
Please like so he sees it!
@matt do this!
However it took him months to listen to us about the beadlocks... Its gonna be a while before he would do this lol
Matt,I love the way u take suggestions from
Your subscribers. GOOD JOB.
I felt bad for you even though I was laughing the whole time! We've all been there before brother, job well done in the end! Appreciate your videos!
Moral of the story: Never leave home without Ed and Lizzy.
@B.B. I’ll take Ed over a winch any day
@B.B. Yeah, Matt doesn't like winches. I do agree but what he does generally works so who are we to say?
Who ever invented jump boxes made a lot of money. Love those things. Also love seeing Fab Rats work on your jeep. Tell them to do "What's this part with Michelle" please
If Matt weren't so good at improvising his way through these situations he'd probably work harder to avoid them. Instead he just figures it out. The man is a legend.
I have to say I am sorry Matt 😢 I laughed when the trailer came off. ❤ love your unending efforts to get the job done 🎉🎉
Hi Matt, try wearing a polarized sunglasses, I think they can help you notice the contours at these times.
I think he was referring more to the reason these people do airborne in rzrs. They dont see the dunes until it's too late.
I'm kind of amazed that he doesn't wear sunglasses on any of his jobs or even while on-road driving.
@@MichaelMarvin Why would he wear sunglasses? Im "ok" with the last comment about using them to see the dunes better, but on the road?
@@zenon20009 because the sun is super bad for your eyes? Sunglasses help will prevent UV damage to your eyes the same way sunscreen protects your skin. Considering he spends almost all of his working hours exposed to the sunlight (and clear sky, high altitude sun, which is the most damaging) he really should be wearing them all the time to help prevent things like cataracts .
@@zenon20009 There are a few good reasons to wear sunglasses, besides seeing your path more clearer, here's a bunch: 1. skin cancer (the skin around your eyes and your eyelids are very gentle) 2. cataract and glaucoma (long term exposure to the sun may worsen it 3. macular degeneration 4. protection from sand in your eyes
A win is a win. I know of no one who always does it the “easy” way.
I always do things the easy way. It's just that sometimes it doesnt go according to plan. 🤣
@@getchasome6230 You mean you plan to do it the easy way but it doesn't always work out that way.
You got it done. So proud of you. You never give up. 👍👍❤️❤️
man these videos are cathartic. i have to have watched at least 100 of them and i dont know why.
Battery with a small solar panel to recharge it does wonders for keeping a trailer winch battery topped off.
In fact, make it one of the small lithium-ion batteries and it should still keep the weight down, which Matt prefers.
At least the jeeps tires stayed on their wheels, right?
Yeah... I’m wondering where the new beadlock wheels have gone... they must still have work to do on them.
@@reidthompson8979 This was probably filmed before the beadlocks were fitted
The patience you have is absolutely amazing. I would be cussing, swearing and throwing shit.
Kinda nice to see the struggle, I know I would’ve struggled like that for sure. Definitely not something to feel stupid about. I wonder if the rzr could’ve drove in reverse out of the bowl.
As my dad ALWAYS said, "patience and perseverance". He had it and I see Matt has it.
Look at it this way. If it was easy, anybody could do it.
Hey Matt, big fan and a life time four wheeler, if you mount a battery on your trailer, and add a 7 pin pigtail to your trailer, you can hook up a charging wire to the battery, and you can add working lights to your trailer.
Good luck
Best part of video for me, is after all the struggling to load the RZR, the trailer pops off. Made my day.
Continually cobble for the win!
Now whenever I ask myself if I could botch something worse it ends up getting botched worse, lol. You may have invoked the Law of Murphy with that question.
Great video as always.
"I don't know if that was the right way to do it but that s how we did it today.". -Matt on at least one prior job. Seems appropriate here. Thanks for entertaining us with your, um, creative recovery.
New quote of the month, "That's not supposed to happen.". I suspect we'll hear that again too.
The way one gets experience, is to do it the wrong way multiple times. I'm happy you figured out the right way at the end. I like watching off-road recovery because I was in the middle of doing it when I was young. I did most of my saves in a Toyota Xtra-cab 4x4. People couldn't believe what I could do with a light truck. As you now figured out, never pull the trailer down into a bowl. I managed to lead the entire club into a bowl of sinkholes and quick sand. It was a learning day.
Rewatching these older vids and seeing where you, and where you are, what a great advancement in your operation. I’d say in your personality too, but only in how you are better prepared -which comes with experience - but your humility has made you a better person. The community involvement - and I’m going to throw a little compliment to Jaymie here, cause we know that behind a great man, is a greater woman - to how you build up others, through training them and trusting them in areas they’re not familiar with or experienced, like with Lizzy and welding. You’ve given Rudy a great platform to start his own YT channel, and your other sons are also benefiting from your talent and parenting.
Sorry to see some faces go - Randy, Trevor, Skeeter, Lizzy - but great to see those who are replacing the vacancies are stepping up and beginning new adventures.
Continue to strive to reach out to others, both young and old like Abbey - what a sweetheart - and Ed, what a great source of knowledge and stories, as well as four legged critters and even those without legs, like snakes and ringtail cats too.
When you're up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp . . .
When yr up to yr ass in alligators,call Matt,he'll shovel sand over 'em
Seems like it's time for a proper offroad coupler for that trailer, Matt!🤣
I love watching...reminds me of stuff I've done 40 years ago with my brothers, uncle's and coworkers in my Dad's business...a landscape company... wish we had your rope back then... just chains and cable... lol...never any sand... just mud and snow...I feel your pain when you mess up and your joy in success!!!
You know what I like these guys. These guys have a great job and really put together some entertaining videos.
Why not just run a set of dedicated cables that run to the rear with a forklift type plug, that runs off the jeep battery? Just keep it in the hatch plug and unplug as necessary?
This. Or just keep a long set of jumper cables in the Jeep.
@@MeLlamoDJ With the method I mentioned you wouldn't even need to pop the hood.
SB350 Anderson Connectors are what you're looking for
You would need very big cables. The longer the cables you need larger diameter, in the AC world it is called voltage drop. You can only shove so much power through the wires.
@@billhaight7010 theres negligible voltage drop running wire sized from 0 ga all the way to 14ga. Do the calculations, at most there is a 0.15v drop, which is nothing. Wired tons of setups and never saw anything more than that. Thanks
Some days it’s better to just not get out of bed.
@tyvek05 Rediculous? Hopefully you don't get paid for your spelling abilities. That would be ridiculous!
@tyvek05 ahh, did I hurt your little feelers with my comment, tough S!
Oh boy... I felt for you Matt, and yes, it was a brave, honest decision to expose an error of judgment - but then that’s exactly why so many admire your personality.
Re the audio, it sounds as if somehow a live interior Banana camera mic track... possibly even live interior camera bag, inside the banana camera mic track became mixed in at the edit stage - or by radio mic interference with your main mic coming from inside the jeep.
depending on power requirements, you might be able to wire the winch through a 7 blade power connector, my camper has an electric jack that runs off my truck.