Sweet video! Always nice to see if you're really getting what you paid for! P.S. love the onboard welder! Anyone know if the PREMIUM POWER WELDERS are still available? Would love to know where to get one to put on my pickup for my business! Cheers!
@damnitdave. it needs to be lighter. Otherwise, it looks to be over the gvwr. There's a lot of weight up high and suspended over the rear. Either the suspension or the frame may fail next.
@@jagtan13 Yea, on Donut's video of it, you can see the thing just twisting like crazy even going down a basic dirt road. Basically needs a full redesign, or they need to not market it as off-road capable, because most small RVs can do the same amount of "off-roading" that this thing can yet they aren't 1.2 million dollars
Matt it was so nice meeting you the day you rescued this truck I was the guy in the white Toyota pre-runner talking about my dad who passed thank you so much for your time you were such a genuine person.
While watching, I figured out how Matt can make such precise cuts with that angle grinder. He doesn't use safety glasses to skew his calibrated eyes. Legend
This job reminds me of something my father said long ago; " the difficult we do right away, the impossible takes a wee bit longer". Keep making this awesome content.
Reminds me of something I read years ago. We've been doing so much with so little for so long that we think we can do anything with nothing in no time at all.
Great repairs! Awesome to fix a driveshaft like that on the trail. That being said for anyone watching this -- if you are going to use those carbide cutoff wheels you need to have safety glasses. Those discs have been known to blow apart at high speeds and imbed themselves into flesh. You DO NOT want that stuff hitting your eyeballs. I am speaking from experience and I worked with a man that had lost vision in his left eye from a carbide cutoff wheel.
Is it me or are these produced in such a wholesome way that I don't notice all the safety issues as easily. How often I've had students (even with proper PPE) with safety glasses still get splinters in their eyes. Everyone that works around welding has to wear dark out shields of some sort. Even with all that happening, everything looks great, and professional. Seems Juxtaposed, but it works.
I don't even cut my grass without eye protection because a lawnmower threw a stone a bust my lip and ever since Idc if I look like a doofus and I keep my mouth shut cuz if it had of hit my tooth I'd definitely have lost it.
@@GrandDawggy Totally agree. I'm sure I sound like a broken record constantly complaining about examples. preparation and PPE, It's not manly to avoid proper equipment. It's outright stubborn ignorance. I don't care how long you've been doing this. How nothing has ever happened in the past. You will more than likely go through life with all ones faculties in tact, but the example that is provided is the injury made today on someone you care about, simply because one is stuck to ones example of not needing PPE because: 1. It takes to long. 2. It's hard to see. 3. It doesn't feel right. 4. I've always done it that way. 5. Nothins gonna happen. This all sounds oddly like the overbearing abuser that will never wear a prophylactic. This may sound a bit tangent, but there is studied correlation actions promote consequences. I'm hoping the next generation will be more prudent than us. Incidentally I wear eye protection, mouth guard, either a wide brim hat or a hard hat depending on the job. gloves and long sleeves, boots, long trousers never shorts. I know the one day I don't do it, It's going to rain. (metaphor of course) but it's way too often true.
@@bruceleealmighty I couldn't agree more and I think your right about younger generation being better about PPE and health and safety, I did a short course in collage recently (engineering) and the younger guys there would put on eye protection and just like wear them about even when not working on anything. The funny thing was there was two styles of eye protection one modern type and an old school style "scientists glasses" and at first everyone was wearing the new style until I tried the goofy ones for a laugh one day and a younger guy pipes up "hey they make you look smart I want to try a pair" and after that day the goofy ones always went first lol I feel like it kinda taught them a lesson too but I don't know what exactly 😂
Matt, I have a neighbor that has several Corvair's. They have a pickup a wagon and a few of the sedans. Every time I run my dog by, I think about you and your collection.
The vibration dampener would have been Ideal to wrap around the outside of the tube to mark a perfectly straight line like Tom Tom suggested. But Matt's Eye-Crometer did it well.
Just a little word of caution regarding cutting the yokes off driveshafts. Never be in front of them when you cut around, then tap them out. There are rare circumstances when the shaft has become pressurised if it has been heated. The cause is the cardboard corrosion/noise damper has become charred and given off gas. How would I know? I was cutting drive shafts up for lightweight framing for an airboat. I tapped one after ring cutting with a hacksaw. It blew out explosively, shifted the vice bench back about two inches, hit and shattered the cover on an Evinrude outboard, flew up, hit the carport roof and ended up in the backyard. If in doubt, drill a small hole with a dampened drillbit to relieve any gas pressure within. If I had stood on front and pulled on the thing, it would have cut me in half.
Wow! I try to fix things with the help of youtube. I always watch numerous clips and read the comments for pitfalls. It is comments like this when I say "Yeah - I think I'll just take it to the shop."
Thats handy to know and glad ur still here to share the experience, but Im confident that any gas would have vanished when this one twisted as if that didnt have cracks in it I would be extremely surprised!
With an on-board welder and Matt's crew, that trail repair was a cinch! The fun part was turning that massive and heavy rig around on a rather steep hill and getting it safely back home. Great job, guys!
LOL, I just watched their video and when it was stuck I was thinking "Man, sucks they're so far from Matt. They REALLY need his help!" and then 2 minutes later that's what happened! It's awesome how skilled and experienced you guys are. For them, absolutely impossible worst case scenario. For you guys, barely registers on the difficulty scale lol
These type videos are the best. It shows fabrication skills , driving skills, teamwork and Matt rewards himself with another corvair to resurrect. Bravo 👏
The ability of you and the crew to design, fabricate, and construct a fully functioning driveshaft in the middle of nowhere is incredible to me. People always ask why trail recovery services are "so expensive". _This is why._ You're not paying guys to come pull you out; you're paying for their thousands of hours of training and experience, their specialty equipment, and their expertise.
Plus their time, wages for each employee and fuel, a portion of the vehicle cost, maintenance, portion of the store/shop and utilities and....their lunch! Did I forget anything? It gets expensive real fast! Of course, Matt does it for FREE!
wow, you're in my old backyard. they changed the name to "Rowher Flat O.H.V. Area" many years ago, but locals like me called it by its original given name of "Texas Canyon" I grew up about 3.5 miles from there and have rode, drove, or wheeled pretty much every trail from Bouquet Canyon to Sierra Hwy and Sierra Pelona to Vasquez Canyon, I moved away 20 years ago and to this day my two sons say that was their favorite place to live, loved seeing it again, thanks for posting it
Good morning Matt I find it comical how people call you and say this is impossible. Then you and your crew make the impossible very possible. Keep up the great work
But really, anyone with a portable welder could have done that repair.... or.... anyone with a standard heavy duty wrecker could have towed it out.....or..... anyone with a 4x4 with low range could have pulled it out.
Probably not as bad as you think, the top is hollow and the heavy stuff like batteries and water storage is down low, I'm sure it's scary but I bet it handles about the same as if it had a stock bed with a bit of weight in it. Wind would be bad though
This is the second video I've seen of someone rescuing one of these types of rigs. The first one was Casey LaDelle getting one off a mountain that had part of an embankment collapse under it and was two breaths away from rolling down a very steep hill. I can kind of see the attraction, but these things do not seem to do well in the mountains....
Matt, you guys are talented and have a great channel to watch. I'd love to keep seeing you guys doing your thing and helping folks out, but you won't be able to do that if you get hurt on the job. As a construction worker it really bothers me seeing lack of PPE, ESPECIALLY when grinding and cutting. All it can take is a slip of your hand to pinch that disc and shatter it, and without a guard on the grinder and face shield/safety glasses on your face it can be absolutely devastating. Many major arteries and veins run through the area the cutting disc is under. Considering most of these locations are pretty far out there it's really not worth the risk of serious/fatal injury without professional medical attention nearby. Stay safe Matt and the crew!
LOL! And when Tom said he was going to put them in a safe place I literally said "Yeah, like don't leave them at the shop!" LOL! We still love you Tom. 😂
Awesome Overlander trail repair. You MORR dudes are amazing incredible automotive engineering masters. Well, Tom is for sure, Matt in the other hand is a Champion DIY-engine-uity master. What a great team! So cool you found a Corvair to rekindle your HS memories. Can’t wait to see it after MOOR, Robby Layton and others get through with fixin’ her up pretty. 👍🏼❤️🔧
Matt's smile makes the whole day better..reven when things got full tilt he barely gets his anger up..I wish you guy would get that coarvier van running I seen it a bunch of episodes ago..please brings back memories
50 years ago I drove M35 "Deuce and a half" trucks in the Army. They had multifuel engines, and 5 speed transmissions. Because in previous iterations drivers dumping the clutch had broken or twisted driveshafts, there was a hydraulic "torus member" in addition to the clutch to reduce the shock. Fun to drive.
I have some seat time in those, including to Ft. Carson and back at 45mph (two days each way). Interesting we drove there on unleaded and back on JP4 that was in our 5-ton fuel truck leftover from the FTX we were on. Those are truly multi-fuel!
A while back I was training a new driver for the trucking company I worked for. This guy was a few months out of the Army, and said he had been a motor pool driver. No matter what I told him, he couldn't let out the clutch smoothly enough to get the rig rolling (standard 18-wheeler.) When I asked him if he'd ever driven a manual shift before, he said all the time, but in the Army you just side-stepped the clutch and gunned it!🤣
Your comment brought back long ago memory. One of my fellows in green said that he could pull the front wheels off the ground, with 5ton. Bets were placed, a truck was obtained from the motor pool. At a remote location, we watched as he put in low range, 3rd gear ( I think, it's been a while) revved it up and dumped the clutch. As you say, a twisted drives haft was the result!
"That's how long it takes us to do an impossible job... two hours." You guys are amazing. Absolutely love it! Just found your channel a week ago, and have been binge watching every video since the beginning, but I do jump ahead when new vids are posted. Right now, I'm at the videos posted in March of '21, and wow... Rhett (did I get the spelling right?) has really sprung up in two years. You guys are so tight knit, you can't even tell friends from family. Exactly how life should be. From your fans down the road in St. George.
For the hammer haters: I sure understand why Matt uses an Estwing!! Roofer for years: framing hammers have a different feel and balance, and the claw is a versatile feature
NGL I have one specific claw hammer I reach for first when doing mechanic work that doesn't require a sledge, has a well worn leather handle is why I started but now I'm used to the feel
@@omegathegridremember when he said it was welded and he would have to pry it apart and hammer it back together? Although that claw never seems to help pry as well as you think it should.
I just love these stories and adventures! Living it vicariously through UA-cam, and when I say it like that.. it sounds kind of lame.. but, it is a nice way to wind down the day. I get to see some beautiful country, hear some stories, maybe learn something about off-roading & recovery.. stupid stuff not to do, smart ways to get out of sketchy situations…. I know I’m not alone in this , as there are nearly 500K folks enjoying it too!
This is so cool! My mom and nephew actually took pictures of that truck as it was driving down the street from us immediately after this recovery. This trail is 4 miles from my house! Wish I would have seen as I would have stopped and said hi! Great trail repair!
Another great recovery for the Off Road Wreck Team and Matt leading the endeavor. TT did his stick welding and he gets an ATA boy right now. Now TT can go back to the shop and make some shakes on drill press. The one other thing he has mastered. The customer offered other rescue outfits this job and they all walked, some ran, away. Sensational efforts by all of the team members. Now a little deeper into California for the Corvair shopping trip and money was on Matt taking home another Corvair. Everyone who bet on the Corvair wins as Matt takes another one home. We do know he will keep buying Corvairs until he has them all. Totally deserving Matt.
Man, nice trail repair on that rig! Gotta say though, those glorified RV style "overland" rigs seem overbuilt in all the wrong ways. Super top heavy so they're tippy and can't do much suspension travel as a result. The Batmobile paint job has to make it an absolute oven in the California sun too.
Agreed. Looks like it's all about getting attention. Looks wrong is many ways. But I'm sure many people thinks it looks "awesome". Looks like a fake bugout vehicle. As if bugout was a fashion.
They always are lol. People who feel like they need to bring their entire home into the outdoors don't really belong in the outdoors. A decent well equipped truck with a sub 1k pound four wheel pop up camper will go far more places than that F550 ever will.
@@dedalliance1 I live where people vacation, and I'm always amazed at the semi truck sized camping rigs that go by... Just the largest 5th wheel campers imaginable with 4 slides, washer and dryer, satellite TV, dual air conditioners, it's crazy. That's larger than a NYC apartment building. That's not camping... You are staying in a mobile apartment. Especially when the kids stay in and play video games instead of exploring the outdoors with the parents.
I’m watching this and repeatedly saying, aloud, “wow…wow….WOW”. To attempt this degree of REBUILDING on the trail is Absolutely Ridiculous!! “Hey, let me get these buggered up screws out and then let’s custom build a driveshaft on a 25* Rocky Mountain side and have it be as precise as we could do it in the shop but we’ll use a hand held vise and a battery powered cutoff tool, yeah, that’ll be easy…only take an hour or so…” You guys are absolutely phenomenal!!! Fun to watch!!
Very nice job on that driveshaft you fellas. I drove a 5500 Dodge for a few years pulling a trailer. I found going down very steep hills, that the engine and exhaust brake, while in its lowest gear, didn't help at all. It was still too fast, so I would just put it in neutral, then I was alright. Thanks for this video.
So cool seeing you in the area I first went off-roading! Makes me wanna visit Hurricane to see more of the beautiful scenery that has made it to MORR videos ❤
Matt, love that you are a fan of Corvairs. Corvairs are actually the only Chevy I have ever owned. I have had quite a few over the years. I even had a '64 Turbo engine in a '61 VW Sedan... I just sold the last of my Corvair parts last year, a set of Halibrand magnesium kidney bean wheels, complete with knock offs! Have fun restoring your Spyder!!
Matt, My husband and I watch your show all the time and we think you are amazing. No one compares to you. Thank you for making your UA-cam channel so entertaining.
Interesting story about Matt's first car. When I was a junior in High School auto shop, shop teacher had one of those Spyder Corvairs. My project was to remove and rebuild the engine with the help of another student. I had never seen a Corvair before. But we did it and received a trophy for "Most Outstanding Auto Shop Student for 1966-67".
Welcome to our weird, gloomy start of summer in CA! What a fantastic recovery! You guys are the perfect example of "It doesn't always need to be perfect - it just has to work enough to get you home"! "Fuel gauge does not work"? Perfect car for Matt (LOL)!
love the vibe - while previous owner is still signing the papers on the hood Matt's digging in the car already ... you can tell he loves these corvairs - its like rescuing stray's :-)
My 1963 corvair spider was not my first car, but your find brought back memories. Mine got me through college. Mine was the copper metalic color. And it didn't get good gas mileage either. The turbo was new to me, not like the ones now. I still have pictures!
Gotta do an audiobook of the crew just shouting instructions to each other while working on vehicles. Doesn’t have to make sense, just has to be a little relaxing
Don’t know why this showed up in my recommendations today. But I really love the vibe of everyone and the “just get it done” mentality without it being super janky. Instant subscribe.
When Matt was looking at the tubing for the drive shaft I remember quite a few that were torn apart from torque. Is there a logical reason drive shaft tubing doesn’t have thicker walls? Unless they want it to be the weakest link?
This reminds me of my Navy days. When we were at sea we had to figure things out as there weren’t any shipyards or contractors in sight. Amazing what you can figure out when you have to. Darlington, South Carolina
Really is amazing that they can "make" a drive shaft with a new piece of steel pipe in two hours and limp it on the road. It takes me that long to fix a pvc plumbing break. They're doing a level 10 (1 to 10 scale) repair in the time it takes me to make a level 1 repair!
Im a big MORR fan but this wasnt anything special really. They drove all the way to Cali just to repair a drive shaft? I would have figured the guys there woiulda taken the old one out and went to town to get a new one or one built.
I tested my rig and it did great 👍 I’m running a hummer and a small stand in off road trailer that I home built. What a waste of money this rig is. I got more room, mine don’t break, I don’t get stuck, I only spent 20k all together, mine comes with a boat and a bike. I only have a few things left too make a it truly a tank set up and that is engine and trans swap and a nice solar package. I might start building rigs for other people because it seems some builders are not building with their brain, their building with making money in mind.
I used to work in a shop that worked on nothing but Corvairs and VW Bugs. A guy who rented the upstairs of my parents house had the world's fastest Corvair. Spent a lot of time in and under those cars. For the most part they were fairly easy to fix. Don't see too many of them these days though.
Wish you were around when I had my '60 Corvair which was a lemon from the gitgo. It was broken down by the side of the road more often than I drove it. ☹☹😵
@MaryB-ps8lg yeah some did have issues. And they were not the best vehicles for certain areas either. Being air cooled didn't help in hot climates. Mountains were hard on them too. Going down hill wasn't a problem but going up could be, and if you went high enough you would have change carb adjustments. Wet areas were rough on the bodies and undercarriage. Funny the issues were the same with the VW's as well.
The fleeting moment of the levers at 6:11 was cool. Hey Matt, can we get more footage of all the levers and buttons and switches and gears it takes to run the Wrecker?
Definitely the right choice on 4Low the way in with that trailer Matt. Way less load on drivetrain at those lower dirt road speeds, and then you’re already in 4L when you get stuck😅 Cheers 🍻
I've done some ill-advised things in my life, but driving an unknown vehicle that far, knowing it's got an "iffy" transmission is not one of those things. The Banana comes off the trailer and the Spyder goes on. Also, I worked in 2 different driveline shops in California (southern), so you know I've seen some things. I once replaced a tube on a 1710, which is a big rig driveshaft, that came into the shop in two pieces. One of the drivers had locked up on it, and their mechanics did a beside the road replacement of that puppy. Pretty danged impressive on the part of those guys.
Matt that’s crazy you were here in Santa Clarita at rowler flats. Huge fan. Me and my buddies were out there exploring a few weeks ago and actually drove up to that rig and checked it out. Rock on Matt your an inspiration
Great recovery Matt & crew, someone was not thinking to straight when they went for a drive. Hope you were able to make it home okay with your new ,used car from California. looking forward to see what you will do with it. David, North Ogden,Utah.♥♥♥.
Actually, the stuck car is a prototype $1.2 million off-road camper advertised to "go anywhere." The company lent it to Donut Media to test, and they broke it on the second day 😂 Not a great advertisement for the product lmao
I just went dirtbike riding on that exact trail, the park is rowher flats ohv in santa clarita california. Absolutely gnarly and fun trail! too bad they diddnt do the whole trail ends with a great view of a body of water! great recovery!!
Coating the body with undercoating adds a LOT OF WEIGHT. I was at a customers body shop. Next door, Rhino was coating an entire truck with that stuff. The body man said the weight would make the truck top heavy. Wouldn't get scratched too much when it rolled over though, he said with a smile.
Matt and grew, are the Best for get the rest,they are hard working nice talking people All the time.. with no seat talking Bull crap,. God bless you 🙏 and family, father Michael 🙏 Said a prayer for your son leg 🦵 and health 🙏
That's Rowher Flat OHV in Angeles National Forest. It's a nice beginner/intermediate trail for any 4x4 vehicle. You don't need lockers. Most of the main trail is fire road and steep climbs ranging from 25 to 35 degree climbs. Depending on your line it can get moderately flexy or very flexy and technical. There are various off-shoots and play areas that are more challenging with steeper climbs, loose ground and may require lockers depending on the line.
I find it funny how you say this is a beginner/ intermediate trail and yet this behemoth twisted its drive shaft when the creator said it should be able to go anywhere off road. That should tell you how much they know about off-roading
My family and I used to ride bikes, 4wheel, and target shoot up there in the 70's. There were a few little mines we'd explore as well to beat the heat!@@JuandelaCruise
Thanks for saving us. We promise not to get any more houses stuck offroad
I don’t believe you
Sweet video! Always nice to see if you're really getting what you paid for!
P.S. love the onboard welder! Anyone know if the PREMIUM POWER WELDERS are still available?
Would love to know where to get one to put on my pickup for my business!
Cheers!
It's ok... next time, get a bigger house stuck.😅
That was an awesome video
perhaps a mobile mansion!
😂
That big heavy rig seems doomed no matter what the terrain is. Well done guys.
It did okay it just needs way stronger drive shafts
@damnitdave. it needs to be lighter. Otherwise, it looks to be over the gvwr. There's a lot of weight up high and suspended over the rear. Either the suspension or the frame may fail next.
@@jagtan13 Yea, on Donut's video of it, you can see the thing just twisting like crazy even going down a basic dirt road. Basically needs a full redesign, or they need to not market it as off-road capable, because most small RVs can do the same amount of "off-roading" that this thing can yet they aren't 1.2 million dollars
Yeah, I'm thinking moose test 🦌🚛
Poor design, I can't think of any good use for it. Compounded by what I'm sure it cost....junk
Matt it was so nice meeting you the day you rescued this truck I was the guy in the white Toyota pre-runner talking about my dad who passed thank you so much for your time you were such a genuine person.
Where was it? Looks familiar.
@@ThomasHart59 this was at rhower flats in Santa Clarita.
@@MegaLuke1717 That's what I thought, drove that trail over the mountain a few years back on the way home from work. 🙂 Thanks!
Damn, you never know when Matt and the crew will be near your area! Lol especially all the way out here!
@@jakeparisi5678 Right? I did not expect that. Quite a hike from St. George.
While watching, I figured out how Matt can make such precise cuts with that angle grinder. He doesn't use safety glasses to skew his calibrated eyes. Legend
😂😂😂😂😂
Today on Dr Doyle's off-road medical we've got some guy out in the desert with cutoff wheel shards embedded in his eye.
@@alexisdoyle8765 ey, there is a safety squint for that
Matt, wear some safety glasses to be a good role model for the kids!
His safety squints have special non skewing lenses…😂
Matt’s Off-road and Donut Media collabs are fun to watch!
WE NEED MOREEEE
I agree! I would love to see more in the future
Matt needs a bigger truck to pull his stuff
Matt looking like James definitely confused me
It purrs like a thirsty anteater
This job reminds me of something my father said long ago; " the difficult we do right away, the impossible takes a wee bit longer". Keep making this awesome content.
Was your father by chance a SeaBee?
Reminds me of something I read years ago.
We've been doing so much with so little for so long that we think we can do anything with nothing in no time at all.
@@caseyhart9916 No
Was he s.a.r.c.? The difficult anytime. The impossible by appointment only. Their motto
Now that is a true trail repair. So cool seeing how this repair was performed.
That was a real repair!
Not hardly! That there was a mobile repair-no duct tape, baling wire, electrical tape or bubblegum was used!🤣
How did Matt freehand a perfectly straight cut?!
@@sikhswim Thats was the most impressive thing about the repair lol
This episode is perfection! Golden nugget, trail repair, jokes, donut, and buying a vehicle. Great team! Great videos! Thank you!
I thought the Golden Nugget was in Utah, or that fixed it in Utah at rat garage?
Great repairs! Awesome to fix a driveshaft like that on the trail. That being said for anyone watching this -- if you are going to use those carbide cutoff wheels you need to have safety glasses. Those discs have been known to blow apart at high speeds and imbed themselves into flesh. You DO NOT want that stuff hitting your eyeballs. I am speaking from experience and I worked with a man that had lost vision in his left eye from a carbide cutoff wheel.
I've had several pieces of steel removed from my eyes, been doing welding/machine work since the early seventies, you are absolutely right!
Is it me or are these produced in such a wholesome way that I don't notice all the safety issues as easily. How often I've had students (even with proper PPE) with safety glasses still get splinters in their eyes. Everyone that works around welding has to wear dark out shields of some sort. Even with all that happening, everything looks great, and professional. Seems Juxtaposed, but it works.
I don't even cut my grass without eye protection because a lawnmower threw a stone a bust my lip and ever since Idc if I look like a doofus and I keep my mouth shut cuz if it had of hit my tooth I'd definitely have lost it.
@@GrandDawggy Totally agree. I'm sure I sound like a broken record constantly complaining about examples. preparation and PPE, It's not manly to avoid proper equipment. It's outright stubborn ignorance.
I don't care how long you've been doing this. How nothing has ever happened in the past.
You will more than likely go through life with all ones faculties in tact, but the example that is provided is the injury made today on someone you care about, simply because one is stuck to ones example of not needing PPE because:
1. It takes to long.
2. It's hard to see.
3. It doesn't feel right.
4. I've always done it that way.
5. Nothins gonna happen.
This all sounds oddly like the overbearing abuser that will never wear a prophylactic. This may sound a bit tangent, but there is studied correlation actions promote consequences.
I'm hoping the next generation will be more prudent than us.
Incidentally I wear eye protection, mouth guard, either a wide brim hat or a hard hat depending on the job. gloves and long sleeves, boots, long trousers never shorts. I know the one day I don't do it, It's going to rain. (metaphor of course) but it's way too often true.
@@bruceleealmighty I couldn't agree more and I think your right about younger generation being better about PPE and health and safety, I did a short course in collage recently (engineering) and the younger guys there would put on eye protection and just like wear them about even when not working on anything.
The funny thing was there was two styles of eye protection one modern type and an old school style "scientists glasses" and at first everyone was wearing the new style until I tried the goofy ones for a laugh one day and a younger guy pipes up "hey they make you look smart I want to try a pair" and after that day the goofy ones always went first lol
I feel like it kinda taught them a lesson too but I don't know what exactly 😂
Yea it really did feel wholesome
Matt, I have a neighbor that has several Corvair's. They have a pickup a wagon and a few of the sedans. Every time I run my dog by, I think about you and your collection.
The vibration dampener would have been Ideal to wrap around the outside of the tube to mark a perfectly straight line like Tom Tom suggested. But Matt's Eye-Crometer did it well.
Even the strap laying on the ground would've done the trick lol Matt was not down though hahaha
Just a little word of caution regarding cutting the yokes off driveshafts. Never be in front of them when you cut around, then tap them out. There are rare circumstances when the shaft has become pressurised if it has been heated. The cause is the cardboard corrosion/noise damper has become charred and given off gas. How would I know? I was cutting drive shafts up for lightweight framing for an airboat. I tapped one after ring cutting with a hacksaw. It blew out explosively, shifted the vice bench back about two inches, hit and shattered the cover on an Evinrude outboard, flew up, hit the carport roof and ended up in the backyard. If in doubt, drill a small hole with a dampened drillbit to relieve any gas pressure within. If I had stood on front and pulled on the thing, it would have cut me in half.
Wow! I try to fix things with the help of youtube. I always watch numerous clips and read the comments for pitfalls. It is comments like this when I say "Yeah - I think I'll just take it to the shop."
Thats handy to know and glad ur still here to share the experience, but Im confident that any gas would have vanished when this one twisted as if that didnt have cracks in it I would be extremely surprised!
With an on-board welder and Matt's crew, that trail repair was a cinch! The fun part was turning that massive and heavy rig around on a rather steep hill and getting it safely back home. Great job, guys!
LOL, I just watched their video and when it was stuck I was thinking "Man, sucks they're so far from Matt. They REALLY need his help!" and then 2 minutes later that's what happened! It's awesome how skilled and experienced you guys are. For them, absolutely impossible worst case scenario. For you guys, barely registers on the difficulty scale lol
These type videos are the best. It shows fabrication skills , driving skills, teamwork and Matt rewards himself with another corvair to resurrect. Bravo 👏
did he ever fix the last one?
@@rodx5571 at least you can see him drive around onroad here and there.
Matt's turning into Jay Leno with how many vehicles he's collecting.
Nah. More like Seinfeld and his Porsche collection….since they’re all corsairs….
He already said he wanted to be like Jay Leno in the video when he got the new morvair
I see nothing wrong with this
Jay's are all built ready to drive though lol
I see Hoovie. Guy’s likes his hoopties
The ability of you and the crew to design, fabricate, and construct a fully functioning driveshaft in the middle of nowhere is incredible to me. People always ask why trail recovery services are "so expensive". _This is why._ You're not paying guys to come pull you out; you're paying for their thousands of hours of training and experience, their specialty equipment, and their expertise.
Well said
I might add, MORR often has to repair their own equipment after a tough recovery too. Those costs get added into the recovery fee.
Plus their time, wages for each employee and fuel, a portion of the vehicle cost, maintenance, portion of the store/shop and utilities and....their lunch! Did I forget anything? It gets expensive real fast! Of course, Matt does it for FREE!
@@k1j2f30 not all of them are free.
@@bripslag I think he was saying that the rest of the crew is hourly, but Matt is the owner.
Its always a good feeling, being able to do what others have tried and failed... you guys are awesome! Well done
9:35 That pretzeled drive shaft is absolutley a trophy!
wow, you're in my old backyard. they changed the name to "Rowher Flat O.H.V. Area" many years ago, but locals like me called it by its original given name of "Texas Canyon" I grew up about 3.5 miles from there and have rode, drove, or wheeled pretty much every trail from Bouquet Canyon to Sierra Hwy and Sierra Pelona to Vasquez Canyon, I moved away 20 years ago and to this day my two sons say that was their favorite place to live, loved seeing it again, thanks for posting it
No wonder Justin looked really concerned. That rig, a Ford truck carrying an apartment(?), looks expensive as heck.
Yeah, and like Matt said too heavy to be on that hill.
Yeah according to zach (the other guy that was there) it is a million bucks or something like that
Did you see the overhang by the rear axcel, that 'thing' is a no no.
They are 1 million dollars for no reason at all
@@nicjones6045 They're a million because someone is willing to pay that.
Good morning Matt I find it comical how people call you and say this is impossible.
Then you and your crew make the impossible very possible.
Keep up the great work
But really, anyone with a portable welder could have done that repair.... or.... anyone with a standard heavy duty wrecker could have towed it out.....or..... anyone with a 4x4 with low range could have pulled it out.
Matt seems like such a humble, easy going guy. Cool, calm and level headed! And you put out real content! I love it.
Looks like James and his friends did what we all do after we mess up. Called his big brother help. Great job on a trail fix Matt.
I think Rory would be proud! Great trail repair, MORR crew!
Man, you can see how ridiculously top-heavy that rig is. I'd hate to drive it on a side camber trail.
This episode was one of the worst advertisements for that thing. The suspension is so bouncy.
@@ceecee2485 It's so weird.
Probably not as bad as you think, the top is hollow and the heavy stuff like batteries and water storage is down low, I'm sure it's scary but I bet it handles about the same as if it had a stock bed with a bit of weight in it. Wind would be bad though
This is the second video I've seen of someone rescuing one of these types of rigs. The first one was Casey LaDelle getting one off a mountain that had part of an embankment collapse under it and was two breaths away from rolling down a very steep hill.
I can kind of see the attraction, but these things do not seem to do well in the mountains....
Dunno looks like a terrible design for off road. I can hear the frame screaming and crying from new zealand. 😂
That rig looks like it could use a twin rear axle set up to handle all that wight.
Great job guys 👍
Yeah, that's incredibly heavy, swaying an f550 like that
It looks like the one being built by the UA-camr "B Is for Build"
@@BrianHurry "B" is for Bumble.
Or they make it lighter.
@@volvo09$1.2 million too heavy.😅
Matt, you guys are talented and have a great channel to watch. I'd love to keep seeing you guys doing your thing and helping folks out, but you won't be able to do that if you get hurt on the job. As a construction worker it really bothers me seeing lack of PPE, ESPECIALLY when grinding and cutting. All it can take is a slip of your hand to pinch that disc and shatter it, and without a guard on the grinder and face shield/safety glasses on your face it can be absolutely devastating. Many major arteries and veins run through the area the cutting disc is under. Considering most of these locations are pretty far out there it's really not worth the risk of serious/fatal injury without professional medical attention nearby. Stay safe Matt and the crew!
So good to see a repair like that done on the trail. Well done guys.
The look Matt gave Tom when handing over the key clearly said "Don't lose these!"... 😂😁😇
LOL! And when Tom said he was going to put them in a safe place I literally said "Yeah, like don't leave them at the shop!" LOL! We still love you Tom. 😂
😂😂😂
@@williamc.burton2893 the shop is safe tho
Awesome Overlander trail repair. You MORR dudes are amazing incredible automotive engineering masters. Well, Tom is for sure, Matt in the other hand is a Champion DIY-engine-uity master. What a great team!
So cool you found a Corvair to rekindle your HS memories. Can’t wait to see it after MOOR, Robby Layton and others get through with fixin’ her up pretty. 👍🏼❤️🔧
Matt's smile makes the whole day better..reven when things got full tilt he barely gets his anger up..I wish you guy would get that coarvier van running I seen it a bunch of episodes ago..please brings back memories
A fantastic recovery guys. God bless you all.
Awesome rescue! I love the field driveshaft repair, and it looked pretty darn good on this end. Keep up the great work fellas!!
50 years ago I drove M35 "Deuce and a half" trucks in the Army. They had multifuel engines, and 5 speed transmissions. Because in previous iterations drivers dumping the clutch had broken or twisted driveshafts, there was a hydraulic "torus member" in addition to the clutch to reduce the shock. Fun to drive.
My buddy bought a surplus one back when they were cheap and plentiful. He let me drive it once through orange county, was an absolute blast
I have some seat time in those, including to Ft. Carson and back at 45mph (two days each way). Interesting we drove there on unleaded and back on JP4 that was in our 5-ton fuel truck leftover from the FTX we were on. Those are truly multi-fuel!
A while back I was training a new driver for the trucking company I worked for. This guy was a few months out of the Army, and said he had been a motor pool driver. No matter what I told him, he couldn't let out the clutch smoothly enough to get the rig rolling (standard 18-wheeler.) When I asked him if he'd ever driven a manual shift before, he said all the time, but in the Army you just side-stepped the clutch and gunned it!🤣
@@jasonwooden I to was at ft carson in '75 and drove deuce and a halfs
Your comment brought back long ago memory. One of my fellows in green said that he could pull the front wheels off the ground, with 5ton. Bets were placed, a truck was obtained from the motor pool. At a remote location, we watched as he put in low range, 3rd gear ( I think, it's been a while) revved it up and dumped the clutch. As you say, a twisted drives haft was the result!
"That's how long it takes us to do an impossible job... two hours." You guys are amazing. Absolutely love it!
Just found your channel a week ago, and have been binge watching every video since the beginning, but I do jump ahead when new vids are posted. Right now, I'm at the videos posted in March of '21, and wow... Rhett (did I get the spelling right?) has really sprung up in two years.
You guys are so tight knit, you can't even tell friends from family. Exactly how life should be.
From your fans down the road in St. George.
yes you spelled Rhett correctly
For the hammer haters: I sure understand why Matt uses an Estwing!! Roofer for years: framing hammers have a different feel and balance, and the claw is a versatile feature
NGL I have one specific claw hammer I reach for first when doing mechanic work that doesn't require a sledge, has a well worn leather handle is why I started but now I'm used to the feel
He specifically asked for the claw hammer...
I have an Estwing rock hammer. They make fantastic tools
@@omegathegridremember when he said it was welded and he would have to pry it apart and hammer it back together? Although that claw never seems to help pry as well as you think it should.
Thanks for your service to our country and enjoy your new adventures in life 👍👍
I just love these stories and adventures! Living it vicariously through UA-cam, and when I say it like that.. it sounds kind of lame.. but, it is a nice way to wind down the day. I get to see some beautiful country, hear some stories, maybe learn something about off-roading & recovery.. stupid stuff not to do, smart ways to get out of sketchy situations…. I know I’m not alone in this , as there are nearly 500K folks enjoying it too!
I agree/3am when I finished it,and have read down to this.
This is so cool! My mom and nephew actually took pictures of that truck as it was driving down the street from us immediately after this recovery. This trail is 4 miles from my house! Wish I would have seen as I would have stopped and said hi! Great trail repair!
I saw him on Sierra highway just outside of aqua Dulce! Where is this trail at?
What trail is this?
Another great recovery for the Off Road Wreck Team and Matt leading the endeavor. TT did his stick welding and he gets an ATA boy right now. Now TT can go back to the shop and make some shakes on drill press. The one other thing he has mastered.
The customer offered other rescue outfits this job and they all walked, some ran, away. Sensational efforts by all of the team members.
Now a little deeper into California for the Corvair shopping trip and money was on Matt taking home another Corvair. Everyone who bet on the Corvair wins as Matt takes another one home. We do know he will keep buying Corvairs until he has them all.
Totally deserving Matt.
Ill have to keep an eye out for Matt since there is a guy near me that has a bunch of corvairs
Man, nice trail repair on that rig!
Gotta say though, those glorified RV style "overland" rigs seem overbuilt in all the wrong ways. Super top heavy so they're tippy and can't do much suspension travel as a result. The Batmobile paint job has to make it an absolute oven in the California sun too.
Looks more like a party bus than anything else.... It's got like 10 speakers on the outside.
Agreed. Looks like it's all about getting attention. Looks wrong is many ways. But I'm sure many people thinks it looks "awesome".
Looks like a fake bugout vehicle. As if bugout was a fashion.
They always are lol. People who feel like they need to bring their entire home into the outdoors don't really belong in the outdoors. A decent well equipped truck with a sub 1k pound four wheel pop up camper will go far more places than that F550 ever will.
@@dedalliance1 I live where people vacation, and I'm always amazed at the semi truck sized camping rigs that go by... Just the largest 5th wheel campers imaginable with 4 slides, washer and dryer, satellite TV, dual air conditioners, it's crazy. That's larger than a NYC apartment building.
That's not camping... You are staying in a mobile apartment. Especially when the kids stay in and play video games instead of exploring the outdoors with the parents.
I’m watching this and repeatedly saying, aloud, “wow…wow….WOW”. To attempt this degree of REBUILDING on the trail is Absolutely Ridiculous!! “Hey, let me get these buggered up screws out and then let’s custom build a driveshaft on a 25* Rocky Mountain side and have it be as precise as we could do it in the shop but we’ll use a hand held vise and a battery powered cutoff tool, yeah, that’ll be easy…only take an hour or so…”
You guys are absolutely phenomenal!!! Fun to watch!!
HELL OF A JOB, YOU GUYS DID! A GREAT REPAIR! YOU EARNED MY FULL RESPECT!
Very nice job on that driveshaft you fellas. I drove a 5500 Dodge for a few years pulling a trailer. I found going down very steep hills, that the engine and exhaust brake, while in its lowest gear, didn't help at all. It was still too fast, so I would just put it in neutral, then I was alright. Thanks for this video.
I love that 2 of my favorite car channels are friends now
Great video. I love how Matt makes friends with every dog he meets.
The doggies know that Matt is a K-9 fan, thus want his love.
So cool seeing you in the area I first went off-roading! Makes me wanna visit Hurricane to see more of the beautiful scenery that has made it to MORR videos ❤
That was one of the best 4WD recoveries. I love a bit of backyard mechanics. Well done!
Matt, love that you are a fan of Corvairs. Corvairs are actually the only Chevy I have ever owned. I have had quite a few over the years. I even had a '64 Turbo engine in a '61 VW Sedan... I just sold the last of my Corvair parts last year, a set of Halibrand magnesium kidney bean wheels, complete with knock offs! Have fun restoring your Spyder!!
Matt,
My husband and I watch your show all the time and we think you are amazing. No one compares to you. Thank you for making your UA-cam channel so entertaining.
That was a great recovery, the trip, the repair, the successful results
so glad you help the donut guys now i can watch all your other videos, yall do some amazing stuff
Bad Daddy Braddy... get out, great to see him again!!! Loved his content over at Hoonigan!!!
Oh man I didn’t even notice that was him! So cool.
Interesting story about Matt's first car. When I was a junior in High School auto shop, shop teacher had one of those Spyder Corvairs. My project was to remove and rebuild the engine with the help of another student. I had never seen a Corvair before. But we did it and received a trophy for "Most Outstanding Auto Shop Student for 1966-67".
Welcome to our weird, gloomy start of summer in CA! What a fantastic recovery! You guys are the perfect example of "It doesn't always need to be perfect - it just has to work enough to get you home"! "Fuel gauge does not work"? Perfect car for Matt (LOL)!
Matt's is the only channel where we like it first and then watch the video😂. Love from Pakistan😊😊😊
love the vibe - while previous owner is still signing the papers on the hood Matt's digging in the car already ... you can tell he loves these corvairs - its like rescuing stray's :-)
My 1963 corvair spider was not my first car, but your find brought back memories. Mine got me through college. Mine was the copper metalic color. And it didn't get good gas mileage either. The turbo was new to me, not like the ones now. I still have pictures!
Great filming Greg! Glad Tom didn't lose the keys. Matt is going to need a bigger lot just for his Corvair projects!
Nice field repair and recovery ! But the Spider Score is the Topper ! What a nice Classic ! Thanks for sharing !
Gotta do an audiobook of the crew just shouting instructions to each other while working on vehicles. Doesn’t have to make sense, just has to be a little relaxing
Don’t know why this showed up in my recommendations today. But I really love the vibe of everyone and the “just get it done” mentality without it being super janky. Instant subscribe.
Rory would be proud. Well done Matt, Tom, and crew.👍🙂
friend: "you cant SEE torque"
me: *points at that driveshaft*
There needs to just be a MORR stick for dip stick measuring gas tanks. Matt seems to be the killer of fuel gauges.
Yup, that bout sums it up! LOL! Like a twisted pretzel! LOL!
I'm surprised that the Donut crew didn't insist on putting one of their logos on the drive shaft.
When Matt was looking at the tubing for the drive shaft I remember quite a few that were torn apart from torque. Is there a logical reason drive shaft tubing doesn’t have thicker walls? Unless they want it to be the weakest link?
@@darrengladstone3159what does that have to do with this comment?
Building a driveshaft in the back roads of the mountains, gotta hand it to the MORR crew as that's awesome.
Man matt you and your crew are unreal with your skill and expertise incredible trail repairs
In this day and age, making a living doing what you love. You guys are Blessed indeed.
This reminds me of my Navy days. When we were at sea we had to figure things out as there weren’t any shipyards or contractors in sight. Amazing what you can figure out when you have to. Darlington, South Carolina
Matt, good luck with your new old car! I enjoyed watching your passion and commitment to recovering off road vehicles.
Really is amazing that they can "make" a drive shaft with a new piece of steel pipe in two hours and limp it on the road. It takes me that long to fix a pvc plumbing break. They're doing a level 10 (1 to 10 scale) repair in the time it takes me to make a level 1 repair!
Might be one of the most impressive recoveries! The heavy wrecker is coming in handy. Nice work!
Im a big MORR fan but this wasnt anything special really. They drove all the way to Cali just to repair a drive shaft? I would have figured the guys there woiulda taken the old one out and went to town to get a new one or one built.
I tested my rig and it did great 👍 I’m running a hummer and a small stand in off road trailer that I home built. What a waste of money this rig is. I got more room, mine don’t break, I don’t get stuck, I only spent 20k all together, mine comes with a boat and a bike. I only have a few things left too make a it truly a tank set up and that is engine and trans swap and a nice solar package. I might start building rigs for other people because it seems some builders are not building with their brain, their building with making money in mind.
Thank you team Matt for a safe and quick recovery!
So nice that Matt did remember to bring his safety eyeballs with him🙂
I used to work in a shop that worked on nothing but Corvairs and VW Bugs. A guy who rented the upstairs of my parents house had the world's fastest Corvair. Spent a lot of time in and under those cars. For the most part they were fairly easy to fix. Don't see too many of them these days though.
Wish you were around when I had my '60 Corvair which was a lemon from the gitgo. It was broken down by the side of the road more often than I drove it. ☹☹😵
@MaryB-ps8lg yeah some did have issues. And they were not the best vehicles for certain areas either. Being air cooled didn't help in hot climates. Mountains were hard on them too. Going down hill wasn't a problem but going up could be, and if you went high enough you would have change carb adjustments. Wet areas were rough on the bodies and undercarriage. Funny the issues were the same with the VW's as well.
Very Very Impressive Matt, i’ve been a dealer tech for around 15 years you’re knowledge and how you work is very impressive
Very impressive trail repair job! I’ve never been more impressed with Matt and his gang.
Good MORRning everybody and thumbs UP to Matt and crew! 👍👊🏁
It's night here in India
@@windy500 Nobody cares.
@@richardthomas1743 You're that one child whom your parents forgot to teach manners
@@windy500 You're the one child that was not taught that it is not all about just YOU.
@@richardthomas1743 which part was just about ME?
Great rescue and greasy job of field welding. Can’t wait to see you work on that Spyder!
The fleeting moment of the levers at 6:11 was cool. Hey Matt, can we get more footage of all the levers and buttons and switches and gears it takes to run the Wrecker?
1948 Desoto in-line Flathead 6. Fluid Drive Trans 3 on the tree. Fantasist car to start out in.
Definitely the right choice on 4Low the way in with that trailer Matt. Way less load on drivetrain at those lower dirt road speeds, and then you’re already in 4L when you get stuck😅
Cheers 🍻
I do believe the crew is reaching a zenith of skill and experience
Riiiiiiiiiight on
I've done some ill-advised things in my life, but driving an unknown vehicle that far, knowing it's got an "iffy" transmission is not one of those things. The Banana comes off the trailer and the Spyder goes on.
Also, I worked in 2 different driveline shops in California (southern), so you know I've seen some things. I once replaced a tube on a 1710, which is a big rig driveshaft, that came into the shop in two pieces. One of the drivers had locked up on it, and their mechanics did a beside the road replacement of that puppy. Pretty danged impressive on the part of those guys.
So we got a call, In todays episode:
The car is covered in Bees,
Lizzie's fortune cookie comes true, and
Matt wins Dad Bod of the year.
How did you know?
AND you are LUCKY NUMBER ONE!!!!!! YAY!!!! FIRSTIES!!!
i get odd feelings reading this in Jeremy Clarkson's voice.
@@ARockRaider Some say, he can twirl axels like batons, his noes can smell gold like a bloodhound, all we know, is he's called The Ed!
@@ColinRichardson👏👏👏☺️ well done 👍✌️
Matt that’s crazy you were here in Santa Clarita at rowler flats. Huge fan. Me and my buddies were out there exploring a few weeks ago and actually drove up to that rig and checked it out. Rock on Matt your an inspiration
Two of my fav UA-cam channels together and then Rhett appears. Perfection.
That was an impressive field repair ,unbelievable,Great Job
Great recovery Matt & crew, someone was not thinking to straight when they went for a drive. Hope you were able to make it home okay with your new ,used car from California. looking forward to see what you will do with it. David, North Ogden,Utah.♥♥♥.
Actually, the stuck car is a prototype $1.2 million off-road camper advertised to "go anywhere." The company lent it to Donut Media to test, and they broke it on the second day 😂 Not a great advertisement for the product lmao
Wow, another awesome trail fix. Great job, Matt and Tom
I just went dirtbike riding on that exact trail, the park is rowher flats ohv in santa clarita california. Absolutely gnarly and fun trail! too bad they diddnt do the whole trail ends with a great view of a body of water! great recovery!!
Another great use for Matt-straps, measuring! Nicely done, guys
You guys are truly amazing. Hope the "car" gets you home. Matt your son said it, they won't have to buy a new drive line. God bless you all ❤
That was a very interesting recovery. Matt seems to have solutions for everything 😅
Coating the body with undercoating adds a LOT OF WEIGHT. I was at a customers body shop. Next door, Rhino was coating an entire truck with that stuff. The body man said the weight would make the truck top heavy. Wouldn't get scratched too much when it rolled over though, he said with a smile.
As big as that rig was, the under coating was like a deck chair on the titanic
Great repair and recovery on the big Ford Pickup! Interesting find with the Corvair, Matt! Hope you make it home with it!
Matt and grew, are the Best for get the rest,they are hard working nice talking people All the time.. with no seat talking Bull crap,. God bless you 🙏 and family, father Michael 🙏 Said a prayer for your son leg 🦵 and health 🙏
That's Rowher Flat OHV in Angeles National Forest. It's a nice beginner/intermediate trail for any 4x4 vehicle. You don't need lockers. Most of the main trail is fire road and steep climbs ranging from 25 to 35 degree climbs. Depending on your line it can get moderately flexy or very flexy and technical. There are various off-shoots and play areas that are more challenging with steeper climbs, loose ground and may require lockers depending on the line.
Glad someone else caught it.
I was wondering if that’s where they were. I saw them on Sierra highway not far from there.
Noticed it as soon as they arrived in the 1st staging area. That's where I started dirt biking more than a decade ago. I miss Rowher Flats.
I find it funny how you say this is a beginner/ intermediate trail and yet this behemoth twisted its drive shaft when the creator said it should be able to go anywhere off road. That should tell you how much they know about off-roading
My family and I used to ride bikes, 4wheel, and target shoot up there in the 70's. There were a few little mines we'd explore as well to beat the heat!@@JuandelaCruise