This guys voice reminds of the guy who narrarated all the films we'd watch in grade school in the 60's.

@j.c4life

3 жыл бұрын

👏👍

How can anyone dislike this video. The dude is risking his own rig, time, saftey and money to help people and not even asking for a dime. I used to tow, there's a lot of hazards to worry about, you just dont winch and go most of the time.

I love all the people's comments."I woulda this,and I woulda that. Good luck getting a backhoe out there for a couple of hundred bucks,or a water truck,and the really funny one was"have the fire department come water down the mud. When you get stuck like that,you're lucky to get anyone to come out there to help you.If it weren't for the recovery team,that truck would still be THERE! These guys work hard to help people out on the trail.hows about an atta boy for their hard work!

@DeVoN420zz

5 жыл бұрын

shovels are cheap

@BwHippie84

5 жыл бұрын

Dude should have pulled from the rear. Would have been less damage to the stuck Jeep.

@xplorationxj5138

5 жыл бұрын

With what rear recovery points? 🤣

@BwHippie84

5 жыл бұрын

@@xplorationxj5138 I'd start with the rear hitch I reckon it has one. Most ORVs have one...

@darthtator3549

5 жыл бұрын

Let it be there its the dudes fault for the fact it was overheating the night before

Now I see where Matt’s Offroad Recovery got the idea for this content. This guy is the OG.

@TheDeanGullberry

Жыл бұрын

Matt gives him credit for that

@xxmeanyheadxx

Жыл бұрын

it's not revolutionary to make videos of your normal every day job. some jobs look cool on video some dont

"Only driven on Sundays, all highway miles, serviced regularly"

@akbychoice

6 жыл бұрын

Jacob Wright grandma was very gentle on the ol’girl.

@dillanarcher64

5 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@theejoeylee

4 жыл бұрын

Never buy a Craigslist jeep period. Especially from Wisconsin

@Shift1dwn5up

4 жыл бұрын

Shes mint folks, just few minor scratches on the paint,nothing that cant be buffed out.

Theses guys are awesome. They know what they’re doing. I know , I’ve removed military trucks from minefields overseas. I would love to work with these guys. Great job boys

I like this guys calm and coolness and he’s honest when he makes a fail

Just bury the pile and call it a day. It’s half way there already 😉

I'm most impressed with the front bumper staying on. Dead in the hole is the worst.

dude your one lucky guy! if she thinks that's 10" you've got it made!!!

@shosaleen

5 жыл бұрын

Haha

@AngelLopez-pc7ve

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@pedevildog

4 жыл бұрын

I paused the video just to search the comments seeing if someone mentioned this. lol

eric, please, from one recovery guy to the next, duck down behind your wrecker when that much load is on the line. nothing is worth getting hurt over. ...

@JR-kr1lv

5 жыл бұрын

You see that line taking his head off or the block hitting him in the head too. I thought the same. It's the most common way of dying with using winches now. Not worth injury at all or death. Also the people around not backing off to much, I haven't heard back up, cable snaps, it will kill you or me. It will shoot out like a gun and kill someone. I hear you on that.

@BrokeDown724

5 жыл бұрын

He’s brain dead already nothing to worry about

@jasonbailey3365

4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure that thing on the line is supposed to have sand or mud or anything in in. I've seen people use a tire as a buffer . Glad nobody got hurt

@robertcecil6880

4 жыл бұрын

84moneypit you are so so right. There is so much tension on that under sized wench cable, god help the fellow if that cable does break. I saw exactly what steel cable does to the human body when they suddenly release those TONS of pressure. It was an M88 Track recovery Vehicle wench line which is If I recall correctly over a 1 inch line, while doing like these guys are, trying to pull an M60 Tank mired just like the Jeep here is. When the cable broke, there was a young soldier exactly where he should NOT have been. The cable cut him down thru his helmet all the way thru his sack leaving two halves of the lad still standing where he was. Well until the steel cable came back picking up one of his two halves, and throwing it clear over the top of the M88 spraying intestines, brain, and god knew what else all over the track recovery vehicle. To say that I will ever forget this would be a damned lie, as much as saying that I don’t think of it EVERY time I see or use my own wench . I hope that every one who reads this will likewise think about this horror every time you are anywhere near a wenching project. Be safe my fellow Jeepers, always be safe.

the best way to pull car from mud without damaging the suspension is to dig because the differential is stuck very bad in this case and the mud become very heavy through the night i would spend all my energy to dig under my car to save it

@JackG79

5 жыл бұрын

All them people there could dig that pit clean and they coulda pushed that thing out by hand. If people went so goddamn fickle.. Everybody wants to hang around and get a show at the owner's expense but nobody wants to grab a shovel and lend a hand. People never fucking cease to amaze me

Makes me nervous seeing him that close to the cable under severe load while he's operating the controls.

@fernandobriseno8164

3 жыл бұрын

I know right. I was wondering how gruesome this video was going to get.

@stevelipman1662

2 жыл бұрын

Its a hydraulic winch, the winch will stop turning before it breaks the cable.

@MNDashcam

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevelipman1662 no it won't. I've seen plenty of operators brake cables doing stupid stuff on our tow trucks

The hardest part of this is trusting the way people have built their mud trucks/Toys. Many times I have broken poor welding jobs which are of course hidden below the Mud!

Hand everyone a shovel, would have been a lot easier on the equipment.

@patrickmassey418

7 жыл бұрын

Chris Johnson you mean that equipment that exists so you don't have to Shovel?

@Butters69Channel

7 жыл бұрын

I agree with Chris. If it was my rig it wouldn't have ever seen that wrecker. I carry at least 2 and sometimes 4 shovels in my jeep. If you aren't willing to dig then you're no longer my passenger. Have fun sleeping in the woods.

@projectbuildsscalemodels2758

6 жыл бұрын

hahah tellem

@JackG79

5 жыл бұрын

It's a shame all the "ya outta" and "I woulda"'s didnt grab a shovel and actually make themselves useful.

@timjohns5354

5 жыл бұрын

No it would of been easier to just lite the truck on fire have a party and then just walk home the next morning

Some folks just don't realize how much suction that thick of mud can have on what ever you have stuck in it we have a small lake near my house where I grew up some 15yrs ago and when the water would go down in summer we would go mudding there with our atv's and when you got stuck you either dug it out or a truck pulled you out no Atv would do the job

@MrWombatty

6 жыл бұрын

Especially after drying out a fair bit overnight!

Beautiful sunny day! Looks like fun.👍

I've learned so much from these vidyas. A big thanks to the BSF recovery team

It's great to see the difference in your methods and winder method and the difference that the region has on strategy and tactics

you're more trusting of that front bumper recovery point than I would have been haha

I really like your voice overs. I feel like I'm watching an educational video on the Discovery Channel back in the 90's.

@charmainejagger4097

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I hope they give you a good tip.You did good with what you got most people get a 5 ton truck.Keep up the good work.

Awesome video! I'm in the process of building and recording my xj!! I'm doing it all on a budget in my drive way with basic tools. I love the content and motivation you have for this awesome hobby! Keep it up!! -BUILT_4X4_MUD!!!

Great video!! I talked an inexperienced tow guy into letting me help with saftey on a pull like this. I used a 30ft tow strap,a harded chain and a dog leash. 1. Put tow strap through front side windows(drivers and passenger) of stuck vehicle. 2.feed chain between tow cable, infront of snatch block,then each end over top of both sides of bumper hooking to both ends of tow strap on each side. 3.take dog leash loop over top cable infront of weighted bag, then hook to middle of chain (adjust so chain is suspended not touching tow cable. 4. Then remove most slag by putting tow strap behind one or both front seat backs. The bumper came off the truck and this did stop it from killing anyone.

Nice , making us wait for next week

@lickymywicky6289

7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Hansen ikr

@jtarvid86

7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Hansen Cliffhanger!

Watched the recovery You did on Matt’s channel and i see why you said it was easy in the sand now!!

i think the Bronco on the peanut butter trail was still the most difficult rescue yet lol

god those creaking noises make my but pucker lol

@buckbundy8642

6 жыл бұрын

DatPhatGamer no doubt! That was my wrecker you couldn’t have pulled a pin out of my ass with a tractor!

@fredc8618

6 жыл бұрын

Chancellor Wewuz omfg!!😂

now thats stuck. great job as always keep up the videos

When wincing a vehicle out of the mud, best trick I've ever learned is to pound 6in pvc around the cab and tires it breaks the water lock(same concept of putting two bowls the same size together under water) the atmospheric pressure water and mud combined is amazingly powerful.

@wyabeierley3709

4 жыл бұрын

I am fascinated with your recovery trucks as well, amazing vehicles

Hey I'm wondering..why was pulling from the front the better option than the rear? I know u said that because you had a tow truck you could use the boom to lift it etc but couldn't the tow truck also have just anchored to a tree or something and winched it backwards, the way it entered? Not trying to argue or be negative, I'm just curious.

@eepaj2486

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing

That Jeep was in there pretty good. Must've taken a while to get it out eh?

thats why they make shovels. tough on the old girl, jeeeez

Buddy, that's a badass chevy recovery Truck! Chevy to the rescue!

This is an awesome recovery. It's actually impressive that the other guy his truck stuck so good.

I’m wondering if it would have helped if you called the local FD to come, then charge a line and blast some of the mud away from the tires and under the frame. It would have made a mess but could have loosened the mid a bit. It looks like an area where you’d have a Volunteer department, and those guys are always looking for things to do.

@geoffcrumblin9850

Жыл бұрын

Or even several buckets of soapy water over the front wheels

Enjoyed explanations from camera lady.

That’s more rubbish removal than vehicle recovery.

wicked video as always! ! Keep them coming! !

Ida put tension on the cable and handed out shovels and sledgehammers. Dig down around those tires and whack the rims with a sledge hammer to vibrate the mud away from the tires

that one looks like it really tested the frame on the new tow truck

Love your truck that thing is badass

love your videos..keep up the great work..cheers from atlantic canada

Nice video to add to your repertoire!!! Good job you guys!!! Thanks for the video.

love all your videos and just started to get into missing and I am learning a lot from your videos keep up the good work

What you do is amazing, today i broke my steering gear box and unseated a tire. I could have used your help so much lol

breaking suction would have been possible even in that thick mud and that deep as the winch began to attempt the lift to begin with. You made so much more work for yourselves doing it this way. Glad to say, you live far away and I won't ever have to worry about calling on you to assist on my winchouts.

@stevelipman1662

2 жыл бұрын

You sound like a real pro. Im surprised that you ever get stuck. Where can we watch some of your off road videos?

Basic civil engineering. He is fighting the hydrostatic pressure of all that mud exerting pressure on the Jeep. The resultant of those forces is like him trying to lift a class 8 truck and not a Jeep. The guy in the video is a bright guy and understands.

That mud is so thick and caked on there with the picture in that thumbnail, but it literally looks like if you were to scale that down to manage your size, it literally looks like someone took the "A K Interactive" modeling thick mud, and literally just cake that over everything to where you can barely see what's left of the model...

I LOVE Your videos

You're going to leave us all hanging for a week? I will be here waiting then.

A family member owner a driveline shop here in S. Florida. Always said his best customers were mudders!

I owned a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the standard 4.0 inline 6ltr. Most of those Jeeps are unibody and weren't meant for heavy off road. And needed reinforcement plates welded to stop the vehicle from flexing..

You and your family and mates do a bloode good job 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙

when something is that stuck you hook the tow cable to the chassis not the damn body..

@ember4ever206

5 жыл бұрын

michael Parris It’s a unibody frame

@komerwest5872

4 жыл бұрын

So your offering to go dig under the dam thing in that mud

@thespearodiver

4 жыл бұрын

No shit man, right? I was just going to make that same comment. I love those country boys but some of them just don't know how to use any common sense, especially pulling using that cable with such extreme force and standing there. I was waiting for something bad to happen cuz it looked like bad news. Good thing it didn't snap back and take that dude's head off... SMH!🤦

You are the best KZreadr in the world

The owner of the jeep should invest in some limiter straps for his front and rear axles

@heavimetal1000

7 жыл бұрын

First thing i thought also....

@daddysteel3514

5 жыл бұрын

Ryan Forbes he needs to invest in a new jeep

I got stuck like this not so extreme my high lift couldn't lift higher them cars flex. What I did was use a rachet strap to stop the suspension. I would have done that here rachet strap the tires to the bumper then lift the jeep

Something tells me that stuck was fueled by alcohol, not the engine, the driver, not knowing when to admit to defeat to the mud underlord.

I'm not a math teacher but I think this = HANK JR N 🍻🍻🍻!!!

@9:04 another good reason for limiting straps. ;)

YUP...set-up. What a glamourous day for this tow unit, eh?

Been watching for years and still trying to make it up north for an event to try and run into you without needing the wrecker. But I would love to see how the crawler hauler is doing as I’m trying to build one now

Epic, poor owner. Thank you. More please!

Why RIP the front apart you said and even I know you should have pulled it out backwards

@4x4Rick

Жыл бұрын

I guess they should have gotten you to come with your tow truck!!

That's why you always have a shovel or two on you while wheeling. A little elbow grease would have saved a lot of heartache. You know the wrecker is coming, shovel some mud away while you wait.

@jeffnosrub5037

5 жыл бұрын

WHAT? Prep.Work interrupts the prime Beer-Drinkin' time. Y'all know that. Prioritize. Just don't open a beer until you can't move nowhere.

This may be your narliest winch out yet.

This is an exceptional video!

@offroadrecoveryteam

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Amazing video

Wow that Jeep was really stuck in the mud!

If you had some more straps you could tie that suspension together so it wouldn't droop.

@raghavana7025

5 жыл бұрын

ബബഡണബഭഭഭെഝണഞഞസഭണണഞണണങഞ

cool man ,thanks for your time

A 454 would add some much needed weight, in the front end, on the wrecker. Wow! I bet it was 2'-3' off of the ground!

@Kickinpony66

7 жыл бұрын

Right on! Can't beat the torque of a "Big Block", especially in low RPM's.

@Kickinpony66

7 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah... The 1971-1979 460 had LOADS of torque!

@Kickinpony66

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah... Eric has a 350 in the Wrecker. But... Parts are "insanely affordable", for a mid 1980's Chevy 350.

@chris6200

7 жыл бұрын

a 454 vs 350 is not really a significant increase in weight only about 200 pounds. not enough to make a difference

whoever built that bumper. hats off you you sir lol

Thats exactly why I always go for the frame! I just had to do a winch out very similar to this with my medium duty regular rig! I wrapped my recovery chain around the transmission cross member and pulled it up that way no problem with no breaking anything! But I got a lot more muddy than you did! Lmao

@officialWWM

2 жыл бұрын

Two points. The XJ doesn’t have a frame and the crossmember was under 2 feet of mud!

Hey easier idea os to have metal pipe that you can drive into the mud so you can let air under it. Thats part of the opposing force you were trying to overcome. Small air compressor and a pipe is all you need. I have seen it done worked pretty good to.

I agree. I wouldn't let anyone around that kind of tension. Not safe. I would have started with lifting the front end straight up, then pull it out. Not at angle. That's two fights at once. Thumbs up for your troubles. Peace

would have been better off with a chain or synthetic strap through the wheels to break the suction. a little digging would have Ben required of course.

@bogtrotter10

6 жыл бұрын

Was that your old son ?

@warrenwaugh2762

5 жыл бұрын

That much suction chains wouldve snapped unless you feel like hauling around minimum 3/8 chain

@RRuuffaarroo

5 жыл бұрын

Why dig when the equipment can do the work.

SHOVELS......you find them in sheds and garages, there used to dig dirt!..... This video is similar too someone trying to remove a tree with a crane then expecting the tree to live after hahahahaha

Wow that one was really stuck! BTW I thought that you'd put your jeep bumper-to-bumper with your truck and hold it together with front winch maybe even lifting Jeep little off the ground to get more qweight on front tires

Obviously a majority of y'all don't know a thing about towing not how those coils work in that Jeep.. those are springs that just sit in a mount no bolts no hardware and they take about 10 sec to reinstall. So educate yourselves before u just start bashing on someone. This guy knows what he's doing he had obviously been doing it a long time without any issues..

@519rockies

5 жыл бұрын

You are hilarious. I'm a Tow Operator and this is just some guy that bought an old truck, thinking he knows what he's doing by watching Highway thru Hell. So many wrongs, we show this video and others like it to educate how not to abuse your equipment or look like its your first day. Even before I took courses to learn more, I knew better than to single line test something buried or wedged in someplace. His single line could pull that normally with no problem, but he's encountering much more resistance and would require at least 2 lines to overcome the force holding that vehicle in.

@ravenbarsrepairs5594

5 жыл бұрын

If I remember right, Eric is a GM Master tech. So he knows a thing or 2 about vehicles. By single line testing it, he also was resting the integrity of the recovery point. Better to have something break on a single line pull rather than under twice the force of a double line pull or more. I doubt Eric will ever claim to be a professional tow operator. He is an off-roader who enjoys helping people, and who has built an off-road wrecker to help people get off the trail when they break/get stuck on the trail. He doesn't get paid at all, and we've also seen on video him refuse offers of money from people he's helped. If you're such a great tow operator, why don't you go buy an old wrecker, build it for off-road use, and then go out and do recoveries for free. You're attitude is exactly the reason I have absolutely no use for tow truck drivers at all, you all walk around with a enormous chip on your shoulder and expect the world bow to your enormous ego.

@519rockies

5 жыл бұрын

@@ravenbarsrepairs5594, double lining reduces the working load on the line. It doesn't double it. The more lines you add to the load reduces the load on the single line. I run an offroad truck and lend my hand and personal equipment to those in need. I work the roadways with people like you blowing past and not moving over.

@519rockies

5 жыл бұрын

@Swampy, anyone experienced would see there is a far less equipment failure or breakage by pulling from the rear. Only work another angle if the pulling points aren't solid. Buried in mud. Get to shoveling. Doubling the line reduces the load placed on that line.

thats a sketchy situation with the controls being so closed to the cable! if that cable snap it could do some damage! to you! be safe and smart!

6 years later their still trying to pull Jeep outta mud!

If your rich call a tow truck. All you need is a HD winch snack blocks and do it yourself and save the money!!.

Secret to success is having a good woman behind you to question your decisions.

That mud is so thick and caked on there with the picture in that thumbnail, but it literally looks like if you were to scale that down to manage your size, it literally looks like someone took the "AK Interactive" modeling thick mud, and literally just cake that over everything to where you can barely see what's left of the model...

If only you had access to a water truck, you could have over saturated that mud pit to thin that muck. And if equipped with a high pressure pump, might have been able to hose away the thicker mud from beneath the axles along with washing off that nasty ZJ... LOL

Damn man, that jeep is down for. Don’t see how you could drive it after sitting in that hole all night.

that is one bad as recovery! but are you really gonna make wait till next week .

Good work. U need a 5 ton 6x6 wrecker 😁

@robertlee9395

5 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I was thinking!

Holy shit. Got my dream job

been done in 5 mins if you would of pulled it from behind

@BwHippie84

5 жыл бұрын

@@safcforme the only thing he said was he was going to use the wrecker to winch it over the wall. If he would have pulled from the rear it would have been faster and less work.

@BwHippie84

5 жыл бұрын

@@safcforme you must not do much recovery. I heard what he said. Not saying he was wrong by doing what he did... but he could have been done way faster and wouldn't need all the extra work if he would have pulled from the rear. Wouldn't have made such long video if he would have worked smarter not harder.

@BwHippie84

5 жыл бұрын

@@safcforme congrats. All I'm saying is that it would have been faster from the rear like I said in my original comment. His way was fine just took a LOT of EXTRA WORK.

@davidcraft4909

5 жыл бұрын

@@safcforme the wrecker is a 4x4. And the path going back does look smoother, i dont like criticizing people because i wasn't there and this guy obviously has experience, but i would have to agree maybe he should've pulled him backwards or maybe theres something i wasn't seeing

@xplorationxj5138

5 жыл бұрын

With what rear recovery points??

had you up to pump some water in that whole thing keep Woulda came right out because of mud would have been really soft and Squishy versus a mud vacuum.

Wouldn't it be easier pulling the jeep back down the grade instead of up?

It's funny how people put 20 grand in these trucks and they still get stuck

That mud looks like concrete, it’s so thick and vicious

Chevy should of stuck with the old style wreckers it's so awesome off road

couldn't you just dig out the front axle of the stuck jeep and wrap the cable around it and pick it up by the axle instead of breaking the coils and other suspension parts!

@brandonrichter6910

7 жыл бұрын

Dylan Snyder caus that jeeps a cobbled together mess of shit... lol the axle probably woulda pulled right out from under it

@michaelscave8452

7 жыл бұрын

If that was me stuck like that I would have been digging a section of the axle out to strap to right away...wouldn't need much.

@nekoroms

7 жыл бұрын

Dylan Snyder pull from the axle and leave the jeep behind :)

@dylansnyder7757

7 жыл бұрын

***** that works too

@nekoroms

7 жыл бұрын

Dylan Snyder im just amazed how tough that boom and cable is

Jeep got Flex. lol

I didn’t want to watch the front tires come off the ground. I was wanting to watch you and the Jeep. What the hell video guy?!?!?