When a tow job becomes an arts-n-craft session.

@scottellis7618

4 жыл бұрын

How about a trailer? Just saying

@dsauce8780

4 жыл бұрын

Scott Ellis trail is too rough for a roll back. Jeep trailer not large enough.

@gabrielmartinez3171

4 жыл бұрын

@@scottellis7618 flatbed truck wouldn't make it up there his off road trailer has been cut up for weight saving so weaker and is only long enough for a 4 door razor. The truck and trailer that he pulls his jeep with maybe wouldn't have made it to that spot.

@twohats8462

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

@slobben

4 жыл бұрын

good that he brought his scissors

"I don't know how you're supposed to do it, but that's how we did it today" If that ain't life. 😂

@shigmonty

3 жыл бұрын

That should be a T-shirt.

@infernalhybrid

3 жыл бұрын

best quote ever

@Rat-Builder

3 жыл бұрын

It worked, and nobody dies. That is a win in my book.

@edifyguy

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rat-Builder It's not stupid if it works :)

@gabrielj9860

2 жыл бұрын

Amen to that

Matt always listens to everyone and doesn't always have to be the smartest guy in the room, and that's what makes him a great leader and person!

@billmalec

2 жыл бұрын

Very well said.

@queefersutherland8495

2 жыл бұрын

That's how you learn.

@tihzho

Жыл бұрын

Your T shirt is on the way! 😄

This guy goes above and beyond to help people. Pretty awesome.

@paulriversred738

2 жыл бұрын

Yes he sure does that's why he stays covered up in work but he makes really great money tho

Matt, you’re always “cool as a cucumber”...at least on the outside. Calm, even-tempered. Your temperament reminds me of a dear friend I lost a year ago. He was also “cool as” but always had an ingenious way of calmly looking at every situation thrown his way and coming up with a fix. Who thought I’d be watching off road recovery videos as entertainment. Matt, you and your crew make this entertaining channel what it is...just good ole wholesome entertainment sans the yelling, cursing, flamboyant display. Keep ‘em coming and we’ll keep watching! Keep safe.

@jayr227

4 жыл бұрын

@@RD-km4yi Possibly, they never drink coffee but they drink a lot of Mountain Dew

@chubbrock659

4 жыл бұрын

@RD, I know plenty of high strung mormons who don't act like him, I would probably say it's more like Matt is just a good dude, who also happens to be LDS.

@dennistaylor5052

4 жыл бұрын

YEA The other guys should save the drama for their mama, this is enjoyable and I learn what I do wrong when I go 4x4'n which is most "EVERYTHING!!!"

@Laura-nn8ph

4 жыл бұрын

R D Mormons are the best!

@GaryLaaks1

4 жыл бұрын

Church is the place all sinners go. No one is perfect. Yes some are better than others as individuals or at least are fortunate to have better coping meganisms than others. I live in South Africa and am a mormon too. Proud to see Matt as a classic example of a good human being regardless of his religious beliefs. Love this channel. Good wholesome entertainment that the whole family can watch.

“I don’t know how you’re supposed to do it” ... aren’t those some true words? As any professional in any field, we do often think there’s a standard procedure for everything... there isn’t! Do what works. Nice job Matt.

@bushtruck

4 жыл бұрын

Nice work Matt! I just started my channel where I take trucks to the mountains and bag on em. Hoping to make some people laugh.

@casecx31

4 жыл бұрын

TTTTT

@casecx31

4 жыл бұрын

TTTTT

@casecx31

4 жыл бұрын

@@bushtruck TTTOO

@casecx31

4 жыл бұрын

Too

Just found this channel and binge watched about 50 episodes. This is my favorite so far

@tskedition

2 жыл бұрын

Same, this was pretty good problem solving challange

This is my favorite episode so far. Successful emergency engineering is one of my favorite things and it makes ya feel damn good when it works out!

Matts face when he realised he was actually cutting business cards to use as wheel spacers 😭😂

@cenccenc946

4 жыл бұрын

brilliant piece of marketing. LOL

@chriscoulthard4947

4 жыл бұрын

When it gets to the garage and the mechanic says who packed this out with cardboard 🤣

@elofos0815

4 жыл бұрын

he take what he had.. so this is offroad recovery, take that what u have

@rpm2dayg648

4 жыл бұрын

I keep all old business cards and hotel door key cards. Very handy.

@patrickmay8261

4 жыл бұрын

@@chriscoulthard4947 after he's seen that rim job? And then sees who the cars belong to. Then he'll probably make a mental note to keep an eye out on KZread.

“Don’t know how you’re supposed to do it, but that’s how we did it today! “ great quote

@mwechtal

4 жыл бұрын

You're supposed to use whatever you've got. Oh, wait, that's what you did!

@kabic7893

4 жыл бұрын

Thats going to be my new slogan

@bradforddillman7671

4 жыл бұрын

Pure genius. Doesn’t matter how you get there, as long as you get there.

I judged the hell out of that lady when she said "cardboard might work." Turns out its me, it's always been me, I'm the problem.

@johnmadsen37

3 жыл бұрын

No. She’s a freaking moron. The entire situation is from being a moron. Anything she does or says is suspect.

@Rat-Builder

3 жыл бұрын

I had a Jeep pickup once and I was doing something underneath it, but I was having a lot of trouble. (I have no idea what I was doing at the time, this was 40 years ago.) My wife hear me cussing up a storm and crawled under the Jeep with me. She looked at the problem that I was having, and said, "why don't you do this?" I almost yelled at her to get out of here, but I took a deep breath and then looked at her idea. It worked like a charm. I am soooo glad that I kept my tongue in check THAT time. I have not always been able to do that. LOL

@Rat-Builder

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnmadsen37 So John, I take it that you have never ever hit a rock out 4 wheeling. You are so fortunate, OR, you do not go off the pavement much. Good for her for even trying a road like that. She had enough smarts to stop and access the situation, and then call for help. Remember, people that live in glass houses should not throw rocks.

@oneshotpete6.591

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnmadsen37 😂

@johnmadsen37

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rat-Builder yes I have, I get out at least once a week. Since working from home I can sneak out a couple times a week. The reason why I called her a moron is because morons are unaware of the situation around them. If you’re on the trail first of all you know rocks and things protruding that specific angles can cause specific damage to specific areas of the vehicle. Like hitting the tire and wheel at the right spot or on the inside of the wheel where the shock mounts are or the transmission or axle hub and any other low lying parts. Somebody that is aware and going out in the middle of nowhere will understand the basic low parts of the vehicle. Then they will look at the route understanding that they can get stranded and then bad. Now a moron would simply drive around at high speed hitting rocks and whatever else because the vehicle and their understanding is some tool and it’s just going to go over and through things and then if Something Happens well Something Happens. And there are a lot of people like this but they are easy to see because you can just see their lack of understanding of the physical world around them. So yes. She is a moron. And Everything I listed is extremely very basic common sense. Even a very stupid person that would take the five minutes to think about it would be able to understand this. Why you believe you need to defend this king of idiots is a whole other question. And she has actually been on this guys videos before meaning she is a repeat retard. And she is an older adult which implies a certain level of competence in basic though processes.

"How big are those wheel spacers?" "6 business cards" "..."

@redgardenredbox.4461

3 жыл бұрын

8:32 lol.

@ashhippy7538

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@ashhippy7538

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@edwardnieuwenhof6019

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaa XD

When I was in the Navy we had a saying that would apply here, "If it works it ain't stupid."

@pnwRC.

4 жыл бұрын

100% agreed!

@jakep5121

4 жыл бұрын

I had that in my head the whole time.

@thelastcrusader8140

4 жыл бұрын

How cms fix things that eos brake.

@motivate-today

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I once fixed a large radiator hole with tree gum chewing gum, soap and mud - I managed to go about 100 miles (to a garage) at a reasonable speed.

@heyharlie4013

3 жыл бұрын

That’s what navy wives say too 😉

Thats not the most confidence inspiring disclaimer I've ever read, "I don't know what I'm doing, this is a bad idea, don't do this at home, let's get lucky!" Its almost a bush fix prayer, but it made my day! Haha

Man, this guy will do anything to get his job done. I can't wait till they perfect cloning we need a lot more people like Matt. Straight up, so many Industries would benefit from the personality and attitude of this gentleman. 🤘rock on.

When that toyota gets to the dealer, the mechanic is going to say "Who the hell did this??" Two minutes later he will find out.

@Friend_of_the_One-Eyed_Ladies

3 жыл бұрын

And the lady will never admit knowledge of the massive rock.

@ianbuilds7712

3 жыл бұрын

@@Friend_of_the_One-Eyed_Ladies 😂😂

@leifvejby8023

3 жыл бұрын

I got yelled at at a dealer where I had bought e NEW car with sub standard plug caps, of which half disintegrated on my way home on the highway one dark night. I pulled over, looked around and found a nice bunch of old fencing wire, with which I replaced all the ht wires - and made sure nothing touched where it shouldn't! I told that steel bands worked fine in the old days, so why not now - and what would he have done in the middle of the night, hours from anything if he was a mechanic with a broken down pos. You're a mechanic? You know what you did?!? he asked. Yes, I'm a mechanic, and I believe i knew what I did, since this bodge job got me home. He was all smiles after that.

@shauncry1917

3 жыл бұрын

The dealer is probably subscribed.

@personaldronerepair6141

2 жыл бұрын

@@leifvejby8023 I would have told him that I am the reason that he has a job and I would sincerely appreciate it if he would hold his opinion until requested. He would give me a little snap back and I would then remind him that I am not here for him. He is here for me. Customer service is truly a dying art. Matt's Off Road Recovery is a living testimonial to the power of great customer service.

You forget to add 1 more scene, the look on the mechanics face first when he sees the rim and when he removes it

@poiiihy

4 жыл бұрын

haha i would have loved to see that; i liked the two truck driver's reaction

About a million years ago, when I was starting out as a mechanic, the guy I was working for told me that if I couldn't fix something with a rock, a pointy stick and an adjustable wrench, I would never amount to anything. He would have loved you Matt. I worked 45 plus years as a mechanic, most of that time was field service. I have done more then one hack in my day.

@obsoleteprofessor2034

4 жыл бұрын

I worked on the French made Gazelle helicopter. Imagine having to chase after an aircraft grade metric nut in the dirt.

@wornoutwrench8128

4 жыл бұрын

@@obsoleteprofessor2034 I did drop a ball out of a check valve and it landed on a shot rock road (blasted rock) It went down the cracks, never to be seen again. Million dollar machine down for a $1.00 check ball. Of course I had nothing even close to it on the truck. I feel your pain...

@leifvejby8023

4 жыл бұрын

You made me think of the dark night I had to replace the high tension wires with fencing wire - cracked exhaust manifold melted the original wires. You should have heard what they told me at the garage!! :-D

@wornoutwrench8128

4 жыл бұрын

@@leifvejby8023 Not sure who said it first, might have been Plato. "Necessity is the mother of invention" When you are miles from nowhere in any direction, you learn how to make do. Brilliant fix by the way. and I can just imagine what was said.

I’ve done lotsa trail fixes, this was excellent Matt! Great thinking. That customer was pretty knowledgeable. My hats off to her too. Great job! Love the videos.

I love it! Matt always makes stuff work, even when he doesn't have a box to "think outside of"! I'm binge-watching all the videos from the beginning...On about day 8 of this now.....

Me at 4:35: Matt, I'm not sure I'd call welding a custom offset in your shop a trail repair. Also me at 7:45: That is one hell of a trail repair.

Printing company: Hello, how can I help you? Matt: Yeah, I need to order more business cards, please. Printing company: Already? You just got 250 last week. Matt: Well, we got a call ......

@dustinmeier9753

4 жыл бұрын

... Matt: What options do you have in stainless or brass cards that can function as shims in a pinch?

@amzarnacht6710

4 жыл бұрын

@@dustinmeier9753 I do this with batteries. Have some bits and bobs of random copper I find on the roadside that I jury rig into spacers for loose terminals. Even a soda can tab (no paint on those) will work in a pinch and work quite well... at least until the acid gets to them.

@familyrelaxation6057

4 жыл бұрын

You must post 3 videos a day... because I have seen all your clips twice... Your Iranian fan We love your channel Good luck and please let me know your adress so we can send you some gifts. We love Add and Randy

@pnwRC.

4 жыл бұрын

@@familyrelaxation6057 If you go to the channels page, there is a way to get an email address for him. Perhaps he'd be more inclined to give his mailing address that way.

@markholmes2023

4 жыл бұрын

The question is are the new cards going to come with precut holes or have the hole cut so you can press out the centres?

Ghetto trail repairs are my favorite! I was a spectator on my favorite one, but there was a guy with a severely bent tie rod. They bent it back straight as much as possible, but it looked pretty weak where it bent. They used about 20 steel cable ties to strap a crow bar to it like a splint. Got him off the trail haha. I've gone over some rocks that I was like "this is gonna be rough", then I glide over it. Then others look like nothing and you go for a ride. Just cut the corner a bit...it happens.

I'm in Ireland and I've got a vary small seasonal beach recovery business here on the south coast - like everyone else here I love watching the service and non judgemental politeness of you and your crew (almost every job I get is from someone who has done something silly or gone somewhere they shouldn't/couldn't have gone - there's no point in making them feel small about that) but the other reason I am addicted to this channel lately is because I don't mind saying at 45 years old, a pretty experienced and pretty capable guy..... I still think everyday is a school day and I learn a lot here. 👍🏽 I mean..... in a thousand years I would never have thought of this.... AND..... if I did think of it I would have lol'd and NOT DONE IT!!! 😂 that lady had her head screwed on too and knew her stuff - well done all 💪🏽

Matt's a cross between MacGyver and Martha Stewart. Also, what a brilliant marketing idea,."I'll just stick my business cards under this wheel..."

This was classic field engineering: Root Cause Analysis and Break-Fix resolution. Matt is clearly a genius! :)

This reminds me of when we had to make a thermostat housing gasket out of a milk carton. It worked good enough to get us home.

@Yamaha23MT10YamahaR1

4 жыл бұрын

Silicon with the milk jug that would work to get you home

@MS-ho9wq

4 жыл бұрын

One time I made a head gasket out of candy wrappers. It wasn't pretty, but it got us home. -- MacGyver

@bigbob16

3 жыл бұрын

I've made more than a few milk carton gaskets with a ball peen hammer... never seen much need for those store bought gaskets when I first started driving

@nealesmith1873

3 жыл бұрын

Have had a cereal box gasket with silicone for more than 6 years now, works great.

@OneWheelLess

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, cardboard and some silicone works just fine

This is proof of the saying ”necessity is the mother of invention”. Beautifully done Matt, craetive thinking and problemsolving at its best. Tfs!

I love your attitude. The “Do Whatever it Take to get it done” mentality. You really do offer great customer service.

With this video, I have reached a mile stone: I discovered Matt when KZread sent me a suggestion a little over a year ago. I watched it and liked it (obviously). So I subscribed and watched the next few videos that came up. At that point, I became a fan and decided to watch all of his videos by starting at the very beginning and watching them in order. I started with his very first one and watched one per day (usually at night, just before going to bed) in chronological order. So, as of today, I have now watched every single one of the videos he has posted. That is, there are no videos he has posted that I have not seen. Great job Matt, Jamie, Randy, Ed, and the whole crew. I look forward to those notifcations of each new video.

@jakep5121

4 жыл бұрын

So much better than anything out of hollywood.

@mollytoffcocktail

4 жыл бұрын

I read that and it sounded like I was reading about myself. Exact same story. These videos are awesome. Keep up the good work Matt and crew.

@jj_6672

4 жыл бұрын

yeah same, i also enjoy watching these before i go to bed ! subscribed after the 1st video i saw.

@rickobrien4025

3 жыл бұрын

So Samson, in watching every one of matt's video's , did it ever slip ,via customer, of what the cost is/was for any of his service calls . It's driving me nuts ,just wondering what these dummies have to pay for something they could mostly do themselves if they carried a decent jack and a shovel .

@bquade70

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickobrien4025 insurance usually pays.

Matt. I must say your awesome. Between your cutting up then welding it back to front and the business cards (her awesome idea) you go above and beyond to help people out! Your a good man and I wish we had someone like you up here in Canada!

I've been doing so much for so long, I am now a master at doing anything with nearly nothing. "We'll get'em out"! Creativity is the author of invention.

Perfect example of a trail fix You do what you have to do to get back to hard pack costing the customer the least amount of money and causing no damage This is a prime example of thinking outside the box Great call Matt

Impressive that she was at least knowledgeable about the steering linkage components. And Matts level of creative 'engineering' is even more impressive!

@drink15

4 жыл бұрын

MrWinger1951 yeah, because women don’t know anything about cars.

@jacobdiotte9150

4 жыл бұрын

drink15 well I know a lot of women mechanics thats know a lot in cars. You would be suprised at how many females are knowledgeable in cars and things like that.

@coolcamino

4 жыл бұрын

MrWinger1951 how did she hit both those rocks?!!

@damianl680

4 жыл бұрын

drink15 go try that somewhere else dumbass

@lizardkeeper100

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobdiotte9150 yep I know a few women who know more about vehicles then I do. When I don't know how to fix something on my car they are the first people I call.

I love how relatable this entire show is 🤣 we've all done those questionable repairs just to get through the day!

Very smart, you do what you have to. I towed for 17 years in Northwestern Ontario Canada and had to do many strange things like you did and they usually worked. Hang in there, stay safe.

“Maybe we could use some cardboard...” Me: That’s ridiculous. *Matt pulls out stack of business cards* Lololololol

@rogerdavies6226

4 жыл бұрын

Had a flat on an equipment trailer no spare my truck fit it but drop center put tire against frame, only took me 100 yards that something bad wrong. Blue smoke was a hint. Stopped turned tire over all good

@DzikaSwiniaZX6

4 жыл бұрын

That was just pure and absolute genius thinking outside the box.

@joshuawelborn3763

4 жыл бұрын

If I could only get my Tacoma to sound like that jeep

@amzarnacht6710

4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't imagine that those things would have the structural integrity to allow enough torque to keep that wheel from bobbling all over the place. Impressive feat.

@rossmagwood1381

3 жыл бұрын

@@amzarnacht6710 oh it was bobbling a bit hence why he called for the rollback to meet them at the trailhead definiotely would not want to go over 10 mph with it like that

This has got to be one of the most interesting recoveries yet. I have a feeling this is the only towing company in the country that would go through this level of effort and creativity to get a job done. Awesome work.

when you do stuff like this: welding and business cards wheel spacers, I hear the MacGyver Theme from the 80's in my head.

@galeaiken3841

3 жыл бұрын

Stuff like this is why we always take Rob with us. Most people can make a sandwich with peanut butter and jelly and loaf of bread . Rob can hand you back a fully functional nuclear bomb with those 3 ingredients lol. I've never seen anything he can't fix or rig to get you home. He makes Macgyver look like Gilligan

Matt really is the MacGyver of off road recovery. Well done.

Back when I was in the U.S. Army, we called that "Field Expediency" (Doing whatever you could to solve or mitigate some problem)

@vadik1001

4 жыл бұрын

yeah dude, believe me, ukrainian army got that too )

@michaelkrenzer3296

4 жыл бұрын

Still do. Look up the MRAP's used in Iraq...see those long white things that arcfrom the hood to rear ramp gate...yeah, PVC pipe put there to protect the gunner from the low-hanging wires (aka extension cords draped house to house).

@billstoermer8668

4 жыл бұрын

Bob Konigsberg McGyver would be so PROUD!

@jilliansadventures4679

4 жыл бұрын

Like the army using frozen tootsie rolls to repair a damaged gas tank. You use what you can.

@jamieseagraves2985

3 жыл бұрын

I was a mechanic in the army. It’s called BDAR, battlefield damage assessment and repair. We trained on how to repair it with whatever we could find to limp it back to our motorpool. I’ve used tape on radiator hoses, 550 cord for belts, I once laced a tire sidewall with safety lacing wire and a bunch of tire repair kits and glue and got it home. And drove a 6x6 cargo truck with a tire missing and the axle chained to the frame. You do what ya gotta do to get it back.

I had this happen once before, the top spindle neck got bent doing some rough riding. I just used a heavy duty bottle jack and put it between the Frame and Spindle. Used it as a Ram to bend the Spindle neck back.

@estevanorozco3954

4 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't want to do that on a Toyota 😂

@Friend_of_the_One-Eyed_Ladies

3 жыл бұрын

@Doc Zed: I wouldn't try that on aluminum. Steel might be okay.

@jake8647

3 жыл бұрын

Ya, could work, but like other two replies, could snap it in two. Bent is bent. But to bend bent back is broke....

@vasek987

3 жыл бұрын

@@jake8647 Rigid axles are still the best for offroading...

@DesertFernweh

3 жыл бұрын

@@vasek987 truth, why the Rest of the world get Toyota Hiluxs with a Solid front axle. In The US we get Tacos with IFS.

Matt, your ingenuity is incredible! No one would have thot of cutting a wheel out and welding another cut one back in to make it work!! Your fab shop comes in handy, but its the mastermind behind the shop that cranks out so much great stuff! Thanks! PS:An old power plant guy once said anyone can do the job with the right tools and parts, but it takes REAL mechanic to get it done with almost nothing! :-)

Matt will never run out of business: there's a new wave of customers in the making, with off-road campers and RVs being manufactured to satisfy a growing market. I'm not the most informed person on vehicles but i just saw it today on Forbes' business trends . It's Matt's good fortune that people often go just a bit too far with their rides.

Lady: “Cardboard might work” Me: “😂😂😂😂 she said cardboard wheel spacers!!!” Matt: “Let’s make some cardboard wheel spacers.” Me: 😳

@julesbabauta

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Lol

@jfk64kennedy95

4 жыл бұрын

i was wondering what happens if brakes get hot...lol

@ae86hachi

4 жыл бұрын

@Mountain Man You need glasses and a hearing aid.

@trailrunnah8886

4 жыл бұрын

LOL! That was me, thinking that this lady needs to just shut up already.

@ae86hachi

4 жыл бұрын

@Mountain Man I have no idea what you're reffering to, much less the message you're trying to convey.

If I were the customer I'd keep one of those business cards as a souvenir! Very innovative trail fix!

What a beautifully, simple solution to an obviously difficult problem!! Great job Matt!! Again!!

Detective super impressed,tour awareness of a situation is intuition at its best, brilliant love from UK

Matt’ll do anything not to take the rollback of the asphalt!! Well done!

I think this bent the needle on my sketch-o-meter and the fuse on the creativity gauge popped so loud it woke my dog up. That's praise, if it's not clear, on saving the day.

You are a professional no doubt about it. Even if you don't have all of the parts on hand, you know what you need and you make the customer happy quickly. All I saw was smiles.

I believe Mat asked himself "What would MacGyver do now?" Greetings from Germany.

@idontknow2293

4 жыл бұрын

I knew I would see a reference to Macgyver. That's the first thing I thought. LOL. 😂

@BenG78

4 жыл бұрын

My comment is about McGyver too without seeing this ones 😅 I spelled wrong though 🤷 English is my third lenguaje

@idontknow2293

4 жыл бұрын

@@BenG78 LOL. Mr. Angus, I'm not sure I spelled Macgyver right either although Google says it's Macgyver. I speak only two languages so you're ahead of me. 😁

@MrCJMacKechnie

4 жыл бұрын

MacGyver watches Matt and wonders "What would Matt do"

"When you know what the rules are, you're allowed to break them" - David Freiburger

@twotone3070

4 жыл бұрын

"Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men." - Harry Day, Royal Flying Corps.

@ColinRichardson

4 жыл бұрын

@@twotone3070 "I'll give her 110%" - Montgomery Scott

Matt at his usual high level of ingenuity, and kudos to the lady for helping. Most would just stand back and mess with their phone.

I once held a broken pitman arm together with a pipe nipple, some plumber's hanger strap and a nut&bolt. Whatever gets you off the trail! Anybody can give up these guys don't! that is in my opinion what makes them great!!! Way to go guys You Rock!

Holy crap I just finished all your videos and it only took 5days I’m a tow truck driver so your videos help pass the down time y’all are awesome just wanted to say hey from Georgia

If ever there was a "this is what we bodged together, NOT a how-to" episode, this was it.

Excellent creativity! Well done Matt! No customers or animals were harmed during this recovery!

Never weld a wheel with the tire mounted, valve core in or not, air expansion happens so fast many people have been seriously injured.

@johngaltline9933

3 жыл бұрын

while I tend to agree it's not a good idea for anything meant to last, even if you heated the entire wheel to a thousand degrees, the tire would melt before the pressure change would be dangerous. never mind just heating a small portion of the steel raising the total air volume by maybe a hundred degrees if they really took their time with it. even if the tire was at working pressure, say 50 psi, it would only be at 60 psi after heating.

@ryanratzlaff1012

3 жыл бұрын

@@johngaltline9933 i know a person that had a tire blow up welding on the wheel, seriously injured him.

@johngaltline9933

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanratzlaff1012 Did some idiot seat the tire with starting fluid or fill it with fix a flat or some other flammable thing? Filled with just air, any automotive tire will handle many times it's load rater pressure when unloaded.

@ryanratzlaff1012

3 жыл бұрын

@@johngaltline9933 nope, just the superheating factor

@drivevibes6996

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s literally like a bomb

The level of jank is beyond me I love it! Ngl I like that "custom" offset

When he said you can dance if you want to at the tire shop I felt like there was no other choice but to dance

Living in Africa for 12,5 years and I have never seen any repair like this before!!! :) Clever!!! But I am glad you took it with the truck later. :)

Whatever it takes to get the job done and the customer safe. That was a great recovery. Above what a lot would do. Well done sir.

Is this a MacGyver unconventional problem solving maneuver! Way to go, well done, you!

Matt: "So we got a call..." Me: *clicks the like button*

@fushion243

4 жыл бұрын

Matt P exactly!

@HaynesJP

4 жыл бұрын

Errrrytime!

One of the greatest “make it work” videos ever! Reminds me of the story about a guy who blew a piston in the mountains and fixed it using a piece of a log for a piston substitute (that one I don’t believe), but this one I saw! That lady was lucky she called you, Matt!

How do you hit a 2 foot tall rock and say "oh did I?" Lol

@christopherkatz9484

3 жыл бұрын

its called warrenty lol. If you take your car offroading you can't claim a dang thing, but if it just bends then you're gtg

@gwot

3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherkatz9484 warranty doesn't usually cover bent arms. They almost never bend because they are defective.

@rossmagwood1381

3 жыл бұрын

the same way people hit curbs as that was more of a brush then a straight on hit

@cornfed123567

3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherkatz9484 yeah, except that doesn't work since you can usually tell a vehicle that has been offroaded. Besides a manufacturer can just decide that your new rims and tires put excessive angle loads on it and bent it, warranty voided

@Honeypot-x9s

2 жыл бұрын

To be very fair here, can be hard to see shit like that rock at the side of a tight corner on a trail, kind of all the same color and blind spots around truck can be several feet away from the corner. If your not familiar with the trail or don’t do a lot of off-roading successfully it’s pretty easy to slam into seemingly obvious stuff because you missed it. Give the fact this person seems slightly unaware they hit a specific rock and just heard horrendous noises or so they claim to me says A; not familiar with off-roading, B; genuinely had little idea what they hit or if they hit anything.. this won’t validate any warranty claim any differently. A bent arm typically won’t be warrantied weather that’s for the best or the worst if it’s bent or sheered in central location warranty won’t be upheld on that specific item. Bent arms indicate you smacked into something with force. If it sheered where the bolt attaches then you have a better chance at a warranty as long as it isn’t also bent… the bend is key.

Reminder to self: add a deck of cards and a hole punch to my recovery kit😂

@carpetcowboy58

4 жыл бұрын

Fender washers.

Good sleuthing Matt. Good fabbing. I’d like to order some Winder Towing cards for some DIY spacers. 😉

She’s a talker and well done being nice and involving her. She seemed quite willing to help.

It may not be how you’re supposed to do it but as a trail fix to get it out to a tow truck I say you did a fine job. Thanks for the videos and keep up the good work.

Adding business cards to my skill set today 😳. Macgyver wouldn't of thaught of that 🤯🤯🤯. This is about the only KZread channel I watch that doesn't use 4 letter words as a second language. Good job Matt!

@MacGyver2154

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe Matt should add a hole in his business cards for "emergency wheel spacers " ?

@jum5238

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad he didn't start cutting off his pant legs and folding them back and forth as a spacer.... (hmmm....)

So, I got a notification

@scioli700

4 жыл бұрын

🤣😭👏👏👏

@jacobdiotte9150

4 жыл бұрын

immaculate i didn’t 😭😭😭

@webfreakz

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobdiotte9150 click the bell icon!

@nermalsturf

4 жыл бұрын

@@webfreakz even w/the bell icon, YT has a history of not being consistent in providing notifications. Though it's much more common that YT fails to send notifications for channels that it feels threatening (personal protection, Republican/conservative, or medical channels as of late). 🤷. It's definitely worth confirming though...(YT's also been unsubscribing a number of people w/o their notice too)

Creativity is the mother of invention if I am quoting that correctly works often. Thanks to the lady suggesting it and Matt putting it in place made it work. Interesting problem to evaluate and find a solution. Great job all.

Matt a real problem solver. Most folk would throw their hands up and walk away. Kudos to you. One time in my boss's old Ford 4x4 on way home in from a remoat job site with crew the rear differential went out left us stranded, I pulled rear drive shaft, put it in 4high and gently creeped us home to shop. All the crew were ready to walk, one guy did I. Stoped picked him up. Haha Never give up, never quit, never yeald.

I really like watching your content. This makes me happy, seeing someone else doing whatever it takes to get you down the road to where you are able to repair things the correct way. The world needs more people who can think outside of the box.

I think we need some Matt's Off Road Recovery merch with the slogan . . . "I don't know how you're supposed to do it ?" on front and "But that's how we did it today !" in back . It might just sell PMSL. Good job. Fattrucker

@jilliansadventures4679

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, I'd buy one.😁

@bamabackroads1203

4 жыл бұрын

I would most definitely buy that!

@bigjay6743

3 жыл бұрын

I'll take 2 XXL 🍁

@kattypatty8581

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, please. I would buy some!

@nephikemper5157

3 жыл бұрын

I'll order two. XL in Black, please. 🤣✌🏻

Matt yopu and your crew are both genius and lucky. I hope if I ever need help, it's from people like your crew. You've set a good example for other people to follow.

I want this dude on my team! “Above and beyond” doesn’t even BEGIN to describe what he’s doing here.

“Oh did I ?? “ ......like she doesn’t know she smacked that rock ........ puleeez !!!!!!!!🙄🙄🙄

@kwasg3

4 жыл бұрын

What Matt didn't show was that he got her an icepack for her wrist..... probably.....

@jg413

4 жыл бұрын

I felt like telling her to pound sand.

@robertleemurrerjr.8245

4 жыл бұрын

She was probably yakking on that phone!

@brians48now

4 жыл бұрын

I was eating outside a drive-through when an older lady drover over the 10 inch curb by the order sign, front and rear. Made a hell of a noise. She got out and looked at the drivers side and didn't see any damage. Probably because it was the passenger side tires that thumped the curb.

@edwinhsingmaster9135

4 жыл бұрын

That how broady knobs break thumbs, not paying attention. Great fix Matt.

"I'll only believe it if I see it" me seeing it being done right in my screen - "I don't believe it"

Great Job Matt, where I come from in the Detroit Area Tow Companies are considered Pro's and most are repair facilities as well. What You did here is an Awesome bush fix temporary to get the Customer where She needed to get when no other correct factory parts were available. I watch alot of Your videos, Your designs are genius if You ask me. Great Job Matt and Crew, always going above and beyond, Much respect!

It doesn't matter "how it was supposed to be done", once done, that's it. WELL DONE!

The proper term is "Redneck Engineering" it worked. Great job. I'm impressed by the clients knowledge of the suspension as well.

Customer: "Maybe just put some cardboard in there." Me: Well that can't work. Matt: *starts cutting up business cards*

@turgsh01

4 жыл бұрын

Business cards are expensive too... I'm surprised he did that. Why he brought a handful of extra lug nuts as spacers instead of washers is beyond my level of understanding.

@Mechcanoer650

4 жыл бұрын

@@turgsh01 Probably what he saw or had handy.

@samburger077

4 жыл бұрын

turgsh01 Toyota lug nuts are conical/self centering, flat washers are not

@turgsh01

4 жыл бұрын

@@samburger077 what the fuck are you talking about?

@nickschmitz7044

4 жыл бұрын

@@turgsh01 seriously wtf is he talking about

I love how knowledgeable this customer was and how on board she was for your Jerryrig.

Ahh reminded me of the good old days trucking in the aussie outback..if you couldnt fix it with what you had you perished basically..im still here 30yrs later..good work Matt

This whole time I'm thinking "wheel spacers" but Matt had other ideas

@takingu2skoo

4 жыл бұрын

I was like why not put a thick spacer

@Chief_5

4 жыл бұрын

I know you’re going to go slow until you get it to the rollback.🤔

@mjm1330

4 жыл бұрын

Whole time I was thinking when was that flimsy jack going to let go,,,

I was dying when she said “Just layer some cardboard pieces in there” 👌

My first thought when the brakes wouldn't clear was: take the brake caliper off, and crimp the brake line by locking a pair of visegrips onto it. But hey, whatever works!

This made me so happy. I once cut a paper axle gasket out of a cornflake packet to help get a crippled Landy back on track in Iceland. This has all the same vibe. Great work!

I definitely want Matt on my apocalypse team!!

“I don’t know how you’re supposed to do it, but that’s how we did it today.” That’s going to be my new slogan.

Innovate , adapt and overcome ! Creativity moves mountains .

Love this channel. The authenticity and good vibes are so refreshing!

I tuned in to see some badboy wheel'n, I never expected to see a leason in arts and crafts. Whatever it takes man👍

Simply wow, the number of unique situations just keep growing on this channel.

This is my new favorite video from your channel. Brilliant field work in true pioneering American fashion. Eat your heart out MacGyver.

Matt proves "Necessity is the mother of invention"! Great stuff!

Same thing happened to me! I was off roading while it was raining in Warner valley and slid into a ditch and bent my spindle. I also couldn’t figure out what I had bent and it took me a while to notice it was my spindle.