damm that thing has seen its better life good to see the start on this truck id watch a full 2 hrs of this build if you made it

Thanks for posting this.. So glad you haven't stopped bringing this wrecker back The 4wd community would be at a loss if the bsf team and the wrecker weren't on the trails Payin' it forward is the heart of it all!

Awesome! Amazing you were able to pull it back into the garage, without it folding up! It's "all downhill from here"!

Sad day, but still a good day - and it made for a great video. Looking forward to even more of the tear-down and build-up. Would really like to see an in-depth video on all the future frame preps you plan to make the new frame much stronger. I've worked at a government contractor that used to get that level of quality work in from at least one supplier / fab shop, and man - what I saw would it have been impressive if it was created as a truck frame.

Thank you for the progress video. You have a lot of work there to get the new wrecker up and running like the old one was. Looking forward to more videos of this project!!!!

i dare say if you drove that chevy into the garage like that she served your well haha

I thought the truck was gonna fold in half when you took the box off, then again when you accelerated into the garage. What a champ.

watching you drive it back in the garage made me laugh so hard. It actually looked kind of badass like an ozark version of the tumbler. good channel

That stance is awesome, and I agree it would look great as a ratrod with those dualys on the back

Dang! The wrecker looks like it had the same problem then as it does now! LOL!! Busted frame. Shure hope you can get a new frame and beef it up so this don't happen again. Good luck Eric!!!

I love your videos! Love the grit! Good luck on the next build!

Haha, ol' girl still crawled back in the garage. For those not familiar with wreckers, they put a lot of wear on your frame *spine* and the frame of the truck. Once they are done they are done, metal won't take a weld and remain strong enough. The shock loads are immense, and we have all picked the front end off the ground hoping we could grab our unit.

@excavatoree

9 жыл бұрын

Yep. How many times have we seen the front wheels of that wrecker off the ground?

@thetractormanager

9 жыл бұрын

I help lengthen and shorten tractor trailers and pickups. wreckers and flat beds tilts and all. with a good welder and tools and engineering it would be stronger than before. I once had a certified welder say even an ugly weld is strong. I now know that to be true. any tow truck should be doubled wall frame. certain trucks will fail almost instantly. like 1995 and up dodges etc with out reinforcements. I seen certain fords and chevys bend just from gooseneck trailers. just a break can be fixed properly. we currently have a c30 with a c40 rear frame attached. and constantly load heavy and put more strain than this truck had ever had. 800,000 miles on it still our main workhorse in our business. we cut the frame off just back of cab. slip c40 over the c30 front and weld in place. rear springs bolted right up. just enlarged the holes for pins on c30 axle and new u-bolts and a spacer plate to make up height difference. I can post pictures and trust me I seen well over 10000 lbs on deck of bed going through a field twisting and flexing never broke. seen it tow a 80ft house trailer up through a field with all that tongue weight. with the right person doing repairs it would be better than before and stronger.

@fn9362

4 жыл бұрын

just so you know it's a weak Chevy junk frame thing .. I used to own a tree service and broke lots of chevy frames and got sick of it and switched to ford never had a problem since . you should watch. zip ties and bias plies. on you tube

@jasonmonahan6301

3 жыл бұрын

@@fn9362 a Ford wouldn't run long enough to snap it's frame

Very sad to see her like that but nothing last forever.Looking forward for the new build cause we know you will make it better then the last.Best of luck and I love your channel.

heck yea glad to see the project moving forward. Can't wait to see the new one in action.

Awesome video again Eric !

Looking good I bet it feels good to be working on the truck . keep the videos coming

Watching here from New Zealand love you vids

great video, can't wait for part 2!

great video .keep us updated

lol I have run cars through demo derby's that didnt look as messed up as the wrecker. Looking forward to more build vids.

@nickolausvandever-moore2708

9 жыл бұрын

Same here

@Bapp75

3 жыл бұрын

same here

@Bapp75

3 жыл бұрын

same here

Apparently no job is too large for you with that Bobcat.... you really had me wondering how you were going to lift the business end of that wrecker off. Really enjoy watching your videos. Keep them coming, and good luck with your upcoming project.

I love all of your show

Hahaha it does look like a rat rod from the back! Happy wrenching!

It’s a Chevy 👍🏻 thanks for the videos and yes save its like a rack I own a 1989 K5 blazer stack meant the engine and transmission 8 inch lift with 37 and 2017 Jeep Rubicon

Wow. Weld the frame how it was sitting lol. I dont envy u i just got done with replacing my engine in my 97 k2500 with the 6.5 vin f

Seat cover took the words out of mouth about it being a Rat Rod.

That is a labor of love :-)

Hells yeah git r done! And it does look like a badd ass rat rod XD come on gett the new one running I can't wait for the new videos!

That's crazy! I've seen some pretty hurt trucks but that one takes the trophy!

@fn9362

4 жыл бұрын

yeah chevys are junk

*gotta be kinda disheartening seeing the old girl ripped apart like that after all these years*

I was saying to myself, "gd thats a big ass bobcat🤔" now I know I'm not seeing things lol

Her last dive in..was sorta sad, almost had a tear for the old girl... . a death of one and a rebirth in anther.. sorta sad and happy at the same time.....

id almost say roll with it. Looks gnar with the broken frame.

you are AWESOME thank you

@7:33 she read my mind. Oh, and that is one badass Bobcat. :) We didn't have much for attachments for our Gehl skidsteer, but on one of our tractors with bucket arms we made boom from a old rail road beam. It was handy for reaching over stuff, and of course could give you some pretty good height when needed. Just an idea.

awesome!

It begins! I was almost sad to see the old wrecker taken apart, until the wrecker body was removed and I could see the condition of the cab and frame. Save what's good and use it to build the new one - that decisions seems to be correct.

At the end when you were pulling it back into the garage it looked like some kind of Rat Rod... 👍🏼

gonna miss seeing that old truck

Be sure to post a lot of Vids of the new build!! Can't wait to see it! You should start a GoFundMe page where we can all chip in $10 to put a Supercharger or insane lift on the wrecker lol

You can probably use the cab for parts and salvage the rest. Like the cab it self, keep the parts like headlights and such

@pdx9cd90

9 жыл бұрын

crash flash Pretty toasty on the cab with cancer and all check out the video bad day for the wrecker.

Darn you must’ve bent the frame everywhere, !! you know old good equipment is worth fixing I’m on mechanic everything from cars the trucks the tractors I had my own shop for 20 years and I tell you some of the old stuff is worth fixing it’s so much simpler without all the computers and all that on it can’t beat it

Lookin good!

Eric, the old wrecker has the look from the back like the "Tumbler" in the last version of the Batman movie series.

It's sad to see a GM truck be retired & dismantled but it's for a good cause to see the new truck built up. I myself had to get a different truck earlier this year due to a crash. now have a Chevy 2500, I call it my Tow Beast. Keep the videos of the build & recoveries coming.

I would box the frame at the stress points on the new truck. With all the twisting and flex the trucks go threw while having weight on them.

Ran a lot of equipment over the years, never a skid-steer. I want to try the skid Steer on steroids.

That laugh after the california race truck comment haha

Wow...thats really bad. Looking forward to the build on the new-er one.

What do you plan to do with the winch?

RIP to the most badass truck in the world, may the next one be even better.

When you pulled it into the shop, it looked almost like that batmobile from the latest Batman movie...

I really liked that truck

I know its busted but from the back-shot, when pulling back into garage after box removal, looks like a gnarly rat rod :D

Her back is broke I'm gonna cry awesome truck

😢😭 R.I.P. ~ WRECKER

You put that truck through hell

What did you do with the cab

Lmao the rat rod comment was exactly what I was thinking as your wife said it 😂

Proof that they dont make trucks like they used to, poor gmc, build it back up with a new frame, ill sub and like every vidya you post brother!!

Can someone tell me the name of the opening song and/or where to find it please?

that reminded me of Christine pulling in the garage...

sad day for the old wrecker but I think that frame should buff out lol

That'll buff right out.

What happened to the old girl? Just wore slap out and collapsed? Or an exceptionally hard pull? (Original comment to here.... what follows is after I checked the date of upload..... now I know she was rebuilt and put back into service again.

All the old carbed chevy small blocks and big blocks sound the same, like a tractor. Bebebebebebebebebebebebebe Crude, simple engines but they get the job done

this was sad to watch, also kinda proud of the bowtie. even broken she will get there lol

cant wait to see your new truck in the bush.

The frame might be bent, wonder what the new wrecker will be

@owendodman3037

7 жыл бұрын

Teddy Monroe 2017 ram 5500 would be awesome

dam that was a bad break in the frame ..good luck with the new wrecker

Cool

Well, that sucked, where is Paul when you need him? but the old girl just would not give up!

Should have made the truck into a super short wheel base rat rod truck no bed just paint the frame and drop it just enought to clear the tires that were on it

well you got a slight bend in it... it'll buff out

I want that lightbar

Heh, cool vid. Wonder if you could've just used you winch to wrap under to the front, and winch er straight. Weld, fishplate, and reinforce, call it done and send it to work!

That sucks. I love that old gmc. I would just fix it up the best I could and drive it on the street.

Id guess its from bad weight distribution no weight is over or behind the rear axle because its so short

The wrecker at 0:56 looks so funny

We'll miss old red

Looks like the frame had been cut and spliced once before

:( Wished you could of rebuilt it.

What the hell happened to the wrecker

I love the ligthbar is Will be nice to mi Collection

That looks mean as from the rear

Paint the new wrecker white, with red bsf stickers It would look so much better then dull old red.

nice

what size tires are those?

@offroadrecoveryteam

7 жыл бұрын

37" military surplus Humvee tires.

Looks like progress to me , you will be back recovering road kill in no time !

I would put 2 frames together

What's the brand name of that wrecker body? I don't think I've ever seen one like it before.

@offroadrecoveryteam

3 жыл бұрын

Nomar, they were built in Iowa.

@michaelangelo8001

3 жыл бұрын

@@offroadrecoveryteam Okay, Thanks. I'm familiar with that brand name.

she's not a taxadermy project, she's not dead yet.

Before she even said it looked like a rat rod, I said the same thing lol. Man I'vee seen broken frames, but guess if you gonna break it, you gotta go all out and make sure its really broke! Are you still running the same engine in your new wrecker? I know this video is quite old.

@offroadrecoveryteam

3 жыл бұрын

Yes same engine.

@VikingDudee

3 жыл бұрын

@@offroadrecoveryteam Nice, I seen your recent videos of ya'll getting that stuck s10 in the snow, the first video series I've watched, that Wrecker sounds mean, guessing 350? I tried to get that sort of sound from my 92 silverado 350 but the glass packs I have just sound to crackly, Love the videos man!

@offroadrecoveryteam

3 жыл бұрын

When the fiberglass burns out of the glass packs they will lose some of the crackle sound.

How much for that wrecker honestly name a price

Wow that's wow lol. So what's the deal with the Jeep you got hidden in the back in the weeds??????

kool

I think it's broken.

That truck was sagging like a dirty diaper on a 2 yr old! 😁

@offroadrecoveryteam

3 жыл бұрын

I know!!

REPAIR THE FRAME, YOU CAN LINE IT UP AND REINFORCE IT LIKE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE WITH SOME GOOD METAL AND SOME ONE THAT KNOW HOW TO FUCKIN WELD!! IF YOU BUILT THAT TRUCK EXCEPT FOR THE PATCHED FRAME, YOU CAN DO IT!

awww poor thing