"I made this out of metal, and I made this out of rusty metal, and I made that out of rusty old metal." Awesome! Seriously, nice work.

@jackthecat6225

4 жыл бұрын

FrankenJeep

@JoeMNPT

3 жыл бұрын

I was given this. I was given that. Lol. Bravo Matt 👏👏

Please, your videos are amazing and very entertaining. Don't worry about "how the others make videos", you're better than most. Genuine!

@m.mcdonald9437

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!!! Keep doing what you do. Love it! Just regular everyday folks doing there thing....like most of us (well, me anyway). Thanks for taking the time to share.

@dupa333jelenia

4 жыл бұрын

I do agree that your style of editing videos is highly entertaining. I do prefer this to the polished crap we get from a lot of channels. Not sure who said it first, but the fact is that the equipment you have, the software (and software skills) you have are nothing if you can't tell a story. And you sir can tell and edit a story very well.

@pauls466

4 жыл бұрын

Agree

@ED-es2qv

4 жыл бұрын

Rafael Santos well said. He seems like a nice guy to run into.

@NodnarbRS

4 жыл бұрын

I concur, just do your own thing. It’s great.

Man I don’t know why you’re apologizing. This was awesome to see.

Matt be like: "Idk what yall want to see" *while showing us everything we wanted to see*

I'm thinking all the guys in their high dollar rigs are confused at this point. Big slice of humble pie when your +50k rig gets tugged out by this old Jeep. You can't buy skill and experience.

@g_unit6773

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, you can buy skill and experience.....by hiring Matt's towing! 👍😁👍

@mod91Kauai

4 жыл бұрын

@@g_unit6773 touche

@estefano9e

4 жыл бұрын

@@g_unit6773 well, I guess you can rent it

@Mike-01234

4 жыл бұрын

Those guys learn that real quick when they sign up with the club run tear up the paint and dent their new Rubicon see guy with a beat up XJ going over the same stuff having just as much fun, but spent 1/4 what they have in theirs. Plus the fact Jeeps drive trains just suck break all kinds of parts or have to spend $$$$$ on upgrades.

@KrazyKrzysztof

4 жыл бұрын

well all these mods would also be expensive as hell in an older car. this guy has the luxury of being a mechanic

You're good at this. You're not trying to be someone you're not (a character / fake). You're genuine and a breath of fresh air on KZread. "Authentic". Thank you! for that!

@TheTubeTube2

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Spot on.

Damn fine video -- "I'm cheap, and I'm lazy" "I made this out of metal. I made this out of rusty metal. I made this out of rusty, old metal." "I don't really measure..." "The number one reason why I don't have a winch, is I never need it" ----- Proceeds to engineer the most bad-ass recovery rig to ever hit the dirt that can recover rigs that are 10x it's own weight and stuck with the force of the gods... Reminds me of a quote -- "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine." -- Tie the rope to the pig in the mud, yank that sucker out. Keep on posting great videos my man.

@MrCujo1

4 жыл бұрын

Also, I spent the better part of 20 years as a full time and also part time wrecker operator. I have a new career now, but I still love the job.... From Race Rescue at Watkins Glen back in the days when it was still fun, to 50-ton HD wreckers roaming the deep south, I spent a lot of time crawling under and around things stuck where they ought not be. My appreciation for your banana jeep and your skill is sincere. If you get a chance before my order ships out, I'd be honored with your autograph on my hat -- and Ed's too... Have an awesome Christmas day, and hope you aren't working too much today. Aaron "Cujo" Cooley Atlanta, Ga.

This is the epitome of a Jeep. If America was a vehicle, it would be your Jeep. Hats off to you for building it.

@johnnytdufc

3 жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT analogy!! 'Merica!!'

@40Spec

3 жыл бұрын

This is the best comment I’ve read on KZread about a Jeep, ever.

In one of the other videos, he was like, “it’s basically stock” haha, he custom built the entire suspension system!! I want that Frankenstein XJ.

@orhanbukic5908

4 жыл бұрын

omg this is funy

@lonniefreeman4278

4 жыл бұрын

@@MattsOffRoadRecovery Matt, for what you are doing I would never ever replace that inline 6 high output 4.0. That is a torque monster that gets better gas mileage than v8

@Henrik-Pedersen

4 жыл бұрын

Lonnie Freeman / And it weighs less

@chriscoulthard4947

4 жыл бұрын

It's all stock parts, off other vehicles.

@HunterAtheist

4 жыл бұрын

@@chriscoulthard4947 Right? It's a 1968-2001 Jeep. That's what happens when you find the best parts of each generation of car and combine them into a monster.

Awesome. You said you were lazy. That rig is not the Jeep of a lazy man my friend

@bobm7275

4 жыл бұрын

Actually it is, he doesn't want to be repairing it all the time.

@MrGaryGG48

4 жыл бұрын

Matt, there's a difference between "Lazy" and an "economical application of one's resources." You have "economical" down to an art form!! Great videos and a pragmatic approach to a lot of sticky problems. Well Done... Thanks for the show.

@powellph

3 жыл бұрын

Lazy? No, I don’t think so... cheap, okay... but there’s nothing wrong with using what you’ve got on hand to your benefit. Besides, I wouldn’t call it cheap, I’d call it imaginative.

Stop putting yourself down! This was a great video, and you did a great job! You have a bunch of people watching because they enjoy watching what you do! Keep up the good work.

"I don't know what you guys wanted to see" -- I wanted to see exactly this. Really nice video, love this channel. Keep it up, please!

@InsertGenericNameHere

4 жыл бұрын

and the audio was perfectly fine. don't waste money on a mic.

Matt - "Don't worry I tested it" *Bends pipe by hand* 😂😂 Love the content buddy!

You should do a video of the some worst recovery’s you’ve done, no footage needed, as I think you’re a good storyteller. Or maybe some of the rare times you’ve gotten stuck, I really enjoy watching your videos because your honest and down to earth. Keep em coming, the subscribers are climbing!

"Everything always seems to work." "Yeah. So maybe I was just lucky" God love your humility Matt. Maybe it's just because you're really really good at this stuff? Maybe? Possibility? Great video.

The great thing about this channel is its a glimpse into a real working man's life who is very open and honest about everything. Great build and truly functional based on all the video's I have seen it in. Thanks, keep it up, nothing fancy required. Just interesting to see the stories.

Man, me listening to your MacGyver Jeep explanations must be what my grandparents would hear me saying if I tried to explain network security protocols.

"It's not pretty." Hell, Matt, It's beautiful! And it's amazing!

I loved this. #dirteveryday should come and do a show with you.

@loomspace

4 жыл бұрын

For real. He is living the real dirt every day lifestyle!

@steveaguinaga3821

4 жыл бұрын

That would be amazing. Iconic like when fred goes to Pismo my childhood hometown 😁

@xmo552

3 жыл бұрын

@@steveaguinaga3821 He lives there

@steveaguinaga3821

3 жыл бұрын

@@xmo552 ?😕? I know fred lives pismo area i know mr banana jeep lives where he's at.... Just cool to see

@danielsalas7701

3 жыл бұрын

Now that’s a collaboration I would love to see

"I needed to mount this in 15 minutes....and I did"

I have been watching your videos and was in awe as to how well the XJ worked. In explanation of your fabrication work, I think you have a PHD in Jerry Rigging. I mean that as a high complement. You are also ace at towing/recovery!!! Thank you for this video.

@TheTubeTube2

3 жыл бұрын

A Masterbotcher - I mean that as a compliment

@raypeery6317

2 жыл бұрын

My dad's name was Jerry, and he was the best Jerry-rigger I ever knew! Matt is at another level tho.

You saved me on Christmas day when I locked my keys in my truck. Just stumbled on your channel. Love watching your videos, thanks for providing your services to our local community.

it's like watching a master chef explain how they make amazing food. They put a bit of this in a bit of that, the wind was blowing south so they added some of this to taste. Instinctual genius is a dying art. These days most folks need a recipe to follow.

So funny to watch this in 2022. I love the work you have done to rebuild this!

I thought knew something about cars and after seeing this build, I realize how little I really know and that you're a genius. I love how you buzz up to a recovery job in this wagon and people ask if you are actually going to be able to recover them in this Jeep and zip-presto they are out. I also love how many times you just get into their vehicles and drive it out and then turn it back over to them without even hooking it up to the Jeep. My Father -in-law used to say "Science and skill will triumph over ignorance and superstition." You prove that every day.

This channel has been my go-to down-time entertainment for the last few weeks. I know nothing at all about vehicles or engines, wouldn't have a clue how to do an oil change, never been off-roading, but I love this channel and I loved this video. I am an architect and a carpenter, and yellow banana is the equivalent of my kids' envy-of-the-neighborhood tree house that was built out of mostly found lumber, pallets, and left-overs.

The Banana is my hero! It does all the work!! Great introduction to the Jeep!

Matt, there is no need to apologize for anything on your Jeep. You’ve proven over the years, and videos that it WORKS! That’s what counts.

My dad and I started building Rail Buggies when I was a kid. I definitely understand your building techniques. I knew the Yellow Banana had to be beefed up in certain areas from owning and wheeling XJ's. Still the abuse it takes is incredible, when you think of it in mechanical terms. Those little 4.0 engines are tough. They don't take overheating well though (none do really). Great job on your explanation of the mods to the Banana. Thanks! Oh, and how do you give this a thumbs down? Keep on enjoying life with your family and friends!

@tcdog9998

4 жыл бұрын

Although my dad had a 1999 jeep Cherokee chase modle with the inline 6 4.0 and it over heated 4 times to wear it shit its self off and between 150000 and 200000 miles and still ran at 230000 miles when the frame rotted and broke so I would say they are pretty resilient although it did use one quart of oil every 200 miles or one quart per tank of fuel

@mountainmanmcbeachfront5296

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve overheated the piss out of a renix 4.0 when I forgot to turn on my electric fans while wheeling and thought for sure it was gonna blow a head gasket or spin bearings but it was absolutely fine and I still ran the shit out of it. I’ve overheated and blown HO 4.0s though

Binging this channel the last two days and subbed after 3 vids - never knew I needed this in my life 💪

I've been mesmerized by most of your recoveries, your engineering and fabrication skills! All I can say is WOW!

Watching that beast pull and climb, I would have never thought it was a stock motor. That's what a straight 6 will do for for ya!.

Bad ass Jeep! Built not bought! Who gives a shiiit what people think great job man!

@XtremeChiliPepper

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

Me hoping I could buy into one of these, 20 minutes later realizing that’s definitely not gonna happen. Nice work!

I'm so pleased to learn I'm not the only one that modify things the way you do and by the way you're not cheap you're just very resourceful

Matt is a genius, like Dr. Frankenstein, fabricating a unique creature out of parts from all sorts of different beasts. Very, very interesting. Loved the tour.

This video was great! I have no idea what anything you said actually means... but I still enjoyed the video non the less.

@tallboy2234

4 жыл бұрын

Me Too! Not a Jeep guy and all of those things that you described are Greek to me.🤔. But I liked the look under this truck👍. It STRETCHED so much when the lift was used. Just amazing😬👌

@andyrbush

4 жыл бұрын

Love your honest comment made me laugh.

This was really amusing and very entertaining. I love your honesty and complete lack of sugarcoating. People that have never turned a wrench are probably freaking out that you actually drive this. I'm just cracking up and thinking how you took rusty old metal and with out even measure anything you managed to improve the vehicle. 👍🤙✌👏

@zsohaihfaosav

3 жыл бұрын

Right? I know engines pretty well, I rebuilt a couple. I have even replaced transmissions and clutches a few times. Suspensions are alien to me. I just assume they work lol. Maybe some day I will get into this. Great video.

Matt, my 2 year old son and I have seen your recovery videos. Your Yellow XJ “Banana” has re-engaged my interest in my 1999 XJ that has been in storage for 4 years. Made a list tonight of things that need replacing. This video of your walk around was excellent . I just saved it to a brand new playlist on KZread. I will refer back as needed to assist my restoration and upgrading process. You said “I know it’s not pretty” several times. Sir I want to assure you. The Banana is a true beauty and we truly enjoy watching you wheel in it.

I'm in awe of how the Cherokee XJ effortlessly handles those challenging terrains. Jeep engineering at its finest!

i dont know if you have some kind of engineering degree but your modifications showed a great understanding of the mechanics and an amazing skill in figuring out exactly what you need and you just customized you vehicle accordingly .. im just amazed by the amount of talented work that is been done by a "cheap and lazy" person 😂😂

Finally someone talking about weight in a world of overbuilt Jeeps.

Thanks Matt you're doing very well for someone not knowing how. I've met some seriously capable people here in South Africa but your ingenuity and simplicity of design is a first and awesome!

Matt your comment about being lazy and cheap is translated Into smart and sensible this country needs more families like you and yours. Love your channel. I Watch it every night.

The best accessory: those two dogs. This video has eased some of the anxiety of working on my '95 XJ. I've started just making stuff to fix problems and it's working out. Thanks for the great video!

@redgarcia1427

4 жыл бұрын

I love my 95! Bought her in 2012 & still driving it today! ✌🐢

I admire you for your originality, and I have seen that jeep pull a big ass RV out of the mud with such ease, good to have you on this planet Sir!

You are a very gifted man. You don’t measure with a ruler but eye measurement is the best if you have that ability. Don’t doubt yourself. You are the best. God bless you. 👍👍❤️❤️

The hood louvers are my favorite. They add so much character while being functional. Thanks for adding the photos and the back story. Your editing and narration is top notch.

I was thinking that your Jeep for sure had a V8 after watching you pull giant motorhomes and things with it. I guess it's the stock 4.0 straight 6? I think your videos are great! Don't be too hard on yourself, you're doing great and they're all really fun and interesting to watch. Also, don't let the haters get to you too much, they aren't worth worrying about.

@aerythus

4 жыл бұрын

Those 4.0 straight sixes are workhorses, taught my college roommate to drive a stick with mine. Realized he was starting from a dead stop in 3rd gear after he performed it numerous times, smoothly ;P

@Theoriginalpfsgators

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a Diesel

@Jake_Hynds

4 жыл бұрын

4 low and the power of his stretchy tow ropes lol

@deltavee2

4 жыл бұрын

I had a 4.0 in an XJ, best motor ever. Straight sixes pull like they don't know they aren't V-8s. Straight 8s are just more incredible in the cars from the '30s. I think a straight 8 in an XJ would be mind bending...tow an aircraft carrier.

@austinhamilton7783

4 жыл бұрын

The straight 6 is seriously strong, with the right gearing it can pull anything.

I love the street elbow in the rear dif. fill plug - simple makes easy!

Thanks for the video and run down of modifications to the XJ. I'm always amazed at how you see what you want and create on the fly. I appreciate you providing reasons why you did what you did.

You remind of a great food chef. They don't measure anything and the food comes out great! You are a mechanical chef!

BOY DO I LOVE MY XJ Slams door - dog ducks head knowingly... Dogs know their owners as a survival trait. Good stuff! Let me add, you got you some skills! Inspiring!!!

That's some impressive fabricobbling.... As long as it works! Awsomeness

I love it. No high dollar glamor. Pure function. Chrome don't get you home.

You do things just like I would do it. They call me Teesteel because I know how to get the most out of my metal work. Good job Matt

Thanks for sharing the secrets of the Ii'l yellow banana!

It don't matter how you do it, only matters that it works and it works well from what I see in your video's. Any one can go online and buy but you built yours and it's awesome. Great video thanks for sharing the details. God bless you and your family.

I have mad respect for your rig.

Cheap and lazy is just a mean way of saying "Smart and resourceful", Bill Gates agrees

Sir, you don't sleep do you? Origins of the *Yellow Beast* Keep the momentum up! *Safe Travels to you!*

I wanna live somewhere where I don't recognize a Lakers flag

@RockmanDash

4 жыл бұрын

I did not know until about 2 weeks RIP Kobe I would have no idea what that flag was or what team he played for

@bobm7275

4 жыл бұрын

The law says a flag, it doesn't say that you have to know where it's from.

@MrGaryGG48

4 жыл бұрын

@@bobm7275 Just a flag with a "Smiley Face" is adequate. I like Elijah's comment. I'd move out of CA but I couldn't get my wife out of here with Matt's Tow Truck, made by Jeep or otherwise!! Kids & grandkids will make Grandmas like that.

@jolujo5842

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobm7275 LOL 😋

@jolujo5842

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrGaryGG48 LOL stuck in Calihellya myself

you don't have to apologize matt. you do that all the time even in the newer stuff. you go out of your way to give us all this content. Don't need you to know everything in the world to teach us a trick or two. :D

My Hubby and I and boys are enjoying your videos. We love that it is family friendly. Clean mouth dirty jobs. Your wife and kids are wonderful, and Ed is a joy, and others you have on as well. Thank you so much. Rod, Brenda, Craig 43, Rod 39, Jeremy 35 and Albert 34

@brendahale6901

4 жыл бұрын

Love your dogs 🐕 🐾as well

Never realized how much you put into this rig, and did all the work yourself. Very impressive.

I've been watching a few of your videos lately and quite enjoyed the rawness of them. No need to appologise. You also make your job look simple which is remarkable and without too much fuss. This is mostly why I like them.

I'm late to the game when it comes to watching u guys but yall are awesome. I would love to work for people like u guys. Keep up the good work.

I am ridiculously addicted to your channel........its real and honest and that makes watching very easy...thanks !!!

Figured out how to steal Matt’s ideas: be around cars for decades, have the natural gifting and passion to engineer and fabricate using pieces from any car or piece of steel, have dozens of years experience in the sand, have a network of truly gifted friends who you can bounce ideas off of and swap parts and designs with, have an incredible family that supports me, have a fully rigged out brick and mortar with an incredibly skilled staff, and have the resources to make it happen. I am there.

You not lucky, your blessed, good stuff brother, ive been binge watching your video, love your work!

Do what works for you and makes u happy we all enjoy seeing ur workmen ship

Hey Matt ! Very good Videos i rarely write comments, but I have to say i watch Most of your videos , and have learn a lot from them , but especially what i admire The Most is your Way of Being , Humble ,Honest, Hard worker, when things doesn’t work you make’m work good team , Great Job. !

After the "dont worry i tested it" + the 📷 I had to subscribe.

Hey man thanks for sharing it was really cool to see how you put the yellow banana together...true backyard engineering at it’s best!

You've come a long way Matt. Keep being you and just let the good times roll!

Man i had watch the whole video just to find out about the engine mounts but enjoyed every minute. You kept saying “I’m not good at this” I think you did a good job. Thanks and keep the camera rolling

Give yourself some credit my friend. This video was very well done and you did a great job of explaining things.

@stewartcaldwell5299

3 жыл бұрын

@@MattsOffRoadRecovery Hope you're over your camera shyness now.

0:30 That dog ducks, just before the door closes! Damn smart dog!

Fuggem. Your mods are superior if they get the job done. I’m a bigger fan now seeing how you did what you needed to do to get the results. I’m way more impressed with your rat crawler after seeing this. Great work. Keep it up.

The reason people love your videos is because of you Matt...you’re a super nice guy...so it doesn’t matter how refined or slick your presentation skills are....you’re getting your point across your way, and we all understand what you’re saying...job done in my book...oh and your little yellow banana 🍌 is surely from another dimension lol...it honestly amazes me...I’ve had two Range Rovers but they pale into insignificance compared to the yellow beast...keep on doing what you’re doing (YOUR WAY) and you’ll get to 5 Million subs in no time...much luck & love from across the pond mate 😊

My mind is blown! This is the ugliest, most awesome rig I've ever seen that is 100% effective. Top-tier mad scientist right there!

Gotta love a stock 4.0 and 231 hard to beat ,can’t stop watching these vids keep them coming

That jeep is badass I would take that over just about any vehicle on KZread

When Matt says he's lazy what he really means is that he like to figure out a solution that will allow him to do more work with less effort. He's got the fabrication skills and the experience to do the custom modifications he needs to make it all work. Once you've built the right tool for the job the work is easier but thats working smarter, not harder. Great video and thanks for sharing.

Keep going, Matt. I really like your style. Some vloggers talk too much. Your words all count. maybe teach us more about your gear and how you use it - kinetic rope, v-chains, j hooks. Strength rating? Where do you attach to stuck vehicle? Etc. I like learning your recovery strategy in each case, etc. Thanks for what you do.

@frenchfryfarmer436

4 жыл бұрын

From this vid, and my getting a sense of Matt (he's like me lifetime of experience)..you just know what works. Your not certified in this/that/or other thing....you just DO. It's hard to get a guy like that to "instruct" you on how stuff works ...it would carry a liability...especially if done in/on a public forum for general consumption. YMMV

We don't care about pretty man. U towing guys out 2x your size regularly on this channel. As long as it works for u that's all we care about.

@40Spec

3 жыл бұрын

Amen. Well said

Matt, this has been my favorite video of yours thus far. Great build, great explanation. Thanks for showing us.

The fact that it still the stock I6 4.0 give me so much faith in my tj and being able to recover other people who are stuck

I run 8psi on my 96. Great for the weight of the rig. Going to have to build my rear frame rails for my factory reciever hitch. Great build thank you for the video

I really like seeing how there are people that would rather build something rather than buy it made. I love fabricating stuff and I understand what you mean about how you dont measure but just put it where it needs to be and then weld it in. Im a welder/fitter and to me its just metal and can be cut and rewelded or melted down and recast into something useful.

Just awesome. Your mindset of "I need my Jeep to do this" and then fabbing something to make it work, is incredible.

I think this is a great video about a great vehicle completely adapted by a great, deeply modest human being. You made the video very well and it’s extremely interesting. Hats off to you Matt, you’re a gem ma man!

It’s like a high schooler modifying his first vehicle except he actual knows how to do it. Love it.

The fact your Jeep is a one-off makes it even better. If nobody can imitate then the phone keeps ringing

Thank you, Matt and thank you to your team for making these videos. You have inspired me to learn to weld.

Matt you are alright in all the things you do, Don't sell yourself short. My Dad always told me if those guys can do, so can you. That quote has taken me far. Love your videos. And continue having fun.

You're an Evil Genius!!!! I hear your're towing my Sis-in-laws H3 on Monday! She snapped a rear spring while out filming for our new channel. Pretty sure it won't be the last tow. Give her a hard time and video the heck out of her. She's a hoot!

@okigojuryu

4 жыл бұрын

Y'all ever get that H3 vid?

@xmo552

4 жыл бұрын

Did it happen

I really liked the part where you can't give web sites to buy this stuff.

@Leo-xr8jv

3 жыл бұрын

yea that was great

This may be the best down to earth channel I've ever seen. Love sand and jeeps of any kind under 2019. Matt your a good family man and good to your dogs. They a part your your family the it should be.

You ARE good at it. That's why we keep coming back for more! Another thumbs up. I approve of home-made if it works! Thanks for sharing.