Hey Down by the river, This is Todd Rose from the Runaway Roses. I enjoyed the video, what an awesome place to camp. I'm glad you didn't get stuck. Keep up the good work. Safe Travels
At 2:14 when you pan around to your dog "I keep forgetting her name" but when u turn it around to her she's just looking like here I am put the cam on me lol
I love, love, love your videos! I may have a slight bias, but I like to think I know some great footage when I see it! Lot of work, but the transitions are great and the camera placement is very cool!
One of my favorite videos yet 👍 although it looked like you almost had to buy a new GoPro, luck it was only ur mud flap that hit it 😂 and definitely love the bumper sticker!! Let’s Go Brandon!! 😆
Shhh! I'm hoping nobody saw that lol. I will probably lose 10% of my subs hahahaha. Gopro did fine, it has a reinforced exoskeleton. Plus it's my old one. Dont care about that one as much !
Just just WOW on the scenery. Just just Woah on the sphincter tightening. Good decision on turning back. Zeda is getting sooo big. I find that saying Ouch & acting hurt is a fast & easy way to get those love nips to stop. Another great vid man. Stay Safe Stay Warm
I’ll certainly not forget your furry buddy’s name. My wife and I once rescued two elderly ladies whose Austin America’s radiator head tank had melted. We stuffed Zeta and Ernestine in our Austin Healey 3000 Mk III with us. Zeta was about 6’ tall and it was a cozy ride taking them home to get their other car. Your Zeta (sp?) is really growing! What a beautify lady!
That's a cool story. I named her Zeda. It means cop car in some language I guess, hahahaha. I just looked up names for dogs and there was a list from 2017 or so and zeta came up. Sounded neat, I think it is some letter or number in the greek alphabet as well. But then I started calling her it, and enunciating the "T" was too difficult, so I just switched it to a D.
I can certainly relate to that feeling you get when you're pushing your luck with the rig coming close to getting stuck. That's neat country down in there. Happy new year. That pups a great companion.
@@downbytheriver501 Throughout Baja, we see converted euro-mil, 4x4 and 6x6... with rumors of the occasional 8x8. They rarely go off-road; if they stick the thing, they call the local military to drag them back to sanity.
I know the feeling of wanting to push further, but realizing the next 10 yards could cost a lot of time and money. I bet a tow service would charge a pretty penny to come all the way out there. Utah looks so beautiful, one day I'll make it out there.
This was actually not that far from moab. About 40 minutes at the most I'd say. But yeah, it would probably be 200-300 I'm guessing. Going up that wash was pretty unnerving. I felt like I was going to sink at any moment. But surprisingly, the surface was pretty hard despite looking like it was comprised of soft sand.
I live down by the river,can see it out the window(potomac) and have had a lance 805 since 2007.Currently on a ram 2500.I have a piece of painters tape with (^11 ft^) written on the dash.Be carefull and aware of what your driving and its limitations.Enjoy your journeys.
That's a good call. I originally thought I was 12'3" until I had my friend assist me into his shop. Managed to squeak into it with only a couple inches to spare and later found out it was a 12' door.
You’re a brave man! Great video but I got so nervous at times. Hope to have a Northern Lite one day myself. I’m still in the process of educating myself about trucks and truck campers, so I was wondering if you ever use chains in the snow or is the 4 wheel drive enough? Thanks, and safe travels and heaps of adventures in 2022!
I've never used chains on this rig. The 4x4 works okay, but I experience axle wrap if I find myself in deep snow/mud, so I try to avoid putting myself into those situations. Probably should get a set of chains, though, to get out of tricky situations I may find myself in.
Yep, definitely. These 1 ton and larger trucks need to have at least a couple thousand lbs in the back or else they ride like they have wood blocks for suspension. And definitely yes in regards to if this rig sinks and gets stuck. Makes it a total nightmare for anything to get it out.
@@paulriversred738 matt is located in hurricane, utah, 5 hours away LOL. Funny you mentioned that because I was chatting with Rory from the "Trail Mater" channel. Rory is good friends with matt and matt said you wouldn't believe how many times he gets called from people in moab asking for a tow when he is 350 miles away! He sends them rory's number and reassures them that he is an expert at recovery. Of which he is. The stuff I've seen on his channel is nothing short of amazing.
Anyone that adventures solo knows that feeling when you’re like geez, I’m wayyyy out here... alone...maybe getting snowed in or way stuck would be a real bummer lol. I’m curious if you ever think a dually with some aggressive rubber might handle the trails better...even despite maybe not fitting the narrow trail very well. Particularly off camber...? I’m getting pretty close on pulling the trigger on a NLite and was debating trading my 3500 S/B SRW in for the big dog dually. I’m guessing you’ll have a opinion based on actual experience hahaha...and diggin your co-pilot there.
As far as off-roading goes, I’ve been told that duallies are not as good on the sketchy stuff. But a guy I know, trail mater(TH-cam channel), has a dually tow truck and takes that thing through some really crazy stuff. So I guess I don’t know what to think in regards to that. I would say that taking a 5500 and super singling it with some 41” MPTs or similar would be vastly superior to both a dually and my setup, however. Also, with the S/B, your departure angle will be much worse….although the jacks are what are the biggest concern off-roading and I think those hang down the same distance on the 8-11 as the 9-6. So I’m conclusion, I’d say yep. Upgrade to the dually. The extra safety you get from them is worth the minor inconveniences you may experience occasionally. Cheers!
@@downbytheriver501 People think a dually would get twice the traction. The fact is, they get about half the traction. Weight helps with anything, to a point. I agree the 5500 with the super singles would be the cat's ass. Flatbed, front winch, and lots of tool boxes filled with all manner of salvation. 5500 works for me!
Really? Why? I think personally the only thing I dont like about his movies is they're very long. That being said, if I could figure out how to get my videos to go past the 15 minute mark, I would. TH-cam doesn't allow me to go past that for some reason because I'm "not verified" even though I did everything they asked me to do to become verified.
I perfer watching people like vancity vanlife. It's just more personal. The LTVL cinematic shots are cool and all but I like when people do commentary more than cinematics. And have more carisma. Man i cant wait till I get my van so I can do this stuff!
@@JoleyTube oh well thanks buddy I appreciate that. Always nice to hear feedback. I love doing cinematic shots. but frankly, it just takes so long and usually I'm far too busy in life to really dive into the art if it. The vanlife/fulltiming thing is really fun. Though It certainly isnt as easy or glamorized as often perceived in videos like mine or others. There are a lot if sacrifices involved and if you have the right mindset and personality for them, it is a great experience. Growing a channel has proven to be incredibly difficult, I've found. I think part if it's because I'm a guy and the "market" is saturated. Another issue is I'm no looker, lol. Handsome fellas like mav have a clear advantage in that department. Other factors are my videos arent that interesting to a lot of people, I dont have a van(this one is surprising to me personally), my inconsistency with dropping videos, along with many, many other issues. I think if I would have started this channel a year earlier during the pandemic when many people were trapped in their houses, I probably would have been massive by now as well. Lastly, even though i make it sound like i really, really care about growing my channel and getting more followers, that's not really my intention. My real intention is I like meeting fellow youtubers. I like to learn how they live their life, break bread, BS, how they make their videos, absorb knowledge, etc.... And, understandably, many of the youtubers I follow and want to meet such as Talon Sei, LTVL, Mav, etc. probably don't want to risk their own personal safety with some random weirdo off the internets, Hahaha. So that's the only reason why I care to grow my channel, really. Well, I mean a couple sponsors would be nice too to help offset how expensive producing these videos and the maintenance required on my vehicle would be nice as well. Anyways, I'm rambling because I really dont want to go to work. Cheers buddy and let me know when you start your channel, I'll be your first sub!
Yeah I'm learning that quickly! Especially if it's clay based. That stuff is slick as snot. Found that little fun fact out when I was driving the Schaffer trail where the left side of the road has 1000+ foot drop offs.
Just the camper alone? I get about 13 rolling on 35” tires. Surprisingly I get 10.5-11.5 pulling a 21’ 6500 lb trailer behind! Not bad habing a garage full of toys and tools!
r u a donald dump supporter, damn i was enjoying your vid, i don't like brandon either but i believe dump is a lot worse, i'll keep watching since you don't have any pro dump signage,
Great Fottage
Hey Down by the river, This is Todd Rose from the Runaway Roses. I enjoyed the video, what an awesome place to camp. I'm glad you didn't get stuck. Keep up the good work. Safe Travels
Thanks todd! Appreciate the kind words. Love your channel, too. Very informative and fun. I've learned a lot from it!
At 2:14 when you pan around to your dog "I keep forgetting her name" but when u turn it around to her she's just looking like here I am put the cam on me lol
I love, love, love your videos! I may have a slight bias, but I like to think I know some great footage when I see it! Lot of work, but the transitions are great and the camera placement is very cool!
Nice video.. stay safe out there..
Thanks! Happy new year.
One of my favorite videos yet 👍 although it looked like you almost had to buy a new GoPro, luck it was only ur mud flap that hit it 😂 and definitely love the bumper sticker!! Let’s Go Brandon!! 😆
Shhh! I'm hoping nobody saw that lol. I will probably lose 10% of my subs hahahaha. Gopro did fine, it has a reinforced exoskeleton. Plus it's my old one. Dont care about that one as much !
Really enjoying your videos. Learned about you from Kenny of all trades. Keep up the great work!
Thanks vince! Did you watch our collab video?
@@downbytheriver501 Yes I did. That where I learned about your channel.
@@PSD9737-ML oh cool! Well glad to have ya Buddy
The dog (!), the rig, and the places you visit are all incredible!
Thank ya kindly! I feel very grateful to be able to travel and tie work into my adventures. It makes the travel expenses much more manageable!
That was a close one in that nasty red dirt! Great footage and wow is the pup getting yuge!
Just just WOW on the scenery.
Just just Woah on the sphincter tightening.
Good decision on turning back.
Zeda is getting sooo big. I find that saying Ouch & acting hurt is a fast & easy way to get those love nips to stop.
Another great vid man.
Stay Safe Stay Warm
Thanks for the tips, my sister in law says the same thing about the acting hurt thing.
I’ll certainly not forget your furry buddy’s name. My wife and I once rescued two elderly ladies whose Austin America’s radiator head tank had melted. We stuffed Zeta and Ernestine in our Austin Healey 3000 Mk III with us. Zeta was about 6’ tall and it was a cozy ride taking them home to get their other car. Your Zeta (sp?) is really growing! What a beautify lady!
That's a cool story. I named her Zeda. It means cop car in some language I guess, hahahaha. I just looked up names for dogs and there was a list from 2017 or so and zeta came up. Sounded neat, I think it is some letter or number in the greek alphabet as well. But then I started calling her it, and enunciating the "T" was too difficult, so I just switched it to a D.
She’s a cool GSD no matter what you call her. Such a sweetie!
@@BillSprague she's getting better everyday!
I can certainly relate to that feeling you get when you're pushing your luck with the rig coming close to getting stuck. That's neat country down in there. Happy new year. That pups a great companion.
Yep, and getting a 6.5 ton vehicle stuck is not a good thing!
Happy new years to you as well.
@@downbytheriver501
Throughout Baja, we see converted euro-mil, 4x4 and 6x6... with rumors of the occasional 8x8.
They rarely go off-road; if they stick the thing, they call the local military to drag them back to sanity.
At 3:20 she's🐕 just riding thier looking around like yea this is my life my van life and I'm blessed I know I know lol
I know the feeling of wanting to push further, but realizing the next 10 yards could cost a lot of time and money. I bet a tow service would charge a pretty penny to come all the way out there. Utah looks so beautiful, one day I'll make it out there.
This was actually not that far from moab. About 40 minutes at the most I'd say. But yeah, it would probably be 200-300 I'm guessing. Going up that wash was pretty unnerving. I felt like I was going to sink at any moment. But surprisingly, the surface was pretty hard despite looking like it was comprised of soft sand.
@9:54 👈 For a second, I thought you were going off of a cliff! 😳😬
02:16
Great clouds!
They sure were! So beautiful down there.
I live down by the river,can see it out the window(potomac) and have had a lance 805 since 2007.Currently on a ram 2500.I have a piece of painters tape with (^11 ft^) written on the dash.Be carefull and aware of what your driving and its limitations.Enjoy your journeys.
That's a good call. I originally thought I was 12'3" until I had my friend assist me into his shop. Managed to squeak into it with only a couple inches to spare and later found out it was a 12' door.
Van life and truck camper living are two different things there's no comparison apples to oranges only comparison is that they're both on the road
What's the difference? Also, which one is the apple and which is the orange?
Best video ever:)
You’re a brave man! Great video but I got so nervous at times. Hope to have a Northern Lite one day myself. I’m still in the process of educating myself about trucks and truck campers, so I was wondering if you ever use chains in the snow or is the 4 wheel drive enough? Thanks, and safe travels and heaps of adventures in 2022!
I've never used chains on this rig. The 4x4 works okay, but I experience axle wrap if I find myself in deep snow/mud, so I try to avoid putting myself into those situations. Probably should get a set of chains, though, to get out of tricky situations I may find myself in.
@@downbytheriver501
We caravan with long-term chums.
Everybody learned the gear to carry to get unstuck.
I bet that thing goes good on those roads because of all the weight in the rear end huh? But I bet when it sinks it sinks and is stuck stuck lol
Yep, definitely. These 1 ton and larger trucks need to have at least a couple thousand lbs in the back or else they ride like they have wood blocks for suspension. And definitely yes in regards to if this rig sinks and gets stuck. Makes it a total nightmare for anything to get it out.
@@downbytheriver501 I bet but just call Matt's offroad recovery lol he will get you out I watch his vids all the time lol as well as yours
@@paulriversred738 matt is located in hurricane, utah, 5 hours away LOL. Funny you mentioned that because I was chatting with Rory from the "Trail Mater" channel. Rory is good friends with matt and matt said you wouldn't believe how many times he gets called from people in moab asking for a tow when he is 350 miles away! He sends them rory's number and reassures them that he is an expert at recovery. Of which he is. The stuff I've seen on his channel is nothing short of amazing.
You are putting in the extra work on those video shots lol is it worth it? It is to us viewers I know lol
Thank you sir! Always nice to hear that. Making most of these videos takes quite a bit of time and effort.
Anyone that adventures solo knows that feeling when you’re like geez, I’m wayyyy out here... alone...maybe getting snowed in or way stuck would be a real bummer lol. I’m curious if you ever think a dually with some aggressive rubber might handle the trails better...even despite maybe not fitting the narrow trail very well. Particularly off camber...? I’m getting pretty close on pulling the trigger on a NLite and was debating trading my 3500 S/B SRW in for the big dog dually. I’m guessing you’ll have a opinion based on actual experience hahaha...and diggin your co-pilot there.
As far as off-roading goes, I’ve been told that duallies are not as good on the sketchy stuff. But a guy I know, trail mater(TH-cam channel), has a dually tow truck and takes that thing through some really crazy stuff. So I guess I don’t know what to think in regards to that. I would say that taking a 5500 and super singling it with some 41” MPTs or similar would be vastly superior to both a dually and my setup, however. Also, with the S/B, your departure angle will be much worse….although the jacks are what are the biggest concern off-roading and I think those hang down the same distance on the 8-11 as the 9-6.
So I’m conclusion, I’d say yep. Upgrade to the dually. The extra safety you get from them is worth the minor inconveniences you may experience occasionally. Cheers!
@@downbytheriver501 that's great input! I'm kind of thinking the same. Thank you!
@@MtndogCO67 you’re welcome
@@downbytheriver501 People think a dually would get twice the traction. The fact is, they get about half the traction. Weight helps with anything, to a point. I agree the 5500 with the super singles would be the cat's ass. Flatbed, front winch, and lots of tool boxes filled with all manner of salvation. 5500 works for me!
Honestly enjoyed watching your video over LTVL lol.
Really? Why? I think personally the only thing I dont like about his movies is they're very long. That being said, if I could figure out how to get my videos to go past the 15 minute mark, I would. TH-cam doesn't allow me to go past that for some reason because I'm "not verified" even though I did everything they asked me to do to become verified.
I perfer watching people like vancity vanlife. It's just more personal. The LTVL cinematic shots are cool and all but I like when people do commentary more than cinematics. And have more carisma. Man i cant wait till I get my van so I can do this stuff!
@@JoleyTube oh well thanks buddy I appreciate that. Always nice to hear feedback. I love doing cinematic shots. but frankly, it just takes so long and usually I'm far too busy in life to really dive into the art if it.
The vanlife/fulltiming thing is really fun. Though It certainly isnt as easy or glamorized as often perceived in videos like mine or others. There are a lot if sacrifices involved and if you have the right mindset and personality for them, it is a great experience.
Growing a channel has proven to be incredibly difficult, I've found. I think part if it's because I'm a guy and the "market" is saturated. Another issue is I'm no looker, lol. Handsome fellas like mav have a clear advantage in that department. Other factors are my videos arent that interesting to a lot of people, I dont have a van(this one is surprising to me personally), my inconsistency with dropping videos, along with many, many other issues.
I think if I would have started this channel a year earlier during the pandemic when many people were trapped in their houses, I probably would have been massive by now as well.
Lastly, even though i make it sound like i really, really care about growing my channel and getting more followers, that's not really my intention. My real intention is I like meeting fellow youtubers. I like to learn how they live their life, break bread, BS, how they make their videos, absorb knowledge, etc.... And, understandably, many of the youtubers I follow and want to meet such as Talon Sei, LTVL, Mav, etc. probably don't want to risk their own personal safety with some random weirdo off the internets, Hahaha. So that's the only reason why I care to grow my channel, really. Well, I mean a couple sponsors would be nice too to help offset how expensive producing these videos and the maintenance required on my vehicle would be nice as well.
Anyways, I'm rambling because I really dont want to go to work.
Cheers buddy and let me know when you start your channel, I'll be your first sub!
The desert soil can get very slippery when wet.
Yeah I'm learning that quickly! Especially if it's clay based. That stuff is slick as snot. Found that little fun fact out when I was driving the Schaffer trail where the left side of the road has 1000+ foot drop offs.
Nice rig, nice videos. What do you get for mpg with your camper?
Just the camper alone? I get about 13 rolling on 35” tires. Surprisingly I get 10.5-11.5 pulling a 21’ 6500 lb trailer behind! Not bad habing a garage full of toys and tools!
Not enough ghost riding the whip.
Huh?
@@downbytheriver501 getting out of the driver seat and letting it fly.
@@terminald7064 ooh I gotcha
i have no more nails after watching this vid
👍✌️
r u a donald dump supporter, damn i was enjoying your vid, i don't like brandon either but i believe dump is a lot worse, i'll keep watching since you don't have any pro dump signage,
Just because I don’t like Brandon doesn’t mean I automatically like his opposition.
you should get chains
Unfortunately not enough clearance in the front for them. I am contemplating going to a smaller tire soon though.