To do list for the off road wrecker: -Install giant fuel tank -Install giant fuel gauge -fix fuel gauge before first drive, it will most likely be broken
Matt, I've mentioned before what an awesome team you have. But, I've not mentioned how YOU have created such a large group of subscribers for Fab Rats, Robby Layton, Trail Mater, Bleepin Jeep, Mischief Maker and others. They're ALL great channels and to see you all come together on a common goal to help Ed is amazing. And that's not to mention all the great charity work that you've contributed to as well. ALL of you put a spotlight on what being a caring and giving community is all about. God Bless each and every one of you for that.
I’ve been paying in tshirts to support them. I don’t need more tshirts but I feel compelled to contribute to their causes and of course the Nugget. Great generosity brings you all good things. The world needs more of this.
You know one thing I noticed you know the whole community gets together atleast every once in a while but litebrite never gets around any of the big guys Kind of weird I get the impression that they either think they’re above everyone and most people don’t care to be around them very often. Like trail recon and lite Brite both work for E3 and I think I’ve only seen them in like 2 videos together. I don’t know just made me think of that for some reason There’s a good list of 20-30 Jeep channels that get together pretty regularly and lite brite is never around
I saw that and immediately started worrying that it was going to come off. In my thousands of miles of towing, the only thing I lost was a spare tire which had been on the rack of the tow vehicle. Not sure how it jumped off, but glad I didn't need it for the trailer for the rest of the 1700 mile trip. It had been on a 19 ft Winnebago travel trailer and had a unique large pattern. The trailer had gotten ant infested and the previous owner had Sawzalled it down to the frame.
Maybe he could slow down a tad so he can manage hazards a little easier? You can't see around corners, as proven here. Still pretty dumb on their part to assume the rescue vehicle will be the only one coming down that trail, though. A couple flags would be more appropriate.
Traction control in generally snowy environments is a menace, too. I'm trying to think right now where do I personally find it to be practical. It usually is never needed and when it does turn on it gets in the way.
I park on the side of hilly country roads to do trail maintenance and always park so I am facing downhill. Greatly reduces the chance of getting stuck.
While I am not a big four wheeler, I was parking up at a trailhead WAY up in the mountains in early November and another truck pulled up at the same time. As they were unloading, I asked them if they minded me giving them a small 'tip'. I told them to look how I faced my truck downhill instead of flat. With an 'iffy' forecast, there might be some wet snow and, if facing downhill, it will get you moving when you might not be able to on flat or uphill..... It managed to snow that day and the truck was gone when we got back. A note on my windshield said "Thanks for the tip...". Also, I have bounced things out of my bed before, so EVERYTHING gets tied down or is under my NEW cargo net. I learned that when I had a tire go through my back window......
Matt, Google maps has the option to download the map of an area to your phone. So you can see the map/trails even with no signal. There's lots of times you might have gps signal but no internet. Might be helpful when you're doing recoveries.
Matt gets triple patience points for not losing his temper when they arrive. Jefe laughing as Matt slams on the brakes, barely able to stop in time - the look in his eyes. 😠 Putting a log in the road is a bonehead move. If someone is coming to save your silly butt, The least you could do is sit by the road to signal your rescuers. 🙄 Bless you Matt, you’re a good man.
@@AudioFreqx so you’d risk the safety of your rescuers? 🙄 Someone wheeling in the desert should have hazard equipment &. be prepared in the event of an emergency. If they weren’t able to sit roadside, why not use a hazard triangle or tie a bandana or bright shirt to the scrub by the roadway? Pulling a log onto the road is very dangerous! If more people lived by the Golden rule “treat others as you’d want to be treated”, the world would be a much better place.
@@Mary-fq6sm No. You are presuming they have any of those things. I stand by my comment. I have been at SAR since 1980. Rescuers pay attention once trained and visitors in rentals are rarely going to be as bright as expected. I fully agree that people should treat each other as they do at the entrance of a convenience store. Life could be gooderer. Don't be such a KB worrier ;)
Truly enjoy this channel. That was my dad’s (Buck)Tacoma stuck in the AZ canyon. Glad he is still enjoying wheeling with his friends at 80. First time they ever had an issue. Thanks Matt and Jefe’ for getting him back to civilization! Too bad I missed Matt when I went to the yard to pick it up and tow it back to Cali. Everyone is great and helpful. Keep up the great work-
I really felt the annoyance on Matt's face when they pulled up to the first job. Yeah let's leave a tire killer across the road in the middle of a turn, hope the recovery vehicle we called is the first down here and *HOPE* they see it and stop in time - that's way better than someone standing on the trail to flag them down...
Must be one of the Rules of off road recovery “ whoever can handle me yelling at them and belittling their driving style, that’s who I need it to be “. That’s absolutely hilarious! Especially when it’s coming from mild mannered Matt.
Matt sounded like a Maintenance Warrant Officer we had in Alaska in the early 80's. Somebody would bury a Duece n Half or a M880 in the snow or had broke thru the ice in a creek/river, and he just grabbed his 5 Ton wrecker, his operator and his down to earth, this is what it is wit and started the recovery.
Lizzy is a badass she went to the dentist and then was back on the job that young lady is a true inspiration. I hope your frequent flyer knows she doesn't have to get stuck to see the crew she can stop by the shop and make it easier. I hope one day Matt figures out the gas issue I will agree that if they didn't have to go back for the tire they wouldn't have ran out of gas. Keep up the great work everyone
Out of gas again, here's some inspirational quotes: "I never make the same mistake twice. I make it like five or six times, you know, just to be sure" "You never make the same mistake twice, the second time you make it, it is no longer a mistake, it is a choice" "If people are not making mistakes, they are not trying new things. If they are making the same mistake twice, they are not learning new things".
On the whole fuel thing,, I have to embarrassingly have to admit to having done it,, numerous vehicles and equipment ran have had gauges and warning lite &or noisemakers,,, one gets so focused on task at hand that as long as no lite or noise all good
Awesome quotes! The last time I ran out of gas was 1984, on a motorcycle heading west out of Needles CA. on I-40. The bike stopped 2 miles from a 100 foot tall sign that said "gas" and as I started to push my heavily loaded bike, which was also heavy, a helpful couple stopped and we hooked up a tow rope (wrapped around the handle bar so I could quickly release) They pulled me along the shoulder right up to the pumps, would not accept anything for the tow and left with smiles on their faces. I have not run out of fuel since, 38 years and counting (knocks on wood).
Matt needs to build a fuel trailer he can pull behind his off-road trailer! A 250 gal. tank should be enough most recoveries (and last all week in cases when he forgets to fuel up at the pumps). Lol
Yeah that and then the Expedition drove itself out. No tension on the rope. Starting to think that lady gets "stuck" just to get on videos and I wish they'd stop accommodating her.
@@rachelgibson1858 The right driver can get a lot of vehicles out of sticky situations, but that did seem too easy. I guess her girls did want to see Matt.
As he was tossing it on the trailer I was wondering why they didn’t show it getting strapped down. I was a little surprised when they had to go back for it. But Matt’s a smart guy, so he must have done it on purpose, right? So that all of us would post comments and feed the algorithm. That’s the next level smarts that gets him so many subscribers.
Great to see another older gentleman with the Toyota out on the trails. I’m 72 and still wheeling hard. Hey Ed, where do I apply for a job like yours? 😂
Matt you and your crew are true heroes to so many people. Watching your videos are not only entertaining but i appreciate your willingness to drive across the desert to rescue someone in need and then continue onward to someone else. I realize you aren’t doing this free most times but your ability and skill is amazing. GO MORR TEAM!
Years ago I did that while driving a Ford farm tractor. It high centered before I could get my foot on the clutch. It took me 2 and a half hours to dig it out.
I was absolutely shocked when I saw Matt with a gas can, (and it had fuel in it). I even paused the video to see if I was watching “Matt’s Off Road Recovery”. Hahahahha….thanks for sharing.
@@danlux4954 The second one was the customer's, but Matt had his own gas earlier. 90+ miles each way on that kind of road means the Morrvair was never going to make it on one tank. Matt had extra along to make the journey, but didn't account for the lost tire. He never gives up on the just barely getting by style.
Love the videos! We just got back from two weeks of spring turkey hunting! He got a double! We did a little exploring and only once was I thinking, this would be a good time to contact Matt and the crew!! We don't have the large boulders that you all get to crawl over. We have smaller rocks that just keep moving if you want to or not! I don't even know how we got into that mess. Luckily the pine trees are really close in there so we couldn't roll sideways. I was afraid of flipping end over end! I even hooked my seat belt for this ride! We are safe at home and I need to skin out the last turkey then on to the next adventure!!!
She is a fun character for sure. Always enjoy seeing her out having fun. On her IG account she will post her adventures. When she gets stuck she will say “We will go play while we wait for Matt”. She makes the best of it. Lol
Matt with yours and Fabrat's skills couldn't you design some type of rack on the Morrvair and the Banana to carry extra fuel? Please keep the great vids coming. The wife and me are huge Matt fans. You had us sobbing over your work, and working with town officials for the handicap kids and park. Also....You letting the kids drive was way over the top. Thank you so much and many blessings to you, your crew and your family. Hi to Ed!!
We had a similar experience when overlanding. Lost a part of the trailer on the trail. Didn’t realize it until we had travelled roughly 20 miles. Lots of backtracking. 🤟😎
Watching the Banana grunt and churn sand made me fall in love with this channel. It also made me buy an XJ It's like a big yellow Tasmanian Devil from the cartoons of my youth
I love this channel. Not only is the puzzle always interesting to figure out the best way to get ‘em out but the personalities, beautiful locations and ways in which you give back to create this community is totally amazing
It's crazy watching that video to see the expedition move so well when it wouldn't move at all for us. Either way I'm glad they came to help. I came over that hill and there was nothing below me. It was certainly a scary moment. 😨 It's embarrassing enough to get stuck and have several people stop and try to help or see me in the predicament, I definitely don't do it on purpose. I also missed two different appointments this day because I got stuck.
Yeah, I bet that was scary! And that's why, (especially when off roading in a (mostly) stock vehicle), you should always WALK up a steeper (i.e. "blind" top) hill first to see what's on the other side of it before attempting to climb it with your vehicle, that way you don't accidentally end up driving into a hole like that, or even worse, off of a cliff or sharp edge that goes straight down into a ravine or something! (That's also why you should never wheel at night, in the dark, because the shadows from your headlights totally hide just how much of a drop-off something is!)
Today is the day that I''ve done watching and clicking that like button on all the videos in the playlist. I went backwards so that I have the continuity of the whole thing. Matt, you give hope to humanity in more ways than you might imagine. I thank you and the people surrounding you for doing what you're doing. One day, when I'm allowed to travel with no restrictions, I will go to Utah, and get stuck.
@@tyendor1952 He did actually bring extra gas. After meeting up with the customer he added fuel before they headed out on the trail the truck was stuck on. When he is filling with the customers gas he also says that now they know they should have brought 15 gallons instead of just 5.
When I used to run the Flame in Goes fire crew out of point of the mountain I had a rack for holding 12 Gerry cans. Mostly for chainsaw gas but lotsa times we needed to fill up to get back to pavement doing projects on publ8c lands
It was pretty stuck. We tried to move multiple times and couldn't get anywhere. Lizzie did comment on how well it crawled. 🤷♀️ It did look like it moved well before they pulled.
Her SUV was facing downwards on a reasonably steep incline IN SOFT SAND, (that tends to collapse onto itself), and she prob. only had one wheel really stuck or buried in the sand because of that angle/side incline/"trough" that she drove into, (without diff locks to power that one wheel out), but so that loose sand downhill slope is why even the slightest little nudge from the Morrvair got her out easily. (That would be my guess, from attempting (and failing) to climb these types of sandy hills myself in my totally stock SUV.) That kind of loose, powdery "blow" sand is definitely NO joke, it will completely bury a tire of a vehicle literally in just a few quick seconds if any one criteria of the climb (or even decent sometimes), isn't totally in your favor!
A fair warning to you Matt, (if you aren't already aware of it), is that any/every time that you ever see cows/cattle on the side of, (or in the middle of), the road, always, ALWAYS, drive by them VERY slowly, so as not to startle them, and because they have a VERY common tendency to run across the road literally RIGHT in front of you, (they're not the smartest of the smartest animals), so if you're going too fast for the road surface conditions, (sand, gravel, mud, etc), to stop on a dime for them when they do that, then you may end up hitting one of them, hurting not only them, but your vehicle also, and THAT would NOT make for a good day! (I live in the SW US also, and I say that from experience dealing with having cows on the road, from living out in the country, ~50 miles of adobe dirt/sand/arroyo/rocky "road" from the nearest town, for about 20 years of my life, so we saw them crossing the road at the last second like that happen numerous times on our trips out to town.) Also, in the last segment, why is Lizzy's mouth all numb like that? What happened? (Hopefully not an accident while she was horse riding or cattle roping!)(dentist appt. maybe?)
Excellent video. I would like to point out the ants are Harvest Ants (not fire ants) and if Matt had gotten stung, he would be whistling Dixie and dancing a jig. The temps are rising and that means we'll see more videos at Sand Hollow (yeah). I did learn something from this video, the Moorvair is a gas Hog (oink oink). Anyway, thanks for sharing
Depends on situation and on how good/bad the traction control is implemented in the car. I have seen many cars where traction control made everything only worse, but when done properly it can be better in most situations than any driver simply because it can react faster and can brake each wheel independently. On sand though it is allways better to go with traction control off.
If you're going to get off road, traction control, stability control and antilock breaks all tend to cause all sorts of problems. They are just some features that tend to make modern vehicles problematic for off road adventure. On the other hand, fuel injection, electric fuel pumps and switchable lockers and anti sway bars are fantastic improvements. Mostly you just have to understand your vehicle and do what you can to make the most of it's strengths, and overcome the weaknesses. For many people they are totally unaware of the features the vehicle does have and how they affect them in different situations.
"Whoever can handle me yellin' at 'em and belittin' their drivin' style" You are a classic, Matt! Another day or two on the trail, rescuing travellers in distress, well done, people!
Great show Matt and crews!! The Morrvair is quite the machine! Good to see Ed, everyone else too! Traction control,that’s for getting stuck! lol. Thank you all for sharing. Take care everyone. Jim
Secured good enough? it wasn't secured at all! Bloody lucky you found it at all. How many gas stations to the mile does that thing get? Hi Jillian! I saw the vehicle and went "Holy cow, what did you do?" Buried! LOL
@@briankirwan9588 It also works a lot better if you can remove the spark plugs! The more plugs out, the better. (less compression to fight the starter) :)
Man, I love Utah. Beautiful place, from the Wasatch mountains to Zion NP. (Or Great Salt Lake to the Four Corners. Either way...) Probably in my top 3 places to retire. Rough place though, mostly a desert, little water. But an adventure's/photographer's paradise, lol.
@@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire Utah Valley is the dried-up bed of lake Bonneville. If you look closely at the Wasatch Front you can see where the shore used to be. Southern Utah is all Colorado Plateau: the result of ancient seas, ancient volcanism, lots of sediment and erosion over hundreds of millions of years.
@@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire Much of the area Matt services (Hurricaine, Lake Powell, Moab, etc.) is more the bottom of a sub-tropical sea that split North America in two. Then the pacific (tectonic) plate started to run under the North American plate, and pushed Eastern/Southern Utah upwards. (This is why you find fossils of sea creatures 8K feet ASL.) A lot of the river systems (notibly the Colorado) cut those valleys and canyons you see in their videos. If you go over to the northwestern side of Utah you'll see the remnants of Bonneville. Flat, dry desert for the most part...
Matt.. You should have your own little motel room built onto the shop so you can let the customer stay there while they wait--- instead of them having to pay for a motel. That would be a really cool option to offer people.
Trevor does not get nearly the love that he should for all the effort he puts into being the best cameraman out there. I know that I could not begin to do what he does so BIG THANK YOU to Trevor! You make all the other camera people work hard too. :D And HELLO ED!!! We have missed seeing you with the weather as well. We love how positive Ed is and always cheerful. Also, See it is not always Matt's fault if they run out of gas, well Matt did secure the tire so it kinda IS his fault.... Sorry Buddy, I tried to help. Oh well, :D God bless you all.
Just using the offline storage option for Google Maps on his cell phone would work... But getting him to remember to do it would be like getting him to remember to refill his gas tank... :)
there are two things I like about your videos, one is the adventure of it all, the second is how you treat everyone from Trevor to Robby Paul and Holly, you treat them all like more than friends,they are treated by you and Jamie like Family, being from Virginia, that is how one treats a good friend. Even little Abby.
To do list for the off road wrecker:
-Install giant fuel tank
-Install giant fuel gauge
-fix fuel gauge before first drive, it will most likely be broken
Add auxiliary tanks without Matts knowledge. Only the camera crew know about them :D
Set fuel gauge to show empty when truth is half tank
Lovin all everything written on this thread.
Read fuel gauge
@@hansgruber7680 sticker on dash Read fuel gauge
Matt, I've mentioned before what an awesome team you have. But, I've not mentioned how YOU have created such a large group of subscribers for Fab Rats, Robby Layton, Trail Mater, Bleepin Jeep, Mischief Maker and others. They're ALL great channels and to see you all come together on a common goal to help Ed is amazing. And that's not to mention all the great charity work that you've contributed to as well. ALL of you put a spotlight on what being a caring and giving community is all about. God Bless each and every one of you for that.
They all leached of his fame😂😂
They all leached off his fame🤣🤣
I’ve been paying in tshirts to support them. I don’t need more tshirts but I feel compelled to contribute to their causes and of course the Nugget. Great generosity brings you all good things. The world needs more of this.
@@Group_Anonymous not really most of these channel outisde of Robby and trail mater were already pretty big
You know one thing I noticed you know the whole community gets together atleast every once in a while but litebrite never gets around any of the big guys
Kind of weird I get the impression that they either think they’re above everyone and most people don’t care to be around them very often. Like trail recon and lite Brite both work for E3 and I think I’ve only seen them in like 2 videos together. I don’t know just made me think of that for some reason
There’s a good list of 20-30 Jeep channels that get together pretty regularly and lite brite is never around
My advice to Mat concerning his fuel management: Don`t ever get an airplane. bwahaha
Or a boat.
Unless it's a glider.
They don't use fuel.
Good One
Nice tip!💯💯😂😂😂😂😂😂
Well, MORR does airplane recoveries too, so shouldn't be much of a problem.
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When I saw Matt stick the spare tire under the Tacoma like that, I was saying to myself, "that's NOT going to stay there."
I thought maybe they would have threaded one of the chains through the wheel. I guess not…
Yeah, same here. On a road that bumpy anything loose is lost.
He didn’t tap it and say “that aint goin anywhere” so ofc it’s coming off.
I saw that and immediately started worrying that it was going to come off. In my thousands of miles of towing, the only thing I lost was a spare tire which had been on the rack of the tow vehicle. Not sure how it jumped off, but glad I didn't need it for the trailer for the rest of the 1700 mile trip. It had been on a 19 ft Winnebago travel trailer and had a unique large pattern. The trailer had gotten ant infested and the previous owner had Sawzalled it down to the frame.
I said to myself “they must edit out where they secure that tire” lol
That face Matt made when the log was in the road! Pretty sure that was the closest Ive seen to anyone on this channel being angry.
Maybe he could slow down a tad so he can manage hazards a little easier? You can't see around corners, as proven here. Still pretty dumb on their part to assume the rescue vehicle will be the only one coming down that trail, though. A couple flags would be more appropriate.
There was a little wiff of passive aggressiveness in the air until they got rolling 😅
"Traction control is like get you stuck That's what it's made for." Spoken like the off-road guru that you are :) Great video.
Traction control in generally snowy environments is a menace, too. I'm trying to think right now where do I personally find it to be practical. It usually is never needed and when it does turn on it gets in the way.
@@HHalcyon it has use on fwd with open diff but other than that i dont think theres really anything its good for
@@HHalcyon it’s helped me in my truck in rain but other then that no real use
@@HHalcyon mainly for rain I think. But yeah. I would prefer a LSD or locker in all my vehicles. If you know how to drive they help so much more.
I was just about to post this same thing, classic.
Happy to see Ed along for the recovery! I always take away something from you videos…..never park flat or uphill on sand is today’s bit of wisdom.
And always bring extra gas - you never know when the spare might fall off on the trail and you have to go back for it.
@@garywaddle7235 You hit the nail with the hammer 🔨 on that
and once you have stopped reverse slightly so as you don't have a mound of sand in front of your tires. Cheers
I park on the side of hilly country roads to do trail maintenance and always park so I am facing downhill. Greatly reduces the chance of getting stuck.
While I am not a big four wheeler, I was parking up at a trailhead WAY up in the mountains in early November and another truck pulled up at the same time. As they were unloading, I asked them if they minded me giving them a small 'tip'. I told them to look how I faced my truck downhill instead of flat. With an 'iffy' forecast, there might be some wet snow and, if facing downhill, it will get you moving when you might not be able to on flat or uphill..... It managed to snow that day and the truck was gone when we got back. A note on my windshield said "Thanks for the tip...". Also, I have bounced things out of my bed before, so EVERYTHING gets tied down or is under my NEW cargo net. I learned that when I had a tire go through my back window......
Matt, Google maps has the option to download the map of an area to your phone. So you can see the map/trails even with no signal. There's lots of times you might have gps signal but no internet. Might be helpful when you're doing recoveries.
I did that very thing on my last camping trip with my kids; it saves a LOT of time, especially when it's late at night and you're tired.
Im suprised he hasn't picked up the onyx offroad endorsement yet.
I was a bit surprised he didn't know that. Technology reveals it's ugly head again. ha ha
Love it on road-trip and when camping
That feature helped me tremendously when working for an off road tour company in far northern Australia 🇦🇺 no paved roads either
Matt gets triple patience points for not losing his temper when they arrive. Jefe laughing as Matt slams on the brakes, barely able to stop in time - the look in his eyes. 😠 Putting a log in the road is a bonehead move. If someone is coming to save your silly butt, The least you could do is sit by the road to signal your rescuers. 🙄 Bless you Matt, you’re a good man.
* Sitting in that Sun for an undetermined amount of time is not always a go-to.
@@AudioFreqx so you’d risk the safety of your rescuers? 🙄 Someone wheeling in the desert should have hazard equipment &. be prepared in the event of an emergency. If they weren’t able to sit roadside, why not use a hazard triangle or tie a bandana or bright shirt to the scrub by the roadway? Pulling a log onto the road is very dangerous! If more people lived by the Golden rule “treat others as you’d want to be treated”, the world would be a much better place.
@@Mary-fq6sm No. You are presuming they have any of those things. I stand by my comment. I have been at SAR since 1980. Rescuers pay attention once trained and visitors in rentals are rarely going to be as bright as expected.
I fully agree that people should treat each other as they do at the entrance of a convenience store. Life could be gooderer. Don't be such a KB worrier ;)
Holy s***. Don't put logs in roads. Ffs
Truly enjoy this channel. That was my dad’s (Buck)Tacoma stuck in the AZ canyon. Glad he is still enjoying wheeling with his friends at 80. First time they ever had an issue. Thanks Matt and Jefe’ for getting him back to civilization! Too bad I missed Matt when I went to the yard to pick it up and tow it back to Cali. Everyone is great and helpful. Keep up the great work-
I really felt the annoyance on Matt's face when they pulled up to the first job. Yeah let's leave a tire killer across the road in the middle of a turn, hope the recovery vehicle we called is the first down here and *HOPE* they see it and stop in time - that's way better than someone standing on the trail to flag them down...
Especially when they are standing just 50' off of the trail. Why not stand on the side of the trail to flag him down?
Matt always get them out
Must be one of the Rules of off road recovery “ whoever can handle me yelling at them and belittling their driving style, that’s who I need it to be “. That’s absolutely hilarious! Especially when it’s coming from mild mannered Matt.
And did you notice the owner didn’t end up steering it?
Matt sounded like a Maintenance Warrant Officer we had in Alaska in the early 80's. Somebody would bury a Duece n Half or a M880 in the snow or had broke thru the ice in a creek/river, and he just grabbed his 5 Ton wrecker, his operator and his down to earth, this is what it is wit and started the recovery.
He said what dads are thinking lol
I think that was his way of venting his anger over the log on the road - a bit of a passive aggressive joke 😅
Lizzy is a badass she went to the dentist and then was back on the job that young lady is a true inspiration.
I hope your frequent flyer knows she doesn't have to get stuck to see the crew she can stop by the shop and make it easier.
I hope one day Matt figures out the gas issue I will agree that if they didn't have to go back for the tire they wouldn't have ran out of gas.
Keep up the great work everyone
The Morrvair made that first recovery look so easy 👍🏻
Awesome to see Ed in the seat again ❤ Big fan from Norway and Hi to everyone at Matt's Off Road Recovery.
Out of gas again, here's some inspirational quotes:
"I never make the same mistake twice. I make it like five or six times, you know, just to be sure"
"You never make the same mistake twice, the second time you make it, it is no longer a mistake, it is a choice"
"If people are not making mistakes, they are not trying new things. If they are making the same mistake twice, they are not learning new things".
On the whole fuel thing,, I have to embarrassingly have to admit to having done it,, numerous vehicles and equipment ran have had gauges and warning lite &or noisemakers,,, one gets so focused on task at hand that as long as no lite or noise all good
Awesome quotes! The last time I ran out of gas was 1984, on a motorcycle heading west out of Needles CA. on I-40. The bike stopped 2 miles from a 100 foot tall sign that said "gas" and as I started to push my heavily loaded bike, which was also heavy, a helpful couple stopped and we hooked up a tow rope (wrapped around the handle bar so I could quickly release) They pulled me along the shoulder right up to the pumps, would not accept anything for the tow and left with smiles on their faces. I have not run out of fuel since, 38 years and counting (knocks on wood).
Matt needs to build a fuel trailer he can pull behind his off-road trailer! A 250 gal. tank should be enough most recoveries (and last all week in cases when he forgets to fuel up at the pumps). Lol
@@k1j2f30 Air tanker support....
I laughed out loud when they pushed the buggy over and the "tow vehicle" was still spinning tires in the sand.
Yeah that and then the Expedition drove itself out. No tension on the rope. Starting to think that lady gets "stuck" just to get on videos and I wish they'd stop accommodating her.
Ya that strap was completely slack.
@@rachelgibson1858 She might be accommodating their financial security.
@@rachelgibson1858 The right driver can get a lot of vehicles out of sticky situations, but that did seem too easy. I guess her girls did want to see Matt.
@@Krazykevin76 running (out of gas) gag? Like Trevor falling - we come to expect these things...lol
It's been a while since the last time we saw Jillian. I'm glad she is still off roading. 😃
She started a channel about her ventures.
@@michaelmcclure8673 what is it called?
She’s annoying
She has an Instagram as well. She is such a fun person
😂 I actually said to myself when you chucked the tyre on the trailer that it needs strapping down
As he was tossing it on the trailer I was wondering why they didn’t show it getting strapped down. I was a little surprised when they had to go back for it. But Matt’s a smart guy, so he must have done it on purpose, right? So that all of us would post comments and feed the algorithm. That’s the next level smarts that gets him so many subscribers.
Glad to see Ed back on a recovery!!!
Great to see another older gentleman with the Toyota out on the trails. I’m 72 and still wheeling hard. Hey Ed, where do I apply for a job like yours? 😂
I was impressed a nearly stock Tacoma made it to where he made it. He knows what he's doing.
Yup, there is no stopping ol' grandpa Bucky.
As I watch these recoveries I can't help thinking that a lot of people who should know better don't seem to know better.
...or else they want the t shirts and to meet the stars of off-road recovery in the Southwest.
Nope - was that twice he ran out of gas?
People that should know better but don't covers a broad spectrum of topics.
You've never heard the phrase "to err is human...?!" As Matt demonstrated twice during the first recovery, smart people routinely do stupid things.
Know what you mean. But I guess sometimes the spirit of adventure overrides common sense and caution!
Wow...another display of professionalism and preparedness. I wonder who will recover the 'World's Biggest Off-Road Wrecker' when it runs out of gas?
Good to see Ed in the Co-pilot seat, Tell him thanks, we miss him.
Matt you and your crew are true heroes to so many people. Watching your videos are not only entertaining but i appreciate your willingness to drive across the desert to rescue someone in need and then continue onward to someone else. I realize you aren’t doing this free most times but your ability and skill is amazing. GO MORR TEAM!
I see the people in the black car followed rule #1. "When first stuck in sand, always keep trying to get out until the vehicle is high-centered"
Step #2: Ha ha!
Years ago I did that while driving a Ford farm tractor. It high centered before I could get my foot on the clutch. It took me 2 and a half hours to dig it out.
@@loosemoose9799 that is highly unfortunate 😕
@@xxsoulhuntxx To make it worse, my brother wouldn't help dig it out and just laughed.
@@loosemoose9799 that's crazy we have the same brother lol "you got in there you can get it out"
Matt is one of THE MOST humble persons you could ever want to meet!! I hope to meet him one day!!!
Always nice too see Ed out on a recovery.
I was absolutely shocked when I saw Matt with a gas can, (and it had fuel in it). I even paused the video to see if I was watching “Matt’s Off Road Recovery”. Hahahahha….thanks for sharing.
I think it was the customers
@@danlux4954 The second one was the customer's, but Matt had his own gas earlier. 90+ miles each way on that kind of road means the Morrvair was never going to make it on one tank. Matt had extra along to make the journey, but didn't account for the lost tire.
He never gives up on the just barely getting by style.
"Smooth sailing ahead!"
*Runs out of gas* 😂
Well sailing dont require gas it envoles the wind
Seems like the WORST Place in the World to break down would be someplace where YOU aren't! Such a good job and so cool to watch.
Good seeing Ed doing a recovery.
Love the Southern numb mouth drawl Lizzy....l love my MORR family....thank you all so much for always making me smile
Love the videos! We just got back from two weeks of spring turkey hunting! He got a double! We did a little exploring and only once was I thinking, this would be a good time to contact Matt and the crew!! We don't have the large boulders that you all get to crawl over. We have smaller rocks that just keep moving if you want to or not! I don't even know how we got into that mess. Luckily the pine trees are really close in there so we couldn't roll sideways. I was afraid of flipping end over end! I even hooked my seat belt for this ride! We are safe at home and I need to skin out the last turkey then on to the next adventure!!!
Watching the Morrvair pull the Tacoma over those rocks - nothing short of amazing.
That thing is a piece of art.
Julian is like that side character in every game that you run into from time to time, very funny.
She is a fun character for sure. Always enjoy seeing her out having fun. On her IG account she will post her adventures. When she gets stuck she will say “We will go play while we wait for Matt”. She makes the best of it. Lol
I still don’t know why, but I still watching you guys after months & months. You guys are great.
Matt with yours and Fabrat's skills couldn't you design some type of rack on the Morrvair and the Banana to carry extra fuel? Please keep the great vids coming. The wife and me are huge Matt fans. You had us sobbing over your work, and working with town officials for the handicap kids and park. Also....You letting the kids drive was way over the top. Thank you so much and many blessings to you, your crew and your family. Hi to Ed!!
Great to see Ed back on the trail with you guys. I hope when I am older, I can keep up with that guy!
Wish Matt would watch his own videos. That way he would know to always fill up at the end of a job so it's full for the next one.
The Morrvair is awesome. It never ceases to amaze me. Glad to see Ed back in the saddle with the weather and "We'll get em out".
Classic Edd, "If we find em will get em out" lol. He needs to give that call on all your videos!
We had a similar experience when overlanding. Lost a part of the trailer on the trail. Didn’t realize it until we had travelled roughly 20 miles. Lots of backtracking. 🤟😎
"That went surprisingly easy!" is just another term for "I shouldn't have said this out loud - because we will get in trouble!"... 🤪😁😇
I love you Matt! You’re so friendly and hard working. You’re a great example of the kind of person we should all be.
When you turned around to get the tire I screamed "You don't have enough gas!" but I didn't know you had a reserve 😊
Watching the Banana grunt and churn sand made me fall in love with this channel. It also made me buy an XJ
It's like a big yellow Tasmanian Devil from the cartoons of my youth
According to legend, Matt is still pouring gas into the Morvair to this day.
The first thing I said watching this video is that that spare tire wasn't going to stay on the trailer. Good job on the rescues everyone att Matt's!!
So glad to see Ed back in the saddle !!!🎉
You and fabrats make great videos, keep up the great work the morvair looks good on recoverys and the banana
It is NOT the tow companies responsibility to obtain hotel arrangements for customers.... but MATT DOES!!! Awesome!!!
Glad to see Ed in the truck again! I've been missing him! Also morning drives in Utah blm land are what I dream of every night!
That’s funny about the tire. When you were strapping everything down I thought to myself…. That tire will fall right off that trailer
It was good to see everyone especially Ed and of course the "Cousin It" of Matt's offroad team, the "Gas can." 👻
The MORRVAIR is a beast, love that thing.
Great work you guys stay safe out there
I love this channel. Not only is the puzzle always interesting to figure out the best way to get ‘em out but the personalities, beautiful locations and ways in which you give back to create this community is totally amazing
That tire was the first thought in my mind when I saw how it was being put on the end of the trailer.
Matt forgot to say "That's not goin' anywhere"
We love the fabulous MS. Lizzie. Numb or not she is the STAR, we here just love her and her multiple talents. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
It's crazy watching that video to see the expedition move so well when it wouldn't move at all for us. Either way I'm glad they came to help. I came over that hill and there was nothing below me. It was certainly a scary moment. 😨 It's embarrassing enough to get stuck and have several people stop and try to help or see me in the predicament, I definitely don't do it on purpose. I also missed two different appointments this day because I got stuck.
lol...you need a frequent pull card
If you aren’t getting stuck, you aren’t having fun! :)
Perhaps you had it in neutral, but even then, it seemed to just roll out. I smell fish
@@kikurass322 is it the Cod cooking on your stove?
Yeah, I bet that was scary! And that's why, (especially when off roading in a (mostly) stock vehicle), you should always WALK up a steeper (i.e. "blind" top) hill first to see what's on the other side of it before attempting to climb it with your vehicle, that way you don't accidentally end up driving into a hole like that, or even worse, off of a cliff or sharp edge that goes straight down into a ravine or something! (That's also why you should never wheel at night, in the dark, because the shadows from your headlights totally hide just how much of a drop-off something is!)
Today is the day that I''ve done watching and clicking that like button on all the videos in the playlist. I went backwards so that I have the continuity of the whole thing. Matt, you give hope to humanity in more ways than you might imagine. I thank you and the people surrounding you for doing what you're doing. One day, when I'm allowed to travel with no restrictions, I will go to Utah, and get stuck.
OMG, you guys actually brought extra fuel! That’s a first.
That’s a tough rescue.
Nope, the fuel came from the customer.
@@tyendor1952 He did actually bring extra gas. After meeting up with the customer he added fuel before they headed out on the trail the truck was stuck on. When he is filling with the customers gas he also says that now they know they should have brought 15 gallons instead of just 5.
When I used to run the Flame in Goes fire crew out of point of the mountain I had a rack for holding 12 Gerry cans. Mostly for chainsaw gas but lotsa times we needed to fill up to get back to pavement doing projects on publ8c lands
That was a GREAT weather report !
👍🏻
Wow , a video with Ed and Jillian ! Total groovyness !
love how she wasn't even stuck the rope didnt even come under tension and the suv was moving lolol
Had to go back and look!
It was pretty stuck. We tried to move multiple times and couldn't get anywhere. Lizzie did comment on how well it crawled. 🤷♀️ It did look like it moved well before they pulled.
I noticed that too
I also went back and watched it "Honey just stay on the brakes till they get here" ????????
Her SUV was facing downwards on a reasonably steep incline IN SOFT SAND, (that tends to collapse onto itself), and she prob. only had one wheel really stuck or buried in the sand because of that angle/side incline/"trough" that she drove into, (without diff locks to power that one wheel out), but so that loose sand downhill slope is why even the slightest little nudge from the Morrvair got her out easily. (That would be my guess, from attempting (and failing) to climb these types of sandy hills myself in my totally stock SUV.) That kind of loose, powdery "blow" sand is definitely NO joke, it will completely bury a tire of a vehicle literally in just a few quick seconds if any one criteria of the climb (or even decent sometimes), isn't totally in your favor!
"Traction control is like... get you stuck" LOL, love you. Always trying ty explain it to friends with SUVs...
A fair warning to you Matt, (if you aren't already aware of it), is that any/every time that you ever see cows/cattle on the side of, (or in the middle of), the road, always, ALWAYS, drive by them VERY slowly, so as not to startle them, and because they have a VERY common tendency to run across the road literally RIGHT in front of you, (they're not the smartest of the smartest animals), so if you're going too fast for the road surface conditions, (sand, gravel, mud, etc), to stop on a dime for them when they do that, then you may end up hitting one of them, hurting not only them, but your vehicle also, and THAT would NOT make for a good day! (I live in the SW US also, and I say that from experience dealing with having cows on the road, from living out in the country, ~50 miles of adobe dirt/sand/arroyo/rocky "road" from the nearest town, for about 20 years of my life, so we saw them crossing the road at the last second like that happen numerous times on our trips out to town.)
Also, in the last segment, why is Lizzy's mouth all numb like that? What happened? (Hopefully not an accident while she was horse riding or cattle roping!)(dentist appt. maybe?)
Excellent video. I would like to point out the ants are Harvest Ants (not fire ants) and if Matt had gotten stung, he would be whistling Dixie and dancing a jig. The temps are rising and that means we'll see more videos at Sand Hollow (yeah). I did learn something from this video, the Moorvair is a gas Hog (oink oink). Anyway, thanks for sharing
I thought the same about the ants
Lol Jillian wasn't even stuck.
It certainly looked that way. We were down to the frame and couldn't get it to move at all. Glad it came out pretty easy though.
Yah, you notice how Jefe said “it’s Jillian…again”.
"Whoever can stand me belittling, that's who I need in the driver's seat" LOL!!! Love it!
Traction control is great for the soccer moms trying to get though an icy parking lot...sucks for everything else.
Depends on situation and on how good/bad the traction control is implemented in the car. I have seen many cars where traction control made everything only worse, but when done properly it can be better in most situations than any driver simply because it can react faster and can brake each wheel independently.
On sand though it is allways better to go with traction control off.
If you're going to get off road, traction control, stability control and antilock breaks all tend to cause all sorts of problems. They are just some features that tend to make modern vehicles problematic for off road adventure. On the other hand, fuel injection, electric fuel pumps and switchable lockers and anti sway bars are fantastic improvements. Mostly you just have to understand your vehicle and do what you can to make the most of it's strengths, and overcome the weaknesses. For many people they are totally unaware of the features the vehicle does have and how they affect them in different situations.
Glad to see you had it with you.
Never leave home without it !
"Whoever can handle me yellin' at 'em and belittin' their drivin' style" You are a classic, Matt! Another day or two on the trail, rescuing travellers in distress, well done, people!
I really like how you guys assist people you happen to find along the way, such an awesome thing to do!
They are a business... Nothing is free in life...
I finally subbed to Jillian's channel a couple of weeks ago after seeing her on Bug's channel. I'm not sure what took me so long.. 🤷♂️
Great show Matt and crews!! The Morrvair is quite the machine! Good to see Ed, everyone else too! Traction control,that’s for getting stuck! lol. Thank you all for sharing. Take care everyone. Jim
Secured good enough? it wasn't secured at all! Bloody lucky you found it at all. How many gas stations to the mile does that thing get?
Hi Jillian! I saw the vehicle and went "Holy cow, what did you do?" Buried! LOL
Possibly like the tanks the Allies used in Vietnam, rated in gallons per mile.
@@keithhaycraft3765 -- Given the crappy gas mileage that it seems to get, I think the vehicle self-identifies as a boat...
smiles per gallon
1 of very few channels I always gives a thumbs up on 👍
This is a genuine channel, and not just another BS youtuber🤟
I'm extremely impressed at the lack of wheel hop while the banana was spinning in the sand
That look when Matt said “that’s one way to mark it” 1:03 was the most I’ve ever seen Matt get pissed 😠 You are the best Matt!!!! Pure awesomeness 👍
I had a car with a "sometimes working" fuel gauge. Ran out of fuel so many times, I knew the the exact range and top speed it could do on the starter!
How fast would it go on the starter?
@@briankirwan9588 12 km/h in 3rd gear, on level ground :)
@@briankirwan9588 It also works a lot better if you can remove the spark plugs! The more plugs out, the better. (less compression to fight the starter) :)
That's awesome
You need an old square body instrument cluster, the ones where the gas gauge is bigger than the speedo! Seriously fun to watch, keep up the good work!
Lol "it doesn't matter where it came from, we had it with us"
Please make sure you post all of your build projects. Helps to understand the engineering that goes into these desert/rock climbers.
Who’s driving? - whoever can handle me yelling at them! And whoever can Follow Instructions 😂
Jillian- what happened to your arm!??
I fell hiking and injured my elbow.
@@jilliansadventures4679 :(
@@jilliansadventures4679 - sorry honey 🙁 glad you didn’t have to make a call for yourself 😉
The MORRvair is just a timeless beautiful powerful machine to always watch in action!!
Man, I love Utah. Beautiful place, from the Wasatch mountains to Zion NP. (Or Great Salt Lake to the Four Corners. Either way...) Probably in my top 3 places to retire.
Rough place though, mostly a desert, little water. But an adventure's/photographer's paradise, lol.
Did 2 - two week motorcycling trips out west. Southern Utah was covered on both of those trips (on purpose).
I suspect that a lot of the places that they go is basically a dried up lake bed from back when Lake Bonneville existed...
@@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire Utah Valley is the dried-up bed of lake Bonneville. If you look closely at the Wasatch Front you can see where the shore used to be. Southern Utah is all Colorado Plateau: the result of ancient seas, ancient volcanism, lots of sediment and erosion over hundreds of millions of years.
@@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire Much of the area Matt services (Hurricaine, Lake Powell, Moab, etc.) is more the bottom of a sub-tropical sea that split North America in two.
Then the pacific (tectonic) plate started to run under the North American plate, and pushed Eastern/Southern Utah upwards. (This is why you find fossils of sea creatures 8K feet ASL.)
A lot of the river systems (notibly the Colorado) cut those valleys and canyons you see in their videos.
If you go over to the northwestern side of Utah you'll see the remnants of Bonneville. Flat, dry desert for the most part...
Matt.. You should have your own little motel room built onto the shop so you can let the customer stay there while they wait--- instead of them having to pay for a motel. That would be a really cool option to offer people.
This confirms it: Time to ask Paul to put in an additional fuel tank!
Why, so he will have two empty tanks?
@@rollastudent lol
@@rollastudent 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Trevor does not get nearly the love that he should for all the effort he puts into being the best cameraman out there. I know that I could not begin to do what he does so BIG THANK YOU to Trevor! You make all the other camera people work hard too. :D And HELLO ED!!! We have missed seeing you with the weather as well. We love how positive Ed is and always cheerful.
Also, See it is not always Matt's fault if they run out of gas, well Matt did secure the tire so it kinda IS his fault.... Sorry Buddy, I tried to help. Oh well, :D God bless you all.
Well, at least the tire ended up in the middle of the road. If it had rolled off into the brush, you might not have found it.
Tell me about it!
I lost a brand new spare tire off a flat bed pickup on a dirt road! Never did find it!
Damn Matt ... It"s the MORRvair that does the work. Your driving skills are great !!
Jillian and Bob both almost need their own special segments on the show, or little theme songs for when they show up.
Something like the theme song to Gilligan's Island. 😂
You have a great fill in for Ed now. Buck did great! Great to see Ed back in the passenger seat though too!
Whom ever is getting rescued by Matt and his crew had better just listen to him and do all he asks. May not be PC but gets the job done.
Never mind PC nonesense anyway.
Screw PC! One of the Biggest Problems with our Society today!!!
@@carlatamanczyk3891 LOL he is an angel recuing those people in the middle of nowhere.
@Screw Bigtech 7 LOL thanks by brain fills in missing letters that donot get typed LOL
Nice recoveries, sad about the fuel AGAIN. Thanks guys.
Have you thought about a decent GPS system in the vehicles?
Just using the offline storage option for Google Maps on his cell phone would work... But getting him to remember to do it would be like getting him to remember to refill his gas tank... :)
there are two things I like about your videos, one is the adventure of it all, the second is how you treat everyone from Trevor to Robby Paul and Holly, you treat them all like more than friends,they are treated by you and Jamie like Family, being from Virginia, that is how one treats a good friend. Even little Abby.