Disaster at 3000m (Ep75 GrizzlyNbear Overland)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- First day back on the road after 5 months.
On our way from Bishkek to Osh (Kyrgyzstan) disaster happened.
This is how the day went for us and how we have been rescued.
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Your wife is a keeper man; love your vlogs; cheers from KSA
It's so easy to think of all the things going wrong. Good on you two for focusing on how lucky you were. Machines (even the LR's we treat like our children) can always be fixed. You were unhurt, had shelter, cell reception, and wine. Thankfully now it can be a great story. Thanks for sharing. I'm going to pop over to Patreon and send some love.
Exactly, as soon as we went inside the camper we changed our mind and just looked at all the positives.
You could be proud and talk about this story for the rest of your life to your child. Really enjoy your story. Cheers!!!
Proud that they bought an inferior vehicle to the LC? Oh yeah good talking point.
Old saw from africa: "A Land Rover brings you everywhere - and leaves you there."
:-)))))))))))
Ding Dong
And the Landcruiser will recover you back....
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It’s not an adventure until something goes wrong. You guys had an epic adventure.
Haha, the famous Clay Croft quote : ) (Or Yvon Chouinard )
Good recovery, things happen but you’re both safe, onwards and upwards.
Land Rover- proudly turning drivers into mechanics since 1948
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As a Landy owner I agree lol
This is sooooo true !
A Defender TD5 owner here. I approve of this message!
Damn right. haha it breaks so easily. I wonder why people keep buying them.
Well you are in a better place than you were previously. I’m betting that the old mechanic will take care of you and your vehicle. Never underestimate an experienced old time mechanic. Best wishes.👍
I finally watched the whole thing.............. arghhhhhh !!! But I have to say, what I prefer in this video is how positive and amazing you are and keep being through struggles like this... + WINE lol
Its a land rover which makes adventures more adventurous, legendary unreliability. Its really courageous n commendable that guys took such a humongous journey on land rover.
Guys try not to worry 💛 components fail due to many reasons! Try fitting genuine parts when you can✌️ great Vlog enjoy these moments....take care😁
genuine parts LR parts are what caused the failure ;)
@@pablomax3045 that comment could be construed as funny? But for the fact i have owned a defender for many years which has caused many sleepless nights 😪
@@soylentgreen224 hmm a bit tongue and cheek I guess.
I have owned 3 110's over the years. While I have loved them all, I would never delude myself into thinking they were well built or reliable. I am not sure I have ever taken a Defender overland where something didn't break. The amount of spare parts I would tote around with me finally convinced me to try something else.
The Defender is a fantastically designed truck. It's just put together with crap parts and with almost no attention to detail. Well.... it was built in the midlands after all ;)
@@pablomax3045 ....what is well built these days? I use a defender for my work/business, I agree on your points, I am on my third defender in 11 years, thankfully my present 61 plate has been kind to my pocket over the last two years, I do have a soft spot for them I guess...but you either love them or hate them?
Soylent Green Toyota Land Cruiser 200?
When mishaps happens (they just happen to everyone) you get a little stunned first. Then you get going with all the small steps to turn the situation around. As long as there is nobody injured - it is just a unexpected detour of your adventure. Great work keeping the positive attitude and getting going on solving the challenges.
Thank you. After all we were happy because we got to explore Kyrgyzstan more.
Old aborigen proverb”get a land rover if you want to go to adventure in the middle of the outback, but get a Toyota if you want to come back”
I had a similar thing happen to my Honda CR-V a few months back which led to the scrapping of the vehicle - I wasn't at all angry or upset though, just REALLY glad it happened at parking speeds and not at 110Km per hour on the motorway. All the best.
Land Rover, in Saudi Arabia it's average lifespan is two years-period.
Then drive properly don’t wreck them
Paul Dashwood Dont worry. They use them only for mallcrawling there. For offroading, they use Landcruisers and Patrols.
@@tylerdavidson2400 Truth!!
Paul Dashwood
It’s because they’re made from 100% scrap...
I love landy
Glad you guys are well and kept it together through the whole ordeal.... Looking forward to see you back on the road !! As always ! Safe travels and thank you for sharing !
Bloody Land Rovers. Great while they are going, the hard part is keeping them going. Some TH-cam people create situations to keep their channels interesting. Your channel is real and you'll never have to create situations while you drive a Landy Lol. You're safe and well and that's the main thing. Keep your chins up, it's all an adventure...
@DAVID FORBES Thanks, I think Lol...
"... The hard part is keeping they going..." lol... And the other "...you'll never have to create blablablah...". It seems Landies are the only car than can break, right?
@@ViDiaz Tongue in cheek mate. Don't get too serious...
Sorry to see the damage guys, terrible stuff. But thankfully there’s always someone with a Toyota to help out (sorry couldn’t resist). Bad stuff happens, none of us can avoid it, but you are both so lucky really, for all the reasons you mentioned.
Crap guys, best of luck fixing it. I've never seen that happen before. Shouldn't be too hard a fix. Check the half shaft is ok still
Love myt 33 year old G class.. have never broke down on me ..ultra strong axles
Good luck with the repairs! It was just bad luck and as you say your new 130 had a dubious past plus extra stress of oversize tyres. I look forward to watching the repairs!! You will be back on the road soon - could have been worse and you are both safe!!
Going out into the shit, lesson learned...bring a floor jack with wheels, and one with a skid plate for off road. Jack that thing up, use the handle to steer, ratchet strap it to the car. I've driven good distance on the wheels of a floor jack, baja racing will teach lots of lessons. Like bringing spare parts and knowing how to replace
Well said, I carry a trolly jack in my lannie. Easy job for jacking it with.
Hi guys, it's just amazing how you stay it try to stay positive! That's all what life is about! One love guy's and all luck you you!
Horrible to see your pride and joy creaking and groaning like that but it can take it, it’s a Land Rover. Greetings from Solihull!
Staying positive you are a part of the solution....well done guys. I love this Video.
You should check out Ronny Dahl. His 79 Series Land Cruiser has destroyed many parts on the trail, and that is a vehicle with at least $50K in aftermarket parts. All mechanical parts fail.
The old straight front axles were indestructible but gave a stiff ride.
Basic maintenance... still need to do basic maintenance
We had exceptional experience in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan from the locals fixing things after spending most of the year traveling around the mountains and desert. Such amazing people
Wow. Even with spacers and the weight that was a pretty spectacular failure for not a very big hit.
Land Rovers are trash
(Commenting only 3 minutes into the video) The positivity is so real. I would've been pissed 🤣
Luck there was a Toyota around to sort you out 🤙
That was a Mercedes? 12:41
..that was a good man who decided to help at the time..get some life, instead of talking trash..
So ironic haha
@@unholierhawk its 1:36
@Jett Jo johnson Maybe in USA, but few people buy American outside of America for a good reason...
Very lucky to have such a healthy mindset! You guys rock 😀💙🔝💪
This is epic, guys. Following.
Holy COW!!
Nice mickey mouse made by the local mechanic..
what a great story , one of those day you guy's will never forget
What's your Gvm? You maybe over weight and adding too much stress too your vehicles components.
Loved the video. Thank you for staying positive. Will have to binge watch all the episodes
8 feet of snow...vehicle covered in icicles..."Good thing this didn't happen in winter".
Big tyres and rim spacers might speed the failure up but there is a factory recall on this issue. Trouble is the recall does not fix the problem it just adds a bracket to stop the front axle from hitting the ground after it breaks.
i was looking at the failure a good welder could probably weld it back together for a temporary repair. anyway just my 10 cents sorry about negative comments about your vehicle this could happen to any truck best of luck
There isn't a single recorded occasion of this happening to a Landcruiser. It was a LR, garbage vehicles made by idiots in the West Midlands. Look what they did to Leyland, Rover, Austin ect ect. Wake up and smell the LC.
A positive attitude will get you through any disaster. I've been stranded on the roadside too, Christmas Eve 2015. Friends from 100 miles away rescued me so I could finish the road trip to see my dad for Christmas.
Damn Land Rovers. I've never spent more time on the side of the road, in a parking lot or, in my own damn driveway, than when I owned a Rover.
I've noticed they won't reply to people giving advice to scrap the LR and go LC.
Well I’ve had 9 over the years my break downs were my own fault off roading pushing to hard .apart from that maintain them well they will last a lifetime.
buy a cruiser and just change the oil every now and then and itl last a lifetime. no special bumblefuckery required.
@@northzero2390 perhaps because they spend more time out enjoying life than listening to negative armchair warriors.
Thankful God kept you safe!
That Defender is soooo cool but that is why Toyota and not Rover! Thanks for sharing your experience.
Flyanb I mean that defender is probably about 30 years old so comparing it to a newer car isn’t a fair comparison
I appreciate that. But, a 30 year old Cruiser? They almost always have burfield leaks and seal problems but complete failure that’s tough! There’s a reason why they are so ubiquitous. The Rover is awesome, I just wouldn’t want to trust it too far from home.
Time to switch to a Toyota?! What size tires are those, 35s?
They also have some axle housing failure issues unfortunately
No more than 33"...but those axles are prone to failure with oversize tires...
Know that feeling, you guys did the best out of it.... Unbelievable!
Wish you all the best, stay safe.
One day you`ll tell this to your children and laugh :)
Splendid! now i can learn french while I enjoy good television
I've owned three Land Rovers and found them to be rather fragile. I would not buy one again.
U r right we have all the comforts and technology but do we have a true happiness like back in those times
Bravo pour l’esprit positif dont vous faites preuve vidéo après vidéo. Au-delà de nous régaler avec vos belles images, c’est une belle leçon de « savoir être » que vous transmettez. Vous êtes une bonne source d’inspiration. Merci et bonne continuation.
should of bought a Toyota. then you too could rescue landrover drivers in their certain to come failure
I was traveling in our friends brand new Toyota Land Cruiser on the Mitchell highways in Perth after they collected us from the airport, the rear diff sized for a split second which nearly resulted in a serious accident!
Lucky for us something let go resulting in no drive and us on the side of the road…I think from memory it pushed something through the axle casing…anyway after having many other problems like using more oil than fuel and injector problems they went back to a Mazda which has been fine!
The one thing I have discovered on you tube about Toyota fans is how deluded they really are…honestly believing that the Toyota will never break down!
Material and componenents are not as they used be like before. I had two Land Rovers when i was living in Tanzania. One pickup & a station wagon serie IIA. A diesel & a petrol. Never had problems, just imagine how the locals treated them. It was nice to see your avventure.
Wow. What a lovely thing to see so mant nice people trying to hekp you guys. I know what it feels like to have a catastrophic failure on a trip and be properly stranded. But by staying positive and not panicking things will come around. This happened for a reason like you said. I'm sure something good will come of this. Love you guys. Hanf in there...
How the hell did you manage to do that on paved road? Are Land Rovers that unreliable? Holy crap man...
Poor Bear - hate to watch these scenes as it is so much more than a car. But, you learn, you continue on and you can hopefully look back with a laugh. Always makes a good story and you meet the best people you might otherwise have missed. Good luck!
What can you expect. As Gerson Gottschalk said, it's a land rover.
Should have got yourself a cruiser :D
Every time I go overlanding I carry a spare housing and when I get back I wonder whether I should have bothered. Thank you for the video, looks like next time I will be packing it again.....
i dont bother cause i have a toyota hahaha
People: "I'm going travelling in a Land Rover"
Narrator: "They weren't"
Glad no one is hurt... can't wait till next Thursday
I met a lot of nice people breaking down and fixing my bike with them I still keep in touch with a guy from Australia. . Good times
Loved my Land Rovers but they were always in the shop. Switched to Toyota a few years ago and havent had a problem since. The mechanic is right I would switch to a skinny tire I run 255 80 R17.
God bless you guys the best video.
As someone who has been working on Land Rover's for almost 3 years i have never seen a Defender snap an axle like that. The tyre size wouldn't be the issue, a prop would go well before the axle. Suspension being too firm with the weight of GrizzlyNbear would a likely candidate in combination with extreme heating and cooling cycles. Love your work as always, can't wait to see more!
LAPYAK I know. You can even put 35s on without issues.
We drove 4,500 miles from north California with 82 long bed 4x4 toyota hilux and no problems , by the way when i got in mexico the road was full of road holes. Straight axles are #1 . It never left me on side road.
Hells bells, not seen that sort of carnage, for a long time, and that was an idiot in a Series 3 tried to jump a river rather than wade a deep crossing, but he only cracked the ball but broke upper and lower swivels.
Cant wait to see the repair job.
Looks like repairers there are better than here. We had the LBJ on the Prado 90 series collapse and the wheel went under the car. Took 3 months to get it fixed. Hope you get moving faster than we did. I should add that anyone with the Toyota 90 series who hasn't checked their ball joints recently, do it now, it is a common fault with these vehicles.
Hilarious a yota pulled them out of the road
Salut Stéphanie et Leig Mauvais coup que ce bole de direction mais aucun blessés c'est l'essentiel, prenez une bonne respiration et nouveau départ, vous êtes tellement positif , faite nous de nouvelles vidéos et allez y selon vos envies. A Bientôt amitié
Feel sad for you guys hate broken vehicle in winter it's soo hard but good luck to you safe journey 👍
Take a Toyota landcruiser it would have continued on even with this damage, ☹️☹️☹️👍👍
Lasy year I was in Kyrgyzstan with my Land Cruiser HJ60 I completly broke my two back leaf springs. I managed to drive through Kazkhstan to Russia but driving experience was really tough. So even Land Cruiser s do break down, belive me aspecially when you travel in such conditions as are in Kyrgyzstan.
@Brad Młodystach There is no maintenance program/strategy for leaf springs. The reason was really tough 4x4 roads (i'm not talking about deep mud but holes and corrugations that put constant straing on the suspension).
That's bad luck. Been thrashing a defender around the bush for years now, never seen a breakdown like that. Hope it works out well. I'm sure it will.
Wow! Just stumbled across y’alls channel. So sorry to see the damage! We are huge believers that everything happens for a reason (and we only say it when something bad happens 😄) it could always have been worse. You guys have a great attitude! Can’t wait to catch up with your videos.
Welcome on the channel :) Steph has tattooed on her back " everything happens for a reason"
Man, I’m a 4Runner guy, but I wept inside at this... 🙈 Glad no one was hurt and you could repair and continue. You’re good sports! Best of luck..👍🏼😎
Watching this video today while i'm waiting for the towtruck😂
Comme on dit : c’est que de la tôle mais ça fait mal quand même ! Bon courage pour la suite. Henri Jean
Merci Henri-Jean.
Wow guys we got so stressed out watching this video ! You had such crazy adventures ! Bravo de toujours rester positifs !! On se fait un petit marathon de vos vidéos en pensant à vous !
Mel & Léa
That didn't seem like a bad pothole I drive over worse in a car and never had damaged. Love how positive you guys are being.
Breaking is never fun. Love all your videos!
Can't wait to see the next one.
Ho thank you. See you on friday
Carrying a LRD to travel round the world is unbelievable, salute..
Amazing guys, held on there sooo well, "I would of got real angry and had got a sledge to it 😂😂😁
This guys good, they don’t talk their truck for hours as other people do... this people show places
Good video, happy it’s all over now. Maybe the Colorado isn’t so bad after all haha. Love Mum xx
In the middle of the back of beyond and it gets sorted within days, contrast this to my Alfa which has been awaiting a new diff and gearbox rebuild for 11 weeks now in good old blighty
I don't want to become a Patreon. But I would like to support you with a single donation of 20 Euros. How is this possible?
That is so nice of you, thank you very much for your offer.
Actually on Patreon there is a possibility to make a one off donation 😊
We do also have a PayPal account at email
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Thank you so much again, we hope you are enjoying the videos 😉
Thx. Did it with PayPal and the email Account..
It is only a small compliment for your efforts.
Best regards and a great thank you to to take us with you on your journey.
Armin
@@karltext7350 Good on you
The tires on there don't even look that big; I'm surprised the Defender axles weren't up to the task. What are the old and new tire sizes? Have you considered upgraded axles?
old 285 new 265
Great guy...always smiling!
Plz drive a land cruiser, you will know what reliable means very quickly.
Yep you can buy a landrover and go to Tadzjikistan ! But any mechanic knows you need a Toyota Landcruiser to get back home again !
It`s absolutely the worst feeling being broken down in a remote place . I`ve got a 130 I bought new 20 years ago , and yeah it has let me down a few times . Despite this I still wouldn`t part with it. Good luck from Australia .
Go on expedition with a Land Rover
Come back via Land Cruiser
I'm amazed, even with the damage to the car you could still use it to get it on and off the lorry, what an adventure though hey! Like you said it could of been worse ;0)
Was painful thing to do / watch. What a relieve when it was off at Nikolay's
I bet, I felt your pain when I saw it myself! Glad you guys are good and safe and the wagons on the mend too 🙂
Defenders are the light-tanks of the automobile world.
Con una grúa de levante, con gancho, el rescate sería menos difícil.
Siempre informar a la compañía de grúa el tipo de vehículo, marca, modelo, equipo especial, etc. Continúen con su fantástico viaje, felicidades.
Very sad but don't worry this is a part of life. Lots of love from Rawalpindi Pakistan
If you had a NIVA this will never happen
this type of damage for so expensive vehicle is not acceptable
AUXILIARIES AUX please stop saying scrap, over loaded truck with over sized tires will always over stress the suspension components, it’s not a Land Rover failure, but a modification failure
Brad Młodystach
Toyota or Mercedes, but, the little Lada is exceptional, it’s off road capability will embarrass vehicles costing many times over on the dirt, great articulation, strong - heavy duty diffs and steel internals... Just think Kazma.!!!
😳 Üzüldüm yaşadıklarınıza. Videoda gözleriniz kırmızı çıkıyor. Muayene olun derim iyi bir göz doktoruna.
@ 11:00 That steel cable around the tire looks quite nasty.. Also the steel hooks on the Aluminium rims... More bad news after the damage which happened already..
Also: the right front wheel should have been taken off so the front axle could rest on the ground: less friction = easier loading.
To make it even better: put the left wheel straight and fixate the track rod to the diferential with a strap. In that way you can manouvre the recovery truck to get the Landy straight on it.
There was enought waiting time to do this simple things which would make loading a lot easier and limit the amount of further damage.
But well... I wasn't there... 😁
Man..! you did.... what happened to you is not easy to fix. don't forget... you are Lucky.
@red headed stepchild i saw the video till the end, i meant, after a long waiting and difficult transport, after all you did.. Greetings from Albania and hope to see you here...
If you want to go to Tajikistan, buy a Land Rover. If you want to come back, buy a Toyota!
See, Griz N Bear didnt wanna leave lol. All good things come to those that wait my friends. And you have done a fair bit of waiting. As you said, better it broke when it did and not when you were completely out of contact. Looking forward to viewing the repairs :) . Love and blessings to you both. Brett and Marie.
Coolt trip anyway ,i salute you
When you buy Defender you pay 20% for car and 80% for brand. When you buy hilux or landcruiser you pay 100% for car and brand name you get for free.
Just found you guys will have to binge watch
This is why mechanical experience and spare parts for common failure points like this should always be carried. Even on 500 mile rally’s teams carry about a whole extra car of parts