Why did he unhook? He kept sliding back and trying to go up the hill and after several attempts, the trailer started goin into the ditch so now he could not back up, and could not back around the corner, and could not make it up the hill. He hoped to disconnect and reconnect on a better angle. Yes he used his pull away brake and wheel chocks. It overrode both. Secondly on how much it cost? Nothing we did not charge him a penny and didn’t accept a tip Why?? Because our sponsors just like on x And Viewers like you Cover all the costs needed so we are able to help guys like this without charging them in a crappy situation So if you don’t like a mini commercial just skip it It’s one way we able to do it for FREE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING
I don’t mind watching a few commercials to support the work you do. This guy has enough in trailer repairs coming up, the least he needed was a huge tow bill with it. I for one am happy that you were able to help him out
That's a genuine hillbilly parade right there. A tractor, a jeep, a pickem up truck and a home on wheels. Everything a hillbilly needs in life besides a case of duct tape.
I don’t own a truck, I don’t own a fifth wheel, hell I don’t even own off roading equipment. But shit this was possibly the coolest video I’ve seen in 2024. Awesome you guys were there to help at zero cost a dude probably just trying to create memories with his family. Unintentionally got himself into quite the bind and had people like you to help get him out. God Bless yall!
Just ran across your channel. Excellent job pulling the fifth wheel back up on the road. I was holding my breath! Edit: I just read your comment that you did it for free! What a guy!! That’s absolutely awesome!
One hell of a job. Good going. I had an issue with my first 5th wheel trailer that I tried to tow up a steep dirt road. I had a F350 2-wheel drive, and lost traction in the middle of a second hill. Being new I was going to try to back down a little way, but the trailer was not going the way I wanted. I was stuck and straight up scared. My wife was following me in my little ranger truck, so I had her get the dogs into the little truck. I couldn't get out because I had to keep my foot on the brake. Putting it in park, and it was still trying to roll back, so the brake helped hold it in place. Did I mention the couple hundred feet drop off, and being scared? I had her go get help, and she went to the farmers house at the bottom of the road. Mr. Billingsley came to my rescue. He got in front of me with his old green ex forest service Dodge pickup and hooked up a rope. Big rope. His truck helped me up that hill, and boy I was relieved. After we disconnected, he wanted to make sure I could make it up the last hill which was a few miles away, which that one was no problem. He said most people he has had to help usually were intoxicated and was glad I wasn't. (me too, but I dont drink and drive). We didnt have a lot of cash, but I did give him 80.00 dollars which he refused, but I told him to take his wife out on us. That was over 20 years ago, and we still go by his farm all the time. Most I have pulled up that hill since was an in-bed camper, and with our F450 4-wheel drive I can pull a car trailer with a jeep loaded on it, but never again will I pull our new 5th wheel up that hill. Just yesterday I joked to the wife that I was going to take our little toy hauler down the hill, she just no you are not. Going that was saves over 40 miles to get to our lot, but I have learned my lesson that its noy always better to go on a short cut.
That was scary! I have feared my camper going off an embankment at a few places. I'm not sure how I would have dealt with that!! That was awesome all that you did for that person and on your time and dime. I did learn some stuff watching this in hopes I will NEVER have to implement them... Thanks for sharing 👍
It's amazing how a split second decision can basically destroy a $100K camper. His frame is all discombobulated, entire thing is caddy wompus. Main thing is all ya'll are safe because that was a very dangerous situation to be in for everybody involved.
He had no business pulling a rig that size with anything less than a dually. We have a trailer the same size, if not bigger. It blows my mind how many people severely over estimate their trucks and underestimate their trailers. I hope this is a lesson to everyone who tows. Great job, guys, on your recovery!!
yup... I am baffled everytime I am passed by a 2500/250 pulling a 40 footer at 80+ mph in a 65, while Im here just matching traffic in my 3500 HO DRW with a 34ft fiver...
Exactly , we have a 2015 Silverado dually with a 6.0 gas and it barely pulls our 3 slide 35'TT Screams up hills getting 6 mpg Buy a dually diesel or Stay Home lol
It was a traction issue not a truck issue. Could a DRW had a little more traction? maybe. If the driver would have dropped the PSI in the truck tires to 35 in the rear and 20 in the front he would have gained a lot of traction. Keep it slow and steady.
scary how big and heavy these campers are compared to the tow vehicle. and even scarier how weak that hitch is. i think tow limits have been pushed too far on trucks. seems campers this big need a small semi tractor.
as an Aussie I'm always blown away by what you guys are allowed to tow with, sure you have some big trucks but man the stuff that's getting pulled... physics is king. Guess it makes for an unlimited supply of recovery videos...
It’s not the pulling…it’s the stopping. I can pull anything with a very light vehicle if it has enough torque and the correct gear ratio. The problems is stopping a 10,000 lb trailer with a truck that weighs 7,000 lbs. Even though the trailer has brakes, they are typically drum brakes that can assist the tow vehicle in stopping. The kinetic energy of the trailer at speed means it does not want to stop unless other forces exert a greater effort to overcome this energy. So the truck has to do most of the stopping on the trailer. This is what your towing factor is minister to. This doesn’t account for the 3,000 lbs of crap that was then thrown into the trailer. So most of these guys get a trailer that is at the upper limits of what they can stop. It’s not what they can pull. Don’t get that confused. Then with the added weight they are well past what they can safely stop. Then they get on the freeway and drive 75 miles an hour.
Yeah they building these RV heavily to compete with there Competitors, try to make it more like a home when they should just leave it alone. There's two and a half bath upstairs five queen size bed all of this needs of stop
The WHY he unhooked his truck is mind-boggling but irrelevant at this time. What an absolute fantastic video, the use of ingenuity, teamwork and just overall ton of a "we can" mentality is awesome. Great work gentleman, I'm glad it all worked out. From an almost full-time RV'er I will offer this, in nearly 99.9% of the time DISCONNECTING your trailer from your tow vehicle is not a good idea. This holds true to ALL 5ers, Goosenecks and bumper pulls. Best piece of advice, from experience; stop, re-evaluate the totality of the situation and seek assistance better sooner than later. Great video and I am a new sub.
Great work. I would have hated to be in that situation. Being an owner of. Fifth wheel camper, you are correct in saying everything is flimsy. I am surprised the spring hangers held….
If you ever heard the expression; dont send a boy to do a mans job. That 3 axle toy hauler should have been towed by a diesel dually pick up truck. What an impressive job completed. Thank you for sharing this awsome video.
I’ve been to all 50 states and most of the way across Canada on a motorcycle, traveling with what I could stuff in my saddlebags. For the life of me, I will NEVER understand why people think that pulling a HOUSE behind a $50,000 pickup truck is a good way to travel.
I rode MC's with the wife for 12 years. She rode her own MC off and on during those 12 years. What I hated most was the unpacking/packing up every night in a hotel. Site seeing was limited to getting off the bike and short hikes. Stuck in a boring hotel room at night. With our trailer we can go the same places we did on our MC's but can stay and enjoy where we are for multiple days. No boring closed in hotel rooms eating fattening food in restaurants. We mainly quit riding 14 years ago when texting became popular. Too many dim witted teenagers playing on their phones while driving. It was just not as much fun anymore always being in hyper defensive mode.
You put your motorcycle in the back of that house. Tow it to your destination. Then ride your motorcycle everywhere. Think of it as a portable hotel room but nicer that you never have to pack and unpack. 😎
Education is expensive no matter how you get it. Always use chalk blocks and separate your brakeway cable when hooking or unhooking on hills. Great job salvaging guys!
And this is why you need to make sure where you are going when towing campers. Just because you can boondock doesn't mean you can get to the place to boondock. These guys did a fantastic job!
Very nice recovery. All the people saying his truck was insufficient for the trailer make me laugh. It is plenty truck for it when operating them on roads they were designed for. This was not one of those roads and that's why he got into this bad situation.
Glad you guys were able to help him. Also nice of the State Troop to make sure he make it safely the the church. I hope his damage can be fixed. I am sure the man was grateful to everyone for their help. Way to go guys.
thx! Great video! You showed that wrecker company up, don't know people have to be like that. I didn't'[ realize till you got it out that it was as long as a football field. Great work!
@@matt.mckinziein no way am I being a smart ass but you did this the hardest way possible. I will say I am proud of the way you secure things for safety. You could have gotten them out without breaking the hitch and only needing one cable for security
@@Bodie2020I got real excited and headed straight to your page to see all your off-road recovery videos! Imagine my disappointment when I realized you probably don't know wtf you're talking about. If you did know what you were talking about, you'd probably have a channel full of these kind of videos doing things the better way. Let's hear how you would have done it.
My goodness! Early in the video, I thought, “This is going to be impossible to recover!” WELL DONE! I am sure the owner felt horrible about the entire situation. Virtual hug!
Damn fine piece of rigging once again. I wished you would have let her pull him up the hill with the F 150, that would have been some viral footage right there!👍😂
Man that was a BADAZZ recovery Matt!! I have labeled you the mastermind with snatchblocks & let’s not forget scotchblocks‼️‼️‼️ Precisely saying you are the master of all Towing!! 👍🏻👍🏻
Amazing job guys, hats off! 🎉 I was quite worried if the camper would crash the truck. More worry was if any of the bands or cords snap, it could cut a person in half. Thank God everyone stayed safe ❤ Very bad design of this camper. It’s huge but on a weak chassis. Even the hitch is made cheaply.
Hey Matt & ALL Helpers !!! Great recovery as always !!!! Thanks for the videos & this will be a great introduction to your channel for sure in that area !!! Ga. & FL. can't compete with this !!! 🤔🙄🤠😎👍👍👍👍👍
That was a heart-stopping maneuver! As a camper, I was horrified for the owner, and watched while holding my breath a lot. NICE JOB, OFF ROAD RECOVERY! I hate mountains; I’ll stay in Florida, thank you. At my age, I don’t want that kind of drama. Loved the information about chain strength - a great bonus of information.
Really well done guys and well thought out. For those reading if you ever unhook a trailer on a hill WHEEL CHALK THE CRAP OUT OF IT! It's amazing how easily a big heavy trailer can overcome 1 or 2 wheel chalks. Do every tire as high as you reasonably can. If you're really in a pickle send a ratchet strap or chain throigh the wheels of both axles to create a parking brake of sorts. Yes it will suck to get off if tensionis on it but much better then loosing your load.
A) Why would you bring something that big down road that steep and small? B) I bet when that thing started sliding he thought he'd never see it again. C) I'm amazed at your level of planning each time I watch. Great job.
@Penny-mk7fv The truck will pull a fully loaded farm house up that hill, if it could maintain traction. The weight in the truck is reduced on the hill from the angle of pull. He would have been well advised to move weight from the camper to the truck and maintain his speed on the hill. Losing traction was the failure point. Unhooking was the worst thing to do...
@Penny-mk7fv The truck hooked to the trailer is a 1 ton dodge ram 3500...The tow company has an F-150 as a support vehicle. You may need to watch again while sober.
@Penny-mk7fv the point is the truck doing the towing was not an F-150 which you kept on incorrectly stating. There's a world of difference between an F-150 and a 3500.
Great to see that during the winching process that there were not loads of potential bodies hanging around the winch ropes its good that they were well out the way and congratulations on the recovery a job well done
This trailer is HUGE. Who would ever think they could go up a hill with it with a high powered pickup truck? I see tractor trailer semi's hauling mobile homes this size on a flat freeway.
I had a similar experience pulling a small trailer up a gravel road with a front wheel drive Highlander. I had solar panels,batteries, and inverter for a campsite near Chattanooga. The load was perfectly distributed for the highway but without rear wheel drive there was no way to do the hill. Four wheel drive is essential on gravel hills but when pulling a trailer you should also have a second vehicle to be safe.
I'm in AZ and spent the better part of 30 years hauling concrete. I'm amazed still at the people who are either clueless about grades and gravity. They're either just dumb or think they can defy gravity and build houses in the dumbest locations. They still try and get us up on the sides of mountains. How many times I've just said no. After being places I shouldn't have put a mixer truck. Great job you all and amazing recovery!
Your attitude is all wrong. Of course most people who don’t do heavy hauling are clueless about grades. With your experience, you should take pity on those who don’t have it. I bet you’re a great mentor too 😂
It is very easy if you were a tank crew. Tie one or two cables to the big trees and pull the middle of the cable. Clean the trial in front of the camper tires.
What about industrial grade air bags to lift it and allow it to roll over the bags. Then secure. Then repeat process? Anchor trailer with lines before inflating bags so the stump holding it becomes unimportant in stopping it running away when trailer is lifted off the stump.
My cousin's cousins were always kind of a strange bunch. They once got their 1 ton pickup stuck in a field after loading their gooseneck with a bunch of big bales of hay. They decided the best way to get it out was to hook their D7 to the front bumper. The truck came out, but the trailer and most of the trucks bed didn't.
Not that surprised no-one else wanted anything to do with that recovery.. Although maybe an excavator would have made it a lot easier.. Sometimes what you have has to be enough..
Great job, guys. Y'all did some awesome work getting that trailer out. And bringing all of the right tools & straps & most of all, knowledge. Great video.
Sorry for the inconvenience, just popped up on my screen, y'all have a wonderful 4th and god bless yall. Stay safe,and keep cool out there. Stuff happens to us all. Thanks for sharing your journey. We all have them. Have a great day 👍🏻
This actually had me on the edge of my seat the little. It’s really cool that you help them like this and hopefully they had good insurance to help cover it.
Insurance wouldn’t cover it since he unhooked it We did not charge him a penny Everything he owned was in the camper and was his full time home So we couldn’t charge him he has enough issues to deal with than a huge wrecker bill
This is unfortunately a very common occurrence, I'm amazed it is at least a 3500, there are way more pulling those big toy haulers with 2500's. And those same guys say Im "Overkill" pulling my 34ft fifthwheel with a Ram 3500 DRW High output max tow package... But I have the payload and brakes to deal with any manufactured RV, now traction is another story, I would not go up a road like this without scouting it before.
Yeah, completely agree with you there stinson87. That truck is way to small for that trailer. But the sales guy didn't tell him that, lol. These rv ers need to do the math before buying one of those trailers or get a way bigger truck. They are a danger on the road otherwise.
@@GregMomtoya that is very true. I was actually amazed when I heard that our local RV dealership refused someone of moving their newly purchased RV since they showed up with an F150 to move a Momentum 320G, not a massive RV but a dry pin weight of 2300lbs and UVW of 12400lbs...
WOW! Great job!! And thats the difference between 'recovery' guys and 'towing' guys. Recovery guys take the time to do it right. Towing guys just want to hook and run. What was he doing down in that hole with that camper anyway?
He volunteered to work for a guy at the bottom for free parking He had no idea how bad it was until he turned in By then it was too late He worked down there for about 2 weeks Finished up and went to leave to go to a new job location and couldn’t make it
Its a toy hauler. Very heavy ,hence the 3 axles. Has rv living quarters and a 10-14 foot garage in the back for motorcycles, ATVs, UTC, golf cart. Usually has a fuel tank to refuel the toys too. Max weight is in the 20- 22,000 lb range.
I don’t think your home boy Casey could have done it better with his 5 rotators. 😂. The reason I say 5 it would take 3 just to get the first two out of the hole. Then a D9 hooked to that silly friction ring to drag them up the hill. 😂
You would totally wrong and have no idea what you're talking about been doing this for years with a 2500 HD Duramax and that would pull that all day long
@@IceColdGeico if that was a hill that steep and he was loaded to the max... Then maybe not having the momentum.... On that type of a dirt road I would have switched to 4wh and hit it.
Fantastic recovery. If the guy is lucky, he'll be able to get it fixed up enough to use until he scraps it. Great job people! Enough winch power, with some planning and thought makes things go smoothly!
And you guys did it for free? That's a very lucky man. I really hope once he gets to the Church Parking lot he does a little soul searching & prayer. All that & he ends up in a church parking lot. I love it.
If it was me , there would be a car come through every 5 minutes. If he couldnt make the hill why didnt he pull into the area where you did the rigging in , that looked fairly level
Sorry didn’t see the second part of your question So he was going up the hill loosing traction and sliding back He attempted several several times By the time he was giving up The trailer was already in the ditch area So he could not back it up or go around the corner So he was stuck Can’t go backwards And Can’t go forward He was hoping to rehook on a different angle
If he has insurance, I would love to hear him tell them what he did. It is most likely trashed and needs more work to be fix than it's worth. Is resale is nor worth shit either after this.
A dually has less weight capacity than single tires. The extra weight of the tires, is deducted from the total weight capacity. I have a friend who buys F350s, and never goes for a dually due to the difference in weight. He pulls heavy equipment
I like it when you talk about load weights and snatch blocks and when you do the math - the technical stuff. You used to draw arrows and show snatch block placements. That was also interesting.
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Do you have any idea who much recreational corps spend to keep that from being law? Billions of pocket change to the right.
What kind of truck was the guy using to haul this 5th wheel?
Yeah because that diesel should have pulled that camper anywhere and not need three vehicles. They need to change that road up
Why did he unhook?
He kept sliding back and trying to go up the hill and after several attempts, the trailer started goin into the ditch so now he could not back up, and could not back around the corner, and could not make it up the hill. He hoped to disconnect and reconnect on a better angle. Yes he used his pull away brake and wheel chocks. It overrode both.
Secondly on how much it cost?
Nothing we did not charge him a penny and didn’t accept a tip
Why?? Because our sponsors just like on x
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Cover all the costs needed so we are able to help guys like this without charging them in a crappy situation
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That sounds like something that would happen to a lot of us. He probably just unfamiliar with the route and was in the situation before he knew it.
@@grunthos1 correct he is not from this area and had no idea until it was too late
And it’s one way in and one way out
No other options
@Penny-mk7fv minimum 5k with chance of it increasing was the best he got before calling us
I don’t mind watching a few commercials to support the work you do. This guy has enough in trailer repairs coming up, the least he needed was a huge tow bill with it.
I for one am happy that you were able to help him out
Free is awesome! Glad the ads and sponsors can help like that! Sucks to get in these sit's like that! 🤟
That's a genuine hillbilly parade right there. A tractor, a jeep, a pickem up truck and a home on wheels. Everything a hillbilly needs in life besides a case of duct tape.
lol spot on brother!
You forgot a good dog.
And a canoe with a 9.9 or picnic table houseboat 😊
Dog was in the dodge and wasn’t forgotten 😉
@@matt.mckinzie I should have known.👌
Folks like you are sooo impressive. Making a great effort where nobody else wants to help. Fantastic.
I don’t own a truck, I don’t own a fifth wheel, hell I don’t even own off roading equipment. But shit this was possibly the coolest video I’ve seen in 2024. Awesome you guys were there to help at zero cost a dude probably just trying to create memories with his family. Unintentionally got himself into quite the bind and had people like you to help get him out. God Bless yall!
That camper is huge, should be illegal to make them that big, a hazard on the road. Any clown with a license can tow one, scary.
How else you gonna fit everything inside if you have a big family and plus why do you care @werper09
He could take a tent and made better memories, I don't understand how people think it is a good idea to buy such a huge pieces of junk
He should’ve locked it into 4x4 low gear and he would’ve been ok. That Cummins 6.7 has the power, not sure what he was thinking
@@jmaud1233 loose gravel on that hill, probably couldn't get the traction.
That trailer is anything but a road warrior. 😂
New designation "onroad warrior"
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Holy cow, you guys did a fantastic job getting that massive camper out of the ditch!! So nerve wracking to watch, but you all did it!! Congrats!!
Just ran across your channel. Excellent job pulling the fifth wheel back up on the road. I was holding my breath! Edit: I just read your comment that you did it for free! What a guy!! That’s absolutely awesome!
One hell of a job. Good going.
I had an issue with my first 5th wheel trailer that I tried to tow up a steep dirt road. I had a F350 2-wheel drive, and lost traction in the middle of a second hill. Being new I was going to try to back down a little way, but the trailer was not going the way I wanted. I was stuck and straight up scared. My wife was following me in my little ranger truck, so I had her get the dogs into the little truck. I couldn't get out because I had to keep my foot on the brake. Putting it in park, and it was still trying to roll back, so the brake helped hold it in place. Did I mention the couple hundred feet drop off, and being scared? I had her go get help, and she went to the farmers house at the bottom of the road. Mr. Billingsley came to my rescue. He got in front of me with his old green ex forest service Dodge pickup and hooked up a rope. Big rope. His truck helped me up that hill, and boy I was relieved. After we disconnected, he wanted to make sure I could make it up the last hill which was a few miles away, which that one was no problem. He said most people he has had to help usually were intoxicated and was glad I wasn't. (me too, but I dont drink and drive). We didnt have a lot of cash, but I did give him 80.00 dollars which he refused, but I told him to take his wife out on us. That was over 20 years ago, and we still go by his farm all the time. Most I have pulled up that hill since was an in-bed camper, and with our F450 4-wheel drive I can pull a car trailer with a jeep loaded on it, but never again will I pull our new 5th wheel up that hill. Just yesterday I joked to the wife that I was going to take our little toy hauler down the hill, she just no you are not. Going that was saves over 40 miles to get to our lot, but I have learned my lesson that its noy always better to go on a short cut.
That is as big as a house trailer ??
15:00 customer... I had to have those rear shackle mounts welded.....yep those are welded to the frame? No shit!😂 talk about not listening!
That was scary! I have feared my camper going off an embankment at a few places. I'm not sure how I would have dealt with that!! That was awesome all that you did for that person and on your time and dime. I did learn some stuff watching this in hopes I will NEVER have to implement them... Thanks for sharing 👍
It's amazing how a split second decision can basically destroy a $100K camper. His frame is all discombobulated, entire thing is caddy wompus. Main thing is all ya'll are safe because that was a very dangerous situation to be in for everybody involved.
Many of those 40 foot plus toy haulers are pushing $200k nowadays....
And afte3r 50 years of driving without an accident or ticket, I'm still paying high insurance premiums to cover the losses for others.
@@computerweenieyep😂😂.Let's unhook it from the truck on this steep mountain road and see what happens.
That thing is more like 160k
He’ll sell it now to some naive duffus
No business bringing that trailer in there.
He had no business pulling a rig that size with anything less than a dually. We have a trailer the same size, if not bigger.
It blows my mind how many people severely over estimate their trucks and underestimate their trailers.
I hope this is a lesson to everyone who tows.
Great job, guys, on your recovery!!
yup... I am baffled everytime I am passed by a 2500/250 pulling a 40 footer at 80+ mph in a 65, while Im here just matching traffic in my 3500 HO DRW with a 34ft fiver...
@@stinson87 seriously!! They're going to kill someone.. or themselves
Exactly , we have a 2015 Silverado dually with a 6.0 gas and it barely pulls
our 3 slide 35'TT Screams up hills getting 6 mpg
Buy a dually diesel or Stay Home lol
A Range Rover could pull this lol
It was a traction issue not a truck issue. Could a DRW had a little more traction? maybe.
If the driver would have dropped the PSI in the truck tires to 35 in the rear and 20 in the front he would have gained a lot of traction. Keep it slow and steady.
That was the best chain of vehicles I may have ever seen - tractor pulling a jeep pulling a RAM pulling a fifth wheel!
scary how big and heavy these campers are compared to the tow vehicle. and even scarier how weak that hitch is. i think tow limits have been pushed too far on trucks. seems campers this big need a small semi tractor.
Yes we agree, yes they can tow them on flat ground
Dosnt mean they can handle a mountain
@chrischris1782 at minimum should be trucks like the hotshot delivery drivers use to take to the customers
as an Aussie I'm always blown away by what you guys are allowed to tow with, sure you have some big trucks but man the stuff that's getting pulled... physics is king. Guess it makes for an unlimited supply of recovery videos...
It’s not the pulling…it’s the stopping. I can pull anything with a very light vehicle if it has enough torque and the correct gear ratio. The problems is stopping a 10,000 lb trailer with a truck that weighs 7,000 lbs. Even though the trailer has brakes, they are typically drum brakes that can assist the tow vehicle in stopping. The kinetic energy of the trailer at speed means it does not want to stop unless other forces exert a greater effort to overcome this energy. So the truck has to do most of the stopping on the trailer. This is what your towing factor is minister to. This doesn’t account for the 3,000 lbs of crap that was then thrown into the trailer. So most of these guys get a trailer that is at the upper limits of what they can stop. It’s not what they can pull. Don’t get that confused. Then with the added weight they are well past what they can safely stop. Then they get on the freeway and drive 75 miles an hour.
Yeah they building these RV heavily to compete with there Competitors, try to make it more like a home when they should just leave it alone. There's two and a half bath upstairs five queen size bed all of this needs of stop
The WHY he unhooked his truck is mind-boggling but irrelevant at this time. What an absolute fantastic video, the use of ingenuity, teamwork and just overall ton of a "we can" mentality is awesome. Great work gentleman, I'm glad it all worked out. From an almost full-time RV'er I will offer this, in nearly 99.9% of the time DISCONNECTING your trailer from your tow vehicle is not a good idea. This holds true to ALL 5ers, Goosenecks and bumper pulls. Best piece of advice, from experience; stop, re-evaluate the totality of the situation and seek assistance better sooner than later. Great video and I am a new sub.
Thats what im saying. Never unhook & stop & think . I said think not drink
You are an amazing Recovery Man. I enjoy watching you think these difficult problems out, and I had 100% faith in your success.
Holy cow! When you walked along that fifthwheel I couldn’t believe how long it is! That is not for camping, that is a HOUSE!
Gives new meaning to “He’s out of the woods”.
😅😅😅
Was Desi Arnaz driving and Lucy packed the camper full of rocks?
I remember that classic movie. The long long trailer. 😂
Lucy you got some ‘splaining to do!
Towed it behind a 53 Merc!
Great work. I would have hated to be in that situation. Being an owner of. Fifth wheel camper, you are correct in saying everything is flimsy. I am surprised the spring hangers held….
You all have the skills. Great job. I like how the camera person knew the danger of a snapped line and kept in the back.
Never had a doubt Matt. I knew you could get it done. I'm glad to see ya'll back in action. Look forward to more videos.
If you ever heard the expression; dont send a boy to do a mans job. That 3 axle toy hauler should have been towed by a diesel dually pick up truck. What an impressive job completed. Thank you for sharing this awsome video.
I’ve been to all 50 states and most of the way across Canada on a motorcycle, traveling with what I could stuff in my saddlebags. For the life of me, I will NEVER understand why people think that pulling a HOUSE behind a $50,000 pickup truck is a good way to travel.
I rode MC's with the wife for 12 years. She rode her own MC off and on during those 12 years. What I hated most was the unpacking/packing up every night in a hotel.
Site seeing was limited to getting off the bike and short hikes. Stuck in a boring hotel room at night.
With our trailer we can go the same places we did on our MC's but can stay and enjoy where we are for multiple days. No boring closed in hotel rooms eating fattening food in restaurants. We mainly quit riding 14 years ago when texting became popular. Too many dim witted teenagers playing on their phones while driving. It was just not as much fun anymore always being in hyper defensive mode.
You put your motorcycle in the back of that house. Tow it to your destination. Then ride your motorcycle everywhere. Think of it as a portable hotel room but nicer that you never have to pack and unpack. 😎
Totally agree
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Well that's easy to understand. It's not you doing it, so it's not meant for you to understand, anymore then people wondering why you ride a bike.
Education is expensive no matter how you get it. Always use chalk blocks and separate your brakeway cable when hooking or unhooking on hills. Great job salvaging guys!
Glad to see that you are blessed to do this at no ones expense but your own
And this is why you need to make sure where you are going when towing campers. Just because you can boondock doesn't mean you can get to the place to boondock. These guys did a fantastic job!
Very nice recovery. All the people saying his truck was insufficient for the trailer make me laugh. It is plenty truck for it when operating them on roads they were designed for. This was not one of those roads and that's why he got into this bad situation.
Glad you guys were able to help him. Also nice of the State Troop to make sure he make it safely the the church. I hope his damage can be fixed. I am sure the man was grateful to everyone for their help. Way to go guys.
Brilliant recovery. Careful, considered and executed calmly with care. None better. 👍 Regards, Phil, Suffolk, U.K. 🇬🇧
thx! Great video! You showed that wrecker company up, don't know people have to be like that. I didn't'[ realize till you got it out that it was as long as a football field. Great work!
Definitely was a big one and fully loaded
@@matt.mckinziein no way am I being a smart ass but you did this the hardest way possible. I will say I am proud of the way you secure things for safety. You could have gotten them out without breaking the hitch and only needing one cable for security
@@matt.mckinziehow much do you think the trailer and contents could of weighed?
@@chrischris1782 he said the trailer weighs roughly 20k
But I know the garage area alone had at least 6k in stuff in it
@@Bodie2020I got real excited and headed straight to your page to see all your off-road recovery videos! Imagine my disappointment when I realized you probably don't know wtf you're talking about. If you did know what you were talking about, you'd probably have a channel full of these kind of videos doing things the better way. Let's hear how you would have done it.
My goodness! Early in the video, I thought, “This is going to be impossible to recover!” WELL DONE! I am sure the owner felt horrible about the entire situation. Virtual hug!
Don’t feel bad, this is life. You fix the problem and go on!
Excellent work! Some things just don't belong off road and that trailer looks overloaded.
Damn fine piece of rigging once again. I wished you would have let her pull him up the hill with the F 150, that would have been some viral footage right there!👍😂
Man that was a BADAZZ recovery Matt!! I have labeled you the mastermind with snatchblocks & let’s not forget scotchblocks‼️‼️‼️ Precisely saying you are the master of all Towing!! 👍🏻👍🏻
You Sir, are a master at what you do!
Wow!! The stress I had while watching! Couldn’t imagine the stress of being there ! You guys are great!!!
The owner needs to rename his camper Off Road Warrior! Nice work!
You all are AMAZING!!!!! You had my blood pressure up, but I couldn't stop watching! 😂 Somebody learned a very hard and expensive lesson! 🙏 ❤
Awesome rigging that show's how using a winch a a few snatch blocks u can pull really heavy trucks with campers out of bad places great recovery
Amazing job guys, hats off! 🎉
I was quite worried if the camper would crash the truck.
More worry was if any of the bands or cords snap, it could cut a person in half. Thank God everyone stayed safe ❤
Very bad design of this camper. It’s huge but on a weak chassis.
Even the hitch is made cheaply.
Great teamwork to recover that camper safely!
Great job. And I must commend you for your understanding of Rigging, Sling Angle Stress etc... Very safety oriented given the situation.
Hey Matt & ALL Helpers !!! Great recovery as always !!!! Thanks for the videos & this will be a great introduction to your channel for sure in that area !!! Ga. & FL. can't compete with this !!! 🤔🙄🤠😎👍👍👍👍👍
Definitely a different world here
That was a heart-stopping maneuver! As a camper, I was horrified for the owner, and watched while holding my breath a lot. NICE JOB, OFF ROAD RECOVERY! I hate mountains; I’ll stay in Florida, thank you. At my age, I don’t want that kind of drama. Loved the information about chain strength - a great bonus of information.
OUTSTANDING!!!! FIVE STARS!!!!!
Art from Ohio
Really well done guys and well thought out. For those reading if you ever unhook a trailer on a hill WHEEL CHALK THE CRAP OUT OF IT! It's amazing how easily a big heavy trailer can overcome 1 or 2 wheel chalks. Do every tire as high as you reasonably can. If you're really in a pickle send a ratchet strap or chain throigh the wheels of both axles to create a parking brake of sorts. Yes it will suck to get off if tensionis on it but much better then loosing your load.
A) Why would you bring something that big down road that steep and small?
B) I bet when that thing started sliding he thought he'd never see it again.
C) I'm amazed at your level of planning each time I watch. Great job.
It happens a lot camping places on stretches like this. It is fine if you make it they have turnarounds and stuff.
@Penny-mk7fv The truck will pull a fully loaded farm house up that hill, if it could maintain traction. The weight in the truck is reduced on the hill from the angle of pull. He would have been well advised to move weight from the camper to the truck and maintain his speed on the hill. Losing traction was the failure point. Unhooking was the worst thing to do...
@Penny-mk7fv The truck hooked to the trailer is a 1 ton dodge ram 3500...The tow company has an F-150 as a support vehicle. You may need to watch again while sober.
@Penny-mk7fv a dodge ram 3500. The one with the busted and then welded fifth wheel hitch. The black one hooked to the trailer for the entire video.
@Penny-mk7fv the point is the truck doing the towing was not an F-150 which you kept on incorrectly stating. There's a world of difference between an F-150 and a 3500.
Great to see that during the winching process that there were not loads of potential bodies hanging around the winch ropes its good that they were well out the way and congratulations on the recovery a job well done
Man, that's a behemoth trailer for that truck. Good work getting that beast out!
Yeah, I’m certain he was way over the ratings for the truck. A rig that size definitely requires a dually rear axle.
In Alaska we have HUGE semi wrecker recovery for big 5th wheels & motorhomes.
Man, that was amazing. Great job. I was a lot of work, but man you pulled it off.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This trailer is HUGE. Who would ever think they could go up a hill with it with a high powered pickup truck? I see tractor trailer semi's hauling mobile homes this size on a flat freeway.
Tractor Trailers for me to tow that house. But for the life of me why so big.
thats a toy hauler, it has a car or utv in the back of it as well :)
I had a similar experience pulling a small trailer up a gravel road with a front wheel drive Highlander. I had solar panels,batteries, and inverter for a campsite near Chattanooga. The load was perfectly distributed for the highway but without rear wheel drive there was no way to do the hill. Four wheel drive is essential on gravel hills but when pulling a trailer you should also have a second vehicle to be safe.
The laws of physics still apply to super-sized RV trailers, both going and coming. Great recovery 👍
You all did an incredible job on an impossible situation. With enough rope, pulleys and determination you can do amazing things.
I'm in AZ and spent the better part of 30 years hauling concrete. I'm amazed still at the people who are either clueless about grades and gravity. They're either just dumb or think they can defy gravity and build houses in the dumbest locations. They still try and get us up on the sides of mountains. How many times I've just said no. After being places I shouldn't have put a mixer truck.
Great job you all and amazing recovery!
Your attitude is all wrong. Of course most people who don’t do heavy hauling are clueless about grades. With your experience, you should take pity on those who don’t have it. I bet you’re a great mentor too 😂
It is very easy if you were a tank crew. Tie one or two cables to the big trees and pull the middle of the cable. Clean the trial in front of the camper tires.
Man, that was so good of you to try and help that guy out!!!! He was in a bad way. You came through!!
What about industrial grade air bags to lift it and allow it to roll over the bags. Then secure. Then repeat process? Anchor trailer with lines before inflating bags so the stump holding it becomes unimportant in stopping it running away when trailer is lifted off the stump.
Well, you got him out- nice work. He should be running a dually to pull that toy hauler.
I would have something much bigger than a Dually. That Trailer is heavier than an empty 53' box Trailer
Ford rangers got that all day!
Dually isn’t going to fix stupid. lol
@@mikehoncho4472 Wow, straight to the point. 😄
Dually will not help people are stupid
Hi Matt, l live in the UK that was amazing recovery between you all well done thanks for taking us along with you
Omg that’s a beast of a caravan it’s lucky you had the pulling power that last hillside was steep great video my regards to the camera lady 👍🤟👍
My cousin's cousins were always kind of a strange bunch. They once got their 1 ton pickup stuck in a field after loading their gooseneck with a bunch of big bales of hay. They decided the best way to get it out was to hook their D7 to the front bumper. The truck came out, but the trailer and most of the trucks bed didn't.
Not that surprised no-one else wanted anything to do with that recovery.. Although maybe an excavator would have made it a lot easier.. Sometimes what you have has to be enough..
I was thinking an excavator and dozer could get that out of there
Matt’s the best recovery rigger there is, hands down.
Great job, guys. Y'all did some awesome work getting that trailer out. And bringing all of the right tools & straps & most of all, knowledge. Great video.
I want to see the video when he comes back down the hill
Sorry for the inconvenience, just popped up on my screen, y'all have a wonderful 4th and god bless yall. Stay safe,and keep cool out there. Stuff happens to us all. Thanks for sharing your journey. We all have them. Have a great day 👍🏻
Physics in action. Real life stuff. 👍🏾
Those leaf spring brackets broke on my trailer just under normal use :) Had to reinforce all of them. Great job on the recovery!
What do you wanna bet there's a 2,000-pound side-by-side in the back of that toy hauler.
This actually had me on the edge of my seat the little. It’s really cool that you help them like this and hopefully they had good insurance to help cover it.
Insurance wouldn’t cover it since he unhooked it
We did not charge him a penny
Everything he owned was in the camper and was his full time home
So we couldn’t charge him he has enough issues to deal with than a huge wrecker bill
@@matt.mckinzie Wow, ok. I appreciate you guys for that and the world needs more like you.
Subscribed.
How he ever thought that Trailer matched the tow rig is beyond me
Black on black maybe???
This is unfortunately a very common occurrence, I'm amazed it is at least a 3500, there are way more pulling those big toy haulers with 2500's. And those same guys say Im "Overkill" pulling my 34ft fifthwheel with a Ram 3500 DRW High output max tow package... But I have the payload and brakes to deal with any manufactured RV, now traction is another story, I would not go up a road like this without scouting it before.
Yeah, completely agree with you there stinson87. That truck is way to small for that trailer. But the sales guy didn't tell him that, lol. These rv ers need to do the math before buying one of those trailers or get a way bigger truck. They are a danger on the road otherwise.
That is more than enough truck for that trailer. It's a 3500 Cummins. What do you think it requires a Peterbilt?
@@GregMomtoya that is very true. I was actually amazed when I heard that our local RV dealership refused someone of moving their newly purchased RV since they showed up with an F150 to move a Momentum 320G, not a massive RV but a dry pin weight of 2300lbs and UVW of 12400lbs...
Amazing work everyone did to move that camper !
WOW! Great job!! And thats the difference between 'recovery' guys and 'towing' guys. Recovery guys take the time to do it right. Towing guys just want to hook and run. What was he doing down in that hole with that camper anyway?
He volunteered to work for a guy at the bottom for free parking
He had no idea how bad it was until he turned in
By then it was too late
He worked down there for about 2 weeks
Finished up and went to leave to go to a new job location and couldn’t make it
GREAT recovery!! HatsOff2U!! Absolutely crazy ( read....brainless) to take that camper DOWN that road in the first place!
So very impressive. Great job.
Its a toy hauler. Very heavy ,hence the 3 axles. Has rv living quarters and a 10-14 foot garage in the back for motorcycles, ATVs, UTC, golf cart. Usually has a fuel tank to refuel the toys too. Max weight is in the 20- 22,000 lb range.
If he had scouted that terrain beforehand maybe he would have known that trailer was too big for the truck. That's a hiway rig not a backwoods rig.
That hitch adapter that he used to move the pin back because of his short bed truck looked very weak. Too much trailer not enough truck!
I don’t think your home boy Casey could have done it better with his 5 rotators. 😂. The reason I say 5 it would take 3 just to get the first two out of the hole. Then a D9 hooked to that silly friction ring to drag them up the hill. 😂
😂 he wishes he was our home boy
lol that is true
I came here from your TikTok video. Great job. Well executed. Customer should have taken the high lift option a week ago though.
Good to see you back at it.
That truck is way overloaded!!! He never should have been pulling that monster with that 3500 mega cab sw truck! 😅😂😅
You would totally wrong and have no idea what you're talking about been doing this for years with a 2500 HD Duramax and that would pull that all day long
@@M_J_Glide_22 Except up hill, apparently.
@@IceColdGeico if that was a hill that steep and he was loaded to the max... Then maybe not having the momentum.... On that type of a dirt road I would have switched to 4wh and hit it.
@@M_J_Glide_22 OVERLOADED!
@M_J_Glide_22 no just the Carrington capacity of a one ton mega cab
I can imagine how he felt when that toy hauler started going over the cliff in slow motion. Hands in your head yelling NO!
Wow, that dude is lucky!
Fantastic recovery. If the guy is lucky, he'll be able to get it fixed up enough to use until he scraps it.
Great job people! Enough winch power, with some planning and thought makes things go smoothly!
The break away brakes only work if the wheels are already rolling. They aren’t designed for parking.
EOH brakes will hold at any time
Not true
@@jefflangille2882 very true, they dont rely on wheel spin to engage, pump activated
And you guys did it for free? That's a very lucky man. I really hope once he gets to the Church Parking lot he does a little soul searching & prayer. All that & he ends up in a church parking lot. I love it.
Damn impressive work
Hills and switch backs have a favorite food… fifth wheels and trailers
If it was me , there would be a car come through every 5 minutes. If he couldnt make the hill why didnt he pull into the area where you did the rigging in , that looked fairly level
Luckily there’s only like 4 houses in this mile stretch
Sorry didn’t see the second part of your question
So he was going up the hill loosing traction and sliding back
He attempted several several times
By the time he was giving up
The trailer was already in the ditch area
So he could not back it up or go around the corner
So he was stuck
Can’t go backwards
And
Can’t go forward
He was hoping to rehook on a different angle
Ok that makes sense
You guys have Hearts of gold helping this poor soul out of which would be a very expensive extraction of this fifth wheel camper.
I bet ya a dollar bill that Lippert Frame is trashed
My thoughts exactly. That camper is trash.
If he has insurance, I would love to hear him tell them what he did. It is most likely trashed and needs more work to be fix than it's worth. Is resale is nor worth shit either after this.
It is good that you and your recovery crew are staying hydrated with beverages being consumed in the video lol
This size trailer should require a dually.
Wouldn't have made a difference
A dually has less weight capacity than single tires. The extra weight of the tires, is deducted from the total weight capacity. I have a friend who buys F350s, and never goes for a dually due to the difference in weight. He pulls heavy equipment
I like it when you talk about load weights and snatch blocks and when you do the math - the technical stuff. You used to draw arrows and show snatch block placements. That was also interesting.
Stupidity is good for business