You Took Your 2WD Toyota Here?!?!

The guy got impressively far out there in a 2 wheel drive truck and I'm betting if the truck had not broken he probably would have made it back out.

That moment when Matt realised TomTom was tired and let him drive the Ford is wholesome. Matt is a good man and boss.

20:18 Kaulin: "He stops for nobody" 20:29 Matt stops Matt: "I was watching the mirror and all the sudden you fell off, made me nervous" 🤣

I work fire lookouts each summer. No cell service for large portions of the forest. I bring my starlink with me (rv version subscription) and can use WiFi calling from my phone with it. Most of the time it’s stowed away, but sometimes I’ll drive with it connected from the bed of the pickup and an inverter. It’d be a cheap safety feature to have on these recoveries (cell phones working, internet and satellite imagery, accept customer payments, etc.). Also, it’s a great backup for the house when the internet goes down and works great for getting info while camping for prolonged periods of time.

its kind of impressive how a 2wd can get this far.

This video gives off vibes from a couple years ago. Scenic footage, good vibes, excellent recoveries. Love it!

The wrecker is just plain awesome. It's not something converted from a road vehicle to an off-road one it is purpose built for the type recoveries that Matt is called upon to do. Matt should be so proud to say I (and crew) built that. I remember the build from the time the frame was just chalk marks on the floor. Not that this recovery was any challenge for it I have seen it at it's best where nothing else could of got the job done but it just makes me smile everytime I see it in action knowing that it is definitely one of a kind and there will never be another just like it. Matt usually has a smile on his face every time he is behind the wheel and rightfully so. Don't get me wrong I love the Morrvair also, it's one mean machine too. I started watching when all he had to work with was the almost stock XJ and a Bubba brand tow rope and no winch, just yanked everything out. Things have changed over the years and Matt has become very successful and rightfully so from all his hard work, great family and awesome crew. I forgot to include generosity also. Thanks for the ride.

At 25:45 - Tom: "Go left and ride out the way we came in?". Mat: "Yeah. We know that way and there's a burro if we get hungry". Earlier when spotting the burro on the way in - Mat: "What do you call a baby burro?" .... "A burrito". Haha. I love Mat's dry and self-depreciating sense of humour, he'd fit right in here in Australia, especially out bush.

"Are you hopeful?" Matt: "I don't know what else to be." And that's why we love ya Big Guy!

"what's a baby burro"? ... a burrito! hahahah!!! Dad joke for the win. you guys rock.

This episode got me addicted to this channel and in the last couple months i have gone back and watched every episode i could find over the last years.

You can take gold butte to the north rim of the Grand Canyon (Tuweep)—a good overnighter. Lonely and grand with epic geologic scenery. From the Mojave desert to cool forests—- with a 3000 foot North Rim view as a reward for your efforts. It’s cool of you to recover folks from “the Strip”—I don’t think an average towing company would venture out there.

Thanks for the update, Kaulin. I've been watching you do some impressive climbing lately and have been amazed at your recovery.

“Don’t scratch my paint Kaulin.” I could have heard that 10 more times. 😂😂😂

Lol. That’s not being stuck between a rock and the hard place, that was stuck between a rock and no place! Great job guys!! Love it.

in the 1970's my father was the op engineer for the electricity authority over a very big area. 350 x 600 km in Australia ( covering over 200k people) and they had F150's as the trucks for the linesman. 4WD was very eclectic in those days and those Ford f150's went to remote places. Flat farming country to subtropical rain forest and lots of hills

I can confirm that is a very remote, gnarly trail. Glad to see that boulder still in the road to force you dangerously close to the edge. I made that journey in the dead of summer one year with the kids and dogs in our 89 suburban. A/C was no match for those temps at crawling speed. It was a great trip nonetheless. Cool to see it on Matt's off-road!!

Per Kevin and Brittany, blue on OnX means that path is verified/validated recently. I think green just means it hasn't been verified within a year, or 6 months. Blue might mean someone with OnX has driven that road and verified that it is still drivable. OnX is community-driven, so everyone together helps rate the trails, provide pictures, and verify trails.

One thing your wrecker could use is power anchor, in Minnesota the wreckers have a ram that goes straight down and digs into the icee roads to stop the wrecker from sliding.

Some magazine did a test 2wd vs 4x4...2wd with posi and good tires was only 50 feet behind where the 4x4 couldn't go much farther...