To everyone upset about Matt saying it was a 74,000lbs RV... As I understand it from people who teach recovery operations, when a vehicle like this is buried to the floor pan, you calculate the pulling force load on your recovery equipment as 3x the weight of the vehicle. This is to ensure all your equipment is capable of withstanding the weight + friction of pulling a non-rolling mass sideways with a large margin for safety. I'm not a recovery expert, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Since the RV is obviously nowhere near 74k, it would have been nice if Matt would have explained the number, like 74k includes appropriate safety margin calculations, or something like that. Lots of comments on that figure, some people think it actually weighs that much, some think it's even heavier than that. Incredible.
Lol nobody is upset. But he said " that is 74.000 pounds of RV stuck in there". This is not calculated resistance pull weight. Btw you have charts for off road pulls depending how stuck vehicle is. You do not just go 3x up no mather what lol.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="390">6:30</a> there was a time when Matt would use the banana to aggressively rubber band, the vehicle out of the hole, but these days Matt has been blessed with a winch.
@@anotherdave5107 Matt's saying is "if you can get YOURSELF out with traction boards you were never really stuck" the RV did not get itself out, it still needed lots of help.
I remember a pretty similar recovery like 3-4 years ago, same kind of big RV stuck in mud, and he pulled it out with kinetic pulls with the Banana. Took forever! Granted they didn't have the wrecker back then, it's a hell of a good winching platform.
Don't forget he also used Radio's!!! In Matts "defense" he has never said traction boards have no use ever. What he says is "if you can get YOURSELF out with traction boards you were never really stuck", and the RV did not get out under its own power using traction boards
He could have gotten this out (violently) with just recovery ropes. And the traction boards were not used for traction, they were used instead of piling in a bunch of rocks. Anything that spreads the load would have worked just as well as traction boards. He's not making progress, he's just endowed with more tools for the jobs and that's only because he has a bigger crew and more vehicles at his disposal. In the past, he was mostly working solo and occasionally with another person using just the Banana. He would have gotten this RV out in the olden ways if that's all he had. It would have been less expensive and it would have been more work for Matt. But he'd still get the job done.
Let me tell you a little something about beards turning red from personal experience. Mine went from its natural brown color to red....then eventually full white. The red part is the natural brown losing pigment until the final white phase. I predict Matts going to be Santa Clause at the company Christmas party in a few years 😂😂
I love how Matt says he is worried about this one with all the gear he has now and a couple years ago he was pulling out class A RVs with the Banana and a snatch strap. Awesome job you all.
Matt using taction boards means this is a serious job. A lot of winches were used on that heavy weight. Easy job for the B-Team tipping the SxS back over.
Just had this idea, y'all should get one of those mini cameras that attach to a dog's collar and put it on peanut for when you bring her, just for a fun be camera angle/view.
@@davidr.4699 Keyword is "tried", do you give up after you've tried something once? If yes, how are you breathing? Because I am sure the first thing you tried as you were born was taking a breath and it most likely failed at first.
Why didn't he/you use the hydraulic jacks? I have one of these and put a board/pad under the jacks, which will lift the entire motorhome. Wheels off the ground then fill (pad) under the wheel and repeat. Gets the frame off dirt, wheels higher.
Because he has tow vehicles and winches?????!!! I dunno, that may have something to do with the method he employs. Go start ya own company, "Jack's Jacks" or something. I promise I'll comment.
Most of the time theyre just for leveling the RV, raising the RV on unleveled ground can easily damage them, especially if there is any added suction from the mud
Good thing Jamie showed up to a rescue in her flip flops lol. My wife does the same when we go camping up at Rausch creek ATV club in Pa., always stubbing her toes😂😂😂😂😂
Can't understand people they get upset, with anything that Mat does. I think it's fantastic that y'all share your lives and your adventures with us . And y'all finally found a use for traction boards😂 I sure hope you guys have a great week❤
Max Trax work a whole heap better if the they not upside down. I know it wasn't for actual traction, as the winches were doing the work, but they flex less and the sloped ramp part helps the wheels get up onto them. Those things have helped 1000s of Aussies self recover from VERY stuck situations.
Matt... If you fire up the rig and disconnect the leveling arm to the air bags, you can gain two to three inches of body clearance when you over inflate the air bags., Doesnt do any good to get the frame off the ground but sure helps the digging clearance and body damage when you pull it out.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="130">2:10</a> Ha, I was wishing for that Vanilla Ice “yo, I’ll solve it” joke in a previous vid, and they granted my wish here. Christmas came early!
Interesting you are using traction boards. Just as they are intended. I seem to remember you saying (if you used a traction board to get out you weren't stuck at all.)
It is terrifying to know that there are people that probably don’t have the experience to be driving a 74,000lb vehicle down the road. After doing a little research there is no way it was 74,000, more like 30,000 at most.
I was quite surprised when I purchased a used MCI coach (40 ft long, 8 ft. wide, and roughly 28,000 lbs) and drove it home, being told I needed no special license whatsoever. Let's be honest for a moment: It was absolutely terrifying driving it around town. The stress of worrying about vehicles/curbs/signs/pedestrians was exhausting. A level of hyper-awareness is required, and based on my knowledge of people, well, 'nuff said.
@@backwoodstherapy No 2 axle motorhome has 50k weight. 3 axle is possible. Max weight in most states for large Semi truck and trailer is 80k ( and they have minimum 5 axles combined).
Best summary of the day: "Jake's pretty hyped up about this one. He's over there dancing with grass...." <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="300">5:00</a>
It doesn't get any better than this video with Jaymie wearing her rescue flip flops to pulling out this huge RV out with the big wrecker then the Moorvair flipping the sxs back on its wheels.
I cant even begin to count all the times we helped people that buried their RVs to the frame at the dunes. Literally every trip to the dunes we would help 3 or 4 RVs get unstuck. If the drivers knew to keep moving and keep their momentum they wouldn't get stuck. But in their defense people would stop in front of them or they would have to slow down or stop for others.
Cripes! That guy is a wild man with his motorhome..... Mine's ballpark same size, I'm scared to leave pavement very much with it. So low slung, 24K lbs...... I'm a wimp.
Curious question: Why do most off-road channels use something to press down on the winch cable to prevent it from flying around if it snaps, while Matt stands there lifting actual heavy seemingly not scared of something going wrong?
@@angelolamantia Yeah. 74.000 lbs is weight of 75 ton rotator on 4 heavy duty axles. 😁 I think he just said that to make more comments. He knows this is not close to that weight.
30,000# RV gave two and a half times it's weight in resistance to be unstuck...74,000# resistance until it was on solid ground and rolling freely, then resistance went to 30,000#. Used 30,000# as an example, not knowing actual weight
