I’m a diesel mechanic and that cross member gave me flashbacks from when I had to that exact member on a truck above two drive axles. But the fuel tank looks fabulous! Thanks Matt and the crew for giving me and my family fun content that’s actually family friendly! ❤
Many people may disagree with you Matt but facts are facts. Over time, lots of new technology comes to play. Thing is that many do not understand the rules never change. I give you a lot of credit for the challenge of making it your way and yet still the same in application. You are not afraid of challenges and show real courage to stand up for these convictions. So it fails... not the end of the world because a new day and new idea will come to you. I am truly a old school mechanic and do understand this drawing your portraying. If we don't try then we are in a standstill and nothing gets done. This project is metal and it can be modified to this application given you just keep trying.
Old Blue is starting to look like something cool already! The good thing about your team is that they don't get concerned by little problems and continue resolving them as they arise. Matt your "vision" is becoming real now. Wondering if any of your kids would consider learning/studying a Computer Aided Design Program and do all your/their future programs on a computer. It would be a great tool to make your project a reality and to modify ideas with a lot of "what if" something is changed here or there. Also, a lot of the weights, dimensions and forms of the parts can be altered as you change the plan as the plan goes into production. Many ideas from previous projects are archived and can be reused in a new project. Something to consider especially for the younger generation. We usually don't continue doing things the way our grandparents did but we incorporate new technologies, materials, and designs as we go along.
Nahh... then most of the shXt will be right and mister......thats not how it works in the man cave or the shed. Friends, some family, discussions, drinks and a burger...thats the way it has to be.
Rudy already does that sort of thing.... CAD is mostly gReat for top down development - and PRODUCTION (oops CaPs locked again), cardboard - (TM AvE) aided designM, is fantastic for "whataboutwetrythis"... NOW...
Reasons I like this channel. 1. You learn from it. While maybe not allows the best way to do something, just take from it what you want and stop being so critical of the work. 2. The way information is presented, as well as the variety of content. It's informative while being entertaining. 3. Adding in movie, music and show references completes why it's such a good channel overall. Matt and crew. Thanks for sharing your visions, your work and everything else with us, your audience.
I'm sorry but my favorite part of this was, "The second I put my headphones on Peanut is GONE, she's out of here." And Ed of course. It is always great to see Ed. Not that we don't care about you guys, we do but Ed is absolutely special. We love Ed.
It warms my heart to see the whole MORR crew working on so many tasks all at the same time, but pulling together to help each other out whenever needed. Keep up the great work everybody!
Ed took the words right out of my mouth, “you’re cutting the frame again?” I love seeing everybody working so hard, makes me smile. Thanks for explaining the rear driver line. I knew you were not going to have a problem when I saw the Alcan sponsor. Leave your self room to add airbags later if you aren’t already planning them. 2 parallel links make great traction bars. Thanks for the entertainment!
Matt, your thoroughness and patience to explain to us 4x4 Noobs is AWEsome. It's what makes this channel fun and informative all together, Thanks for what you do. AAaannnd to explain, share and teach everyone on your team equally so they stay members of the MOOR TEAM!!! Not everyone can teach tricky material, you can though!!! AM impressed with the V-Ice riff too!!!
As a retired UPS guy, I just want to let you know that your driver was cussing you that morning. Leaf springs are the worst thing to have in the back of a package car.
Nah, I'd say a rock bar would be worse, but maybe not. Never drove and loaded a package truck, but I've loaded semi trailers by hand and I can imagine some o' the heavy things y'all load that do not wanna stay put, ...depending on how you drive I guess hah. I know y'all gotta get a lot done fast, but we still love ya either way hahah! I call y'all Santa Clause, ... nut I paid for it hah! We thank y'all. Y'all are appreciated greatly.
So do all UPS delivery vans have leaf springs flying around in them? That would explain the condition of the packages......UPS: Utterly Pounded to Schit.......
As a former unloader, I agree those are the worst things we had to unload from the semi trucks down the "ireg" slide!!! Main reason to wear steel toe boots working there!
The song used at the end, used to be the regular ending to the episodes and I've always liked it. Glad to hear it being used again, even if on occasion.
Help me out guys..... I have run and rerun..... give me a Min-Sec number for the S & D........ I changed the final drive pulley on my yard tractor/workhorse..... measured/guessed/eyeballed and got it right !!!!! (Third time)
Matt and crew you all are just soo much fun to watch! I am recovering from a severe work injury. Watching you and your crew work and have fun makes me feel better. If I get down in the dumps I can always count on you and the crew to cheer me up. Thank you all for being yourselves and soo entertaining at the same time!
Ok, After watching this channel for quite some time. It seems to me that Matt has a real gift and passion for building and designing off road recovery vehicles more than doing the actual recoveries. Just sayn'.... Not that he doesn't do both incredibly well but... What about the manufacturing of off road recovery vehicles for sale! These machines are incredible and capable! I am sure there is a demand. What a business venture! Recovery and Manufacturing! As always, great video. Safe Travels
- IF he were to have to buy these vehicles he would eed more recoveries than the USA market provides,making them in the downtime teaches the youngsters who are keen a trade.... And results in awesome one-off vehicles... (remember Matt trialing a 5Ton and dismissing it as useless in the sand.. I await the verdict on this 6x6 (walking beam beats limited non load share articulation) . ???
We thoroughly look forward to watching your videos each week - great team, of great fun people - the balance of workshop creativity, builds, and retrofits, combined with all the off road rescues, interspersed with honest reports from Matt, when he does occasionally make a mistake, and then discusses how he could have done it better, is a real positive, not a negative, and makes this a really great channel worth watching, as we can all learn together.
The project is coming along great. I appreciate all that hard work. Working under the suspended load of the rollback bed with the Telehandler scares me a lot. It can be very deadly. Please invest in some type of high-level (tall) jackstands or someway to block that up to keep everybody safe.
100% thought the same thing. They could even build something quick just as a safety backup. It would probably never be a problem but the consequences of that low percentage are catastrophic. Simple Risk/Reward or Risk/consequences analysis.
I really like this channel, but it does amaze me how risky these guys can be. They should spend some time watching You Tube videos of rigging fails and crane fails.
Do you use "Welcome To The Machine" by Pink Floyd as a lullaby? "409" by the Beach Boys is a great alarm tune also.That may improve his chances of being a gearhead too ;)
We like having the family in the shop and on recoveries. (nothing wrong with the folks in the past, but this an 11% improvement). A happy group of people.
300 mm, 30 cms about 12"! Interesting term for your "diamond plate," we call that (and I'm spelling it as it sounds) checkerplate here in Aus. As to your rear diff set up Matt you should check out out 6wd Landrovers the army had built here in Aus. The rear diff is disengaged when in highway mode so trails as a lazy axle till needed then a switch on the dash brings it in to operation when required.
(Perentie - the name for the 6x6 Landrover Aus Army) "our" - do a quick edit... Haha - Chequer Plate - as in a Chequer board (Chess, for the intellectual folk).. Alternating directions of stripey squares... Diamond plate has "diamonds" alternating, call it all 'tread plate" for funsies....
Hey all, love your show, I’m not much of a mechanic, I can do a service not wat, and not much of a 4WDer, just a different life style, but find myself intrigued by your build and design of off-road vehicles. Loved the heavy wrecker and bombie, and find myself waiting for the next spud truck show. Awesome show guys and love how Matt doesn’t take over too much unless needed, and letting the crew do there thing. Very refreshing, nice work 💪
Her attitude is awesome, her a Jake seem like buddies that can throw friendly shade 😂 The smile she gets while driving the race car and hot doggin' in the dunes is priceless.
I have got to say that I love her a hell of a lot more than I liked Lizzy, she had this attitude like I am very unapproachable. kaitlin looks like she's a whole lot different than that.
I gotta say, I know it's on YT and you all know you are filming, but the attitude in the shop amd all the smiles are telling. Great work environments make for fulfilling jobs, way to go Matt, and crew 👍🏻✌🏻
Matt as someone who runs a HD rollback daily u recommend running rear bags only with an air dump option. It is an absolute life saver in certain situations.
Thanks for taking the time to explain the suspension, Matt. I was really struggling to understand how an off-road vehicle with a rollable back and leaf springs would cope when it needed to flex. The answer is, it'll lift a wheel or two. I'm guessing that the roll-back 6x6 spud truck won't be going all the same kinds of places that you take the banana, the morrvair and the wrecker.
1:45 Matt is ready to cut rivets!! .. As you know rivets are fastened on red hot!, With a special die called a "Rivet Set", (it forms the plain end of the rivet into that familiar shape, so it looks just like the other end) Virtually all automotive rivets use the same size rivet set .. these Rivet Sets last for a VERY long time, they actually get better with age..... The company I worked for SOLD the Rivet Sets to the company that supplied them to GM I used to run a Browne & Sharpe Automatic 2G Screw machine (like an old fashioned automatic lathe), The machine was manufactured in accordance to "The War Measures Act" that's how old it was :) .... For almost 20 years ... I made every Rivet Set that GM used in Canada and many in the USA, on the Screw Machine mentioned :) It's entirely possible, the rivets Matt is cutting off, were set with a Rivet Set that I made :)
It is fun watching the good times you all have doing this. Plus I learn something, too. A REQUEST: Would you do a video for each vehicle you made, the Banana, Morvair and the Wrecker to show what each is made for, what equipment each has, what gear is carried, and all the controls? These would be great videos! Thanks for these videos!
@jamesnichols7507 it's gonna happen one of these days. They post it on the internet for the whole world to see. Hopefully they stop by before an accident happens. Working under that bed like that is flirting with disaster
I'm not normally one to do the internet safety police thing, but the guys working under that bed suspended from the forward reach is a bozo move. It takes one seal on the hydraulics giving up the ghost and you have 3-4 guys that become squish pie.
@@akdoug6437Yeah because if Matt is known for one thing above all other things, is his attention to routine maintenance. Never has he ever dragged out a piece of equipment from seasonal storage only for the tracks to fall off, just minutes into a job.
2:19 Time to rewatch those episodes on the "Pakistani Truck " channel!! .. You are holding the ENTIRETY of the tools needed (random bar of steel and sledge hammer) .... to disassemble any truck down to the last rivet!! (according to the videos I've seen on "Pakistani Truck " channel) .. Just the technique must be incorrect??? Maybe if you all changed footwear to sandals??
BEST Content on RU-vid hands down! Love the videos! One gripe though.... they end and it is way too long before a new one! I want my MORR TV (play Dire Straights music in your head while singing)!
Matt answered a lot of the questions I had in my mind from the last video. Especially the articulation of the back axles with a drive shaft attached to the forward rear axle. ;-) Can't wait to see it in action. The thing I like about this show, if something does not work out the way Matt intended, he will show us and explain what went wrong.
Wow, that was a very busy video, the gas tank looked amazing, well done Matt and team, you are all doing a brilliant job, Thank you for sharing, I really enjoyed watching.
Thank you for going over the suspension and drivetrain details. I saw last week's and was confused but confident you had answers for every commenter's gripes. The limited articulation solves the driveline angle problem, but what kind of impact will it have on offloading ability? And the different size tires? This is the most interesting build series I've seen, keep up the great work
BY FAR the most exciting build on the channel... and it just continues to get more interesting. I am super curious about how this rear drive-line setup will perform and function. Even after you explained it I am still questioning the clearances, but only because I have never seen one in person. I love where this channel is going and how comfortable you and the team are on camera now. Golden content and consistently. 👌👏
So, my 13 yr old daughter just walked up and asked, “where’s the banana?”. I told her this is a new build called the ‘spud truck’. She just said, “No, it needs to be called the ‘Pickle truck’”. Is that because it will get you out of a pickle?? She says yes. 😂 🥒
Alcan is awesome. I had a built out Colorado with a 6" BDS lift that used 4" blocks in the rear that gave me major axel wrap. Talked through the whole suspension with Alcan factoring in the additional weight from the aftermarket bumpers, payload capacity, and overall ride height. They made me up a custom set of leaves that let me ditch the block lift entirely and it rode like it was brand new again both on the pavement and on the trails. On top of it all they were cheaper than any other options. Couldn't agree more on recommending Alcan springs.
One thing Matt. Your leaf springs will need shackles on the rear end to allow them to straighten out under load. The way they are isnt going to work out very well 👍
The new upload time works great for us Aussies too. Comes out around 10pm Sunday rather than near midnight. Always stayed up for it anyway but this is way better for mondayitis reduction.
Arguably the best thing you ever found in your life was that playful, lovable dog peanut when you said you found her along side of the road she’s a sweetheart. This is six in a row.Jim from Kennerdell PA you guys do beautiful work Matt beautiful work. I wish I could work with you guys.
Katelynn, please keep being you and continuing to wear PPE at work, and encourage others if you can! I wish my dad did this. Certain kinds of shop work can be impactful to long-term health without the right protective gear, so I appreciate seeing you wear a mask and safety glasses (and gently chiding Matt as well)!
Lovin' the "Spud Truck" build. The old WWII era GMC CCKW trucks used a short, encased shaft similar to a pillow block with u-joints on both sides rather than a carrier or center bearing over the middle axle. I know you mentioned you are going to limit axle travel, but IMHO four u-joints with slip yokes on both halves on that rear driveline will eliminate more stress.
LOVE what you're doing with the truck. I am still concerned as to the plan to fix the passenger side rocker and door. Maybe when you're done, send it to Robby and have him body work it out then match the faded blue as close as he can and respray the whole cab? I love the faded blue, but if the body can be worked back to original without harming paint, I would love to see this buffed, polished, and waxed.
Those springs look awesome! The rear springs look much more compliant than the 6" skyjacker springs I put under my 77 F250. I might have to give Alcan a call!
Thanks for the early posts lately ! I don't have to wait til after watching the 9 am EST sunday video to start being productive with my weekend work.👍🏽😎👍🏽
The new upload time works great for us Aussies too. Comes out around 10pm Sunday rather than near midnight. Always stayed up for it anyway but this is way better for mondayitis reduction.
Well...if it doesn't matter which rear axle will handle the load...the why not make the front axle a tag axle? Might be less wear and tear on your rear end...it sure is fun watching Matt and the crew on this build.
“we got the three amigos out here” - self-irony is one the best habits in general and I like MORRs crew behaviour in that regard. Always very entertaining. Thank you guys.
Will it ever crack? Yo i dont know just tune in 3 times a week and enjoy the show. Dang right! Best show on RU-vid thank you guys for the always positive motivation to keep moving forward!🤘🏻
Matt, I have a concern about your design. It's the winch position. I wish I could draw this for you. So imagine your bed is in the back and tilted down position and the side by side you are recovering is down in the ditch. With the winch being mounted to the frame up front instead of the bed you could have an angle that the cable may rub across the front of the tilted bed. This may be a problem even on level surfaces. Your winch cable comes off the back frame then out over the top of your tilted bed then it will angle down to the side by side behind the bed. Since you are shortening up the rollback bed itself the angle of the front of the bed may be higher up than the winch. That cable may have to angle up over the front of the bed, possibly rubbing on the bed itself. I know you know how to build rigs. So I am just trying to help.
You do great content and builds. I'm from the UK and appreciate how how hard it must be to deal with the conditions that you do. Wish I could be lucky enough to experience it for myself. Keep doing what you do and all the best to you and your family.
I love the new gas tank. It seems a little small. I did some calculations to see when you would run out of gas. The formula is, ( MPG x tank size, divided by Matt = Often ) 😀 Love you guys .
3:03 I know it's frowned upon over the pond, but centripetal force works just the same, and unless those discs are made from unobtanium mesh and diamond powder, when they let go (and they do, they all do eventually - even top brands) well suffice it to say that if it can stick through plaster and hold in on an European wall, imagine the damage it does when you freeball it. On a more personal note, one of my employees had one of those accidents in his past and a scar to prove it, right across from his wrist to the middle of his arm, where he had to do reconstructive surgery. It looks like someone put silicone on his hand. For the love of cheerios and crackers, put the fraking shield on the fraking grinder. We love your face, you're Tommy Lee Jones' younger more cheery brother, and you know what they say in the bizz "don't hurt the fraking face". Passive aggressive rant moment done. Again, i know some people hate elf and snuff, but this is for the greater good.
Thank you for answering my question about the driveshafts and axle flex. Makes sense now. I was thinking being an “off road” rollback, you would be taking over the obstacles you take the wrecker over….
