Leaf Spring Life 

I know exactly why you do your own repairs but I think it would be hilarious to have you take Trail Mater into a dealership and ask them to change the oil or maybe rotate the tires. I would love to see the look on their face!

Tow Truck Olympics will be an exhibition of Rory and TrailMater teaching the other competitors some cool tricks of the trade ;) Should be fun to watch!!

Can't explain it. About 200 years ago, when I watched Johnny Carson I would find myself smiling. He had not told a joke, just talking. The same thing, here watching you guys work on the truck made me smile. Thanks

I have see some over loaded trailers...but daaaammn, that looked like it was some next level sketchy right there? Another great one guys, can't wait for the next couple videos! Have a great weekend.

Gotta love the condition of trailers rolling down the highway next to us. That guy deserved a ticket. There's no way he wasn't very overloaded.

I think Mater’s taking the tow truck Olympics trophy, With Rory piloting. No disrespect Matt and others.

🤣🤣Nearly shot breakfast out my nose at the Plumber Cam (13:53). You guys never fail to make me laugh.

That trailer is toast. Severely overloaded and it paid the price as a result. "You're going to need a new trailer" is the truth.

Trail Mater takes a lot of abuse. That frozen truck rescue was brutal 😲 Take good care of her 👍 👌

Can't wait to watch all the "unnecessary front digs" during the wrecker games. 😉

Rory is good at job site repairs because he practices them in the shop ! If Rory does not know what he is doing, he sure has me fooled. You Go Rory and Trail Mater. Work Safe, Be Well Stay Warm

I think that the Trail Mater motto is along the lines of "the impossible we do straight away, miracle just take a little longer". Excellent work as always.

Rory, I hope you’ll bring both wreckers to the games, as you’ll need one to tow Matt’s wrecker out and back to his trailer!

Yes my ole 73 has the same Oval holes i got to make Round Again, i got some 3/8" stock , like the idea of moving the bracket a bit Forward Ur Allway's Thinking Rory 🤔👍👍

You are definitely the most prepared for Matt’s tow truck olympics that’s for damn sure. Old Mater is going to kick some ass!!!!!🍻

The Wrecker Games is going to be like a class of recruits being instructed by a Gunny fresh from his 8th tour complete with beard and Oakley. Even the brass wants to salute as he walks past... Fantastic as always!!!

Really love watching you three interact and work together. Great group of guys. Thanks for your videos.

Hi ya Rory. I'm from Kent, south east England, UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. I've travelled and worked all over Europe in my time, but I've never been to the USA yet. The nearest I've been to your homeland was a family wedding in the Dominican Republic 16 yrs ago. But a visit to the USA has always been on my bucket list, and I'll make it happen one day for sure. I found your channel within hours of stumbling across the MORR channel about 18 months ago. And I've been a avid viewer of both channels ever since. I've always known I'm destined to visit America one day, but your fantastic country is so vast that i couldn't decide which state i wanted to visit the most...? But I found the answer when I became hooked on yours and Matts channels. Utah is where I want to visit. I got so engrossed in Utah that I couldn't stop researching stuff on google. I even enjoy using google earth to fly about and have a look at Utah. I knew Utah was a big state, but I needed a size reference. So I googled....."size difference between Utah and the UK". Unbelievable Rory...! I know how big the UK is cos I've worked and travelled all over it from head to toe over the years. And I now fully understand how vast Utah is cos its approx 90% of the size of the entire UK..!! That's a big state Rory. The vast moon like dessert terrains that you boys operate in is unlike anything we have in the UK. I was born in the 60's and my dear old mother raised me on cowboy and western movies. Whenever I watch your videos they always trigger happy memories of my mother cos she loved her cowboy movies and her western music. And she instilled your culture and your music into me. I'm still a big fan of the spaghetti westerns and country and western music . Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, George Strait, Johnny Cash etc. And without doubt, your offroad wrecker 'Trailmater', is my favourite truck out of all the channels I watch. The Morrvair is a lovely looking bit of kit, but in my eyes it's not a patch on the beastly beauty and monstrous growling sound of your 'Trailmater'. A long time ago I watched one of your videos where you said people had suggested you maybe smarten up the 'battle scarred' cab on Trailmater...? And when you explained to us all your reasons for not wanting her to look 'straight and shiny' etc, I totally understood what you meant and also why. I agree with you Rory, don't ever change anything on Trailmater. Her body work perfectly matches the deep menacing growl she let's out when you give her a free reign. A beauty and a beast all rolled into one. We don't have offroad vehicles like yours in the UK. We have got a few man made offroad courses and clubs etc, but our offroad vehicles are nothing like the monsters you boys build and use in the states. Ours are mostly slightly adapted range rover defenders and discoveries. I've never done any pleasure offroading myself Rory, and the nearest thing I've ever owned that came anywhere near to being capable of handling a bit of offroad terrain was a year 2011 Mitsubishi Barbarian L200 pick up truck. It was a 2.5 litre diesel turbo and my particular model came in a choice of two different BHP size engines. Mine was the higher BHP version. I loved that truck Rory. It was the crew cab version with full leather interior. 6 speed manual gear box. 4WD selector. And hard bouncy leaf springs. I didn't wrap it up in cotton wool though. Just like you and your Trailmater, I used it in the way it was designed and built to be used. It had dents and scrapes on every panel, and it was always dirty looking, but that's the way I liked it. The only thing I used to do when it was empty, was chuck 4 x bags of sand in the back to add a bit of weight on the leaf springs. Otherwise I would be driving down a tarmac road,....drive over a matchstick,....and my head would nearly hit the ceiling with the jolt from the rear springs 😆! But unfortunately Rory, Mitsubishi trucks like my faithful Barbarian are a highly sought after vehicle for thieves in the UK. I woke up one morning and it was gone. And to make matters worse, just as I thought I was getting over the heartache of losing my pride and joy, my wife rang me at work with some more devastating news...? Purely by mistake, we'd forgotten to renew the insurance. I remember getting the email for renewal from my insurance company, but I was busy at the time and I also remember thinking to myself..." I'll sort that out later". But of course, I forgot about it. So not only have I never seen my truck since that fateful morning, I couldn't claim on the insurance either. Lesson learned. One day I would like to get another Barbarian,...deliberately put a few dents in the body work, and take the doors off in honour of your scarily powerful Trailmater. Long story Rory. I hope you get to read it though mate. Great channel. Keep up the good work. All the best from Walter in the UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤝🇺🇸.....👏👏👏💪👍

Great news that Mikey & Shaun will be joining you at the Expo in SLC. I look forward to meeting the crew! 🥳

It's funny they are having wreckers wars but trail mater is already battle tested and is a veteran

Hope they had another trailer. thanks again for no crappy music.

Kudos to Mike. Real behind the scenes action shots.

I never noticed your licence plate before, very clever...👌

Zoomed in on Rorys bench full of tools and crap 1 foot hight and all most fell off my chair laughing so hard. My wife is super organized and showed her and I thought she was going to have a panic attack. Great idea for a new shirt, a picture of that bench, I would buy one,

With y'all's tow truck yoga your sure to win the Tow Truck Olympics!

Be careful as you hook up and unhook trailers, my friends. As I was unhooking mine today, the tongue swung over and got my finger against the bumper. Can't wait to meet you guys at the wrecker games!

Rory u Shawn and Mike are going to rock the wrecker games

You guys must have done the trailer call the same day I drove through lol I run a 53 ft flatbed semi and was hauling the tug carts for delta air lines from San Antonio to salt lake city .... I seen this trailer and thought that's bad.... then I seen the crew outside as I drove past so I gave the air horn a honk and waved ....

Damn.. you have become one of the favorite channels here for all the mechanical and off road capabilities for sure ! Can't wait for the games to begin !

Great job on the spring repair. It’s important to keep Trail Mater in tip top shape for her necessary work

For sure, your nic name should be "Rembrandt"! You certainly have built a Master piece! It demonstrates pure functionality for purpose! Not sure how long you've been doing retrievals/rescues in Moab/Utah. But evolution an intelligents shows in your equipment an talents! Kudos to you an your ever faithful friends/ crew👏

How that trailer didn't tip over is a mystery

I think my heart skipped a beat or two watching that trailer work. Good stuff.

you guys are one of a kind awesome! A well oiled A, B, and C team. 😎

“Welding by braille?!?” Priceless. You had me scratching head at first but when you explained it. This opened up everything “more room” is more room. Thanks for sharing. Tow truck yoga.

That's a slick looking helmet!

If you used 1" or larger threaded rod with an adjustable limit strap adjuster you could tune from maximum drop to limited drop on the rear limit straps. Kinda like Nascar spring adjustment screws.

When it comes to 'tow truck recoveries' there is no substitute for experience. I have nothing but the highest respect for everyone involved it the 'Tow Truck Games' but it will be interesting to see everyone dealing with the same situations with their own trucks. While Paul and Matt have some experience with towing, Rory has spent years with his truck, and he seems to know exactly what he and his rig are capable of. It should be fun.

Me and my old boss did a spring replacement on a loaded garbage truck on the side of the road we had a wrecker lift rear just enough to get it out and back in, great job and video stay safe from GA and stay safe

Greetings from other side of this jem we share Nice post . Thanks for those lol moments Team Dimond bill for the win Mike ya need a popup rockpecker to cover butcrack 🤔 or is it a teaser for the ladies watching 🤭 👍🤙🖖

Hey Rory !!! When watching the under ""TATER"" videos ,, Can really see those spring shackles flex to the extreme as with Eric & his wrecker ,they break the shackle bolts !! Great to see you guys having "FUN"" doing what you do best !! 🤔😚🙄🙃😉😏😏👀👀👍👍👍👍👍

Some guys are just naturally cool. That’s Sean. As for that trailer, it doesn’t take an engineer (I are one) to see how unstable and overloaded that trailer is. Man, it has twice the load it should have.

Weld by Braille - next t shirt logo? That trailer looked super duper sketch....just as you all like it. Thanks for showing us the craziness, as usual. Shawn still holding the bolt?

I love your channel ❤ you inspire me to chase my dreams with every video you upload.

As you guys say "SWEET" 😍 Rory I'm getting so excited now I can't wait. I hope you get loads of coverage 💯👌👍

Hi Rory I love your hoodie but I'm in the Philippines. I'm counting on you Rory for the wrecker games. 👍

Excited to see you compete at the Wrecker games in March. I know you will give Matt and the others hell !!!

My son overloaded a trailer which caused a little damage. I rented a bigger trailer, we offloaded the motorcycles and parts and towed the repaired but still busted trailer to the shop. It was the best solution by far. Remember, always get all the insurance when you rent a trailer.

I guess its a good thing you fixed the leaf mounts on mater before the wrecker games..... hahaha love it!! As matt and Paul scramble to finish their wreckers

NIce job on the spring mounts!! Looks much stronger than the factory ones!! You guys are going to kick butt at the Wrecker Games!!!

Good luck 🤞. I wish you guys the best 😘

Thanks for sharing 👍😀

Since comments help your algorithm, here ya go. Not just a comment, but a suggestion. For the longevity, double plate those hangers, and build a bridge between them. To keep the"wallow" out of the hole, weld in some hardened steel. If you have a lath, or take it to Paul, and old cam makes a great hardened piece. When I worked at a machine shop we used to use cam pieces to make hardened seats for heads.

In grand junction Colorado, there was a leaf spring builder who built spherical bushings for the leaf spring round. The bolt stayed parallel to the frame , but the bushing had an axis that stayed parallel to the spring.

Rory, Trailmater for the Win. God Bless

Its a proven all around beast. Its going to be a great competition. Its going to come down to who breaks first. All the competitors are great at what they do.

Thanks for the entertainment and education your channel provides to us, also thanks for the plug to support the channel. The shirt will make me look smarter on the trails. 👍👍

Can’ wait to hear all the laughter from Rory and Shawn and Mike at the Wrecker games when they win and see all the tears from Matt Paul and the others when Trail mater has to go back in and pull all them other wreckers out thanks for sharing

Where were we without these little "spark wrenches" with the cutoff wheels that take things apart so quick and easy! I needed one of these when I was a teenager doing shocks and mufflers. It was a tossup, which would give out first, my arm or the hacksaw blade breaking! The good old days!

Rory and the crew awesome job and Rory Trail Mater is a Awesome truck and all of your vehicles are Awesome

I do believe that trailer was not strong enough for whatever they were carrying. Good job getting it to level. Thought for sure it was going to tip over. Good job fixing the leaf spring mounts. Welding by Braile. impressive Rory! Wish I could be in SLC to see the wrecker games but I'm counting on lots of my favorite youtubers to be recording the event. It's going to be awesome for sure!

Look at that weld. I mean I don't know about welding but it looked nice and neat !

Taking care of the beast! Great job guys.

B roll editing must be a blast for you guys. thanks for sharing!

What a bunch of nuts. I love your channel. Watching you is like watching a

I had to buy a diamond billed rock pecker shirt and sticker. Sticker is on my jeep and rocking it. You guys are awesome!!!

tow-truck yoga !!! I almost spit my coffee on the monitor!

Thanks for sharing again 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

I loved your short stream the other day when you said that nothing needed to be done to get Trail Mater ready for the Olympics while the others were building complete rigs from the ground up... 🙂 just a little TLC maintenance... wow the trailer is/was destroyed 🤔 Inter3esting combinations of jacks and lifts so you can separate the leaf spring to create work space 🙂

Trail Mater is the result of experience and local knowledge. Everything they need, nothing they don't.

Thanks for the videos. As an old time tow truck driver (70 Chevy 1 ton Holmes wrecker body) and my own 73 K10 plow truck (Betty Lou), I really appreciate what you and your team can do. "Rock On" or Off

Tow truck yoga!!... Love the humor. Just imagine if all places-of-work prioritized laughing and having fun over the dull and monotonous whenever possible. The world would be a better place.

awesome job everyone! ...

Proven ❤ trail mater will always be champion off-road wrecker paved the way for all the off-road wreckers

Always enjoy watching rhe interaction amongst yall...always cracks me up.. yoga- relaxation with rory... before trail recovery or just off roading...i like to loosen up by some shop yoga..lmao.. then the butt crack shot..lmao.. crack kills.. champion crack soon to be.. that trailer tire on side of road was the sketchy stuff... the in shop stuff seemed way more sorta safer.. lmao.. love the show and again...always enjoy seeing all 3 of yall together..the comedy is endless..

Plumbers crack has been a known thing for a long while... Well Rorey, thanks for introducing us to the recovery fabricators crack

I am really enjoying your content. I have learned a lot. Glad to see you protecting your eyes in this video..I live my rock crawler life vicariously thru your efforts. Thank you. Also the Mike and Shawn video highlights are great.

Love the custom bent license plate on the mater 😂👍😎

"Rembrant, I'll take it!" I'm stealing this

Glad to see those leaf springs flex so well. I've got a set of ORD custom leaves on my K30 build (on my channel) but I haven't finished it yet.

Thanks from England.

The only battery box I have seen strong enough to use a bottle jack to push down a front axel!

Looks awesome! I am looking forward to the games! 👍

I drove a wrecker for 12 years. Messing with that trailer brought back memories.

Nice bush ings. You really stretched those holes out. Good job tightening her up. Rory "CLUTCH" Irish for the win. Thank you.

Hi, my brother Rudy, I like your wonderful channel and the work you are doing. May God bless you all

Rory you would have no issues driving directly into a Madmax movie with Trailmater ..... 👍👍😉😉😁😁💥💥

The factory spring mounts were shot from all the flexing Mater sees!!! Your new plates are definitely a major improvement!! That customers trailer looked like what I see around SC. Way overloaded and broken axles.....

You gotta get shirts that say "unnecessary front dig"! ❤

I believe Rory and crew, fab rats and, Matt all are excellent people who will take their skills and machines to their extreme limits and beyond. I like Matt’s but I don’t think it’s broken in yet or shook down enough. We will find out. Fab Rats is close to trail mater in design so it maybe skill and good fortune determines who prevails. I think all of your skills are beyond anything I’ve ever seen before. Good luck men. Now let me look at that merchandise!!

👍👍 Outstanding Sir!!

You guys rock. Keep it up!

I love everything about TRLM8R, (so BADASS) and I’d say she’ll (or is it he’ll) is definitely going to win the battle

I'm sure the alignment was perfect when you were finished. Bahaha!

Driving from North Idaho to watch you take the win. See ya there.

*It is what you do! That's why we watch this RU-vid channel. 😃*

This is my favorite RU-vid channel it's so awesome watching you work

It's nice to see you fellas build something on the truck while the other boys are building entire rigs...keep up the good work

I'm a huge fan of that wrecker that Matt is building, but Mater is the OG when it comes to off road recovery vehicles. That truck will always be the aspiration in my mind for off road wreckers. All the tech in the world won't change the fact that you still have to drive the truck when it comes time. I know Matt has some mileage, but I think Rory may have him stacked in that department.

Matt and Paul are going to have nice newish toys but I'm going with tried and true. Matt should have the advantage of home turf and getting to set rules and regulations but trailmater has been in every terrain imaginal.