THE TRANSIT RECOVERY TRUCK BUILD IS DONE! RAMP TRUCK BUILD. 

Great little build series. Your lad should sign off every video for you.

Design wise as you've said certain things could be done differently but mainly on a preference basis anyway as for workmanship mate ten out of ten any day off the week, that is one tidy recovery truck you done what most don't and made a proper job of it fair play mate top job 👌

Nice looking bed that, when winching a car on always leave the handbrake on a couple of clicks (not enough to bind the wheels completely), that way if you're on a down slope it keeps tension on the winch cable all the time, and stops the car rolling forward uncontrolled, best way around the problem with using towing eyes is to use a brother strap underneath instead, or, if you get stuck use a pulley block on the front tie down point on the same side as the eye.

Enjoyed watching every bit of the build.

Great job and thanks for sharing. I’m looking forward to the next build. It was great that your son got to share the experience of loading it with his father - those are the things that create lifetime memories. Cheers!

Very nice ramp truck you have built

The recovery truck series has been awesome and a real credit to you - looking forward to the next project..

Project complete. Well done!

Congratulations on building your Transit Low Loader I have enjoyed watching it it’s been hard going doing it on your own but you have achieved your goal and did it well I am looking forward to your next project hopefully the more door

Awesome Job!!! Really Like The Way The Truck Turned Out!!!

Little dude had me cracking up. Love the build, I've watched all of the ramp truck videos multiple times

Grand job mate........well done

Binge watched the full build, it turned out awesome Matt. I wish I had just even 10% of your fabrication skills : )

Finished product looks mint mate. Looking forward to the next one. Sounds ace

Love the vids ! Got an ally floor to rivet onto a car . Shot straight down to Lidl and got me one of them air riviters when I saw yours 👍

Congratulations on completing and testing the build... looking forward to the next chapter of the story... It sounds intriguing...

Loved watching the transit build, look forward to the next project.

Randomly stumbled across this. Great build, really interesting.

Looking forward for the next 10 years on this channel!

Nice recovery truck well built, i enjoyed this build & look forward to the next one, you need to get some snatch blocks so you can adjust the rope to pull from all most any angle high or low & double up the rope to a gain more torque/power from the winch! also i dont see them over here in the uk but the yanks use something called a J hook which is a large J Shaped hook on a chain to hook on to anything you can hook under the car without messing with shackles & straps!

Mate this is a cracking build. Don’t beat yourself up about the paint, it’s a grafter. Anybody gives you a bad comment is a fool who hasn’t done a days work in their lives. Keep it going brother. Top job.👍🏼

Great job on the project and looking forward to the new one coming up.

Great job on the truck .. new project sounds cool , can't wait

I'd rig up a snatch block mate takes a lot of strain of the winch and makes it a lot more controllable as it halves the speed

You need to buy a ‘center pull strap’ .... wraps around the lower wishbone and you pull central ...

Nice build. Looking forward to the car build!!

Looking forward to seeing the next project.

nice build very impressed with the bed on the transit ....never trust a towing eye buy axle strop and loop it round a chassis or suspension component not only will you get a nice low centre pull when car is going up the bed it will be safe looking forward to your next build

It may have taken longer than expected but it looks well worth it. 1700 KG = 3750 pounds and it didn't even seem to go down any. You did a beautiful job. It's really a shame that one of your concerns is parts getting stolen. I long for the days when we could leave our cars unlocked. Anyway, looking forward to your next project, sounds good.

Great job, watched all the way and enjoyed.

Excellent build!!

Congratulations on a great build!

It was very interesting how you build your truck. As you said in the last video, there are some thing you would do differently, but it was your first build and there are just not enough of them on YT yet..... One day I want to build one myself, but it will have to get stretched for longer American cars. I am into 60's muscle cars.. Very few video's on stretching frames.... Those that are on here don't show much and are normally in fast forward... Great build!!! ;)

Great job! Cant wait for the next project!

Interesting series of videos, great stuff and looking forward to the 56.

Greetings from Russia. Good job. But the winch had to be done with the ability to move. And the trough in the center of the platform, it is necessary to make drainage. You'll have a pool on the platform in the rain. Good luck in your work.

Nice work! Your co-worker seems to be a solid dude. 🤙🏻🍺

Nice work. I’ve always wanted to fit modern running gear to an old car. Nice to know you’re actually doing it.

looks serious mate, very nice job, u can get a strap with 2 hooks and an eye in it to hook onto the wishbones and winch from th centre , i use them all the time theyre great, safe towing

Saab in its natural environment :)

Great job does what it says on the tin 👍 will defo keep tuned in for your other projects

Nice work Matt. Turned out great. Looking forward to the frame swap project :)

Looks good.... The aluminum not only gives grip, is light weight, but acts like an anode-sacrificial metal and help reduce the electrolysis - corrosion of the steel on the deck frame and vehicle

Well done mate 👏

Headache rack would have been a better option IMHO. A blanket on the winch line for safety, save that back window. Fabulous welder you are Sir !

Just subscribed after seeing the Transit build :-) Love it. Cheers from norway :-)

Already looking forward to it ,Can't wait

well done that man.

Great project. I'm looking forward to the body swap

Good job!! Looks awesome!

I have watched this series with great interest and i will say you done a cracking job. Would be interested to know if you will take it to a weigh bridge just to get a true idea what the truck weighs, in return you will know what you can legally carry. Great job, looking forward to the next project :)

I watched the series , Nice JOB my friend !

Excellent job Matt, looks like it will do the business well. Looking forward to the next project Cheers

Great project

Nice job mate 👍 You might want to get the transit weighed empty so you know what you can carry weight wise last thing you want is vosa pulling you for overloading 3.5t gross weight and it will also pull a 3.5t gross trailer (if you have b+e licence) but if your right about the saab being 1.7t that only leaves you with 1.8t for the transit and that includes fuel and passengers Don't get me wrong the truck is very capable of doing a lot more especially if the springs are uprated like you say I don't know how the law stands (what modifications are needed) with uprating the gross vehicle weight but I think it is possible but you would need a cat c licence too which is expensive unless you passed before 97 then you just have it on your licence (grandfather's rights as they call it) My transit died a few weeks ago and I have just bought a newer one I've gone from the 350 90 to the 350 135 and honestly it's a Wolf in sheep's clothing it's like a completely different bus altogether I had a ton of rubble on earlier today and I honestly forgot it was there I pulls like a train Nice work and I look forward to seeing your next project 👍

So good to see it working after all your hard work fair play! First thing my boss said to me when i was driving trucks never tow off a towing eye it will fail and the car will piss off lol 2 days into my new job i seen it happen to someone in a yard i was picking up from and i think i didn't stop crying with tears for the rest of the day was so funny but Not!

Nice video's mate well impressed

Well done Matt!

Very nice

Job well done👍

I sold my last Hot Rod some years ago and the guy who bought it turned up with a beaver tail truck similar to yours but a heavier chassis with hendrickson air springs, and the cab from a '56 Chev 1500 truck. You may want to go with air lift over load springs if you want to pull bigger loads .😊🚓

Nice Work Congrats

Awesome build

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Great job mate

you do nice welds, the aluminium floor plate looks good but after a while it won't look that great, i would have used galvanized steel floor plate which is able to take the punishment. i also use the rear of the car to hook my rope when i load cars onto my trailer.

Mate! You made such a cool and good truck! Love it!

Really well done mate. !

Fast paced Project lol keep up the good work Matt :)

Great start. Keep going . Looks ggod .

Need strobe lights :)

Well done on the truck build m8, see ya lol😉 Looking forward to the next v'log🖒

Superb... great job 👍👍

Watched the build mate. Nice work .

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Good stuff!

Sweet build dude

Good looking truck.

Nice work

Wow awesome build. Sorry i found this so late you tubes algorithm sucks!!!

Top job mate👍I would make one remark, also make some rails on the ramps. They are not too wide and wenn loading a car in the wet, it could get slippery. Other than that, good work!

Awesome, have watched every episode, really nice rig my friend, well done.

Looks good mate 😉

Great video!!!!!

congratulations you made an excellent job of it, a real craftsman. but those ramps being there would do my head in, reaching under wet muddy cars n all that.

Great series Matt, a job well done mate 👍🏻

A Saab in its national habitat, I know I have 6 of them

Get yourself a chain bridal. Comes with mini j hooks on them that go directly into the factory tow points. And consider getting some tool boxes on the sides for storage. But overall nice build.

No need for a bike chain lock for the ramps. Just replace one of the over centre pins with a padlock. Great job.

Thought about having the winch mounted on a lateral rail? That way you could slide it sideways to a point directly ahead of the towing eye....

Thank you for watching Sia should be the outro from now on

Need to guard the camera! Loved this cheers from sunny Norfolk

I work as A truck truck driver. You Can use the control arm to winch your car up on the flatbed.

excellent job brother greetings from mexico 👌👌👌

might need some heavy duty leaf springs, but it looks great. congrats

Why don’t you just put a padlock on one of the pin holes to lock the ramps instead of cutting more holes for the ramps? Quality build though would be nice to know it’s weight empty

Pull the cars in on the wish bone as most cars don’t have tow balls and they also take the bumper off

done a decent job mate , I converted my mk6 to mk7 front , easy and makes it look fresh , although I just bought a mk7 petrol as the new ulez comes out in London next year so having to build another truck

Result! And that next project sounds cool. Get your kid checed out though, I think he has been possessed LOL

Lookin snod, top job