We like the Q/A session on the way home! Excellent use of time and more informative directly from Matt. Expect to repeat some topics like tire pressure but still good info. Nice to have a non-nailbiter rescue to start the day.
Swede here (ace of base-country). For us snow/ice means spikey tires, sometimes starting in 2nd from stand still, maintaining momentum uphill and a general "easing" of all your inputs. Downhill can be tricky if icey - drive as if you expect it to loose grip and go sliding. No news to northerners, but I guess it could be interesting for others
As a Canadian who has done a fair bit of off-roading in the snow, firewood collection, camping and genuine fun being the reasons. Luck is what you need 17:58 the snow evolves multiple times during the day, if a spot gets more sun or more shade you can have different characteristics of snow which makes recovery and self recovery a fun but challenging venture. Definitely nailed it on the head Matt and if it makes you feel any better, I also do not understand the snow.
Thank you, Matt. I'm one that asked about the battery and welding. I appreciate your wisdom on this issue. 15+ years ago, I needed to weld a shock mount back up on my daily driver F250. A couple of the Uncle's that I got advice from had told me I needed to unhook the battery first. (They were both "back yard" welders only - and neither were mechanics. I had asked that question so I could gain knowledge for myself. I appreciate your answer, and Thank You. Most of the welders in your shop do more welding in a week than I've done in my 60+ years of life. That shock mount I mentioned - one of the uncles had welded it for me twice. His weeks kept breaking ( not good penetration). His welds looked better than mine. After I scab patch welded it - it didn't break again. He went to his grave not knowing I had to fix it.
@gingergann3934 you should still unplug it if welding near the battery though, you don't want thousands of volts across the battery, but anywhere else it's just going through the frame back to the welder, it won't touch the battery
Well......my 2 cents and as former "A" mechanic for a factory branch dealership of Mack Truck, (in the 70ies), yes, I too am old 8-), "it's better to be safe than sorry"!! We were told to "always" disconnect the battery AND the alternator before welding on any part of the truck. And with the electronic in today's vehicles and no matter how many times you've done it in the past and had no troubles, the liabilities/possibilities are there. Can you just imagine blowing/burning up an ECM in someone's car/truck" It is possible. Matt, I know you know what you are doing, and you do it well, just my thoughts. John in Ky.
Every manual I have recommends disconnecting the battery before welding. Doesn't mean you can't get away with not disconnecting it apparently. I could see there may be a disadvantage to disconnecting on the trail as it resets the computer and that may cause other problems? Don't know.....
I have been welding for 18 years every instructor I have had says if welding to always disconnect the battery. Most of the time you are probably safe but there is a possibility of it arcing and blowing up the battery or jumping and frying the computer system
I'd imagine it's all about preventing the current from taking "detours" on it's way from the welding spot back to the welder. Electricity is like water. Even if the main current flows though the big channel, that doesn't mean it won't take some side channels.
Love the Q&A while driving home and never doubt you taking care of Peanut, it's amazing how they become part of the family. That's the first diesel I've seen that wasn't 4x4.
Wisconsin native here. Yes, snow is a complex beast. It can change by the hour. It is a huge learning curve. From what I have seen you handle yourself pretty well in it though. The Q and A was great. I love that you are always in teaching/learning mode.
I have dogs and I'm big time dog lover. It's very obvious that you treasure Peanut and all your dogs like they were your family. I never worry about how you're treating them and I assumed when you said about the burger in the restaurant that you had her in the truck with the AC on. I know you would never mistreat your dog, it's very obvious the way she licks all over you and you let her and encourage her to that you are a big time dog lover. It's also very obvious that you spoil them and that's exactly how dogs should be treated for all they give us. Good for you😊
SNOW!! As someone that lives to drive in snow, you obviously have a pretty good understanding -- it is different every time! That said, low range is almost always the right answer in deep snow. There have been a couple of times where I've suggested people shift into low range after seeing them struggle in high. One guy actually had his clutch smoking. Unless you need want to go faster than low range allows, there is really no drawback to using low.
Thanks for great question answers today. Agree with your assessment of snow. Living in Alaska for 4+ decades, it does vary a lot. Even within a single day. The "breakable crust' phenomenon alone is enough to make a grown man cry. The local BSF recovery that got me out of a tough situation took us four hours working together. Most times, he was getting me unstuck. Other times I was getting him unstuck. So difficult to get both vehicles atop the crust and supported.
I LOVE wheeling in snow. It’s the only real wheeling I did living way up north growing up. I would love to try sand, but it seems so backwards to me for the traction things with bald vs deep treads. What you said in the explanation here makes sense though since in snow the idea is to go slow and keep digging down to keep the tires on the solid ground below. You’re not floating over it unless it’s melted some and refrozen and got a crust. You’re in a world of hurt if you bust through the crust depending how deep it is. One night a friend and I were in my truck running down an unplowed dirt road in the middle of nowhere. Pushing 2 ft of powder with some 3 ft drifts. Suddenly the front end drops out then the whole thing drops down 2 ft. Now the snows up to the hood and had to climb out the windows. I kept a grain shovel in the bed that works great for snow. Got it all dug out then spent the next 2-3 hours rocking the thing back and forth. Every time the tires would eat away another foot from the crust getting me more run at trying to bounce it up on the crust. The crust was about 2 ft above the ground and just under my bumper. I’d finally get enough run to bounce up on the crust, I’d go 10 ft and fall through again. Dig it out and run at it again. Once we finally got it up and it stayed up kept the pedal to the floor in reverse for the 1/2 mile back to the plowed road. It was below zero and windy and all wide open flat country so we were glad to be finally out of there. And THAT boys is why you make sure your gas tank is full! We spent a few hours thrashing my truck trying to get it out and that thing sucked gas when working hard.
That q and a was excellent. Do more. You're right about snow. It's unsolvable because it keeps changing and even turns to water under tire weight. So if you go snow wheeling expect to get stuck no matter how good your rig is, so don't go alone. You have however solved sand. Like to hear your take on flotation.
Sand can vary a lot like snow does. Wet, damp, or dry can make a big difference. Also the type of sand makes a big difference. Some will pack well and some doesn’t. A lot of what’s around them is blown sand that’s more of a fine round texture that doesn’t pack and will let you just sink.
Beautiful area. For the folks (customer) if you’re gonna live up there get a 4 wheel drive. 2 wheel drive pickups need to stay on asphalt and concrete (or put 500 lbs of weight over the drives which eliminates your cargo area)
@@georgesheffield1580 the ice ain’t a pickup issue it’s a traction (tire tread),speed issue, most people try to drive way too fast and can’t comprehend it ain’t how fast you’re going is how fast can you stop safely…. On ice that’s about walking speed for a slow turtle 😂😂
In regards to welding on rigs, I agree with you mostly. Welded on a lot of trucks and equipment, did “wipe” a DP Tuner on a 00 ford diesel welding on track bar, I think it was a fluke incident I still don’t disconnect stuff… love your content!!
We live here in North Central Alberta, Canada, Barrhead county. I love the sun in the summer, i love the snow in the winter, we air down the tires for playing inthe snow. It has similar characteristics,, and still different to drive on. Paddle tire in deep soft sand, studded tires for snow and ice- on my dirt bike. Have fun keep up the fun times recoveries
With over 50 years in auto and motorcycle industry I thought I knew it all... but turns out I don't. Thanks for the answers to the most asked questions. You are going to love the silt pits in El Diablo dry lake; if the Baja course goes that way. Pastrami Burgers are the best. Add a scoop of coleslaw on top of the pile to make it healthy! Really like the Peanut segments, too.
I am glad your helping people with sand knowledge. We have many of the types of sand that you have shown in abundance, here in Oregon. The same tricks and equipment are helpful here too. Snow is totally different than sand for me.
Steve here from Logan Utah no comments or complaints here y’all do this on the daily who am I to say y’all do anything wrong. Love the content thanks Matt and crew and of course Peanut!
Totally agree with the smooth or bald tyres for sand. I was in the Royal New Zealand Air Force and was required to annually attend courses in our sand dune area. Back then our vehicles were short wheelbase - 81 inch - Land Rovers. Loved those things. The standard tyres were skinny and well treaded. We also had a stock of tyres reserves for sand use, they were "Bofors" gun carriage tyres, big balloony things. Those old girls with their four cylinder engines would take you anywhere wearing those ballony tyres! I absolutely love your Q&A sessions on the videos. Keep 'Em Comin"
Back in the 70's when I ran my FJ...We rode the sand dunes on Cape Cod. The only way they would let you on the dunes was if you had almost bald, wide tires. That's why I always wondered about out there in Utah...I've seen buggies and 4x4s with knobby tires and wondered why no one got stuck. I mean...they should just bog on down...but most times don't. Thanks for the question and answer time Matt...you should have more of them.
just so you know matt the reason for disconnecting battery before welding comes from early EFI where the electronics did not have protection from high frequency voltages and would do damage, this was really only and issue for about 2 years or so.
Someone who spent most my life on the Oregon dunes. Watching the weekend warriors with their mud tires tiring to access the dunes. Was good entertainment and a money making opportunity.
Hi Matt! I’m a new subscriber and have been binge watching for this last month now. Love what you do, how you do it and how you treat people. My question is, where did you get all your knowledge from? I understand the towing company giving you skills, but knowing how to fabricate a monster tow truck from scratch is on another level. I would love to hear your backstory. All the best and keep doing what you’re going! You guys rock!
Snow ! We have a cabin up in the mountains so when we go in the winter we have to plan on when we go And when we leave. It’s about a 1/2 mile up a gentle slope through a meadow then into a pine forest the snow conditions change from the meadow to the forest so we generally get there in the morning while it’s frozen and try to get out in the evening with the same conditions. Otherwise we are digging and winching especially when we have anything two feet deep or MORR :-)
For welding on a car, consider the path of the current. If they attach a ground next to where the welds are happening, then it has no reason to go through the chassis or computers. If you attach the ground to somewhere that the path isn't direct, expect it to take an indirect route.
To help. Fresh tires have “sharper” and deeper edges on the tread. It tends to shovel out the sand below the contact patch. Worn tires have softer edges as well as sand typically compacting and have contact all the way to the body of the tire. So it gives the the vehicle a more solid patch that it sits on as it digs for traction. More aggressive treads and new tires tend to churn before it can compact and grab. As for the low range, yes it helps with trans temps but low range is also beneficial because in sand, controlling wheel speed is crucial. In high, you can easily over spin the tires without even leaving a gear. In low, it typically limits how rapidly you spin up. Giving the tires a chance to grab and gain forward momentum before just digging down.
Great video. I love it that you are driving, and talking, and steering with your legs! I used to drive home from work using only my legs. It is a challenge, but fun!
Liability for changing the air in someone's tires... Liability is an odd thing. We retiled someone's kitchen floor and backsplash and finished on Friday. Sunday we were called because the landline telephone wasn't working. What does the Tile Guy have to do with the Telephones? According to the customer, we loosened the phone jack in the kitchen backsplash, so WE must have done something wrong. Okay... The problem was the thunderstorms on Saturday Night destroyed the Computer Modem with a lightning strike and once the computer was unplugged, the phones were fine. If YOU Touched it, and there's a problem down the road, YOU are Liable (in some people's minds).
@@rockysquirrel4776 I once replaced the windshield on a cadillac and the customer claimed his brakes were now squeeling !!! we threw him out of the shop ...
With snow the tires are made of a softer rubber as all season and racing tires don't work as well when the temperature is below 5°C, the snow tire will still have grip below 5°C (basically looses its grip as it gets colder so if it's -30°C out it's obviously not the best but much better than non-snow tires) Another thing a lot of people get confused with is the width of the tires. Sand you want wide to stay above better. With snow you want a narrow tire so it will have an easier time to hit pavement. One more thing, studded tires are only good in icy conditions. If you live in an area that mainly gets snow, you want to avoid using studs. Dispite what a lot of people would assume it doesn't bite into the pavement better than rubber. It's only good if there is ice. Using studs on snowy/ wet roads especially on the highway is more dangerous, if you need to suddenly brake or turn fast you won't have the same traction. -a guy who's been driving in a lot of crazy weather over the years 😎🤙
WRT bald tyres - We had to do some work in the pans of Botswana - Imagine 60 miles of sand and salt flats with 6 tons of equipment - Solution - 4 x Boing 737 Tyres mounted on modified rims at 8lbs presure fitted to our 1113 Mercedes 4x4 truck.... No probles at all..... Thanks for your time and effort KD
You got it right at the end there: flotation. Tread on a tire either assists with traction by giving it "bite" on the surface or allowing water an escape path, or helps the Feds identify your vehicle. Tread won't bite on water or sand because both of them just "move outa the way" (the technical legal and scientific lingo). Lowering your tire pressure allows the tire to flatten out and distribute the weight of the vehicle over a greater surface area, thus allowing the tire to "float" on the surface. On water, some things "float" right there on top--trash, oil, snakes--because they're "lighter". Other things "float" but they're way down in the water--aircraft carriers, icebergs, your Aunt Bee--cuz they're really heavy. (BTW-I've proposed to guess the weight of a vehicle with just a piece of string and a tire pressure gauge. Wrap the string around the tire to measure the circumference of the footprint, calculate the area of the footprint, and measure the PSI in the tire and that's your ground pressure per tire. Ok, a piece of string, a tire pressure gauge, and a calculator.) The lower the tire pressure, the squashier the tire and the larger the ground contact patch. Raise the pressure, the opposite is true. A bald tire (or slicks on racing cars) maximizes the ground contact. Anyway, it's all there in my four volume treatise "A Beginner's Guide to Didactic Pedagogy".
The problem with welding/ electrical issues comes if you put your ground to the wrong thing and it causes the juice to go through ground wires on the truck.. Like if you're welding on the frame and you hook your ground to the body.. It forces that to go through the ground wires on the truck and can randomly put voltage on the lines and fry random computer modules.. As long as you are putting your ground on the thing you're actually welding, you won't have an issue... Also, I've seen where someone was welding through the floor pan from underneath the car and repairing rust spots and patches, etc.. and his welder burned through the floor and then burned through some of the wires that were on the other side and it arced the welder to some data lines and fried every module in the car that was on that CAN bus... So things can happen, it's not a myth.
Matt, I love when you do the answers to questions pieces! Its awesome to here your wisdom and learn from your experience. LOVE IT!! Keep up the good work.
All my dogs (one at a time, mostly) would get excited whenever I pulled into a drive-up window, because they knew a plain hamburger was coming their way. Even at the bank, they made googly eyes at the teller and a doggy biscuit was coming! Dogs love affection! And food, they love food! Food AND affection - two hot buttons at once!
Had a dog like that, she was the best partner for any road trip ; work, woods, fishing, X country sking, etc... She knew it was a great day when she could daintily finish her ice cream cone! Sure miss that dog...
I'm from the north, i see why matt didnt want to cause anymore issues with the brake lines, axles, bearings, with cutting the rope off the tires, BUT I will say to credit the truck owner, what a GENIUS idea to simulate tire chains!!!! I assume it would have been fine to leave it on but I can also understand not wanting to repair brake lines when on a recovery. good work truck owner, I will leave that idea in my bag of tricks when In snow or mud up here in Michigan.
hay mat im 43 an was born and breed in a work shop and i was all ways told to disconect the battrey when welding but ive done it both ways mate and never had a prob but i have herd of the newer cars ECU getting fryed from welding and jump starting with crappy cables loved the video mate keep them comming
Tires are a HUGE deal. When I moved from the desert to the cold north woods, I found my "all season" tires almost got me in a wreck in the snow. I did an unwanted 180 into someone's yard. When I switched to snow tires, it was like night and day difference. No more unwanted 180's. And I can even get up my snow-covered hill now. And that's with a FWD only van. (Transit Connect)
In places that don’t get much snow they’ll deal with all seasons and think it’s just the way it is. They can’t imagine how much better proper winter tires are. When I had a miata I’d put snow tires on it and people were often amazed I was out in the snow and not having problems. They thought only a big 4x4 was the only way.
@@johnnyquest9358 Well maybe...awful lot of MORR videos where no shovel is on hand ....I think they have one they switch between vehicles from time to time :)
@@scottsluggosrule4670 Nobody is suggesting that MORR use a shovel. It's surprising that the customer didn't have/use one. I saved myself in the middle of the night from some South Dakota mud/clay with a shovel and a couple pieces of firewood. That sticky stuff coated my wheels so bad that once I got back to pavement I realized that they were unbalanced and I had to stop and clean the rims to stop my steering wheel from shaking.
Older Gal here.. I kinda wondered? Why couldn't you actually Use a Jack to lift up each tire at a time and put some of that plywood under them, maybe with the floor mats, and what have you to lay out several feet of traction to get a decent start? Oh, and yeah a shovel,et . Curious, did MORR actually travel over 5 hours to get to " Beaver Mtn" in No. Utah???? Favorite Awesome Channel!!! Protection Blessings All!👍👍🤗🙏🙋♀️
Nebraska here..... I feel the same way about sand as you do snow. Come on man Snow is easy. ❤️ Thanks for the questions and answering session that was fun. 👍
Why do bald tires work better in the sand? Matt's answer is exactly what I was thinking the day they had all the vehicles at the bottom of the big sandy hill and couldn't get out. The wrecker tires were just digging mass amounts of sand away and sticking it. Then Jefe just blew up the hill in the Bronco with less aggressive tire tread. Thanks for the video!
I was just talking about a similar issue last night with a former welding contractor. The only time they had a problem was when the guys got lazy and had a long distance between their ground and the electrode. Like water (which seeks the lowest point with the least resistance) electricity will follow the least path of resistance to a ground. Distance is a huge problem. So Matt keep up the good work and keep the ground close!
Kudos to guy as Matt's title suggests. I carry 3/8" chain loops/nuts and bolts, to put thru my rim holes (gotta have brake caliper clearance and not in valve stem hole) ADDITIONALLY, the ratchet straps are SUPER handy to "git ir dun" in many various homestead and vehicle issues. Many stories over the years.
Matt, your entire team is awesome! It seems like Kaulin has the knowledge, temperament and video presence to take over when Matt decides to slow down a bit.
Snow is my favorite to drive on. So unforgiving. Sometimes conditions are better then others as Matt mentioned. But when its the type you can pack into a hard pack baseball its perfect. 5 psi front 3 psi rear and 4lo. I go anywhere the tracked vehicles go. Cool thing about snow unless youre doing some crazy stuff is you can usually always reverse. Get stuck going forward, reverse, hit it again. Goodluck.
Matt, I'm happy to hear Peanut is getting her plain hamburger. Our Border Collie called Wilma always got a plain hamburger together with me when we was at projects together. Sadly we lost her i cancer 2 years ago. After I became disabled, paralyzed and bedridden from a vaccine 3 years ago I cannot have a dog who will not get any exercising, and I love to see Peanut and her nice relationship with Matt. Best Regards from Arne in Norway
Re- welding on computerized vehicles. A few years ago I was on a training course for Mercedes Diesel powered Fire engines. We were taken through a long and involved set of steps to take if we had to weld on the truck. After all this, the instructor said "Or you What We do is just leave the motor running & weld away". Have done this for years & never had a problem. 😎🤠
Four Wheel Hi in snow. But you have to know your drivetrain, something like limited slip can kick you off your line when it engages. Most importantly, throttle control. Snow is different from sand in the regard that you want to go slow and baby it. Just talking about driving here, not towing/winching/recovering. I'd venture a guess that snow is a little easier than sand save most of the time you're encountering it, you're on public roads with idiots, and at least where I'm from, everyone forgets what they're on, wants to speed up and get home, or at least, doesn't prepare or change their driving habits. Black ice and wet leaves are the scariest. But the leaves you can see. Black ice, you catch a gust of wind on I-94, there's a chance it's going to catch you like a sail. One universal rule: Take it easy, don't give more beans than you need to, don't beat it to death.
Australian here, we love our utes. The trick to this one is you need to put a good weight in the back of it to keep some traction on the rear wheels, then they'll tackle almost any hill up or down.
I think you answered one of my questions about customers tires and I fully understand about liability. Actually, I was making more of a comment by saying that in Australia we won't recover a vehicle without airing down a stuck vehicle. I have an arb twin aircompressor onboard so If I airdown a customer vehicle then I air back up too. And I tell the customer what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. Never had to replace a wheel or tire. There are a LOT of clueless drivers in Australia. Not all, but a lot.
@@jfk64kennedy95 Early winter and late spring snows are the worst. Dry cold snows and wet warm snows, you have to learn to drive (or not) in all of them.
@@christopherwedemeyer2993 Below freezing snow is what I call "Squeaky Snow". It is the only time snow has much traction. Other than that, the only plan is to try and stay on top of the snow.
I liked seeing the Banana struggle with that van. That video had a real old school vibe. Watching that Banana do things it shouldn't be able to do was one of the main things that attracted me to the channel.
@codydunn242 if you never use the 4x4 there's really no extra maintenance, having a 2wd is a matter of saving money on purchase price and that's it. Unless your like a hotshot truck driver and neeed to save the extra couple hundred pounds so you can legally have more pin weight
Tires weren’t any taller than stock..if anything they looked shorter than stock. They just look like a semi-worn out street only bro rollers. I’d be willing to bet a good AT truck tire would have backed right out of that with some smart throttle application.
I had bologna skin tires (friends description) on a 1991 wrangler and ran in sugar sand in Florida in 2 wheel drive and had a blast. Anytime we stopped 4wheel drive to get out and back to 2wheel drive. Matt's explanation on hurricane sand and everywhere else makes complete sense. Hurricane sand has been rolled into round ball bearings.
Do people really not understand all these questions? They all seem like common sense to me, but I guess I've also been living in the woods my entire life. Good on you Matt for answering these questions so graciously.
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I think the bald tires on sand thing is actually contact area. Bald tires contact the sand across the whole tire, so it's about twice the contact area of a new tread tire. One thing people need to know about the Morvair: Other than the body with the cool air vents on the sides, there are actually zero Corvair parts in the drive train. There are Corvair drive train parts in some of the sand buggies. Dune buggies started out to be all VW parts, but way back in the day buggy enthusiasts discovered their bored and stroked VWs kept breaking cases quickly. The way to get cheap reliable 102+ HP was to switch to a Corvair engine. 185 HP to be precise with a dead stock turbocharged engine.
It's kinda like slicks on a track car. At first glance (thought) it doesn't make sense. Tread on a tire is for diverting water or mud and getting to "the bottom of things." Exactly what you don't want to do in sand.
I used to drive on sand every day when I worked in seismic surveying. The sand tyres we had were almost bald from new, they only had grooves going around, there was no tread across the tyre. They looked like old fashioned front tractor tyres. We only used 4 low if we were stuck tbh. We had manual trans Landcruisers though. Might be different in a auto trans Jeep
I’m glad you said why jeeps aren’t good at recovery. I watched that video and couldn’t find where you said why they weren’t. I’m still wondering why you’re so critical of jeeps yet you own two of them. I love mine!
Yeah people around me will finance some new $5,000+ wheels and tires for their 20+ year old beat to crap multi color 5k truck 😂 and always have the cheapest off brand tires too.
We don't prefer to use the cool looking mud tires in sand here in Arabia. We mostly use bold tires "sand tires 900" from maxxis. Flotation is key in soft sand. But they won't work on a slippery surface or on normal road driving. There is another tire from Sumitomo called shaheen, which works well for everyday driving and is great in soft sand. High range in sand if the psi is 15 or less and the sand terrain is not so hard like big sand dunes or something similar. Normal sandy tracks, the 4H works great.
For welding and disconnecting the battery, the one I can imagine is welding on the suspension isolated by rubber bushing from they body/frame, and grounding to the frame. Then the ABS wire and brake wires and axles might get a bit spicy
I always want to ask about bald tires. You have answered my question. But, I live in Vermont. There is almost no sand. Our problems are mainly mud and snow (a lot of snow). Bald tires don't perform well in either scenario. That is why it seems weird to hear bake tires work better.
We like the Q/A session on the way home! Excellent use of time and more informative directly from Matt. Expect to repeat some topics like tire pressure but still good info. Nice to have a non-nailbiter rescue to start the day.
I agree! It's great to hear Matt's calm common sense, and experience based answers to difficult questions. Makes the videos even more fun!
Swede here (ace of base-country). For us snow/ice means spikey tires, sometimes starting in 2nd from stand still, maintaining momentum uphill and a general "easing" of all your inputs. Downhill can be tricky if icey - drive as if you expect it to loose grip and go sliding.
No news to northerners, but I guess it could be interesting for others
As a Canadian who has done a fair bit of off-roading in the snow, firewood collection, camping and genuine fun being the reasons. Luck is what you need 17:58 the snow evolves multiple times during the day, if a spot gets more sun or more shade you can have different characteristics of snow which makes recovery and self recovery a fun but challenging venture.
Definitely nailed it on the head Matt and if it makes you feel any better, I also do not understand the snow.
10:36 peanut trying to get love from Matt and then falling out of frame had me laughing out loud !!! So cute
@Matt'sOffRoadRecovery may want to check her teeth/jaw, you could hear her hit the metal. Hope all is good.
Yeah, that was funny
That was hilarious...poor peanut...
Thank you, Matt. I'm one that asked about the battery and welding. I appreciate your wisdom on this issue. 15+ years ago, I needed to weld a shock mount back up on my daily driver F250. A couple of the Uncle's that I got advice from had told me I needed to unhook the battery first. (They were both "back yard" welders only - and neither were mechanics.
I had asked that question so I could gain knowledge for myself. I appreciate your answer, and Thank You. Most of the welders in your shop do more welding in a week than I've done in my 60+ years of life.
That shock mount I mentioned - one of the uncles had welded it for me twice. His weeks kept breaking ( not good penetration). His welds looked better than mine. After I scab patch welded it - it didn't break again. He went to his grave not knowing I had to fix it.
@gingergann3934 you should still unplug it if welding near the battery though, you don't want thousands of volts across the battery, but anywhere else it's just going through the frame back to the welder, it won't touch the battery
Well......my 2 cents and as former "A" mechanic for a factory branch dealership of Mack Truck, (in the 70ies), yes, I too am old 8-), "it's better to be safe than sorry"!! We were told to "always" disconnect the battery AND the alternator before welding on any part of the truck. And with the electronic in today's vehicles and no matter how many times you've done it in the past and had no troubles, the liabilities/possibilities are there. Can you just imagine blowing/burning up an ECM in someone's car/truck" It is possible.
Matt, I know you know what you are doing, and you do it well, just my thoughts.
John in Ky.
Every manual I have recommends disconnecting the battery before welding. Doesn't mean you can't get away with not disconnecting it apparently. I could see there may be a disadvantage to disconnecting on the trail as it resets the computer and that may cause other problems? Don't know.....
I have been welding for 18 years every instructor I have had says if welding to always disconnect the battery. Most of the time you are probably safe but there is a possibility of it arcing and blowing up the battery or jumping and frying the computer system
I'd imagine it's all about preventing the current from taking "detours" on it's way from the welding spot back to the welder. Electricity is like water. Even if the main current flows though the big channel, that doesn't mean it won't take some side channels.
Love the Q&A while driving home and never doubt you taking care of Peanut, it's amazing how they become part of the family. That's the first diesel I've seen that wasn't 4x4.
or that didn't have a tire jack to get them selves unstuck. Jack up truck fill holes with wood or rock.
Jake being humble and positive is and will continue to benefit that young man for the rest of his career. He will never be unemployed.
Hes my favorite, great attitude & matts youngest is a good dude also .
Every team needs a Jake
@@davestevens4263 do you mean Rhett or Carter ? Either way they seem good young men.
Carter is the youngest. @@davestevens4263
@@davestevens4263 Yep, but Carter (the youngest of the four boys) doesn't feature much.
Wisconsin native here. Yes, snow is a complex beast. It can change by the hour. It is a huge learning curve. From what I have seen you handle yourself pretty well in it though. The Q and A was great. I love that you are always in teaching/learning mode.
Sconnie here too. Seeing the recovery in the woods reminded me of my adventures and recovering my own vehicles and others
I have dogs and I'm big time dog lover. It's very obvious that you treasure Peanut and all your dogs like they were your family. I never worry about how you're treating them and I assumed when you said about the burger in the restaurant that you had her in the truck with the AC on. I know you would never mistreat your dog, it's very obvious the way she licks all over you and you let her and encourage her to that you are a big time dog lover. It's also very obvious that you spoil them and that's exactly how dogs should be treated for all they give us. Good for you😊
If you've never been stuck, then you haven't been in the mud much. Great recovery. Peanut is living the good life!
SNOW!! As someone that lives to drive in snow, you obviously have a pretty good understanding -- it is different every time! That said, low range is almost always the right answer in deep snow. There have been a couple of times where I've suggested people shift into low range after seeing them struggle in high. One guy actually had his clutch smoking. Unless you need want to go faster than low range allows, there is really no drawback to using low.
And odds are if you're in that level of snow, you dont need to be going any faster than low range can do
Low range always off-road! The only use I have for four high is snowy roads on road, or gravel roads at higher speeds.
Thanks for great question answers today. Agree with your assessment of snow. Living in Alaska for 4+ decades, it does vary a lot. Even within a single day. The "breakable crust' phenomenon alone is enough to make a grown man cry. The local BSF recovery that got me out of a tough situation took us four hours working together. Most times, he was getting me unstuck. Other times I was getting him unstuck. So difficult to get both vehicles atop the crust and supported.
Matt's Off Road Recovery, I'm hooked on your videos, keep them rolling
I am extremely appreciative that you share camera time with Peanut. We are fans of the crew and jaymie.
I LOVE wheeling in snow. It’s the only real wheeling I did living way up north growing up. I would love to try sand, but it seems so backwards to me for the traction things with bald vs deep treads. What you said in the explanation here makes sense though since in snow the idea is to go slow and keep digging down to keep the tires on the solid ground below. You’re not floating over it unless it’s melted some and refrozen and got a crust. You’re in a world of hurt if you bust through the crust depending how deep it is. One night a friend and I were in my truck running down an unplowed dirt road in the middle of nowhere. Pushing 2 ft of powder with some 3 ft drifts. Suddenly the front end drops out then the whole thing drops down 2 ft. Now the snows up to the hood and had to climb out the windows. I kept a grain shovel in the bed that works great for snow. Got it all dug out then spent the next 2-3 hours rocking the thing back and forth. Every time the tires would eat away another foot from the crust getting me more run at trying to bounce it up on the crust. The crust was about 2 ft above the ground and just under my bumper. I’d finally get enough run to bounce up on the crust, I’d go 10 ft and fall through again. Dig it out and run at it again. Once we finally got it up and it stayed up kept the pedal to the floor in reverse for the 1/2 mile back to the plowed road. It was below zero and windy and all wide open flat country so we were glad to be finally out of there. And THAT boys is why you make sure your gas tank is full! We spent a few hours thrashing my truck trying to get it out and that thing sucked gas when working hard.
That q and a was excellent. Do more. You're right about snow. It's unsolvable because it keeps changing and even turns to water under tire weight. So if you go snow wheeling expect to get stuck no matter how good your rig is, so don't go alone. You have however solved sand. Like to hear your take on flotation.
Sand can vary a lot like snow does. Wet, damp, or dry can make a big difference. Also the type of sand makes a big difference. Some will pack well and some doesn’t. A lot of what’s around them is blown sand that’s more of a fine round texture that doesn’t pack and will let you just sink.
Beautiful area. For the folks (customer) if you’re gonna live up there get a 4 wheel drive. 2 wheel drive pickups need to stay on asphalt and concrete (or put 500 lbs of weight over the drives which eliminates your cargo area)
4x4 also doesn't tear the roads up. These folks don't know it. But eventually they were gonna tear the road up enough yo never get up it.
PU's even with the extra weight are often terrible in snow and almost impossible on ice ,especially glare ice like Texas or Oklahome gets .
@@georgesheffield1580 the ice ain’t a pickup issue it’s a traction (tire tread),speed issue, most people try to drive way too fast and can’t comprehend it ain’t how fast you’re going is how fast can you stop safely…. On ice that’s about walking speed for a slow turtle 😂😂
In regards to welding on rigs, I agree with you mostly. Welded on a lot of trucks and equipment, did “wipe” a DP Tuner on a 00 ford diesel welding on track bar, I think it was a fluke incident I still don’t disconnect stuff… love your content!!
We live here in North Central Alberta, Canada, Barrhead county. I love the sun in the summer, i love the snow in the winter, we air down the tires for playing inthe snow. It has similar characteristics,, and still different to drive on. Paddle tire in deep soft sand, studded tires for snow and ice- on my dirt bike. Have fun keep up the fun times recoveries
With over 50 years in auto and motorcycle industry I thought I knew it all... but turns out I don't.
Thanks for the answers to the most asked questions.
You are going to love the silt pits in El Diablo dry lake; if the Baja course goes that way.
Pastrami Burgers are the best. Add a scoop of coleslaw on top of the pile to make it healthy!
Really like the Peanut segments, too.
I am glad your helping people with sand knowledge. We have many of the types of sand that you have shown in abundance, here in Oregon. The same tricks and equipment are helpful here too. Snow is totally different than sand for me.
Steve here from Logan Utah no comments or complaints here y’all do this on the daily who am I to say y’all do anything wrong. Love the content thanks Matt and crew and of course Peanut!
Totally agree with the smooth or bald tyres for sand. I was in the Royal New Zealand Air Force and was required to annually attend courses in our sand dune area. Back then our vehicles were short wheelbase - 81 inch - Land Rovers. Loved those things. The standard tyres were skinny and well treaded. We also had a stock of tyres reserves for sand use, they were "Bofors" gun carriage tyres, big balloony things. Those old girls with their four cylinder engines would take you anywhere wearing those ballony tyres! I absolutely love your Q&A sessions on the videos. Keep 'Em Comin"
I, too, was in the super cool French baguette bragade tree force. I also agree with smooth.
Back in the 70's when I ran my FJ...We rode the sand dunes on Cape Cod. The only way they would let you on the dunes was if you had almost bald, wide tires. That's why I always wondered about out there in Utah...I've seen buggies and 4x4s with knobby tires and wondered why no one got stuck. I mean...they should just bog on down...but most times don't. Thanks for the question and answer time Matt...you should have more of them.
Clean shaven young Matt looks like Val Kilmer to me. Love the show!
just so you know matt the reason for disconnecting battery before welding comes from early EFI where the electronics did not have protection from high frequency voltages and would do damage, this was really only and issue for about 2 years or so.
Someone who spent most my life on the Oregon dunes. Watching the weekend warriors with their mud tires tiring to access the dunes. Was good entertainment and a money making opportunity.
Hi Matt! I’m a new subscriber and have been binge watching for this last month now. Love what you do, how you do it and how you treat people. My question is, where did you get all your knowledge from? I understand the towing company giving you skills, but knowing how to fabricate a monster tow truck from scratch is on another level. I would love to hear your backstory. All the best and keep doing what you’re going! You guys rock!
I live in TX and love those type of guys...big truck, diesel, wheels, level kit, exhaust....gets stuck on some dirt.
But he’s “tough”…or something.
Snow ! We have a cabin up in the mountains so when we go in the winter we have to plan on when we go And when we leave. It’s about a 1/2 mile up a gentle slope through a meadow then into a pine forest the snow conditions change from the meadow to the forest so we generally get there in the morning while it’s frozen and try to get out in the evening with the same conditions. Otherwise we are digging and winching especially when we have anything two feet deep or MORR :-)
For welding on a car, consider the path of the current. If they attach a ground next to where the welds are happening, then it has no reason to go through the chassis or computers. If you attach the ground to somewhere that the path isn't direct, expect it to take an indirect route.
To help. Fresh tires have “sharper” and deeper edges on the tread. It tends to shovel out the sand below the contact patch. Worn tires have softer edges as well as sand typically compacting and have contact all the way to the body of the tire. So it gives the the vehicle a more solid patch that it sits on as it digs for traction. More aggressive treads and new tires tend to churn before it can compact and grab. As for the low range, yes it helps with trans temps but low range is also beneficial because in sand, controlling wheel speed is crucial. In high, you can easily over spin the tires without even leaving a gear. In low, it typically limits how rapidly you spin up. Giving the tires a chance to grab and gain forward momentum before just digging down.
I love your pups, Lady, Max, and Peanut, and I love how you love your pups. Thank you.
Great video.
I love it that you are driving, and talking, and steering with your legs!
I used to drive home from work using only my legs.
It is a challenge, but fun!
Liability for changing the air in someone's tires... Liability is an odd thing.
We retiled someone's kitchen floor and backsplash and finished on Friday. Sunday we were called because the landline telephone wasn't working.
What does the Tile Guy have to do with the Telephones? According to the customer, we loosened the phone jack in the kitchen backsplash, so WE must have done something wrong. Okay... The problem was the thunderstorms on Saturday Night destroyed the Computer Modem with a lightning strike and once the computer was unplugged, the phones were fine.
If YOU Touched it, and there's a problem down the road, YOU are Liable (in some people's minds).
Yup, it's like a game of Hot Potato with some people. If you are the last one that touched it, somehow you're the one who is at fault.
@@rockysquirrel4776 I once replaced the windshield on a cadillac and the customer claimed his brakes were now squeeling !!! we threw him out of the shop ...
As a plumber that is one of the reasons I know longer do residential work. I got tired of giving free repairs to everything except what I worked on.
Yup. Especially in this ever growing litigious society.
@@johnguilfoyle3073 wokeism
Great job guys. Thank you 😊
With snow the tires are made of a softer rubber as all season and racing tires don't work as well when the temperature is below 5°C, the snow tire will still have grip below 5°C (basically looses its grip as it gets colder so if it's -30°C out it's obviously not the best but much better than non-snow tires)
Another thing a lot of people get confused with is the width of the tires. Sand you want wide to stay above better. With snow you want a narrow tire so it will have an easier time to hit pavement.
One more thing, studded tires are only good in icy conditions. If you live in an area that mainly gets snow, you want to avoid using studs. Dispite what a lot of people would assume it doesn't bite into the pavement better than rubber. It's only good if there is ice. Using studs on snowy/ wet roads especially on the highway is more dangerous, if you need to suddenly brake or turn fast you won't have the same traction.
-a guy who's been driving in a lot of crazy weather over the years 😎🤙
WRT bald tyres - We had to do some work in the pans of Botswana - Imagine 60 miles of sand and salt flats with 6 tons of equipment - Solution - 4 x Boing 737 Tyres mounted on modified rims at 8lbs presure fitted to our 1113 Mercedes 4x4 truck.... No probles at all.....
Thanks for your time and effort
KD
I love watching the dogs. They have so much fun with you guys. My dog will even watch when she sees them on TV.
I would like to see a Peanut cam on her collar.
OMG...Matt, you look like a very young Jeff Bridges when you were clean shaven.
Great video as usual.
You got it right at the end there: flotation. Tread on a tire either assists with traction by giving it "bite" on the surface or allowing water an escape path, or helps the Feds identify your vehicle. Tread won't bite on water or sand because both of them just "move outa the way" (the technical legal and scientific lingo). Lowering your tire pressure allows the tire to flatten out and distribute the weight of the vehicle over a greater surface area, thus allowing the tire to "float" on the surface. On water, some things "float" right there on top--trash, oil, snakes--because they're "lighter". Other things "float" but they're way down in the water--aircraft carriers, icebergs, your Aunt Bee--cuz they're really heavy. (BTW-I've proposed to guess the weight of a vehicle with just a piece of string and a tire pressure gauge. Wrap the string around the tire to measure the circumference of the footprint, calculate the area of the footprint, and measure the PSI in the tire and that's your ground pressure per tire. Ok, a piece of string, a tire pressure gauge, and a calculator.) The lower the tire pressure, the squashier the tire and the larger the ground contact patch. Raise the pressure, the opposite is true. A bald tire (or slicks on racing cars) maximizes the ground contact. Anyway, it's all there in my four volume treatise "A Beginner's Guide to Didactic Pedagogy".
The problem with welding/ electrical issues comes if you put your ground to the wrong thing and it causes the juice to go through ground wires on the truck.. Like if you're welding on the frame and you hook your ground to the body.. It forces that to go through the ground wires on the truck and can randomly put voltage on the lines and fry random computer modules.. As long as you are putting your ground on the thing you're actually welding, you won't have an issue... Also, I've seen where someone was welding through the floor pan from underneath the car and repairing rust spots and patches, etc.. and his welder burned through the floor and then burned through some of the wires that were on the other side and it arced the welder to some data lines and fried every module in the car that was on that CAN bus... So things can happen, it's not a myth.
“Because it’s a Jeep” made me spit out my coffee 😂
Matt, I love when you do the answers to questions pieces! Its awesome to here your wisdom and learn from your experience. LOVE IT!! Keep up the good work.
All my dogs (one at a time, mostly) would get excited whenever I pulled into a drive-up window, because they knew a plain hamburger was coming their way. Even at the bank, they made googly eyes at the teller and a doggy biscuit was coming! Dogs love affection! And food, they love food! Food AND affection - two hot buttons at once!
Mine have learnt key words that trigger excitement from a paralyzed sleep 🤣.
Chicken, dishes, shmackos, bones and snackums 😅
Had a dog like that, she was the best partner for any road trip ; work, woods, fishing, X country sking, etc... She knew it was a great day when she could daintily finish her ice cream cone! Sure miss that dog...
Peanut said, "Get me a double next time".
Can you blame them? I must be a dog, I like those two things as well 😁
Dogs also love food
I'm from the north, i see why matt didnt want to cause anymore issues with the brake lines, axles, bearings, with cutting the rope off the tires, BUT I will say to credit the truck owner, what a GENIUS idea to simulate tire chains!!!! I assume it would have been fine to leave it on but I can also understand not wanting to repair brake lines when on a recovery. good work truck owner, I will leave that idea in my bag of tricks when In snow or mud up here in Michigan.
hay mat im 43 an was born and breed in a work shop and i was all ways told to disconect the battrey when welding but ive done it both ways mate and never had a prob but i have herd of the newer cars ECU getting fryed from welding and jump starting with crappy cables
loved the video mate keep them comming
Tires are a HUGE deal. When I moved from the desert to the cold north woods, I found my "all season" tires almost got me in a wreck in the snow. I did an unwanted 180 into someone's yard. When I switched to snow tires, it was like night and day difference. No more unwanted 180's. And I can even get up my snow-covered hill now. And that's with a FWD only van. (Transit Connect)
In places that don’t get much snow they’ll deal with all seasons and think it’s just the way it is. They can’t imagine how much better proper winter tires are.
When I had a miata I’d put snow tires on it and people were often amazed I was out in the snow and not having problems. They thought only a big 4x4 was the only way.
Holy Smokes, I give that Dodge guy a "10" for creativity in self rescue techniques 🏁
Creative, maybe. But I didn't see much evidence of a good old fashioned low creativity highly effective shovel being used.
@@owinstan That's true, Any off grider worth their salt would have a shovel .
@@johnnyquest9358 Well maybe...awful lot of MORR videos where no shovel is on hand ....I think they have one they switch between vehicles from time to time :)
@@scottsluggosrule4670 Nobody is suggesting that MORR use a shovel. It's surprising that the customer didn't have/use one.
I saved myself in the middle of the night from some South Dakota mud/clay with a shovel and a couple pieces of firewood. That sticky stuff coated my wheels so bad that once I got back to pavement I realized that they were unbalanced and I had to stop and clean the rims to stop my steering wheel from shaking.
Older Gal here.. I kinda wondered? Why couldn't you actually Use a Jack to lift up each tire at a time and put some of that plywood under them, maybe with the floor mats, and what have you to lay out several feet of traction to get a decent start? Oh, and yeah a shovel,et .
Curious, did MORR actually travel over 5 hours to get to " Beaver Mtn" in No. Utah???? Favorite Awesome Channel!!! Protection Blessings All!👍👍🤗🙏🙋♀️
Nebraska here..... I feel the same way about sand as you do snow. Come on man Snow is easy. ❤️
Thanks for the questions and answering session that was fun. 👍
Why do bald tires work better in the sand? Matt's answer is exactly what I was thinking the day they had all the vehicles at the bottom of the big sandy hill and couldn't get out. The wrecker tires were just digging mass amounts of sand away and sticking it. Then Jefe just blew up the hill in the Bronco with less aggressive tire tread.
Thanks for the video!
I was just talking about a similar issue last night with a former welding contractor. The only time they had a problem was when the guys got lazy and had a long distance between their ground and the electrode. Like water (which seeks the lowest point with the least resistance) electricity will follow the least path of resistance to a ground. Distance is a huge problem. So Matt keep up the good work and keep the ground close!
Kudos to guy as Matt's title suggests. I carry 3/8" chain loops/nuts and bolts, to put thru my rim holes (gotta have brake caliper clearance and not in valve stem hole) ADDITIONALLY, the ratchet straps are SUPER handy to "git ir dun" in many various homestead and vehicle issues. Many stories over the years.
that seems like an awful lot of work to make, alot of parts to loose, and harder to install compared to an actual set of tires chains...
I carry sets of old snowmobile tracks to throw down...ones with metal cleats are best...
@@thomassummer7478 great idea
Great Episode. Great questions. Great answers. Great stories.
I appreciate taking time to answer questions!👍
Matt, your entire team is awesome! It seems like Kaulin has the knowledge, temperament and video presence to take over when Matt decides to slow down a bit.
I like how you give the weather in both Fahrenheit and Celsius for us European viewers 😎👍🏻🇬🇧
Snow is my favorite to drive on. So unforgiving. Sometimes conditions are better then others as Matt mentioned. But when its the type you can pack into a hard pack baseball its perfect. 5 psi front 3 psi rear and 4lo. I go anywhere the tracked vehicles go. Cool thing about snow unless youre doing some crazy stuff is you can usually always reverse. Get stuck going forward, reverse, hit it again. Goodluck.
Matt, I'm happy to hear Peanut is getting her plain hamburger. Our Border Collie called Wilma always got a plain hamburger together with me when we was at projects together. Sadly we lost her i cancer 2 years ago. After I became disabled, paralyzed and bedridden from a vaccine 3 years ago I cannot have a dog who will not get any exercising, and I love to see Peanut and her nice relationship with Matt. Best Regards from Arne in Norway
Re- welding on computerized vehicles. A few years ago I was on a training course for Mercedes Diesel powered Fire engines. We were taken through a long and involved set of steps to take if we had to weld on the truck. After all this, the instructor said "Or you What We do is just leave the motor running & weld away". Have done this for years & never had a problem. 😎🤠
I love Jake and his personality, I hope he stays with yall for a while.
Yeah that bear episode was something else. You guys rock! Keep it up!
Four Wheel Hi in snow. But you have to know your drivetrain, something like limited slip can kick you off your line when it engages. Most importantly, throttle control. Snow is different from sand in the regard that you want to go slow and baby it. Just talking about driving here, not towing/winching/recovering. I'd venture a guess that snow is a little easier than sand save most of the time you're encountering it, you're on public roads with idiots, and at least where I'm from, everyone forgets what they're on, wants to speed up and get home, or at least, doesn't prepare or change their driving habits.
Black ice and wet leaves are the scariest. But the leaves you can see. Black ice, you catch a gust of wind on I-94, there's a chance it's going to catch you like a sail. One universal rule: Take it easy, don't give more beans than you need to, don't beat it to death.
I'm an Oregon boy, I love those tall trees. I can't imagine living without trees or the greenery.
@10:19 Jake it is lupper
You are correct and beat me by an hour
That’s right it’s Lupper
@@justinbanks1288beat me by 13 hours lol
Australian here, we love our utes. The trick to this one is you need to put a good weight in the back of it to keep some traction on the rear wheels, then they'll tackle almost any hill up or down.
I can’t believe how people don’t understand how much peanut and your other fur babies love you so much
I think you answered one of my questions about customers tires and I fully understand about liability. Actually, I was making more of a comment by saying that in Australia we won't recover a vehicle without airing down a stuck vehicle. I have an arb twin aircompressor onboard so If I airdown a customer vehicle then I air back up too. And I tell the customer what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. Never had to replace a wheel or tire. There are a LOT of clueless drivers in Australia. Not all, but a lot.
Matt you are right about snow being different and not simply understood. Candian's have 50 words for snow. Alaskan's have 70 words for snow.
As a Canadian, most are just swears
I've heard this before, but never heard any other words for snow but snow.
a wet spring snow, near 30 deg far diff a mid winter, 10 deg snow...no doubt
@@jfk64kennedy95 Early winter and late spring snows are the worst. Dry cold snows and wet warm snows, you have to learn to drive (or not) in all of them.
@@christopherwedemeyer2993
Below freezing snow is what I call "Squeaky Snow". It is the only time snow has much traction. Other than that, the only plan is to try and stay on top of the snow.
I liked seeing the Banana struggle with that van. That video had a real old school vibe. Watching that Banana do things it shouldn't be able to do was one of the main things that attracted me to the channel.
60mph in low range?? I think if I tried that in my XJ I'd ventilate the block.
I never knew that about sand tyres very interesting 👍🏻🇬🇧
@13:30 that's probably the rarest picture of Matt we'll ever see
That gray truck is so cool!! Thanks for taking the time to answer questions. ❤
I've never understood lifting and putting big wheels and tires on a 2wd truck
It's just for looks of a lifted street truck but none of the maintenance on 4x4 parts you never use.
Poor man's 4x4 Or a concrete jungle 4x4 in appearance only.
That didn't even look like the tires were much bigger if at all
@codydunn242 if you never use the 4x4 there's really no extra maintenance, having a 2wd is a matter of saving money on purchase price and that's it. Unless your like a hotshot truck driver and neeed to save the extra couple hundred pounds so you can legally have more pin weight
Tires weren’t any taller than stock..if anything they looked shorter than stock. They just look like a semi-worn out street only bro rollers. I’d be willing to bet a good AT truck tire would have backed right out of that with some smart throttle application.
I was so shocked to see summertime snow on the hills and mountains (approx 13:45) but a mere 10 seconds later it melted, AMAZING!!!! :)
Peanut, Elk and Bears - Oh My!
That would have been a Great title for this episode 😂
I had bologna skin tires (friends description) on a 1991 wrangler and ran in sugar sand in Florida in 2 wheel drive and had a blast. Anytime we stopped 4wheel drive to get out and back to 2wheel drive.
Matt's explanation on hurricane sand and everywhere else makes complete sense. Hurricane sand has been rolled into round ball bearings.
13:31 Not beating the James Pumphrey's dad allegations with this one.
I KNOW! THEY LOOK IDENTICAL!
Quite a few LOLs in this video! Ace of Base! Yeah 🇸🇪🤘And Jake has character! Quirks and features in a pretty positive way! 👌
The clip of Peanut rocking out in the truck made my day!😂
She has excellent taste in music. Ace of Base singer Linn Berggren is sooo beautiful.
Do people really not understand all these questions? They all seem like common sense to me, but I guess I've also been living in the woods my entire life. Good on you Matt for answering these questions so graciously.
2wd trucks that are lifted are the funniest things to me silly toys
A two wheel drive desert race truck has its own class . Two wheel drive and speed can get you up and through a lot .
@@Kevin-ti3rzare 2wd desert race trucks stock 3/4 ton 8,000 pound diesels with 5 inches of travel and 60+ psi tires?
Lol that 2wd with the cummins, lifted on fox shocks and cant even get out of the driveway lol. But they can roll coal I guess...
Matt, you forgot to mention that you have bead locks and that helps a lot in running low PSI in the tires
13:30 with Matt clean shaven, I can see how Superman could hide with just glasses
Dinner and Supper are the meals after lunch.
Merriam-Webster establishes dinner as "the principal meal of the day." Supper, on the other hand, has three definitions: The evening meal when dinner is taken at mid-day. A light meal served late in the evening. An evening social especially for raising funds.
10:38. Disappearing dog, poor Peanut. 🥜🥜🥜
Second episode in a row 😂😂😂 why is she getting so clumsy 🤯
She slipped. 😢
HOW did I miss that!!??😂
@@konstantinnyagolov She's getting old🥺
Also if you frame-by-frame the fall, her eyes get really wide and she glances down as she disappears from the shot!
The crew that Matt has now is wonderful, all of them!!!
I think the bald tires on sand thing is actually contact area. Bald tires contact the sand across the whole tire, so it's about twice the contact area of a new tread tire. One thing people need to know about the Morvair: Other than the body with the cool air vents on the sides, there are actually zero Corvair parts in the drive train. There are Corvair drive train parts in some of the sand buggies. Dune buggies started out to be all VW parts, but way back in the day buggy enthusiasts discovered their bored and stroked VWs kept breaking cases quickly. The way to get cheap reliable 102+ HP was to switch to a Corvair engine. 185 HP to be precise with a dead stock turbocharged engine.
The bald tires keep it from digging down, thats all. Bald is best, then all terrains, and worst are mud tires
I don't think anyone who knows anything about cars thought it had any corvair drivetrain parts left....
I know knobbys on a bike seems to break the surface of sand and bald ones don't
It's kinda like slicks on a track car. At first glance (thought) it doesn't make sense. Tread on a tire is for diverting water or mud and getting to "the bottom of things." Exactly what you don't want to do in sand.
I used to drive on sand every day when I worked in seismic surveying. The sand tyres we had were almost bald from new, they only had grooves going around, there was no tread across the tyre. They looked like old fashioned front tractor tyres. We only used 4 low if we were stuck tbh. We had manual trans Landcruisers though. Might be different in a auto trans Jeep
I always enjoy the Q&A segments. Lots of great information in only a couple minutes.
9:59 I agree cows do look delicious
Came to comments to see if any vegans were offended haha
@@gabrielgullette6695 I hope so let me know if you find any
Did you lose a trailer ramp? There is one at loon lake leaning on a sign post
10:37 😂😂😂😂😂 poor peanut 😆😆😆 looks like se passed out for few hrs 😂😂😂 13:30 🤭🤭🤭 my 2 favorites part of this video 😁😁😁
15:51 can't wait to see that car actualized. Corvairs look good in any trim and package.
I’m glad you said why jeeps aren’t good at recovery. I watched that video and couldn’t find where you said why they weren’t.
I’m still wondering why you’re so critical of jeeps yet you own two of them. I love mine!
Looks vs capabilities
Seems to be a theme in much of life
Then there's the Cybertruck who got neither.
Yeah people around me will finance some new $5,000+ wheels and tires for their 20+ year old beat to crap multi color 5k truck 😂 and always have the cheapest off brand tires too.
We don't prefer to use the cool looking mud tires in sand here in Arabia. We mostly use bold tires "sand tires 900" from maxxis. Flotation is key in soft sand. But they won't work on a slippery surface or on normal road driving. There is another tire from Sumitomo called shaheen, which works well for everyday driving and is great in soft sand.
High range in sand if the psi is 15 or less and the sand terrain is not so hard like big sand dunes or something similar. Normal sandy tracks, the 4H works great.
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For welding and disconnecting the battery, the one I can imagine is welding on the suspension isolated by rubber bushing from they body/frame, and grounding to the frame. Then the ABS wire and brake wires and axles might get a bit spicy
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I always want to ask about bald tires. You have answered my question. But, I live in Vermont. There is almost no sand. Our problems are mainly mud and snow (a lot of snow). Bald tires don't perform well in either scenario. That is why it seems weird to hear bake tires work better.