I’ll be brief: the video speaks for itself; amazing capabilities of the rigs. Matt, I am SO impressed and wish I were there. Brad, Sam our little mountain goat is growing into a valuable helper and videographer. I just love him. All the best to all! Miss you. Keep on Jeeping safely with my greetings from Greece.
Hey Brad, Raymond here, just a suggestion.. When we run into that side pulling situation, we usually wrap a rope sling around the wheel. Those things are almost as good as the frame in those situations. Great video, and be safe out there!
Not sure why so many people want to run bow shackles on their vehicles before they need to be recovered. Losing clearance, making noises and can fall off from vibration. Of course you would need to take it off to actually hook it up and use it as well so what’s the point?
Good to know the easy side is easy for stocks! I've been wanting to get over there at some point! Did Matt even air down? It can be frustrating dealing with drivers who can't do small movements for sure! First incident at 6:00 was 100% avoidable if he'd taken that passenger route, or lined up more to the passenger side before trying the squeeze. As a "guide" who previously had a WK2, why did you not have a hitch mount d-ring?
@@dr.mattbickel4713 yours was the best of the Grand Cherokees but a stock XJ has more ground clearance. You could use a better recovery point on the rear.
I was frankly shocked that a simple tug like that bent what should be a rated recovery point. Even side loaded that should not have deformed so noticeably. But I was somewhat dismayed when you suggested tying on to the shaft of the towball might have been better. Good ghods no. Watch Matt's Off Road Recovery and Robert Pepper LS2FBC channels where they dissect how an unexpected shear load on those can lead to fatal consequences. Granted this was a 90° pull and the risk would have been practically zero, but still, not something I would ever consider doing. Go with a hitch receiver recovery point and D-ring, 100% good.
As I had mentioned neither were made to be loaded that direction. We talked about options and risks. The owner wanted to go with the less beefy but closed system. So that nothing slipped. We Cleared everyone out of the way and slowly proceeded with the recovery. It Wasn’t out of the ordinary that it bent. Wouldn’t have used it at all for a heavy pull.
I’ll be brief: the video speaks for itself; amazing capabilities of the rigs. Matt, I am SO impressed and wish I were there. Brad, Sam our little mountain goat is growing into a valuable helper and videographer. I just love him.
All the best to all! Miss you. Keep on Jeeping safely with my greetings from Greece.
Nice to hear from you! Hope you are doing well.
Hey Brad, Raymond here, just a suggestion.. When we run into that side pulling situation, we usually wrap a rope sling around the wheel. Those things are almost as good as the frame in those situations. Great video, and be safe out there!
Good to know! Thanks for the tip. Hope you guys are doing well!
Yes. Soft shackle through wheel if possible.
Not sure why so many people want to run bow shackles on their vehicles before they need to be recovered. Losing clearance, making noises and can fall off from vibration. Of course you would need to take it off to actually hook it up and use it as well so what’s the point?
Good to know the easy side is easy for stocks! I've been wanting to get over there at some point! Did Matt even air down?
It can be frustrating dealing with drivers who can't do small movements for sure! First incident at 6:00 was 100% avoidable if he'd taken that passenger route, or lined up more to the passenger side before trying the squeeze.
As a "guide" who previously had a WK2, why did you not have a hitch mount d-ring?
I’m here for the rock crawling in a unibody
XJ is a rock crawling unibody. These Grand Cherokees aren’t.
@@pmrpartsGrand Cherokee is absolutely a unibody…
And I was doing a lot of rock crawling. Keeping up with the lifted Gladiators.
@@pmrpartsWK GCs chassis are indeed steel unibodies!
@@MrKozanitis I know Grand Cherokee is unibody. However it isn’t a very capable rock crawler.
@@dr.mattbickel4713 yours was the best of the Grand Cherokees but a stock XJ has more ground clearance. You could use a better recovery point on the rear.
I was frankly shocked that a simple tug like that bent what should be a rated recovery point. Even side loaded that should not have deformed so noticeably. But I was somewhat dismayed when you suggested tying on to the shaft of the towball might have been better. Good ghods no. Watch Matt's Off Road Recovery and Robert Pepper LS2FBC channels where they dissect how an unexpected shear load on those can lead to fatal consequences. Granted this was a 90° pull and the risk would have been practically zero, but still, not something I would ever consider doing. Go with a hitch receiver recovery point and D-ring, 100% good.
As I had mentioned neither were made to be loaded that direction. We talked about options and risks. The owner wanted to go with the less beefy but closed system. So that nothing slipped. We Cleared everyone out of the way and slowly proceeded with the recovery. It Wasn’t out of the ordinary that it bent. Wouldn’t have used it at all for a heavy pull.
Like very much
2:42 - 2:50 Thats what she said