I cannot imagine what they have to tell the rookie local cop that doesn't know who you are. First day on the job and here you come with a tank down the rode, putting out what appears to be a black smoke screen.
@@brianblithe2271 It's definitely in no way shape or form street legal. But he's out in the country, and I'm pretty got dang sure anyone out there would see this and think nothing other than "hell yeah" as it drove by. As long as he doesn't try to take it into town or anything....
I do miss the actual build video series, but these are still pretty dang enjoyable too! Also, "I might have bought something on Facebook" coming from Westin is a mighty dangerous situation that will likely end in tears, laughter, and just an overall good time lol.
That fact that you don't have a big block sitting around but yet you do have a 12 valve sitting around is why we are all here watching! Lol😂😂😂 love you man!
Anybody else realze Westen has lost some SERIOUS weight? like genuinely good on ya man keep it up, cant wait for you to be absolutely ripped and tear the damn engine out with your bare hands
God I miss being a Bradley mechanic. The best part of my job was road testing Bradley's and driving my M88a1 on recovery missions. Driving a tracked vehicle just makes you awesome. Even though the M88s only did 20-25 mph, you felt like you were doing 50 simply because of where you sit as the driver and the amount of mass surrounding you. Thanks for reminding me of the good ol days man. P.S. Westin look up the M578 Light Recovery Vehicle. You might be able to find one in Army surplus. Would make insane RUclips video content.
5:20 idk wtf that spot on the screen is, but youve gave me several heart attacks that my new flip phones screen was dieing lol. It was a spot in the drift pad video, now its a whole line!
16:14 All I thought when he said "I don't think we can get this thing stuck." was "Are you Westen Champlin because you blow stuff up? Or do you blow stuff up because you are Westen Champlin."
Westen, I hope one day you manage to get your hands on a real radial engine from those old tanks and tractors :D Also hope to see you collab with Whistlin Diesel :D
I grew up watching the VHS movie Blood, Sweat, and Gears. There's an epic race in the movie: Tank Ranger vs. Bigfoot! It's a battle of metal and monster truck madness!
I can’t believe that I’ve never noticed this before, but whoever originally setup that Ranger on the Tank undercarriage, did it backwards. Whether it’s an excavator or Dozer, Tank. They’re all meant to have the sprockets at the back of the vehicle and solid idler wheels on the front. You’ll wear off the grouser pads far faster when the undercarriage is not moving in “reverse”.
It's done right. The undercarriage is that of an M4 High-Speed Tractor, and artillery tractor used by the US Army from 1943 to 1960. It featured the same roadwheels, sprockets, and tracks as the M5 Stuart, but used HVSS suspension instead of the M5's VVSS.
Nope, many WWII era tracked vehicles had the sprocket in the front because the manual transmissions need to be near the driver. This looks to be the running gear off an m3 Stuart, which has its sprocket in the front.
Cat learned very early that rear drive lasts longer but rhe military figured the tank would need full overhauls or be knocked out long before that would be a issue so they went with the easy rear engine design
If you need that big block out of your way I would be happy to help. Lol. Bought one and it has problems. Crank is trash.. love the tank!! Took me back to the 80's when a mini van tank came to our town to squish cars!!❤❤❤
This was freaking awesome!!! I loved every minute of this and we need th longer videos and can't wait to see ur next video I onow u bought something awesome off market place. Anyway keep up the great work much love to ya brother have a good one take care god bless and I will see ya on the next one brother catch ya later
I’m 47 and saw this thing back when I was kid when it came to Jacksonville Florida! It was pretty cool but the place was very small! It was a car killer back then, can’t wait to see what it can do now!
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this is so cool
hi
Thanks Westin!!
Sweet.
This is the first video RUclips has suggested from your channel since the Cummstang videos.
Somethin fucky goin on.
A man that understands we don't need a lot of mid videos. A badass video every now and then is way better!
So good, it’s non stop action for 20-60 min
BS, he was better when he built shit, this crap he puts out now is great if you have the attention span of a 3 year-old, and that it.
There are like 10 other channels that should give this comment a lot of consideration!
I'm honestly impressed at how much traction those old Military trucks have in 6x6 mode.
5 tons have been used to pull tanks from battlefields for ages, doesn't surprise me one bit.
@@Bbuilt124 The weight gives enough pressure. Car Killer missing that.
@@Syphirioth precisely this. If he loaded down the chassis with 20 tons of dead weight, he'd pull both trucks.
@@scythelord That's what I think, also.
Why’s it always that Westen vanishes for a good while, only to return with a Ranger
because the rangers are shitboxes
It's ok, it's a tank ranger.
Perfect likes
@@NotAHillyBilly hell yeah brother
Running out of RUclips money😅
I remember watching The Car Killer as a little kid in monster truck shows. I'm so glad to see @WestenChamplin rescue this from rotting in a field!!!
Same here,I grinned like an idiot watching his first video with it,
I cannot imagine what they have to tell the rookie local cop that doesn't know who you are. First day on the job and here you come with a tank down the rode, putting out what appears to be a black smoke screen.
wondring about that, prob. cant say just lights and a horn and its street legal. Would blow my mind if it is though !!!!
@@brianblithe2271 It's definitely in no way shape or form street legal. But he's out in the country, and I'm pretty got dang sure anyone out there would see this and think nothing other than "hell yeah" as it drove by.
As long as he doesn't try to take it into town or anything....
@@MagnokTheMighty right, rock on, thanks
FTP
Best part of westens videos is that he actually is having fun!
Westin lookin all skinny... good for him!
The KumKiller🔥
O O O OZEMPICCCCCC🤣🤣🤣
Thats skinny have u got fat vison eyes.
Definitely lookin good 👍
yep but no telling what that crap is doing to his body in the long run
“We’re going to drive a tank , we’re going to drive a tank “ 😂 awesome Westen
2:26 not the cows mooing at there own reflection 😂😂😂😂
Truck probably wasn't clean enough for that, they most likely thought it was a feed truck.
I love your realism, Weston you’re like no we’re not gonna do that. Whatever you gotta do go for it, bro you’re gonna own it
The fact this historic tank is still in existence, even with a different engine, just makes me happy.
Who else is dying for another 4x4 hellcat video? I can’t wait!
Yea it taking a while
Hell yeah! Just in time for my lunch break too!
Im so happy Westen is living his life. I get to watch it, Watch him and his friends and family grow. Q.Q brings tears to my eyes.
Tow rig so clean the cow saw its own reflection and wanted to throw down. Great video man!
Cummins 👍🏻💪🏻🇺🇸 You’re the man Weston 👍🏻👍🏻
Westen loves him a 12 valve Cummins
Simple engines
Who doesn't, they're a damn good engine.
I do miss the actual build video series, but these are still pretty dang enjoyable too! Also, "I might have bought something on Facebook" coming from Westin is a mighty dangerous situation that will likely end in tears, laughter, and just an overall good time lol.
Western, it’s cool to see you so excited and happy you are!!
I knew you were going to come back with something crazy U ALWAYS DO!
That fact that you don't have a big block sitting around but yet you do have a 12 valve sitting around is why we are all here watching! Lol😂😂😂 love you man!
the cows yelling at your truck almost made me spit my whiskey on the monitor
Haha 2:24 those are some pissed off cows!
Anybody else realze Westen has lost some SERIOUS weight? like genuinely good on ya man keep it up, cant wait for you to be absolutely ripped and tear the damn engine out with your bare hands
17:41 Westin just DRIFTING a TANK!!!!
God I miss being a Bradley mechanic. The best part of my job was road testing Bradley's and driving my M88a1 on recovery missions. Driving a tracked vehicle just makes you awesome. Even though the M88s only did 20-25 mph, you felt like you were doing 50 simply because of where you sit as the driver and the amount of mass surrounding you.
Thanks for reminding me of the good ol days man.
P.S. Westin look up the M578 Light Recovery Vehicle. You might be able to find one in Army surplus. Would make insane RUclips video content.
Weston is Just a big Kid with big toys,love it.
I have a 12-valve. Now I just need a tank to put it in. This is friggin’ awesome!
Dude just makes bangers thanks man just be careful
5:20 idk wtf that spot on the screen is, but youve gave me several heart attacks that my new flip phones screen was dieing lol. It was a spot in the drift pad video, now its a whole line!
Westen should be the ambassador of 12v cummins
Perfect retort: "What bump was that. You talking about the Honda or the Chevy?" 14:15
That thing needs a set of "Loud" train horns!!
Yeeees
Been a fan for ages. I’m not saying you need safety but a simple vice grip on the fork helps for those tricky engine deletes. Keep kicking ass 👌
One of the best channels and creatirs on RUclips!!!! Massive respect westen
I swear your joy when driving these vehicles is contagious, I’m smiling ear to ear watching this one😂
Those army trucks are really really tough and capable machines! 👌
This tank is having the best retirement ever.
Who agree is a good day when Western Champlain post
I agree
Faxs
Me three
real
It's a rarity for him to post.
8:10 buddy wears that belt as decoration 😭
The upload we didn't know we needed!! Westen is da man!
my to favorite things have collided westen and world of tanks. what a dream come true
16:14 All I thought when he said "I don't think we can get this thing stuck." was "Are you Westen Champlin because you blow stuff up? Or do you blow stuff up because you are Westen Champlin."
Best part of westens videos is that he actually is having fun!😂
You need to have a Trank duel with Deboss Garage! 👌👌
Westen, I hope one day you manage to get your hands on a real radial engine from those old tanks and tractors :D Also hope to see you collab with Whistlin Diesel :D
I grew up watching the VHS movie Blood, Sweat, and Gears. There's an epic race in the movie: Tank Ranger vs. Bigfoot! It's a battle of metal and monster truck madness!
Westen's laugh is just simply infectious!!! I want a tank now!
I can’t believe that I’ve never noticed this before, but whoever originally setup that Ranger on the Tank undercarriage, did it backwards. Whether it’s an excavator or Dozer, Tank. They’re all meant to have the sprockets at the back of the vehicle and solid idler wheels on the front. You’ll wear off the grouser pads far faster when the undercarriage is not moving in “reverse”.
It's done right. The undercarriage is that of an M4 High-Speed Tractor, and artillery tractor used by the US Army from 1943 to 1960. It featured the same roadwheels, sprockets, and tracks as the M5 Stuart, but used HVSS suspension instead of the M5's VVSS.
Nope, many WWII era tracked vehicles had the sprocket in the front because the manual transmissions need to be near the driver. This looks to be the running gear off an m3 Stuart, which has its sprocket in the front.
They may have done that because I know on bigger excavators if you drive forward for to long it will kill the earrings in the top roller
Cat learned very early that rear drive lasts longer but rhe military figured the tank would need full overhauls or be knocked out long before that would be a issue so they went with the easy rear engine design
That turbo is nuts in that thing, screaming!
Bro thank you for being such a good person we need more of you
Those M939 are just stunning. Yeah, the car killer is awesome but whoever worked on designing these army trucks is a genius.
22:21 it’s all about weight & traction.
I have a feeling it would be a blast to work with or for Westen!
That's pretty awesome to see the tracks of a classic M3 Stuart being put to good use.
Its not a Stuart, or even a tank, its an allis chalmers m4 tractor chassis
Bro the way that seat was as he was in the second army truck was f*ing hilarious as hell😂😂😂
Thanks a bunch westin, love the upload
When westin crunched over those cars he sounded like a lil baby laughing dude was having the time of his life
Good to see weston back at his 12 valve swaps
Looks like you’re going to have to take a trip to Utah this winter to Heavy D’s and see what this Ranger can do.
If there’s ever a war I’m calling Westen because that’s a fricken FORD RAMGER🫡🙏🏽
General lee looking sick in the back 😃🤘
Ok, that monster covered in Christmas lights, and you in a bolted down lawnchair dressed as Santa would make any parade special.
This was testing and it just so happened that nothing blew up*** But your version is fine too Westen. 🤣
“I might have bought something on Facebook” the most menacing words to grace this land
westen is basically just a big ass kid in this video and im all here for it
You're looking better dude! Thanks for the upload lad!
Awesome job on getting it a new engine. Keep up the great work.
If you need that big block out of your way I would be happy to help. Lol. Bought one and it has problems. Crank is trash.. love the tank!! Took me back to the 80's when a mini van tank came to our town to squish cars!!❤❤❤
See yall next month!
lol now all you have to do is take that tank to Utah and show Matt's Off Road Recovery what a true off road recovery vehicle looks like
To be fair if those smooth tracks had cleets like a dozer you would’ve had the one truck for sure!
The tracks seem to be from a M3 or M5 Stuart, although it's most likely an artillery tractor based on their chassis like Westen said
I double checked and there was indeed a M5 Stuart based tractor
A bot stole your comment, and got a bunch of likes
I triple checked, and it seems to be more in line with M4 high speed tractor check the suspension bars and road wheels
@@roswell3875rear idler wheel is Stuart. M4 has a smaller one higher from the ground
This is 15h ago and somone already changed the Monstertruck Wiki to match with the new engine.
Amazing Community right here!
I was fully ready to watch upside down when u slapped that GoPro on the first time😂
I need to see this pulling a sled at a tractor pull😂
It did back in 87 against Bigfoot
This was freaking awesome!!! I loved every minute of this and we need th longer videos and can't wait to see ur next video I onow u bought something awesome off market place. Anyway keep up the great work much love to ya brother have a good one take care god bless and I will see ya on the next one brother catch ya later
That new engine suits it better
9:03 WE’RE GONNA DRIVE A TANK!!
ranger needs some air ride seats🤣 atleast a cheap tractor one lol
Its a gooday tday’ champlin uploaded
Need a collab video with Deboss garage and his squarebody on tracks.
YES!! This. The Car Killer hasn't raced another Monster Tank in probably 20+ years.
God it’s about time I’ve bin looking pretty much every day for the last 2 weeks waiting for ur next master piece 🙌
DAMN!!! Westin got tugged!!LOL
Matt needs to use this for a recovery
When starting a diesel that needs a little help use the "GAS RAG"
You guys are awesome and totally crazy 🤪 😜 on top of it. Good luck 👍
Westin post! Day instantly gets better!
I LOVE how long this vid is thank you westen
hell yeah. been one of my favorite youtubers since i met you at cleetus and cars in houston a few years back. Keep it up man
Hey yall check out my new tune, it’s the flagship track on my new album im working on, adds +100 wheel eagle power to any car it’s played in 🇺🇸 🦅
God bless you Westen! amazing
If you swapped it to rubber tracks could it do burnouts?
Literally checked this channel last night and noticed he hasn’t posted in a little while. Let’s gooooo
Love from India 🇮🇳
I’m 47 and saw this thing back when I was kid when it came to Jacksonville Florida! It was pretty cool but the place was very small! It was a car killer back then, can’t wait to see what it can do now!
Were is the 1969 dodge charger. Pls make it in to the general Lee 😊
Please make this go viral
Westen looks like he’s been losing weight too good for you brotha❤❤
Westen is secretly building his own army on the internet so the government doesn't suspect a thing.