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- So I got a call to test out a 5 ton 6x6. How does it hold up to the Banana at Sand Hollow?
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That was called a new 5 ton when I joined the army in 1987. And it was called a old 5 ton when I got out in 2013. Thanks for the memories.
Thank you for your service, the new 5 ton is so weak compared to that one... but way smoother though and it has A/C
Joined the USMC in Jan '84, stationed in 29 Palms, the middle of the Mojave - we were mostly on foot (81mm mortar platoon) and a lot of the time if they DID decide to drive us we hated it, because we sat in the bed sideways with a loud flapping canvas top and sucked diesel exhaust down our lungs the whole way! Definitely brought back memories... 🤣
thanks for your service!
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Just another 5 ton tractor in 1970 .
Matt, I've been working in thee film business for 17+ yrs as a location manager/scout and have seen how stunts like this are designed, built and executed on some of hollywoods top films. Your setup, prop use and filming was spot on. It was very well done. I do however have a concern on your choice of actors. LOL. Well done to you and your crew.
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Work with what you got 🤷♂️
Derek, they are family (ish). He can’t fire them, and barely has to pay them. He feeds them sometimes, and they keep coming back. Hollywood actors aren’t that devoted.💓💓💓💓💓😁
It was a brilliant production... I laughed 'till I hurt!! Yeah, the players are all a bit 'sketchy'... ;) Brilliant stuff.
Bahhahahahahahahhaa. They are a cast of characters, aren't they? And I mean that as a compliment. I met them all the other day at lunch in Hurricane. They are truly genuine and really nice folks.
Matt
Having served in the USAF for 27 years. Several things were missing from your 5 ton tractor. First that Cummins didn’t have a turbo. That makes all the difference in engine performance.
2. If you’re serious about one of these, locate one with the auto inflation setup. Push button selector on the right side of the shifter. If you select sand mode, it will automatically adjust tire pressure to run low and it goes through sand amazingly better than Rudy’s experience.
I was in combat communications and we towed our radar to all kinds of places. Wolf hole being one down in the strip country. Believe me, you were given probably one of the worst 5 tons to try.
My immediate thought, too. We have a 6x6 Stewart & Stevenson built military fifth wheel tractor, similar configuration in our museum inventory. It has the plumbing on each wheel for the tire pressure maintenance system with a selector button module on the instrument panel. Those rock hard tires did what was expected in sand. That system will change according to the mode selected and should drop the tire pressures greatly to facilitate navigation through sand. You get oscillation between the axles as they gain and lose traction in the sand and that oscillation sets up the axle/chassis hop. I've seen 6x4 concrete mixer trucks w/full loads at construction sites suffer the same type of traction loss/gain axle hop with only the rear axles driving. And yes, they are kidney killers unloaded! But love those mil trucks!
Even if they did get the best possible version of this vehicle to test out, it likely locked several features compared to the wrecker that they did end up building. For example the wrecker is much smaller so it can do tight corners vastly better, this thing does not have rear steer the record eyes which further helps the whole corners thing.
Yes I agree, this rig need such an automatic airpressure adjustment, if not you had always to use a lover airpressure if you were not driving with heavy load. Once we had a 5 ton Iveco 4x4 with a much softer type of offroad tires. That rig followed our Land Rover Defender off road in rough terrain with sandy, mudder and swampy conditions. But as off road truck it had soft and long suspension travel, short wheelbase and single rear wheels, so that truck was a bit interesting to drive with full load on truck and trailer on winding country roads at dark nights in snowy an icy conditions. But with chains on all four driving wheels and lockers you would normally be able to drive to the spot.
Of course nothing can stop the incredible self-built off road wrecker, but such as this short truck with 4x4, lockers front and rear, flat bed, crane and winches on the crane, front and rear on the truck, could bring out the small off roaders that often have broken wheels and axels.
I'm watching the video, and when the 6x6 hits the first rut and Rudy gets tossed around, I say to myself, "Well, there go the kidneys." And the vid cuts to Matt saying, "I heard you need a kidney belt to ride in one of those things out here." God, I love this channel!
The jingle of the chains would drive me more nuts than the ride on washboard.
The chains rattling is for the spare tire tackle.
I'd love to see him test a Afghan jingly truck haha
bro, only noticed it really after you mentioned it , jajaja
That rattling drove me mad. I can take some chain rattling, as that just adds a bit of joy, but this would've sent me to a mental institution quite fast.
Office will eventually be an apartment for Ed. Matt is a great guy, he realy cares for Ed. Love the channel.
Nothing is too good for Ed!!! Ed IS this channel for me!!!
Never a bad thing to have someone hanging out all night
@Bill Rayvan
Between you and "George Orwell", I don't know who is the most uncouth.
@Bill Rayvan and yet he’s still got more class and respect than you do
@Bill Rayvan Have some respect. Even if it's a teaspoon.
This video is awesome! Matt and Rudy were hilarious. Lizzy is so cool and she's so genuine on camera. Wish she was still a regular.
19:35, those tyres are rock hard! Dropping the pressures will also ensure smooth traction, not the hopping you're currently experiencing (which also makes it useless off-road).
Wouldn't hurt to have a little more weight on the tail end. Your heavy in the front and lite in the back
Tire presssure would have made tremendous difference.
@@MrDeleocoI don't think it would have made enough of a difference to justify going with something like this over just building the wrecker that they did build. Whilst this thing could have been a useful stopgap measure whilst the wrecker was under construction, once the record was done then there would have been no purpose something like this could have served in their fleet.
I am really surprised that Rudy didn't stop and let a bunch of air out of the tires
Yeah, I was thinking the same, it would probably help a lot...
I think those have automatic air pressure. So you can let air out of the tires from the cab, we had those when I was in the Army. I drove the cargo version which had that option for the tires.
@@alans6767 you can see the system in the wheels. It's there.
@@alans6767 Some do, some don't. I don't know if the 5-ton trucks had CTIS. 7-ton trucks and the Army's MTVs and LMTVs are also some do, some don't. The GOV Planet website auctions off decommissioned military equipment. I bought a M1102 HUMVEE trailer from there.
I think it'd take forever to let the air out and then even longer to put it back in. Their whole trip doesn't look like it took more than an hour or two, so probably just not worth the effort.
Take the 5-ton to the scene of the last recovery. I want to see it handle a 40-degree slope.
I honestly felt a little sketched out when Rudy was crawling up those rocks.
Picture a winch on the back with two miles of cable and 48 snatch blocks for the trees and rock anchor points.
That would be awesome. However backing that beast back down would be a trick, Otherwise, it would be a 43 point U-turn. Yikes
Honestly I bet it was 45°
I wonder if these guys have seen the other Matt's truck on Demolition Ranch. His one of these went through a bit of a comfort conversation and removed the second rear axle.
I am envious of your family Matt... You guys have a blast together & the love for one another plus the care you all show for your clients is phenomenal. God has blessed you all immensely.
Big props to whoever edited that wall pull scene!
I grew up on a ranch that is at the base of the Great Sand Dunes national monument. We used and old army half track at first. We later used an older 5 ton and put Agricultural Balloon tires on it. We ran the tire pressure at 10#, it went everywhere in the sand and rode a lot better.
I was wondering why they didn't do that
Yeah the whole time I was watching i kept saying "take the pressure out of the tires!" Those tires probably had 100+ psi in them. That truck has an air compressor and I'm sure it has an air chuck and a hose to air them back up. Some of those had tire inflation systems but most have been disabled by now cause they would leak all the time.
@@Bloodbain88 Me too. The whole way through.
The 5 ton has automatic tire pressure air lines hooked up to the tires he would have to know how to turn that function off in order to drop the air pressure in the tires
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I think if you custom built a 6x6 it’d be a good asset for your rescue and recovery business. Not only can it haul tonnage, it’d be a giant advertisement piece.
What tire pressures was the 6x6 running? Looked like a rock hard 80psi! Should have a "sand" button in the cab to deflate to 15psi or so :)
I saw that they had some long valves to the tyres, and that made me think of retro-fitting an automatic tyre pressure system, like some asphalt trucks uses. That way you they can adjust the pressure when they hit the sand. I think Matt did that manually a couple of times on his banana. On Swamp Loggers, Bobby's trucks have the tyre inflation system, and it only takes the push of a button for the tyres to fill up when they get out onto the asphalt. But yeah, the tyres on the truck were pretty damn solid, which made it difficult to ride in the sand. Matt should've told'em, or they should've remembered that you always deflate your tyres when riding on sand or deep snow. On Top Gear, Hamster raced against one of these, that had been rebuilt as an autonomous truck and the first thing the operator did when the truck was going more off road than they were, was to deflate the tyres, to maximise the grip.
Likely won't matter. The sidewalls of those tires are likely too stiff ot allow for them to deform and flatten out.
The rear tires are usually dual. I wonder if they make extra wide tires. That would give more floatation.
I wonder if a Unimog would be better for what you all need. Or maybe a Military LMTV.
@@e.c.8668 The1986 4x4 LMTV that I worked on last year had a central tire inflation system. Dropping the pressure from 75psi to 15psi would make the contact patch 5x larger, even with stiff sidewalls 🙂
I thought that too, then I thought, these guys are "experts" they know or "know" exactly what they are doing and why, so they must be intentionally running hard tire pressure when they know soft will go through anything, but my former student that used to make those Steward and Stevenson trucks scream across Iraq is not here to ask,,, but I am sure many many drivers of those Texas made trucks know how to really run them through any terrain.
**I think they wanted a "hard tire" baseline to compare to in the future for whatever reason.
@@bradaltemeyer4472 maybe they didnt consider it. or didnt want to try due to having to drive it on the asphalt on the trip back. lots of things we don´t know.
Damn Trevor can backflip too, I hope he got that raise!
Damn Rudy, drop the air pressure in the tires son lol
for sure you'd think they would have been paying close attention to that, guess they were distracted by a different vehicle
@@cstrong9868 I don't know if they have a compressor with enough power to air back up.
Having been a truck driver in the army. I’ll say that’s about the worst truck they could’ve used for a comparison. Ran and I know it’s the one that they had available to them. But from the looks of it that truck had no CTIS system (Central tire inflation) I would’ve much rather see some thing with one of the Stewart Stevenson smaller trucks... But I’ll also say is mostly those big trucks have no business playing around in the sand they can do it but they’re not intended for it
@@fonzdedios6625 the 900 series 5 ton come with a onboard tire inflation system
@@fonzdedios6625 Yes, the air compressor on the 5-ton can refill the tires. They should have lowered the tire pressure in the sand. I don't remember what mil-spec is, will have to look it up.
I loved those trucks, That was the highlight of my military time. Loved every minute of it. I may be mistaken , but that truck has a CTIS that can air down the tires to help with sand, mud, snow, and highway speeds and terrain.
Thank you 🙏. That was a really fun video to watch. Some of you’re best ideas is when you’re not to busy working the tow side. Who ever is coming up with these ideas …. Pat on the back!
I have been watching you channel for a few weeks now and I really enjoy your content. The one part of channel that is the most refreshing is how you don't push subscribing as if your very life was in danger. Keep up the great content!!
I totally agree with you Theron, a lot of channels ask for you to like and subscribe before you even watch to see if you like it.
When a channel speaks for itself, there's no need to beg for subs.
having driven that particular type of truck in the desert it helps to use the CTIS and air down for the sand. The faster you drive to smoother the ride.
Thank you for your service
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Definitely need to air down the tires. The bad thing is that is a hauling rig and you’ll need a 5 ton wrecker that has the weight. Plus another thing you could do is add a turbo to that engine. Because that is what is lacking in those old rigs. I remember my old 5 ton wrecker. But the best one of all is the hemmit wrecker that is 10 tons.
I think a M107A1 PLS would be better than the 5 ton. I drove one in the guard and I don't think there's anywhere that it couldn't go, pretty easy to drive too.
@@SgtAl hey sarg the m107a1 is a great truck but if they are gonna spend the money for one of them then add an additional 30k and buy the granddaddy of all trucks and buy the M1074 PLS. You could take it to pike's Peak n back in the puppy. I got a buddy in Flagstaff Az who has a couple of these trucks converted into wreckers and u know how deep the snow gets up there. He has put 6 towing companies outta business. I did a ride along where there was a 200 car pile up with more than half were semi trucks and he hooked up with Yankum towing straps and was able to pull to tractors at a time with that 1074..
@@rockyperez2828 No argument from me on that.
I really like Ed a lot!! Always happy to see him. Would love to give him a good hug!
The tires on the Osh Kosh seemed very hard; maybe with less pressure it would do better in the sand.
Matt out front explaining how every safety precaution was taken . . . while guy behind him with no safety helmet, safety glasses, or safety boots swinging a sledgehammer over his head knocking out concrete blocks - classic MORR!! ;-)
You know they did that just for comments like this, right. I mean, the ball cap, sneakers and shorts. It’s not quite the MORR uniform, but it’s close
You guys live such an awesome life it's ridiculous. And it feels like you grow as a family in the same you're growing the production value of these videos. The last few months are really high value productions.
Definitely a wholesome environment!
I love the way Matt takes care of his team, and I think Ed really rounds it out. A great balance of wisdom, and youthful enthusiasm.
Need to set the central air control on the tires from "hard ball" to "Sand". It'll auto deflate all the tires to sand pressure. Then when you get to the highway, set them back up to "Hard ball" and it'll auto inflate them back up to highway pressure.
Another great video guys and gals! This had me in tears watching Rudy and Trevor bounce around the dunes. I feel their pain. Reminded me of my time in the Army driving 5 tons through the desert at Fort Irwin. I’m thinking a 5ton wrecker with the auto tire pressure system would work better than a bob-tail
My main recovery vehicle at Fort Irwin was M578 recovery track and the old 5 ton wrecker. If they couldn't do it , they were airlifted. Crazy times in that desert.
Ed..!
You touch our hearts with Your deep rooted knowledge, and willingness to share it.
Together You're a well working team, and we're many Norwegians who follow Your advetures.
The Morwair is a fabulous build..! Cudos to the edit team..
You bet!
Ed’s the man!!
I have a friend who used to be in the army 6x6 through the sand in North Africa. He would go to the Mediterranean Coast to some town to pick up supplies diesel and water and then drive out on flotation tires across the desert back to the wherever the camp was located. He said it drove very well when he let the air pressure down on the tires.
I love watching Rudy he has so much enthusiasm you all are so fun to watch.😊Rudy can drive anything hes so experience with driving
Rudy is getting hotter and hotter
And here I was waiting for a the only test that truly mattered, a tug of war
Lol the poor banana 🍌 Would have to retire after that one lol.
Pretty sure he could just pop the 5 ton in drive and let it idle
To use that as a recovery rig you would need to soften the suspension, including better dampening. That thing is designed to pull a heavy trailer off-road, something you wouldn't be doing.
I was like look at that 6X6 , all locked in all that power. What a manly vehicle , then Rudy hit horn. Who would put a Yugo horn in something like that. LMAO
Lot of em have junk horns, I got a new Harley years back Damn horn meep meep. Turned right the hell around n bought the upgraded airhorn hahaha.
When you get some weight over those back axels it shouldn’t jump in the sand
Or lose 50 psi.... CTIS is awesome driving those beasts in every terrain on earth
This would be a good build for a wrecker, but the M-916 will already have the equipment you need for recover because it’s already a wrecker. A good option for the area you will be using it, is a 2 1/2 ton (deuce) M35A3 that has been bobbed and run it on air bags instead of springs! NOW you’re talk recovery vehicle. You can winch front and rear, plus it’s heavy enough to use as an anchor for angle or lateral pulls!
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GET YOU SOME ED!!
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lmao, I love Ed!
Y'know, the main issue is it's essentially unladen. Although it's rated by the military for 5 tons, chances are it could actually carry 15... If I was gonna make one purely for recovery I'd look at removing some leaves from the springs so it's more complaint and smoother riding, you don't need the carrying capacity unless you plan on doing suspended tows on really big stuff.
This
i like that idea ...Mat do you?
I saw a video where they bobbed a Deuce, dropped the furthest rear axle making it a 4x4, I mean if you aren't carrying a heavy load, you don't need so many wheels.
5 tons is pretty close to the top weight per mil spec. Hence the reason they have the M-936 wrecker to replace the M-816 manual tranny....
A year later and the "worlds biggest off road wrecker" goes to SEMA. I'm anxious to see it in action too!
Concrete truck drive tires are often super wide and floaty (balloon tire)ish . Get 4 of those , drop an axle and massively reduce the weight . Dump 3/4 of the spring pack , cut away every piece of the unit not needed to pull a pickup truck out of the sand . WOW , what overkill . Like hunting mosquitoes with a Barrett ! LOL !
So many good lines in this from Trevor: "TO THE 5 TON"! "So, you mean you're a wimp?" The look on Rudy's face!
those are NOT wimpy arms !! Set him straight Rudy !!
Yes, that look...priceless.... then off to the next shot!
The chains, oh my god the noise from those chains. Headphone users beware!
Bungee cords must be 'spensive as heck in AZ.
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Need to get Matt from Demolition Ranch to bring out his custom 5 ton and see how it will do.i will make a great video
It would do just as bad
Matt: "... I buried Able... Don't tell Mere!
much worse. the tandem axle is the only reason these dont totally suck.
@@jason86768 ah mere wouldnt mind
She doesn't like able
Gotta air the tires down on the 5 ton and dynamic bead those tires for balance.
We made an off road 2500 gallon firefighting watertruck out of one of those..Can't wait to use it
In the words of Bob the Builder, ‘Can we build it??!! Yes we can!!’ In my words, ‘Should you build it??!! Yes you should!!’
I totally agree!
Matt.. I would recommend an Unimog Truck.. As the next project vehicle :D One of the older ones from the 90s with the manual transmission and transfer case.
I second the Unimog vote!
I would have built a tricked out grand wagoner with beefy axles lockers and a ls you could still have AC
the corvair is a novelty to me
Love it how people who have never driven a mog recommend it, they are gutless heaps of shit that still hop n bog
Or try to get your hands on a Mercedes G-Wagon 6x6 chassis. Those were originally designed for the Australian army and can easily fitted with portals like the G63 6x6 but with lots of space to make them into a wrecker. About a capable as the unimog with three lockers from the factory and 35" to 37" tires.
SHERP..... if your going to spend unimog or g wagon money
Bob the 5 ton and get rid of the second rear axle and air down the tires and it will ride so much better off road. It will also give it a much sharper turning area.
I'd love to see another comparison with a hemtt wrecker and a MRV, although a know the MRV is pretty hard to get ahold of. Some of the Hemtt wreckers have systems to air up and down the tires to different conditions. like highway, snow, mud and sand. You can get one stuck in highway mode, set it to sand mode, and drive right out.
"I went this way for comfort" I lost it when Rudy said that.
Maybe a stop at the Kenworth shop would be a good idea. Buy the best air-ride seat you can find (OK, buy 2 of them) !!!!! 😊
"have you ever ridden in a Cadillac Trevor? This is not that" had me rolling!
You need a 5 ton with a functional auto inflate system for the tires and type of terrain will make the ride a little easier on the kidneys. You can also get them in a crane truck version or they have a model with a 20-30,000lb winch.
@Bad Joke Biden I said functional as not to many surplus trucks have a working system or a system at all like the one in the video.
Not too many active duty 5 tons had a functional CTI either.
You should absolutely build a kick-ass custom off-road wrecker. 6x6 or 8x8, oh hell yeah!
i love watching you guys you just make me smile at the fun your having - taking life by the horns and riding it hard out
Put of set of flotation tires on that baby like the fertilizer Trucks use , I bet it would be completely different in the sand!!!👌😁
Nothing wrong with the tyres, it needs ballasting up some and the pressures dropped right down. A good one would have had onboard inflation. Are flotation tyres road legal at those speeds? He's got to get to and from.
It looks like it has CTIS. At least on the rear axles.
Ag tires
@Mike Walters Good point. Now Rudy needs a good retired operator to show him how to traverse sand successfully. A little Drivers Ed wouldn't go amiss, that's a lot to go wrong.
The 6x6 had the tyres pumped to hard. Keep up the great content
Yeah, was hoping they'd play with the tire settings. I never used them that much, but thought it was cool they were an option.
@@chrisceykovsky the tires had nothing to do with it. there was no weight on the back of the 5 ton.
Ya, won't act like I know what I'm talkiing about and what you're saying also makes sense. That level of off roading generally exceeds my experience. :)
Remove a few springs or add some weight to that rear end. Minimizer has air ride seats available.. might just might keep those kidneys intact. Airing down the tires could help also. Love how the morvaire turned out cant wait to see how this Frankenstein turns out.
Make the 6x6 into a wrecker with air ride seats for sure or put a deck on it for a heavy hauler either for rescues or hauling you other rigs (Banana, Morvair) to other jobs eg. In mud and snow. Just an idea. Make a nice snow plow with a blade in front possibly as well.
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I have been driving truck in the oilfield (mainly off highway) tandems don’t do well in soft surfaces, they tend to wheel hop as you noticed, drop one of the back axles, so it’s basically a big FWD. it would surprise you the difference it makes, it won’t make it any faster or improve the ride much, but it will go a lot further before it gets Stuck, if it gets stuck at all.
Yep one only need to watch the support trucks at races such as Dakar in order to see what the big trucks are capable of if set up for the task at hand. Dakar 2021: Take a Closer Look at the Kamaz Rally Trucks - RUclips
I thought there wasn't enough weight over the tandems!
Trevor continues to be my favorite, extra cool points for the surprise back flip.
Lizzy rocks , howdy howdy & she gets rowdy . You guys all are awesome & your channel rocks . & no no for the 6x6 for your area . Love you guys
That reveal scene was hilarious. Great job coming up with something clever and funny!
The smile on Rudy's face when he started out of the yard was perfect. Would love a $20 massager off Amazon, the bouncier the ride the better
Got 3, 5 ton from my days in the CANADIEN army. Got 3 for 1. One running and 2 for part this was when the craze big foot was new. Monster truck use to run 5 ton axle, sold 6 for 3500 us a pcs , THE 6X6 WAS A REAL DOG ON TRAIL UNTIL FITTED TRACK ON THE BACK , NOW WE GO WHERE NO ONE HAS TOUGHT OF GOING , still have the beast . Good luck
Air down the tires and go with a softer spring rate and I bet that 6x6 would be decent.
the banana vs the 5 ton is like a comparing a paring knife to a sledge hammer lol
Sledge-O-Magic you can make French Fry’s BUT you gotta hit that potato “just right” great for watermelons toooooo
How many "cuts" with the knife to make mashed taters?? only one hit with the hammer. its all about job requirements. If you havent seen it, Casey used his 5 ton to pull out a 30 ton Prevost bus from the lakebed. there is a time and place for the bigger stuff.
It was the match we never knew we wanted.
@@paledawgoffroad3743 not sure what happened between Matt and Casey... Neither is in each other's channel any more.
@@clearingbaffles gee what became of GALLAGHER ? 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Totally need a wrecker, they're kind of handy at times. Great video as always guys.
Was in a recovery unit in the military. A 4X4 truck would work better for your line of work. Just my 5 cenys worth. We had a Samil 50 with 2 X 750 Holmes winches on with booms. And it didn't shake half as much as the 6X6 we had. Just watching your channel brings back somuch memories. Keep it up. FANTASTIC!!!!
the big truck looks so bad ass that's 10 points right there.
Trevor and Rudy the dynamic duo!! Those two had me cracking up.
Yes I would absolutely love for y’all to build an off road wrecker!
Matt your an amazing man, love the way your looking out for Ed and those young men and women. I mean your the best and deserve way more recognition for what your doing. Thanks for that.
In Egypt, the locals run dualie back axils, and all wheels on ballon sand tyres, very like plane tyres, at about 15 psi. Improves the ride and the grip in desert sand. Seems to eliminate wheel hop as well.
I use the work on and drive those trucks for 15 years in the service, and yes it helps to have some sort of kidney belt mainly in sand and mud. Love the channel and that truck brings back a lot of memories.
"Quick! Trevor, to the 5 ton!" LOL
Liked the part where Trevor does the rotating jump-off too!
Trevor and Rudy running to the 5 ton was the fastest part of the 5 ton....just sayin’.
Na na na na na na na na FIVE TON!!
You should build a larger recovery vehicle using Mac truck axles that drive from the top to get an additional 6-8 in of ground clearance.
Trade offs are:
- Center of gravity
- ground clearance
So if your axles are tucked up inside the coach, the exposed areas can be hardened and your rims can be increased in diameter while maintaining the balloon type tires you want in sand. With a base built from these axles, the remaining drive train can be anything you can dream up
I was a mechanic in the army and I operated a 5 ton that had CTIS (Central Tire Inflation System). push button tire pressure selection for highway, snow, sand, mud tire pressures. Let me tell you something, that bad boy would NOT get stuck no matter what. This one must not have it because if it did I'm certain they would know what it was and how to use it. Top highway speed was like 45 or something, but then again, max convoy speed in the army was 40 I think so it was an absolute drag truck. I would so love to have one of my own. if you guys decide you dont want it, I'll take it. :)
Off-Road wrecker for sure! It was super rad watching your buddy's one on that recent recovery, even if the boom smacked the hood lol
The way this rig looks when it’s in the sand gives me mad max vibes lol
Look how far she has come in a years time. Great job to all of you. So excited to see her do her first job.
If you're gonna go the military vehicle route, you may as well get an M936A2, 5 ton wrecker. (Basically, an off-road capable rotator truck) Just make sure it has the CTIS (Central Tire Inflation System) and it works. Air down and back up, without ever leaving the cab.
I was in the National Guard and drove a 5 ton around the Yakima Training Center and over the road from Seattle for about 3 years. I also drove a deuce and half for at least 10 years. The point is I'm familiar with these vehicles.
They are beasts! They're not very fast, they're governed to top out at around 50 miles per hour. They're not comfortable. The military sacrificed comfort for durabulity.. Also, finding parts for them is going to be a challenge. Everything on them is military specific, only available from military sources.
The good news is that they're hell for stout! They can easily do things that your heavy wrecker couldn't' even think of doing.. They have 5 tons set up in wrecker configuratuons. If you can't find a wrecker then get one with a winch. Again, hell for stout! I'd like to see you guys get one. It would definitely increase what you can tow and recover. Good luck!
Honestly, a LMTV might be the sweet spot for the work y'all do. The M1078, it'll hold 2.5 tons of payload, or a M1083, if you need the extra payload capacity and a third axle, that'll do 5 tons. Also, both have the Central Tire Inflation System (CTIS) on board.
I'd be really interested in if y'all would take a look at both of them.
I definitely think they could benefit from having something a lil heavier. Especially when they're hauling busted side by sides out on a trailer out of a rocky sandy dunes.
Yes!! Banana vs Corvair 🙌 You know I love that XJ but I’m afraid it will lose to your new awesome beast.
Rudy- you were hilarious while holding in your lunch! And handling the 5-Ton!!
Great video! ❤️🐞
That thing has potential. It just needs a better suspension setup & it needs to cut a lot of weight
That was very impressive driving and control on all the drivers enjoyed the video trail mater going up backwards that was 👌
I've driven bobtail many times, without weight trucks ride rough even on the highway, can't imagine the ride they were getting lol.
You should definitely team up with the Heavy D group of guys and maybe try out some of their machines if possible. They definitely build capable machines and it would be great for both RUclips channels as well. It’s a win win
This video came up on replay today. After watching this again, I'm hoping the new wrecker will be smoother riding than the 5 ton.
19:56, your tested unit climbs impressively, showed low to no tire slip. (This is one of the ways this massive rolling machine excels). The rear axels on a M 2.5T that I tested in a parking lot, wanted to keep driving straight, slid the steering tires through the attempted turns. (Straight paths and going slow, was its easier operational mode). 😊
Need a air ride sear In that truck 😂 A little tip, get one out of a sprinter van👌
The MORR team & a cup of coffee : Sunday’s don’t get better than this !
Oh it gets better... a beer and PornHub sound better
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Matt find an old 4x4 firetruck brush rig on an IH/Freightliner chassis and like someone said put some high float tires on it...golden
The “window of opportunity!!” 😂🤣😂
Thanks for explaining how you did that stunt... I thought it was hilarious!
I love Ed, such a kind soul
Not just Ed but the whole family. Really great.😊✅
Bobbed 7 ton loose the middle axle , to get closer to your other recovery vehicle bases, a large powered air winch to try to balance the weight out from nose to tail. Air bags all around, remove leaf springs to soften the ride & to allow tires to keep contact with the ground.... if you added 10 tons of weight over those rear wheels in this video it would reduce the wheel hop drastically, and be stuck that much deeper too if that situation occurs getting weight down from ~22k down ~14k- ~16k. Just some thoughts
Laughed so much. Demo the wall effects, washboard truck ride, passed by a school bus. Loved it
I’d love to see how you’d get on with a Mercedes Unimog. On board tire deflation would make a huge difference to both ride quality and sand floatation. 😎
A Mog is about 6,000 lb lighter. Without them box on the 6x6 maybe 5,000 lb.
I’m absolutely impressed with trevors flip that was sweet
I thought Carl Edwards retired. ;)
Those 5 ton trucks are loud and fun to drive. I used ear plugs when I drove them. Could still hear what I needed to hear… emergency related.
Now I know where the worlds biggest wrecker came from, can’t wait to see how it does once complete. You’ve shed a ton of weight even an axle so no doubt it would do awesome any where but the real test will be once it’s got the crane/tool boxes and equipment loaded. Would love to see what it do with just the cab on specially after seeing how much flex it has 💪
This is my (skeeters) truck. The mock-up tires and wheels for the new wrecker are the smaller tires that came off this truck before I put the 53" tires on it