This is my family, and their trailer. Words simply aren't enough to describe how grateful I am for you guys, and everything you did for them. Thank you, so very much
We got it home safe and sound, thank you again for your help! It was an amazing recovery and barely any damage, we are very grateful! (I'm the daughter of the guy)
Professional from start to finish, you didn’t rush you talked it through and changed things as and when needed. Very glad I found your channel, thank you guys. 👍🏽😎
It's fun to watch and see/hear how the B.O.R.R. crew think through the challenges. I loved that one line about always having choices, which is a good mindset to maintain. You don't want to trap yourself into a certain potentially unsafe solution. Better to get creative and force yourself to imagine alternatives. Well done. Thanks for sharing so we can all learn.
As a tow company in Humboldt California we love your content it helps us here as well we thank you and we have watched for Last 5 years now and will keep it as a training tool plus we love the content of the show thank Ross hemming ( hemming Ranch transportation) god bless youall
Thank you for watching and supporting us! If there are suggestions or other things you guys would like us to film and include let us know! We are always striving to improve our channel!
Have you seen Casey Ladelle? If I was managing a tow outfit I would pay my peeps to watch his videos. I would pay them OVERTIME to watch his vids. I would pay them to watch this channel too!
@brockryan3405 we enjoy watching several other channels, sometimes you see a method of doing something you might not have thought of and think hey that's cool maybe I'll try that next time. Always good to add to your tool bag of knowledge!
Great work ! Surprised how you guys pull this through ! I watch many wrecker vlogs but with this equipment on impossible roads you’re the best 👍👍greetings from Netherlands 🇳🇱
Finished watching it last night, and my hell y'all are an actual off-road recovery business for a reason. As they say in Ghostbusters - you've got the tools, and you've got the talent! Amazing work!!
That was a big job, great video!! I learned many years ago while traveling through utah to stay away from vehicles with the red "U" on them, due to reckless lane changes and uninstigated road rage. Generally angry irrational people. Glad this guy was calm and even grabbed a shovel and helped out. Im very impressed
You should have charged admission to the folks watching on the road! For the trailer owner, it will be a great time for a deep cleaning and reorganization. Excellent recovery. Took y’all’s time and worked the problems as they came up.
As an offroader and as an RVer who has had to be recovered (rv with car hauler trailer) because of own lapse in judgement... I know fully well just how much this weighs on everybody. I had a LOT of time to wait and think about it while freezing as temperatures were dropping over 16 hours and late at night to the starry sky... I had someone who came to help and got me out. What you guys have done here is insane. Nobody got hurt. Nobody went over the edge. It was all hands on deck operation, even kids helped out.
@@B.O.R.R. moab needles district in canyonlands national park. Getting off highway to a boonedocking spot. Trailer tongue jack burried itself into ground, i got stuck, blew a tire on rv and eventually got pulled back out on highway. He pulled my 7x20 carhauler via d rings and it was still attached to motorhome so i basically came back out the way i got stuck but in reverse.
Phenomenal! You beat incredible odds. Masterfully done. Happy I found your channel and hope more find it soon. Your appearance on MORR should boost viewership. That’s how I got here.
A short wheel base 6×6 off- road rotator would be an awesome recovery vehicle.... Just a thought... Just found your channel and I subscribed...!!!! Great work on this recovery...!!!!
It looked like to me that trailer was built a little bit better than most because most would have folded but with your skill and taking your time pays off .
@@jacquelatourcaptainunderpa8475 being a toy hauler they have more structure around the rear door than a normal trailer. That's why we decided to put straps over the top to help keep it from rolling as we winched it up.
19:37 back up that homles wrecker boom & use it to get a upward lift reducing resistance. Best way is a cradle each corner rear corner with a snatchblock on the boom side so it acts like a auto leveler. Then use the wrenches from the others to pull it to you.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS hook on back left corner of camper and lift till it's square and back down hill same as it went in. Always easiest to go out same way it went in
Maybe you can’t tell in the video, but if we went backwards at all, it would have gone straight off the cliff because it did not go into specific tracks to get where it was. It slid off the hill sideways.
I thought that you all did a fantastic wonderful job that all was involved in the job God Bless you all have you heard of Yankon ropes a lot of people uses them
We don’t charge very much because we like helping people out and realize that when they’re in a bad situation, money is usually tight. We ended up charging $800 for this recovery. If it was to an insurance company we would have got paid more but unfortunately, the insurance company would not cover it.
@@B.O.R.R. If I was the trailer owner, I'd have asked the insurance company if they'd just rather mark it as totalled and leave it out there since they won't help get it back 😅
Gotta ask, why would you take a trailer that big and heavy out onto a narrow twisty track like that? Good effort by you guys though, you earned that midnight snack.
Because some of us can drive. That's a HUGE road! I live on the road-full time... man, you have no idea. That person can't drive. They should have been able to easily get down that road and make the turn.
Was that an Allan from Yankum's synthetic line that broke first? He is a POWERFUL ally and that line can be mended. His donut snatch's add so much power so easily.
@@brockryan3405 that line that broke was a smittybilt line, we have started to upgrade all of our lines to yankum rope synthetic lines. They are definitely the best quality out there!
MY BROTHER DID ALMOST THE SAME EXACT THING TO HIS TRAILER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND I HAD TO DRIVE TWO HOURS AWAY TO HELP HIM GET HIS TRAILER OUT OF WARE IT WAS, AND AS IT GOES I COULDN'T GET IT OUT SO THE NEXT DAY WE FOUND A GUY AND HIS SON TO COME UP AND HOOK TO THE TRAILER AND I HOOKED TO THE TRUCK AND WE GOT THEM OUT AFTER THREE HOURS OF PULLING AND WENCHING I WAS HOOKED TO THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK AND THE OTHER GUY HOOKED TO THE TRAILER AND I PULLED THE TRUCK FORWARD AND HE WAS PULLING THE TRAILER SIDEWAYS TO KEEP IT FROM SLIDING OFF THE HILL
Looking at this again, yeah, I'm sorry but there's no reason why that trailer shouldn't have made that turn with no issues. It actually did make the turn but they cut too close to the left side for some crazy reason. There is a TON of space on the right side of the road for that to have never happened. I could do that road and that turn in my sleep with a SEMI.
There is only a wide spot right on the tip of the corner and it's not very long, it's really tight right before and right after. He had swung as wide as he could and driven up on the bank as far as he could and still didn't make it. Someone with more experience might have made it, but that's debatable.
Yes. That’s true depending on where on the axle. We jack up on the spring purch (mount) where the weight already is so it doesn’t put anymore pressure on it.
I'm just wondering about the space where this is happening on that road. I see the area to the right where they could have made The Road Wider. Why did somebody fix it? The road is leaning towards the cliff and needs to lean towards the hill, which is why no one will slide off again
These are old mining roads and are not maintained. Any ''work'' done on them would just be volunteer work, and there are thousands of these roads. It's more important to know the roads before taking a large or long vehicle on them. Regular vehicles have no problem on them in normal conditions.
MMMM easy to be armchair QB, There is a tree right at the left rear corner, If possible I would put a snatch block on that tree to lift the corner/back. Again I cannot see what you are working with--- If you could put a cable high on both sides fixed solid with two linked snatch blocks, one on the fixed cable and one on a free cable. run free cable down to trailer and attach from both corners for lift Hold fixed line cable in place at the moment lift trailer (I Don't need to carefully),,,, clear all the people out--- lift trailer above the road cable then pull trailer sideways onto road. Everybody got different ways, in this kind of country I always try to look up. Most of us look down, ya me too. I couldn't tell, on down hill edge where cable is put two longish 2x4s (or wider) oh side and roof to run cable over to prevent damage. You see something like this on trucks hauling lumber Ya'll need Matts big wrecker for this, Ya gotta work with what ya got Done good
I DONT KNOW HOW LONG THIS TRAVEL TRAILER IS BUT IT LOOKS TO BE 36 FOOT I STILL THINK IF YOU WERE TO PUT A WENCH LINE ON THE TRUCK THATS PULLING IT AND ONE ON THE TRAILER TO KEEP IT FROM SLIDING DOWN THE HILL AND DRIVE IT OUT FORWARD WITH THE WENCH LINE ON THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK TO HELP IT COME OUT FORWARD
@@fredyounger5850 it was too far over the side before we got there to be able to pull it back up by pulling forward. The only way to get it back up without it rolling and pulling the truck down with it was straight up back onto the road and then forward.
imagine a time when they make an exhaust jack where you could roll the caravan back onto the road, rather than ripping axles off the chasis, The guy suggesting digging behind the axles tires so you are not dragging frame through dirt he is a smart one
@@fredyounger5850 it did get bent and broke one of the bolts. Once we got it up to flat ground they pulled the hitch off and took it in to be replaced or repaired before towing the trailer home.
VERY impressive. The question still lingers. What on Earth possesses people to try to TOW any kind of trailer up these rugged, treacherous, (barely qualify as fire roads)....high country off-road trails???? Did someone give them bad information and they just got too committed to the journey, because there was no place to turn around? That happens all the time. Or were they heading to a spot they have been before and figured they could tow a camper or 5th wheel size RV behind them next time? These are Jeep trails, at best. CLEARLY. Im guessing they just hadn't been on the route and ended up past the point of no return at some point, which got them stuck in these predicaments. I cant see anyone in their right minds, attempting to TOW anything up into the high country like that, if they had already been up those roads before, knowing what the road conditions were and the surrounding over all environment was. To me, that's equivalent to people who like to ski/board the back country, in avalanche conditions, because its the best virgin snow and the ultimate alpine adventure....until someone gets lost or injured and needs to be rescued. Then the adventure becomes a search and rescue operation involving MANY people who wouldn't otherwise be putting themselves in a high risk situation. In those types of situations (and Im not inferring these are) IJS, I think sometimes it might be better allow common sense to have the upper hand to the adventure, because even with the best skilled, most experienced people involved in operations like this or if its SAR, whatever the response and circumstances might be, the high country is a very fluid, unpredictable and potentially deadly dangerous environment to be in, right out of the gate, just in its normal state and if ONE little thing goes wrong (whether it be human error or just a random act of nature OR physics).... avalanches happen, rocks slide, ground gives way, ropes snap/rigging fails etc and it ain't always a happy ending. I mean, you would think that at some point, the county, or parks department or some form of municipality would have SOME form of CLEARLY posted signs saying: "No trailers/RVs beyond this point". "Road not suitable for xxxx gross vehicle weight and over xxxx overall length." Ive seen millions of signs posted like that, all over the U.S., in areas where the road or off road conditions warrant it. Are there still places that DON'T give any posted warnings or indications of whats up the road ahead? If that's the case, you would hope that it was brought to someone's attention in the DOT or Parks and Rec, to prevent people from getting into jams like this. Now I know that's how these highly skilled cats make their living and they are literally life savers and save people's toys they have tons of money invested in and they love their work and we would up shit creek without people like them, but its not just a risk to property. IJS, their is a failure at the core of these situations and it isnt mother nature. Its either comes down to poor or inadequate management of transportation or parks BASIC safety guidelines or irresponsible/careless individuals using poor judgement. It's one or the other and either of them can easily get people killed, over circumstances that were absolutely preventable. That's all Im saying. Nobody likes talking about THAT elephant in the room when everyone goes home in one piece, safe and sound and laughs about it over a beer (or cries about it, when they get the bill....😲 Lol...but hey, you make your bed....😉) but it's the conversation EVERYBODY will be having and wanting to find the answers and identify the root cause of WHY things went the way they did.... every time there ISN'T a happy ending. Im not trying to dog on anyone and we ALL learned a lesson on this one (not to mention some really interesting rigging techniques - that was an education and damn impressive mechanical engineering/problem solving methodology at its best and I subscribed because I dig complicated rigging work, because I had to be specially trained in rigging and was certified with the U.S. Dept. of Energy, to do the type of work we did at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 20 years ago) so Im glad you guys posted this. Im gonna watch another one when I get off my Debbie Downer soapboxz here in a minute. 😉 These guys can stay PLENTY busy, recovering OFF-ROAD mishaps, that's thrilling enough. I see NO reason why they should have to take unecessary risks, recovering vehicles/equipment, that have NO BUSINESS being in places where they should have never been to begin with. Im just happy nobody was hurt, because that could have EASILY been a very tragic situation. How that big RV trailer didn't go all the way over, is nothing short of a miracle and one damn well-constructed hitch. 😳 Wow. That had to have been terrifying. I've been there. Different situation, but ended up almost going over on an interstate, going up 2 wheels, maneuvering out of a jack knife, towing a fully loaded, enclosed U-Haul behind my SUV, that was a white knuckle, near death ride, I'll never forget, from falling asleep from carbon monoxide fumes from an exhaust leak. BIG lesson learned. Anyway, glad everything went well. I just hope SIGNS are posted, to prevent this kind of mishap in the future, that's all. Those guys are talented, fearless dudes, Ill say that much. Bigger balls than I have. Lol. 🙄 God bless and Godspeed. Just not on the high country fire roads, if it can be avoided. 👍😁 Lol
Thanks for the comment and insight. These roads are not posted on. This particular road starts very wide and easy then turns bad later. Logistically impossible to post on every road out here as there are tens of thousands but some could be done and should be. Luckily there are many more happy endings than the alternative. Thanks for watching our video! Glad you enjoyed it!
No thanks call them 👋 that’s really really bad. This is going to be something to see. I would,,, here we go here’s something, go with numerous wide straps to keep it from tipping over along that far top. Hook the frame at numerous points four five,six? Pull both little at a time I guess idk 🤷♂️ that’s really bad. Good luck I’m closing my eyes let me know when you’re done. 😢
That's not the right question. Why do it if you can't drive? There's no reason why they shouldn't have been able to make the turn. They actually did make the turn and then messed up (I don't even know how)! That's an easy road and turn for even that size trailer.
Matt does a great job, but he is still newer to winching. I'm sure he could've done it too, but he doesn't have as much experience with complicated winching up on tight mountain roads. We love Matt and his crew though! Good friends! 😁
Maybe I’m wrong, but why take such a big rig into a rough mountain road? They are really designed for highways aren’t they? Glad it worked out for you.
Lots of people around here take very large trailers into the mountains. Unfortunately, this scenario happens a lot. This one was just further off the edge and heavier than most.
It was unprofessional to leave in the conversation about not knowing why anyone would try to tow that trailer there. If people weren't doing dumb things, you'd probably be out of business. What difference does it make to you?! I'll never understand businesses that complain about the behaviors that sustain their business. On a side note, whoever was driving is a terrible driver because there's no reason why they shouldn't have been able to get that trailer safely down that road....
y'all need to keep a chainsaw on board, and some 3/16 x 4 x 4 aluminum angle 3 or 4 feet long. But AMAZING work, especially managing all the winches. I wonder why when the opportunity presented it's self the atv's and side by side where not unloaded.
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This is my family, and their trailer. Words simply aren't enough to describe how grateful I am for you guys, and everything you did for them. Thank you, so very much
We’re happy to help! We enjoy it and love helping people!
Pretty cool how the whole village showed up to support this crisis.
We got it home safe and sound, thank you again for your help! It was an amazing recovery and barely any damage, we are very grateful! (I'm the daughter of the guy)
We were so glad to hear it. We were worried about that hitch as well. I’m glad he took the time to fix it before towing it out.
How did you like the video?
Great job
Thank you!
Professional from start to finish, you didn’t rush you talked it through and changed things as and when needed. Very glad I found your channel, thank you guys. 👍🏽😎
That was a stressful one but yall handled it well , great job crew.
It was a LOT of weight!
Patience is what got this job done. Took your time and thought things thru and conquered it. Good job.
Thanks! It was a long one, but safety first!
You guys are the best at what you do. That was a challenging recovery you were able to adapt and problem solve to get the job done safely
Thanks! We enjoy the tough ones the most!
It's fun to watch and see/hear how the B.O.R.R. crew think through the challenges. I loved that one line about always having choices, which is a good mindset to maintain. You don't want to trap yourself into a certain potentially unsafe solution. Better to get creative and force yourself to imagine alternatives. Well done. Thanks for sharing so we can all learn.
@@miscellaneous037 Thanks for watching, we love to hear input from our viewers!
First time on the channel - I'm subbed. I have a modified 80 series and was pleased to see you had so many of them pulling together for the win.
Thanks for the sub! Love the 80
You guys are amazing. Great job. I was glued to the screen the whole time.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Man that was a great recovery. Some butt clenching moments 😂 love all the rigging. 👏👏👏💪💪💪
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
@@B.O.R.R. 🫡🤜🤛
I heard a funny guy say, "it will make your hershey star do a cat nose impersonation" LOL.
As a tow company in Humboldt California we love your content it helps us here as well we thank you and we have watched for Last 5 years now and will keep it as a training tool plus we love the content of the show thank Ross hemming ( hemming Ranch transportation) god bless youall
Thank you for watching and supporting us! If there are suggestions or other things you guys would like us to film and include let us know! We are always striving to improve our channel!
Have you seen Casey Ladelle? If I was managing a tow outfit I would pay my peeps to watch his videos. I would pay them OVERTIME to watch his vids. I would pay them to watch this channel too!
@brockryan3405 we enjoy watching several other channels, sometimes you see a method of doing something you might not have thought of and think hey that's cool maybe I'll try that next time. Always good to add to your tool bag of knowledge!
Great rigging job top shelf very impressed
Thanks! That one got a little complicated with the winching and snatch blocks! 🥴😂
I wish I could buy stock in channels that I know are destined for greatness.
@brockryan3405 well thank you!
Great work ! Surprised how you guys pull this through ! I watch many wrecker vlogs but with this equipment on impossible roads you’re the best 👍👍greetings from Netherlands 🇳🇱
Thanks! Glad to have you!!
Nice job as always. Thank you.
No thank you!
You and Rory are the two i think are the best for me to learn from, with Casey a close third
Well thank you! Rory is super talented
Hell of a recovery!!! How long total time was recovery? Had to have to full crew
Total of 8 hours. It was pretty far in the mountains too
I haven't watched yet (will here in a few) but just wanted to say good morning to the BORR crew!
Have a fantastic day everyone!
Good morning!
Finished watching it last night, and my hell y'all are an actual off-road recovery business for a reason.
As they say in Ghostbusters - you've got the tools, and you've got the talent!
Amazing work!!
@@TheHairyNord Thank you! It comes with many MANY years of combined experience! 😁
I thought no way and the farther you got into it...wow this is going to work...great job..I subscribed today to BORR
Welcome aboard! Glad to have ya!
That was a big job, great video!! I learned many years ago while traveling through utah to stay away from vehicles with the red "U" on them, due to reckless lane changes and uninstigated road rage. Generally angry irrational people. Glad this guy was calm and even grabbed a shovel and helped out. Im very impressed
😂
Well done. Amazing results.
Thank you!
First time watching. In the bigging I was going to call Matts of road for you. Glad I watch further. Good challenging job.🤗
Haha
I'm a Matt fan too! This guy has some great talents for getting stupid stuff fixed and I know he will become a big star.
You guys are NUTS!!! GREAT JOB!!!
Thanks!
Wow tough pull but you did a great job....
Thank you!
All I know is you guys are the bomb. Great job from Cheryl Local 18 🎉🎉
Thanks! 😁
That was some HARD pulling! 😎
Ya buddy! 😅
You should have charged admission to the folks watching on the road! For the trailer owner, it will be a great time for a deep cleaning and reorganization. Excellent recovery. Took y’all’s time and worked the problems as they came up.
Yeah! Haha. At one point a side by side group came up to watch
As an offroader and as an RVer who has had to be recovered (rv with car hauler trailer) because of own lapse in judgement... I know fully well just how much this weighs on everybody. I had a LOT of time to wait and think about it while freezing as temperatures were dropping over 16 hours and late at night to the starry sky... I had someone who came to help and got me out. What you guys have done here is insane. Nobody got hurt. Nobody went over the edge. It was all hands on deck operation, even kids helped out.
Where was yours at?
@@B.O.R.R. moab needles district in canyonlands national park. Getting off highway to a boonedocking spot. Trailer tongue jack burried itself into ground, i got stuck, blew a tire on rv and eventually got pulled back out on highway. He pulled my 7x20 carhauler via d rings and it was still attached to motorhome so i basically came back out the way i got stuck but in reverse.
Ah. Glad it all worked out!
@@moretoliving2236 Thanks! Was a very successful recovery 😁
I love watching you guys! You do magnificent work! So awesome!
Thank you so much!
Halfway thru im still on the edge of my seat
It was a nail biter! Haha
Wow! You guys are good! I can't believe you got her back up on level ground, and while working in such a tight spot.
Well done! Just subscribed
Thanks! Glad to have you on board with us!
Phenomenal! You beat incredible odds. Masterfully done. Happy I found your channel and hope more find it soon. Your appearance on MORR should boost viewership. That’s how I got here.
Glad to have you! Yes, our work with other channels always helps. We have some big stuff coming soon!
Hell of a challenge good job
Thank you
Great recovery without a Rotator
Thanks! Yeah a rotator would have been great. But we couldn’t have got it up that road!
Absolutely incredible!
@@brucehobbs1734 That was a good one!
Yeah them campers should be re-designed for situations like that but you all done an amazing job hats off to you all for a job well done
Thank you! Yeah frame attachments would be great!
Gave you a sub from Upstate New York
Glad to have you with us!
Excellent job !!!!
Thanks
What a crazy recovery
Definitely a heavy pull
A short wheel base 6×6 off- road rotator would be an awesome recovery vehicle....
Just a thought...
Just found your channel and I subscribed...!!!!
Great work on this recovery...!!!!
I definitely agree ha ha in fact, we have plans drawn up!
Awesome job 👍
Thanks! Glad you liked it
U guys are awesome that's the best off-road recovery I've seen
Hey thanks! Glad you liked it!
It looked like to me that trailer was built a little bit better than most because most would have folded but with your skill and taking your time pays off .
@@jacquelatourcaptainunderpa8475 being a toy hauler they have more structure around the rear door than a normal trailer. That's why we decided to put straps over the top to help keep it from rolling as we winched it up.
People and RVs have no common sense these days 🤦
Well done guys good job
@@AndiesLedwaba thank you! It was a tricky one for sure!
WOW, amazing recovery 👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you!!
Well done 👍
Thanks! 😁
Great job for the Boys that did the recovery. But the owner needs to get his C.D.L. That way he won't get into trouble.
@@chriscorpuz8596 experience goes a long way! 😁
19:37 back up that homles wrecker boom & use it to get a upward lift reducing resistance. Best way is a cradle each corner rear corner with a snatchblock on the boom side so it acts like a auto leveler. Then use the wrenches from the others to pull it to you.
@@ruger8412 the trailer was too heavy this time to lift it straight up. But it did a great job pulling from up higher than the other winches.
Very cool job.
Thanks
That was awesome,,
Great team work-
Thanks!
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS hook on back left corner of camper and lift till it's square and back down hill same as it went in. Always easiest to go out same way it went in
Maybe you can’t tell in the video, but if we went backwards at all, it would have gone straight off the cliff because it did not go into specific tracks to get where it was. It slid off the hill sideways.
Un-freaking believable! Wow, nice job guys
Thanks!
Good fetch men! Anybody can do the easy stuff! That was close to tippin!!
It definitely was!
AWESOME JOB!
Thanks!
I thought that you all did a fantastic wonderful job that all was involved in the job God Bless you all have you heard of Yankon ropes a lot of people uses them
We love yankum ropes! Best stuff out there!
My question is always what would this recovery cost because it looks super expensive with all the men and equipment and the difficulty
We don’t charge very much because we like helping people out and realize that when they’re in a bad situation, money is usually tight. We ended up charging $800 for this recovery. If it was to an insurance company we would have got paid more but unfortunately, the insurance company would not cover it.
@@B.O.R.R.
If I was the trailer owner, I'd have asked the insurance company if they'd just rather mark it as totalled and leave it out there since they won't help get it back 😅
Yeah. Insurance companies don’t usually help. But sometimes they do
That was phenomenal.
Thanks! We enjoy the more challenging ones best!
That was amazing!!
Thanks!!
Professionals at work.
We try!
I am surprised the frame stayed under it good job
One of the reasons we went over the top
Great job bsafe
Thanks! 😁
You don't get some s***
I'm really impressed
Thanks!
Wow. Just watching it on video was intense. Can't imagine what it felt in real life.
@@zyamadeadborn1785 was pretty sketchy!
Now I know how important it is to know how your trailer is structured. Better have a really good frame and hook up points.
Absolutely. That is always the best plan for any piece of equipment.
Amasing!
Thanks!
Gotta ask, why would you take a trailer that big and heavy out onto a narrow twisty track like that?
Good effort by you guys though, you earned that midnight snack.
The road is paved with good intentions.
Because some of us can drive. That's a HUGE road! I live on the road-full time... man, you have no idea. That person can't drive. They should have been able to easily get down that road and make the turn.
It’s always different on video than real life. And hindsight is always 2020.
@@CS-uc2oh I've been on that road, there definitely isn't enough room to swing wide enough. looks much wider in the video than it really is.
Yep!
excellent job!
Thank you!
nice job!
Thank you!
There was an incredible amount of brain power going on!!
Thanks
Was that an Allan from Yankum's synthetic line that broke first? He is a POWERFUL ally and that line can be mended. His donut snatch's add so much power so easily.
@@brockryan3405 that line that broke was a smittybilt line, we have started to upgrade all of our lines to yankum rope synthetic lines. They are definitely the best quality out there!
Nice job. You ended up getting.
Thanks
Good job.
Thanks!
MY BROTHER DID ALMOST THE SAME EXACT THING TO HIS TRAILER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND I HAD TO DRIVE TWO HOURS AWAY TO HELP HIM GET HIS TRAILER OUT OF WARE IT WAS, AND AS IT GOES I COULDN'T GET IT OUT SO THE NEXT DAY WE FOUND A GUY AND HIS SON TO COME UP AND HOOK TO THE TRAILER AND I HOOKED TO THE TRUCK AND WE GOT THEM OUT AFTER THREE HOURS OF PULLING AND WENCHING I WAS HOOKED TO THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK AND THE OTHER GUY HOOKED TO THE TRAILER AND I PULLED THE TRUCK FORWARD AND HE WAS PULLING THE TRAILER SIDEWAYS TO KEEP IT FROM SLIDING OFF THE HILL
@@fredyounger5850 they can definitely get tricky!
I won rock paper scissors! 3 of 5 matches.
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CRAZY!
Yup!
Looks like that could have been White River above Soldier Summit. Very impressive recovery !
@@brettbenoit454 yes, it was up in that area.
Looking at this again, yeah, I'm sorry but there's no reason why that trailer shouldn't have made that turn with no issues. It actually did make the turn but they cut too close to the left side for some crazy reason. There is a TON of space on the right side of the road for that to have never happened. I could do that road and that turn in my sleep with a SEMI.
Things are always different in real life than you can see on a video. It’s a very tight turn and shaped like an acute angle instead or a U.
There is only a wide spot right on the tip of the corner and it's not very long, it's really tight right before and right after. He had swung as wide as he could and driven up on the bank as far as he could and still didn't make it. Someone with more experience might have made it, but that's debatable.
@@Lugjuryoffroad It was tighter than it looked in the video.
Great job
Thanks!
Like Casey Liddell of cascade heavy duty rescue says yankem ropes are definitely the best
That’s been our experience!
Surprise the top of the trailer not get smashed down from the pull
Toyhauler trailers have a lot more framing in the rear for the ramp, that's why we pulled it the way we did.
My Keystone says not to jack up on the axel they will get bent, at least that is what keystone says.
Yes. That’s true depending on where on the axle. We jack up on the spring purch (mount) where the weight already is so it doesn’t put anymore pressure on it.
I'm just wondering about the space where this is happening on that road. I see the area to the right where they could have made The Road Wider. Why did somebody fix it? The road is leaning towards the cliff and needs to lean towards the hill, which is why no one will slide off again
These are old mining roads and are not maintained. Any ''work'' done on them would just be volunteer work, and there are thousands of these roads. It's more important to know the roads before taking a large or long vehicle on them. Regular vehicles have no problem on them in normal conditions.
MMMM easy to be armchair QB, There is a tree right at the left rear corner, If possible I would put a snatch block on that tree to lift the corner/back. Again I cannot see what you are working with--- If you could put a cable high on both sides fixed solid with two linked snatch blocks, one on the fixed cable and one on a free cable. run free cable down to trailer and attach from both corners for lift
Hold fixed line cable in place at the moment lift trailer (I Don't need to carefully),,,, clear all the people out--- lift trailer above the road cable then pull trailer sideways onto road. Everybody got different ways, in this kind of country I always try to look up. Most of us look down, ya me too.
I couldn't tell, on down hill edge where cable is put two longish 2x4s (or wider) oh side and roof to run cable over to prevent damage. You see something like this on trucks hauling lumber
Ya'll need Matts big wrecker for this, Ya gotta work with what ya got
Done good
Always looks different in the videos than it does in person. Even when we watch them afterwards!
Where was this at?
North of soldier summit
I DONT KNOW HOW LONG THIS TRAVEL TRAILER IS BUT IT LOOKS TO BE 36 FOOT I STILL THINK IF YOU WERE TO PUT A WENCH LINE ON THE TRUCK THATS PULLING IT AND ONE ON THE TRAILER TO KEEP IT FROM SLIDING DOWN THE HILL AND DRIVE IT OUT FORWARD WITH THE WENCH LINE ON THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK TO HELP IT COME OUT FORWARD
@@fredyounger5850 it was too far over the side before we got there to be able to pull it back up by pulling forward. The only way to get it back up without it rolling and pulling the truck down with it was straight up back onto the road and then forward.
imagine a time when they make an exhaust jack where you could roll the caravan back onto the road, rather than ripping axles off the chasis, The guy suggesting digging behind the axles tires so you are not dragging frame through dirt he is a smart one
@@CaptainKevHaurakiGulf so many tools so little time!
@@B.O.R.R. You have some good gear, Paul, Matt, chad none of them use exhaust jacks to break suction in mud or sand
THEY PROBABLY BETTER CHECK THAT BALL COUPLER AND SEE IF IT GOT BENT FROM THE ANGLE IT WAS AT , THAT WAS ALOT OF PRESSURE ON THAT HITCH COUPLER,
@@fredyounger5850 it did get bent and broke one of the bolts. Once we got it up to flat ground they pulled the hitch off and took it in to be replaced or repaired before towing the trailer home.
Great job.wow
Thanks!
How’d he bring the trailer back out to the highway? Just curious!
There was a different road We connected to at the top that took them back down to the highway.
VERY impressive.
The question still lingers.
What on Earth possesses people to try to TOW any kind of trailer up these rugged, treacherous, (barely qualify as fire roads)....high country off-road trails????
Did someone give them bad information and they just got too committed to the journey, because there was no place to turn around?
That happens all the time. Or were they heading to a spot they have been before and figured they could tow a camper or 5th wheel size RV behind them next time? These are Jeep trails, at best. CLEARLY.
Im guessing they just hadn't been on the route and ended up past the point of no return at some point, which got them stuck in these predicaments.
I cant see anyone in their right minds, attempting to TOW anything up into the high country like that, if they had already been up those roads before, knowing what the road conditions were and the surrounding over all environment was.
To me, that's equivalent to people who like to ski/board the back country, in avalanche conditions, because its the best virgin snow and the ultimate alpine adventure....until someone gets lost or injured and needs to be rescued.
Then the adventure becomes a search and rescue operation involving MANY people who wouldn't otherwise be putting themselves in a high risk situation.
In those types of situations (and Im not inferring these are) IJS, I think sometimes it might be better allow common sense to have the upper hand to the adventure, because even with the best skilled, most experienced people involved in operations like this or if its SAR, whatever the response and circumstances might be, the high country is a very fluid, unpredictable and potentially deadly dangerous environment to be in, right out of the gate, just in its normal state and if ONE little thing goes wrong (whether it be human error or just a random act of nature OR physics).... avalanches happen, rocks slide, ground gives way, ropes snap/rigging fails etc and it ain't always a happy ending. I mean, you would think that at some point, the county, or parks department or some form of municipality would have SOME form of CLEARLY posted signs saying: "No trailers/RVs beyond this point".
"Road not suitable for xxxx gross vehicle weight and over xxxx overall length." Ive seen millions of signs posted like that, all over the U.S., in areas where the road or off road conditions warrant it. Are there still places that DON'T give any posted warnings or indications of whats up the road ahead? If that's the case, you would hope that it was brought to someone's attention in the DOT or Parks and Rec, to prevent people from getting into jams like this.
Now I know that's how these highly skilled cats make their living and they are literally life savers and save people's toys they have tons of money invested in and they love their work and we would up shit creek without people like them, but its not just a risk to property.
IJS, their is a failure at the core of these situations and it isnt mother nature.
Its either comes down to poor or inadequate management of transportation or parks BASIC safety guidelines or irresponsible/careless individuals using poor judgement.
It's one or the other and either of them can easily get people killed, over circumstances that were absolutely preventable. That's all Im saying.
Nobody likes talking about THAT elephant in the room when everyone goes home in one piece, safe and sound and laughs about it over a beer (or cries about it, when they get the bill....😲 Lol...but hey, you make your bed....😉) but it's the conversation EVERYBODY will be having and wanting to find the answers and identify the root cause of WHY things went the way they did.... every time there ISN'T a happy ending.
Im not trying to dog on anyone and we ALL learned a lesson on this one (not to mention some really interesting rigging techniques - that was an education and damn impressive mechanical engineering/problem solving methodology at its best and I subscribed because I dig complicated rigging work, because I had to be specially trained in rigging and was certified with the U.S. Dept. of Energy, to do the type of work we did at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 20 years ago) so Im glad you guys posted this. Im gonna watch another one when I get off my Debbie Downer soapboxz here in a minute. 😉
These guys can stay PLENTY busy, recovering OFF-ROAD mishaps, that's thrilling enough.
I see NO reason why they should have to take unecessary risks, recovering vehicles/equipment, that have NO BUSINESS being in places where they should have never been to begin with.
Im just happy nobody was hurt, because that could have EASILY been a very tragic situation.
How that big RV trailer didn't go all the way over, is nothing short of a miracle and one damn well-constructed hitch. 😳 Wow.
That had to have been terrifying.
I've been there. Different situation, but ended up almost going over on an interstate, going up 2 wheels, maneuvering out of a jack knife, towing a fully loaded, enclosed U-Haul behind my SUV, that was a white knuckle, near death ride, I'll never forget, from falling asleep from carbon monoxide fumes from an exhaust leak.
BIG lesson learned.
Anyway, glad everything went well.
I just hope SIGNS are posted, to prevent this kind of mishap in the future, that's all.
Those guys are talented, fearless dudes, Ill say that much.
Bigger balls than I have. Lol. 🙄
God bless and Godspeed.
Just not on the high country fire roads, if it can be avoided. 👍😁 Lol
Thanks for the comment and insight. These roads are not posted on. This particular road starts very wide and easy then turns bad later. Logistically impossible to post on every road out here as there are tens of thousands but some could be done and should be. Luckily there are many more happy endings than the alternative. Thanks for watching our video! Glad you enjoyed it!
One Question! WHAT WAS THAT GUY THINKING!!! Looks you had you hands full w that one. Have to wonder what that cost him!
I think it was a GPS issue took him up the wrong road. We only charged him $800.
No thanks call them 👋 that’s really really bad. This is going to be something to see. I would,,, here we go here’s something, go with numerous wide straps to keep it from tipping over along that far top. Hook the frame at numerous points four five,six? Pull both little at a time I guess idk 🤷♂️ that’s really bad. Good luck I’m closing my eyes let me know when you’re done. 😢
Worked out pretty well! 😁
Why take such a large trailer up a road like that??????
The road was nice and wide lower down, probably didn't know it got tight higher up until it was too late to turn around.
That's not the right question. Why do it if you can't drive? There's no reason why they shouldn't have been able to make the turn. They actually did make the turn and then messed up (I don't even know how)! That's an easy road and turn for even that size trailer.
Everyone has a bad day
Call Matt. 😂
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Matt does a great job, but he is still newer to winching. I'm sure he could've done it too, but he doesn't have as much experience with complicated winching up on tight mountain roads. We love Matt and his crew though! Good friends! 😁
@@Lugjuryoffroad Word! 😂
Maybe I’m wrong, but why take such a big rig into a rough mountain road? They are really designed for highways aren’t they? Glad it worked out for you.
Lots of people around here take very large trailers into the mountains. Unfortunately, this scenario happens a lot. This one was just further off the edge and heavier than most.
It was unprofessional to leave in the conversation about not knowing why anyone would try to tow that trailer there. If people weren't doing dumb things, you'd probably be out of business. What difference does it make to you?! I'll never understand businesses that complain about the behaviors that sustain their business. On a side note, whoever was driving is a terrible driver because there's no reason why they shouldn't have been able to get that trailer safely down that road....
Ben wasn’t complaining about the customer that was just a small of a conversation. A thought out loud. Didn’t seem rude or insensitive to me.
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i see what you mean about that question of why? people do what they do another head scratcher
True enough!
Thinkn you cut her little tight driver , did you forget there was 32 foot of trailer behind you ????
Haha
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Thanks!
y'all need to keep a chainsaw on board, and some 3/16 x 4 x 4 aluminum angle 3 or 4 feet long. But AMAZING work, especially managing all the winches. I wonder why when the opportunity presented it's self the atv's and side by side where not unloaded.
Haha
Jesus Christ. How many chucks are hooked up to that?
No chucks. But three trucks 5 winches.