Impossible Recovery... That's What They Said!

Thanks for saving us. We promise not to get any more houses stuck offroad

That big heavy rig seems doomed no matter what the terrain is. Well done guys.

Vehicle owner: This can go anywhere and do anything. Vehicle owner when Donut broke it and got it stuck: It's not made for that.

While watching, I figured out how Matt can make such precise cuts with that angle grinder. He doesn't use safety glasses to skew his calibrated eyes. Legend

Matt’s Off-road and Donut Media collabs are fun to watch!

Matt it was so nice meeting you the day you rescued this truck I was the guy in the white Toyota pre-runner talking about my dad who passed thank you so much for your time you were such a genuine person.

Is it me or are these produced in such a wholesome way that I don't notice all the safety issues as easily. How often I've had students (even with proper PPE) with safety glasses still get splinters in their eyes. Everyone that works around welding has to wear dark out shields of some sort. Even with all that happening, everything looks great, and professional. Seems Juxtaposed, but it works.

Great repairs! Awesome to fix a driveshaft like that on the trail. That being said for anyone watching this -- if you are going to use those carbide cutoff wheels you need to have safety glasses. Those discs have been known to blow apart at high speeds and imbed themselves into flesh. You DO NOT want that stuff hitting your eyeballs. I am speaking from experience and I worked with a man that had lost vision in his left eye from a carbide cutoff wheel.

Matt's turning into Jay Leno with how many vehicles he's collecting.

This job reminds me of something my father said long ago; " the difficult we do right away, the impossible takes a wee bit longer". Keep making this awesome content.

With an on-board welder and Matt's crew, that trail repair was a cinch! The fun part was turning that massive and heavy rig around on a rather steep hill and getting it safely back home. Great job, guys!

Its always a good feeling, being able to do what others have tried and failed... you guys are awesome! Well done

Now that is a true trail repair. So cool seeing how this repair was performed.

This episode is perfection! Golden nugget, trail repair, jokes, donut, and buying a vehicle. Great team! Great videos! Thank you!

9:35 That pretzeled drive shaft is absolutley a trophy!

LOL, I just watched their video and when it was stuck I was thinking "Man, sucks they're so far from Matt. They REALLY need his help!" and then 2 minutes later that's what happened! It's awesome how skilled and experienced you guys are. For them, absolutely impossible worst case scenario. For you guys, barely registers on the difficulty scale lol

The vibration dampener would have been Ideal to wrap around the outside of the tube to mark a perfectly straight line like Tom Tom suggested. But Matt's Eye-Crometer did it well.

Just a little word of caution regarding cutting the yokes off driveshafts. Never be in front of them when you cut around, then tap them out. There are rare circumstances when the shaft has become pressurised if it has been heated. The cause is the cardboard corrosion/noise damper has become charred and given off gas. How would I know? I was cutting drive shafts up for lightweight framing for an airboat. I tapped one after ring cutting with a hacksaw. It blew out explosively, shifted the vice bench back about two inches, hit and shattered the cover on an Evinrude outboard, flew up, hit the carport roof and ended up in the backyard. If in doubt, drill a small hole with a dampened drillbit to relieve any gas pressure within. If I had stood on front and pulled on the thing, it would have cut me in half.

Looks like James and his friends did what we all do after we mess up. Called his big brother help. Great job on a trail fix Matt.

Man matt you and your crew are unreal with your skill and expertise incredible trail repairs