- Hey, what's going on, guys?
Josh from TrailBuilt.
Hope you guys all had a very happy New Years.
Today, we're gonna be doing something
just a little bit different.
We're gonna be doing a reaction video.
Zack, our videographer, who's right behind the camera here,
picked out all these videos that we're gonna review
with you guys,
and I'm basically gonna do a walkthrough,
sort of like my reaction on these videos,
and just kind of walk through some of the stuff
that's going on.
So we're just gonna go through, review these,
give you guys some feedback on these videos
and some reactions and just have some fun with it.
So with that said, I suppose, let's go ahead,
let's get started.
She's smoking a little bit.
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh.
Yeah, that didn't look like it was a whole lot of fun.
So it just flipped over backwards.
Little too much throttle now.
It's funny because there's always a variance
with how it feels being inside the vehicle,
compared to how it looks on the outside of the vehicle.
And I think a lot of times we're always so quick to say,
"Oh, well you should've let off the gas
or maybe just threw it neutral,"
or whatever the case may be, "Let it roll backwards,"
but sometimes you don't always feel exactly where you're at,
especially when you're facing straight up and down.
So I'm just gonna play this one over real quick again.
It was a short video,
but looks like he's got plenty of traction,
Maxxis Tyres on there.
Yup (chuckles).
The passenger's first reaction
was stick his hand out the window to hold on.
Probably don't wanna do that,
keep your hands inside the vehicle.
And I think the only thing that may have prevented them
from going up over and backwards
is just a little bit lighter on the throttle,
and who knows, maybe there's a lot of weight
in the back of this thing or something like that,
and once you get it stood up, you're out of control there.
But I think if they maybe just walked up
it just a little bit slower,
and it may be hard to do that too
with a manual transmission
which is probably what this is.
'Cause you're clutch, brake and gas,
and we all know we don't have three feet,
so maybe a lower gear could have helped walk
or crawl up that hill a little bit more,
but then again, who knows?
Maybe he's just in it to win it, and didn't give a shit
and hold on for dear life.
All right, let's move on to our next one.
- [Man] Okay, I think that'll work forward.
Go, go, go, go, go, go.
- Looks like a Overlanding built Tacoma here.
- [Man] Stay, stop, stop, stop!
- Ooh, what the hell!
So the bumper just folded.
- [Man] That was the whole bumper.
- It didn't come off, it just like...
Oh, I know which video this is, this is the Donut Guys.
- [Man] Want me to get you off that?
- Okay, all right, I do remember seeing
this actually a while back now,
I think right after they posted this video.
But the bumper, it like, hinges
or something like that.
I'm not quite sure what's, what's even causing that.
If there was a couple of bolts that were forgotten
to be put in, that may have caused it to hinge,
but you usually have two things that happen
is something breaks, the bumper comes off completely
or one side or the other comes off,
but I'm guessing they probably forgot to put a couple
of bolts in some very crucial points
to keep the bumper all the way on,
and that's probably what happened here.
I'm gonna watch this one more time here, I wanna see...
- [Man] Good, I think that'll work forward.
- Okay, so they're anchored down,
their winch line is anchored down.
- [Man] Straight, straight.
- It looks like there's some confusion.
(laughs) Okay, so yeah,
they drove over the anchor point with the winch line, past
that anchor point, and it basically just ripped
the bumper straight down and backwards.
(beep)
- [Man] I just broke their bumper off.
- While the spotter was trying to tell him to stop,
he just kept going,
so I think there's a little miscommunication there.
(laughing)
I see he's got Icon suspension, so that's pretty cool.
You know, I think we might just have to make a trip out to,
I think they're located in California.
Maybe go show the Donut Guys how to do some off-roading.
All right, so moving on, our next one.
Okay, all right, well, I recognize where this is,
because I was literally just going
through some photos from when we were out in Moab this year
for Easter Jeep Safari,
and this is definitely Hell's Revenge,
which I'm sure has been a hot spot
for a number of crazy incidences,
so I'm curious to see what's gonna happen here.
We'll go ahead and hit Play.
It looks like we got a Lexus GX 470 right away
on his side already up against the hill.
Now he's rolling backwards,
rolling backwards, rolling back.
Okay, so he's...
Oh shit, yep, oh, ouch!
Oh, wow!
(laughing)
That's not good, sorry to laugh,
I'm not trying to laugh,
but yeah so he tips up, goes on the side,
and then just like that starts rolling backwards,
so I'm guessing some, either mechanical failure, breaks,
or like I said, I know that the Toyotas
or Lexuses do have that safety feature where you're in drive
and you start rolling backwards.
The engine kills, but either way, regardless,
it's always important, obviously, to, you know,
fully check your vehicle,
inspect your vehicle before going out to any situations
like this or any major, like off-road areas like this,
which, I'm sure they have not saying they didn't,
but it is always important and crucial
to do a thorough maintenance on your vehicle,
a pre-trip inspection,
just make sure everything's in full working condition.
And like I said, I'm not saying that they weren't,
but regardless, it should always be done.
All right, so our next one here.
Now, this looks like
it's Disney, Oklahoma off-road area, possibly.
We've got a silver Jeep on the front,
let's go ahead and play this.
All right, so he's crawling up driver's side.
Wow, it's got a Rubicon, looks like a JKU.
Spinning the tires, spinning the tires.
Looks like some Cooper STT pros on there, eating them up.
All right, getting them sticky,
getting some traction underneath them.
Here we go, got it locked.
Yeah, nice, I'll go and play this again here.
Now, it looks like he's got Interco Boggers on them.
Oh, maybe they're, it might be
the Mickey Thompson Baja Pro XS.
The spare tire is definitely a Cooper.
So he's on the gas here,
so if you're new or newish to off-roading,
you're seeing them spin the tires like this,
what it's doing is it's heating up the rubber,
giving the rubber that extra adhesion,
especially on slippery rocks like this.
So it's really getting that extra traction
to climb an obstacle like this.
Now, you don't wanna burn your tires off, obviously,
unless they're just worn out and you wanna
put on a good show, but otherwise,
it does help sometimes to find that traction
to heat up your tires, does, turn the steering wheel back
and forth a few different times, to really help you find
that traction, heat up the tires,
get that extra adhesion on the rocks.
And sometimes that's all it takes
to get up obstacles like this.
Now, being a Rubicon, it's got lockers front and rear,
so obviously, that helps too.
But between the traction and the tires, the Rubicon,
the lockers he made that look pretty easy.
So pretty cool, that was fun to watch.
Oh, this is Joe JLU.
You know how I know?
I can see his sticker on the back of his Jeep.
All right, let's see what Joe is up to here.
It's a good-looking Jeep, I like that.
We got a spotter in here,
I see hands waving around in the shadows.
It looks like...
Okay, so we dropped down a little bit into a crevice here.
So he's scissoring the wheel, trying to find some traction,
and the rocks are all full of snow,
I'm sure that's gonna make it
a little bit more precarious here.
Here we go, all right,
looks like we're finding the right line.
So just got the passenger side up on that rock there.
Now time for the...
Ah, look at that, we got the driver's side up.
Almost just walked right up it.
Pretty much just walk right up it.
Okay, now he's spinning a little bit here.
Looks like he's high-centered,
kind of like a turtle on a fence pole
but a little turn of the wheel,
a little blip of the throttle and boom, he's trough that.
That was nice.
So a couple of things here, obviously,
having a spotter definitely makes a huge difference,
and I know Joe, and Joe, by the way,
we definitely appreciate all of your support
with TrailBuilt, saw your sticker right
on the hood of the Jeep here, so pretty cool.
Joe has been a long time supporter of TrailBuilt,
and helps us out quite a bit with some content.
And you guys follow us on the Instagram,
trailbuilt_offroad, you'll see
Joe's Jeep on her IG channel quite a bit as well.
Take some banger photos, has an awesome-looking Jeep,
so definitely appreciate that, Joe.
So let's walk through this again real quick.
So we're, okay, so we found this crevice here,
and it looks like, at this point, it's like whole crap.
Like, how are you gonna get out of that?
He's scissoring in the wheel in there,
the spotters directing them where to go here.
So backs up just a little bit now,
he's gonna get his passenger side up on this rock.
He's got the Toyos on there, or Nittos?
Nitto Trail Grapplers.
Nice, so he makes it up on the passenger side there,
now, it's the driver's side turn,
walks right up it, that's nice.
It's got the armor all underneath the rockers.
Pretty cool, that was fun to watch.
Nice driving, Joe, that was pretty cool.
It looked like at first, like, you were not gonna make it
through there, and then just like
that with the right spotter,
the right line at the right traction,
everything works together,
was able to get right through that.
So now, what do we have going on here?
- [Man] That's what the throttle says, Jeeps are--
- Ooh (laughs) what is going on here?
Okay, so looks like we had a couple of guys
in the back holding onto some straps to act as the anchor.
(chuckling)
Well, one guy looks like he hit the ground pretty hard.
So it looks like the driver,
I don't know why, maybe nervous or something like that,
but pops the clutch, and the two anchor guys
that were supposed to be holding down the back
of the Samurai to keep it from flipping over,
well, they just got yanked along.
The one guy just hit the ground flat,
face first on the ground,
the other guy goes flying into the water.
He hit the ramps, from the way that the thumbnail looked,
or the beginning of the video looked,
it did not look like this Suzuki
was gonna hit those ramps.
Looked like he was gonna be off, but he's lined up,
he hits the ramps, it just hit it too hard.
Popped the clutch, went just flying straight in there,
and the other two got, yeah.
Oh, boy, so I'm sure the guys in the back
where you're obviously acting as anchors,
holding the back end down to keep it from flipping over.
And the driver probably,
maybe his foot slipped off the clutch pedal
or maybe he was just nervous,
but he obviously popped the clutch right off the bat.
Too much momentum, goes flying in there,
drags the two guys with, at least he's got a snorkel.
I mean, yeah, in case the water was deep, but...
All right, moving on.
(car engine roaring)
Ooh, whoa, whoa.
Okay, ooh, that's never good.
Let's see what, it's got a nice roll cage on there,
which is great.
It's good to see that, so the front end slides
over climbing this hill, driver's side tires grab
and boom, over he goes.
So obviously, something like that can happen
in just a instant.
And I don't know if there's really much you can do about it.
Yeah, it slides, and he knows it's losing traction,
hits the brakes, tries to do something,
but it was already, at that point, even hitting the brakes
or I don't know if he could have maybe thrown it in neutral,
if that would have been...
I mean, he was already kind of,
the momentum was carrying him over on his side right away,
but that this could happen, it happens just so fast here.
You're going up a hill, everything's going great.
A little shift to the front end and boom,
you're on your top, just like that.
Yeah, that's a tricky situation.
Obviously, not being in the driver's seat, you know,
you can't really say exactly what happened,
but it just looks like a little bit of loss of traction
on the front end, slipped over and that's it,
momentum carries it over on its top.
Next one, oh boy.
(laughing)
So this next one, I already know what this, I was here,
so I know exactly what happens.
So this next one is when we went up to upper Michigan
to the Keweenaw Peninsula to attend, our friend,
Cindy Pope, puts on this KOAR event every year, K-O-A-R.
It's the Keweenaw Overland Adventure Retreat,
and it's just a bunch of off-roaders
from the Midwest that get together, have fun.
We go, obviously, camping,
but then we go hit the trails up
in the Keweenaw, do some exploring,
check out all the cool stuff that is up in that area.
And this was on our last day, we were leaving,
and actually, this was on our way home,
we decided to stop in the city,
the little town called Gay, Michigan,
where they have this huge ginormous beach made out
of these sand pilings from mining.
And this is where they put it,
they took all these minings and pilings
or whatever it's called, and they dumped it on
and made this huge man-made beach.
So before we could even get the camera equipment out,
Nick was blasting through one of these puddles,
except for it wasn't really, I mean, it had water in it,
but it wasn't really as much of a puddle
as it was this just wicked, soupy,
quick, sandish sort of mud hole.
I mean, he went in maybe 50 feet and it just,
the weight of this Ram Power Wagon just dropped it down like
a boat anchor, and he sunk and high-centered,
and was hung up on the frame, the axles,
and it was just this thick,
gooey, almost clay-like, sorta mud.
So it was not an ideal situation,
and so we ended up, long story short,
we ended up using Zack's Jeep as our winch Jeep
with a 12,000 pound Rough Country winch
on there, and it worked.
We put it to the test, we had it smoking,
we had to let it cool off, and had it smoking again,
let it cool off, but the thing kept on chugging,
it was pretty dang impressive,
and then we had the Tacoma back there as our anchor.
Eventually, slowly but surely, eventually,
we ended up getting the Anthem General Power Wagon
out of there.
Yeah, that was a fun day,
I actually got a sunburn that day.
(chuckling)
Just soupy thick, I mean, it was gummed up in the tires.
We had two sets of traction pads with us
and we ended up busting one of them completely in half.
And it's actually half of it is still out there
because we could not get it out of the mud.
I mean, it was so far down in there,
pressed down from the tires of the Power Wagon
that we could only literally find half of it,
and we ended up tearing it to get it out.
So it was just crazy to see how much water
and everything's in front,
so going backwards was the best way, and it was crazy,
but we got it out of there.
What was gonna be a blast through a couple
of waterholes ended up being a six-hour extraction.
I mean, it was ridiculous, pretty crazy.
But all in all, it was fun,
I mean, we had a good time.
Other than that, guys,
definitely hope you enjoyed today's video.
And again, I hope you had a great New Years.
And guys, don't forget, wheels,
tires, suspension, accessories,
you can find it all right on our website,
that's TrailBuilt Off-Road.
And guys, as always, we appreciate all of you
for watching, and all of your support.
I'm Josh from TrailBuilt,
and we'll see you guys out on the trails.
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