1,500 Mile Rescue! Towing A Blown Up 1979 Dodge Power Wagon With My Home Built Cummins Hauler

[@linwoodlane5721]

What a friend you are to do this . The world needs more Jamies

[@PatandDoopypoopy]

I had a policy with friends. I'm not your first call, call me last and only if emergency (my children were babies and I ran my own machine shop). I'd never ask why or how come? If I get called, they are desperate and in dire need. So whatever it was, no questions at that time. Simply get it done. However- after it was all handled, I would inquire. It worked out well, and I had the same privilege with a few friends I could call morning noon or night, no matter what day. We made sure spouses, girlfriends, and significant others understood the arrangement. They never got mad or anything because they knew it could be them broke down and stuck somewhere.

[@LSSindustries]

The mopar strangler would be a great serial killer name. if this KZbin thing doesn’t work out for you, you’ve got options is all I’m saying

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Agreed 🤣

[@Avendesora]

It's absolutely criminal that youtube automatically decided this isn't a top comment and hid you behind newest first, because this is beautiful

[@LSSindustries]

@@AvendesoraI try

[@LSSindustries]

I pride myself on at least 1 witty comment per video

[@AbiCal-fq1uh]

🤣 Lmao

[@blahblah4125]

You are a great friend Jamie. Kudos for going that far to help your friend!

[@rockystanaitis2908]

My dad, no matter how late (or early) we arrived home from a trip would make us unload the station wagon and/or trailer before we could go in the house. Looking back, I’m glad he taught us that.

[@mromatic17]

i've always tried to do the hardest things first cuz then its all downhill afterwards.

[@jeffhutchins7048]

My Dad did the same, now so do I. It is THE WAY!

[@paulwortman483]

Love your dog!!!!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

She’s a good girl - except for the chomping. Well and the eating of half of a pizza.

[@harrywalker968]

@@DeadDodgeGarage we now have cameras here in aus.. that pik up if your talking on your ph, or no seat belt.. aus is turning very quik into fkn china.. plus, back in the ?80,s. they took our guns away, then 6 months later, we got gst..funny, eh..

[@harrywalker968]

@@DeadDodgeGarage 26:20.. do you know why ''churches'', have spires,?. its to reach the ether, electricity, in the air. ''churches'', used to be healing centres.. long time ago. then man invented religion. look up tartaria.. & all the re dated structures. say, 1564. which is really 564, with an i or j infront.. fact.. anyhoo, back to dodge city..

[@wyattoneable]

Your a true friend to travel that far for a buddy. The truck is looking good.

[@jeffhutchins7048]

Baker is my absolute favorite place I've ever been. Probably since we used to visit my Mom's family there when I was a kid, especially around Christmas. It was a magical winter wonderland. We'd either be in out '63 Fairlane 200 6, 3 speed or my Dad's W-100 Club Cab short bed 360 727, later swapped to a rebuilt, RV cam 440 police car engine. That was back before it was Baker City, it was just Baker. It will ALWAYS be BAKER to me.

[@ceridwenattwood5784]

It's always just Baker to me, too! My dad lived there for a while in the late '70s--early '80s, and I used to love going to visit him there (though that usually wan't in the winter). My brother never got over the place; he lived there for a while with my dad and always wanted to go back. A few years back, he finally did (completely changing careers to do so). Before he made the move, my brother would go back at least once a year, usually around Miner's Jubilee. And listening to him talk about these trips, somewhere along the way I noticed he was calling it Baker City instead of just Baker. I couldn't figure out wtf he was calling it that! My mind boggled when I learned that they had actually changed the name of the town to that. I never have learned why, and I still think it sounds ridiculous. But I still like the place.

[@tonyb3864]

Love rescue missions. Good job.

[@kennagel8088]

That Ram was doing a great impression of the Exxon Valdes

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Seriously though. Haha. Don’t know if you’ve heard the story of how I used to call our Coronet the Wag-on Valdez. It was a name well earned.

[@trojan440]

The view over the hood is fantabulous. Love the bird bath and of course POWER WAGON. 😊

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I love it!

[@jeffhutchins7048]

Majestic

[@JeffMiletich]

Having a friend drive all night to come pick you up is great. That he came in a ramp truck- awesome.

[@SeahawksWay]

Your commentary is always 👌. Can never get enough of Dead Dodge Garage!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Thank you!

[@DaPenceman]

Ramp truck is looking good, front swap best mod yet

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh yeah. It’s so much better. Personally looking forward to adding the extra pedal, I think at that point this unit will be getting dangerously close to really good.

[@JonStein-mu5eb]

I concur.

[@cwcisram]

Dude! God love you man, I thought I was alone in these sorts of endeavors. I do so love those phone calls that start with "Hey brother, what are you doing now?" Generally by the time they get hey brother out, I have already loaded the tools and jumper box, and am backing into the trailer! Love it!

[@roballen5404]

A hundred steps? You just described my life...👍👍

[@idaholineman5788]

Hell of a Freind right there! Ramp truck is mint!!

[@ChristopherJohnston-t5z]

Looking forward to the manual transmission conversion project on the ramp truck!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Me too! Can’t wait.

[@watajob]

Mighty purty country. BTW, my best rescue job was the north side of Chicago to Fort Nelson, BC. ~2200 miles in ~40 hours... back in 1974... in a 74 Crew Cab D200 Camper Special... with a 440/727/4.56. OPEC sent us a Thank You card. At least on the way back we had 5 rather than 2 drivers. Now THERE'S a word I never thought I would hear on this channel.

[@jeffhutchins7048]

I have a '75 W-300 flat bed with a '74 Steel crank 440, NP435 and divorced NP205 with 4:56 in the front Dana 60 and rear Dana 70 dually. WISH it was a crew cab!

[@rockymeyers4030]

Nice looking old shop dog/best friend. She reminds me of my favorite old friend. Best riding companion I ever had

[@marcgendron6745]

There's nothing like a hot steamy plate of road rash ✨️

[@OlderNotNecesarilyWiser]

"Mopar Strangler", huh, nice. It's amazing the things we will do for our friends isn't it? I've never seen oil run out of the holes on a hood before. Looks like a nice solid truck, looking forward to the rebuild and to see what gave up in the engine. Glad you made it back with the ramp-trucks performance slipping on you. You sure did the right thing with swapping out the truck body parts, sure looks sharp!

[@xozindustries7451]

Nice! That’s what friends are for, right? The only problem is when the ramp truck breaks down no one has a truck big enough to haul it back home.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Ohhhhh I’ve thought about that…

[@timbarry5080]

Beautiful doggie

[@jamesretired5979]

Kinda makes me glad iam to old to do that any more.

[@pcbullets8726]

Pretty cool of you to do this for your friend. Definitely a bit of an adventure.

[@TheoJalil]

A missed opportunity to make the ultimate "10 hours of Cummins 12v cruising for sound sleep ASMR" video!

[@MoparJimmy]

Nothing better then 2 very cool Mopar's, regardless if 1 is broke. Great video.

[@ChristopherJohnston-t5z]

You need to bring the pup on all your road trips.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I have pup options too. Haha. Charlie is very well behaved in the truck (except for eating my pizza,) and makes an excellent security system. She gets a little… chompy… and mouthy around strangers. And she *strongly* dislikes strange children. So it can be challenging to take her places.

[@timey1100]

Gidday', Jamie, in the opening few minutes, getting the lift of the trailer describing how you intend to do that, reminded me of a scene in an Aussie movie called "The Castle" funny movie worth a watch... Keep up the entertaining and informative content, cheers from down under...

[@blakesmusclecar]

Great video Jamie!! Love the sweet doggie!! Your new side kick!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Well, not new - she's like 9. Haha.

[@OdySlim]

Awesome picture at 12:34 with your dog watching you. Thanks! I love a good roadtrip. Regards from Ody Slim

[@beljames1563]

Such a cool over the hood view. Love the bird bath. It's like the inverse of the 68 Roadrunner hood.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I’m a big fan! Takes me back to my blue ‘75. Good ol’ Rusty… and it was.

[@jeffhutchins7048]

Grew up in a '75, I remember sitting IN the huge steering wheel.

[@randyman828]

Very cool trip. Been on that route many times. 👍

[@craigerickson6308]

Just something about rescue road trips that's super satisfying. Adding 5 thousand lbs might effect your mpg 😅

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I mean, yes. Lol. It was lower than expected with just the empty trailer though.

[@craigerickson6308]

​@@DeadDodgeGarage isn't the trailer a lil chunky too? Maybe 2k or so, just a guess?

[@jeffhutchins7048]

I'll bet that truck and trailer were 8-9K #, easily.

[@gasser66]

I could sense the disappointment when you didn't get a "Hello Jordan" as a reply lol. Doggie is neat. "Pee on all the stuff". Almost at 50,000.....onward and upward DDG!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Thank you 🤣 I’m glad someone did. Because I really was disappointed. It’s all happening! Thanks!

[@triplepedal_03]

Bro.. good video.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Thank you!

[@billdeanscoutermoose9430]

A tin grille hauling a tin grille just makes me happy.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

That’s why I did it!

[@jeffhutchins7048]

I've always wondered what that big plant was when I've driven by it, now I do.👍

[@aceadman]

Unfortunately, I’m in New York State, but if I was in Washington, I’d demand that you be my friend. 😊👍👍

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh. Fair. Haha.

[@butcher390]

"The Mopar Strangler" is a righteous gimmick , Jamie . Just in time , for Halloween 🎃 ..... js But seriously , incredibly gracious of you , hauling all way , rescuing your , crescent wrench , comradeski .

[@doublebackagain4311]

Iron Man Recovery Effort 💯 PS: Universe is yelling at you about that transmission 😁

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh it sure is - and I’m listening…

[@rockystanaitis2908]

Mmmm Mountain Dew, Red Bull, chocolate chip cookies and Marb reds. Make me an unstoppable driving machine.

[@markscheidlmeier6523]

You are a Saint!

[@mattwhaley9917]

I freaking Love that a bearded stoner (I mean that Lovingly)wearing a Selena t-shirt is the owner of this badass truck! Sucks about the 360, but you rock Jordan!

[@clutchkicker392ison5]

So glad to see ya catch a Knapp !!. Best money u can spend on a roadtrip. .

[@kennethflusche7900]

Need to finish latter at least from the live stream and seeing Jordan in the last video I know it's a success

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yes, sorry if I spoiled that. Haha.

[@minnesotatomcat]

I have a 100 mile limit for rescuing friends. They’re on their own after that.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Damn good rule!

[@mikewolfe386]

good lookin dog

[@ThisValiantAdventure]

When do we get the Adventures with Charlie series? Glad you guys made it back home safe.

[@LaLaLand.Germany]

There he goes… God´s own prototype… Dead Dodge Rick living up to his name, rescuing dead Dodges. Cool roadtrip. Kind Regards

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

A high powered mutant, never scheduled for regular production. Too weird to live… too rare to die. Thanks!

[@LaLaLand.Germany]

@@DeadDodgeGarage Exactly the quote I was going for but was too baked to remember.

[@minnesotatomcat]

Dog farts are even worse than girl farts 🤣 especially trapped in a truck

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

😅

[@jeffhutchins7048]

Cat farts are KILLERS!

[@michaelnault5905]

The Dead Dodge Garage beats the Idaho Interstate shoulder by leaps, bounds, and everything else!

[@mindblownwatcher8536]

TURBO VALIENT💪🏼

[@glenbo2464]

Pendleton round up! Cool town but a dust bowl in the hotter months and that side wind is fun to drive in! lol I had a car that the over drive didnt work in and it used tons more gas from the higher rpms. I replace a Torque convertor clutch solenoid and solved the issue.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

There’s a very good chance a failing solenoid is to blame. If it’s not seating all the way when closed / de-energized, fluid could still be making it past the solenoid and engaging the OD. Either way, I’m going to fix it with a five speed swap.

[@69Coronet500]

" I know this will work.....I saw it in a cartoon one time" 😅

[@jeffhutchins7048]

I never liked the '79 grille except in the Simon & Simon Macho BUT this one looks pretty bad azz.

[@jimbo5728]

I find it VERY hard to believe the Torqueflite is giving you problems in that truck /S

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Right! I have always been led to believe that they are 100% reliable and live forever behind the Cummins.

[@s.kammerer1206]

the trip of the damed!

[@rustyirongarage4465]

This truck is too good.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I love it! It’s the stuff my truck dreams are made of.

[@rustyirongarage4465]

@@DeadDodgeGarage I used to be big into first gens. And always got hate for wanting to tin grille swap mine. So much gooder.

[@mutantryeff]

I installed new Dynomite Diesel injectors in my 93 D350. Fuel mileage increased by 2mpg

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I will be upgrading the turbo and injectors and turning the pump up in the future. But the stick swap comes first. The automatic was on borrowed time the day I bought the truck.

[@mutantryeff]

@@DeadDodgeGarage I installed a Turbonator in January.

[@PlymouthOnPlywood]

I’ve been down that road a time or 20. I got down to 7 mpg pulling my trailer back from Michigan last winter. Mostly because North Dakota blows, 50 mile per hour wind vs 18k of truck and trailer.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Right. I should probably just be happy with the 10 MPG. Lol. But I’ve never gotten that low with any of my Cummins trucks hauling.

[@JamesAllmond]

Well I, uh, experimented with, uh, stuff in the 1970's and 80's, but a Red Bull is something that I just can't do! Give me the shakes! Funny that...

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Very interesting. Haha.

[@Grandadsjunk]

Looks like it rains at your place as much at mine good trip luckily the dodge was still there and with the wheels over here it would be gone or at least wheels gone and smashed windows

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

It was only there for about twelve hours. And it's a pretty remote stretch.

[@rockystanaitis2908]

If you had an inverter you could make corn dogs on the fly 🎉

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Some day I’ll have a generator, and then we’ll reach *maximum* mobile corn dog cooking capability

[@clutchkicker392ison5]

U fkn Rippa !! Ya bloods werf Bottling. A real Mate is rare , Onya .5 stars

[@JonStein-mu5eb]

Arby's has a good chicken sandwich. Can you remember when chicken sandwiches cost a dollar?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh… I remember. I always forget they have chicken. I’m not a fan of most of the regular Arby’s fare.

[@jeffhutchins7048]

I'll eat just about anything at Arby's... and their curly fries 😋 and chocolate shake.....I'm getting hungry.

[@Fleetwoodjohn]

The tongue weight don’t “look” happy but it must be. The sight of all that weight way out on the skinny end of the ramp truck just looks wild.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

It's an illusion. The ramp truck sits down in the back with no weight at all. New springs and bags are in the plan to fix that. Also, the way the trailer sits comfortably on the hitch, it sits higher than the back of the deck. I could've pulled the W200 up another 6-8 inches to raise the tongue weight if I wanted it, but this was just about right! Biased forward of the axles but not as far as I normally put cars.

[@Avendesora]

6:03 I used to hop in discord voice chats and just hang with whoever was around when I was doing nighttime delivery work. really helps the time go by and there's still conversation to listen to if I don't feel like talking for a bit

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Brilliant! I should have thought of that. I bet at least a few people on ours would’ve been bored enough.

[@DaPenceman]

You don't see many Knight trucks parked on the side of the road. They sort of frown on that

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I hope I didn’t get anyone in trouble 😅

[@HelpingHand-ic4wt]

69 gives joy & vibes hit at 75. Fries and salad at exit 47. Rules are good.....

[@jeffhutchins7048]

Pretty sure that was Cabbage Hill you were driving up on the way over. That's only places my '91.5 W-250 Cummins 5 speed had ever gelled up the fuel and SHUT DOWN, while towing a fifth wheel. It gets NASTY there in the winter.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Wow. That's quite something. Not sure about that, but I do know there was a long flat stretch with signs for dangerous sandstorms. Haha.

[@timbarry5080]

Now I want pizza... and beer

[@jeffhutchins7048]

You need a Red Ryder for your in-coming gun rack.

[@rudybriskar5267]

We don't have that feature here in Southeast Alaska either 😂😂😂

[@iamnoone.]

what a trip. I got tired just watching it. Oh, I forgot J A M I E

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I got tired again just editing it 😅

[@iamnoone.]

@@DeadDodgeGarage LOL 😆

[@DanOrcutt723]

The Mopar Strangler 😂

[@mutantryeff]

When did the truck turn black? Did I miss something?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yes, yes you did! That was last week. Haha.

[@kevinlee7263]

"Are we in Washington yet?" (cue the fog)

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Seriously though. Haha.

[@perryburkhalter7189]

I used to have friends like you but everyone i know left California years ago

[@TinkerinWithTim]

I saw a moose once on that section of interstate near the Idaho Utah border!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

A moose bit my sister once! (Someone will get that reference)

[@TinkerinWithTim]

@@DeadDodgeGarage no seriously! She was carving her initials....

[@roycervantes1341]

Good afternoon ,,,,,,, Yeee Yeee 😊

[@retrotech383]

0:21 Not just friends! You and Uncle tony converted me from GM fanboy to mopar nut in the making. Probably makes sense, i like SAABs, and SAAB is kind of the Swedish Chrysler equivelant. Lots of engineering, fun details, horrible rust issues..

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Happy to help, I think. Haha. Sounds about right. I find Saab very interesting.

[@retrotech383]

@@DeadDodgeGarage Maybe you should try one! Lots of funny details, i think the old 900s have a chain drive between the clutch and gearbox?

[@ricksaint2000]

Go Jamie Go!!!!

[@jamesashabranner2426]

My father's brother love Mopars that's all he would drive and he got me to liking them my father is a Chevrolet man 😁

[@NathansMoparGarage]

Fun times

[@tommitchell2055]

1:45 I was totally not paying attention to the video and thought you meant you put a lift kit on the suspension of a trailer. I was thoroughly confused

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Huh. Lol.

[@LuckyGuessGarage]

That power wagon is awesome. Overdrive goes in and out on a Mopar transmission? Jamie quit complaining. You have part time Overdrive. Imagine how many hundreds that cost brand new!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Haaaahaha. Good point.

[@ronaldrey8474]

I just remembered not towing in O.D. but was 25 yrs ago , did that change in 25 yrs ?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

No, you're right - don't use OD on grades, but on flat ground it's fine. This truck won't reach highway cruising speeds without overdrive. This is why I became concerned, because I went to turn OD off for a grade and it wouldn't turn off.

[@ronaldrey8474]

@@DeadDodgeGarage i understand & ty. I don't have towing plans but curiosity about O.D. and if things changed w/towing . Or wasn't a gotcha from my keyboard hehehe ✌️

[@cowthedestroyer]

My theory is big tires high speed and a low oil condition caused overheating of said oil then oil got past the rings and then in turn caused massive crank case pressure that lead to that carnage. OORRR the rings froze up because the last 3 engines ive torn part have had really really sticky/froze rings and even one of them ran just fine on those somehow. Anyways yes those badges are sick i love them on my 80 but i wish they would have screwed all the badging on. I just use shoe glue to hold em on now.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Head gasket checked out… first was coolant. Then came massive crankcase pressure from a broken fire ring. I think.

[@stannelson2582]

Question. Did the dog growl when you cut your beard! He looks like the type that is hard to impress lol.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Nah, she knew who I was. Haha. But yeah, she definitely has what you might call an attitude problem at times.

[@Roosters_Restos]

Well another mission completed on mission improbable 😂 so that motor shucked a rod? You never mentioned why it was a dead dodge. Cool i have a top banana yellow fratzog. 😊

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I left some meat on the bone for the tear down video 😅

[@Veritas419]

Prudence the safety goat?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

On the dashboard! She’s the patroness saint of ramp truck adventures.

[@harmorehorń]

DEF need to negotiate a deal w/ cut rate auto parts, i need like 1000 bumper stickers from them

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I have a stack 😅

[@RustyFuel]

May the PCM was for the blower motor ? Put it back in

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

No 🤣

[@jfv65]

With the Demon on the back your aerodynamics were still kinda decent, with the truck on the trailer you had 2x the aero drag. = bad mileage

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh for sure. We talked about that on the trip. It’s amazing how little the car on the back does. You can tell by the lack of dead bugs on it that it’s out of the main wind action. The problem I have is that the mileage was also way down with just the empty trailer. Doesn’t make much sense to me.

[@jasonlargewhitemalewright6244]

Hey dude, I like you show! Quirky but cool. Good info too. Only problem is the Kermit the frogs crack head cousin voice! Oh my lord!!! Maybe just use subtitles. Great programming though. Keep it up!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

So you… don’t like my voice? Ok, got it 🤣 there’s not much I can do about that, but thanks, I guess.

[@OldIron2188]

the spray painted grill is what did it

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I think we all agree…

[@jeffhutchins7048]

If the sweet, sweet sound of the Cummins is not enough entertainment for you .....well, that's just sad.......

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

It gets a little monotonous after 2-3 states. Haha.

[@dwightwaldvogel2783]

Ahh , the pacific northwet

[@BigBoxDodge2020]

Is Jordan going to be working with you at Rocket?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Not at Rocket, at my place.

[@BigBoxDodge2020]

@@DeadDodgeGarage cool