Colorado Mallcrawlers, we need to talk!

[@ChasingDreamsLivingLife]

I am looking forward to seeing how your channel grows this year in every aspect that you mentioned. It's always a learning process! We try to make the best content possible, film the best moments and capture those snapshots in life that gets us so excited that we want to share that moment with others. Your channel has been awesome and you should be proud of how it has grown over the years. Before I moved to CO, it was definitely an inspiration for me to get here ASAP! As a travel a lot as well, each time I am away from home, I binge content to get me excited and to feed the hunger and passion of getting out there and being able to experience as much as possible and live life to the utmost fullest. Sounds like a big change in life is happening to you and what a way to take advantage and vault into the next chapter of yourself and the Colorado Mallcrawlers!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I’m looking forward to wheeling with you on what will likely be a crazy trip 😂

[@ChasingDreamsLivingLife]

@@coloradomallcrawlers I am ready! Going to be awesome for sure.

[@montelletamez9546]

I’m in my third Rubicon but new to off-roading and this has been my favorite KZbin channel to help me figure out what I can safely accomplish. Thanks for all of the work you and your friends put into this channel! Great job!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Wow, thank you! That means so much… we really appreciate it!

[@coreybacon9325]

Excited to see new content. would love to see some railroad videos too.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

It seems people would like railroad videos… I can definitely do that. Hopefully I find the right editor so we can working on it all.

[@SoggyVagabond]

I can’t wait to see your channel up and running fully! I’m particularly excited for the Liberty stuff as I’ve got the same year and I’m trying to learn how to ride trails. I’m only 16 but my dad and I are going out next year in our Jeeps and we’re both learning lots from your channel. Thanks a bunch man, I’m super stoked!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

It’s just difficult with my job, but we’re going to 11 days on, 4 days off schedule. I spend all my off time on making videos and that’ll be a lot more off time! Thanks for being a part of the channel!

[@DeanJohnson67]

Thanks! A few bucks to put towards finding a video editor! Don't forget tucker is awesome now but in the beginning he had to learn the non technical aspects of what the channels theme/message was

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Matt’s early videos were still pretty good tho 😉

[@DeanJohnson67]

@@coloradomallcrawlers for sure!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Holy 💩, the studio app doesn’t show the thanks thing, so I was confused by this comment at first. I had to go on to KZbin to see it… I will make sure all of that goes to the editor!

[@lowe-landeroutdoors0407]

I always used your videos as a guide if I haven't done a trail before . I have had the pleasure of shooting a couple with u which I learned alot from to make my own content better . I have always appreciated your encouragement. You do u bud !

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Thanks buddy!

[@MabdulD]

Hey Dewey, I'm excited to see where this channel is going! Sounds like it will be a great year. And I hope we get to see more of this Chewy Bones guy!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I’ve been trying to convince Chewy to buy a boat, I mean yacht, so we can be pirates and I’d film it. It’s ok, I’ve bought a boat for the cabin, so when he visits, I’ll convince him how awesome life on the high seas could be lol

[@joecaum]

Hey Dewie, thanks for the heads up. This is your channel dude, we follow it because we enjoy your style and how you're different from other channels. The rigs, editing style and content is all unique to you, don't lose that. Do what you enjoy, don't make this about anybody else! See you out there.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I really appreciate that! My goal is that there will always be videos that are all from me, but I want to cover over 400 trails so I gotta come up with something. My hope is finding the right editor will allow us to bring more trails to y’all. Also, I love filming these, I never want to stop, but my parents are needing more help, so having others that can do the stuff I do may help out a lot. Anyway, I really appreciate the comment!

[@SHANEbobsandtheAK49s]

Never commented on a video before so this post seems like an odd one to start but...I love the channel, it is inspiring to see the different rigs complete these sometimes very challenging obstacles. Gives me confidence that I can tackle it in my 4runner and it's more about the confidence to take the drive in many instances than it is to have a beefed up rig. Would love to see you on the trail in 2023, I am based in Denver and I have 4 friends coming out from Ohio in mid July, going to do many of the trails you have covered in your videos, basically overlanding from Denver to Moab over the course of a week. Keep up the great work!!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Thank you! Comments like yours are good reminders that these do actually help others as that was the goal here. I’m pretty excited about the future… Drew (xterra) is going to be editing more and he can edit like me, but better. Sean (grey KL Trailhawk) is learning to edit this year. That will really help us produce more guides. Thank you for your comments and let us know if we ever slip up too. I like to think of this as a channel for off-roaders/overlanders by off-roaders/overlanders.

[@christophersmith1285]

Looking forward to what you have planned. Your trail guides are at least partly why I just bought my first jkur and am planning a Colorado trip this summer. Keep it up!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I really appreciate that!

[@billwaterhouse5894]

Wow…🤯. Here I am just thinking you’re an excellent off road content provider, train history/railroad enthusiasts and generally quiet, kind, helpful and humble person. All attributes I hope to be and appreciate. On top of that you are a retired. Pediatrician. Glad I was sitting down because I almost fell off my couch this morning. I understand why you may not like to share personal details, but very happy you did. It allows us to look at you in a slightly different light and appreciate you even more. Well done sir I look forward to 2023 videos and hope to meet you and your team on the trail someday. Thank you for this video. One of your best.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I appreciate that… I’m always working on getting videos out, but often fail to meet goals. With the new stuff going on, I knew it’d be impossible. However, this crazy time was needed as it helped me realize I can’t do this channel on my own. Also helped me realize KZbin doesn’t have to mean KZbin. I truly appreciate your words, thank you! Also, we’d love to meet you on the trail… I didn’t include it, I’m an introvert so at first, when people would pull up to me I was in shock. But I’ve gotten a lot better with that now and I think this is the best off-road community around!

[@billymills7944]

I enjoy your teams approach. I feel you are very respectful of viewers' time. I know it takes a lot of effort, even for a 10-minute video .

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Yeah, that’s always the goal. We may make long videos for those who just want a relaxing video in the future, but our goal with trail guides are to cover the trail without wasting the viewers time. It is going to make finding the right editor difficult, but I have some potentials… still looking for a local tho. Thanks for being a member of the community!

[@Kevin-sx5cb]

I am excited for the revamp and can't wait to see the expanded content! Still looking forward to getting out on the trails with you in the future! CHEERS 🍻

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

That’d be awesome! I’d love to go out on the trails with new and old people every trip!

[@Kevin-sx5cb]

@@coloradomallcrawlers Heck ya, I have a 21' 4runner looking to continue putting it through its paces😁

[@speedyforde3404]

Love the way You do your video's now. They are unique, and show the parts of a trip I like to watch. Try not to change too much. Hopefully finding an editor will free up some of your busy schedule so you can enjoy more trails. Wish I was closer to Colorado, i would love to help out. Maybe see you on the trail this year (just updated vehicles to a 16 Wrangler Willys) and Thanks again for creating awesome content.

[@speedyforde3404]

Forgot to add: would love to see Railroad Videos!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

That’s the goal… keep what works, add new videos with different styles. Experiment and continue to improve. I think trails and the people who join me are the best thing we offer, so I never want to neglect that. My documentary class will help me learn the skills to capture that better. I’d love for you to join on a trail for sure!

[@AdventureBraten01]

I honestly can’t wait to see where this channel goes for this year and I know that once you find an editor that the channel as a whole will blow up exponentially and honestly I hope I get the chance to wheel with you

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I really hope an editor helps us be consistent. I enjoy editing, but I’m just too inefficient to upload regular content. I really appreciate it!

[@Kenneth_R]

I have worked in the film industry for 20 years and I love your passion and your thought process expressed in this video about what you want to do. Looking forward to seeing what you do next! I live in Denver but dont know how to edit videos yet although I have seen editors work for many years! lol

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

That’s awesome! Lol, I don’t really know how to edit videos either. I just think having someone other than me who narrated the trail will be really helpful. If you ever want to try to edit, I have plenty of trails to be edited lol

[@legendarytrails]

Glad to hear your moving to the "correct" side of the state, lol. We live south of GJ toward Montrose and there are a ton of great trails out here. I have trouble sometimes to with editing our videos - it's amazing how long some of them take. Good luck with the move and we hope to see you out on some of the local Western Slope trails!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I love editing (most of the time), but you’re right. That’d be awesome!

[@newcosr67]

Love the channel and can't wait for your content.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Thank you! We’ll get it done!

[@jmac6782]

Your videos are absolutely amazing, and I’ll keep enjoying each one that you post. Good luck on your search. Take care.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Appreciate that so much, thanks!

[@MugOfPaul]

I think you should take a look at Casey LaDelle. He’s got the same attitude around sponsored reviews and I think his production quality is something good to strive for… he’s does very quick turnaround stuff. I think Matt’s Off-road is a great aspirational goal but I get the sense that he’s got a pretty full, dedicated staff.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I’ve seen some of Casey’s stuff. He is taking the products tho, and I don’t want to do that. I want to buy products and review them… I think that’s the way to do it. I’d also do reviews the Gerald undone way… but Sean is doing product communications for us going forward. I like the turnaround Casey has, but I work on call 24/7 and often over 12 hour shifts… I will never be able to do that myself. So, we have to hire to get consistency unfortunately. I appreciate the feedback tho!

[@Atka1971]

Good luck with the move and all the planned improvements

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Appreciate that!

[@shaneraber3072]

Look forward to seeing Railroad videos as well.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I think I can make some interesting content. We have a no electronics rule, but there’s ways around that. Appreciate the comment!

[@outlaw9232]

I always love your videos Dewie! I believe your editing skills are amazing and I’ve always been jealous compared to how I edit mine. I hope we can meet up on a trail sometime.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I hope we can meet up too! I really appreciate that about my editing… I love it (except this one lol), but have no time to do it. However, your editing is great, your videos are real, that’s a really great way to make an off-road vid.

[@Landodirt]

Hey, Dewie I have really enjoyed your videos and thought they were well done. I like the fact that they are a little rough around the edges and to me that makes them more relatable. I can identify with having a budget off-roader. Every year so far I have bought and sold a different vehicle. I’ll put a budget lift and tires on it. I live in Louisiana, but I have a sister who moved to Colorado a few years ago. For the last three years I have driven up there to visit her and go out on different trails. Also, I go to the Ozarks a couple times a year. My brother lives near there. He watches off-road videos also and he really likes trains. I am looking forward to whatever you do in the future with the channel.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I’ll still be editing some videos so there will still be some rough videos (altho I’m truly trying to clean up my act). Sean and Drew may also edit some full length trail guides eventually, you never know. Budget builds are fun! I really appreciate the comment tho, thank you!

[@karlmurphy1751]

Hey, Dewey! The Old Goat sez we will be glad to help out on the trail. The Goat is getting his LSD rebuilt and will be dangerous! (he wishes) He also sez he can help edumacate your Liberty on how to make Wranglers look worse. (don't hate me, that's the Goat talking). To shut the Old Goat up, my trail club leader has promised to do Radical Hill this season, so you might think about that. Will be going to Moab 04/14 thru 04/19. Looking forward very much to seeing you some time on the trails. Karl and the Old Goat.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

My Liberty wants to learn from the old Goat for sure! Unfortunately my liberty knows it’s working with a subpar driver so the KJ told me it wants a rear locker. I might be in GJ by April, let’s talk!

[@outbackwack368]

Thanks for the personal update, Dewey. Family first! Do what you have to do and we'll be here when you are ready to come back! Good luck and be safe! And I hate sleezy companies! They should definitely be named and called out for their lack of discretion! And I love railroad stuff! I have a full HO set in the garage from the 60's 🙂Cheers!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Thank you and I appreciate that! Yeah, it was amazing that a few people defended their use of our footage too. They took down the video tho so I figured I should in good faith cover their name. I just wanted people to read their social media policy which was crazy. I asked the owner to reconsider it and he flat out refused… so I added that section in. We may review the product in the future… that would be fun. Yeah, I think I can get some good railroad stuff filmed, but I need to make sure I have the trail guides rolling out smoothly before doing so.

[@bah5310]

Thanks for the background of who you are, very impressive. The Cadillac build would be fantastic. I've been binge watching Distance Signal Production and keep thinking, man Dewey could get some great railroad videos since he's literally in the driver's seat. I'm looking forward to the future of your channel(s). Thanks for sharing.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Yeah, I just wanted be transparent. I did this at a time when all these guys were adding hemis or buying multiple Jeeps. A lot of my friends said they assumed that I was trying to do the same before meeting me. I also avoided railroad videos because a lot of my co-workers assumed I was a massive railfan when I hired on. I just try to learn everything I can about a job when I start it so I was really knowledgeable on railroading. If I get an editor, I’ll try my hand at editing some railroad videos for sure tho.

[@BenCruisingAlaska]

Just came across your channel from @208tyler 's video and watched some sections of this video. I'm much newer than you so my opinion might not mean much, but I thought a ton of what you said was thought out and rang true to me. I understand partnerships / sponsorships but agreed, some channels just seem like ads, and probably for products they wouldnt buy. I enjoy adventure style videos and gear related videos, looking forward to your future uploads 🤙

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Thanks for your comment. I get that sponsorships keep channels afloat, but I do not want to lead people down the wrong path. Unfortunately some companies spend more money of advertising than they do on making their product better. Our goal is to make each video better than the last and welcome to the channel.

[@orine-dq6bf]

I like where you want the channel to go, but I think you guys are doing great as is too. P.S. Because of your Kenda Klever review, I now have 35x10.50r17's on my new Bronco! They're great so far!!! Can't wait to hook up with you guys. I don't do Facebook. Is there any other way of getting in on a trail ride? Live in Rifle and would love to do some Moab stuff with you guys!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I know, I need to figure out something other than Facebook. It’s just that I can post pics of the trail, give a heads up, then go into a group chat with all interested. I’ll try to find another way as I’d absolutely love to do some Moab trails with you. I’m always alone when wheeling Moab and I definitely want to change that.

[@FearlessTrailhawk]

I was just noting in my head how you hadn't been putting much up the last part of the year, and i too am going to be making some big transitions this year. My eventual plan will be full time camper life while traveling everywhere. I've also been tossing the idea around in my head of doing a similar video once i get my ground work done for this new adventure. (i'm sorry, but i could NOT live in a trailer that i can't even stand up in) (i lived in a camper for 4 months this summer/fall) My hindrance for videos this year has been lack of filmed content...i've had plenty of time to edit over the past 4 months, but nothing to edit! I hope you can figure out the financials for hiring an editor. I'm going to try to still do my own stuff, but the career shift should be waay more profitable than YT income...so who knows!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Yeah, I’ve put way more money into this than it has ever made, but I’m absolutely ok with that. What I’ve struggled with is not being able to schedule stuff with people. I think I’ll be able to find an editor as I think this channel has a lot of potential, but we’ll see. The camper is just a sacrifice to make a more dedicated focus on the channel work. I’ll put an awning room to it where I can stand, plus my friend said I could park it on his farm (so the Jeep won’t have to tow it everywhere). It’ll be tough tho… I hope your travels bring you to Colorado or Moab so we can get on a trail together!

[@rushthezeppelin]

Wish I still had any of those skills. I did mess around with youtube stuff a while back and I know I could easily learn but I know you want someone who could hit the ground running and that wouldn't be me. Best of luck finding the right person.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Thank you!

[@jefffeltes9309]

Glad to see you will hire an editor. The content is great, since I live in CO as well, but I always find it difficult to watch your vids. There is SO MUCH TEXT on the screen that it's hard to watch a video when I also have to read a novel at the same time. Look at 2:39 in the vid as a great example; there's no way we can watch the vid AND read 200+ words of text while you're also narrating. We come to KZbin for videos, not to read dissertations. So that's my 2 cents, I hope you find a great person to help with the vids! See ya on the trails!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I appreciate that, the text is never meant to be necessary tho. If you want to not read it, you’ll still get the story of the video. The text is for people trying to get info on a trail. They are designed to be screen shot if you want to read it all. Everyone has different reading speeds so it’s tough to decide how long to leave it up. I do appreciate the feedback tho.

[@NEWHAMPSHIREGUY]

Hey Dewey, My wife and I love your videos. I did like the video about your jeep reliability and JK vs JL as a new jeep owner. your trail guides are informative and you need to post that backlog you keep showing us!! We will be in grand junction for the month of september, I'd love to take our Jeep on the trails with you....where do we sign up?!?

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Awesome! Yeah the hiring an editor will facilitate that… Sean and drew have picked up a few too, I have the two liberty guides and Mt Blanca and holy cross. I’ll be working on those as I can. Awesome about GJ, right now I do it via Facebook, but I’ll figure it out. Likely a website that people can check. We’ll see. That’d be fun tho!

[@RaptorMike-Bailey]

Great update Dewie. I’ve been a subscriber for a couple years now. I enjoy the content and the direction of your channel. Id join you guys on one of your runs if I can get back out to Utah. 👍🏼 are you going to do a scheduling update on KZbin, since I’m not on FB?

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

That’d be awesome… I’m hoping to have another method, but Facebook works so well. Since I’m on call 24/7, I usually only have short notice to when I’m off. So I announce it on my page, then those who want to come get out on a Facebook messenger group chat. We work the details out and film. However, if I have an editor, I can wheel more so I’d have more flexibility I’d think. We’ll see… living in the camper could be tough. People get mad about the community posts, but I’ll probably use that.

[@BlackShadow233]

dude i found your channel and i love your videos i'm running a stock jeep 2dr JL with a rooftop tent my preference and i love how you explain each trail. i am from Oregon wish some one did what you do here in Oregon looking to find some trails for my jeep and go camping been at Detroit lake and the coast but not in the mountains, thanks ,

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Thank you and love hearing that! We do want to go document trails elsewhere in the future, but we have to grow in size for me to afford to take off from and do that lol.

[@overlandingearth8440]

Thanks again for more videos was wondering how the jeep liberty was doing, just got a 1980 CJ7 was wondering how y'all fell about that Rig...

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Love the CJ7… been wanting one myself, probably a 5 tho. However, I’d absolutely love to own a CJ, any CJ one day. I absolutely love the liberty, but we can’t find anyone to fix the leaking sunroof so it has a tarp over it now. One day, I’ll get it tightened up.

[@overlandingearth8440]

Love the Liberty with the lights on top like the one y'all got no rust but I love the ones with the lights on top, now I got the 1980 CJ 7 witch I love the two door and the roof comes off but yeah Love the Liberty can't wait to see more videos on that again thank you for the videos please don't stop we enjoy watching them it gives us information on trails we can and can't do and that is helpful so thank you!!!!!!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I won’t stop… I’ve always liked making videos, but my original channel had 1-3 videos per year. Just need to make this channel more sustainable.

[@zorander6]

@@coloradomallcrawlers This may or may not help but I know on the focus I had there were two drain holes towards the front that would get clogged. If you ran a pipe cleaner through the drain it might (or might not) help. I did a quick google and the liberty has them as well. Ignore this if you've already tried.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I think it’s a broken plastic part that’s broken so I can’t get it back to where it needs to be. I just added flex seal tape and it has handled all the rain today no problem. However, I just ran the wheel off of it so new problems lol. I’ll get it sorted.

[@VCV_Travel]

I identified a lot! Besides also being dyslexic, I have several expeditions that I've done and filmed, but I don't have time to edit.

[@VCV_Travel]

Anyway, I have been enjoying your channel a lot. I just moved from Brazil to Colorado and I am excited to start exploring the region. keep sharing!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Thanks! Personally, I’m glad I’m dyslexic. Sure it made med school a pain (longer to read and had to learn it on the first pass) and verbal communication isn’t the easiest, but we think differently. Thinking differently is a great benefit. Good luck and welcome to Colorado!

[@jmac6782]

When will the next liberty video be uploaded? Thanks hope you are doing well.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

This summer, but not sure when. It’s one of the firsts to be edited when I can tho. I just have too much going on at the moment to edit. I just made a community post with an update. I think when I move into the camper on April 1st, things will start moving again.

[@kevinhertel2754]

I emailed you about the editor roll! Looking forward to hearing from you

[@Coloradohighcountrywheelin]

Very personal video. Nice to meet you, buddy. Maybe I can tag along sometime so we can put my bronco sport to the test🎯. I'm in Littleton.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Thank you, I wasn’t sure about making this, but knew I had to as I can’t work on this right now (well I’ll always be working on it, but not to the point that I can get stuff done). I’d love to see what your Bronco Sport can do!

[@Just_Joe71]

This video popped up on my algorithm, probably because your mention of MOAR. I think your best bet to grow is to collaborate with a big KZbinr. Goonzquad doesn't have an editor and uses an iPhone and have millions of followers.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

The big difference between me and others is I work on call 24/7. This means I may work overnight then work during the day next. Constant flip flopping. I’m also often only home in Denver for 10 hours or so. So I sleep, hang out with my girlfriend, and try to edit some before getting called. It just doesn’t work. There is talk we may go to 11 days on, 4 days off, and that would change things for me… but I realized there is nothing wrong with hiring an editor. MORR Tucker actually told me that would be the smartest decision I would make about this channel. If I didn’t work, I could edit a full length trail guide in 3 days, but I like my job too. So, I’ll hire an editor to put out more content (which I’m often asked to do), use my job to pay my bills, and use channel profits to pay for the help on the channel (Sean, Drew, new editor). I appreciate the comment and hope this made sense.

[@PhatboyHD88]

What ever Happened to your Liberty ? Will we see it more on the channel ?

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I thought I talked about this in the video, but the liberty is now mine and I don’t plan on getting rid of it. I’ve filmed two more trail guides with it and I’m working on a plan to bring to it colorado to make it my camper’s tow vehicle. Logistics are tough tho. I’m only one driver currently living in my camper so it will be an issue to keep the wrangler safe when I’m not using it.

[@HarmonyE99]

Crichton is 100% my favorite author :)

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

He’s a great one!

[@smileyguyz]

This may be the push I need to finally sit down and learn Davinci Resolve, after years of saying I would lol.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

If you do, send me a message lol

[@richfarfugnuven6308]

What about being a firefighter? Tons of off time and a good pension…

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

That sounds great, but my job is going to a 11 days on, 4 days off schedule. It keeps getting delayed, but I hear it starts in January. That’ll be a gamechanger for me. If it isn’t, I’ll just start my own video making/guiding business.

[@Mallrunner]

Editing is a diff a skill set. So much to learn and do.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Absolutely, that’s why I’m looking for someone with the skillset 😉

[@derekjarman1638]

Sub'd for more Liberty content! Keep up the good work 👍

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I can definitely do that!

[@zorander6]

Honestly I'd love to see some railroad videos. I enjoy seeing the scenery as well since I can't get back home for another year and a half. As for reviews, it really depends. I know a lot of people like Scotty Kilmer but I can't watch his videos. They just annoy me. I wish I was a video editor though to help you out. Hopefully you can find someone. If I can ever get back out there I'd love to go off roading in either my 16 F150 or my 98 S10.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Appreciate the comment! Sean is going to figure out the review stuff… I’m not really sure. My idea would be to do initial reviews as a cheap channel membership video, then at the end of they year, we compile the stuff we liked for a channel video. We’ll see, I just know we’ll be honest. I appreciate that… I do have a lot of interest from editor for hire group, but I’d love to find someone who watches the channel and is somewhat local. Let me know if you get back here!

[@That1guyfromCO]

Yo! I'd love to help you guys out and just generally meet/wheel with ya'll. I'm a Colorado native and have been an automotive/diesel mechanic for over 20 years. Building everything from small turbo cars, domestic big displacement monsters, to overland/offroad rigs. If you need a hand on builds for videos or whatever, then lemme know by responding to this comment. I currently live around the Denver metro.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Very cool… once I find the right editor, I can start focusing on the other stuff here. We definitely will add it though, but details need to be worked out with an editor first.

[@davewhanger6722]

I think you're doing a great job do enjoy the videos! As far as doing videos Like why I like my Jeep or don't like my Jeep or whichever vehicle. I think it's important to point out things to look out for and we'll change on whichever vehicle you choose. And refers to Sean I'm trying to teach him he drives a Jeep not a car lol. I'm sure I'll hear from him about that lol. Along with the fact that it wouldn't be for Sean I would have never know about your Videos! Keep the videos coming keep up the great work!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Yeah that’s the angle I’m taking on my 1 well 1.5 year review of the wrangler. Basically, what has broke, what I’d change if I was designing the wrangler, and probably stuff I miss from my old Jeeps (I found many of my old videos). As for Sean, he got harassed by this guy named Tyler when he was new to the Cherokee. I blame his early interactions with that guy for when Sean calls his Jeep a car. Really appreciate it!

[@tweak2487]

Sadly, company A is notorious for social media outlash and victim blaming and not taking ownership of problems. He overcharges on items and uses the lack of knowledge of consumers to sell his product and when pointed out people lash back out. I would highly recommend Hazard Sky products as they provide the same style puck lift for cheaper as well as TerraFlex which just recently released a lift kit for the KL.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I had no dog in the fight until the stolen footage came up. It was disappointing to see how it was handled. We had a private discussion where he said he wouldn’t use my footage anymore so I covered up the name. I asked him to reconsider his social media policy because it’s shady. He refused. I told him I’d think about how I’d handle this… this is my response. I wish more people would read that policy and decide if that’s a company they want to support. I CAN GUARANTEE I WOULD NEVER BUY ANYTHING FROM A WRANGLER OR LIBERTY AFTERMARKET COMPANY THAT HAD THAT POLICY. I’m still amazed he thinks that’s an acceptable policy. I don’t know hazard sky, but have heard good things and teraflex has had some great wrangler products over the years.

[@tweak2487]

@Colorado Mallcrawlers part of the toxicity of the kl groups is why I traded mine in for a JLU. I know wrangler groups can be the same but there are tons of more options. I hope as the line comes out of production and ages a bit we see some awesome upgrades like the liberty received once it became cheaper to own.

[@vwsubisquare3677]

You need a couple Subarus to test the trails for us not running Jeeps

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Definitely do!

[@vwsubisquare3677]

@@coloradomallcrawlers where do you post your events? I have a stock 2023 Outback Wilderness. Would love to come join if near the Denver area.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

On my personal Facebook page for now. May eventually create a website, but right now I spend more money on making videos than Adsense returns so I can’t justify that expense at this time.

[@stevenjordan6188]

Your videos are very good and informative. Always remember just be yourself. A lot of the youtubers just try too hard and they all look the same. Cute little intro and then shitty music and for a minute before anything hap[pens.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I appreciate that. Because I think I want to make videos for others one day, I’m going to try to make them better. However, I’ll continue to host and that’s just me (altho we may have guest hosts as I think that’d be fun). We’ll see, but we will continue to be ourselves.

[@kennethcurtis1856]

The opinion videos are a dime a dozen. To me, they are a way to alienate viewers in today's environment where different views are frowned upon. "Don't mistake your opinion as fact." Jocko Willink

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Those videos get views and I need views to be able to pay an editor. If you know other ways to afford an editor, I’m all ears.

[@PhatboyHD88]

See i think , to hit the offroad algorithm a name change might help you. Like something with offroad in it , or Jeep, or 4x4 , something it will get you more views.. something like Colorado Offroad Crawlers , you get what im sayin , just my 2 cents …

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

We’ve hit the algorithm and we all like the name as it’s funny to us. We don’t produce regular content and that’s our issue with growth. However, we’re ok with that, we just want to make great content that’s here for people when they need it. We are trying to produce more videos tho as there’s over 1000 trails I want to cover now.

[@danielc.8006]

Premiere Pro.

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I actually know how to edit on premiere, but it has been a few years. The problem is premiere is subscription based now and it just doesn’t run well. I edit multiple lines of 4K footage on an iPad Pro using lumafusion without ever using a proxy. From what I hear, premiere runs rough on many machines still.

[@DeanJohnson67]

For me the channels I watch and enjoy the most are less scripted (don't confuse that with not planned) and more consistent beause they have some person/persons help their channels full time . MORRS, FabRats, and off grid channels like MSR, SJ, SLA, AS, WWOG all have a slightly different take and so they are all equally interesting.. I think in the pure SUV Offroad arena there are several very good but small

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

I appreciate that! I think the people in my videos are the most interesting aspect, but it is hard to get people to be on camera. I get that, I was self conscious about too… but people are always better than they think they are. Even Sean here thought he was horrible when we filmed it, but he was great. I also think the trails are stars of the videos… they’re all special in different ways. I got to do a better job of showing that. I thought about collaborating, but big channels don’t always like to do that. MORR gets a ton of requests and he was a fan of BleepingJeep before making his channel and the others are his local friends. To me, if I reached out to Tucker, tell him we’re coming down, see if they wanted to film… well that’d be a smaller channel using a bigger channel. I don’t want to be a user. So I’ll probably stop by MORR to say hi to tucker, but I don’t expect to film there. My hope is we will just do trail guides of their cool trails and hope to not need to make a call for recovery. I’m hoping my crew and our coverage of the trails will set us apart. However if Matt and crew want to be in one of my videos, I’d absolutely love that. I just can’t reach out as it could be considered using. For instance, I’m friends with Kevin with LiteBrite (well we chat all the time and he did tell me he would fix my JK’s engine if it needed a new one), but they didn’t invite me to holy cross with them when we were really small. I get it, if I do the trail stock, it diminishes feats these other channels do, but if I failed, it’d ruin their production requirements. I do want the channel to grow (but stay under 100k as I don’t want to release that video lol) as I want to take care of the people that help me make these videos. That’s really my only goal now, take care of others here. I will write to eventually to take care of my personal responsibilities.