Final Touches On The Buggy

Some final panels and tool boxes and storage for the buggy before we head down to Farmington for W.E.ROCK and for 24 Hell and Back. We got everything mostly done and halfway tested and was loading up to head to Farmington when we got a call for a jeep on Pritchett Canyon with a broken front trackbar mount. So Mike and I took the buggy and ran in to weld it. We got them back together and they decided to finish the trail. So we went back down and loaded up. Thank you everyone for watching and supporting us.
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[@timoldenburg2249]

My favorite phrase from you guys is “it’ll work until it don’t” 😂

[@IvIidnight]

Don't let them shame you, Mike, I am the same way. If it's mine, whatever. But if it's ANYBODY else's, it must be perfect! I take pride in my work, but I also do it at work all day and by the time I get to mine, it's going to work. Period. I do not care beyond it working.

[@albertorozco5981]

The driveshaft idea blew my mind. Rorys mind is thinking decades ahead in time.

[@tufalike1796]

I had to put one of my 2 cats to sleep September 13, Nala is her name, I know it's part of life but I am friggin hurting and crying ... she was a really special girl. watching these videos at least keeps me sane during my grieving process. Hugs from Belgium.

[@robertheinkel6225]

They may be pets, but they are still family

[@trailmater]

Sorry for your loss, pets are definitely family.

[@tufalike1796]

@@trailmater Thank you Rory, she was 16...

[@coltin4803]

You guys help make the world a little better of a place each day. Thanks for all you do! Good luck with the #24HourHellandBack I'm rooting for both you and Paul! All honesty I think Rory should be named King of Moab anyone else?

[@earlscheets7550]

The man, the myth, the legend.

[@davidbeach6947]

Look forward to watching the three of you. I also love watching you in the barn

[@egilgreibesland8967]

Im a little tired of youtube videos, but i always must see Trail Mater. It is the best channel! Love the endings and how it seems you all having fun together.

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

Lucky winner❤️👋.....

[@marshallanderson4609]

LOVE that locking tool box holder...GENIUS!!!!

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

Lucky winner❤️👋

[@2-old-Forthischet]

Speaking of ammo boxes, a few days ago, I was just leaving a tire store and across the street, an antique store was having a tent sale. I ran across a vendor selling a 60mm mortar round ammo box. I have never seen an ammo box so huge but it was so cool and I had to have it. I'll find a use for it, even if I have to invent one!

[@grimsoul0]

We all have those I don't need it but I want I want it moments. 😉

[@imchris5000]

I have a few that were for special 57mm rounds they are like suitcases. for offroad use the best I have found are the 40mm grenade cans they hold just about any loose tool your going to bring. I also have some vietnam era air force night vision cases those are really nice because they are watertight and float so I keep two on my boat with emergency stuff

[@warrenmichael918]

@@grimsoul0 yep, ive had mine for 26 years , it will be our 27 year anniversary next March 22nd!! HAHA

[@grimsoul0]

@@warrenmichael918 LOL, I liked that. And congrats.

[@rightwingmanscott]

That feeling you get when you get a broken weld to line up perfectly is priceless! Good luck in Farmington.

[@marxtuf]

Really enjoyed the comment on the weld that needs a blanket. One for the welders amongst us to pick up on.😊

[@hitekredneck109]

Lofl....."I'm struggling over which of these lines to pick" .....Mike is awesome and all 3 of you just keep being awesomer!!! Aaaahahahahaha......THEN, "these welds need a blanket".......quick,hold my beer guys!

[@kevinbode6483]

The drive shafts are flipping brilliant 👏

[@bobvincent4841]

Comment gold my friend. A flipping comment to remember lol

[@abnpthfdr2934]

I'll say it again; Just your drive going out to the rescue would've been our wheeling life achievement for a lot of us... For you guys is just "the way you go to recover a vehicle"

[@johnme7049]

Rory Irish and his Amazing Singing Welder! I see so many people using the Premier Power welder, (because they are freaking AMAZING), But only Rory makes it Sing! Great job guys. Have fun at W.E.ROCK and 24 to Hell and Back. Can't wait for the videos. Thanks to everyone who helps to make it all happen, LuvYa.

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

Lucky winner❤️👋..

[@NCMTNBOY]

We always used windshield washer fluid to load tires. Doesn't freeze and will not rust the rims. Great video as always. You guys have to much fun on a daily basis, for it to be work.

[@bryduhbikeguy]

Thanks for the tip.

[@JohnnyD1993]

We load our tractors with beet juice. Heavier than water and non-corrosive. Methanol, found in WWF, destroys the tire from the inside out.

[@MargaretHess-mq3oe]

Rory makes everything look easy along with Mike’s help of course, add Shawn to the mix and the result equals great videos whether rock crawling recoveries or shop time.

[@Sakratic]

Another great watch! Special mention to Rory for being super kind, even more than usual for sharing with us how he utilizes the mechanical grip in so many ways while wheeling, fixing, recovering, etc. It's his complete understanding of the physics of it all that has allowed him to build, modify, drive, fix, recover, and just about problem solve anything he encounters. It's that combined with his experience and super sound logic (hey, making splashes usually is very fun, usually) that is all wrapped up in this fully accountable, very humble but also very fun character that is RORY IRISH !!! You're a super unique individual man and someone I enjoy watching and fully respect, and I'm just so thankful that you shared some of your life with us because although "sharing is caring", being out and about, doing your thing gets difficult when your recognizable. Its all about tradeoffs and if in the end it all equals out as a NET POSITIVE it would had been all worth it - almost, kind of, maybe like an unnecessary front dig (forgot what you all call it but its the maneuver when you lock the rear, anchoring it while apply throttle and steering input to the front axle) and all I'll say to that is I'll (that being YOU) be the judge on whether or not its necessary...and guess what Rory, you'll certainly be right! Haha!

[@imchris5000]

if you can get it put beet juice in your tires its non corrosive and the same weight as calcium at 11 lbs per gallon compared to water at 8.3 lbs per gallon. it also does not freeze till -35 which is perfect for your operation.

[@desertdog2008]

And after a thousand miles in the tires the beet juice will taste better than it did straight out of the can!😂

[@stephenpoe2037]

Using the Tricks of the Trade . Thanks for sharing !

[@ferv5470]

Can’t wait for the 24 Hell and Back video 🤗🤗🤗 Good luck guys!

[@brianwinters4991]

I love how all the trail ruts have names !😃

[@kevinhaley8625]

Now that is a genius idea, having driveshafts that can do double duty and fit either front or rear drivelines and have extra long slip joints, now that is thinking

[@DownNDirty_OffRoad]

Buggy is looking awesome!! Great video, love all the humor!! It’ll work till it don’t!!🤣

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

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[@ggalland1]

It is what a love about this channel.....always good for a chuckle and great recoveries! Buggy looks awesome

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

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[@MarkoMygun]

The Buggy Looks Badass

[@jaxjones5910]

Stopped by the shop for photos yesterday with the rigs! Surreal experience.

[@ljprep6250]

Congrats to the guy with the pecker egg. That's fun. // Buggy's looking good.

[@TheWatchmanAnon]

always love the out takes.

[@Jumpersplace]

Thank you, guys. You'll never know how much you are doing for some people.

[@kenmurray4232]

Buggy is looking good. I like the driveline fix. If it works it can't be be bad. Another good trail repair. Shawn sneezing at the beginning made me think he might be allergic to the shenanigans. Have fun at Hell & Back. Thanks for sharing

[@robertquackenbush5547]

Rory you mike and shawn are a riot when you guys are eorking together

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

Lucky winner❤️👋..

[@johnfitzpatrick2469]

Hello Rory, Shawn and Mike from Sydney Australia. Nice to watch 20mins of metal fabrication, welding and out in the Jeep. 🇭🇲🌏

[@Trippy_Mane23]

Man I'm really digging how the buggy is turning out 👌👍👍🤌

[@paulhall170]

Fantastic camera work by Mike; the lighting effects he manages to capture are cinema-quality, without the cinema hardware! (Go-Pros are pretty robust, eh? lol)

[@Greg-bu7mi]

Like seeing the trail videos. You made the Pritchett look easy LOL!

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

Lucky winner❤️👋.

[@Steve-od6hi]

I NEVER EVER tire of your "office" scenery. Nice to see that your stone was found.

[@Jazz3006]

Gotta love how every one of Rory's vehicles is a work vehicle that just so HAPPENS to be a badass offroad rig

[@lonhoschar1943]

Great video!! I don't care what you guys are doing it's fun to watch. Shop time, trail time, rescues or camera fails. Great stuff!! Your buggy is looking pretty darn awesome!! Glad you got the guy going again so he could finish the trail.

[@bgwhalley]

13:16 Man, that is a good-looking Jeep! A dream Jeep!

[@kregstory9232]

Stay safe guys. Bugy is a nice peice to your fleet. We'll capable machines

[@skricha6743]

We got to see you guys, and cheered for you at WE Rock, but didn't stop to bug you. It was hot! We did take a pic with Trail Mater though! Soooo cool in person!

[@montybarbee8128]

Happy Trails Brother

[@darrelllockard2107]

Always a good day when trail mater uploads

[@jimfarris9671]

You and your crew do a great job and are happy doing it that always makes it enjoyable to watch your videos thank you so much

[@larryflanigan2761]

Hell yeah looking good can't wait to see you and Paul on the 24hr Hell & Back

[@Connor_Dempsey]

Good finally the green buggy looks great. Go with green on your other vehicles too. This will help you sell your channel and your merch. This will give you the sharp polished look. Your guys are great mechanics and great off-roaders. Just go for that extra polished professional look of painting your vehicles green. (Similar to Matt with the yellow.)

[@donwilliams3626]

The black and green are perfect colors for any BUG-gy! It looks good, runs well, crawls tall rocks with a single bound, and has a super driver. I wonder what this new baby should be called!

[@Learningandadventures]

I gotta say u guys are awesome and I love watching your videos. One thing I can say is when I’m in a bad mood and watch your videos it helps make me laugh and smile and change my mood thank you Rory, Mike, and Shaun

[@kdiddy7076]

Haven't seen the water trick in a while. Coming from a family of circle track racers, I heard stories of my uncle getting in trouble back in the 60s for wetting the track in a crash. Evidently, it was handy to have the left side front tire as heavy as possible.

[@georgeweisbrod1876]

With our farm tractors, we put water in the tires also.. it lowers your center of gravity and adds traction on rear tires with low air pressure with water supporting sidewalls of tires

[@dwal2165]

Thanks for making

[@ZaneDargaty]

Fill the tires with beet juice from Rim Guard Solutions. Heavier than water, nontoxic and non corrosive. Mainly used in tractor tires.

[@robertquackenbush5547]

I like mikes ammo box tool box very kkol mike 👍👍👍👍

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

Lucky winner❤️👋..

[@Pompomgrenade]

I'll see you guys soon... One of your previous episodes convinced me to rent an all-wheel drive Ford standard automobile... And go get lost 30 plus miles deep into Moab trails 🐒

[@theuglytruth8162]

Sounds fun count me in on a rental car competition to see who goes the furthest. 👍

[@61rampy65]

Probably should buy the extra insurance, just in case...

[@theuglytruth8162]

@@61rampy65 I'm skipping insurance, going to get some 10 inch spiked lug nuts instead. 🤣😂😅

[@TheTexasjsz24]

Again, thank you Rory and Mike for coming to our rescue on Pritchett. Was a great cap to the end of our wheeling week in moab. We ended up completing the trail and took the long way. Got at the highway at 10:01 pm haha.

[@warrenmichael918]

So was it just a trail repair and did you get it back home and rework it any more or is it a good to go fix?

[@TheTexasjsz24]

Yes just a trail repair. The welds completely came off the axle shaft. It was my buddies jeep. After Rory welded it, we finished finished trail. And definitely put some pressure to it on the way out. Held up just fine. They did as of today get the bracket rewelded at their shop.

[@warrenmichael918]

@@TheTexasjsz24 Thanks for the reply... We usually hear Rory tell the owners that this is a temp repair that needs checked out once they get home, i didnt hear it this time so i was just curious how it went. Glad you were able to continue on with a working trail fix, Rory and the guys are life savers with this stuff.

[@jasononeal2473]

Was the bracket initially welded from Currie or a shop?

[@TheTexasjsz24]

@@jasononeal2473 it wss a shop weld. Not currie.

[@cadilakisrodcustom]

Love the tenacious d reference 😂 the buggy looks great rory! I feel like you went from 200k to 205k pretty fast.. thats great news for you guys!

[@fejus303]

Speak to me! lolol Love your videos!!

[@timlittlejohn6192]

Good luck this weekend.

[@tombstone0000]

I don"t care what anyone says, you all kick ass! Love you guys!

[@darrellnichter9894]

Good luck with the buggy guys!

[@jeffmosley4043]

Alway's a blast watching you guy's. A good trick to use to keep the moisture out is to keep two or three pieces of sidewalk chalk in with your tools. It works for me and I live in Kentucky were the humidity is high. Mike don't let them get to you I'm the same way. It's just how I was taught to take pride in my work. Rory the buggy is looking great. Can't wait to see the video of you at Hell and back. Thanks for the video stay safe guy's.

[@mikebell9166]

Had no idea the long slip joints even existed. In the late 60's, early 70's the 350 swapped FJ 40 Land Cruisers swapped front and rear driveshafts, and got away without having to build new shafts. Same sort of idea.

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

Lucky winner❤️👋

[@mr_mongo7228]

You are going to kill it during the 24 hours of Hell and Back the Buggy definitely got some much deserved love! You found the time to rescue that sweet looking Rubicon out on the trail while you were at it! That says a lot about how you guys operate I’m extremely impressed on how y’all work together.

[@COM70]

❤good luck with HellAndBack.

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

Lucky winner❤️👋..

[@michaelpenn9533]

Bless u Sean

[@brucebissell7626]

AWESOME!

[@TheOldaz1]

You guys always seem to have way too much fun, thanks for sharing it around 🤣🤣🤣

[@cbcowart933]

I can visualize that extra 400 ish pounds pulling the rear of the the buggy up and over ... and you cannot get the weight any lower. I had a Landscape/ Waterfall/ etc company for 30 years and all my loaders and tractors had water in them for traction and to get the CofG down as low as possible helps keep your equipment out of retention ponds and I noticed less damage to yards, not as much rutting, I guess better traction, but I learned it from an old farmer that I worked in his Garden Center in my earlier years, and just kept doing it. The only tire I finally gave up and went 'perma-runflats', WHEELBARROWS, man I replaced at least 98 tires before I said the heck with this and never looked back. Love you guys!

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

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[@kimberlyvaughan3430]

Have fun, and don’t get hurt. Please 😊

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

Lucky winner❤️👋

[@UncleManuel]

With this rig the spectators on the racecourse or the trail don't need a heads up - they can hear you squeeking along miles away! 😂😁😜🤟

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

Lucky winner❤️👋..

[@sumo_steve45]

Work hard, have fun. You guys freakin rock!!!!

[@NotgoingToohappen]

Rory is definitely the king of the hills.

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

Lucky winner❤️👋.......

[@edwinschlee8374]

Have a safe trip! Good job welding the jeep so they could finish the trail.

[@Bryanja81]

Now the buggy will serve as a hot dog warmer as well as a rock crawler with that sweet new roof! 😂

[@jmatthewssmith]

Thanks for another great video! Can't wait until Mike gets his drone.

[@reddog543211]

Excellent video guys....that buggy is sick !!!.... thanks for taking us along !!

[@Sonoma_Coast]

Awesome to watch. I appreciate all the filming and editing.

[@tonybones401]

How could you not want to hang out with these guys? They are awesome. I will say this I have asked numerous KZbin people questions and Rory was the only one to answer my question.

[@dob1662]

Lol great video guys 👌👍

[@stefan3225]

Rory out there on baby springs and 2” shocks wheeling buggy lines like a boss. Don’t do this unless you can fix it on the trail yourself, or you’re near Rory! 😂

[@accelement3499]

hell yeah

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

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[@lightman489]

You guys ought to offer tours where they bring their own vehicle, and you help them have an enjoyable experience..

[@doug9418]

Very best of luck guys. 🇺🇸

[@TELE_GRAM_ME_trailmater_]

Lucky winner❤️👋

[@Moshpit_Marv]

Brilliant sht. Like water in rc foams. 🤔 go get em boys! Buggy looks like it’s ready to eat everything in its path!

[@mikeconner5119]

water in the tires make good scence more traction we put hydrolic fluid in some skidder tires in the winter logging opperations but what a mess trying to break them down for the summer time nice buggy anyway and good luck and have a good time

[@calvinlevie943]

Thank you. Very cool green buggy. Unbelievable countryside. That was an unbelievable good save on that broken vehicle in the rock passes. Keep on making great entertainment

[@ToddSaw]

Making a living doing the things you love is pretty dang cool. Having fun at "work", what could be better?!

[@bushmatt]

Right on ride on! Good idea with waighting your wheels. But why not use something like" tire slime"

[@robertheinkel6225]

Price. Water is cheap, and stays at the bottom the tire while rotating. Slime is more of a gel, and sticks to the entire tire.

[@lonnymossey525]

I'm excited for you, looks great, good luck, can't wait to see video... 👍

[@belindakt]

That is one sharp rig- will be anxiously awaiting reports & video from my favorite team. Good. Luck....... thanks for taking us along

[@brendenjensen3207]

I love the last little couple seconds of the video the bloopers are hilarious

[@Wesley-uo3rn]

Buggy looks good. Speaking to ya.. lol 205 let's go

[@kentmckean6795]

For long term, you need a Glycol mixture to prevent rusting inside your wheels.

[@trailmater]

I don't think it's called rust with aluminum wheels...

[@michealbonesteel8224]

Oxidation is the word you're looking for

[@russbell6418]

The calcium chloride used in tractor tires is nasty stuff. Horribly corrosive to steel wheels and even the stainless and brass parts of your valve cores. I like the glycol idea, maybe propylene glycol. I’m not sure I like additional unsprung weight in a four-wheeler. Puts additional twisting loads on ball joints, etc., plus dead weight in vertical climbs (notice how much more poorly the buggy climbs vertical steel?)

[@TheRobertlonski]

Always a good-day when a new Trail -Mater video drops. You are the best Rory -- keep up the outstanding videos, you really have a knack for KZbin.

[@deshb22]

Have an awesome time guys

[@4wdtennessee459]

I like the paint scheme on the buggy a lot better than before

[@tome584]

If you guys have a great weekend, stay safe

[@jeepindave5464]

You got the winning equation Rory [Skills +5] [yj +3] [mike/shaun +20] [coil springs -10] = winner.

[@brianjenkins5591]

Never a dull moment!!!

[@Daniel-S1]

Thanks from England.