The Art of Recovery: A Day in the Life of a Mobile Mechanic

It was supposed to be an easy day, just another routine recovery job for our mobile mechanic crew. We were called out to assist a customer who had driven his side-by-side through some water and now it wouldn't run anymore. The vehicle was stuck on a trail in the middle of nowhere, and we were tasked with getting it back up to its owner's camp at Sand Hollow.

As we arrived on the scene, our crew quickly got to work assessing the situation. We could see that the trailer had sunk into the gravel, making it difficult to pull out. Our mechanic, Robbie, suggested using some boards under the tires to level it out, and Colin provided a weather report of 65 degrees with cloudy skies. With that information in hand, we set to work trying to free the side-by-side from its predicament.

We had to get creative, as the trailer was heavy and sinking into the gravel. We used some dunnage (a type of padding material) to support the underside of the trailer, and then carefully pulled it out from under the tires. It wasn't an easy job, but with the right tools and a bit of ingenuity, we managed to get the side-by-side back on solid ground.

After completing the recovery job at Sand Hollow, our crew received another call for help. This time, it was a razor that had broken down on the Western Trail, and we needed to figure out how to get it back on its way. The vehicle was still stuck in place, but we were determined to find a solution.

We arrived at the scene, and one of our crew members, Trev, reported that his tie rod had come loose. We quickly realized that this was an opportunity to learn a lesson about the importance of proper maintenance. With no cotter pins to keep everything secure, it was clear that someone needed to take responsibility for keeping their own equipment in good working order.

The plan was to limp the broken-down razor back up to the top of the World, where we could assess the damage and determine the best course of action. We were making progress, but not without a few bumps along the way. As we worked, our crew couldn't help but feel a sense of camaraderie, knowing that they were in it together.

As we continued on our journey to repair the razor, we encountered some unexpected challenges. The trail was windy, and sand was blowing everywhere. Our mechanic, Chanel, reported that she had gotten a nasty sunburn from rubbing her skin against trees while working in the elements. It was moments like these that reminded us of the importance of taking care of ourselves, both physically and mentally.

In the end, we managed to complete the repairs on the razor and get it back on its way. As we packed up our gear and headed back to the yard, our crew couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction with a job well done. Despite the challenges they had faced, they had persevered and come out victorious.

The day was far from over, however, as our crew still had one more job to complete before calling it quits. They were scheduled to meet up with a friend at Moto Zoo in the morning, and we knew that this would be the final adventure for our mobile mechanic crew for the day. As they made their way back to the yard, they couldn't help but feel grateful for another day of work well done and memories made along the way.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: eni can't believe it my tie rod came out so we got a call for a truck and a trailer i guess it's like a triple axel toy hauler it's stuck on some gravel driveway up uh near new harmony area we're gonna head up there and see if we can get it out it's probably gonna get dark on us because it's getting late in the day we got a little bit of driving to do to get to it it is a beautiful day outside it's perfect 70 degrees sun shining no wind follow along for the ride good evening i mean you made it i did so this is the way to get in front of it right yep that's the alternate plan okay holy smokes yeah this is a lot of weight on this much incline that's for sure i was going to try jack knife in the morning i thought i might just get myself in more of a hole the issue that we have is that yard hydrant there has a small leak and it's wet on this other side and his soft spot all right fancy matt you got about three feet three feet oh i'm feeling pretty optimistic about pulling actually i think i'm going to do snatch walking yeah so go ahead and turn that off so you're just going to snatch it and try to pull it to the right the status block and a soft track yeah we're just gonna pull it let's get it up here as far as we can i think we made the driveway it gets back down a little bit you'll be fine well we made the first turn and i got here and then i just i was running my tire right here the trailer axles hit right behind you and it just sunk towards that tree all right hey you're ready can he take a second and crank his trailer up with the jack and throw some boards under that side this thing's getting pretty close to his bed oh yeah are we trying to get him underneath those wheels yeah just so it's not lean where's our 2x4 he's got him okay so this thing is heavy we got the a little bit of dunnage put under the that side of the trailer tires relocated the jeep we're pulling a different angle it's there okay so we're just going to pull you right up here on the level right yeah you got to issue the iron out here all right we're coming back this whole game was throttle control well i finally got the hang of it halfway up and that's the problem with the decent they come on soft and then they're up then they're too much i know one thing i do like about this well you have to double handle it to open it but once you do it is so nice thank you robbie so fancy i know it's like way too fancy for us here you go thank you i'm good there you go all right that was a crazy pull that gravel was super super wet so the trailer was sinking in banana did an awesome job now we can put our eighth tally mark up there good job lizzy so we got a call for a side by side that is stuck down in the rattlesnake trail somewhere i think they took it swimming and it's not running anymore so we're gonna head down there see if we can get it out we got colin with the weather it's a nice cloudy day it's not too bad i don't know the degrees 65 we'll say that we'll get them out the customer says that they drove it through some water and now it won't run so i don't know if it means it won't start or if it won't go because the belt's wet either way we'll get them found and we'll get them up out of here so i think we're gonna have to pull you backwards we don't want to pull you back into that i'll just nose up down there and we'll hook up the winch so hey pop oh look at you your trailer is at sand hollow so we brought it back to their camp at sand hollow we're gonna unload it and leave it here all right so who gets the shirt chanel thank you i'm gonna go through it right now all right we got them dropped off but we are not done we've got another razor that's broken up on the western trail so we're gonna head up there and see if we can get it back to where it needs to go it's got a little windy so hopefully we don't get sand in our eyes my tie rod came out okay not that one not in any of them whose job was that great question hey siri call rudy so i've been the dunes i just was cruising up and i've lost one of the castle nuts on my tie rod what do you need i need a castle nut off from one of the tie rod ends that's there okay send me your location all head out there all right so i've got an awful idea that i think it's gonna work so since this one's still jammed in there really tight it'll still hold i took the nut off of that one i made sure it was good and tight first now i'm gonna put the nut in here and tighten this one up rudy's coming he's gonna catch us really fast so i'm just gonna keep moving towards our target if it works it works if it doesn't we'll be in the same boat we're in now where we're just stranded we're going to try to limp it into the top of the world that way at least we're making progress i think we're going to make it don't leave the cotter pins out there's our help right there it's coming i can't believe this so whose fault i did you say this blame trevor why didn't you put the cotter pins in trevor yes i mean i've got actually i don't have any cotter pins you should put some in yours let this be a lesson to you mine don't even have the cotter pin option so we're the blue dot and we're going to the red dot all yours now that's gnarly all right looks like we found it right there yikes look at this look right up on there as of right now everything has gone right thank you rudy for coming and helping us do that that was a gnarly climb you just did thanks chanel she's been filming i saw that and we're heading back to the yard this is going to moto zoo in the morning i think that's it thanks for watching i have a really nasty sunburn from yesterday rubbing it up against trees does not feel goodi can't believe it my tie rod came out so we got a call for a truck and a trailer i guess it's like a triple axel toy hauler it's stuck on some gravel driveway up uh near new harmony area we're gonna head up there and see if we can get it out it's probably gonna get dark on us because it's getting late in the day we got a little bit of driving to do to get to it it is a beautiful day outside it's perfect 70 degrees sun shining no wind follow along for the ride good evening i mean you made it i did so this is the way to get in front of it right yep that's the alternate plan okay holy smokes yeah this is a lot of weight on this much incline that's for sure i was going to try jack knife in the morning i thought i might just get myself in more of a hole the issue that we have is that yard hydrant there has a small leak and it's wet on this other side and his soft spot all right fancy matt you got about three feet three feet oh i'm feeling pretty optimistic about pulling actually i think i'm going to do snatch walking yeah so go ahead and turn that off so you're just going to snatch it and try to pull it to the right the status block and a soft track yeah we're just gonna pull it let's get it up here as far as we can i think we made the driveway it gets back down a little bit you'll be fine well we made the first turn and i got here and then i just i was running my tire right here the trailer axles hit right behind you and it just sunk towards that tree all right hey you're ready can he take a second and crank his trailer up with the jack and throw some boards under that side this thing's getting pretty close to his bed oh yeah are we trying to get him underneath those wheels yeah just so it's not lean where's our 2x4 he's got him okay so this thing is heavy we got the a little bit of dunnage put under the that side of the trailer tires relocated the jeep we're pulling a different angle it's there okay so we're just going to pull you right up here on the level right yeah you got to issue the iron out here all right we're coming back this whole game was throttle control well i finally got the hang of it halfway up and that's the problem with the decent they come on soft and then they're up then they're too much i know one thing i do like about this well you have to double handle it to open it but once you do it is so nice thank you robbie so fancy i know it's like way too fancy for us here you go thank you i'm good there you go all right that was a crazy pull that gravel was super super wet so the trailer was sinking in banana did an awesome job now we can put our eighth tally mark up there good job lizzy so we got a call for a side by side that is stuck down in the rattlesnake trail somewhere i think they took it swimming and it's not running anymore so we're gonna head down there see if we can get it out we got colin with the weather it's a nice cloudy day it's not too bad i don't know the degrees 65 we'll say that we'll get them out the customer says that they drove it through some water and now it won't run so i don't know if it means it won't start or if it won't go because the belt's wet either way we'll get them found and we'll get them up out of here so i think we're gonna have to pull you backwards we don't want to pull you back into that i'll just nose up down there and we'll hook up the winch so hey pop oh look at you your trailer is at sand hollow so we brought it back to their camp at sand hollow we're gonna unload it and leave it here all right so who gets the shirt chanel thank you i'm gonna go through it right now all right we got them dropped off but we are not done we've got another razor that's broken up on the western trail so we're gonna head up there and see if we can get it back to where it needs to go it's got a little windy so hopefully we don't get sand in our eyes my tie rod came out okay not that one not in any of them whose job was that great question hey siri call rudy so i've been the dunes i just was cruising up and i've lost one of the castle nuts on my tie rod what do you need i need a castle nut off from one of the tie rod ends that's there okay send me your location all head out there all right so i've got an awful idea that i think it's gonna work so since this one's still jammed in there really tight it'll still hold i took the nut off of that one i made sure it was good and tight first now i'm gonna put the nut in here and tighten this one up rudy's coming he's gonna catch us really fast so i'm just gonna keep moving towards our target if it works it works if it doesn't we'll be in the same boat we're in now where we're just stranded we're going to try to limp it into the top of the world that way at least we're making progress i think we're going to make it don't leave the cotter pins out there's our help right there it's coming i can't believe this so whose fault i did you say this blame trevor why didn't you put the cotter pins in trevor yes i mean i've got actually i don't have any cotter pins you should put some in yours let this be a lesson to you mine don't even have the cotter pin option so we're the blue dot and we're going to the red dot all yours now that's gnarly all right looks like we found it right there yikes look at this look right up on there as of right now everything has gone right thank you rudy for coming and helping us do that that was a gnarly climb you just did thanks chanel she's been filming i saw that and we're heading back to the yard this is going to moto zoo in the morning i think that's it thanks for watching i have a really nasty sunburn from yesterday rubbing it up against trees does not feel good\n"