Matt’s Offroad Recovery rescues a Bronco by welding tie rods on the trail!

[Rick Astley]

Nice to see them out there working again and avoiding jail time.

I figured that after the insurance fraud charges they would be done for. Typically an insurance company will simply needle you to death after they hit you successfully on some of these charges.


https://jalopnik.com/off-road-recovery-youtuber-to-serve-probation-for-fraud-1848682414

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[ROCKO]

I'll be buying Buster Braces for my BaseSquatch for sure. It does look lifted with larger tires BUT it sure doesn't look like it was in a precarious or bad spot - who knows what led up to this though.

Love me some Matt's ORR

JKS has rod sleeves as well

 

[swooshdave]

Nice to see them out there working again and avoiding jail time.

I figured that after the insurance fraud charges they would be done for. Typically an insurance company will simply needle you to death after they hit you successfully on some of these charges.


https://jalopnik.com/off-road-recovery-youtuber-to-serve-probation-for-fraud-1848682414

Not sure, we haven't seen Matt for a while.

 

[swooshdave]

I'll be buying Buster Braces for my BaseSquatch for sure. It does look lifted with larger tires BUT it sure doesn't look like it was in a precarious or bad spot - who knows what led up to this though.

Love me some Matt's ORR

I'm going with a new off-roader who hammered it when you shouldn't hammer it. Then the welder comes out.

 

[Trino351c]

Lesson learned, Don’t forget your differential drop bracket. If I was going up more than 2” on an IFS I wouldn’t install a kit without dropping the differential.

 

[akturbo]

Nice to see them out there working again and avoiding jail time.

I figured that after the insurance fraud charges they would be done for. Typically an insurance company will simply needle you to death after they hit you successfully on some of these charges.


https://jalopnik.com/off-road-recovery-youtuber-to-serve-probation-for-fraud-1848682414

One recovery cost $15K?! That makes me feel better about buying the braces.

 

[wetdog]

The tie rods are the Achilles heel.

 

[Hobbes]

I LOVE Matt's Off-Road Recovery! If you haven't seen it, give it a try. They have not had many Bronco's on the show yet. And I think that whole insurance fraud thing was a bunch of crap. I'll side with Matt over the insurance company every time. Insurance companies (health, car, etc.) scam people all the time and they never get in trouble.

 

[Hobbes]

One recovery cost $15K?! That makes me feel better about buying the braces.

That amount was for a lot of recoveries, not just one.

 

[akturbo]

That amount was for a lot of recoveries, not just one.

Whew! I do watch the videos when youtube's AI pushes them to my recommended list.

 

[Oneand0]

I LOVE Matt's Off-Road Recovery! If you haven't seen it, give it a try. They have not had many Bronco's on the show yet. And I think that whole insurance fraud thing was a bunch of crap. I'll side with Matt over the insurance company every time. Insurance companies (health, car, etc.) scam people all the time and they never get in trouble.

I lived in Georgia for a couple of years next door to an insurance adjuster. Never knew one before, or after. I remember one day we were having some beers and he said he felt like the devil sometimes at his job. Didn't understand why he said that. He told me that he would go to a home that was damaged in a storm and ask an elderly couple if they had left something unlocked and if they admitted it, they would not cover for the damage, even though they were insured. I'll never forget that. At that moment I understood what he meant.

 

[BudgetBronco]

I LOVE Matt's Off-Road Recovery! If you haven't seen it, give it a try. They have not had many Bronco's on the show yet. And I think that whole insurance fraud thing was a bunch of crap. I'll side with Matt over the insurance company every time. Insurance companies (health, car, etc.) scam people all the time and they never get in trouble.

100% agree, my favorite YT channel. It is a great mix of interesting people, cool fabrication and vehicle mods, beautiful scenery, offroad driving, problem solving, and good clean fun. They are likely making $1M per year on YT + merch, I don't think they would intentionally risk jail time for a $15k insurance fraud. I always assumed it was just a paperwork goof or something like that. Maybe I am being naive...

 

[BAUS67]

JKS has rod sleeves as well

And they are very reasonable in price.

Should get the job done just as good as the "jewelry" option.

 

[Rick Astley]

I LOVE Matt's Off-Road Recovery! If you haven't seen it, give it a try. They have not had many Bronco's on the show yet. And I think that whole insurance fraud thing was a bunch of crap. I'll side with Matt over the insurance company every time. Insurance companies (health, car, etc.) scam people all the time and they never get in trouble.

There was nothing forcing the customers to use their insurance coverage instead of out-of-pocket

If you ever need a policy covered just remember this and do the moral thing. Commit insurance fraud Write the check out of your own personal account.

It's akin to why people gripe about paying their HOA dues, but always seem shy about covering the $250,000+ roof replacement job on their own. Come on, put your money where your mouth is!

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