Multi decade Ford Parts Manager here. Unless you’re fantastically wealthy, don’t take that Bronco off road. The parts costs for Broncos are fantastically expensive. I see it every day.

I bought my '69 Bronco in 1981 when I graduated high school and it is still one of my regular drivers, I think I'll stick with it.

It's refreshing to see the younguns willing to get their hands dirty. Good on ya Abby and good on you dad.

It really is cool that Abbey hangs out with you on the trails. She's a good daughter.

I trust a straight axle over this any day .

Eric you have a daughter like my oldest! She was always with me, on the motorcycle, in the shop, out on recovery adventures! She'll be 36 this year, and had worked as a millright for the last 12 years!

9:25 She is turning that wheel like its gonna do something. That will be a clock spring on top of the broken steering shaft

Ahh yes.....new "offroad" vehicles....they're riddled with plastic, sometimes a sheet metal bumper,electronics and no real tow points. Ill stick with my 82 k5 thanks.

We had one in the shop a few weeks back, impact on the RR tire, didn't even damage the rim. Bent the rear axle housing and the Panhard bar. You could SEE the camber on the RR wheel due to the bent axle housing, and the whole axle assembly was displaced an inch and a half to the left due to the pretzeled Panhard bar. Plus, the immense inertia of the huge beadlock wheel/tire combo hanging on the rear gate bent the body shell where the gate hinges attach. Offroad vehicle, eh? Nah, just a lookit-me!!! mall-crawler.

The front end breaking is a known issue on these. There are aftermarket parts to fix it. If you plan on taking one off-road, fix it first.

I wouldn't worry about the bumper too much, this will be a reoccurring issue..

Hey Eric, Miss Abby seems to be right at home at the back of that wrecker. Won't be long before she is wheelin Mom and Dad's wreckers.

His wrecker doesn't even have a sling. He must damage a lot of vehicles.

At 1:25 when she said it doesn't stand up for what it's supposed to do made me laugh. She over estimated it's capabilities, inexperienced and didn't watch where she was going.

I'll never forget my neighbor's excitement when she proudly announced that her husband had just bought her a "$60,000" Bronco. PT Barnum was right.

Say what you will about Gene, he DOES have a sense of humor. A Jeep owner, on a first name basis with his service manager at the dealer, ragging on a Bronco owner about reliability. Priceless!

Really apprecited that little girl,she is so enthusiastic with doing these works.💪💪well done.

Eric when you get Mara's tow truck finished Abby is going to want a off-road wrecker or buggy as always you guys are awesome

You need to get Bronc busters tie rod trail fix

Ok so yes the bronco break tie rods, but that being said I am yet to see one broken on a stock setup, Sasquatch or not, Basically if you are going to change the geometry you need to upgrade the tie rods, Also starting with the 24's the Sasquatch package come with the hoss 3.0 steering and tie rods

That girl is her fathers shadow that’s beautiful you see him you see her the way it should be two amazing people working hard always god bless

Had to comment...4 years ago my 1990 Bronco II was rear ended by a fully loaded semi truck doing 40mph into which pushed my poor Bronco into the concrete toll booth. My Bronco was totalled with frame bent in two places. However, that old Bronco and my guardian angel saved my life. I did look at new Bronco but not impressed by their frames....I bought a clean 2001 Xterra...much sturdier truck.

I used to run them old sling type wreckers. This guy should have 2x4s and 4x4 lengths of wood to use under the front to keep the chains and pivot bar off the towed vehicle. I towed 60s Camaros and mustangs this way no problem.

I live in northern Canada, have a 22 Bronco Badlands on 35s that I wheel every week in the mud, rocks, sand, snow you name it. I drive it hard but well. 75 000km and 0 breaks or issues. You obviously need to be mindful of the independent front suspension. I loved my JK but the Bronco is better in 95% of the situations I use it for.

this bronco needs the bronco buster tie rods supports that help reinforce the stock parts and would have allowed for the bronco to drive itself out once it was pulled off the obstacle

Nice job getting the Bronco back to the campground. Hope she can get it fixed soon and can get back to the trails!

Eric you are good at what you do and make it look easy. I always enjoy your videos

Just love how many people jumps in and gives directions....

Where are the big rubber mats for the chains?

I always wondered about those old wreckers, I thought yeah, those chains and cross bar could ruin bumpers and front end parts, well here you go

I love it. Old, simple tech plucking out the fragile new crap from the trails.

Awesome recovery for helping that lady out

Matts Off Road Recovery is waving. 😁😁✌️

A lot of off road vehicles are built or modded. Stock anything is good for soft roading. That is just as true today as it was decades ago.

Always great seeing yous help other's, looked a beautiful day, hope you all had a great time, thanks for sharing, all the best to yous and your loved ones

Love my Bronco, no issues off road. Every vehicle ever made can get stuck and breaks. I remember we tore up a buddies Jeep in the 80’s. Destroyed his front linkage and axil. His daddy was not happy. 😂.

Nothing beats an old square body GM. They look way better than anything new too.

Tell me you don't belong on the trail without telling me.... I've demolished the front of my rig but when the tow truck shows up I'm gonna be worried about putting a t-shirt under the chain. 😂😂😂

Bronco…only thing a modern one is designed to climb over are the speed bumps at the local mall….as long as they are little ones. 🤣

I've seen several videos showing the pitiful design of the Bronco's front suspension. There is even a trail repair kit I've seen on one for the tiny tie rods. If you have the money to buy this overpriced toy, spend enough to upgrade before you go off the pavement. You have a great apprentice working with you. Go Abby!

Not one of them had a shovel and some wood planks with grip tape for under the tires. You can even use a small loading ramps from harbor freight. Rookies

Wow! So much extra damage caused in this recovery! Matt does a much better job in not causing extra damage to customer's vehicles. This started as a tie-rod job and ended up with a much more expensive bumper replacement.

Love watching you man your a great man, and you're the first that started this, and now look, thank you for everything you do and for you and your family. Hard work, amazing people

I used to drive an old ‘78 Chev tow truck with a Holmes 440 tow body on it. It had wide reinforced rubber pads to cushion where the chains are coming into contact with the bumper in their case. That setup worked quite well,

They need to get a set of the bronc buster tie rod stiffeners ,from what I've seen they work well.

"Well, it's not a Jeep" This should be a commercial for Jeep! 😂 Love it!

I had a 72, that was a great bronco. it had no AC, when it rained you got wet. I loved that thing. I dont think the new stock model is ready for serious jeep trails. Id go with a wrangler for off roading.

I don’t know how Frond made the Bronco so weak. They made the Raptors for years. The off road experience was there

That's one where the rubber straps would be nice to have on the sling!, Crap I even have a sling I carry on the old L-800, Holmes are my favorite tools!!

(This is my first time visit to this YT channel.)Very impressive! It is a real pleasure to watch a true professional.I think it is great that you are teaching your young lady assistant some very valuable skills.I am now a new subscriber on the strength of this video.🌞

It's great to see the young lady helping you out.

The jeep was below the bronco pulling down on it and they can't figure out why they couldn't pull it out! Really!

Hell, it's not the bronco that's the problem it's the driver 😂. She doesn't know what she's doing 😂. She keeps trying to steer and hit brakes while the wrecker is towing her😂😂😂.

I had a 1995 Ford Bronco Eddie Bauer with a 3" lift decades ago. Not a fast vehicle at all, sloppy was the best word to describe its shifting, and the gas mileage was a solid 13mpg whether you were on the highway or in the city. But that was a nice sturdy truck. I regret ever getting rid of it.

The last Bronco worth purchasing was built in 1996. If you buy one of these new Broncos, you need to take a cutting Torch to the suspension components. And weld some old school axles underneath this thing to make it perform like the old ones. If it doesn't have axles underneath it, you should keep it on the pavement.

Good for her for being mellow. Can’t help but think they’re a bit of passive aggressive chauvinism rearing its head here. Nothing wrong with the vehicle. 4x4 drive is all the same. You can break stuff on a highboy too. Skill goes a long way. But these trails are riddled with idiots on both sides. Folks who don’t know what they’re doing. And those who think they do and judge everyone else.

crazy i use to watch this channel back in 09 loll high school days

IFS is good for the better ride and most of the time it is fine. Solid front axles are stronger, but they break sometimes too...Nice, your daughter knows what she is doing and helps out.

it's got the new Ford variable steering where the front wheels can point in 2 different directions

should have filled the dirt holes the front tires made with dirt before pulling the Bronco forward instead of the Bronco slamming down on its own tailpipe. Don't really need a tow truck in this situation, when high centered put a floor jack under front side of car, Use some compact dirt or sturdy ply wood/wood block under the floor jack and the jack up the front side of car. Shovel some dirt under each front tire and pack it down. Lower down car with floor jack and repeat process until most the weight is shifted to rear tires and enough weight on front tires to push itself back and center of car is completely off ground, put it in reverse and make sure nobody is behind you lightly give it some gas and voila! I have high centered many times in my car off roading and snow, it works every time, just a bit of patience.

Typical, new bronco owners don't realize all they purchased was an image. Then take it off road and worry about a scratched bumper....

Nice work getting that heavy beast out of there. The new Broncos' front end issues are well known to everyone but new buyers and some current owners it appears. Upgrade them or keep spares and tools to avoid the drag of shame. Nice to see Abbey working with you.

If you go off roading on rough trails bring 1 or 2 high lift Jack, a shovel, and a come along. Along with a few 20 foot strong straps and a 100 foot rope. Self recovery takes longer when you really dig yourself deep stuck. It’s easy and quicker when you don’t dig your tires so deep… Bring those items and you won’t need to call a recovery truck.

I'd rather be stuck than the damage they're doing. Guy running around with a drink and a staff shirt is pretty impressive.

I'd worry about the airbags in something like that. Do you pull a fuse before towing?

Hope you had a good Fathers day Eric.

Had a fancy cherokee circa 1992. Never bought it to off-road hard core. Just to getme through northern ice and snow. Road over a good size buck at about 70 miles an hour on the highway, made an awful noise and might have gotten a tiny bit of air. She bounced for sure. Pulled over and the skids plates saved everything, never even tore off the muffler. Lots of fur and blood but I drove away.

It cracks me up! Don't wreck my bumper on my New Bronco I took out into the woods to destroy!!! HAHAHAHAHAH

Thumbs up Eric, for raising such an awesome daughter

Why don't you guys work on Mira's Wrecker? Abby is becoming a very experienced wrecker helper. Guess she'll be the next to want her own wrecker!!!!!!!!!

Mercy, chains on a front bumper, whats wrong with you. I would think you would know better.

We seen a new ford bronco loose its brakes going down black bear pass. Not a vehicle I would even consider to trust off road.

First if that remark, 'it's not a jeep" implies Jeeps cannot break parts, the guy is either drunk, has not idea what he is talking about or just really not intelligent in off-roading. Many Heepers carry a great supply of parts that can and sometimes break, as well as those who own Broncos, Tacos. etc. A broken tie rod is NOT hard to replace and get the vehicle moving....just make sure to get an alignment before a lot of highway driving. And if a Hummer hater, explain Tacos (aka Tacoma), Frontiers and others with independent front suspensions that also can keep up with Jeeps on any trail I have been on after seven years in Moab UT. Yes a solid front axle is nice, but it all comes down to the driver and in many cases the spotter.

These new Broncos are just restyled old Ford Rangers.

Not a bronco. Even a Bronco II had a real backbone. These are just an imported passenger car with AWD

Bronco front end doing the old zhummer tire fold up!!

Saw one on a rollback, the other day, with the same problem. I have a stock 1972, I'll keep it. The new ones are a joke. Light duty paved road vehicle.

Eric will be building a third wrecker soon. The third one wil be for Abby.

@1:27... She is EXACTLY RIGHT!!! The new Bronco is all hype. Another fine example of why not to buy a new Bronco.

That's cool that there's a whole park just for off-roading. i like the new broncos and the way they look but idk about them doing what that lady tried to do.

When I was a kid in the 50's and 60's we used to play with tin cars. Now we're driving them! 😁

please remind your daughter to always be alert where she grabs or places her hand with moving metal parts.

"It's not a Jeep" awesome

I totaled it on the trails. But I think the recovery guy messed it up getting it to the road for me. lol

My favorite part was her turning the steering wheel like it was going to do anything while the front end was up on the tow truck. 😂

Why put those logs there? That won't be the last vehicle to turtle out on that hill.

"THE" Wrecker is a beast.

It's the driver, not the rig. But I want that dually tow truck, it's beautiful. Clinking and clanking like a good off roader should.

If you can't do it with out damaging it leave it alone, it will coast you more than you will make on the recovery and tow, you need a wheel lift or a rollback for these vehicles today,, in this situation a wheel lift integrated with the boom would help a lot,

Just have to upgrade the tie rods.

While Ford blew it with the weak tie rod end the heep people crack me up. Apparently the ball joints giving up on them for many years. The class action lawsuit for issues. Better yet, put in a chev motor, trans and drive train then claim they own a heep. There is a reason there are so many after market parts for them. And no, it's not because they are so popular. Reminds me of Harley riders. All manufacturers have good and bad points. Standing around like a bunch of little kids mocking someone is just sad.

Folks with the bronco’s…. Do the upgrades to the front end before you take it off pavement, they don’t completely eliminate the piss poor design issue but they do make it slightly more reliable… that or just carry the parts and tools to replace everything about every 100 yards or so.

I'm not seeing any vehicle in the video with a tire smaller than 37in and a wheel base longer than 110in in the whole video. All look to be built out on bigger axles like dana 60s. That's a stock Bronco Badlands on 32.7in tires with a wheel base of 116in. Simply put, at one time, that trail might have been fine for that Bronco. Once short wheel bases on 37s became the normal mixed with a heavy foot on the accelerator... good luck. I remember when 35s were considered a big tire. Now Dana 60s are the new Dana 44s, 40in tires are the new 35s and 37s are the new 33s. Trails we used to drive on 30s became almost impassable no matter how skilled the driver or how selective of lines. Big axles and tires compensate for lack of skill, and the trails get torn up. Bone stock pre-production 2021 Broncos did the Rubicon trail with novice drivers and a professional spotter. Here with this group and this driver? No stock vehicle would stand a chance.

Guess weve found the broncos limits 😂 i love when he said "well its not a jeep" 😂😂 these new vehicles that claim off road capable are seriously hit or miss a buddy of mine bought a kia telluride i believe its spelled and tried to proceed with following my jeep thru a mud hole....2 hours later we finished towing it from the trails because he wouldn't hear me out that my jeeps purpose built for water electrical components like the pcm have been relocated to a water proof box everything that couldn't be moved somewhere extremely high or into a water tight container is frequently reshot with marine grade grease to keep water out....good recovery fellas

💪🤗🙏🏆 Thank you for sharing this. What broke or failed? I had a 73 Bronco with Warn lock-in hubs and 38.5 inch Gumbo mudders. Many friends with the same. They were and still are tough. I guess they can't make things like they used to. 😔

I will never understand vehicle manufacturers not putting in tow points, and with 4x4s, stop putting pieces of plastic hanging down, make it so they can be used at least in rough terrain. Getting worse and worse every year. 😮😮😮😮😮

When looking for stout four wheel drives, regardless of make, look for ones with solid front axles. Ford and RAM are among the few still making this stout stuff.

Very cute helper. What a trooper!

Blazer man says If you leave the Bronco in your garage It will not break down or have scratches😂😂😂.❤

Chevy k5 blazer, like a jeep but for MEN!!! Like a rock