Fixing The Carnage From Destroying My New Wrecker- ALSO My Monster 180 lb Dog!

I'm so happy you're keeping Allen around. He probably benefits a ton from having friends like you guys around. And I believe he's a genius in is own way. Which fits in perfect with you guys.

You don't need a dual voltage alternator, just run a 24v alternator and use a step down transformer to run and charge the 12v system. I have a friend with a crane service and he has numerous cranes ranging in size from 40 ton to 120 ton and I was tasked with bringing them into carb compliance and the easiest way was swapping in complete powertrains from newer trucks and we went with 600hp isx15 engines. The cranes have both 12 and 24 volt electrical systems and for simplicity I chose to run a 24v alternator on the engine and use a 24v to 12v converter.

To me, it's just so touching that you opened today's video with a warm, "Hello, friends." And it was easy to see that you really meant it. Just want to let you know I really appreciate that!

Just binge watching your episodes. Love your channel. Helps me through the tough times. Love what you do. Love Zion. 💕 I had an English Mastiff named Samson who weighed in at 172 and ruled the roost. I just had to put him down last Christmas Eve. Samson had the same personality as Zion. Super loving to me and my family. Love that you have trained him so well. I worked hard with mine also. Several 6 week session of obedience training. He was the best first dog I could have ever had. Makes me tear up seeing Zion remembering my boy.

I would love to see an "all hands on deck" helping Alan build his mountain top compound. I'd love to see that engineering marvel completed

I’d love to see the wrenching from hunter and Alan getting this thing back up and running. I enjoy seeing the mechanic work.

Love Zion - he is an excellent example of the breed, and a great example of how early training makes any large dog much easier to live with. I have a young English Mastiff as my baby, who is also about 200 pounds at 2 years old. Started training at 8 weeks, he already has his Companion Dog obedience title and has been certified as a service dog.

As a rigger and crane operator (55t to 250t) here in Australia, I can’t stress how important Timbers or bog pads are 😂

What about a video series of you guys helping Alan to get some parts of his Castle finished??!! Would be amazing content.

From watching the last video, for the front bumper I'd suggest something where you can add weights. Like what you see on farm tractors. So that you can keep the front down and be able to steer while towing.

What a gorgeous puppy! Seeing Zion's big face peering through the tiny rear window of the truck as you talked about him was priceless! 🤣🤍

You need to get together with Matt's Off Road Recovery and make history. Matt's building a badass tow truck right now, I think you would enjoy being a part of it. Share your people and grow. HellYeah! Lets Go!!!

Allen is such a good addition to the crew, seems like such a genuine guy with an awesome attitude👌👌

So glad to see Alan on your team and getting more time on camera.

Hey Heavy D, my name is Jay and my wife and I watch your channel faithfully! First I want to say keep up the great work. I love the material but more so your cause. Very few people with old school values such as yourself and it’s amazing seeing the way you and your crew pull it together and make anything possible. In this show you you asked about material best suited under your outriggers. Well as a heavy wrecker operator of over ten yrs as well as 15 additional yrs as a small to med duty wrecker and car carrier operator:…..it goes without saying that he harder the wood the better, the best I have found for use in any weather or situation as well as durability I highly recommend tiverton blocks. Not only the best bang for your buck, you won’t be disappointed with the way this material reacts in any situation. Hope that is useful for you and keep up the amazing work brother!!

You guys are doing some serious work, love it. In college I used to deliver all the bolts for the largest large wrecker manufacturing plant in world (Miller - TN). They used SAE Grade 8 bolts/lock washers/nuts on attaching the boom to the frame. Those bolts at 22:10 don’t look like Grade 8’s. Grade 8 bolts have a higher tensile strength, have 6 lines on hex head, and a yellow zinc finish. If I remember right Miller used 3/4” or 7/8” diameter Grade 8’s. You guys probably know all this about bolt types, but to help distinguish, Grade 5 bolts are not as hard (hey o), have three lines on head, and are silvery zinc coated or plain carbon. Grade 2 bolts have no markings on top, and we sold them without coatings. There is a Grade 9 that exists, although i don’t remember us (Fastenal) supplying any of these.

I love Alan being part of the team such a genuine nice guy and ready for anything to help

Thank you for hiring Allen, society think he's crazy but he's a genius.

Allen looks like he is fitting right in with the family. Happy to see him still around

Love how he's chilling (literally) in a tank top with snow everywhere 😂. I lived in Denver for a few years and remember how nice it is to have almost no humidity. Shorts and a t-shirt during winter! Not in NC unfortunately 😕