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A winch-anchor tree falls on 4WD 24-7's battered LandCruiser

Brocko's trip home through Tasmania brings broken glass, flooded cabins and a recovery that goes badly wrong.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 231,317 views a day, 16 times a normal first day on this channel (14,326).

CRUSHED BY TREE… ABANDONED Track to Drag Australia’s WORST LandCruiser Home

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2:46Brocko's window regulator fails, leaving the driver's window open in the pouring rain.
6:23The LandCruiser slips sideways into a muddy rut and needs recovery from behind.
15:06A log catches and shatters the LandCruiser's passenger-side window beneath a fallen tree.
15:58O'Dell's Triton slides toward an embankment, prompting a twin-winch recovery.
The title's tree collapse happens during the later night recovery, when the dead-tree winch anchor gives way.

The driver's window jams open in the rain before Brocko has made much progress. It is an uncomfortable start to a homecoming that soon involves rather more than getting wet.

4WD 24-7's Tasmania episode sends him toward Zeehan in the battered 60 Series LandCruiser, with Jock and the convoy taking the difficult route through the Tarkine's Mile of Mud. The video drew more than 216,000 views in its first 21 hours, far beyond the channel's usual opening day.

The old Toyota makes its limitations clear early. Brocko slips sideways into a deep rut, then uses bilge pumps to clear the muddy water that has flooded inside. Later, a log catches the passenger-side window and shatters it. "Everything is going wrong!" he says.

Nor is this solely the LandCruiser's ordeal. O'Dell's Mitsubishi Triton starts sliding toward a steep bank and needs winches at both ends to stabilize and recover it.

The incident promised by the title comes during the night recovery: a dead tree being used as a winch anchor collapses onto the 60. A bent steering arm subsequently gets a trackside repair, with the crew camping mid-route before continuing toward Ring River Track.

Among the comments, Brocko himself is a recurring subject. Viewers discuss his ease on camera and how much of a driving test the old LandCruiser has given him. One has a different request: footage of the mud-covered convoy back on the highway.

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What viewers say

I'd say Brocko has earned his stripes! Well done mate!
@DupexonzSee it on YouTube
if Brocko can drive the 60, he can drive anything
@rollyb5062See it on YouTube
I wanna see some shots of these filthy vehicles rolling back down the highway after a trip haha.
@shakey_daysSee it on YouTube

2 more comments

Talk about a baptism of fire for Brocko onya lad🤟
@Normal-blokeSee it on YouTube
I have to say... Brocko you're a great addition to the @4wd24/7 crew and you fit in awesome with the biggest characters of the show... Jocko n Jesse. 👍
@Dani86-v6zSee it on YouTube

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The facts

Channel: 4WD 24-7
Subscribers: 1,500,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 2,307,097
Channel views, pace per day: 38,190 (on a normal day: 442,650)
Video published: October 15, 2026
Video views so far: 216,384 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 231,317

The numbers

The Tasmania episode has already drawn a much larger audience than a usual first day. Comments have also passed the channel's typical opening-day total.

the video's first day

usual first day here

14,326

this video

231,317

subscribers

1,500,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

500,052,951

views per day

38,190