An orangutan handles the tools in 4WD 24-7's repair joke

The zip-ties-and-glue meme is starting far faster than usual, alongside actual bush repairs from the channel's Tasmania trip.

Channel: 4WD 24-7 Story of October 18, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 98,069 views a day, 7.1 times a normal first day on this channel (13,734).

That mate whose 4BY is ALL zip ties 🤣

The hammer is working, the saw is moving, and the man beside the four-wheel drive looks distinctly unconvinced. His repair partner in 4WD 24-7's latest joke is an orangutan.

The comedy Short cuts between the animal using tools and an off-roader's baffled expressions. The caption supplies the situation: watching a mate fix his rig with zip ties and glue. It's an edited meme, not footage of an orangutan repairing a vehicle.

That familiar bush-mechanic joke has drawn about 91,000 views in its opening 20 hours, putting it on course for roughly seven times the channel's usual first-day Shorts audience.

Some viewers take the joke as an invitation to defend the improvised fix: getting out of a bind matters more than appearances. Another jokingly objects to having their own DIY work exposed.

There's a practical counterpart among the channel's other uploads. Its Tasmania trip has supplied a broken-window bush fix and a clip of Jock on roof-patching duty. Away from the orangutan's workbench, keeping the convoy together is an actual job.

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The numbers

The zip-tie joke stands out against the channel's usual Shorts start, rather than a dramatic surge across the whole channel.

the video's first day

usual first day here

13,734

this video

98,069

subscribers

1,500,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

501,063,642

views per day

463,236

typical day: 416,749

the video

views

90,608

likes

1,383

comments

28

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Driver61

1,520,000

4WD 24-7

1,500,000

Kashius Alexander

1,500,000

ThoughTaken

1,410,000

THE RACE

1,320,000

CarsandCameras

1,310,000

As of October 18, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.