Idaho cliff recoveries take Matt's wrecker beyond southern Utah
Four uploads pair recovery calls with budget-truck racing at the Smash and Dash 250.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
2 Vehicles Launched Off A Cliff In Idaho… My Wrecker Is Falling Apart!
Matt's Off Road Recovery usually works the country around Zion National Park, but Idaho supplied its biggest new upload: two vehicles off a cliff and a wrecker with problems of its own.
"2 Vehicles Launched Off A Cliff In Idaho… My Wrecker Is Falling Apart!" has reached roughly 620,000 views. It is also the channel's busiest video right now, comfortably drawing more daily views than the Montana recovery and forest-fire truck rescue that remain active behind it.
The comments have a reunion thread running through them. Viewers keep mentioning Jake's return, while others pick out the drone shot establishing the hill's scale before rigging begins. For an audience accustomed to following both the equipment and the people operating it, those are two very different reasons to pay attention.
Back in Utah, "Family Was Stranded in the Utah Desert After Their Jeep's Engine Fell Off" supplied the other recovery upload. The remaining releases traded rescue duty for racing: a Smash and Dash 250 budget-truck episode and a live dirt-track broadcast from West Desert Motorsports Campus, including Ranger racing.
Subscribers held steady over the week, while daily viewing is running above its usual level. Nearby, Bikes and Beards is also seeing busier-than-usual viewing, and Enduro KeX had a particularly substantial weekly audience. Matt's own older jobs haven't gone quiet: the Montana upload is past two million views, with the heavy fire-truck recovery continuing to attract viewers too.
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What viewers say
It’s great to see Jake again!
@nickkendrick213See it on YouTubeThat drone shot showing the hill and distance before you started rigging told quite the story. The music was fantastic too.
@Nizdaar-v9gSee it on YouTubeSo good to see Jake again! Hope he enjoyed the new rumble seats on the wrecker!
@Bondodon1849See it on YouTube
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I miss almost all the people that have left the channel, but Jake is probably the one I miss most! Thrilled to to have him back for an episode!
@tomroth2634See it on YouTubeAlways good to see Jake on occasion! Secondly, kudos to the editing team because these videos just keep getting better and better. I loved the "RIP Tire" part.
@mrnine324See it on YouTubeSo good to see Matt and Rudy work together.
@volkerheinsohn5828See it on YouTubeCan you imagine the story that squirrel had to tell his little buddies later? Great to see Jake again.
@peteytkh6821See it on YouTubeWe miss you, Jake! Keep doing cameo appearances!
@chuckrf1502See it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
The videos drawing views on Matt's Off Road Recovery right now
Family Was Stranded in the Utah Desert After Their Jeep’s Engine Fell…404,611 views · 2026-10-14
Smash and Dash 250, Racing our $2,000 Budget Trucks!266,090 views · 2026-10-12
Live At Smash & Dash 250 - Dirt Track Racing (Day 2)239,110 views · 2026-10-11
No One In Montana Would Rescue Them… Now I Know Why!2,235,513 views
37,000-Pound Fire Truck Stuck in the Middle of a Forest Fire!1,711,130 views
- Channel
- Matt's Off Road Recovery
- Subscribers
- 2,200,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 4,212,545
- Videos published this week
- 4
- Video published
- October 16, 2026
- Video views so far
- 618,999
- Views on its first day
- 484,288
The numbers
Here is how the week's uploads and channel activity stack up.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which national park does Matt's channel description place near its southern Utah recovery territory?
The channel describes its recovery territory as southern Utah near Zion National Park.



