Car recovery expert got a call to a Ford truck nobody else would rescue and quickly found out why

A car recovery expert was called out to recover a Ford truck that nobody else would rescue.

After a month of asking recovery teams to help retrieve their truck, one Californian man continuously heard a chorus of ‘no’ as he explained where exactly the car was.

That was until they got in touch with one renowned team of gurus.

But after accepting the job, the car recovery expert quickly realized why no one else would bother trying.

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Car recovery expert quickly found why nobody would rescue this Ford truck

Some car recoveries are simply too difficult to handle.

This crashed Toyota in Japan proves as much, having spent 30 years at the foot of a hill and ultimately becoming a tourist attraction.

But the car recovery expert and YouTube presenter ‘Matt’s Off Road Recovery’ has become quite skilled at getting cars out of sticky situations.

Recently, the team hooked out a Chevy from the Utah hot springs, and now they’re back at it with a Ford truck hanging off the edge of a mountain.

The crew were called out from Utah to the mountains of California, taking on a painstaking 10-hour drive filled with detours, diversions, and snowy conditions.

But upon arrival, it was clear why nobody else would contemplate attempting the rescue.

The Ford truck had spun off a mountain road and flown at least 250 feet down the slope.

From the road, the truck wasn’t even visible, and the team had to get their hiking boots on to climb down the ledge to find it.

There were some slithers of good news as the team began to inspect the job.

The truck had spun itself around to face up the hill, meaning that the car recovery team could attach the winches to the bonnet.

But it was all uphill from there. Literally.

Recovery attempt gets underway

The team is no stranger to fishing out massive vehicles, given they’ve already yoinked out a Jeep Wrangler for being buried in the sand dunes of Utah, but this was a different level of difficulty.

With a clock on how much daylight they had to work with, the team put their ‘Wrecker’ wagon to work.

The Wrecker is a custom-built rig with a 1956 International Harvester R220 fire truck cab, a GM 8.1L Vortec engine, and 7x 12,000 lbs Badlands Apex winches.

A true beast.

With Matt and the team attaching winch wires around the Ford’s bonnet, nearby trees (for extra support and stress relief), and the big yellow monster truck itself, they thought they were ready to go.

But then they were faced with a snafu: someone had stolen the truck’s battery.

So with no help from the truck itself, the team began lifting it up inch by inch.

Around the halfway mark, just before a steep rock, a second disaster struck as the bonnet began to unbolt and rip off.

This didn’t stop them though, as a rearrangement of the winches to attach to different axis’ of the car actually saw them make better headway.

A blessing in disguise.

By getting underneath the Ford truck, the winches started pulling the front end up, rather than dragging it through the dirt.

After hours of readjusting snatches, tightening and loosening different winches, and moving the truck uphill by a matter of feet at a time, the daylight escaped them.

However, as night fell, the truck was almost back up to the road, with the winches almost becoming ineffective with the obtuse angles.

Then it was time to kick the Wrecker into gear and drag the Ford back up for the final hurdle.

Finally, the Ford truck was freed and Matt’s Off Road Recovery completed what no other recovery team would attempt.

The truck was then towed to safety, albeit with a lot of damage to its bodywork and a missing car battery.

Matt and the crew have taken on mountains before – and won – but they’ll no doubt be hoping for some less dramatic jobs in the future.