Testing Our New Tracked Recovery Vehicle!

I bought one of the weirdest and coolest tracked recovery vehicles ever! Honestly I don't know what it actually is tho...watch us put it to the test!

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[r.scottmacleod]

It's called a "Flextrac Nodwell" built in Calgary, Alberta. for offroad oilfield rig moving...the hitch is designed for a large sled trailer that hauls rig/road matting that gets laid down in trailer length sections that attach together to make a temporary road and oil rig pad in muddy terrain.

[buckbuchanan]

Ok guys be very careful with those tracks. Don't get on top of a stump or turn on rocks, it will rip the tracks apart. Trust me, I've been around that style of tracks for a long time. These tracks are designed to go over wet unstable ground. Great looking rig. Have fun

[worldsend]

PowerTraxx 10 or 18H model. It would have had an extending arm for sending workers up to high reach areas like towers in rough lands. What a beautifully perfect machine. Give it a custom workshop/generator hut.

[MichaelMeyer-fq]

Glad to see the nodwell TF360 went to a good home. Worked for company in Cali that had it and cleaned it up for a job that didn’t happen. We got from SE and probably had a digger Derrick on it originally.

My dad had a small fleet of the slightly smaller 240s with drills on in 80’s and no they don’t float. Pictures of 3 big wreckers trying to pull one out with ocean tide coming in. Luckily they’re old school so changing fluids isn’t too hard.

Engineered weak link when heavily loaded and abused is outer axle shafts. Axles in tf360 are a little light for machine as they were sourced from 240s I believe.

Also word of wisdom the steel d sent grouses have a tendency to slide on lowboys and can make an interesting photo op and conversation with local highway patrol.

Have fun and anxious to see the build.

[knoodle]

Cant wait to see them try to rescue this when they eventually get it stuck.

[slincolne]

Major thumbs up to the production team who edit these videos together. Always amazing work. Thanks Guys !

[bradley]

The edits with Sparks in the cab were hilarious. So good when they come out of nowhere and you don't expect it.

[donlowe]

Its a Nodwell built in Canada. Some were sold to Military. Oil Exploration in Canada made this Company alot of funds. Nodwell Brothers built units of several sizes and improved the track 😂 Nodwell. If you need parts try phoning Foremost in Calgary, Alberta.

[ShinyaSenshi]

Seller was straight up sporting a Matt's off road hat. What a salesman, he knew what he was doing.

[DruFishing]

Those phragemites are tough as hell and will be right back. They spread not only by seed but also by rhizomes below the surface, which when broken up (tracks) will spread. You can weaken them by constant cutting and burning and usually herbicides. Cutting before winter each year helps thin them also. I used to work in habitat mitigation and it would be a million degrees on an amphibious wearing ppe in the middle of an acre of these tall things, especially when blocking the wind/fresh air.

[Jacobs_Adventure]

Tracked machines like that are super common in the power line industry, especially in areas that have a lot of snow. They usually have a digger derrick or bucket setup on them. Company I used to work for had probably a half a dozen of those
with a few different configurations. They're super cool and I always wanted to drive one!

[joetuktyyuktuk]

Drove one of these Nodwells, with a diamond drill mounted on the back, the one I drove had a full 4 door cab on it. I'd say the biggest drawback of it was its feeble steering combined with the length... lots of back and forth in tighter places. The steering clutches accessed at the back between the tracks needed constant adjustment...

[timwilks]

Use it to drag one of your buildings 12 feet over so you can get it down the gap into the back yard.

[mushiriderchannel]

When Dave yelled to the bugs “get him boys!” I literally laughed until tears rolled down my face, great editing nice job lads.

[truckernumber]

It’s a “Doodle Buggy” made in the 70’s by a company in Houston, tx. It was a test well rig. They came to our pasture in the Everglades when I was a teenager. I was so impressed by it I asked the operators about it.

[georgepeters]

I watch u guys at home and can’t really comment on my YouTube channel so I got on my phone just to let u know how much I appreciate your work and how entertaining you are. Your work ethic is awesome and your entire crew is awesome. U always make my day better. Thank u for always making my day better and knowing there are still great pple out there in this ridiculous world we live in.. GOD BLESS

[B.O.R.R.]

That thing is every bit the beast that I thought it was when I bought it! I would have loved to have gone on that test drive with you guys! That's exactly what I wanted to do with it! I can't wait to see how you guys build it and get to use it on badass recoveries!

[arapahoetactical]

I used to work for the US Antarctic Program and there are several old Nodwells at McMurdo Station still in use today. They are intended to be slow with goobs of torque. You can usually out walk a Nodwell. I could just see a wrecker crane/winch or even an articulated crane on the back of that puppy with a flat deck in the middle.

[Tom-yrpt]

Only issue dealing with fragmite like this is seeds are now on the rig going on the trailer and you'll be spreading it along the highway. Very invasive I believe it comes from India.

[randyruppel]

Nothing like the wailing of a two stroke Detroit, along with the absolute opposite of what you would expect as far as movement. I love firing up my 6-71 for people who've never heard one, sounds so fast, moves so slow haha. That's a damn beautiful machine! Does it use air brakes to steer? Or was that just brake applications? Very interesting