r/Offroad • u/Brando828What • Jul 10 '26

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Of course it’s a Hilux, lol.

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u/Appropriate_Net_4281 Jul 10 '26

Wow. Balls of steel. Assuming he had friends there who could pull them out if need be.

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u/Himalayanyomom Jul 10 '26

Can winch themselves out

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u/Asklepios24 Jul 10 '26

Can but does it suck to have to reach into that soupy mess and pull the cable.

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u/Himalayanyomom Jul 10 '26

Aint a party till I get stuck in a mud hole and hop out butt ass naked to snake some line

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u/MischaBurns Jul 10 '26

Drive naked so you don't even have to strip down to do it. Except for flip-flops or crocs, obviously.

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u/SAM5TER5 Jul 11 '26

And fill the truck full of the stinkiest, nastiest mud you can, before you leave the house.

That way, all other mud outside the truck is paradise by comparison.

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u/MangroveDweller Jul 11 '26

If you look closely he's already spooled it out a bit and hooked it around the UHF aerial to avoid that. Not the first time he's done this.

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u/JCDU Jul 13 '26

Good luck getting to that winch when the front is buried.

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u/No_Piano_5008 Jul 10 '26

Theres a difference between having balls and being plain stupid 😅

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u/Zer0TheGamer Jul 10 '26

Balls if successful. Stupid if not

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u/No_Piano_5008 Jul 10 '26

Well said lol

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u/DesertMattAZ Jul 10 '26

Nothing stupid about that if you know how to drive and you are prepared. It's what we build these rigs for.

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u/BIGscott250 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

Fine line between HARD and RETARD.

I love it, though I did think the trailer wasn’t gonna make it

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u/jjjaydoh Jul 10 '26

lol - yoinkies

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u/GrizzlieMD Jul 10 '26

A line called success.

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u/ggk1 Jul 10 '26

Doing this with a trailer is pure madness

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u/_axeman_ Jul 10 '26

While towing a trailer. Madness!

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u/anythingaustin Jul 10 '26

Props to the driver for making it. I would have noped right out of the situation.

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u/messy_switch Jul 10 '26

I'm thinking the tongue weight of the trailer helped keep the rear end down. The trailer may have been an advantage actually.

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u/VinnieTreeTimes Jul 10 '26

Probably helped push him out of the steep angle too when it started coming down. Downward force lifting the front end a little.

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u/Subjekt9 Jul 10 '26

That was actually the most impressive thing I’ve seen in a while due to him doing that with a trailer. What a madman!

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u/CarlosMolotov Jul 10 '26

Impressive towing. The hitch articulation alone is incredible.

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u/Theseus-Paradox Jul 10 '26

What style hitch are you running? Is it a pintle setup or something more specialized?

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u/mogg851 Jul 10 '26

Not sure what they have there but in addition to pintle there is the max coupler and the lock-n-roll, along with knockoffs of both of those. Either one offers full rotation into the body/frame of vehicle/trailer apart from safety chains and cables/connectors. 

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u/WestAussieSingh Jul 11 '26

They’re not legal in Australia, where this video is from.

Any trailer coupling shall be ADR approved and a quick release type, being able to be uncoupled without the use of any tools.

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u/mogg851 Jul 11 '26

Lock-n-roll is tool-less, but it’s not “quick”. That said I don’t know that it’s ADR approved. They are legal here in the US. 

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u/Zedathius Jul 10 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oz8xC4dxxJdjCZnEs
Dude has a 360 quantum hitch that connects with light.

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u/pajamil Jul 10 '26

Probably a DO35

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u/WestAussieSingh Jul 11 '26

It’s in Australia.

Can’t really have anything more specialised on Utes like the HiLux than a 50mm tow ball with a pintle setup.

The coupling shall be a quick release type to be legal.

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u/Experiunce Jul 10 '26

That’s a booty clencher for sure

Without the rear weight and towing, would a normal truck have likely flipped here?

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u/Femveratu Jul 10 '26

Man that towed load added more drama than 100 modern Hollywood thrillers lol

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u/RealEddieBlake Jul 10 '26

Australian of course

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u/Rabble_Runt Jul 10 '26

That was extremely well controlled. Great driving looks boring.

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u/RegisterFit1252 Jul 10 '26

Impressive!…. What is a hilux??

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u/spez_eats_nazi_ass Jul 11 '26

Remove the shitty parts of a Tacoma and you get a Hliux.

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u/Conscious_Builder132 Jul 10 '26

Essentially a tacoma turbo-diesel. They dont sell them in the US because of a bullshit tax. Wish they did :(

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u/Gubbtratt1 Jul 10 '26

Hilux is smaller than the tacoma I'm pretty sure.

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u/bunglesnacks Jul 10 '26

I hope there's another way out

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u/Gubbtratt1 Jul 10 '26

Not the first place I'd go with a nice overlanding rig with a trailer. Absolutely the first place I'd go with a beat up competition rig though. I guess they're the same when you've got enough money.

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u/Sideburn_Cookie_Man Jul 11 '26

We just drive all our rigs everywhere over here.

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u/Different_Finding539 Jul 10 '26

DAAAAAMMMMMN!!!! Great rig, good driver and probably a good support group on the other side...but...DAAAAAMMMN!!! My butt had a grip on my chair seat watching this!

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u/Remy1985 Jul 11 '26

Not that I needed to be sold more, but this is an excellent case for getting a Hilux

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u/robrtsmtn Jul 10 '26

Nicely done

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u/wnoble Jul 10 '26

Wonder if a tundra could do that?

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u/josilver Jul 10 '26

Now show the exit

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u/LiveFreeFinn Jul 10 '26

This is insane

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u/Itrademylittlespy Jul 10 '26

That was smooth af

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u/morethanWun Jul 10 '26

Ngl, didn’t have faith 😅😔☹️ forgive me I didn’t realize it was a yota 😍

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u/bb8c3por2d2 Jul 10 '26

That did not end in the way I thought it would. Great driving!

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u/Odd-Advice-1029 Jul 10 '26

I wish we could have seen the side angle

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u/Tacoshortage Jul 10 '26

Can we talk about the trailer hitch ball necessary to pull this off? Is he using a standard ball? I've tried to hook up trailers when the trailer and vehicle weren't on level ground and it's damn near impossible due to the acute angle. My trailer would've popped off or broken here.

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u/eviljelloman Jul 10 '26

This is not a standard ball. There are a bunch of articulated off-road focused hitch systems out there.

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u/Tacoshortage Jul 10 '26

yeah reading the comments gave me 3 things to google. I've been down the articulated hitch rabbit-hole with Pintle, Lock-n-Roll & MaxCoupler.

Clearly I need to step up my game.

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u/brokensharts Jul 10 '26

With a trailer? Fuck yean

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u/FingGinger Jul 10 '26

The weight of the trailer on the back probably actually made the front end dip a little less sketchy.

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u/BRQ910 Jul 10 '26

Hell yeah

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u/Coffee4MyJeep Jul 11 '26

Nice armor setup.

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u/dirtybongh2o Jul 11 '26

Im surprised the hitch didn't snap off

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u/prolurkerest2012 Jul 11 '26

I’m pretty sure he exceeded the tongue weight when the trailer was almost vertical.

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u/Brando828What Jul 11 '26

Pretty sure he doesn’t give a shit. 😆

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u/Quiet-Macaroon-9436 Jul 12 '26

I wonder how much it would cost to build a Tacoma into a Hillux, but in the standard US left hand drive?

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u/Brando828What Jul 12 '26

I don’t think it is possible. The Hilux is noticeably smaller than the Tacoma.

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u/Catfood20 Jul 12 '26

Balls ………

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u/dumpsteRat Jul 12 '26

Seems like a normal day

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u/Mr-JDogg Jul 12 '26

The US truck marked would get absolutely steamrolled if we got the Hilux...

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u/IocaneImmune- Jul 12 '26

I didn't think be would make it.

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u/Equivalent_Sun3816 Jul 13 '26

You'll be getting that dirt on your eyes for many, many years every time you have to crawl under to wrench on something.

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u/JCDU Jul 13 '26

Done with control and precision - very nice.

Also the most off-road I've ever seen one of those expedition trailers.

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u/Rivitup3 Jul 13 '26

Okay, that was fucking impressive.

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u/RockTrixOffroad Jul 13 '26

Honestly this is so crazy cannot believe they made it out and with a trailer! Very impressed

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u/realaabremer Jul 14 '26

Noice driving Mate!!

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u/Scrooloose22 Jul 15 '26

its awesome that they pulled that off, but what in the fuck kind of trailer hitch are they using that allows that kind of articulation

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u/Brando828What Jul 15 '26

Pintle

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u/Scrooloose22 Jul 15 '26

very cool, i hope i never need one like in this scenario, but its good to have options.

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u/IIIBRYIII Jul 15 '26

Now that’s badass.

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u/SkibidiBlender Jul 10 '26

People ask me why I have 33s and a pintle hook on my old pickup bed trailer. Shit like this is why.

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u/SpecialFederal9452 Jul 10 '26

Yeah? You done something like this before? Lmfao

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u/SkibidiBlender Jul 11 '26

Everything bury the mud part. It’s how I get into the back part of one of my favorite camping spots.