Thursday 30th March 2017

BJ Baldwin's Recoil 4 in Cuba: Time for Tea?

850hp, a 191-foot jump and plenty of suspension travel!

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BJ Baldwin's escapades in the Toyo Recoil series have seen him roaming the Mojave Desert, tearing through Ensenada in Mexico with Dan Bilzerian and chasing sasquatches in the Pacific Northwest; now the fourth installment takes him to Cuba.

While the acting sequence at the beginning may leave people perplexed, it is worth holding on till Baldwin gets in his 850hp trophy truck - loosely based on the Toyota Tundra TRD Pro - and leaps over junctions. The suspension set up allows for 26 inches of travel at the front and 30 inches at the rear, and every inch is used over some of these jumps! Cars just shouldn't absorb impacts in the way that this trophy truck does, and in fact the landing of the 191-foot flight registered as 'the biggest residential jump ever landed by a trophy truck'; a testament to ID Designs' skill in building it.

Watch the video here, and don't try this at home!
 

[Dave Hedgehog]

The most alpha male man on the planet

[Adz The Rat]

Unreal, he can sure peddle that truck around.

The way it deals with this logs is insane.

[firebird350]

Perhaps we should all drive such vehicles here in the UK as a protest about the shameful state of our roads?

Firstly, with that sort of suspension compliance we'd all enjoy a comfy 'ride' and secondly, the pollution emitted would shatter all Gov't air quality targets and then they'd HAVE to repair the roads...

[numtumfutunch]

I would quite fancy one of those

The truck that is

[British Beef]

Very good engineering! Not bad driving either.

I would love to see how a regular Hilux, G-wagon, Defender deals with that terrain - at that speed!!

[PhillipM]

firebird350 said:

Perhaps we should all drive such vehicles here in the UK as a protest about the shameful state of our roads?

Firstly, with that sort of suspension compliance we'd all enjoy a comfy 'ride' and secondly, the pollution emitted would shatter all Gov't air quality targets and then they'd HAVE to repair the roads...

It'd be okay until you meet one coming the other way.

[PhillipM]

British Beef said:

Very good engineering! Not bad driving either.

I would love to see how a regular Hilux, G-wagon, Defender deals with that terrain - at that speed!!

Take a sweeping brush and some bin bags.

[joe_90]

The definition of 'keeping your foot in', and not lifting.

[Cable]

Oh man, I can't get enough of these videos, they're absolutely bonkers.

What little I've seen of Trophy/Stadium trucks, I've found hilariously entertaining, and can't fathom how anybody would rather watch F1

[RyanTank]

the next "Win on Wednesday" competition there . . . . A trophy truck for the weekend

Aside from the blatant sponsorship and commercial aspect of the film its an entertaining watch, what Ken Blocks Gymkhana used to be before it became the let down it is now, only bigger and badasser with the bigger stunts available due to the engineering of the truck!

[EmilA]

Some behind the scenes information here about it;

http://www.speedhunters.com/2017/03/behind-the-sce...

[big_rob_sydney]

Reminds me of Ken Blocks videos. Also makes me miss the old Group B rally cars.

Wonder if / when we'll see these guys in a Fast and Furious movie?

[CO2000]

Really well done (Engineered, Driven & Filmed!)

[NDNDNDND]

Adz The Rat said:

Unreal, he can sure peddle that truck around.

Is it for sale?

[Adz The Rat]

NDNDNDND said:

Is it for sale?

apaerbag:

[QuattroDave]

All that engineering, effort and great driving ruined by not being able to spell tyres properly

[DonkeyApple]

What a load of boring old tosh. True off-roading is driving at 3 miles an hour down a track that has some muddy puddles while a bloke called Clive who works for Highways Agency explains the extreme science and vital importance of traffic cone deployment.

And what were those young women doing? True off-roaders like their ladies shaped like a wheelie bin and fully stocked with power tales of one on one disputes with the council.

[7795]

A refreshing change from Ken Block's efforts; great camera work too.

Entertaining...

[pimpchez]

Say no more..