Trail Recon got a new Gladiator

[obrianmcc]

... the life of an Influencer

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[AstroZombie]

His FSJ is awesome

 

[MRPRmojave]

I stopped watching YouTube off-road ….. South Park and The Office reruns FTW!!

 

[5adventurers]

Funny how I can find myself even sound hypocritical.... As in, I wish these guys rigs weren't so outlandish.....dude, that rig is INSANE, let's watch!!!

This guy is just getting free stuff shipped for a review....won't watch......
(Me, sees item I want, look up review, find forgotten YouTuber) let's see what he has to say about this product.

There are other examples, but perhaps one thing is true, the cinematography matters, TSTN is awesome with that. And they all are out there trying to tell their version of a trip that we would all love to enjoy too. Brad is very optimistic, Casey needs a shower, Nate is cool, Matt is quirky, McBride is funny too, but used to do his own install and was shocked at his direction...but he self identified and is coming back around...verdict undecided....... There's a ton of them, and enough variety to recycle to one when you've had enough of the other.

But the best story (not to be cheesy) is our own. That's why I have my Jeep and camping gear. To go. Make stories with my family....and to be honest I take photos, but mostly, leave the phone behind to embrace the memories....I use YouTube as an inspiration to hurry back out and see some of what I never will.

-Enjoy the ride

 

[chorky]

The endless budgets of these people are a bit crazy, and depressing. But we also all know that most of them are sponsored. Weather they outright say it or not is the difference. I mean look at the couple from lifestyle overland - they just got a new trailer that probably cost close to 70K. What about Sean at TSTN - just pushed out a video of his insane gladiator on tracks. Tracks are money - those probably went for 7-10K I bet. Maybe 5 if he got the cheap ones but I kinda doubt that. I'm still excited to see what his build is going to look like, what he decides to sell, and what direction he goes in the future - because it likely will give some of us our own insight to our choices.

But it's still entertainment. And we get to see some cool places that many of us may never get to see in person.

But I gotta say man I can't believe how many nay-sayers there are here about Brad's attitude. Ya'll must be some grumpy people angry at everything and probably not fun to be around either. See that doesn't feel so nice does it. I enjoy his attitude, and my attitude is very much the same. Because I'll tell you what - I should not be alive today. I should have died 6 times over the last 8 years, and 3 of those were while deployed on the Pakistani border, 2 were from major brain surgeries, and you fellas need to understand that mental struggles of people who see the shit is very real. No doubt Brad has his own stories. So you who can't get excited about the fact that your alive, that your body isn't broken to the point of having lost nearly all of your enjoyable hobbies, getting outside in a peaceful country, doing something you love and possibly the only thing your body will ever let you do again, and that you battled and won against your own demons need a reality check. Not only that but you need to appreciate what you do have a little more and stop being so grumpy. He has EVERY right to be ecstatic about every sip of coffee, every amazing view - we are way more fortunate here in the US than most, and to freely roam our country for the most part. And you dont know what kind of battles he dealt with, and why he is so 'grossly' happy at everything. Maybe he's living on borrowed time, maybe he has cancer and just won't show it , maybe he survived attempted suicide, or was the lone survivor of a nasty rotary crash, or he's just enjoying the freedom we all have because of those who never get to come home. But every day is a dam good day to be alive.

 

[smlobx]

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@chorky
I hear you brother…

for me I’m not nearly as optimistic but I do enjoy his optimism and I feel a bit better for watching him.

 

[glovesf15]

The endless budgets of these people are a bit crazy, and depressing. But we also all know that most of them are sponsored. Weather they outright say it or not is the difference. I mean look at the couple from lifestyle overland - they just got a new trailer that probably cost close to 70K. What about Sean at TSTN - just pushed out a video of his insane gladiator on tracks. Tracks are money - those probably went for 7-10K I bet. Maybe 5 if he got the cheap ones but I kinda doubt that. I'm still excited to see what his build is going to look like, what he decides to sell, and what direction he goes in the future - because it likely will give some of us our own insight to our choices.

But it's still entertainment. And we get to see some cool places that many of us may never get to see in person.

But I gotta say man I can't believe how many nay-sayers there are here about Brad's attitude. Ya'll must be some grumpy people angry at everything and probably not fun to be around either. See that doesn't feel so nice does it. I enjoy his attitude, and my attitude is very much the same. Because I'll tell you what - I should not be alive today. I should have died 6 times over the last 8 years, and 3 of those were while deployed on the Pakistani border, 2 were from major brain surgeries, and you fellas need to understand that mental struggles of people who see the shit is very real. No doubt Brad has his own stories. So you who can't get excited about the fact that your alive, that your body isn't broken to the point of having lost nearly all of your enjoyable hobbies, getting outside in a peaceful country, doing something you love and possibly the only thing your body will ever let you do again, and that you battled and won against your own demons need a reality check. Not only that but you need to appreciate what you do have a little more and stop being so grumpy. He has EVERY right to be ecstatic about every sip of coffee, every amazing view - we are way more fortunate here in the US than most, and to freely roam our country for the most part. And you dont know what kind of battles he dealt with, and why he is so 'grossly' happy at everything. Maybe he's living on borrowed time, maybe he has cancer and just won't show it , maybe he survived attempted suicide, or was the lone survivor of a nasty rotary crash, or he's just enjoying the freedom we all have because of those who never get to come home. But every day is a dam good day to be alive.

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[coalcracker]

I don’t watch TrailRecon very much anymore and agree with the sentiment of others on this thread, that many of the channels that are popular today (TrailRecon, Casey250, Lifestyle Overland, and I hate to include TSTN but I will) were arguably better a couple years ago when they were more relatable, prior to the $70K trailers, HEMI swaps, and other random things that are cool on some level, but things that I would probably not ever do myself. I still check in on them from time to time if a thumbnail interests me, but I’m not a regular viewer anymore. And it’s not really “wealth envy” on my part - it’s great that they can afford these things - but I’m simply not as interested.

Re: the TrailRecon Gladiator, the vision for this one just doesn’t interest me at all (medical vehicle). Brad can do whatever he wants, of course, and maybe someday I’ll watch a video about it or two, but I’m more interested in folks using their Gladiators to off road and camp.

To each their own, of course!

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