The Perfect XJ Bumper!
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2024
- Tom Tom builds a new offroad bumper for his XJ and takes a trip to Idaho to help his kids with car stuff. He makes a stop at BYU to help the engineering department build a race car. He takes the XJ to Sand Hollow for some testing.
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I love that you add some family stuff in your videos. Your a good guy Tom Tom
Everyone comment twice and thumbs up for Tom. He’s a good role model for our children. This is so important that men like this exist in the public eye. More important than you can possibly imagine.
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I agree. So many channels with cussing and taking Gods name in vain. Kids don't need to hear this on You tube nor get exposed to attitude issues.
As much as i like matt, i really am happy to see you doing these projects in a more thought out manner. I really enjoy a well thought out project that is executed with attention to detail.
Ditto. Love Matt, love Tom. Two different approaches. Yes.
This channel will be one of the most successful on youtube. Toms knowledge is extremely awesome
... and his presentation is friendly and accessible.
Hope so, he’s a good guy
Only 11% better though.
And he’s actually an engineer. Matt wishes he was 😂
@@servicedogojokeguys2967hey now don't bash Matt. He's a farmer and farm boys know how to fix damn near anything with nothing but a shoelace and a stick. Dude does amazing for the qualifications he doesn't have
I love the sped-up welding shots. That's really neat.
.. and the "Sunday shop videos".
Definitely the welding speed up is def
I thought he was running a really hot welder.
A man with his air compressor and tire gauge at the end of the trail. Beautiful.
Tip to Tom Tom....please tone down the music! Very old crotchety guy here who doesn't like having to adjust the volume when the music comes on. Other than that, really like your approach to fabrication and your subject matter. Keep up the good work and I'm sure your subscription numbers will grow fast! Cheers! 😄
I agree. The music gets kind of irritating. Why not skip the music altogether.
“ Somebody declawed my hammer 🔨” 😂😂😂
Matt?? Is that YOU?!?!
Your videos are top tier. No fluff just and inside look into what you have going on. I will be watching every minute of every video you post. Thanks
Ditto
You get a ton of content into one video..lot of tubers would stretch this into two hrs of downloads..well done Tom.
Tom Tom brings a nice mix of content combined with his personality taking us along for the ride! I am in. 👍
Others have already said, but yeah the sped up welding shots are VERY cool. And the award for the best use of a trash can goes to... LOL
Oh heavens, another "must watch" channel on my growing list. Master craftsmanship is wonderful to watch along with the personalities! Thank you for bringing us along Tom (Tom) - much appreciated. Looking forward to all the adventures you have to offer...
Barnes is really making it easy for you to do some mods. That's a nice kit they've come up with. A little DIY, a little manufactured.
Ilove how Tom always has packs a little boys lunch. Lol
Because it’s Tom’s lunch, it’s now a grown man’s lunch too and he’s not afraid to admit it! 😉👍
Yeah, he’s not blowing $20 on a lunch. I tend to think of those expenditures as monthly… So $600 a month for lunch… See what I did there
I like a nice cold glass of milk with my PBJ.
I'm a retired trial attorney, PB&J was my go to trail lunch - quick to prepare, can't spill it on your clothes, fills you up.
PB&J is my daily lunch. I’m 71.
Big improvement over the stock bumper
So totally agree.
But you know Tom, that rear bumper looks really wimpy now.
Thanks for including the part about helping the kids out at BYU, and in your last video telling us the story about you and Matt on your missions, I enjoy hearing about stuff like that and it makes me like and respect you guys more knowing these things about you both.😁
I like it when you FAST FORWARD THE WELDS! Yeah baby
Garbage can helper for the win.
Nicely done. ❤️
Things you do when you're alone!
The bumper stood up to the test. Those were some neat cars they are building at BYU.
Tom Tom's videos have quickly shot to the top of one's to watch. I always can't wait for the next one to come out.
Thank you, Tom-Tom. Forgive us, we miss you AND forget you have your own site! Enjoy your knowledge
Really looking forward to watching the XJ's transformation into ....??? Into what ever you make will be awesome.
Love the "BRUTE" force bumper install . Just like everyone else, the high speed welding made me smile.
Your attention to details never surprises me! Keep them videos coming!
Fun to watch your video Tom-Tom nice looking bumper on the jeep. Glad you liked the pomegranate jelly thanks again for your help with the wheelchair.
That’s so cool you sent him the jelly!
Can you share the maker of the jelly?
Hey Tom Tom! Happy Mothers day Angela!
Tom Tom, have you ever thought about being an adjunct instructor for welding or pre-engineering at a community College or trade school? You would be awesome I think (and I have 35 years of teaching experience under my belt to base that on.)
No rust. 24 years old. You guys have no idea how fortunate you are. My truck won't pass inspection because there's a rust hole in the frame.
My truck has a rust hole in the frame as well, thankfully my state doesn't require inspection. It's the rustiest vehicle in my fleet yet its the newest🤣 but gets driven the most.
My radiator is resting on the frame from the core support rotting out on my old beat up f150. Still runs great. The body is just rotting off it.
👍 to Tom’s hardwork and Awesome Channel
Awesome Video Tom Tom, was cool seeing you do family things
Matt found his "modified" hammer! 😁 Loving the bumper fab. Watching you work reminds me of a sculptor's response when asked how he created statues, "I start with a stone and just chisel off everything that is not the statue". Perfect.
Keep the vid's coming Tom! Really enjoy seeing what you're up to!
Hope we all don't get flash burn from watching Tom-Tom weld?!
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Tom Tom, it is good to see you on your own channel. I will be following your adventures. I will miss you and Matt's bantering and you helping to keep him safe. It will fun to see your builds.
Get softer suspension with more travel for dig dug! Also give it a boom arm and turn it into a mini wrecker! Would be sick to see little dig dug with its little boom following the wrecker one day as support
Great stuff Tom, you' re channel is gonna go crazy; your knowledge and experience are amazing! Being a welder and fabricator are amazing gifts and save soooooo much $$$ and errors others would make....not to mention you're on YOUR timeline, not someone else's.....
You put a great mix of family stuff and work activities in your videos. The eclectic mix is enjoyable. Thanks.
Happy Mother's Day.
I really like the channel Tom! The content, pace, and editing make this fun to watch. My only suggestion would be to tone down the music a bit. I keep turning it up when you talk and down when the music cuts in. Admittedly, I'm not a loud music guy.
You know what makes the Banana do so well. So you can pick what you want to copy from it . Cool bumper. It probably saves you a lot having the customers weld it ✓
Tom, your utube is the first one I check out each day. Darryl
Thumbs up on brevity and dynamic cutting Tom. Good ducking on the music too...
i could totally see Tom Tom doung his own tv show much like Stacy David.
The editing is on point. Congrats on your future success.
Harbor Freight makes a hydraulic lift table that is awesome. It raises high enough to unload from a truck bed. Would work great lifting that bumper for you.
Wow, those welds look amazing. Great video Tom Tom!
Really fine work. Loved all the extra trip info (BYU and log gathering). Enjoying the videos you're putting out and look forward to others in the future.
Tom tomorrow just seems like a really good guy, he’s that neighbor every wants when they have auto issues.great content Tom Tom.
Love your humor, my favorite was putting wheels and tires on a wrecked truck on a mountainside calling for a torque wrench classic Tom Tom
Your on to something here Tom. Love Matt's but this is a variation for welders and builders with more focus. Nice to see a guy who can really weld and plan a project.
You have an effective & very organized site. You put a great deal of information, work & know how into a 'short show'. Very impressive, thanks
Tom already has 160k subscribers!! Wow!
The XJ is looking really good. That front bumper looks awesome. I think you are doing a fantastic job building the XJ for off-road and rock crawling.
I love that Silerstone Metallic color, I had a 00 XJ "Desert Sand Pearl" aka Grandpa Gold but sold it in a pinch, biggest regret in my car owning life. Matt carved up Jamie's "Amber Fire Pearl" XJ aka The Tangerine for a project but if he knew how rare that color option was he probably wouldn't have did it. His Banana XJ was originally "Maroon" which was also a rare color finish. The XJ is one of the best mid sized 4x4's ever made. Everyone loves to drive them because they handle like a sports car which makes them super fun to drive. The XJ platform is awesome and the after market parts are endless! I can't wait to see what Tom Tom does with this XJ. BTW, Matt is on the lookout for the culprit who cut the claw off his hammer! He might seek revenge soon Tom Tom!
I think that bumper you installed makes the front of that jeep look so much better than the stock bumper. Good choice Tom!
That was cool to get to help out with some college project. I hope their race went very well. I am gonna have to ask my friend with an electric car the last time he got an oil change lolol. Thanks for the video!
Love these random road trips!
Tom Tom, you're an artist. That bumper isn't a bumper. Bumpers bounce, this thing is going through stuff! A Masterpiece of strength.
Nice work on the battery terminal nut with a "Crescent' wrench, or adjustable wrench. When I was a kid in the 50's they were all made by Crescent.
Love the new channel and your attention to detail. Wishing you the best and excited to be along for the ride!
Good choice in music toward the end!
Nothing better then spending time with family.
I don't know how, but you make it look so easy, great job Tom Tom
Tom is like the Bill Nye of Off-road Fabrication! Fun and exciting with tons of knowledge. Peppered with dad jokes. 😂
Tom your doing just GREAT! Refreshing to watch.
You got an awesome shop going on there! I enjoy watching and learning from your videos!
I love the accelerated welds.. it makes it look like you can weld at super human speed.
The channel is just right. The technical versus practical is spot on. This channel is a keeper. Thanks Tom.
Like the rod iron look of the bumper with the Faded paint job...contrast is Good with each other
It was really cool you went out and helped the students at the University.
Your technical content is outstanding, as is your video production. Loaded with beautiful fabrication, yet you still show your personal values. Not LDS myself, but I appreciate you don't edit that aspect of your life out to hide it like some people do.
Love your ingenuity at doing things solo...
I did SAE Baja in Alaska, it was awesome seeing you visit the BYU workshop!
Your bottoming out issue is easily solved with the correct shock absorber system. That coupled with jousts stops work really well with softer springs. Thats the approach I took with my JKU and she’s a heavy rig at 6,800 lbs; big V8 and armoring sure add up the pounds. Love your channel, keep going, it’s getting better and better.
6800?? How? That's insane. My TJ weighs 3100 with a winch and bumpers and big heavy inline 6.
@@upscaleshack 4 door JKU + iron block LS 6.0 + 37” tires on heavyweight rims, heavy duty 3.5” x 1/2” tubed axle housings, body armor, full length custom 5/16” skid plates, two, dual ARB compressors, 9 gals extra fuel, large ARB refrigerator on a 45lb slider, 12 gallons water storage, recovery gear, lots of tools, winch, Ursa Minor camper top, large awning, lots of food, my dog, my beautiful wife and my fat ass add up to 6,800 lbs when we roll out. 😆
@@ventureoffroading Just casually living so many a man's dream. Good on you, Sir. I hope that thing gets used and abused.
IDK guys, maybe you could just put a 1000 pound bumper on the rear Tom.
Thank you Tom for the adventure , seeing some beautiful scenery and nice test drive on the Jeep !
thats a really nice clean looking bumper Tom, it goes together well too. thanks for sharing
Great stuff, Tom!
I'm jonesing for your upcoming WJ builds.
Great work on that bumper kit! XJ’s are amazing - so versatile, so capable. Lifted a couple inches and 33 to 35 inch tires! Go, go Tom Tom!
The Rubbermaid jack stand worked great!!
No icing, just good family fun. The "logging" part reminds me how our kids grow up adults. (My son is 6.3, I'm 6.0) Use to call him "little big man", NOW HE IS! 😮
The welds on that bumper were beautiful, and then you cleaned it up anyway. And unpainted it goes really well with the silver paint on the XJ. The BYU cars were cool too!
Great teacher and showing us how most of us build our rigs. One part at a time..when we can afford it! And then the testing!! I appreciate that some CZcamsrs get a full load from UPS and go bumper to bumper and that’s ok, but that’s not the world most of us deal with. Thanks !
Excellent work Tom. You are a man among men.
Thanks for being so willing to let us into your life and show us how to do things correctly.
Love Tom's channel!
So cool 🏴☠️ 🏁
Adventurous and educational
Pace and content were excellent with constant voice over. Super well done TomTom!!
that bumper looks great and i really enjoyed the speed welding and the overall mix in the video. A little buggy building with kids here, a little family there, a sprinkle of fabricating decorated with a topping of going offroad. Perfect.
Maybe a tool box for the kids for Christmas or a birthday?
They can call you with questions and with tools they can do the work themselves.
Great project! No dramatic junk,
Thanks
What! You’re wearing safety gear while welding?? Big gloves! A hood! Welding jacket! Safety glasses! It’s amazing! Actually cleaning up spatter and smoothing over edges with a sander after welding! Taking pride in the finished product and not half-assing a pile of cobbled together crap! This I approve of. Keep up the good work!
Bumper looks awesome on the XJ. Your welds are a work of art.
I'm loving the new channel Tom Tom!!!!!!! You're just amazing!!!
Nice work Tom on that bumper, really cool. Kids at BYU are awesome.
I really like how squared away you are preparing to do a project.
Nevermind the bumper and winch... but that Trash Can. I wanna hear about it. It held everything you threw at it like a champ!
Good job on the bumper and funky mounted winch.
Love the "Craftsman" bumper perch. Do with watch ya got. Love the channel.
That's a nice bumper, Tom-Tom! Know what would have made it even nicer? A couple of coats of matte black paint!
Your XJ reminds me of my 2000 that I had Named Bugs Bunny. It was grey as well.
Toms an intelligent and cool dude!
If you have a shop and resource to do what Tom can do that’s real cool! If you don’t……,bolt it together. We’ve owned that Cherokee. Don’t be fooled, the ghosts in the machine doesn’t allow this to be a daily driver. Costs to operate is over $1k a year not including gas, insurance etc. I love what Tom does he’s the best.
The shop noice is quite loud compared to your explaining sequences. I find myself changing the volume constantly. Everything else pretty good 🙌
Happy Mothers Day to the little lady,, great video format is perfect, content & presentation is great, keep them coming,, just say'n!
Hey TomTom, very nice of you to help these students. 15 years ago I was also part of a german Formula Student Team and I remember that welding was every year a time critical bottle neck in our project plan. In general I really like your new Channel. Nevertheless I was really sad to see you leave MORR. Especially from an engineering perspektive. 😉