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blakes said:
Hey man found ya on here. Glad your channel is going well. We are warching all your stuff now.

And you know as well as I do....more views if ya make the thumbnail her booty. Just saying.
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While you’re not wrong, I will not go down that road. I will make my own path the slow way. I don’t care for that kind of attention.

I realize that’s about the most unpopular opinion on the internet, but I don’t care. I’m raising a little girl up to be a lady and go against the grain.
 
TaltonOffRoad said:
While you’re not wrong, I will not go down that road. I will make my own path the slow way. I don’t care for that kind of attention.

I realize that’s about the most unpopular opinion on the internet, but I don’t care. I’m raising a little girl up to be a lady and go against the grain.
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Just binged the last 6 or so episodes. Thanks for taking the time to share your adventures and misadventures too. Really appreciated showing the vulnerable moments when the engine blew/8.1 truck got wrecked and processing things in real time.
 
Very sorry to hear about your mom. I'll be praying for strength and peace for you guys.

You've proven you can handle a lot, judging from what you documented online. Just know that you have what it takes to hammer on, a fine family do do it for, and that people are pulling for you. :beer:
 
TaltonOffRoad said:
As if I had not had enough hard blows lately, I just lost my mother. Pretty sucky ending to an epic year. I don't know how much more I can take folks.
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The hits keep on coming that for sure! Take your time to grieve and remember that it’s ok to grieve and have vulnerable moments.

I’ve found the grieving process is like a rollercoaster. Sometimes you are down and sometimes you are up. It’s alright to be down for a bit but always remember to press on back uphill.
 
Yeah life has been quite the roller coaster. I can't explain the highs and lows I've experienced over the last few days.
I just had a long conversation with one of my best friends, after the best day I've had since I got the call. This is the condensed version for the crowd not on NC4x4.

I now have a property I need to deal with. And for a multitude of reasons I don't have the time to type out, it is not a simple property to deal with. It could be, if I just wanted to cash out and walk away from. As my friend and I discussed, people follow my channel for 2 reasons: They genuinely like us and enjoy watching, or they just want to see a train wreck. I've already gained some serious traction and this is real life. I'm going thru this stuff rather I share it or not, I'd might as well pick up the camera and share/document it as tackle the challenges ahead of me while still slipping off to parks in the southeast often in between this property rehab and real life adulting that has to happen over the next few months.

I'm not sure what I will do really. I just have a lot of options decisions to make.
 
TaltonOffRoad said:
Yeah life has been quite the roller coaster. I can't explain the highs and lows I've experienced over the last few days.
I just had a long conversation with one of my best friends, after the best day I've had since I got the call. This is the condensed version for the crowd not on NC4x4.

I now have a property I need to deal with. And for a multitude of reasons I don't have the time to type out, it is not a simple property to deal with. It could be, if I just wanted to cash out and walk away from. As my friend and I discussed, people follow my channel for 2 reasons: They genuinely like us and enjoy watching, or they just want to see a train wreck. I've already gained some serious traction and this is real life. I'm going thru this stuff rather I share it or not, I'd might as well pick up the camera and share/document it as tackle the challenges ahead of me while still slipping off to parks in the southeast often in between this property rehab and real life adulting that has to happen over the next few months.

I'm not sure what I will do really. I just have a lot of options decisions to make.
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Understandable and understatement on a roller coaster. I’d vote to share what you want to share as it’s (grieving a parents or family member) is something most of us will have to deal with at some point or another as well.
 
It sure feels good to have the truck back. That was a $20k bill and it hurt but I have my truck back, no payment, and still cheaper than a newer truck that would do all I need. It hurt but it is what it is. I bought truck cheap a few years ago and always kinda ear marked the money for this day. Except that it cost double what I thought lol.

As for life in general, and the channel, my head is spinning. I didn’t get a video out last week and don’t seem to have any free time to focus on those things. I have big plans and dreams for the channel these days and feel I could go a lot of ways with it.
I’m just burdened down with life being back in my hometown and busy dealing with the property I inherited.
I’m torn between rent it out and think long term slow money, or sell it and buy 100 acres in the southeast and build my personal playground and still travel. Invest in the dream I have for my family and my kids. Bonus: all of that would be incredible content.

My old company wants me to come back, and I’ve had a few other unique business opportunities. I’ve been spending a lot of time with my dad and my best friend while in town and my kids played basketball since we were here during the season. It’s easy to get sucked back into “normal” life.

I’m in this place of uncertainty feeling like I could slip right into a “regular life” again and go back to normal, or I could keep pushing myself out of my comfort zone, and do something amazing with YouTube.

As a believer, I have prayed about these options and continue to do so. I feel like God will bless whichever path I choose long as I put Him first. Somehow that don’t make it any easier to know what to do next lol.


I have no idea what our next move is, but for now we’re just taking one day at a time.
 
TaltonOffRoad said:
It sure feels good to have the truck back. That was a $20k bill and it hurt but I have my truck back, no payment, and still cheaper than a newer truck that would do all I need. It hurt but it is what it is. I bought truck cheap a few years ago and always kinda ear marked the money for this day. Except that it cost double what I thought lol.

As for life in general, and the channel, my head is spinning. I didn’t get a video out last week and don’t seem to have any free time to focus on those things. I have big plans and dreams for the channel these days and feel I could go a lot of ways with it.
I’m just burdened down with life being back in my hometown and busy dealing with the property I inherited.
I’m torn between rent it out and think long term slow money, or sell it and buy 100 acres in the southeast and build my personal playground and still travel. Invest in the dream I have for my family and my kids. Bonus: all of that would be incredible content.

My old company wants me to come back, and I’ve had a few other unique business opportunities. I’ve been spending a lot of time with my dad and my best friend while in town and my kids played basketball since we were here during the season. It’s easy to get sucked back into “normal” life.

I’m in this place of uncertainty feeling like I could slip right into a “regular life” again and go back to normal, or I could keep pushing myself out of my comfort zone, and do something amazing with YouTube.

As a believer, I have prayed about these options and continue to do so. I feel like God will bless whichever path I choose long as I put Him first. Somehow that don’t make it any easier to know what to do next lol.


I have no idea what our next move is, but for now we’re just taking one day at a time.
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Living on the road is hard, man. Don’t feel like giving up traveling is throwing in the towel.
 
TaltonOffRoad appreciate the candor of the various thoughts and issues you are going through. Takes a lot to share your various thinking with people.

End of the day, you do whatever is best for the family and that seems to be a strong suit for both you and the wife.

Alternative option for balancing normal
life and nomad life would be the travel for 3/4s of the year and then winter somewhere close to the family and other “normal people”
 
blakes said:
Keep it up man. I think yall are doing great and the algorithm is gonna hit!
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I had the latest video all but done, and accidentally deleted the whole thing. I complained to my homie for a bit and then made a pot of coffee and stayed up all night to edit it all over again from scratch. That video has negative subscribers now lol. I swear if that don't make you wanna quit nothing will lol.

It almost feels like when someone likes fabricating and wheeling so they work for themselves but then can no longer go wheeling or work on their own junk. If I watch YT it's usually for learning, rarely pleasure. I choose not to watch any of the off road folks that I used to. I have no idea what they're up to and I don't want it to influence my own channel in any way.

So then we are mentioned in some 4x4 games thing in Hurricane, I go look it up and see a bunch goofy stuff, people trashing rigs and none other than the Lite Brite girl in front of all these kids and families. Meanwhile all her stuff points to her Only Fans. I guess I just find it shocking that it's become so normal to essentially glorify this "porn star" in what I have generally seen as a family sport and core audience.

I find myself asking if I even want to play in this space anymore. I genuinely just like to go wheeling with a few new folks along the way and make a cool video story. So I'm feeling this way, and haven't really looked at my phone all morning only to pick it up and find private messages from people as well as comments of folks saying how glad they are to see us making videos again. I appreciate the encouragement more than they will ever know. That goes for all 2 of you here as well, I really appreciate it :laughing:
 
TaltonOffRoad said:
I had the latest video all but done, and accidentally deleted the whole thing. I complained to my homie for a bit and then made a pot of coffee and stayed up all night to edit it all over again from scratch. That video has negative subscribers now lol. I swear if that don't make you wanna quit nothing will lol.

It almost feels like when someone likes fabricating and wheeling so they work for themselves but then can no longer go wheeling or work on their own junk. If I watch YT it's usually for learning, rarely pleasure. I choose not to watch any of the off road folks that I used to. I have no idea what they're up to and I don't want it to influence my own channel in any way.

So then we are mentioned in some 4x4 games thing in Hurricane, I go look it up and see a bunch goofy stuff, people trashing rigs and none other than the Lite Brite girl in front of all these kids and families. Meanwhile all her stuff points to her Only Fans. I guess I just find it shocking that it's become so normal to essentially glorify this "porn star" in what I have generally seen as a family sport and core audience.

I find myself asking if I even want to play in this space anymore. I genuinely just like to go wheeling with a few new folks along the way and make a cool video story. So I'm feeling this way, and haven't really looked at my phone all morning only to pick it up and find private messages from people as well as comments of folks saying how glad they are to see us making videos again. I appreciate the encouragement more than they will ever know. That goes for all 2 of you here as well, I really appreciate it :laughing:
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two...... dammmmmm dude there is at least 4 of us here.... :beer::beer:
 
TaltonOffRoad said:
I had the latest video all but done, and accidentally deleted the whole thing. I complained to my homie for a bit and then made a pot of coffee and stayed up all night to edit it all over again from scratch. That video has negative subscribers now lol. I swear if that don't make you wanna quit nothing will lol.

It almost feels like when someone likes fabricating and wheeling so they work for themselves but then can no longer go wheeling or work on their own junk. If I watch YT it's usually for learning, rarely pleasure. I choose not to watch any of the off road folks that I used to. I have no idea what they're up to and I don't want it to influence my own channel in any way.

So then we are mentioned in some 4x4 games thing in Hurricane, I go look it up and see a bunch goofy stuff, people trashing rigs and none other than the Lite Brite girl in front of all these kids and families. Meanwhile all her stuff points to her Only Fans. I guess I just find it shocking that it's become so normal to essentially glorify this "porn star" in what I have generally seen as a family sport and core audience.

I find myself asking if I even want to play in this space anymore. I genuinely just like to go wheeling with a few new folks along the way and make a cool video story. So I'm feeling this way, and haven't really looked at my phone all morning only to pick it up and find private messages from people as well as comments of folks saying how glad they are to see us making videos again. I appreciate the encouragement more than they will ever know. That goes for all 2 of you here as well, I really appreciate it :laughing:
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Well if it makes you feel better I generally watch your wheeling videos, and only a few others like pathmaker productions, Colin Smith, and a few randos strictly because it's pure wheeling videos and not obviously scripted bullshit trying to sell products or a dumb lifestyle. All those wheeling games, random vendor challenges, rockstar garage (only watched because that brunette in the yellow tj was hot as fuck, now that she's off I stopped watching) and shit even UA turns me off because it's scripted drama stupidity and shitty wheeling footage in between product placements. I grew up in the era of crusty demons of dirt and haulin or crawlin which were just straight wheeling videos and some kick ass music. Only a few channels are left like that. I only really watched UA this year because it's trails that I wheel on, but probably won't going forward because it's nothing but an influencer fest and very few "normal" people on it like it used it be.

Keep doing what your doing man!

My wife did say I need to monetize the hobby via YouTube the other day as I was watching some videos. I told her a) I would be demonetized 2 seconds into any wheeling or wrenching video b) it sounds like too much work c) our house and car insurance would almost instantly be dropped after gaining some popularity lol
 
Slander said:
Well if it makes you feel better I generally watch your wheeling videos, and only a few others like pathmaker productions, Colin Smith, and a few randos strictly because it's pure wheeling videos and not obviously scripted bullshit trying to sell products or a dumb lifestyle. All those wheeling games, random vendor challenges, rockstar garage (only watched because that brunette in the yellow tj was hot as fuck, now that she's off I stopped watching) and shit even UA turns me off because it's scripted drama stupidity and shitty wheeling footage in between product placements. I grew up in the era of crusty demons of dirt and haulin or crawlin which were just straight wheeling videos and some kick ass music. Only a few channels are left like that. I only really watched UA this year because it's trails that I wheel on, but probably won't going forward because it's nothing but an influencer fest and very few "normal" people on it like it used it be.

Keep doing what your doing man!
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well said:beer:
 
Props to you guys for staying so cool, calm and collected on the road TaltonOffRoad

I am resourceful and have fixed many of things road side to limp my sorry ass back home but engine failure or major engine issues is always my biggest fear. Hopefully that is now behind you.

Have you guys ever weighed the entire setup on a cat scale?
 
06h3 said:
Props to you guys for staying so cool, calm and collected on the road TaltonOffRoad

I am resourceful and have fixed many of things road side to limp my sorry ass back home but engine failure or major engine issues is always my biggest fear. Hopefully that is now behind you.

Have you guys ever weighed the entire setup on a cat scale?
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I weighed it some time ago. Due to run across the scales again soon for sure.
 
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