I will say the content is great, but they didn't have to do Nolan like that lol. An 8000 lb. Badlands winch will move that truck for sure. They're $200 with a lifetime warranty at Harbor Freight plus you can still come out $1000 on top.

On the next episode of High Low, James gets a $1500 steering wheel upgrade, and Nolan gets a $5 vice grip.

Pro tip: when using a hook from a winch be sure to "hook up" rather than hook down when attaching to another point. If the hook should fail while under load, it will be sent down into the dirt vs shooting up into the air. Always hook up!

In the next episode of Hi-'spare change found in the couch' we will compare recovery boards vs cat litter and a 50" LED light bar vs two AA battery powered flashlights taped to the A pillars.

I'm shocked they aren't comparing a cheap electric winch vs a expensive one. That would have been a far better comparison. Maybe a harbor freight winch

You guys really missed the mark on this one. I liked that low truck was being given good parts that just aren't as pricey as hi truck. Comparing a come-along to a $1200 winch is dumb, and Nolan deserves better.

Aaron's reaction at 7:38 is literally when a 6 year old find the perfect stick to pretend its a gun lmao

To be fair, the come along is a very versatile tool. IMHO I would rather have a come along, shovel, and a jack all than a winch. That being said, I love my winch.

I enjoy the high low truck videos. However, a high low electric winch would be a bit more reasonable in comparison. How about a $400 vs $1200 winch comparison.

Thing is there's electric winches for 100$ on amazon or like a 5000lbs one for 170$ at harbor freight, I'd be more interested in seeing if those do the trick rather than comparing an electric and a manual one where the outcome is definitely easier to predict.

I've been using a come-along for years. I take my Jeep wheeling quite often and I have a strict budget, I just get things that I need to make wheeling better and nothing more. Thing is, build your ride right and know it's limits, be smart, and you won't get stuck often. 9 times out of 10, throwing a few sticks or a log under it will do the trick. If it doesn't, the come along has gotten me out of everything so far. It's just as dangerous as a winch too, just be smart and safe about it though and you should be fine, and make sure it isn't rusted or shoddy before using it. Again, many years I've used a come along, nothing wrong with it imo.

Meh I’m starting to not like how they’re doing Nolan. Like everyone has already said and what i was thinking. There’s cheaper winches than a Warn.

Seriously, Nolan needs to get the next Hi-Car. He keeps getting the shaft. The bad way.

I wonder what Nolan did to deserve this? Like Poeboys said… harbor Frieght has some cheap winches…

Lo Car gets better MPG than Hi Car due to missing the weight of the recovery gear and protection plates. Right away, that’s more appealing to a daily driver / weekend warrior

"Super secret test site"? Imagine you're just takin a hike in the desert, maybe peacefully searching for that perfect sunset photo, then all the sudden- "GIVEITTHEBEANS!" And James just lands in a ditch in front of you.

Hopefully the next “Hi-Low” series Nolan gets the Hi parts

They've spent more on Hi-Truck's mods than the truck itself cost. Lo-truck is the people's truck.

This series just highlights how great the extra medium option is

6:34 my face every time I work on my truck when 'It's only 2 bolts' turns into a 5 hour affair.

Comealong does have some minor yet noteable advantages. For starters it is able to be mounted to any chassis point to pull from any direction, where the winch is fixed to the one spot. Also it can work without power, in the rare event that a dead car needs to be dragged from a hole.

For the next season I wanna see James and Zach on low team and Nolan and Aaron on high team

The high lift jack can also be used as a come-along/winch, also has a long handle so you should get better leverage than the $80 come-along.

It's great to see that you guys enjoyed the Coastal Offroad armor! A new front bumper is on us if you'd like to redo that front clearance test ;)

I laughed so hard when the drillbit fell out of the drill into the truck. The look on his face was priceless.

Aarons disbelieving "5 GRAND?!" is me everytime I'm looking for new parts for my car and seeing the price tags...

as someone that has been offroading my whole life with only a shovel and come-a-long and now i have a sweet warn winch, i can tell you they are both very useful. I do still carry a come-a-long under the seat, but mostly use the winch

Why doesn't Aaron have his own spot? He'd be a really great fit into whatever segment you'd create for him. Please consider letting him host whatever new series you put out!

I would enjoy seeing Aaron have his own series for Donut. He's knowledgeable and has a great character

I’ve repeatedly used a come along to self recover when I was 18/19. A couple chains and the come along works just fine. Especially if you are financially challenged/young/or just starting out. It’s affordable and useful. Not only to recover but I’ve also done a little body repair with it as well. If your going to be doing things where you might get stuck routinely, you should be building accordingly and have a winch. Not bare minimum for your vehicle either always go a level or two higher. Makes things easier in the equipment and lowers the risk of not working/breaking.

I’m building a 2001 Volvo V70xc budget battle wagon and this video was a help, it sealed the deal on not going with either system but instead I’m leaning towards the ARB Magnum Hand Winch. Power winch is just to heavy and mounting it is troublesome, meanwhile the come along is just not enough and setup and taking up slack takes forever. BTDubz, luv’n the low truck build.

HiLow is a great way to start of a Sunday morning, thanks to Nolan humorously just dragging James.

Idk if its planned or not, but what would be really cool, is at the end of this season of hi-low, you guys should take both trucks to an actual trail such as Rubicon for example and see which one performs better in a real world overlanding situation.

The come-along has one major advantage that makes it worth carrying even if you have a winch- flexibility. Winches are great, if you can get lined up properly. If you need to go backwards the winch on the front bumper is useless. A come-along works from every angle.

We actually had to use the manual come along winch when we were getting the Isuzu Rodeo. It didn't run at the time, so we had to put it on the dolly using it. Need less to say, as long as you have something nearby and stationary, it works very well.

When Aaron's drill dropped that bit, I felt that. Like my stomach dropped, because I've been there.

The evolution of the high truck this episode is absolutely absurd and I love it. Low team could have grabbed a cheap winch and been so much cheaper still lol

Something about the idea of spending the day solving the problem of being stuck WITHOUT resorting to my comealong sounds like a more memorable adventure

13:04 Every time someone says snatch block all I can hear is Destin from SmarterEveryDay yelling "SNATCH BLOCK!"

im CRYING at the drillbit falling in the bed😂😂

Haven’t y’all played Uncharted 4? That winch in that Jeep was useful AF!

This is rather fun to watch, because I can see literally my buddies truck build appearing with High Truck. I think he dropped like $20-$30k in add-ons and upgrades and I want to say added over a ton of extra weight. (Also for the record he has needed his winch at least twice ... well almost, we did get out without one time, didn't have diff locks)

My family used to go offroading all the time and let me tell you, an electric winch comes on handy a lot more often than Nolan thinks, lol

You need to do a third build: reasonable.

Man I tell you what them come-a-longs sure are useful though, I actually pulled the frame back out on my vehicle using a tree after caving it in using a tree

If you have a come along, keep a bar for extra leverage. Edit: On second thought, just always keep a long bar or pipe you can use for more leverage. Whether you need to pull a come along, break a lug, or maybe you could be injured and weakened, either way that added leverage could make the difference that gets you out of that situation. You can find an old pipe for free and they take up practically no space.

Come Alongs are great for rear winching when you're solo. Offroading to winch yourself backwards you need 3 snatchblocks and multiple ropes/chains IF there are trees & rocks in the right places to pull yourself out. With a come along you can just pull yourself out as your emergency tool

There's also the convenience of the come-alone with A) not having to install it, B) being able to offload it when you don't need it, and C) not being financially burdened.

Hi-truck already has so much weight on the front because of the bumper - I would go with a synthetic rope on the winch to save some weight. Option for Lo-Truck: Mount a hitch receiver on the front and $400 winch mounted to a hitch plate: You can mount the winch to the front or the back and leave it at home when not needed.

The winch is great if you have the truck it’s mounted on. The come along is portable for different vehicles or different situations, including those not involving vehicles.

A come along can come in handy. I'd take the winch everyday of the week, 6 days Sunday. For a lot of folks, being stuck will involve mud. If any mud gets in that come along, it's jammed up and needs to be cleaned before it'll work. The winch will work. That said, I had my Jeep Cherokee stuck in a mud hole and I tried everything to pull it out. A 4 ton come along, 1 ton chain hoist, tow ropes, ect. That jeep was stuck so bad that come along wouldn't budge. Even with help from the chain hoist, wouldn't budge. My buddy came out with his truck and used his 12k lb winch, pulled my jeep right out using a snatch block within 20 mins of getting there. Save the come alongs for small stuff like a sxs or smaller equipment and to move objects on a flat bed, stuff like that. Later, I got a Dakota and added a Zeak 10k lb winch on it I found on Amazon for $250 at the time. Got two snatch blocks, plenty of shackles, safety flags or whatever they are called to place on the winch line, two 30K lb tow straps, and one 15 ft 6500 lb working load tow chain. Put about $600 into everything and that includes the winch mount for the truck. Two and a half years later, I still find uses for that winch and it's never failed to pull my truck out of any predicament. Cheap winches work, but have to be careful as they over heat faster than higher quality winches. I only run mine while under a load for about 10 secs at a time and let it rest for 10-20 seconds. Keeping it covered and run the winch for 1-2 mins with no load once a month or so to keep the moisture out and the gears free and it'll last a long time.

"Classic low truck packaging, beat to shit" God I love Nolan lmao

I hope these guys do a long weekend trip at the end of the series where they go deep and actually overland top gear style, would be super fun

Speaking from experience. Wheeling in the snow with no recovery gear is stupid, after stuck for 3 hours thank God for the hunters who used a COME ALONG and help us out. Definitely saved our day and possibly life. Needless to say I bought a winch and traction boards the next week and have yet to use them, (three years later) but yeah they look cool

The fact low team's other recovery gear cost more than the come-along itself is ridiculous

Y’all need to re-do this episode… and give low car a real winch

Nolan said their trucks can go anywhere, and James foolishly said “except for space”. Well I got some news for you JaMeS...anything is possible with family😤!

I can honestly say that the Badland Apex 12k winch is worth every penny I've spent on it, along with all of my Gear America recovery gear...I have yet to need any of it off road, thanks to good spotters and all of my other equipment, but the winch has still come in handy for pulling other people out, moving dead vehicles around the property, pulling huge evergreen junipers out of the ground, pulling down dead trees, moving my garage wall that slipped off of its foundation, and more...and when I do finally need it for off road use, I know just how capable all of my recovery gear and my winch is...it's better to have something and not need it, than to need it and not have it...

I was just thinking 🤔 man, I wish they made a winch review vid .. and here I am!! found it right after finishing the KC lights review . Awesome vid man

I can move a come-along from my Silverado to my Xterra (actually I just keep one in each). A come-along isn't added weight to my front bumper and doesn't need to be hardwired to my battery. I can connect the come-along to the front, rear, or anywhere needed (a winch mounted to a hitch plate can do this and makes the most sense for winch placement) No remote to break on the come-along. I've used the come-along several times and find no need for a winch, but I will say, if you're doing multiple recoveries on a big trip, they're much more efficient. Problem is the winch "looks" cooler on a truck and screams to everyone that you're an off-roader. The come-along hiding in my tool box doesn't give me that needed street cred when driving to work.

"Are you jealous, Aaron?" "Yea" *realization* "No"

The lift jack That was my life saver in college when I was rolling my junkyard build jeep around..... worked great with a few d rings as a winch.

The farm jack you had plus some tow chain is actually a much stronger piece of pulling equipment than the come-along you bought, but only good for about 4 feet until you have to adjust the setup.

I really want that James learn his lesson. I really wish in the next season the Nolan should be in Hi team and James should be in low team.

Destin from Smarter Every Day is just screaming ‘snatch block!!!’ at his screen.

I use a pulley system my grandfather made back in WW2 when I go offroad. All you need is some rope and you can pull anything out of the mud with just simply putting the rope through the pullies and pulling on the rope. I've done a Ram Powerwagon that was sunk to the axle before no problem 👍

i barely have any interest in cars but i have watched every single episode of high/low and loved every single one

Next season of High low it would be interesting to see a “medium” build. Focused on value rather than cheapness you can splurge where you feel it’s necessary but you focus on not being excessive. I think this would be really interesting to see considering the conclusion always seems to be “buy something in the middle of high and low”

“Does more expensive mean more better?” Music to my ears

3:35 steptruck i'm stuck

That is such a nice Jack Nolan got. Man so many times I've needed a winch & had to get as many doods as I could to pull my car out a ditch So I'm lovin this episode Educational AF Ya sure most folks probably never ever need a winch in they lives, thought I was one of em, til one year I needed several, so, I'm glad there's people out here making winches and others testing them.

the series started out interesting and now its just "what can we do to make nolan look dumb this week". At least do cheaper options of the same thing such as a warn winch setup vs a cheaper brand. Makes for more interesting content as well as showing people you can do a build on a budget.

Kind of feel like eBay’s sponsorship has improved the quality of low car. Wouldn’t look good if they just bought chinesium like they had on the 350’s

Wise users have both. Wyeth-Scott make magnificent manual pullers worth what they cost. Tirfor are even more awesome and of course not cheap but both are lifetime tools. Also worth carrying are some (quality, like Crosby) wire rope clamps so you can if desired cut "leaders" (separate sections) from your winch cable for various uses and to make something useful out of cut-off sections where mid-cable damage was removed. I use them for preloading trees and pulling other items where I may not be immediately able to disconnect a winch or comealong cable. Wire rope is cheap so I fear not to lop off some as needed (for example to re-wire a manual puller).

@15:23 proper attachment of the hook would be the opposite direction so the opening points up. If the hook fails rather than going flying upwards it will hit the ground

The next season of High Low needs to showcase James in the low car and Nolan in the high car. I really expected them to switch this season, since Nolan was in low car last time. Come on Donut. Mix it up a bit.

Remember it’s always wise to put your hood up while winching. If the cable snaps and comes back it can hurt/kill you. The hood is your shield. Hoods are cheap, your life is not. Safe wheelin 👍

I believe the most popular off road recovery device is Matts Off Road Recovery... That said, there is a lot of room between $80 and $1200... The Heavy Wrecker from Matts OffRoad uses exclusively Harbor Freight winches. As always, the best tool for the job, is the one you have with you. If you dont have a winch, and you do have a come-along, bring it!

I the thing with this whole series that I love is there is a middle ground and that’s well I wish if they ever do another one it was three teams high low and middle end to show you will you can give on the high side gain on the low side to have a happy medium

When y’all are finished with the trucks y’all should go off-roading to a campsite and spend a couple nights there.

Is this the biggest delta in price yet? Freaking awesome series ❤️❤️

12:30 "GIVE HER THE FU**ING BEANS" That always makes me laugh.

I like that this channel is about all things cars. They try it all while being entertaining. Never in my life have i been like i want a off road adventure vehicle. then i watch this and seeing all the set up and stuff makes me think... hmmmm i wanna do that lol.

I hope u guys do high and low re gears, re gearing is one of the most important yet overlooked modification for off-road vehicles especially Tacoma’s when u lift, get larger wheels and add a lot of weight.

I reckon you lads should have done a weekend off-road trip before this to get an idea of how much, as amateurs, you'd actually need a winch and all these other mods. And as stated, you can buy dirt cheap winches that'll do the job just fine. Actually felt sorry for Nolan in this one haha

Just have to say, the animation in the intro is so cool. Thought, "Nice intro," when I saw it in the first episode, but then later realising the front bumpers matched what they actually put on in the armour episode, etc...totally tight attention to detail. Props!

The pure safety of the winch is worth your life.

A build show by Zach and Aaron would be freaking awesome 🔥🔥

I love how the high low series literally highlights why most people build brilliant mid car/trucks. You don’t need to spend top dolla but you should spend a bit 😂

Always have the hook with downward cause I hooked up well my buddy didn’t do it properly but I didn’t check so both at fault and literally had the hook fly over the cab of my truck. You want to have it down but I guess it’s how you look at it but make sure it hits the ground also I was going to say the off road jack is also a winch in away if you know how to use it properly probably better than the winch cause at least it won’t cut you in half.

This is my comfort show 😊 love this series

this needs a remake episode with a not so cheap option

You guys can totally find the “best bang for your buck” items for low truck I think it would be more realistic and relatable No one out here is just buying the CHEAPEST everything to mod their vehicle

Best. Ad. Ever. I actually watched the whole initial ad. Well done.

Love these, I have an 03 Tacoma that I would say falls in between these two rigs, I have stuff from both. I have the rear bumper that high truck has, But it is DIY though and almost 1/3 the price of the CBI high clearance rear bumper with tire swings so it’s not as high as that lol.

What you didn't mention is that the come-along has uses outside of just getting a truck un-stuck. I had one that I kept with my truck, but I'd also take it out to do work in the yard, hoist my motorcycle from a ceiling mount I put together so I could work on it, as well as a variety of uses while camping. Sure, you could use the truck winch for some of that, but then your truck is stuck there being the winch whereas the come-along can be anchored to a rock, tree, etc. The price difference on this one was pretty severe, and maybe it would have been a better test to go with a super cheap winch instead of a come-along just because they're so different. A come-along is just another tool that happens to be able to fill in double duty as a truck winch.

While living in our van and taking it off road although it's a 2wd we have found the come along more versatile. We have been in situations where we had to winch ourselves out of going in reverse. For instance on a beach. Our come along winch pulled us out no problem, but if we'd had a winch up front we wouldn't be able to go back.

in the British army we had manual winches. they got you out of trouble but did take a lot of manual labour but they work. If you have $1300 of winch on your truck that has been there for 5 years and only ever got used to pull a wheeled stool across your workshop then you probably spent too much. There is also the weight penalty. there is a lot to be said for keeping your truck light.

one advantage a come along has over a winch is it doesn't need a dedicated mounting point another is it doesn't need to rely on the truck for power. another is it's cost and space efficient, and you're more likely to have a come along in your trucks than have a winch bolted and hooked up to each one of them.

I have to say, in my days of being a young dumb highschooler and off roading all the time, there were plenty of times where I got stuck and spent HOuRS trying to figure out how to get out. An 80-dollar come along could have got me out of a lot of those situations a lot faster, and would be feasible for me as a highschooler. A 1200 dollar winch on the other hand, never would have even considered getting it.