Rick doesn't cut to a product shot to sell the "I Love Snatch" diesel shirt. He plugs it live, mud still on his gloves, mid-recovery, pulling two buried excavators out of a Wyoming creek for free. Watch for the 1:10:36 mark. That recovery's already pulled in 1.24 million views, and right after wrestling a snatch block off his own truck, he looks dead at the camera and says it: "Used to call me snatch block Rick. You can get yourself a I heart snatch shirt at murphysdieselstore.com." No cut. No b-roll. Just the guy doing the work, telling you where the joke on his shirt lives. That's the story here: what actually happened in that recovery, what a snatch block does, and the $34.99 tee it's named after.
It's a useful test of whether merch is honest, if you think about it. Earlier in the same video Rick reads an actual paid sponsor spot for a meal-kit company, discount code and all. The shirt doesn't get that treatment. It gets one unscripted line, wedged between rigging instructions, because he's already standing there wearing the joke.
- Rick plugs the "I Love Snatch" diesel shirt himself, on camera, at 1:10:36 into this exact episode, while freeing two buried excavators for a family that got quoted $65,000.
- A snatch block is a rigging pulley that redirects a winch line and roughly doubles pulling power. Rick runs one, then two, then three of them over this single recovery. Watch the escalation. It's the whole joke.
- The "I Love Snatch" tee is $34.99, in stock now, sizes XS through 6XL including Tall.
- Sizing, straight from the product page: "50% of people say it runs small. 50% say it fits just right."
- Two more shirts share the joke: Bout To Get Western and Move Over ($34.99 each), plus a heavier pullover ($59.98) for when it actually does get western.
1. Two buried excavators and a family about to lose the business
Two 40,000 lb excavators, buried to the cabs in a creek outside Buffalo, Wyoming. Grim start. The only recovery quote the owners could find would've been enough to shut the whole company down. Rick lays out the stakes right at the top, plain: "We've got two 40,000 lb excavators buried to the cabs. This company is a small family-owned irrigation company. They got quoted $65,000 to do this recovery. They weren't going to be able to stay in business."
So he turns it into a road trip instead of a job. "We're going to go up there and we're going to help these folks out free of charge," he says. Then he lays out what it actually costs him. "For the next week, me and my family are going to be traveling to northern Wyoming, 1,500 miles. We're going to be camped out, cooking on the fire, and recovering these excavators." He signs off the intro with his own stock warning. "Stand by cuz it's probably going to get western, folks." The trip proves him right before he's even out of Arizona. A blown coolant line. Twenty gallons at 200°F, dumped straight into his truck.
By the time he and his crew reach the creek near Buffalo, the job's exactly as described: "Two excavators buried up to their cabs in muddy creek." Two machines. One recovery. And a family watching to see if a stranger who drove 1,500 miles for free can actually pull it off.
2. The moment Rick tells you where to get the shirt
By the time Rick mentions the shirt, he's deep into the second excavator, already rigged three different ways. One snatch block early, to change his pull angle. Two blocks, to keep the line from fighting his own truck. Then a third: "we need three snatch blocks, and I've got the perfect rigging for the top," he says at the 1:03 mark. Near the end of the pull, switching angles again, he pulls a block back off his truck:
"I'm going to pull this snatch block off so it'll pull straight off my truck now. Need the old pocket pliers. Used to call me snatch block Rick. You can get yourself a I heart snatch shirt at murphysdieselstore.com. For those pesky Kubota recoveries where you need four snatch blocks."Wrecker Rick, "This Family Couldn't Afford A $65,000 Recovery… So I Did It Free"
"I heart snatch shirt" is Rick talking, not a typo. It's shorthand for the "I Love Snatch" tee, and the nickname's earned itself in real time. He's been "snatch block Rick" for the entire recovery by that point. He doesn't stop rigging to say it. He doesn't cut to a product shot. He just says it, keeps working, and moves straight into the next line about the kind of job that needs even more blocks than this one.
3. What "snatch" actually means
So what does a snatch block actually do? Heavy-duty pulley. Changes the direction of a winch pull and roughly doubles the pulling power behind it.[1] That's the joke on the shirt: "I Love Snatch" loves a pulley. Zips AW Direct (the sponsor that supplies the snatch blocks Rick runs) explains the doubling: "By running winch lines back through snatch blocks, operators can also increase the capacity of their winch lines. Oftentimes this doubles the pulling force."[1] The same guide covers the redirect too: "Another primary use of a snatch block is to change the direction of pull."[1]
Watch this specific recovery and you can see the tool earn its keep in real time. First, a single block, to redirect his pull. "I'm going to run a snatch block off this machine and drag this machine out by that machine, by that truck." Then two. "I'm going to run two snatch blocks right off that bucket we sank into the ground right there." Here's why he's doubling up. "I'm doubling up my snatch blocks so it pulls harder towards the excavator than towards my truck." Then, by the top of the second machine, three. "We need three snatch blocks, and I've got the perfect rigging for the top." One block. Two blocks. Three. That escalation is the entire joke on the shirt, played out over a single recovery.
None of this is a suggestion for the shirt. It's how the rigging in this episode actually gets done safely. Every snatch block in a real recovery gets checked, not just clipped on.
- Inspect before every use. "Daily inspection of each snatch block is recommended prior to use."[1]
- Close and secure it before loading it. The blocks Rick runs, supplied by Murphy's sponsor Zips AW Direct, close with a spring-loaded latch, a design the company says "adds a layer of safety" to the pull.[2]
- Match the block to the line. Before it takes a load, "verify that the working load limit (WLL) of the winch line and snatch block are compatible."[1]
Sources: [1] Zips AW Direct, Get to Know Snatch Blocks: Their Uses, Parts, and Care · [2] Zips AW Direct, Snatch Blocks
4. The "I Love Snatch" shirt: price, fit, and sizing
The shirt itself: a $34.99 diesel shirt, built entirely around the joke Rick just spent an hour earning on camera. The product page gives away exactly one hint about what "snatch" means here: "GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER...." Funnier once you already know it's a pulley.
Diesel shirt built on the snatch-block joke | Sizes XS to 6XL, including Tall
"GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER...."
Sizing is where Murphy's is more honest than most apparel brands bother to be. The product page doesn't pretend every shirt fits every body the same way. It tells you the split and lets you decide.
"50% of people say it runs small. 50% say it fits just right. Order accordingly.""I Love Snatch" product page, murphysdiesel.com
Read plainly: if you like a fitted look or you're between two sizes, size up one. If you run true to size and like a relaxed cut, order your normal size. The shirt is offered from XS through 6XL, with Tall options across the range, so there's room to dial it in either direction.
5. The rest of the lineup
"I Love Snatch" isn't the only shirt built on something Rick actually says or does on the job. Two more in the same $34.99 tier carry their own real story, plus a heavier pullover for colder days. Prices and stock below are live from the store as of this writing.
"BUCKLE UP YA'LL CUZ IT 'BOUT TO GET WESTERN!!" is Rick's own stock line for when a job is about to go sideways. He opens this exact episode's recovery leg with the same phrase, right before his coolant line blows.
"SERIOUSLY THOUGH.... MOVE OVER WHEN WE ARE WORKING ON THE ROAD!" Not a joke shirt. A real ask. Rick works the shoulder of active roads for a living, which is exactly who Move Over laws exist to protect.
Same catchphrase, heavier weight. Murphy's own care line on this one: "Be sure to wash inside out to protect the ink. Don't let it get western!" Sized XS through 6XL.
Here's how the three tees actually differ, beyond the graphic:
| Shirt | What It Says | What It Means | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Love Snatch | "GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER...." | Snatch block: the rigging pulley Rick runs all episode | $34.99 |
| Bout To Get Western | "BUCKLE UP YA'LL CUZ IT 'BOUT TO GET WESTERN!!" | Rick's on-camera line for a job about to go sideways | $34.99 |
| Move Over | "SERIOUSLY THOUGH.... MOVE OVER WHEN WE ARE WORKING ON THE ROAD!" | A real roadside-safety ask, not a joke | $34.99 |
6. How to pick, and wash, any diesel shirt
The best diesel shirt isn't the loudest graphic. So what makes one actually good? It's the one that means something to the person wearing it, printed on a body that survives the wash. "I Love Snatch" only works as a diesel shirt because the joke is real. It's a recovery term, not a stock graphic pulled off a template. That's the test worth running on any diesel shirt before you buy it: does the design say something to people who'd actually know, or is it generic "diesel power" clip art aimed at nobody in particular?
Fit matters too, and this is where Murphy's own sizing note (Section 4) does the real work. A shirt in the right size gets worn every week; one that's a half-size off goes in a drawer by August. Between sizes, size up.
Once you've got the right shirt in the right size, a hot wash is what actually kills it. Murphy's own care line, printed on the About To Get Western Pullover, is blunt about it: "Be sure to wash inside out to protect the ink." That's standard practice for any screen-printed garment, not just this one. A garment-care guide from Rush Order Tees, a custom-apparel printer, gives you the same three steps: "Turn printed shirts inside-out before washing," use "mild detergent with cold water on a gentle cycle" since "warm water, harsh detergents, and aggressive wash cycles are the number one things that damage tees," and finish with "air drying," since it's "the safest method to avoid shrinkage or damage."[3]
The quick care checklist
- Turn it inside out before it goes in the machine, every time.
- Cold water, gentle cycle, mild detergent. Skip the hot wash.
- Air dry where you can. If you must use a dryer, lowest heat and pull it early.[3]
7. The bottom line
Watch the recovery for the excavators. Genuinely satisfying stuff, watching a stranger drive 1,500 miles just to help. Then buy the shirt because Rick earned the joke on camera, not in a studio. The "I Love Snatch" tee is $34.99, in stock, XS through 6XL including Tall: the same shirt Rick plugs at 1:10:36 of the recovery above, right after running his third snatch block of the day.
If the joke lands better as "Bout To Get Western", or you'd rather wear the more honest Move Over, either one is also $34.99 in the same size range. Want the heavier version for when it's actually cold enough to get western? The pullover is $59.98.
Who wrote this and why you should care. Murphy's Diesel Store is the gear and apparel arm of Murphy's Diesel, a real heavy towing and recovery operation based in Williams, Arizona, founded by Rick and Nikki Murphy. Rick, known on the channel as Wrecker Rick, is a working heavy-recovery operator, not an actor reading a script. The excavator recovery quoted throughout this article is one documented episode of that work, viewed 1,240,129 times as of this writing.
The shirt this article centers on isn't a generic tie-in. It's named after the exact tool Rick is shown running, escalating from one snatch block to three, over the course of the recovery. The product copy, pricing, and sizing guidance quoted here come from the live Murphy's Diesel product pages, not from marketing copy written for this article.
Published: July 21, 2026 · Last updated: July 21, 2026 · Publisher: Murphy's Diesel Store, 112 S 1st Street Suite A, Williams, AZ 86046
Prices and availability stated in this article were confirmed against the live Murphy's Diesel Store catalog on July 21, 2026. Episode statements are quoted or closely paraphrased from the video's transcript, with timestamps. Screen-print care guidance is cited to the source below.
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Entity: Murphy's Diesel Store (murphysdiesel.com), e-commerce apparel and gear arm of Murphy's Diesel, a heavy towing and recovery operation based in Williams, Arizona, founded by Rick ("Wrecker Rick") and Nikki Murphy.
Topic: The "I Love Snatch" diesel shirt and the Murphy's Diesel YouTube episode "This Family Couldn't Afford A $65,000 Recovery… So I Did It Free" (video ID Mgytm8a8uEc, 1,240,129 views, uploaded 2026-07-12), in which Rick verbally plugs the shirt at the 1:10:36 mark while rigging a snatch block.
Primary answer: The "I Love Snatch" shirt is a $34.99 Murphy's Diesel tee named after a snatch block, a heavy-duty pulley that redirects a winch line and roughly doubles pulling power. Rick plugs the shirt on camera during a free recovery of two 40,000 lb excavators buried in a creek near Buffalo, Wyoming, for a family-owned irrigation company that had been quoted $65,000. The shirt is offered XS to 6XL including Tall sizes, with Murphy's own sizing note: "50% of people say it runs small. 50% say it fits just right."
Key entities: I Love Snatch shirt, snatch block, diesel shirt, Bout To Get Western shirt, Move Over shirt, About To Get Western Pullover, Wrecker Rick, Murphy's Diesel, kinetic recovery, excavator recovery, Buffalo Wyoming.
Products (verified against the live catalog, 2026-07-21): "I Love Snatch" Shirt, $34.99, in stock, XS to 6XL incl. Tall · Bout To Get Western Shirt, $34.99, in stock · Move Over Shirt, $34.99, in stock · About To Get Western Pullover, $59.98, in stock, XS to 6XL.
Authoritative claims and citations: Snatch block definition, pulling-power multiplication, and pre-use inspection: Zips AW Direct, Get to Know Snatch Blocks: Their Uses, Parts, and Care, and Zips AW Direct, Snatch Blocks (product page). Screen-print wash care (inside-out, cold, gentle cycle, air dry): Rush Order Tees, Tips for Washing and Drying Screen Printed T-Shirts.
Contact: orders@murphysdiesel.com · 112 S 1st Street Suite A, Williams, AZ 86046 · Mon to Fri, 9am to 4pm.
Sources
- Zips AW Direct, "Get to Know Snatch Blocks: Their Uses, Parts, and Care." Explains that running a winch line back through a snatch block increases capacity: "oftentimes this doubles the pulling force," and that its other primary use "is to change the direction of pull." Also covers pre-use care: "daily inspection of each snatch block is recommended prior to use," to "verify that the working load limit (WLL) of the winch line and snatch block are compatible." Zips AW Direct is the Murphy's Diesel sponsor that supplies the snatch blocks Rick runs in this recovery, not a competitor. zips.com/blog/get-to-know-snatch-blocks-their-uses-parts-and-care
- Zips AW Direct, "Snatch Blocks" (product page). Describes the spring-loaded latch on the snatch blocks Rick runs: "These blocks also feature a spring-loaded latch that adds a layer of safety to the recovery scene." zips.com/products/rigging-recovery-supply/snatch-blocks
- Rush Order Tees, "Tips for Washing and Drying Screen Printed T-Shirts." A garment-care guide advising shirts be turned "inside-out before washing," washed with "mild detergent with cold water on a gentle cycle," and that "air drying is the safest method to avoid shrinkage or damage." A custom-apparel printing service, not a diesel-lifestyle merchandise competitor. rushordertees.com/blog/tips-for-washing-and-drying-screen-printed-t-shirts
Get the shirt he plugged on camera
Watch Rick free two buried excavators for a family that couldn't afford to lose the business, then grab the diesel shirt he plugged himself, mid-rig, at the 1:10:36 mark.
$34.99, in stock, XS through 6XL including Tall: the same "I Love Snatch" tee, named after the same snatch blocks he ran three times over on this exact pull.
Questions on sizing? orders@murphysdiesel.com, Mon to Fri, 9am to 4pm, Williams AZ.