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Truck Dynasty (2025) Season 1 Episode 3- It's a Boat. It's a Truck. It's BoatTruck.
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00:01What is that?
00:02I have this idea, right?
00:03You take one of my trucks, you find a way to make it float.
00:06A customer called you and said,
00:07I want to turn a truck into a boat.
00:08No.
00:09I'm kind of going to take it upon myself
00:11to make sure that someone in my family sells it.
00:13That thing is never going to work.
00:15This is not a train wreck, it's a shipwreck.
00:17Just sell the thing, okay?
00:19I mean, you just blew a $300,000 deal.
00:22What do you know about that?
00:24Everybody knows about that.
00:25We have a $350,000 project
00:28on this new Land Rover Defender 6x6.
00:30And out of nowhere, it fell through.
00:32You're going to find me a buyer.
00:33Stop it, let's take a ride.
00:35This is the biggest test drive of my career.
00:41Boat truck, going in the water today.
00:43You guys ready?
00:44You need provisions if we get stuck out at sea.
00:46If it doesn't float,
00:48this would just be a tremendous waste of time and money.
00:50Here we go.
00:51Oh, we got a problem.
00:55We're running!
00:56It worked!
00:57So I want to get all six wheels and tires on,
01:10see if we ended up with the right amount of distance,
01:12if our measurements were right between the back two.
01:14And then the front two,
01:16I already know we're going to have to hack away at that thing.
01:18I just want to see how much before we start making a fender.
01:21Sounds good.
01:22Right on.
01:24Good there?
01:26I can't wait to see this thing on big shoes.
01:29We've been in the new facility for a couple months now.
01:31Everybody's getting a new groove of things.
01:33We're cranking out damn near 20 cars a week.
01:35We've also got a couple of really custom one-off projects.
01:39I've got this one for Frankie's customer.
01:41It's the first-ever new-bodied Defender 6x6.
01:45The old model Defender's kind of like a cult following,
01:48and it went away for a long time.
01:49They just brought it back,
01:50but nobody's really done anything with them.
01:52I haven't seen anybody lift them.
01:53The suspension's pretty complicated in these things.
01:55We're going to go ahead and make it a six-wheeler.
01:58When I'm finished with this thing, it'll be 350 grand.
02:01Look how much better this truck looks now.
02:03As soon as the wheels go on it,
02:05now it looks like an apocalypse truck.
02:08We've got a pretty elaborate bumper.
02:12Real wild, a lot of spikes.
02:14I'm going to come right away across,
02:15just tuck right below the headlight.
02:17Aluminum, like, two and a half in.
02:19And just use the pipebender on it.
02:21Cool.
02:22Thanks, man.
02:25We've been working on this Defender for a couple weeks now.
02:27We're on the home stretch,
02:28and now it's time to start thinking about what's next.
02:31The reason we're successful
02:32is that we always go for a bigger build, right?
02:34We take our last idea,
02:35and if your new idea doesn't kill your last idea,
02:37somebody else will.
02:38So we always got to come up with what's next.
02:40I've got something I think we'll just get the car market talking.
02:45Clear the middle up a little bit
02:46because we're going to bring the pontoon in here.
02:49Perfect.
02:54Look at these things, huh?
02:56Holy .
02:59So I had this idea.
03:00How cool would it be
03:01if we could take one of our trucks right into the beach?
03:04So we're going to turn this truck into a boat.
03:07Oh, boy.
03:08We're going to make it float.
03:09I want it to be a drivable truck
03:11that you can just go down the boat ramp and off you go.
03:13Now, how much flotation
03:15and how much displacement and all that
03:17to make a 5,000, 6,000-pound truck float?
03:20I'm not sure yet, but we'll figure it out.
03:22That's where you come in.
03:23I mean, I've seen you guys turn a truck from, you know,
03:25four wheels to six wheels,
03:26do all kinds of crazy stuff.
03:28I don't think this is going to be as wild as you think.
03:30Not for this crew.
03:31Don't jinx it again, please.
03:32This is what we do.
03:35This is what we're known for.
03:37We build stuff that you look at and say,
03:39how?
03:40And why?
03:41Did you have to?
03:42Think about it.
03:43If we make it go with the gas pedal,
03:45turn with the steering wheel,
03:46and float without having to do too many steps
03:48when you're going in the water,
03:49it'd be a really fun project.
03:51Sounds awesome.
03:53We'll start with a gladiator
03:55and make it as big as we can.
03:56Big lift, big tires.
03:58For flotation, we're going to fabricate a bow,
04:02and we're going to attach these two salvage pontoons I bought.
04:05For propulsion,
04:06I'm thinking of propeller attachment for the drivetrain,
04:09and for the steering,
04:11possibly a rudder that turns with the steering wheel.
04:13So you drive this thing just like you would the regular car.
04:16This is going to be a real challenge.
04:18We've never done a boat before.
04:19Last thing I want to do is sink a bunch of time,
04:21money, and effort into something
04:22that ends up sinking in the canal.
04:24You said you saw this floating?
04:26Yeah.
04:27When it was new or, like, recent?
04:28Well, in a photo.
04:29Oh.
04:33Let's sink down a little bit, guys,
04:34so we can get out of the scooter.
04:36Right now we're trying to put the biggest lift possible
04:38so we can make tons of room for flotation.
04:40I'm going to run into the parts department
04:42for the lift kit.
04:43We need all the room we can get at the same time
04:45against us to clear the ground
04:46and still go over a little bit of terrain
04:48to get to the water.
04:50What's up, Chris?
04:52How are you?
04:53Doing my thing.
04:54Hey, Felix.
04:55This looks great.
05:01All right.
05:02Where's Joe?
05:03Is Joe here, Kev?
05:04He was just here.
05:05Well, they're disassembling this one.
05:09Which one is this?
05:10Kev, what are we doing to this one?
05:13Uh, trying to make this thing a boat.
05:15Oh.
05:16No, you're not.
05:18What do you think?
05:19You're making it a boat?
05:21Not exactly.
05:22A customer called you and said,
05:23I want to turn a truck into a boat.
05:25No.
05:26Nobody bought it.
05:27So this is for you?
05:29I mean, somebody's going to buy it eventually.
05:31I cannot believe you're actually doing this.
05:33Dad, are we in trouble?
05:34I feel like we're in trouble.
05:35I feel like we're in trouble.
05:37It's going to be fine.
05:38She's going to love it.
05:39I can't believe you don't have a customer on it and you're doing this.
05:41No, I need this.
05:42I need this truck.
05:43What's the plan?
05:44I basically want to grab like a pontoon boat and smash it together with this truck.
05:48Put some gigantic tires on it.
05:50Where are the tires going to go?
05:52Right where they usually go.
05:53Where are the pontoons going to go?
05:54We're still figuring that out.
05:55Of all the stuff you have going on right now, this is what you're deciding to do without
05:59a customer's name on it.
06:01Just doing the math right now between the cost of the truck, the parts that Joe ordered
06:05for the truck, and the 10 guys that are working on the truck.
06:08It's like a $100,000 project already.
06:10Like we just don't have the time for that.
06:12I'm amazed that you're doing this right now.
06:15People are going to line up for this thing.
06:16Sometimes I decide to build a car without a buyer.
06:18And it's either a hit, right?
06:20And I end up selling 65 more copies of it.
06:22It would perfect the soup.
06:24Or it doesn't, right?
06:26You're far between that I miss, but it happens.
06:29And they end up sitting in my garage at home.
06:31I can't imagine that I'm the only guy who's into one of these.
06:33I know you're busy.
06:34I mean, get...
06:35Yeah, well let me get to it.
06:36I know.
06:37I'll see you later.
06:38I love you.
06:39Bye.
06:40Bye.
06:41See you later.
06:42I don't know.
06:43Is it Bayless or is it Jerry?
06:52Who?
06:53The best sales guy.
06:54We're all good salesmen.
06:56Some of us are great salesmen.
06:58Me, I'm just tremendous.
06:59It's what I do.
07:00But like Ted, who do you think the best salesman is?
07:02I think it's Pop Pop.
07:04Pop Pop?
07:05He doesn't even know where we work.
07:06He don't even know what he's selling.
07:08What happened?
07:09Frankie says he's a top sales guy.
07:10Well, I didn't say top...
07:11I think I'm the best salesman.
07:13But if you go by numbers, Pop Pop ran circles around me last month.
07:16I always run circles around you.
07:17Why are we having this conversation?
07:18No, we're just trying to see who's the best salesman.
07:20Ted, you're a phenomenal salesman.
07:21I've seen you with customers.
07:22He is phenomenal.
07:23I think Pop Pop is the diamond in the rough here.
07:25That's right.
07:26Wow.
07:27Doesn't know how to use the computer.
07:28Doesn't know what we do here.
07:30But let me ask you a question, Frank, okay?
07:32I mean, you just blew a $300,000 deal like yesterday or two days ago.
07:36I blew a deal?
07:37But he lost a 6x6 Defender, okay?
07:39What do you know about that?
07:41Everybody knows about that.
07:43We have a $350,000 project on this new Land Rover Defender 6x6.
07:48And out of nowhere, it fell through.
07:50Guy just stopped answering.
07:51This really sucks.
07:52Because Joe and Ashley were expecting this big $350,000 influx of capital to build other stuff.
07:59And guess what?
08:00It's not coming.
08:01You didn't do a good job, Frank.
08:03Admit it.
08:04I love this version of you.
08:05I've never seen this so angry at me for no reason.
08:10It's a big screw up on my part.
08:12Was he dead?
08:13He might be dead.
08:14Jail.
08:15I haven't told Joe anything yet.
08:17But if everybody's talking about it, I need to go talk to Joe.
08:20I had Defender 6x6 sold.
08:25And from soup to nuts, it's the most incredible build ever.
08:30And it was a guarantee.
08:32But guess what?
08:33Guy changes his mind.
08:34Guy changes his mind.
08:35Well, that's what I'm trying to tell you.
08:37It happens.
08:38It happens to the best of us.
08:39Has that ever happened to you?
08:41Absolutely not.
08:42And there you go.
08:43It happens to the best of us, but not the very best.
08:46I'm not disagreeing.
08:47Yeah.
08:48The apple fell far from the tree.
09:02What like to 89?
09:0389.
09:04Put you about here.
09:05How much water displacement do we have there?
09:08All right.
09:09So 3.14.
09:10After running the numbers and figuring out how much displacement we actually need,
09:14there's a little equation there based on how much water you get out of the way is how much weight you can lift.
09:19At 24 inches diameter, these things are 80, 90 cubic feet.
09:24We're going to keep these pontoons right at 89 inches, or we're going to cut a little conservatively,
09:28in case we got to make some adjustments.
09:30We're going to start about 90 or so inches in, chop it, right, cap these things,
09:36see how much clearance we have for the tires.
09:38I know each one of these things is about, you know, 80 cubic feet.
09:41But less than half, we're going to be in trouble.
09:44So let's get creative as to how we're going to get them to the side of the truck.
09:47I think we can put some wheel inside the front of this nose cone.
09:50Maybe we can get a couple extra inches out of the back side of this thing.
09:53You got that tire behind you.
09:54Wheel that thing over here.
09:55So we've done some math.
09:56We've figured out how much water we actually have to displace to float this truck.
10:00But there's no bolt-on pontoons, right?
10:02So now we've got to find a way to attach it there.
10:04So we don't want to shorten up the pontoons too much.
10:07But we do got to trim them, and we've got to clear the steering, right?
10:10You've still got to be able to turn the wheels.
10:12And you just barely clear it.
10:14I'm saying it's an extra foot or two.
10:16Are we really going to go that far outside of the wheel?
10:20If it can pull out of the lift, it's still street legal.
10:23They're a little tapered at the front.
10:25We're hoping that'll give us some clearance.
10:27You need full steering.
10:28Imagine you can only turn a quarter of a turn, and you're hitting these things.
10:32It'll rip the pontoons right off, and you won't be able to even just make a left turn on the street,
10:36get into a parking spot.
10:37Never mind.
10:38But we're not going to really know until we get this thing attached.
10:40Let's see how this thing looks.
10:45Now, sir. Now?
10:47You and I both know this is 15 minutes of touch-up, clean-up, grinding, cowboy.
11:00Joe!
11:01Yeah?
11:02What's up, Frank?
11:03What do you do?
11:04I'll take care of it.
11:05Thanks, buddy.
11:06Appreciate it.
11:07You know the Defender 6x6 guy?
11:08Yeah.
11:09The Demon didn't hit, and he's not responding.
11:11It's like he just, like, fell off the face of the earth, Titan.
11:14Hold on.
11:15Don't give me that.
11:16Like, this guy's going to just go dark?
11:17He's dark.
11:18He's completely dark.
11:19So the deal's dead?
11:20I think it's dead.
11:22It's $350,000 freaking dollars.
11:26I know!
11:27There's not people every day walking around want to spend $350,000 on a truck.
11:46I wouldn't have started this thing unless we had a real buyer.
11:49I hate giving Joe bad news.
11:51That's Jerry's job.
11:52But today is one of those days where I have to give Joe bad news,
11:55because the Defender 6x6 was my baby.
11:59And, uh, it sucks.
12:02This thing is the price of an apartment somewhere.
12:06We hit the ground running as soon as we get a deposit
12:08because this is the difference between us and other shops.
12:11It works for us, and it benefits for us,
12:13because I turn over my trucks faster and I sell a ton more vehicles.
12:16Every once in a while, I get stung.
12:18All right.
12:19We're going to split the fix on this, all right?
12:21I'm going to finish the truck.
12:22Okay.
12:23You're going to find me a buyer.
12:24No doubt.
12:25Find us a little buyer.
12:27All right?
12:41So there's no separations in this barrel?
12:43So we've got the lift on, got big wheels and tires on there,
12:47and we've got room to put this flotation underneath.
12:50Now it's time to build the flotation.
12:53We're dragging these pontoons in,
12:55and I know saved a couple bucks, bought some used ones,
12:57but they are a little rougher than I thought.
12:59There's little pinholes all over the place.
13:01They're covered in barnacles and seafood growing all over the place,
13:03so we're going to have to clean these things up.
13:05A hair bigger than this?
13:07No, you can catch an edge there.
13:08Oh, my God.
13:09What is that?
13:10It's exactly what you think it is.
13:12We're going to put it on this truck.
13:14Come take a look.
13:15Get these pontoons.
13:16Uh-huh.
13:17Tuck them in real nice on the side.
13:18Jesus.
13:19But what's going to stop the water from going into the engine compartment?
13:22I'm going to make it float.
13:23Only you.
13:24Only you, Joe.
13:25Nobody else could do something like that except you.
13:27Get into it because you're going to sell it.
13:28I like it.
13:29Yeah?
13:30Yeah.
13:31I like it a lot.
13:32I have to go see Ashley.
13:33All right, man.
13:34I'll see you later.
13:35I'm talking.
13:36I started this project thinking I was a leg up on the Defender.
13:38That fell through.
13:39But Pops is super excited about my boat truck build,
13:41and that's good because he's going to have to sell this thing.
13:43He's the guy who's going to find a home for it.
13:55Oh, you made it.
13:59I just saw this crazy build downstairs.
14:02What kind of build?
14:03I don't know what it is.
14:04It's got a pontoon.
14:05It's got this.
14:06I told Joe I like it a lot, but I'm not sure if I like it.
14:09I'm not sure about anything that's going on down there.
14:12Oh, I'm sure.
14:13I told you.
14:14What is it, Joe?
14:15Is it a boat?
14:16Amphibious.
14:17It's an amphibious gladiator.
14:19The amphibious truck is a passion project for Joe.
14:22I know it's going to come out great,
14:24but I want Joe to really feel like it was a smart move.
14:27It was a good project.
14:28So I'm kind of taking it a little bit into my hands,
14:31like making sure that it does properly get sold.
14:33So I pulled the family together.
14:35We have sales.
14:36We have marketing.
14:37Got to get everybody on the same page.
14:38We have to sell this truck.
14:39He always wanted to do an amphibious truck.
14:41Well, let me tell you something.
14:42That thing is never going to work.
14:43If that thing ever does go in the water,
14:46it'll be the most amazing product we'll ever develop.
14:48You're missing the point.
14:49Everyone here is missing the point,
14:50whether it floats or whether it sinks.
14:52How the hell do you market that?
14:53It would be nice if it's the most Floridian thing
14:55I've ever heard of mine.
14:56What?
14:57So, truck.
14:58But are we trying to get away from this whole Florida man?
15:00Jerry.
15:01It's not a national brand?
15:02No.
15:03Into Florida man.
15:04Jerry, the vehicle is in progress.
15:05It is being built.
15:06I love it.
15:07And we need to find a way to get the money back in house
15:10for how much money we're spilling out to build the thing,
15:12right?
15:13Even crazier are the money.
15:14Yes, it's crazy, but we're doing it.
15:15I think it's going to sell nationally.
15:17I can put lipstick on a pig.
15:18I can't make out with the pig, Ash.
15:20Jerry, you can make out with a pig.
15:21I've seen you do it quite a few times in your life.
15:24This amphibious truck is absolutely a go.
15:26This isn't a maybe.
15:27Your comments about the...
15:29It doesn't matter at this point.
15:30It is being built.
15:31Joe is building the darn thing.
15:32Nobody has ever built anything like this.
15:34It is absolutely one of a kind.
15:36It's got our brand on it.
15:38Yep.
15:39You guys are going to do what you do,
15:40and you're going to make it happen.
15:41I think she's right.
15:42She's right.
15:43Boat truck.
15:44I totally agree with her.
15:45Oh.
15:46This is not a train wreck.
15:47It's a ship wreck.
15:56From what I see, we've got this panel to go on the back,
15:59finish the trim, and the big orange rack on the top,
16:02and we can start driving this thing.
16:04We've made a ton of progress on this Defender.
16:06I know I've lost the buyer, and it's kind of my own truck,
16:08but no one's going to buy it as a big pile of parts,
16:10so I have to get this thing down the finish line.
16:12But I do like the way it looks.
16:14Meanwhile, I've still got a ton of work to do
16:16under my Amphibious truck.
16:20All right, so yeah, we'll clean that up
16:21and give that a whirl, too.
16:22Yeah, take a go.
16:23I bet you they rammed this thing into something
16:24at some point.
16:25Yeah, we're going to have to take a look
16:26at the other one also, you know?
16:27Yeah.
16:28Because I think I see some daylight through that one.
16:29This one, yes.
16:30You got another one somewhere.
16:31There's one here.
16:32I've got the pontoons out,
16:33and they're a little rougher than I expected.
16:34The Jeep is around 7,000 pounds,
16:36and I'm relying on these things to displace enough water
16:39to float the Jeep.
16:40So what we're going to do is pressurize these things in the air,
16:42find all the leaks, and weld them shut.
16:44Yeah, it's not holding any pressure whatsoever.
16:46I'm going to keep running it.
16:49You hear anything?
16:50Not leading.
16:51Right here, go ahead.
16:53Find it?
16:54Yeah, right here.
16:55Hold on.
16:56I feel it.
16:57All right, let's seal that up, see what we got.
16:59This is a Joe project.
17:00I'm not going to go out and buy brand spanking new pontoons.
17:03These are a little rough looking.
17:04I got to put some work and love into them,
17:06but I'm sure I can make them air tight
17:07and make them work for this job.
17:15So here's what I'm thinking, right?
17:17Some sort of front flotation.
17:19Let's grab a measuring tape.
17:20Let's come off the front of this thing.
17:21Okay.
17:22I'd rather add another foot to the length of this thing.
17:26Yeah.
17:27To give you more.
17:28Okay.
17:29All right, imagine you're going down the boat ramp.
17:30That nose is going to plunge in first.
17:31You're going to hope to God that thing starts floating.
17:33It's going to have to have some angle.
17:35So you think you can mock this thing up on cardboard?
17:37Yeah, I think if we do that, we can make a small scale model.
17:40The bow is responsible for floating the engine.
17:43So we've got to build a bow that's frame attached,
17:45that'll displace enough water,
17:47that no matter what goes on, the front's going to float.
17:50This is a one-fifth scale model, but when I break this thing down,
17:53I've got all my pieces ready to go.
17:54I think we've got another 50 gallons right here if we want it.
17:57All right, start drawing that out so we can cut squares.
17:59You got it.
18:00All right, thank you.
18:01With the Defender client out, the pressure on boat trucks even more,
18:04because now I've got my resources spread super thin,
18:06I've got two expensive builds with nobody's name on it.
18:09So I want to do the buoyancy test tomorrow,
18:11because if that fails, I've got to put the boat truck aside
18:13and move on to regular projects with people's names on it.
18:18See one right there?
18:19A little bit lower.
18:21Right there, yeah.
18:22If you want to start welding this thing in,
18:23you know what to do.
18:35Look at that boat.
18:36Oh, my God, that's gorgeous.
18:37Beautiful.
18:38Thank you, thank you, thank you.
18:39Yeah.
18:40Jerry, what's your name?
18:41Irv.
18:42Irv, pleasure.
18:43Yeah.
18:44I'm with Marina here, and today I've got potential customers to meet
18:48and maybe sell them a boat truck.
18:50This is absolutely fantastic.
18:52Yeah, come on board, check it out.
18:53You sure?
18:54Yeah.
18:55I'm a social butterfly, and I like to talk to people.
18:57It looks like a guy that knows boats.
18:59Yeah.
19:00We built a boat truck.
19:01Really?
19:02I think it's going to be a winner.
19:03This would be an honor for me to show you that product.
19:05We're heading back to Michigan today.
19:07Oh, my God.
19:08Send me some photos and a video.
19:09Only my luck.
19:10There's plenty of people out there.
19:11I don't need one person to talk to clothes.
19:13Do you remember this place?
19:14Yeah.
19:15They used to have the bikini contest here, right?
19:17My wife was in that bikini contest.
19:18Are you serious?
19:19Yeah.
19:20Max bought an apocalypse for us two years ago,
19:22and he always raves about that truck.
19:24It's interesting.
19:25I have a Rolls Royce, and I have the Jeep.
19:27Right.
19:28I get more people that ask me about the Jeep
19:29than ask me about the Rolls Royce.
19:30Yeah.
19:31Well, this is Florida.
19:32You know, nobody really cares about Rolls Royces.
19:34He always said, if you have anything unique,
19:37please, please contact me.
19:39I like unique stuff.
19:40We created a boat truck.
19:42Really?
19:43Yeah.
19:44So we took the truck, and you could actually
19:46drive it on the street, and then you come to a ramp
19:49over here, a boat ramp, and suddenly you just
19:51drive it into the water.
19:52Never heard of anything like that.
19:53Nobody.
19:54That's right.
19:55And I think this is something that we should discuss,
19:57and maybe I should show it to you and give you
19:59a demonstration of it.
20:01Yeah.
20:02Let me think about that.
20:03To talk face to face.
20:04You know, the one-on-one selling is an old trade
20:08that's disappearing.
20:09Nobody.
20:10Nobody has a boat truck.
20:12A what?
20:13A boat truck.
20:15A boat truck.
20:16Yeah.
20:17It's not a boat.
20:18It's a truck that is a boat truck.
20:21We sealed it.
20:22It's kind of waterproof.
20:23Okay.
20:24It floats.
20:25That's important.
20:26And it's something that you can share with all your clients.
20:29What do you got?
20:30Probably 100,000 clients.
20:31If I had 100,000 clients, I have my own yacht.
20:33I got news for you.
20:34You put that picture up, you'll get 100,000 clients.
20:36You're very good at your job, you know?
20:38This is a numbers game.
20:39And overall, I would rate today as a 100%.
20:43I have three potential customers.
20:46We are gonna sell that truck.
20:47Sure.
20:48So nice.
20:49Drinks aren't bad, either.
20:58Ready?
21:02Oh!
21:04Is it showtime?
21:09Today's the day we're gonna put this thing in the water
21:11and see if it actually flows.
21:12We stayed late last night.
21:13We've got the bow all put together.
21:15We've got the main flotation put together.
21:17I'm really excited to see what happens here.
21:20Let's go back with this thing and slide it in.
21:24What could go wrong?
21:26That's it. That's it.
21:32All right, forward.
21:35Ooh.
21:36How do you guys look on that back tire right now?
21:39Very close.
21:41Hey, Gus, start coming backwards a little bit.
21:48Okay.
21:49Yeah, come on down.
21:50We're about to see if our measurements worked out.
21:51We're gonna see if this thing actually attaches to the truck
21:53and if all the clearances worked out.
21:55Push towards us.
21:56A little bit more.
21:57Yeah.
21:58All right.
22:00Oh, it's gonna be tight.
22:08Yeah, go, go.
22:09All right, go the other way.
22:13Oh, we got up all of them.
22:16Oh, my God.
22:17It looks so much tighter than I remember, right?
22:20You're, like, well inside of the range here.
22:26All right.
22:27Who's got an air hammer?
22:30That's gonna be the only fix here.
22:33Every which way we move, we encroach on something else.
22:36I think what we do is air hammer the hell out of that for steering clearance.
22:38So we have the pontoons attached to the truck.
22:40We'll run into a problem.
22:41Can't go back any further.
22:42We're gonna hit the rear tires.
22:43Where she sits now, the front tires can't turn.
22:46We're gonna have to make some room.
22:48There's the right way and then there's the fast way.
22:50Don't need a big ol' hammer for this son of a bitch.
22:53So today we're doing it the wrong way.
22:55We can get sledgehammers out so we can get this thing in the water.
22:58And later on, we'll probably end up cutting, recapping,
23:00and give them a proper berth so they can swing.
23:02But before I spend any more time and money on this thing,
23:04I need to throw this thing in the water and see if it's gonna work.
23:08All right. All right.
23:09Yeah, that's pretty good.
23:10Let's slide her in.
23:18Yeah, I'll be here Thursday, Friday, yeah.
23:21So you got a deal going?
23:22Yeah, with the safari at 7.
23:24So you buying lunch or what?
23:26I buy lunch.
23:29Where's Frank?
23:30Oh, he's in the back over there.
23:31He's been hiding all day.
23:32Yeah.
23:33He's been hiding.
23:34Why?
23:35Because of that deal.
23:36He lost the deal.
23:37Oh, that $300,000 deal, yeah.
23:39Frankie, we got a buyer?
23:42Not yet, huh?
23:43You think you're gonna find a buyer in that truck?
23:46I'm here so that I don't have to talk to you right now.
23:49What are you getting aggravated about?
23:52Let me go check on it.
23:53We'll take his pulse.
23:55Make sure he's breathing.
23:57So I bust Frank's chops a lot,
23:59and usually he busts them back to me.
24:01But at the end of the day, he's still my son,
24:03and I don't like to see him when he's down.
24:07Frankie, it's all good, man.
24:09It's all good.
24:10No worries about any of this .
24:12What are you talking about?
24:13I can see it.
24:14I can see the way you're stressing.
24:16I feel so bad.
24:17Why do you feel so bad?
24:18You're hiding.
24:20I'll be fine.
24:21I'll be out there in a little bit.
24:22Let me just make a couple more phone calls
24:23and get back to it, all right?
24:24All right.
24:25Love you, Mooch.
24:26I love you, buddy.
24:27Anything you need, I'll help you.
24:28Yeah, I love you.
24:29Okay.
24:36Yeah, you're fine on this side.
24:37You're clear.
24:39Let's see if it goes down this curb okay
24:40without grinding it down.
24:41Oh, my God.
24:42I'm so nervous.
24:43I can't believe you're not even nervous.
24:47We're doing a steady 25.
24:49You're also in, like, two lanes.
24:50I am in two lanes.
24:51But, you know, it's boat truck.
24:53I'm just happy you're driving it.
24:55I would never drive it.
24:56Feels like a regular truck.
24:57It's a boat.
25:00Boat truck.
25:01Going in the water today.
25:02I'm excited.
25:03I know it's going to float.
25:04In what fashion is it going to float
25:05is really my biggest concern.
25:07Well, I made it here.
25:09There is a high, high, high probability
25:11that you just like so.
25:13You guys ready?
25:14Let's do it, man.
25:15All right.
25:16So here's my thoughts.
25:17We take that winch, hook it up to this truck,
25:20all right?
25:21Inch down close to me.
25:22I think we've got more enough spool there
25:24to find out if this thing floats, right?
25:25I want you to have the remote hooked up.
25:27Have your hand on that lock.
25:28And if it starts to sink,
25:29I'll say, pull me in, all right?
25:31I didn't put much floatation in the rear.
25:33I don't know if I over-calculated
25:34the weight of the engine up front,
25:36but I'm hopeful.
25:38One, two, three.
25:39Boat truck!
25:41That was very poorly planned.
25:43That was horrible, guys.
25:48I sell trucks by having fun with the truck.
25:50That's why I'm here.
25:51I need video.
25:52Me on boat truck, middle of water, having fun.
25:54Because that's what people want to see.
25:56Before your maiden voyage,
25:58you have to christen your vessel.
26:00Oh, my God.
26:01You need provisions if we get stuck out at sea.
26:03Everybody knows I'm a big cultural guy.
26:05You don't put a boat in the water for its maiden voyage
26:09without christening her.
26:10Yeah!
26:11All right.
26:12Woo-hoo-hoo!
26:13Boom!
26:14Gotta shatter a bottle and forget about it.
26:16Let's get this thing in the water!
26:21All right.
26:22We're going in.
26:23Jesse, you good?
26:24Yeah, we're good.
26:25Elijah, you watch for me.
26:26Let me know if this thing starts to float up.
26:27All right.
26:28You can straighten out there.
26:29You're good, honey.
26:30Oh, it's awesome.
26:31We have touchdown.
26:32Look, the front tire's locked up.
26:33We're just slipping along.
26:34I mean, they got the winch ready, so...
26:36If it doesn't float,
26:37this would just be a tremendous waste of time and money.
26:40Boat truck's going to float.
26:42Here we go.
26:44There, you touched down.
26:45Boat truck is in the water.
26:46We are in the water.
26:48If the nose goes down first
26:49and the engine's shot,
26:50and this is a water-damaged vehicle,
26:52it'll be a total waste.
26:53Here we go.
26:54Boat truck's going to float.
26:56I mean, they got the winch ready, so...
26:58Oh, it's pushing off.
26:59You're floating.
27:00I'm off?
27:01Yeah.
27:02Keep going, keep going.
27:03How about the back?
27:04We're still on the ground?
27:05Come on, boat truck.
27:06Hey, guys, the front's up.
27:07Look at that!
27:08The front's up!
27:09The front tires just come off the ground,
27:11and we're floating.
27:12We're floating!
27:13It's working!
27:14The tires are on the ground, man.
27:16I can't believe it.
27:17I trust it.
27:18I can't either.
27:19Like, how level it is, right?
27:20My cut-off was,
27:21is there water in the cabin?
27:22We're miles away from getting water in the cabin.
27:24That's what we did.
27:27Boat truck is floating.
27:29As soon as boat truck starts floating,
27:31I put on the internet
27:32and I sent to a bunch of people
27:33who laugh at stuff like this,
27:34and they're like,
27:35I need boat truck.
27:37How do I get boat truck?
27:38Because what's cooler than boat truck?
27:40Boat truck!
27:41We're floating!
27:42I really thought he sounded insane.
27:44But now that we're out there,
27:45and it floated great,
27:47and we're chilling, hanging out,
27:48I think it's a great thing to actually sell.
27:51Hey, put it in 4x4!
27:52Hit it!
27:53See what happens.
27:54I need this!
27:55Wow!
27:56All right, we gotta think about that.
27:58When we got this thing in gear,
27:59those tires are gonna be spinning.
28:01We gotta build, like,
28:02some kind of water shield there.
28:04Holy cow!
28:05This trip doesn't have a buyer yet,
28:07but I will say,
28:08we've built crazier stuff,
28:10and there's always that one person out there
28:12that's gonna be like,
28:13I need that thing.
28:14We'll see you in a couple weeks, all right?
28:16Get down!
28:18Get down!
28:19Get down!
28:30What time did you get here to make this?
28:327 o'clock!
28:33We're like, it's done.
28:36Now that we know our flotation setup
28:37for the amphibious truck works,
28:39we can go on to the next phase, propulsion.
28:42The object here is to get it to go
28:44when you hit the gas.
28:45So it'll go in the water,
28:46just like it would on the road.
28:47You just hit the pedal,
28:48it starts accelerating.
28:50Genius, guys.
28:51Genius!
28:52Most shops,
28:53this is gonna be a technical doozy, right?
28:55But I've got an idea.
28:57I've got this patented axle
28:58that's got a driveshaft
28:59that goes right through it.
29:00It's a tandem passenger.
29:02The object is the first driveshaft turns,
29:04and it has an output on the backside
29:06that's also turning for the next axle.
29:08Instead of it feeding another axle behind it
29:11with a driveshaft to make it a tandem,
29:13it'll just speed our propeller,
29:14and that'll be it.
29:15Look at this over here.
29:18You sure that's the right direction?
29:21Good stuff, man.
29:25See?
29:26Yeah, perfect.
29:27That's it.
29:28It's good to go.
29:32Tie tight?
29:34Hey, James, make sure she's in two-wheel drive.
29:37So we're about to test the propeller.
29:39We've never done this before.
29:40There's a lot of variables.
29:42It could come flying off.
29:43Ready?
29:44Let's see what she does.
29:45This thing comes flying off.
29:47It's gonna do some damage.
29:49All right.
29:50Oh-ho!
29:51It's working!
29:54Hell yeah!
29:55Yeah!
29:56How fast is that?
29:5715!
29:58It's not vibrating or nothing like a jet.
30:02It looks like this is gonna work.
30:03It's spinning in the right direction.
30:04The accelerates will hit the gas.
30:05It didn't come flying off.
30:07I don't know anything about fluid dynamics,
30:09but that thing spinning that fast in the water
30:12has definitely got to do some damage.
30:14When we're done with the whole thing,
30:15we'll see if it actually works in the water,
30:16if it provides enough propulsion to move this thing along.
30:18But from where I'm standing,
30:20it looks like it's gonna work.
30:21Oh, my God!
30:23All right, 50!
30:24All right, that's good!
30:25That's good!
30:27I can't believe that worked.
30:30Let's set this thing down.
30:31Let's get this bottle over to paint
30:33and finish this truck up.
30:42Roamer!
30:44Imagine a boat, right?
30:45And the bottom, all navy blue down at the bottom, right?
30:47From there up, white,
30:49and then like a clean red pinstripe across the rest of it.
30:51Sweet.
30:52Blue and white.
30:53And I'm hoping this stuff
30:54can kind of help watertight it.
30:55Cool?
30:56It's gonna look sweet.
30:57Oh, yeah.
30:58I'll get it to you as fast as I can, man.
30:59All right, take care.
31:00Thank you, buddy.
31:13I spent the past two days
31:14doing everything I can do
31:16to try to drum up some attention to this build.
31:19And then last night, out of the blue,
31:21I get a phone call,
31:22and it's a lead on the Defender 6x6.
31:28We're doing it, baby.
31:29I lost a deal,
31:30and I might have made one happen out of nowhere.
31:32Are you Jay?
31:33Yes, I am.
31:34Oh, man, awesome!
31:35Well, here it is.
31:36Come check it out, man.
31:37I brought one of your vehicles last year, the Hellfire.
31:40Amazing.
31:41Oh, you have a Hellfire?
31:42No, I don't know that.
31:43Came down to this quick deal.
31:44Saw you guys post this online.
31:45I wanted to check it out myself.
31:46Mind if I get inside?
31:47Please do.
31:48You gotta hear this thing, bro.
31:49This is definitely your truck.
31:56Oh, man.
31:57Let's hop in.
31:58Let's take a ride.
31:59The price tag on this truck really narrows who's interested,
32:02because how many people could afford it?
32:04But that's why it's so paramount that I sell it now,
32:07while it's fresh, while it's hot,
32:09or it might take months to get someone else on board.
32:12Oh, it sounds so cool.
32:15Sounds amazing.
32:16You like it?
32:17Yeah, now what's the horsepower on this one?
32:18I think it's 520.
32:20That little gurgle it has?
32:21Yeah.
32:22It's cool.
32:23Am I losing anything with the extra weight, the extra axles?
32:26You're adding a lot more weight to the vehicle,
32:28but you're also fortifying everything, right?
32:31Yeah.
32:32You put bigger wheels and tires.
32:33But it feels like you're in just like a brand new
32:35Carpathian Edition Defender.
32:37Obviously, you're a car guy.
32:49You know, I'm not.
32:50I'm not a car guy at all.
32:51Are you an art guy?
32:52You know, I just like unique stuff.
32:54You know, everything I buy, I want it to be different.
32:57At this point, I feel like it's my sale to lose.
33:00I know exactly who Jay is.
33:02He wants to pull up and people to know I know whose truck that is,
33:05because there's only one in the world like it.
33:09And that is how you drive a 6x6, my friend.
33:14So talk to me.
33:15What do you think, Jay?
33:22You got Chiefs.
33:23You got Broncos.
33:24You got 6x6s.
33:26It doesn't end, right?
33:27Right.
33:28If we can conquer everything on land,
33:30maybe we can conquer everything on sea.
33:34Is that crazy?
33:35What?
33:36What are these things?
33:37Are these like torpedoes?
33:39Joe built an abomination and now I have to go out there
33:43and dance for these people to try selling it.
33:46It's ridiculous.
33:47I give you boat truck.
33:48My goodness.
33:49Cortland boat truck.
33:51That's crazy.
33:52This thing floats.
33:53This thing steers.
33:54You'll never see anything like this.
33:56Was Cortland actually interested in boat truck,
33:58or was he just being a nice guy to me?
34:00I don't know.
34:01This is a little monster.
34:03My gut tells me no one will ever like that truck.
34:06He was definitely just being nice to me because it's hideous.
34:08Put it on the radar for sure.
34:10I love that.
34:13So talk to me.
34:14What do you think, Jay?
34:16It's everything you could ever think of doing.
34:18And it's the first ever new edition Defender 6x6.
34:22Online you guys said it's going to be a one-on-one,
34:24so you guys are done after this, right?
34:26Never been done before.
34:27Will never be done again.
34:28Okay.
34:29All week I feel cursed.
34:31And I'm riding high that I have an ability to sell this guy Jay right now,
34:35but this is a $350,000 truck.
34:38Is that easy for everyone to buy?
34:40No.
34:41Fully loaded.
34:42The biggest trim you can get.
34:43Gotcha.
34:44We cut it.
34:45We extended it.
34:46And we brought it back to the heritage days of the greatest off-roading vehicle of all time.
34:51So the only thing I'd want to do is add some lights to the front and we're in business.
34:56Just like that?
34:57Just like that.
34:58Good thing is to come easy, buddy.
35:01Congratulations, Jay.
35:02Thank you, thank you.
35:03You are some level of awesome, my friend.
35:06I don't know.
35:07Did I put this out in the universe and it just showed up for me?
35:10You know, like, you take the lowest low and then just go to the highest high.
35:14Dude.
35:15Best vehicle ever made.
35:18Love it.
35:21Absolutely.
35:22Let's get it done.
35:28You guys excited to see the boat truck?
35:31Oh, yeah.
35:32I can't remember.
35:33Isn't it awesome?
35:34He told me to park it.
35:35Look at this guy.
35:36Rolling and balling.
35:38Get out.
35:39We're going to see the boat truck.
35:40Look, guys.
35:41Grandpa.
35:42Oh.
35:43We are here to look at the boat truck.
35:44I have two clients that I thought would be perfect for this opportunity.
35:48All right.
35:49One of them is a boat broker and one is a potential customer that bought a truck from us before.
35:53Both of them have opportunities for me to sell.
35:55Boat truck.
35:56You ready for that?
35:57Well, I see it.
35:58See it.
35:59Jeez.
36:00We're going to go to the stages of boat truck and it was amazing.
36:02I can only imagine what it looks like now.
36:03Yeah.
36:04Let's go see this monstrosity.
36:09I don't see it.
36:11Better than the boat.
36:12Better than the boat.
36:13Better than the boat.
36:14Better than the boat.
36:15Better than the boat.
36:16Better than the boat.
36:17Better than the boat.
36:18Where?
36:19Oh my God.
36:20Look at this.
36:21That's insane.
36:22No way.
36:23Kids, look.
36:24And just like that, baby, boat truck is among us.
36:25I didn't believe it.
36:26Look.
36:26And just like that, baby, Boat Truck is among us.
36:29I didn't believe it.
36:30I didn't believe it for a second.
36:31And you thought about it.
36:32God, you guys are messing with me.
36:33Look at the stance on her.
36:35Even the way she takes the water, it's unbelievable.
36:39Boat Truck!
36:40Boat Truck!
36:41Boat Truck!
36:41Boat Truck!
36:43Oh, my God.
36:45Come on.
36:46Are you a believer or what?
36:47Oh, my God, you did it.
36:49What a job.
36:54What'd you think of that?
36:56It's unreal, man.
36:57I was very skeptical when I heard about the boat truck.
37:00I couldn't imagine how a truck that could weigh as much as a Jeep
37:03could actually float and make it through the water.
37:05And I'm blown away.
37:07Gigantic rudder.
37:08It's removable.
37:08You pull this thing off, you can throw it in the tailgate,
37:10right?
37:11You don't need to have it with you all the time.
37:12Then you've got this gigantic prop back there.
37:14And that's tied right to the back of our axle.
37:16It's a tandem pass-through axle.
37:18So as the drive shaft turns, it turns one-to-one.
37:20What am I looking at here?
37:21It looks like a Jeep, but it also looks like a boat.
37:24This is the coolest thing I've seen in a very long time.
37:27I did not pick this name.
37:28That is not marketing-approved boat truck.
37:30How is that not marketing?
37:31It's a boat, and it's a truck.
37:35And you put it together, you got boat truck.
37:37How don't you get that?
37:39I just got to give up.
37:40What would you come up with, like?
37:41Something that has to do with water and-
37:44Something to do with water and a truck.
37:46I mean, it definitely looks way cooler than when I saw them put
37:49this thing together in the shop.
37:51But I'm still, I'm still not convinced.
37:54Not 100%.
37:55You're going to love it, Mac.
37:56Look, look at this.
37:57Look at this.
37:58Oh, it goes under.
38:00Let's go!
38:01Bon voyage!
38:02I wouldn't believe it until I got in here.
38:05What do you think?
38:06It's pretty crazy.
38:08You want to drive?
38:09Yeah.
38:09Dude?
38:10Hell yeah.
38:10All right, let's go for it.
38:12Oh, my God.
38:13You guys are changing seats?
38:14Yeah, let him drive.
38:15Oh, my God.
38:16I'll just hang out on here, to be honest.
38:19Hey, do you know how to drive a Gladiator in the water?
38:21I've never driven a Jeep in the water before.
38:23Oh, God.
38:24This is crazy.
38:26You see it out there, are you thinking of anyone?
38:28There's got to be someone you have in mind.
38:30I mean, I'm not going to lie to you, I have a couple people
38:32that I think would love something like this.
38:34So, Matt, you know why you're here, right?
38:36Yes.
38:36You're here to buy a truck.
38:37But the question is, since I've already
38:39got this exact same truck, if we could do this to the truck
38:42I already have, I'd be more interested in doing that
38:45than buying this one.
38:48Oh, absolutely.
38:49The kit idea is a really good idea,
38:50because it takes a lot for somebody to commit.
38:52My car is now boat truck forever.
38:54Bolt this thing on, boat truck for the weekend,
38:57and it's something I can mass produce, and we can sell a lot of
39:00Just swing by the shop, we'll put it on for you, you're off.
39:02That would be awesome.
39:03Talk about the best of both worlds.
39:05I love this thing, the fact they can do it as a kit.
39:07Let's box it up.
39:08I got to have it.
39:11Max has got a truck, he's going to bring his truck in,
39:13and we're going to turn it into boat truck number two.
39:16Boat truck number two!
39:17Boat truck number two!
39:19Tremendous.
39:20SS boat truck number two.
39:21Go with, baby, I'm ready.
39:23I brought provisions, baby!
39:25Go with the pilot and everything.
39:28Eat your heart out, Blackbeard, it's black mustache.
39:30Fire the cannon!
39:33Really proud of the build, because it didn't come out,
39:36you know, complex and cockamamie.
39:38It was like a very simple, straightforward, reliable thing.
39:41You know, when you think about boats,
39:42you never think of being reliable.
39:43But this thing, you take it in and out and try it over and over,
39:46and it never broke down, nothing failed.
39:48I'm really impressed with it.
39:49I congratulate the two of you on the sail.
39:52Congratulate both of us?
39:53Well, to be fair, it was all bad.
39:55It really was.
39:56Today was a great day.
39:57I think we should celebrate.
39:59Yeah.
40:00I think we should all celebrate.
40:01Yes.
40:02Right now, baby!
40:03Frank!
40:04Get two!
40:05Oh, my God, he's such a maniac!
40:08No, Jack!
40:09Are you crazy?
40:11Go back!
40:12Take one.
40:14Frank, how does it feel like you're relieved
40:16that you found someone to pick up and dab on that Defender project?
40:18I don't know how it works out, but it's like,
40:21you get to your lowest, and then something brings you right back up.
40:24I can't believe that I sold the Defender again.
40:26Wow.
40:27Second time.
40:28Oh, my God.
40:29I can't believe you did that.
40:30Yeah, I finally sold it.
40:31Yeah?
40:32Guy's cool as hell.
40:33Maybe he owns a bunch of cell phone stores.
40:34Real cool guy.
40:35Sounds like somebody I know.
40:36Is it Jay?
40:37How do you know Jay?
40:38I told him to come see you.
40:39Really?
40:40Of course.
40:41What did you think?
40:42You just walked in and somebody wants to buy a Defender?
40:44I sold him a truck, like, a year and a half ago.
40:46Are you messing with me?
40:47No, I'm not messing with you.
40:48Why wouldn't you just take him for yourself?
40:49Because that's not the way I do things.
40:51Oh.
40:52Yeah, because I love you.
40:54Is everybody ready?
40:56Hit those horns!
40:58This weekend is the Palm Beach International Boat Show.
41:02Last year, we did 15 trucks.
41:04I would like to hit 25 cars.
41:06That's the expectation?
41:10The new electric hummer just came out,
41:12and we're going to turn this thing into a monster.
41:15There is no kit off the shelf we could buy for this.
41:17We're going to have to make everything from scratch.
41:19See these cars out there?
41:21The cars that we want to drive over.
41:23Oh, my God, Joe!
41:24Stop!
41:25Oh, Joe, I don't like it.
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