I Bought A 40 Year Old Firetruck

Westen Champlin buys a 40-year-old firetruck for $5,000, tests its water cannons, and demonstrates its firefighting capabilities at Horsepower Ranch.

Key Takeaways

A vintage firetruck can be a valuable and affordable safety asset for rural properties.
Even older equipment can be functional with some maintenance and testing.
Having firefighting capability onsite significantly improves emergency response.
Practical challenges like water refilling and equipment quirks are part of using old machinery.
Sponsorships from relevant brands can align well with content themes.

What the video covers

Westen Champlin purchases a 50,000-lb, 40-year-old firetruck for $5,000 to improve safety at Horsepower Ranch.
The truck runs and drives but its water cannons and other equipment need testing.
They fill the truck with 2,000 gallons of water at a fire station to prepare it for firefighting.
Westen drives the firetruck to the ranch, encountering challenges like a blinking light and stubborn switches.
The firetruck is tested by putting out a simulated car fire, successfully launching water jets up to 200 feet.
Westen notes the need for a larger water tank as 2,000 gallons were used quickly during the test.
The video includes humor and practical demonstrations of the firetruck’s features and limitations.
Brunt Workwear sponsors the video, highlighting durable boots suitable for tough work environments.
Westen emphasizes the value of the firetruck as a cost-effective safety tool for the ranch.
The video combines entertainment, practical use of vintage equipment, and product sponsorship.

Chapters

How much did Westen Champlin pay for the firetruck?

Westen bought the 40-year-old firetruck for $5,000.

Does the firetruck actually work for firefighting?

Yes, after filling it with 2,000 gallons of water, the firetruck successfully put out a simulated car fire using its water cannons.

Why did Westen Champlin decide to buy a firetruck?

He wanted to improve safety ratings at Horsepower Ranch by having firefighting capabilities on site to respond quickly to emergencies like vehicle fires.

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Guys, as you know, I'm all about safety. And the thing is, I started thinking about it and I'm like, "You know what?

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We need something around here to up our safety ratings." And I was scrolling through an auction site and I found this bad boy. That's right. I bought a 50,000-lb fire truck. I only gave five grand for this bad boy. And the thing is, right?

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We do know that it runs. We do know that it drives. But, we don't know if the water cannons work. We don't know if any of the other stuff works on it. I'll tell you this though, all we got to do

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is figure out how to put water [music] in it and we're fighting fires. We're going to the fire station?

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Yeah, we're going to go to the fire station so they'll fill it up for us. Do you know how to fill it up?

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Yeah. We bought this from an airport down in the Gulf of Mexico. I guess the Gulf of America now. We went down there hauling it home and the guys told us absolutely nothing about it except for they put new

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batteries in it. They're like, "It's ready to go." You know, this thing runs good.

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Yeah, it does. Except for the fuel leaking, but it's a fire truck. [laughter] If we catch this fire, we can put it out.

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All right, let's go ask them to fill it up with water. Hey, can I bother you guys for something? Our fire truck's empty. We were wondering if you guys could fill it up.

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Oh my god. I know. Don't get jealous now. Oh hell, I want one of those.

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[laughter] Imagine how many times you're not going to have to come to my property to put out fires now. [music] Thanks you for doing that.

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[laughter] Can we fill that up somewhere? Probably have to go downtown to get a meter and then you're probably going to go to the water plant to pick the meter up.

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Sounds like a lot of steps. I was just thinking if you guys had a wrench.

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Actually, could you all show us how to use it? [music] Dude, I like how much they all like it.

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They look like they're having fun in there. Dude, we should go steal one of theirs.

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I guess we got to go somewhere else. The problem is, when you got the camera on, can't really do sketchy things. Don't worry about what's going to happen as soon as the camera turns off. Just know, right now the fire truck has no water in

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it and later the fire truck is going to have water in it. Like, right Guys, it's currently all the way full of water. We got about 2,000 gallons of water on board, which means this thing is absolutely ready to put out some

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fires. [music] OH, NO. DON'T TOUCH THE HORN ANYMORE. I GOT EXCITED. I'm sorry. I don't know how to read that gauge. Does that gauge seem full to you?

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Yeah, I think that's the good to go message. Good to go. It's giving me Morse code.

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It says, "I'm so full of fuel right now." So, what we're going to do is we're going to drive this thing all the way to the ranch. Now, the ranch in a normal truck is about 30 minutes. In

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this thing, I have a feeling it might be a bit longer. This right here, this is for your up top water cannon, right? So, you hit that button right there, and it will blow water as far as you want to

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blow water. And this thing has two water cannons on the front of it. I'd be so terrified if I was other people on the road right now.

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I'm terrified and I'M IN IT. [music] OH, WE HAVE TO TURN THAT LIGHT OFF. It's a felony if we don't turn it off.

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All right, I'll pull over and figure it out. I thought everybody was lying about the blinky light actually being blinky.

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The blinky light is blinking. Still on. Still going. Well, guys, good news is we made it about 10 miles into our journey to the ranch. The fire truck is working, if anything, too good. I flipped every switch, and I mean every switch inside

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of the truck, and it won't turn off. And I've got an idea. Look at that. This is the best idea I have.

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TV Stretch it over it. Oh, god. Don't worry, I put new socks on this morning.

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Smells like What? Yeah, look at that. Yeah. If we go to jail with only have one sock, but whatever. All right, guys, felony avoided. I feel like that's pretty ingenious.

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Yeah, good idea. I don't want to alarm any of y'all, but we're only 6 miles away from the ranch now.

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She's going to make it. Hold on, THIS MIGHT GET BUMPY. WOOHOO! KEEP IT STEADY.

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I'VE DRIVEN down this in a regular truck and I can't tell if this is better or worse. I think it might be better.

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Maybe not. I don't think it's ever going to trans Oh, god damn it. I'm a big man and my ass just left the seat. Made it, baby.

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Here we go. Going to see how far this goes. Ready? This is a fantastic water truck.

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Water truck is like way more expensive than what he spent on that and we were needing a water truck to do some of the ground work around here at Horsepower Ranch. We've actually found something really useful accidentally that we could

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use this truck for. Are you having fun with your big water truck? So guys, you might be wondering why we need a fire truck, right? Well, the thing is, imagine we're standing here at the ranch and then for no reason

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whatsoever a car bursts into flames. OH, [music] SEE, THAT IS DANGEROUS, RIGHT? You got to watch out for that. What would you do if you didn't have a fire truck? But don't worry, Champlin Fire Department is here to save the day. DON'T WORRY, I'M

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COMING TO THE RESCUE. It won't start. Oh, that's really a fire now. [laughter] Start.

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Please start. Uh Weston, that's looking kind of bad. IT. I GET IT. HOLD ON.

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[laughter] HOLD ON. GIVE ME 1 SECOND. OOH, PARKING BRAKE. YES! [screaming] CHAMPLIN FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ON THE JOB.

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THERE'S SOME STUFF HAPPENING. Here we come, boys. TURN IT IN. OH STOP! STOP! [music] OKAY, MAYBE I HIT THAT ONE a little too hard.

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Hold on. [music] All right, let's hit THEM WITH THE DOUBLE. And Yeah, there we go.

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[laughter] YEAH! [screaming] Akimbostyle double water jet. Yeah, yeah! Let's go. AND GUYS, JUST LIKE THAT, CHAMP AND FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS GOT THE FIRE out in no time. I hit the brakes and the brakes did not work very well. Damn, I did

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good. See how fast I responded? I I seen that you ran into the car before you were supposed to save.

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fast. That's what happened. [laughter] At that point, did you realize, man, I might have up?

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Yeah. There's still more fire there. Don't worry, Champ and Fire Department's on the scene.

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[music] And guys, just like that, you can put out a car fire. And don't worry, here at the Horsepower Ranch, if we have a car fire, we're safe cuz we got this bad boy. This thing was $5,000.

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And for five grand, I can launch water 200 ft in the air and put out car fires.

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How could you turn that down? Now, the problem is, I need about a 10 times bigger tank cuz it has 2,000 gallons of water and I just went through 2,000 gallons of water to put that car out.

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But besides that, we did good. Guys, as you know, we're pretty rough on stuff around here. We're rough on our cars, we're rough on our tools, we're rough on our shoes. But, thanks to today's sponsor, well, we've got one of those

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back. So, for those of you guys that ar

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get back to the episode. So, guys, here's the thing. We've got to the ranch here, right? And we've got our fire truck here. Now, ignore the knocking noises coming from the back of it. That just started, and we're not sure why.

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But, the good news is, she blows water, and I've got the perfect way to test out the water cannons. What happens if 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 barrels were stacked up and on fire together, right? Could we put

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them out? Well, there's only one way to find out. I know that you also have two of these. Do you want to have a competition to see who can knock over their pile the fastest?

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Yeah. You want to go first? I don't even know how to work the cannon, but sure.

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Yeah, yeah, you'll go. You get in there. You got it. All right. Okay, you see that switch right there?

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Down there it says water. What Dude, there's like literally 500 buttons in here. Right there in front of you.

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There's 500 Agent selector valve, water or foam. Push it towards water. What next? It didn't kick in.

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Oh. Yep, I'm on water. All right. Rev it up a little bit, maybe? [snorts] Hmm.

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I think I revved it down. Yeah, yeah, that's right. By the way, another problem with Weston's fire truck. We have brand new batteries in it, but it will not stay charged if I have to jump it.

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Okay, we'll be back momentarily. [laughter] Oh, maybe this needs to be tight. Try it now.

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I'm trying it. Is it in neutral? Oh. I think these new batteries we got are You know, have you ever considered maybe the truck ain't the batteries are the problem, but the truck might be?

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Shut your mouth. All right, listen. I don't talk about your G Wagon. My G Wagon's over there running. It's fine.

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I actually think it might have ran out of diesel. Yeah, you know, it's a really, really good thing that we're not firefighters.

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[laughter] Well, you give us a day or two to get it ready, we'll be ready for the fire.

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If it was like a pre-ordered fire, they're like, "Yeah, a day ahead of time." We would be the best firefighters ever. But, if it's an emergency, not the best no.

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All right, try wrapping it up. All right, flip the water off and then back on. Should have a kick on that red light in the middle. There you go.

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There it goes. All right, how do I fire it? Do I do something? Oh, wait, wait. Is it still going?

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No, I didn't turn hit the button again. Turn it off. There. It leaks a little.

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Is the water supposed to come in here? Yeah, it's uh it's a water-cooled seat.

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Is the thing waterproof? Is what waterproof? The wa- fire truck? I mean, I don't know. I wasn't driving in the river.

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What does this yellow thing do? Oh, that runs the cannon on the front. That cannon don't work as good as the one on the roof.

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I still want to use it. There's a handle by your right ass cheek. Pull it forward.

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Dude, it sounds like a machine gun from in here. So, are my barrels the one on the right or the left, you think? I'll take the one on the right. What's the winner win?

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Not having to eat a salad at lunch. All right, we'll do that. All right, start. Go ahead.

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That feels great. I can't tell if you knocked them over at all. Oh, They're still there. Some there.

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All right, that's the time. How do I turn it off? Over your shoulder, push that thing back. Hit the No, hit the red button.

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Hit the No, hit the red button. Hit the red button. NOW, PUSH THAT BACK. BEHIND YOU. BEHIND YOU.

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PUSH THAT BACK. NOW, NOW THE OTHER THING. The gold The gold thing. YEAH, PUSH THAT.

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I'M PUSHING on it. There you go. It's good. It's just got some It's got some quirks.

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Oh, I forgot to stop this time. We're We're professionals. All right. 1 minute 14. 1 minute 15 64.

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There ain't no way. Garrett, I timed it. I don't know what to tell you.

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You should have done it faster. Why are you cheating? I'm not cheating. Ask Zach.

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Well, you're also specifically disqualified because we told you to hit the left one. Yeah, you knocked down mine.

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one. No, I said I'm taking the ones to the right. This is This is Yeah, cuz they're closer.

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Yeah, they are closer. You can reposition when you go to do the other one.

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All right, fine. Let me in there. Let me see what I can do. Guys, Garrett put down a very admirable time of 1 minute 15.

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It was way lower than 1:15. No, I'm pretty sure it was 1:15. All right, your time starts now. Go.

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Now. Now. [laughter] HEY, WHAT'S MY TIME? YOU HAVE TO USE THE CANNON. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

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OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M SORRY. I FORGOT. GOD DAMN IT. WELL, WESTON'S TIME was 20 seconds.

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God damn it. He's disqualified. He did not use the cannon all the way. He knocked over most of his running barrels.

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All right, WHAT WAS MY TIME? ARE YOU SERIOUS? I KNOCKED OVER ALL YOUR BARRELS, TOO, by the way.

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It was a 20.63. Damn, I'M GOOD. [laughter] WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A COMPETITION.

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THE BEST man won. Yeah, you're really a lot more skilled at barrel bowling. Do you think there's anything else this thing could like we use this to justify buying a 100,000 lb fire truck?

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Oh yeah, I got multiple ways to justify it. You know how much of a pain in the ass it is to clean your RV?

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Yeah, it's actually a massive pain in the ass. It takes you all afternoon. Not anymore.

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[music] [music] So guys, here's the thing, right? Obviously, this fire truck is very handy in multiple scenarios. Fires? Yes.

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Knocking down barrels? Yes. But what happens say if you got your RV here and it's dirty and you need to clean it off real quick?

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Yeah, that RV's not dirty though. Nah, it's Look, it's filthy. Hold on. OH, LOOK HOW CLEAN IT'S GETTING.

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OH, THERE GOES THE AC UNIT. CLEAN THE OUT OF THAT ONE. YOU JUST SIMULATED A HURRICANE.

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OOH, I feel like I might have damaged the front window there, Garrett. At least we got insurance.

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At this rate, you might as well clean the interior. You want to open up the door?

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Oh, don't worry. I'll go around to the other side. I only got one side done.

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[music] All right guys, now this is the best way there is to clean an RV. Hold on.

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And just hold it in there and Dude, IT'S LIKE BRAND NEW. I KNOW. [music] SO GUYS, HERE'S THE THING, KENNEDY is our assistant and she started work for us years ago, right? And she's kind of morphed from an assistant to now she

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kind of handles everything that happens behind the scenes. The reason why people's emails get responded to and all of the stuff that we need to get done on daily basis with business happens is because of Kennedy. Merchandise, website, YouTube schedules, I mean, the

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list is literally endless. So, guys, her CRV is wore out. Got 250,000 mi. Thing dies when she comes to a stoplight. She needs a new car. So, we got her a new car.

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Now, as far as like fancy cars go, it's not a Ferrari, but she has brought up for like what, maybe the last 2 weeks how bad she wants to go get a new car.

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The other day, she pulled up to talk to me and her CRV died in the middle of the street. And then she's like, "You know, I really think like the Mazda CX-5s, those are nice cars. Those are like

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really, really good cars. I've been looking at one of those." So, that's what we got her. Look at this rig. It's got 80,000 mi. It's a 2017 or 2018 model Mazda CX-5. Runs pretty good, drives pretty good. Overall, it's a very nice

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car. It's way nicer than what she's got. And you know what, she's been absolutely getting everything done that we need to get done and handling so much, she deserves a new [music] ride. Get her out. Let's I want to take it for a spin.

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Dude, this thing looks good. It looked good. All right, let me see here. Oh, dude, this thing is nice.

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It is very comfortable to drive. Normally, we like try to make everybody's birthdays pretty special here, everybody that works for us. Well, I purposely forgot hers. Hers was Sunday. Hers and it's now Tuesday. I didn't say a single thing about her

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birthday. Not a damn thing. You know what's funny, she said something yesterday about like I'd forgotten her birthday. And I'm like, "Well, maybe I got you a gift, who knows?" Yeah, that's the problem, right? Garrett is the worst surpriser.

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talking about? I surprised you. What did you surprise ME WITH? OH, THE CAN-AM. YEAH, YEAH, you did that.

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God damn you, UNGRATEFUL I'M NOT UNGRATEFUL. JUMP IN, let's take it for a rip.

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[music] This thing is smooth. Screwed up the tires. Oh, yeah, this thing is nice. The only thing about this test drive here is you want it to just be completely uneventful. You don't want to be too fast. You don't want it to break down.

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Yeah, pretty pretty uneventful. This is an action movie now, guys. [music] Oh, they can't outrun them. Okay, we got to put a turbo on this thing ASAP. HEY, Y'ALL WANT TO DRAG RACE?

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YEAH. Let's do it. You ready? 1 2 3 You know she's going to love this, right? She's going to love this car. I think we ought to pull it down to the warehouse. Once it's in the warehouse, we'll show Parker.

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[music] Now we got to figure out how to surprise Kennedy with it. Also, on top of that, just to make sure this thing is dialed and ready, and we got some goodies to take and decorate her car. So, we got

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Pikachu. She loves Pokémon. Like Kennedy absolutely loves Pokémon. So, we got Pikachu, we got a Pokéball or whatever they're called, pink steering wheel cover, soft furry seatbelt covers. Here, hold that. That's your color. I like this. Why is there a disco ball?

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[laughter] Anyway, we got all this stuff. So, we're going to go show Parker the car, see what he thinks of it. And then, while I'm doing that, do you want to decorate this, back girl?

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[music] [music] What do you think is behind this door? I don't know, dude. I hope Parker doesn't know anything about the secret society. We have to initiate him.

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I was just writing emails, and now I'm here. No, no, no, yeah. Here, come here.

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No. Her. Yeah. What? Dude, she's going to freak out. Yeah, I know. [laughter] Her car is falling apart.

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Yeah, I know. You know the other day we were up the street and she stopped, and I think it died.

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No, it almost It doesn't die. It almost almost dies. Almost dies. I think you mentioned a CX-5, or maybe she did. I was like all the CX-5's are good cars. So I found one.

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You did? That was That was literally like two days ago. I'm good at my job. I told you [laughter] we had to move quickly to get it.

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That's sick, dude. What the heck? Here's the key chain. Oh my god. [laughter] You have no idea. She's going to be so happy. [gasps] My thought is we have to make her day a little worse before we make it better.

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Okay. And you want me to do that? [laughter] Perfect. I was thinking about sending Jessamine out to go borrow a car and then putting it down here by the big bump and taking the front tires off and laying it down

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on the ground. No, as soon as she sees her car like out there She's immediately going to be like something's going on.

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Well, we're going to have to hurry up or she's going to drive down here.

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Yeah. All right, let's go. Are you just going to steal it? I'm just going to steal it.

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Okay. Is that clean title? Yeah. God damn. [laughter] You think I got you a salvage rig?

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Hey, I mean, you know, you're not all bad. You stay with the car because I I think you'll fold. Look at me and tell me No, look at me.

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I'm not going to fold. I just can't promise you that I'm going to be convincing.

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All right, [laughter] let me pretend to be her real quick. Where the were you?

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Uh Weston bought you a NEW CAR. NO! [laughter] I KNEW IT. I KNEW IT.

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ALL RIGHT, WALK HIM IN THE BUILDING. What if I just get in the driver's seat and you get in behind me? And I'm like Kennedy, come on, we got to go.

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Yeah, we could be like people love your CRV. So hop in, we're going to take it for a rip.

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And then we'll just drag on it the whole time. And we just send it, dude.

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Yeah. Keys aren't in it. Go ask for them. Yes. [music] This thing is a piece of I DON'T KNOW.

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[laughter] MAN, THIS THING HAS NO POWER. GOD DAMN. Is there a hand brake in this thing? Oh, there is and it works. You want to see a hand brake slide IN THIS THING?

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DUDE. THIS LOOKS LIKE A DRIFTER. SO GUYS, WE'RE IN Kennedy's CRV. And I need to make sure it slides for when we get down here.

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Oh. this thing hates that. [laughter] I feel like he's going to fall apart. What?

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What is that? WHAT IS THAT? SCRAPED THE YARD A BIT. [laughter] KENNEDY. WHAT? WHY'D you let Weston your car to go rally racing?

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I didn't. Weston's using your car as a rally car right now. Literally just how I said it.

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Well, I hate to say this, but Josiah lied. Josiah lied? Yeah, he's you he retained the rally course. Come on.

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No, you're not. Yes, we are. Dude, look how bad I'm sweating in this thing.

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It's so hot. She drives this thing every day? It's the AC. Yeah. God damn. You're going to do all the talking when she comes out.

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I just needed an [laughter] oil change. Hey. What are you doing? THE OIL IN YOUR CAR.

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YOU FEEL overqualified for that job. She's going to get so pissed when I drive it up on the side here.

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Dude, look at it. IT'S ABOUT TO NO. [laughter] IT'S LIKE NASCAR. SQUEAKING THE whole way. It's like squeak squeak.

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What is going ON HERE? I DON'T KNOW. The tint is coming off. The paint is coming off.

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Sorry, I can't hear YOU OVER THE RATTLING. WHAT'D YOU SAY? THE paint is coming off. The tint is coming off.

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Okay, get in. What? MY CAR CANNOT SERIOUSLY STOP. IT IS NOT equipped for this.

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We're not even looking at the road. I don't even think you know what this thing's capable of.

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It's not capable. Really? You sure? IT'S NOT SAFE. GOD DAMN. WE ALMOST GOT IN A REAL ACCIDENT.

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[laughter] OH MY GOD. DON'T WORRY, WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, it's fine. You have insurance, don't you?

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Yes, but Hey, we're good. There's a bump coming up. OH, OH, THERE IS A BUMP. OH, NO.

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OOH, THAT SOAKED IT UP. THAT actually wasn't bad. WHY ARE YOU WHY ARE WE DESTROYING MY CAR?

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WE'RE NOT DESTROYING IT, KENNEDY. I The thing is I had to get the oil hot before we change it.

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It has 230,000 miles and it's not made No. HANDBRAKE WORKS GREAT. [laughter] OH, SORRY.

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[music] THAT WAS A BAD SOUND. I'M SORRY. I didn't mean to do that. That was [music] That was not good.

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You want to take it on the rally course? YEAH, LET'S GO. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

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WHAT? Why are you destroying my car? I'm not DESTROYING HER. I'M TRYING TO help you. You said you wanted an oil change. I'm trying to get her warmed up before we change the oil.

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I normally not how I change the oil, but you know, I just normally put it in the garage and You garage this thing? It's a damn knocking sound machine under there. You hear that?

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If you put a can right here, it likes to rattle a lot. All right, hold on. Let me go ahead and turn around. We'll go back.

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[music] Oh, that sounds horrible. What are you doing? Happy birthday, Kennedy. Happy [music] birthday.

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Kennedy, look at that. You're joking, dude. You think I would destroy your car on a regular day? Actually, yeah. Actually, I probably [laughter] I probably would.

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You're joking. No. Did you get it at the auction? Yes, but it's a nice car.

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Oh, Jesus. You said I forgot your birthday, Kennedy. What the hell? You didn't tell me happy birthday, Garrett.

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Well, um, happy birthday, Kennedy. No freaking way. Is it a CX-5? Yeah, I got tinted windows.

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[laughter] What the Congratulations. Oh my god, there's a Raichu. [laughter] Oh, Raichu. I love that.

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Oh, wait. Hold on. Wait until you see the keys. I actually don't feel like this is real.

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Happy birth- Happy birthday. Oh my gosh, thank you so much. Hey, actually, don't be thanking me.

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It's also Garrett, too. Oh, happy birthday. Garrett bought it. You mentioned you wanted a CX-5 like 4 days ago.

Speaker A

I did. And I know you was looking for a car because well, this thing's got 80,000 mi on it. Runs and drives great, good tires. I just drove it. It's like buttery smooth.

Speaker A

the condition, right? We can borrow it at any time to go rally racing. No.

Speaker A

No, you did not. What are you talking about? We're not doing that. [music] No way. What You absolutely kill it. You make sure that we all get all of our stuff done.

Speaker A

You somehow handle all the logistics that it takes to run what we do every day.

Speaker A

I'm in shock. Like I actually don't even know what to say cuz I am in shock.

Speaker A

This one AC blows and stuff doesn't rattle out of the cup holder. I know. I just it's not even making any sound.

Speaker A

I know. Oh my gosh, you guys. You're doing way too much. Okay, we can do less.

Speaker A

[laughter] Well, happy birthday. Thank [music] you. Dude. Get in. Go for a drive. Guys, Kennedy has done a fantastic job for all the years that she's worked for us and [music] she 100% deserved it. And more than anything, she's not going to

Speaker A

break down so I don't have to come get her on the side of the highway, which is good.

Speaker A

Man, this thing's nice. It has leather seats, too. It's got leather seats. I mean for a Mazda, I think it's pretty much fully loaded.

Speaker A

this. This is awesome. I can't believe Well, I was telling everybody in the video before you got here how much work it is to make basically a television episode once a week. There's a lot of a lot of calls, a lot of ordering, a lot

Speaker A

of figuring out where things are, scheduling, ads, so much stuff that goes into it that nobody ever sees. Hopefully we're showing it like they can appreciate it a little bit cuz that's why we got 14 people here. You help

Speaker A

wrangle the whole mess together and make it happen. You're part of the reason why that every week people get to see these videos. So, happy birthday.

Speaker A

She's going to love that thing. I actually don't think it's hit her that it's actually hers.

Speaker A

Yeah. I didn't think that thing was that bad till I moved it right there. It's like you can't even tell if it's in gear cuz it just shakes so bad.

Speaker A

Guys, Kennedy's done a fantastic job for us over the years and she does a really really good job for the company and she 100% deserves something like this. So, there she goes. She's got a new car.

Speaker A

Boom. [music] By the way, if a repo man comes after it, just park in the garage. Park in the garage.

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