what's going on everybody Eric here along with my buddy Robert from King's Auto Shop
recognize where we're at here Freedom Factory here in Bradenton Florida there's the giraffe
Oh Cletus McFarland that's hell yeah brother we're checking it out today thanks for joining
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they're doing some local stuff here today so there's a sign out front that says no spectators
allowed today they do have some RVs and stuff going on but they might be getting ready for
something this weekend we can't go inside so we're just checking it out from the outside
check it out guys here how you doing buddy how you doing good to see you man when's the
next race out here what are you guys doing stuff uh February third or something next
weekend we have the sport compact winter warm-up February third's the big one though I think
actually I think it's February 5th I swear that was completely unplanned guys we were
we were just hanging out by the fence and Cletus happened to drive by that was so cool
that was so cool and we may be coming back in February for for the big race here out
front got the blue helmet with the the goggles there man the freedom Factory I really want
to see a race now that's pretty cool yeah so Robert's in the van here and we got Jasmine
in the back back there we're gonna head back to camp and work on some we're gonna work
on that new uh deck over Dolly trailer yeah we are get it prepared for something here
we go so we're heading back to Camp here hitting a little bit of Tampa traffic you see that
building right there kind of looks cattywampus yeah they built it like that on pre that is
Tropicana Field and uh guess what the Tampa Bay Rays have lost more baseball games in
that field than any other pro baseball team it's fact Tropicana Field building something
here yeah we got some traffic on the way back that's okay well we're back that was so cool
that Cletus took the time to stop and you know I mean even though you could tell he
was kind of in a rush he was he was really nice he was a really cool person and uh that
was just really cool totally out of the blue too yeah I drug him down there yeah he did
he actually talked me into it I was like that's two hours south of here best time of my life
yeah that worked so uh Robert is going to help me install the okay he's gonna do it
I'm gonna help uh the wheel chock for the motorcycle that's gonna go on the deck over
here so um yeah if you're looking for any uh work he's he's a handyman King's Auto Shop
on YouTube I'll uh put his info and his phone number yeah phone number in the video description
if you're looking for some RV work yep leave a message yep yep so we'll get her done yeah
so first thing Robert is constructing over there is something that the previous owner
didn't have installed and that was well a way to carry these the bolts are provided
so we just need to make a bar and we got some Wing nuts once the bar is complete and the
wing nuts are on it'll hold these in place he was just uh putting these in the back of
his pickup truck which doesn't make any sense there's a spot for him right there so there
we go a steel bar and I may paint this so it doesn't uh rust outside but in little wing
nuts look at that I ain't going nowhere yeah all right cool it is now night time we did
a lot of work today and I definitely could not have done this without Robert's help actually
it took two people because he had to be underneath for the bolts while I was up on top you know
securing them in and stuff so we made really good progress but I didn't film because I
was like Robert I haven't shared up to how do I go from here when I was talking about
the deck over Dolly trailer reveal I said I was working on two other videos well I'm
still in the middle of making those other videos so it's like um how am I gonna show
you the rest of this project I'm gonna figure that out I'll get back to you in the morning
when we leave all right everybody good morning here is the wheel chalk all installed and
bolted to the bottom don't mind that spoke that you see there in there uh just making
sure everything works and uh yeah worked out really really well that ain't going nowhere
so the wheel chucks in Next Step here this morning is to hook up tater tot and uh for
the second time actually I know it fits and everything but I have not done the wheel straps
on the back or towed with this system so I will roll out pull out here on the road where
I'm straight and then uh we'll get tater tot loaded up see how this drives all right I
really should have done this while Robert was here but uh got everything lined up took
me four attempts to make sure that the wheels were straight and on there so uh I'm just
gonna take this really really slow and keep an eye on things how this goes up put the
camera down so I can so I can see later when I watch this how it goes up the ramps
oh that was pretty much easy uh this is what I was talking about when I got the trailer
if I were to come all the way up right now my rear tires would still be on the rack so
at this point this is when I actually remove these
foreign like a glove we're not rubbing anything on the bottom uh let me get this wheel strapped
up
um
well that ain't gonna work what do I do now
um see the problem is these Looney Tune tires on the Smart Car are so freaking small that
even this you know quote small strap it can't there's nowhere to there's not enough you
can't strap it the tires are so small and I can't Loop this around like I was thinking
well if I go under here and then come back but then you won't be able to ratchet it I
need different straps really uh sometimes you have that Vision in your head and you
get all the way to the very very end and just doesn't work all right so I've been scouring
the internet and I found I found these they had the measurements on them uh these are
about five inches shorter this strap right here is a I had to like calculate this swerve
and a couple other things and then I had to measure what I have here to figure out of
course there is no more Amazon you know we're gonna use to get Prime two days or even one
day no this is like a week out so I I have to leave today it's uh so for the record I
would never do anything I thought was unsafe but I did bring this strap back through this
which pulled this whole thing down and then I and then I moved this over to secure it
here and I mean this is tight ain't going anywhere uh I just need to get out of this
Campground so that I can go figure out and order the right kind of straps uh of course
I'll be keeping a close eye on this uh from the camera view as I'm driving not even driving
that far really but that's my fix all right all good now for this trip I've got the safety
emergency cables done up underneath as well tater tot is in toe flat mode so it won't
matter that the rear wheels are spinning in the front or not again don't do this unless
you have that system in place and you've gone through the process to disengage the transmission
uh we're gonna get on the road now well life's an adventure I keep complicating things trying
to make things better but it's just stressing me out take a deep breath Eric I heard a weird
noise pulled into Home Depot
the strap is completely off one of the tires I've already disconnected the emergency thing
because this thing tilts because the whole plate tilts and the steering wheel doesn't
lock although I've got a bungee then that's what's causing problems I couldn't get that
thing any Tighter and it's off and uh ah what the heck I mean this is weird guys that's
not gonna work all I did is make one wide right turn I heard a horrible noise dang it
what if I got myself into all right hang on I got the car off parked in the parking stall
got in the RV sat there before turning the key and I just felt defeated I'm like no I
won't I won't I went into Home Depot and I found something first of all I got the car
the other way with the rear up here the rear wheels cannot turn um and at Home Depot I
found something again my problem is this is too big and it won't fit into here with any
room there's no way to latch that so for I think eleven dollars a piece I bought two
of these huge 3 300 pound straps with the ratchets and I'm trying well I don't know
if you can understand what my theory is but if I could somehow get this to pull this way
and then latch here and then go back into this here because it came with the same exact
style amount right there see so but right now this is just a little too short to reach
but if I use the other strap here wait a minute let me think about this I'm going to do another
test here in the area just driving around making some turns got this all tight it pulls
down with this goes under comes back I cannot even get it any tighter than this goes to
here pulls it back okay let's go check out the other side here same thing tire is all
secure comes down under here ratchets here just maybe I'm overthinking things but let's
give it another shot I'll put it into tow mode once again we'll see what happens Opie
what happened today daddy didn't get as far as you want to get I want to get farther down
the road well hmm Lessons Learned uh it's Towing okay right now I feel confident in
moving closer towards the other coast tomorrow so we're going to do that tomorrow it's late
though it's dark yeah um so I'm gonna go ahead and close this video out guys and I'll see
you in a day or two okay okay we'll have more later bye-bye [Music] thank you [Music]