I Bought a MASSIVE Fire & Rescue HOVERCRAFT!
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12961 44th St N. Ste B
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Jesus christ cleetus.
This is what we all subscribed for! A bunch of Freedom!
😂
My first thoughts exactly. What's next, frickin snowmobiles?
FREEDOM
Us: Get that galaxie in tip top racing condition!
Cleet: No
Somebody sent this video to me because they knew I used to run one of these things for a fire department. I have two huge word of caution for you when you get on open water: TRIM TAB.
So here's the deal: you do fine once you're up on your cushion of air going forward, but the more you give her the spurs the more the front end starts pointing down unless you're setting the trim tab. Let the front end dip at 40+ MPH (which that will EASILY do) and the front end catches in the water. It will feel like you ran into something and you will likely get hurt being thrown forward. So whenever you feel the nose dip, get off of the noisy lever, raise your trim and try again. You'll get the hang of it.
Dude the Florida man (Giraffe?) seriously needs to see this.
To the top!
To the top
Good tip there. When I started we didn't have them. Good old days.
Bump
To the top!
You know, the speed record for hovercraft is 85 mph. That's a reasonable record to go for there Cleeter!
You know he saw this, and you know he's contemplating it
Cleeter’s planning on going head to head with Finnegan’s jet drive boat.
I don't see many comments that I genuinely think would be amazing for the channel, but this is an exception. Having a world record would be sweet
@@sawspitfire422 another* world record
Carl Ihland dude that won’t work. You could have 10,000 HP LS and the engine still only gonna turn like 8-9 RPM. What you need is enough power and the right gearing. Everything changes with a propeller. You don’t have the transmission like in a car.
"They drive terrible, they're just amazing vehicles."
Never change man
I just realized they will be able to do rescues now when the next big hurricane hits
That would actually be awesome. I've been a responder through three of them. Especially during Harvey, this would have been a god send.... we literally had boats stayed at different isolated areas, you'd take one to get to a truck, it would take you to another to get in a neighborhood.
I was a responder with Hurricane Harvey, came in a convoy of 5 26ft freightliner box trucks from Virginia full of canned food, water, life vests, we all drove thru some of the flood water to setup at the top of a bridge n we just went to town for a full week helping everyone out
I expect Cleetus n then to be out there as well with this hover craft on the next big storm.. their views on those videos be through the roof seeing all that
That would make some good content lol
@@jake4194 Right!!
Hey Cleetus I’m so happy you bought the boat, that was my old departments boat and I’m so surprised you bought it!! Hell yeah brother!! Definitely be a good thing for you it was a handmade by all fireman 1 of a kind boat and you will enjoy it
Thanks for your job man.
that's freaking awesome actually. Hopefully y'all can meet up, at least he knows where to get info from now!
Looks like you guys did a hell of a job building it and putting it all together. Thanks for all you guys do for people as well!
You should share some history, photos videos ! Awesome job putting that machine together !
This is awesome!!
This dude is really livin' his best life & I'm about it.
Hell yeah he is! Just absolutely amazing
Living the best life aka being rich asf
I'm here for it.👍
@@realkilju 😂Well we supplying his money and he is giving us good content. Im all for it and there isn't a man more deserving of it
dang son! yes he is!
It’s got to be called the “Brothercraft”
BrovaCraft
Breaking news: *Cleetus Sells Freedom Factory to Buy More Hovercrafts “It’s better than cocaine” he says.*
Underrated comment 🤣🤣
Nick Flagg thanks brother
* Florida man
Cocaine**
Brian Ruff thanks brother
When is he getting a Sherp? Definitely not an unreasonable buy.
Hell ya after seeing the sherp on whistlin diesel channel I've been obsessed lol. Those things can go anywhere
Hell yea
@@Pittsburgh-412 look up ostacruiser. He has had one for a while and takes it through all kinds of mud and water up in canada.
I had the same thought lmao
@@Pittsburgh-412 that was such a funny episode lmao... With the bee's LMAO!! I died laughing 🤣😂🤣😂
“Looks like you could fit a 427 in there”
Texas speed: say no more, done
Won’t be surprised if it happens
Weight and safety concerns ...maybe prudence should come into play here.
@@Dtmdeman I'm pretty sure the hovercraft agrees with you. Just look at the dashboard. THINK!
@@Dtmdeman lol safety with a florida man
I think weight is a big issue when it comes to these, May need some help from the boosted boiz. k24 would be better
You should put the hover craft on the car lift and take a gander at the bottom and see how it looks/works
Next month on Cleetus McFarland ...
The US Marines called, said they had a hovercraft for sale. Cleetus you interested ? :D
He'd be able to haul a good part of the fleet on a LCAC. LOL!!
But a used LCAC up for sale should be significantly less. Lol and LCACs are freaking amazing! Hard on your spine though.
One of those big units that can fit a house 😂
Cleetus I thought I need a bigger pond/lake now for my toys. Lmao
Subie engine you say?? Step one: find a wrecked STI. Step two: get stupid.
maybe go crazy on an EZ30, or EZ36? - then put up some big numbers!
Step 2 2 step?
No it’s an old Subaru engine. You know, when they actually made reliable engines...
I agree do an STI swap Then you got Turbos
2step on an airboat would be epic
Finnegan: your gonna want a jet boat
Cletus: Hell yea brother
Cletus: buys a hovercraft
Funny I can almost him saying that 🤔 lol
*Another
*Buys another hovercraft*
@bobwatters oh god
I built a twin engine hovercraft for my 8th grade science project, used a backpack leafblower through pvc ducts into a diy vynil skirt for the lift and used a weedwacker engine with an 18 or 20 inch prop for push, it never turned very well and i popped the skirt almost immediately. this is the fully realized embodiment of that. HELL YEAH BROTHER!!!!
I'm pretty sure Cleetus is the only one who's having a good 2020, I love it...
That hole in the front is called the duck sucker, stay away from ducks...just saying
this also describes my ex-wife
Dan Mai I’m dead😂
I knew a crew in the Adirondacks who ran into that problem once. They bolted on a second grill quite a bit higher made from the front edge of a shopping cart. Turned out to be a great place to mount an extra alley light, too.
Good to know! Trying to do my part entertaining folks. Just started my channel where I take trucks up into the mountains and break em in. Hoping to make you laugh.
You probably should put a giant red "THINK!" on all your dashes.
That would ducking suck.
Might even goosing blow
That'd be fowl play right there.
This channel has just transformed and went in such awesome directions the past year. It’s so exciting to be a part of this and witness everything.
I was waiting to see a third, really pissed off aligator walking out of that pond with a hitch hiker sign saying Everglades or bust.
Dude I am stoned as shit and your comment has me dying
Gotta remember, unlike the Scat.. you should make sure it’s lifted and the RPM’s are up when it’s coming out of the water. Could possibly rip the skirt off..
Next thing we know here’s cleet with a whole military hovercraft in his backyard in the next video
my thought exactly
@Lassi Kinnunen LCACs have turbine engines. Although a drag car consumes alot of gas in 2 minutes, I dont think it consumes the fuel like powering 2 turbine engines do. When I got deployed we had 2 LCACs on board, and they were massive. Had to of been at least 200 feet long and over 100 feet wide. They had a crew of at least 15 people on each one. It takes teamwork to run it.
@@trentongulley6641 only because at that time the government was to cheap to get proper electronics,if Carnival can have cruise ships that only take one man to pilot,these can't possibly be more complicated,I realize that cruise ships have giant diesels and whole crews to run them but 1 or 2 people.
@@kittty2005 Okay first of all you're only talking about 1 to 2 people standing watch on cruise ships doing rounds making sure everything looks fine on the diesel engines/equipment, and doing minor wipers while getting readings on equipment for their logs. If they notice anything unusual they will call away a engineering casualty and take care of it the best they can until the engineering casualty team comes down to take over so he can continue roving on his watch. Cruise ships have way more mechanics on board that dont stand watch, and work on the engines when needed(CRT). When I stood watch on my Navy ships, we werent allowed to work on the engines with others if a engineering casualty happened because we have to focus on other stuff and let the crew do the repairs. Let me tell you something since you cant understand why they have a crew that size on a LCAC. They have 2 turbine engines that are seperated from each other, so they have to have 2 of pretty much everything. 2 mechanics, 2 electricians, 2 hydraulic guys, 2 fire fighters, 2 drivers(not 1 like a cruise ship has) to operate forward and reverse while the other operates list and trim bringing the tarp up with air like cleetus 2nd engine does, 2 navigation plotters, 2 officers in charge of each bridge, the Commanding officer of that LCAC, and then dont forget all the other guys it takes to help make the operation work which are the sewing people who repair holes on tarp, the regular crew attached who help bring on vehicles or equipment as well start up/shut down procedures including unanchoring or anchoring, washing down LCAC with fresh water after every operation, standing watch when not operating and there is probably other stuff im missing. An LCAC is not some simple fire & rescue 1 man hovercraft or a simple cruise ship you steer in open waters not worrying about hitting anything. Get the point?
@@trentongulley6641 Yes,my Dad was a fireman on a submarine tender,responsible for keeping the fire correct,WWII he worked on the great lakes for 35 years a fireman,stokerman,oiler,then every boat went diesel ,he retired @ 75,000 a year,as a wiper,I naturally have an interest in ships and I did not have the time to expound and I'm just to exhausted to debate you,but thank you for your rebuttal.
I love this channel so much hahaha...hope you had a good time at the dunes...I barely missed you.
I'm from Wisconsin, and I've seen similar units out on the ice saving ppl who break thru with their pickups or ATVs. Looks like a hoot!!!
The rest of the world: 2020 is terrible...
Cleetus: I'm cornering the hovercraft market!
Makes you wonder: does he know something we don't?
I dare all the girls to take cool whip pies to the face and put the video on youtube!!
@@antdx316 no one cares.
2021: “Building a 10 second hovercraft”
First stick shift hovercraft in the sevens
Big block Hemi with twin turbskies hovercraft. Shot of nitrous off the start
Looks like an old EA series flat 4. Those we're non-inerferance and bullet proof but also no so powerful, they just get the job done. Good stuff
Gotta get one of those airboat racing engines in that thing. She’d rip
If the guy who sold him the Scat is watching, he's gotta be thinking "Dear God, what did I start?"
Guy with the scat couldn't believe he was able to sell that thing in 2020. You can almost hear the excitement in his wife's voice at the dinner table that night.
"FINALLY HONEY... IT'S GONE! I can't believe you finally found someone to buy that thing!"
Next he'll be buying that big ass hovercraft from Rumble in the Bronx.
I dare all the girls to take cool whip pies to the face and put the video on youtube!!
He's saying " I should have asked more."
Navy surplus hovercraft? 40 foot long. Let's go. I double dog dare you!
I think it’s time to consider building a lake at the freedom factory
He's already got one on the burnout pad
@@soundestmonk Underated comment right here.
Or a lazy river
@@soundestmonk still don't know why no one has high speed slo mo drifted through that yet.
Infield has that covered. 😁
You never cease to amaze me !
All hover 24 needs is cubic inches
One word for this thing: MAJESTIC
No that’s a good way to scare the gators out of that pond LOL. Any purchase is worth it to keep Holly safe
Those gators arent gonna run from that. Lol. They'll go to the bottom and wait until you leave
Cleetus : “what’s the point of putting yourself in danger if you can’t put the people are care about in danger too?! YEE YEE”
Roman Atwood has a bigger lake than you!
@@livelifetothejosh5631 Nobody asked
LJ Radelaide ok and who TF asked boi
@@Benjiio lets hope he takes it as a challenge..
@@jacobbennett8713 lets hope he takes it as a challenge..
saw the Fire service use a large one on the weekend here in the UK at Weston super mare. On the beach there's long mud-flats that people can get stranded in when the tide comes in and the water is too shallow for boats.
Cleetus for the fire Rescue Hovercraft trailer install some rails with rubber strips or rubber caster wheels to allow the hovercraft to load and unload easier this way no one takes a chance getting hurt trying to help. When unloading have people push the craft from the front after the rails are installed and make sure the rails are above the bags when inflated so no damage to the bags when coming or going off the trailer.
This man never stops being a Florida Man.
True
He's Number 1 on the Florida Man Leaderboard
Heck ya brother
It’s in his blood.. and mullet
James D heck ya it is
Sometimes I lay in bed and say "Cleetus is 'extra', but not THAT 'extra'. " And then a new video drops...
Cleetus the kind of guy that buys a weber smoker mountain and 2 days later owns a bbq pit restaurant
Yes sir
Glad you like it. Just slow down back fan to stop then turn the front down after OK. Or you could mess up the skirt. Hope this helps. I used to have an early hovercraft avout two years before England got the Hovercraft of Great Britain. Happy days
I love how Cleetus has this massive driveway and concrete parking pad, yet he still parks most of his vehicles on the lawn. Like a true Florida Man.
This has to be named “The freedom Flyer”
They make hovercraft in my home town in the UK. And when I was young they had massive people hovercraft that went across the channel from Dover to France amazing machines. She's a beast cleetus bud
A random purchase is always amazing!😁
basically anyone selling a random motor powered thing in the sates right now "who the hell is going to buy this"
Cleetus-"Sweet honey bbq Grab the chequebook"
I want to see some LS motors on that hovercraft with some turbskies
nope.......jet
K swap. It will have the best thrust to weight and fuel efficiency which means longer range
@@mclarkson78 do you smell another boosted boiz collab cooking or is it just me
@@mclarkson78 normally an ls guy but youre right lol. with an ls you would get a runtime of like 5 minutes, also its the speed the engine is turning that matters, not necessarily how much power is has.
Haterr plays that would be badass. Use the fan to spool the turbo, or some other crazy stuff. Can’t have too much power on those units. I’m thinking 2 600hp K swaps would make that thing an unstoppable monster
Hot dang , that light bar!
New T-shirt coming at us.
Cleetus seem to be the only person having the best 2020
“They drive terrible but the are just great vehicles”
That is just amazing!! Love it!
K24 swap that prop motor?
Boost that thing for him Brent and put it on the Dyno to tune it up Brotha!!! 🌬🌊🚤
Went from an entry level hovercraft to a yacht, great purchase brother this thing looks like a blast
That looks hella fun. Great find.
Ignoring the GIANT "THINK" on the dash and just flicking buttons till something works. Yep thats cleetus
I'd imagine once its seen, it will be promptly removed. Its so..... "anti Cleetus"
Y’all ready for the first turbo air boat
Theres a T-shirt, right there
"Is this the throttle?". 😆
This is the one you can bring your buddies on, therefore it should be called the BrotherCraft.
BroverCraft, just a hint of british.
On point!
Yes!!!
@@NickyNiclas BLOKECRAFT
I am ALL for this suggestion even though I'm GUTTED I didn't think of it.
I live on a big wholesale tree nursery with 3 ponds and now i want one a smaller one of these...awesome vid!
That thing is cool can’t wait to see what he does with it
Little alligator, if you're watching this: that's why you can't stay in that pond
there was an alligator in there?
the 'sconnie hovercraft isn't used to gators yet.
@@andrewfelsinger8332 watch the last video with the galaxie and the dale Truck.
They had several gators over the time in their pond
@Master Baiter whoa, that escalated quickly
I think cleeter is trying to build a fleet of hovercraft so he could do a hovercraft 500. Ha ha you should call it hover-ruby.
Some tracks bring in dirt for dirt events. Cleetus is going to close the drains and flood it.
Call it Rovey.
They need to dig up some of that pretty grass to put a pond in at the Freedom Factory.
Ol Cleeter done got hooked on the amphibious boats. LOL
Love watching your videos, always great content.
The Freedom Factory needs to replace that track cleaning blower with a hovercraft.
Scat n Rescue for track drying after a shower, then get Cleetus to rent out to NASCAR events as rain-delay crew, hovercraft on high banks gotta be fun.
We are witnessing the early days of McFarland Performance Hovercraft.
@TH-cam Isbroken ur right though
This is like a modern version of the Beverly Hillbillies. 🤣
I grew up in southern Idaho. Many of actual snake river gaps in my day! But love the homage sir Well played
It's only a matter of time before we get to see a red, white and blue Sherp. Let's not kid ourselves.
Yes. Cleeter needs a sherp
Man then they would spread throughout the TH-camrs garages that would be something to behold
I've been waiting for this ever since I found ostacruiser
oh my yes a sherp would be SICK
Looks like McFarland Hover tunning coming soon! 😃
Dang i thought i couldn't like the channel more with just the cars, then he branches off into airplanes and hovercraft, my two other favorite things ( airplanes are my main favorite though ;), Hell Yeah BROTHER!!!
The real question that needs to answered is, how fast do the hovercrafts go around the Freedom Factory 🤔🤔😅
Slow and probably wouldn't handle the banks very well the would just drift down onto the grass
Long story short it probably wont work
@@TheFearGrizzly maybe an experienced pilot can counter the bank by pointing the nose outwards but sounds kind of dangerous, these things are meant for water anyway.
No, the real question is “how fast would the hover craft go around the track with help from Texas speed!”
I saw the title and said "oh my God, really?", and freaked my wife out, (she expected to hear someone died or is sick). These days you can't surprise us like this Cleetus.
This thing is so different. Great watching!
Damn what a cool toy!
Hovercrafts are awesome.
"worlds fastest LS powered hovercraft quarter mile time" here we come
first stick shift hovercraft in the world to run in the 7's
Christian Mueller 6's m8
@@jacobbennett8713 soon enough they'll be building 12000 hp promod hovercrafts
What about lap times at the freedom factory?
Fuck it, top fuel hovercraft
You need to buy an amphicar. Made in the 60s! “It’s not a good car, it’s not a good boat, but it is both!”
i think one of those duck boats would be more appropriate for ol cleeter lol
I had to look that up and also saw a Hydra Spyder that has 500 HP LS engine or a Gibbs Aquata.
CaptainFancyPants you’re probably right! He’s got way more friends than I do. I could use an amphicar tho
Those things were rust buckets and super unsafe
Well lot of armies in east europe are ditching their russian armored carriers. I think one or two LS could fit in there. :D
Man that thing takes the cake over Kyle's razzle dazzle and Emelio's gsxr swapped quad! For sure 🤙🤙🤙🤘🤘
Cleetus you need to put some thrust bottles on the back ends of that thing to assist it with turning. Almost like a Rocket take off like the Blue Angles do with Fat Albert the C-130.
he said he’s done buying random stuff but there’s 4 months left in the year that disagree.
“Hot dang that light bar” - Mady she fits right in
this is so dope. and now you can build a wind tunnel and use the airboat fan to power it
I thought I seen a couple of fish fly out of the pond when you pumped it up. LOL
This turned into a hovercraft channel so gradually, I didn't even notice.
I happened in about 2 episodes 😆
I dont even mind 😂👍
“Florida Man drives rescue hovercraft through Taco Bell drive through”
Gotta go to Taco Bell and get some Baja Blasts.
*Taco Bell 🌮
Orders 30 Mt Dews, no cup holders.
Taco Bell
I fixed it
That thing need an engineswap!! LS-HOVERCRAFT FTW!
Those old EJ Subaru engines are super easy to work on. Also, they adapt very well to newer Subaru engines... Maybe and EJ 20 or EJ25 turbo out of a WRX or XT Forester/liberty??? Since you're going to try something out of the wheelhouse just go waaaayyyy out of the wheelhouse!
I’m gonna be disappointed if this doesn’t get an LS
Then you’ll run into weight problems. Only gonna get a couple more hundred RPM’s maybe 300. I’d put a very small turbo on the Subaru engine!!
@@ecbadboy101 or tool box Jimmy with a shiny blue can!
cleeters first K swap
More aggressive angle on the rear blade?
james avery lol the sound barrier can be broken at 767 MPH. I doubt you’ll get the prop to spin that fast. Im sure you could gear the prop and get a lot more speed out of it. Probably be dangerous, catastrophic failure. Need more HP if you gear it.
As Finnegan is to ramp trucks, Cleetus is to hovercrafts...
Very true, but the hovercraft didn't break down on the way home.
Jetbboat
@@lorenquintana6309 Hoverccraft
Ron Jones no Finnegan has the jetboats
@@lorenquintana6309 Finnegan has multiple ramp trucks... Cleetus has multiple hovercrafts... that's the similarity I was referring to.
This has to be the best purchase in the history of purchases
SO COOL! Damn, I love how much you love hovercrafts LOL
Anyone else feel like hovercrafts have escalated to his new found addiction.
I dare all the girls to take cool whip pies to the face and put the video on youtube!!
@@antdx316 no one cares dude.
I'm waiting for him to stumble into the jetski world since there are some nifty Holsets and Precision turbski's mounted to 'em.
@@goodnessgracious8819 some care
This channel went from being the "fastest stick shift dragcar" to a hovercraft channel 😂😂😂
I'm pretty sure that by next year, they're bringing a hovercraft to the Race Week.
I’m totally ok with it
I’m not even mad tbh
This channel will always be about the 'Florida Man'
Get some Cletus. That thing is sick.
“ Florida man buys police band scanner and starts responding to local 911 calls in vintage retired fire department hovercraft “
"Is this the hood? We gotta get this thing off ASAP if it is."
🤣🤣🤣
You always want to purge the engine compartment of fuel vapor before starting or it could blow up and kill you, but yeah, I'm not sure if thats what he meant or if he just wanted to drool over the motor.
@@heatshield There is a running joke that he doesn't have hoods on his vehicles.
@@Cronus_1
You're so right, and when I typed that earlier I forgot that, but I was trying to give him a couple bonus safety points for knowing that he needs to vent or he could go kaboom. haha
👊😎
Cleetus: 'I didn't want to buy anymore unnecessary vehicles "
Alsoo cleetus like 2 vids ago: "if yall know of any bigger hovercrafts under like 10k hmu "
I feel partially responsible.. I sent him the link for it haha
@@11zlow if it was under 10k it was worth it lol
@@11zlow I mean honestly, I feel like that could be on the side of the craft now, "I feel partially responsible (for this)." -Zachary
The quote could be above a huge "Hell Yeah Brother!"
I rode on an 80ft long hovercraft in Southport/Surfers Paradise Australia back in the late 80's. It was awesome. They did 360's with it. It was so cool!
Cleetus says things about hovercrafts that would make other vehicles deemed deadly and then says, so its the best vehicle ever
That trailer ramp has pinched hand written all over it. Who’s gonna be the lucky winner? 🤣
Thinking the same on that one...
Cooper
Coop 💯
Yep I agree I thought they were going to do it on the first unload
Bro more like finger ejecto
Cleetus: Buys big ass hovercraft
*Texas Speed has entered the chat*
I've been lurking on this channel for months, but when he bought a second hovercraft, I was all in. DO IT FOR DALE!
2020 is the year of cleeter
The irony of “THINK!” plastered on the dash!!