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- We picked up a 2020 power wagon
and we're gonna, we're gonna build it.
- Hey, parts are here why don't you guys come take a look.
- Let's do it!
- I can't wait!
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- We've run into a little bit of a setback,
we'll say on the front bumper
where we're running into some winch issues.
Uh, really, we're just going to see
what kind of magic Banker can pull off.
He's gonna definitely have to do
some tweaking of his own so far so good,
but that's, that's our only hold back at this time.
And time is actively running out.
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- All right. So we're back.
We were able to work our way through the bumper situation
and by we, I guess, I mean, Banker, he figured it out.
He was able to get those brackets out of the way.
Get our road armor bumper installed
only took like four of us to get that thing on there,
but we were able to figure it out really after that,
that moved the build right along,
we were able to have our very own Dustin Cork
lay down some decal work for us
that all went very smooth.
That completely changed the look of the truck. Really.
We went from having a black power wagon.
The wrap was really nice and changed that satin look,
but getting all those decals on there,
being able to show all the vendors and sponsors
that we worked with and just add that color match
to those wheels.
That really, really changed up the look of the truck,
which I think for all of us kind of set it off.
It was nice to see the Anthem loud and proud
right on the side of that thing.
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- So step one with the power wagon
was Total Archery Challenge.
That was our first possibility of
being able to take the truck out.
We finished it about five days before we left,
laid vinyl on it about three days before we left.
So the truck really pieced together
and immediately we were on the road.
The being able to have that large of a truck
was very nice pulling, a small trailer along the way.
That was an experience and a half we'll say,
and we made it there pretty, pretty okay.
And no real issues,
but pulling such a small trailer
with such a large vehicle became exciting along the ways.
And, and I've never seen things,
wiggle quite like that behind vehicle.
So it was, it was exciting, but getting to Total Archery,
really that truck was the piece of show that we needed.
We had our whole entire tent set up,
but that power wagon parked next to it,
that turned, that has brought people in.
I've also never seen the amount of people
on a wrapped vehicle.
Simply just come up to the truck and just
touch it and just rub the truck and then quickly move away
before anybody came and asked him any questions.
I think a lot of people were very interested to see
how we wrap that and how we got a power wagon
to go into that satin finish.
That seemed to really have people's mind blown.
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- Really, that truck was the showpiece
and holy cow, did it go well.
I mean, we were able to park it into the event there.
The only show vehicle that was onsite and it did its job.
The rest of the event really was incredible.
We were able to take two shooters on course, each day.
That was an amazing experience.
Like I said, the, the event is
one of the top archery competitions in the entire world.
As far as challenge courses,
not necessarily a place to win prizes,
but a place to challenge yourself personally,
of can you pull these shots off?
So each day we got to put Anthem shooters on the course
and able to meet insanely cool people,
partner up with some of the biggest brands
while we were there.
And really just have a good old time.
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- So this whole experience, I guess,
summed up now that we've got those decals on there
it's been an experience we knew when we got
the power wagon and when we picked it up on day one,
that really, we were kind of just coming out of COVID.
We knew that it was going to be a bit of a process trying to
get the parts in. That was completely accurate.
We ran into multiple, we'll just say bumps
in the road on getting those parts in as we've,
as we've all seen along the way,
but really we were able to pull it off.
And that was the coolest part
is that we were able to take the truck
from stock in that lot to what you now see today.
That is pretty cool.
Again, when we started this
Anthem has never had a show truck,
never had a company vehicle,
never had that flagship "here-we-are" vehicle.
And really this whole experience from start to finish
has now accomplished that.
We've been very appreciative along the way.
And we've learned a lot.
We've learned about what to do when you buy a truck
with a winch on it, and
what that's going to entail for bumpers.
We've learned that sometimes 10 week deadlines
turn into 18 week deadlines.
We've really learned pretty much every,
every piece of information we could
while making our way through this build.
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- So really now that we have the power wagon in hand,
we have the keys and the ability,
we have that flagship vehicle that can get us anywhere.
The options are endless.
I mean, we're already knocked out Total Archery Challenge.
That was just step one in the road.
We have lots of places all across the US
that we're looking to take this thing
and will take this truck.
So really the, the options are endless
and we're pretty excited about it.