rule number seven let children be children
darwin here hey look at me i'm down here in abbeyville louisiana and we're here to pick
up our whaley boat yep our whaley boat i'm so excited i got to come in one trying to stray out
of trouble but well you know how that goes hello from wally boats usa we are picking up our tinder
actually kyle driving the forklift is picking up our tinder has about 606
pounds of boat right there and not just a boat but a yamaha 50 horsepower engine all loaded in
this is kyle you'll also talk to kern if you do a call right yes they are the guys that can answer
questions about whaley boats there you go i want to call them wally boats all the time i'll get
it right i swear i will and kyle was worried about scratching the boat by loading it on
here without the pallet i explained to him that this is the best day this boat's going to have
so this is it it's one of these are built-in seats and it's got floatation in here right there's
air and a top foam inside and there's inside these benches here too yes so if i ran into a rock and i
could possibly hold this boat would it sink it's not sinking because the phone correct it's closed
cell phone then no cell phone it's not even a sink years later then so this boat is with us for life
and these are cool these are benches you can screw them into the bottom and put your storage in there
you can take them back out this one has the fuel tank down inside there engine mount back there
and it's self bailing right yes sir self baling means the water drains out of it there's no need
for a bilge pump the hole on this is made of polyethylene and they have a few of them here
we are in abbeville louisiana it's like a whale okay whaley i can remember it that way the whaley
and we have the r which is a professional tell me what the professional means professional means you
have a little bit more spray foam on the inside yeah yes and the holes at the same hole just more
springfield just more spray foam throughout the regular one has spray foam to here right these
have spray foam higher all the way up okay so that gives us a little more weight but more floatation
if we tear the hole open definitely has anybody ever torn a hole open i'm going to give it my best
it's my goal in life that is a challenge we will try to open this hole up i swear you there's
videos of them hitting them with axes and driving four-wheelers across them it is just a wonderful
boat so they're made in holland holland and they were made north so that's why they're so tough
and then you guys started selling them in the united states yeah we started importing them
into new orleans right definitely a strong boat yeah so you could hit but there's not a lot of
rocks in new orleans not a lot of rocks they got cypress knees here yeah that's true this
is the other reason i love this boat hand holds and a footstep on both the holes in the back so
you're getting them back on board it's not that hard ropes all the way around but look it's got
some bungees and some chains and you undo that and pull down the front and you've got a landing craft
the chain's become the structure for it and you can actually stand on that i bet and it floats
400 pounds that'll even hold me yeah that is fantastic you have sold me the right boat so
billy and darwin are back here they're ready to go there she is and she's coming home all right
we're getting ready to cross the mississippi if you like bridges southern louisiana has a
place for you it's got a lot of bridges busy down here look at that water flow oh gosh
a current there
this is about halfway between that the new orleans
but now we're gonna go down where's this deep bridge that's cool
crossing the mississippi again we'll come underneath that one i just love bridges and
i say that already i said that already okay we're not just collecting a boat we're taking a little
vacation too and we have stopped here today at the whitney plantation this is a fantastic place
it's not the plantation you go to if you want to see how the white people lived
it's the plantations you go to if you want to see how the slaves lived that's what this plantation
focuses on and it is a very rich story and i really think you ought to take the time
to do it best thing we've done so far hundreds of barges stacked up along the side here what a sight
we're traveling along the river road look at that plantation back in there in that beautiful
run forest run another bridge barges and ships
mississippi again the mississippi again we just can't stop crossing it
yeah yeah he's not gonna like that don't go away don't be angry come on there you go
oh yeah there you go
my god that's no way to treat people at the table jesus he goes he goes you ready
there you go she's making it easy for you it's on your head
time to get serious on feeding time ready darwin yeah i'm ready to pet the gators
oh you got three yeah he's come in fast look at that oh he didn't get it oh here could it get in
i think they're going for darwin you don't think they're looking for the hot dog anymore oh
i feel terrible now that we like killed
that was darwin close one good thing i learned to hold my breath no really what if i held him
and you touched me no little pet i have no chance just the tail right there just feel it
so now they don't feel like that when they get older do they they feel the exact same way
okay i did it you did good the bone sent it to a university they report back to
me hey leo your animals this age i will tell you big lou is 60 to 70 years old
amazing yes it is absolutely worth a stop okay you folks from louisiana you got a
beautiful state really have enjoyed it thank you the bathrooms are filthy yeah
clean the bathrooms and put some toilet paper in and we were bitching about the
restrooms in louisiana we're back in oklahoma brandy came down help me launch the boat today
tow boat us
oh that was easy
look how high she rides in the water that's why she can carry 1
500 pounds of stuff i'm going to get these bunks out of there we don't need those
let's do a stability test she goes down that's not too bad
ah she's stables to me
doing a fine job there we're going down the wheelchair around
as long as the wind doesn't shift we'll be fine on this side never seize on the shaft thrust washer
spacer washer
unusual washer propeller nut propeller nut i used to call them crown nuts crowns to me
now we gotta make sure it lines up with a hole okay cutter key
ah the new dinghy is in place from the damage we can actually bring it a little closer into
the boat that'll make boarding it easier and look at this we didn't come down in the water
as much as i thought we would that's looking good i like it there we can live with that
still got some work to do on it gotta attach the tiller arm and hook up the fuel and the
battery and all that got to buy a battery for it but uh i like what we got so for me and
y'all brandon care and remember what'd you make today
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you