There I was, driving along, driving along, having a great time.
[exclaims] Whoa!
-Do you see the Bald Eagle fly overhead? -No.
Bro, that's a sign.
All right. We're in the van!
It's a Delica, but thanks for asking.
Got fire.
Definitely on fire.
[man] I need more water.
[man 1] If we take the seat out, we might be okay.
[man] The seat's still on fire.
Oh, my gosh.
Ah! This is our van!
-I'm way pissed, man. -This sucks!
[siren blaring]
I'm taking you to an exotic place today.
Have you ever been to Mantua?
-Manaway? Yeah. -[man] Yeah.
-Anyway, we're meeting a guy up there. -Okay.
-For? -He's got this special package for me.
We've been working double time on finding and fixing iconic diesels for our auction.
Heavy D has added some of our Diesel Brother classic buils to the auction list.
Why not take some of these vehicles that we've already
put so much blood, sweat and tears into,
that the world knows so well.
Let's get 'em ready for the auction and sell 'em.
But we're still a long ways away from filling up all the slots on our auction.
So, I took it upon myself to go out
and find some new diesel blood.
Think before I met my wife, what was I doing?
-You were living in a trailer. -A school bus.
-School bus. -Yeah.
-Being a vagabond, right? -[man 1] And... Yes.
Now, have you noticed that in the world today,
-people want to be vagabonds? -Yeah.
We're trying to drum up as much interest from as many people as possible
for this auction,
by building all sorts of off the wall, unique,
different kinds of diesels.
That's why we're on our way
to check out this gem of a van that I think is gonna be perfect for the auction.
I am so excited to see this van.
-Me too. I'm excited now. -In all of its glory.
[exclaims] Oh! Look it, there it is!
-Muscle, Diesel Dave, what's up, guys? -What's up, man?
That's a beautiful Delica, my friend.
[Muscle] This is unreal.
America, feast your eyes on the Mitsubishi Delica.
"Delica" stands for "delivery car".
This is the ultimate 4-wheel drive.
Diesel, go anywhere, do anything off-road vehicle
People used to think that living in a van down by the river was a bad thing.
But nowadays, it's all over Instagram.
Hashtag vanlife.
A community of people both young and old,
of people that wanna ditch the 9 to 5 and go out for an adventure.
People pay big money for these vans
and I think it's a perfect opportunity for us to tap into that market
and offer all the people at the auction, a taste of the van life.
-Yeah, tap that market. -Diesel-fied.
Number one, coolest thing about this.
-Right hand drive. -[Muscle and Dave exclaim] Whoa!
Hop in. Get in there.
Let me see how you look.
-4-wheel drive. -Cassette player!
And a cassette player? Wait, what year is it?
-It's a 1989. -1989.
-How does it feel up there in the driver's seat? -Feels great.
-[Dave] Where is the motor? -[Mark] All right, you gotta see this.
So, under here, we got the 2.5 liter turbo diesel motor.
-[Dave exclaims] Oh! -Turbo diesel.
[Dave] Under the driver's seat?
-Look at that. -[Mark] It is literally in the middle...
-...of the vehicle. -[Dave] That is awesome.
-Is everything mechanically sound? -[Mark] Everything runs great.
-[Muscle] Mark, can we drive it? -Come, give it a shot.
-Take it for a spin. -[Dave] Yes, sir.
-All right, just remember, you break it, you buy it. -Got it.
Do you know what you're doing?
I'm gonna put it in the D for diesel.
Whoa. It turns on a dime!
Gah! This is incredible.
-[Muscle] This is incredible. -Let's get to top speed. Ready?
It's pretty front heavy.
Especially with us in.
I mean, your motor and trans are right there.
The fan is like, one inch from cutting the back of your hamstring.
-[honks] -[Dave laughs]
This is a real gem, Mark.
I love it. You got it listed for 10,500.
-10,500. -What about 8,5?
-Could you come up a little? -How does nine sound?
All right. I could do nine.
-Yes! -Nine it is!
I am so stoked that we were able to snag this rad van for such a stellar price.
And now I'm ready to turn it into the baddest
diesel adventure van on the planet.
First, we'll rip out the interior and make it a true home away from home
with a custom fold-away bed that turns into a seating unit.
A kitchenette with a working sink,
and a durable plank flooring
To hold all that extra weigh
we're gonna upgrade the turb
and add an oversized fuel cell for long journeys
Then, we'll clean up the bod new front and rear bumpers,
paint, wheels and tires,
and a custom storage system on the rooftop
with solar panel for off-grid adventures.
That actually sounds amazing.
Kind of can't wait to get this thing in the shop.
Well...
there's actually something I need to tell you about our trip home
after we paid the guy $9000.
There I was, driving along, driving along, having a great time.
[exclaims] Whoa!
-Do you see the Bald Eagle fly overhead? -No.
Bro, that's a sign.
If I've ever seen it, it's a sign. It means, it's go time.
Hi, we're in a van.
It's a Delica, but thanks for asking.
-Pop! -[tires squeal]
"What was that? That's weird."
Luckily, I'm inside a cab where you can just lift up the seat and look underneath.
I look underneath to see if the boot popped off the turbo...
Got a fire.
Definitely on fire.
[Dave] I need more water.
Holy [bleep].
What the hell happened?
[Dave] I think if we take this seat out, we might be okay.
The seat's still on fire.
Oh, my gosh.
I see fire. I have like, a splash in my water bottle, I use it,
no dice.
-[Dave groans] -[Muscle] Ah! This is our van.
-I'm way pissed, man! -This sucks!
Muscle's calling 911.
But the fire just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
[fire engine alarm blaring]
[Dave] At this point, people are starting to stop behind us, they're staring.
The van is completely engulfed.
I was really excited for that one.
By the time the firefighters get there,
it's too late.
It is absolutely destroyed.
[Dave] Glad nobody was hurt.
Not carting the family around.
But I'm really sad to watch that Delica go like this.
Really sad.
First time I've ever burned a vehicle to the ground.
Check that one off the bucket list.
Guess I found out how far you could push these things.
I'm actually completely speechless. I mean,
-we've melted cabs before. -[Dave] Mm-hm.
But never an entire vehicle and never ever...
-Never. -...before we ever got the vehicle back to the shop.
-Yeah, it was... Well. -[phone ringing]
-Who's that? -Uh-oh.
-It's Red Beard. -No, don't answer that.
-Dude-- -Oh, it's too late.
Hey, Red Beard.
Shouldn't have answered it.
[Red Beard] [bleeping]
After that little bit of a fiasco,
Red Beard, as you can imagine,
not real pumped with, not just this guy, but kind of all of us.
But now, he even asked us all to go for a drive together.
I feel like it's from a movie, you know?
He pulls up to a remote location, he hands you a shovel,
-dig your own grave. -Oh, [bleep]. Is that what's happening?
Oh, no.
We're going to the storage yard.
I feel like I'm getting tricked into liquidating something.
Look, accidents happen.
But when you burn down a van that you've just spent $9000 on,
you can't just go out and buy another one willy-nilly.
Before we invest in another auction build, we have to recoup our losses.
And the best way to do that is by selling something that we already own.
Look at all this stuff just sitting here. All this inventory.
-It's like the Bermuda Triangle. -It is.
Our overflow lot is like Heavy D's own Island of Broken Dreams.
He has all the good stuff that he wants to put up for auction
at the lot by the shop.
And all the other stuff tha he spent money on, that he hopes I forget about,
tucked away, hidden over her
Ford Explorer, don't even know whose it is.
This, guys, has potential.
However, that's probably still a month's worth of work.
5-ton, scrap, probably.
Here's another good option but you know what?
She got parted out.
We don't have time for a big truck build project right now.
We need something fast. Maybe something small.
You know what? Come here, let me...
Look at this real quick.
This is an old airport tug.
People use this to pull their planes around.
And I don't know why,
but they gave this thing the sexiest bodylines you've ever seen.
You know what the best part is? We paid zero for this.
-[Red Beard] Are they fast? Are they just... -[Heavy D] I don't know.
-[Red Beard] ...powerful? -No.
-[Heavy D] I think it's powerful. -Can it be fast?
-Yes. -They're not even really powerful.
They're just very low geared.
It's got a four cylinder Cummins in there.
This 1992 Clark DT50 airport tug was originally designed
to haul the baggage carts around the airport.
However, they were also capable of moving small aircraft around the ramp.
These tugs are pretty robust They're made to just work all day long.
The thing is, we really can't lose unless we spend too much money.
I know Red Beard's skeptical
And can't really blame him.
Because at first glance, eh... it doesn't look that impressive.
But if we can turn this old airport baggage cart into like an actual airplane tug
that can move planes around an airport,
we could easily double its value,
which would be awesome because that would help offset the costs from the van
that you and Muscle
burned completely to the ground.
[Dave] I was really excited for that one.
However, Red Beard isn't too keen about letting us buy another auction vehicle
until we get the tug sold.
Nice.
Which means that, in order t keep the auction lineup on track
to make this big, you know, explosive, exciting event...
And down.
...I'm gonna have to dig a little bit deeper into my personal stash
to come up with something that's really gonna blow people away.
So, initially for the auction I suggested selling some of our old vehicles.
Whether they were race vehicles,
or stunt vehicles that we created viral videos with
Also, just some vehicles tha we have for sale that nobody's bought yet.
And, you know, when I mentioned that to Red Beard,
dude was freaking pumped.
This is fantastic.
There's one member of this Sparks Motors fleet that I'm pretty confident
if we put up for sale, people will pay top dollar for it.
However, it's not gonna be one that I actually really am very anxious to get rid of
because we use it all the time.
I mean, we'd literally just used it.
Talk about some value, right?
One of the hardest working machines in our fleet.
No, I know. And this hurts me more than it hurts anybody else.
Years ago, I came across thi old decommissioned firetruck
That would be damn near perfect for what we're trying to do.
[making siren sounds]
This thing had a big engine nice transmission,
big, beefy parts, and this huge cab.
I mean, realistically, you probably got room for eight seats in there, right?
Yeah.
And as I got to look at that, I thought, "That could be the perfect tow truck,
because it seats a lot of people, it's got a ton of power."
Yeah, there you go.
We installed new heavy duty real axels.
Installed stacks.
Whoa!
[Heavy D] I mean, we went all out on this truc
And it turned into one of the coolest,
one of the most capable roll-back tow trucks I've ever seen.
Man, that is one sweet tow truck.
It is the ultimate vehicle. It's proved itself
working for us over the last few years,
which has been awesome but it also shows,
because the stacks are all rusty, hydraulic lines are broken and leaky.
It just got a bunch of stuf that's been neglected over the years.
But if we can get it back into top notch condition,
the way it was when we first built it,
I have a feeling that this could be one of the,
you know, biggest heavy hitters at the auction.
Here's what I'm thinking.
To get this fire truck turne tow truck looking and workin flawlessly once again,
we're gonna start by fixing whatever's causing the bed to not function properly.
Then we'll clean up all the little dents and dings on the truck
and recoat the stacks.
We'll install new bedside rails along with a new set of mirrors,
replace any missing spikes,
then tie everything togethe with a fresh coat of that beautiful green paint.
-Let's take this auction over the top. -I'm ready.
[engine sputtering]
-Uh-oh. -[man] Engine's locked up?
Well, let's cancel this whole episode.
The bed is crashing into the cab of this truck.
We're just couple of weeks away from our big auction.
And unfortunately, that awesome adventure van that I had my heart set on building
went up in flames right before my very eyes.
Got fire.
Definitely on fire.
Right under my very butt.
But to generate some more cash flow, you know, to...
ease old Red Beard's nerves,
we went and got an old tug from the overflow lot.
Telling you guys, this thing might be a hit.
I know Red Beard's skeptical, and honestly, he has a right to be.
Not only have we never driven this tug,
it actually was never built to be tug in the first place.
It was made to haul baggage around the airports.
However, with some modifications,
I think it'll be good enough to be able to be an actual airport tug.
All right.
Should be good enough to give it a whirl.
And even though this is a fairly specialized vehicle, it's a limited market,
I've already got a pretty good potential buyer in mind
Maybe we could tell Red Beard 'cause he's still sweating
over the $9000 I lost on the van.
Honestly, I think I like watching you squirm better.
You don't need that.
[Muscle] You have another battery?
[Heavy D] Yeah, Chris got one.
[Red Beard] We already bought a new battery?
-Uh... -We found it.
[Red Beard] Keep finding parts.
Yeah, I have a feeling you're gonna get real familiar with the term "sunk cost".
Yeah, I don't know why I expected anything else.
I mean, yeah, let's build this weird airport vehicle
for, I don't know, all the pilots around here, I guess.
[Heavy D] Battery is in.
-See if it got any juice. There you go. -[Muscle exclaims] Oh!
-[Dave] It got power. -Now comes the moment of truth.
See if it actually starts.
-Whoa. -[engine sputters]
Mm, starter.
That starter's not turning anything.
-Uh-oh. -[Dave] Engine's locked up.
-Well, let's cancel this whole episode. -[Red Beard] Yeah.
Makes sense why this thing was free.
"Yo, dude. It's super cool. It's got a four cylinder Cummins.
But, you know, we just don't know if it, you know, runs."
-Good? -Yeah, good enough.
We are spinning the motor over with the socket to see
if the motor's freed up 'cause
if we can't spin it with the socket,
then it means the motor seized up.
If the motor seized up, that's not good.
[Dave] And she spins, but it's definitely tight.
I just think the starter needs to come out and see if the solonoid's bad.
[Dave] Take the starter out.
Ooh, sick.
Gross.
Ah!
[Heavy D] So, right now, the starter should be workin
It's got the power and everything that it needs But it's not engaging.
But it's spinning.
So, we're gonna pull it completely out of the tug, put it on the bench,
take a look at it and see what's going on
so we can figure out whether we need a new one, or if this one can be fixed.
[Dave] Guys, the starter's out.
This is a starter motor.
Starter motor has the big spinney part down here,
that makes it spin and turn the motor over.
And then, right here is the solenoid that basically has an arm
that throws this gear into the flywheel,
which spins it.
All right, Red Beard. Now what we're doing is running
wires to the starter from the battery.
We're gonna see if the solenoid is throwing that gear outwards.
That's our big indicator right now.
[Muscle] Moment of truth.
[Dave] Ha, power.
-[Red Beard] Oh, there we go. -[all cheer] Yeah.
-That's good. -That's not good.
[Red Beard] You said we wanted to do that.
I was hoping it wouldn't do that because that means it should've been working.
[sighs]
Honestly, this has been a rollercoaster ride
'cause I was really pumped on the whole thing. Then we've got it in.
Not starting, but then we pulled the starter out,
and it worked.
But apparently, that was a bad thing?
So that was another up and down. I don't even know!
Where are we at? What does this all mean?
Uh, we're hoping the starter is bad.
It appears to be good when it's out of the vehicle.
But it doesn't appear to be good when it's in the vehicle.
Crossing our fingers it's the starter,
'cause if it's not the starter,
then it's the engine.
This could be like, a $100 fix
or a $3000-4000 fix.
So now, not only are we down $9000 from the van that we caught on fire,
Heavy D wants to spend money on a starter,
even though he's not even sure that that will fix the engine problems.
♪ Around here, We hustle for a living ♪
♪ Around here, around here We grind or a living ♪
♪ Around here, around here We hustle for a living ♪
While we wait for the starter to show up, for the tug,
it's time to get busy restoring the old company tow truck for the auction.
[Heavy D] It's one of those things where, if we put it u on the auction block,
I really do think it's gonna do a good job
at enticing some high dollar bidders to come to the sale.
It's been a pure work horse.
Worked hard, but run in to the ground.
Now the bed's broken, so, we're gonna have to dig in and find out what's going on.
-You ready? -[guy] Yep.
[engine sputters, starts]
PTO coming on.
I've kind of noticed a problem already.
I can't hear the PTO coming on.
I can't hear the PTO either.
We got nothing.
and no PTO.
PTO means Power Take Off.
'Cause it is taking the power from the engine,
putting it through hydraulic pump,
supplying power to the bed so that you can operate your handles in the back
and actually use your bed.
Oh, no.
[Justin laughs] "Oh, no!"
-Does that excite you? [laughs] -No, not really.
-That's your job, man. -[Dave] Oh, man.
[DJ] I'll go listen for it. Turn it on back there.
So, we're gonna start chasing wires, we're looking at the fuse box,
we're looking at all those nest of wire that we've got in there.
-Uh, green, red... black. -Green, red and black.
This is why I hate wiring.
That right there would be my nightmare.
Any look pinched, torn or melted?
-That one's pinched pretty good, ain't it? -Yeah.
[engine running]
[DJ] Hey, so, I definitely got...
-...PTOs on. Yeah. -PTOs on? Yes!
We got an engaged PTO, the light is working,
and now it's time to check on the hydraulics.
No leakies.
See the drip?
What's dripping?
Must be hydraulic fluid, right,
down there in the center.
I mean, it's right at the back of the cab.
And as soon as the bed's back,
there's a whole mess of other problems underneath.
This bed is crashing into the cab of this truck
and all this framework up here, like,
You got busted parts on the bed lockers.
Everything's all bent up.
The roller is completely busted off and so is your bed lock.
So, the actual bed sits on two C rails.
Bed locker has this guide plate and a roller.
Your C rail goes right over the top of it, which locks into place,
which means the bed can't go up and down.
A roller sits right in the middle and C channel locks it into place.
Without it, your bed's bouncing all over the place,
going left and right, up and down,
causing damage to your truck,
'causing a lot of danger for the load behind you and everyone driving around you.
It's pretty essential that we get these fixed.
So, we're gonna need to buy some new parts,
Pad up some pieces for the stacks and fix the broken bed.
[Heavy D] If this doesn't work, this build could be a non-starter.
Oh, there's the-- Oh.
Fingers crossed.
Whoa!
While Diesel Dave is deep in company tow truck,
I'm busy working on an old airport baggage cart,
trying to convert into a much more valuable airplane tug.
Problem is, nobody's gotten it to run before.
Hmm, starter.
And even though we haven't really had a chance to figure out
whether the engine is good or not,
I really think it's the starter.
And if it is, we're in good shape.
-Amigo! -Yo, what's happening?
[speaks Spanish] ...I have.
-You hear that? We call that Spanglish. -Oh!
You guys familiar with Spanglish?
'Cause if the starter works and the engine spins, great.
If it doesn't spin the engine and the engine's locked up,
there's no way we're gonna be able to afford to
put an engine in it and still make any money
because remember, we have to offset all the costs from
the van that burnt to the ground.
[Muscle] It is absolutely destroyed.
Do you remember that one?
-Vaguely. -Yeah.
-Fun fact for you guys. Ready for this? -Oh, okay.
Even though this thing sounded like it was working, right?
We put it on the bench, power to it, it was spinning,
but let me show you the difference.
Magnet.
Hook it to the gear.
See that? This is worn out.
It's not supposed to spin that freely when the gear is extended.
It's supposed to have some resistance, like this one has,
'cause it shows that the gears are fully engaged.
-So, that one spins. -[Chris] Spins.
With this, I'm really crossing my fingers that this thing starts right up.
If a tug can be cool,
this tug is gonna be cool.
Like, the coolest tug around
Gotta get it running first.
And then my plan is
I got a buddy across the way, since our shop's on the airport here,
I'm literally gonna just hard close my friend on buying this.
I'm gonna drive this over to his hanger 'cause he has a flight school here.
He has tons of planes.
Tell you this though. If this doesn't work,
this build could be a non-starter.
Can you stop talking and you help me?
Marco's had it with our puns.
-[engine sputters] -[Heavy D] Oh?
[engine sputtering]
Let's crack the injector and grab some starting fluid.
With any diesel engine, after it's been sat for a while,
you're gonna get air in the fuel system,
and the fuel system's not good because if there's air, it means the pump can't prime,
pump can't prime, it can't create pressure to open the injector.
So, it won't start. So, basically, now,
we're going to spin the moto with the starter,
crack the fuel lines. So, that's gonna allow the a to bleed out the system,
and push new fuel in
with a little starter fluid and kinda speed up the cranking process.
And once we see a decent amount of fuel spraying out of these injectors,
then we'll tighten them back up, should fire.
Oh, there's the-- Oh.
One of the injectors is wet.
That's a really good sign. That means we're finally getting fuel.
Anytime they start an old diesel engine, this is just
the most satisfying moment.
[engine sputtering]
There we go. There we go.
Yeah, baby. There she goes.
[engine revs]
-[Chris exclaims] Yeah! -[Heavy D] Nice to meet you. [laughs]
-Yeah! -Yeah.
-Vamonos. -Vamos.
[foreign dialogue]
[Speaking in Spanish]
So, hooked up to pretty much a dead weight K-rail barrier.
This thing probably weighs, uh, couple thousand pounds.
So, a couple thousand pounds of dead wight would equal a pretty big airplane.
We'll see if it'll pull it.
[speaking Spanish]
[laughs] Yee-ha-ha!
Come on, come on, come on.
Pretty good.
Now that we have the old tu up and running,
it's time to finish the modifications to turn it
into a machine that can actually move airplanes around.
So, we'll install an actual key,
so you no longer have to start it with a coat hanger
add a towbar at the front en so it can push and pull,
clean up the body, paint, some new seats.
And then, take it over and try to sell it to the flight school next door,
we'll be able to come up with some cash to purchase our next auction vehicle.
[honks]
Come on, baby.
Perfecto!
-Not bad. -Not bad, amigo.
It pushes pretty good.
After burning our latest auction purchase to the ground...
[Muscle] It is absolutely destroyed.
...Diesel Dave is currently working on preparing
one of our most, like, prized possessions,
a rollback tow truck.
This bed is crashing into the cab of this truck.
The roller is completely busted off, and so is your bed lock there.
So, we fixed our wiring issue,
tightened up our leaky hydraulic lines, so now the bed moves.
There it is.
And now, we just gotta fix the damage and make sure that it never happens again.
I say we cut like, a 4x6 hole,
bend a new piece of metal, you'll weld it in there nice,
grind it down till you don't see the lines,
bend all these bent pieces back.
The broken bed was banging into the stacks so hard
that it wore a hole in the exhaust causing exhaust leak,
and eventually, over time, it's gonna leak grim all over the cab
which is not good for business.
So, Justin is cutting out damaged part of the stack.
I'm at the plasma table cutting out a 4x6 panel...
Pop it around.
...and then we're going to bend it to match the curve of the stack,
and weld it on.
Bro, that looks brand new.
YOu ready to move on to phase two?
Operation Bend it Back.
So, not only was the bed hitting the stacks,
but when the bed hit the stacks,
the stacks were then hitting the cabin causing damage.
So, now that we've fixed the stacks,
we need to bend them back to their proper position. But as you remember,
these stacks are very big and very heavy,
and were a huge pain to install in the first plac
-Whoa... -Oh, my goodness.
So, I have a bit of an unconventional idea
on how to bend them back to their proper position.
-I got a red sling. -Okay?
Sling it around the stack, choke it to the headache rack on the bed.
-Mm-hm. -Turn the truck on, turn the PTO on
and just back the bed up just a little bit.
And it should pull that stack straight up. I got a big level.
-Let's stick the big level on there. -Okay.
In my mind, it's working flawlessly.
Fingers' crossed.
-Good. -[Muscle] Good?
Whoa!
Perfect. Nice.
Phase two complete.
Good job.
Phase three, fix the old stack rack dents.
All of 'em.
We're gonna go all blacksmith on the frame,
by heating up the metal and banging it back in place.
Can't make a crease. Gotta persuade it, I mean.
-[man] You ready? -[Dave] I think so.
The frame still has a bit of a crease in it.
But all the bolt holes are back into place.
Which means, we can install the new parts, make the bed function again,
and keep it away from the ca preventing any further damag
Just put the solenoid on.
And now it's time to see of the cab raises
and still has the clearance between the stack and the cab,
and also if all the other parts work.
-Are you ready? -Yes.
-Aw, look at all that clearance from stack to cab. -Oh, buddy!
All right.
-Looks pretty good right? -That looks great.
Cab goes up and down, perfect clearance.
Now it's time to fire up the tow truck, turn the PTO
and see how the bed works.
-It's all the way in. -[indistinct cheering]
[screaming] We did it!
Yeah!
-[Muscle laughs] -[Dave] Yeah, buddy.
[laughs] Are you kidding me?
I've honestly never seen a tow truck that massive before.
We're risking our company's tried and true tow truck at our big auction.
And we're really hoping that it is a big money maker,
now that big rigs are in high demand.
Meanwhile, I'm still busy at work, turning the old baggage cart,
airplane tug,
be able to help raise the value, turn around and sell it,
get some cash to cover the van that Diesel Dave barbecued.
Just a $9000 barbecue.
It is absolutely destroyed.
In order to convert this baggage cart into an actual, you know, airplane tug
and be able to get much more value out of it,
we gotta cut open the front bumper and mount a hitch there
so that the tug can actuall push and pulls planes.
Because otherwise, it's no use to the flight school if I try to sell it to them.
-Amigo. -What's up, bro?
I got this for the front.
Front of the tug has this giant, like, half inch thick steel bumper
which is awesome because we can just take this hitch,
recess it on there,
and that way we got something that pulls and pushes.
The first thing we're gonna do to get the hitch installed
is cut out a square to make room for the new half inch plate.
That's some thick plate.
All right. Let's move that.
-Hey. -Not bad.
-Yeah, that is some thick steel. [laughs]
So, now that we got the square section cut out of the bumper,
we're gonna take the grinder and go around and clean up the edges.
That's gonna give us a reall nice, smooth surface
that we can weld this new plate onto.
-It's strong. -Yeah, it looks strong.
This vehicle was originally made to haul baggage carts around the airport.
But I truly believe that that little four-cylinder Cummins diesel engine inside the hood
does have enough torque and power to be able to
push and pull airplanes around the runway,
which makes it, you know, quite a bit more valuable.
[Dave] After years of hard work,
it's not gonna be easy to sa goodbye to our company's badass tow truck.
But after spending a week of repairing all the damage we've done over the years,
it's working better than ever.
I got a tow truck bed I need to test.
What better way to test it than to go pick up another truck for the auction?
And as long as the bed functions properly,
-it's gonna fetch us a pretty penny at the auction. -I agree.
Jason, who sold Red Beard the loading cab...
All right, let's just do it.
...called us up and said he had one more of his builds
that he wanted to consign at the auction.
But he said it was huge!
So, you know what I thought? I thought,
"What better way to say goodbye to our big, green pal
than one last important haul?"
Moment of truth.
-Okay. -Yeah, buddy.
[laughing]
Oh, my gosh. [laughs]
Are you kidding me?
I've honestly never seen a tow truck that massive before. It's awesome.
I have to see what you guys have that you wanna put in the auction.
-We showed them ours, they have to show us theirs. -Yeah.
-Let's go take a look at it. -[Muscle] That's what I'm talking about.
-This is it?! -[Jason 1] So, guys-- This is it, baby.
It's a 1964 GMC 5500
with a few modifications.
-To start off, it had 24 inch Alcoas in the back here. -Whoo, okay.
We've got semi-truck air ride, so heavy duty springs.
-Quite a C-channel going on. -Quite a C-channel, C notch,
so this thing will lay right on the ground when you gear down.
Four-link, extra heavy duty.
-Tubular arms on everything. -[Muscle] Okay.
We've got AccuAir air ride system on this thing.
Air ride management.
It's got the dual tank setup on it.
It is ready to rock and roll.
So, you're telling me there's a Duramax under here?
-That's exactly what we're telling you. -[Dave] Really?
[Dave and Muscle exclaim] Ooh!
We've already consigned a vintage international truck
with a diesel swap from the 50s.
So, this GMC is going to be perfect
for a whole new other era of diesel lovers.
We gotta drive it.
-[Jason 1] Fire it up. Let's give it a go. -[Dave] let's go.
[Muscle] Let's go.
I love our job.
It's a tough job but somebody's gotta do it.
-Ah-ha! -Look at how big this steering wheel is.
[laughing]
[Muscle] Oh, man.
-Yo, this is cool. -Yes.
[Muscle] Yeah, buddy.
-Bro, I will go through the steering wheel. -[laughs]
[Muscle] Is this longer than the...
-[laughs] -[Dave] Much longer than the tow truck.
...than the tow truck?
It's bumpy.
-Well, fellas. -Well.
-Auction worthy? -What do you want to get out of it?
So, on this guy,
I mean, just to make our money back,
we gotta be about $30,000.
I think 30's probably a fair price to the right bidder.
But I also need you guys to understand, and this is a big one,
this is a no reserve option.
-So, that could go for a 100,000... -$10.
-Or it could go for $10. -[clicks tongue] Yeah.
So, you're taking a big risk here by leaving it in the auction, is what I'm saying.
Let's roll the dice, let's see what happens.
-I think it will bring some good bidders out. -I agree.
Let's get it on the tow truck. Let's get it out of here.
-All right. -Awesome.
[Muscle] Perfect fit.
[Dave] Like a glove.
Thanks, bro.
Probably couldn't have picked a harder vehicle to test our
new and improved bed on our tow truck.
It's heavy, it's long.
[scatting] Pa, ra, pa, ra, pa, pa, ra...
Perfectly smooth.
The bed is handling the load perfectly
because those lockers are keeping the bed locked in.
Stackers in line, we're not rumbling off the cab anymore.
I'm happy enough that this tow truck is back to its ass-kicking ways.
I mean, it's towing perfectl It looks phenomenal.
This guy, is gonna be really sad to see it go.
Ah, man. I'm so impressed with this tow truck.
Sounds like an airplane.
Wow.
No way!
Whoo-hoo!
I'm totally assuming the sale.
Let's test it. Let's see what it can do.
-This is how it's gonna go down. -What?
You versus me.
Whoever hangs on the longest, is the winner.
Bragging rights through the whole shop,
and the loser has to buy breakfast burritos.
All right, boys. Fire her up.
-All right, let's do it. -Fire her up.
-You're going down. -No, I'm going up.
I will get you.
Hey, I'm already at the car, no fair.
-[Muscle laughing] -I've been hanging longer than you have.
-Look at that. -[all laughing]
Take me!
-You're so heavy! -[Muscle laughs]
[groaning]
[screaming]
Yeah! [laughs]
-You weigh so much. -Yeah.
It's time to find out if all the money that we put into the old baggage cart
to turn it into, you know, an actual airplane tug,
is gonna pay off.
But I have no fear
because the guys in the paint shop are working o
getting it sandblasted, repainted,
so that it can be beautiful and ready to present to my buddy, Jason,
at the flight school next door.
So, hopefully he buys it to offset all the money that
Diesel Dave burned to the ground.
Man, don't worry. I don't want you to have a meltdown.
-Hey, Captain Clark. -What up?
You know, that thing that I was kind of telling you about.
That idea that could really help kind of,
your school, your business.
-I do remember you talking about that. -I kind of just went ahead and
-got to work on it. -Okay?
-[Heavy D] You wanna see it? -Yeah, let's see it.
Uh, Harry and the Hendersons, you got a copy?
[on radio] Uh, Harry here.
Come on in, Harry.
[engine starts]
What's that? That sounds like an airplane.
It's loud.
What is that? Is that a garbage truck?
[Jason 2 and Heavy D laughing]
-[Jason 2] No way! -[Heavy D] Yeah.
-No way. -Yeah, buddy.
Whoo-hoo!
[all laughing]
That looks so good.
[Heavy D] This is a Clark DT50.
It was a baggage tug.
However, they have extremely tight steering,
so they're also able to push and pull aircrafts.
Went through the entire engine.
Made sure it's running perfect.
Got the transmission, topped off all the fluids.
We did new wheels and tires, big traction tires in the back.
[Jason 2] No way.
Since these were originally designed to kind just pull,
we added a hitch on the front. This is a solid steel, like, half inch plate.
-So... -[Jason 2] Jeez.
[Heavy D] With brand new seats so it's comfortable to drive,
matched up your exact color scheme,
with your logo and everything.
I'm just gonna come right out and tell you.
-[Jason 2] Okay? -[Heavy D] I'm totally assuming the sale right now.
I like it. Let's test it. Let's see what it can do.
Up until today,
this old baggage cart has never actually moved an airplane around.
So, cross my fingers, hoping everything works the way that it's supposed to
and Jason's happy with it.
-Keep coming. There we go. -[Jason 2] Nice.
Look at that. It just wants to go.
That's crazy. You can't even--
-I'm pressing on the brake to slow it down. -Yeah, exactly.
Just see how maneuverable it is.
-Does it feel good? -Yeah, it feels great.
-I can probably tug a 747 with this thing. [laughs] -You probably could.
That's no joke.
You're gonna miss the prop. But slow down.
-Turn nice and sharp. -[Jason 2] Nice.
Now, pull over here
-and we'll try the reverse job. -All right.
-Are you impressed yet? -I am impressed.
Then the real test was to unhook, flip around,
and then push the airplane with the tug.
-All right. This is the important part. -This is the important part.
When you're actually pushing an airplane, it's very dynamic in your movements.
And the tug needs to be very easily maneuvered.
Just a simple wing tip tap could cost me thousands of dollars.
-Moment of truth. -Moment of truth.
[Heavy D] Make us proud, Jason.
[Jason 2] Nice!
-[Heavy D] I like it. -[Jason 2] Look at how much I can turn with that...
-Quite impressed, yeah. -Got good traction.
-Straight on back. Come on back. Come on back. -Come on back.
Nice.
I like it.
[Heavy D] Like a glove.
I mean, look at that. You're in.
-Easy. -Kill her, shut it down.
[Jason 2 laughs]
That was actually one of the easiest pushes I've had on a tug before.
So, now the next step is to see how serious Jason is about buying it.
Overall, what are your thoughts on it?
All right. So, it does everything that I want it to do.
What do you want for it?
How close can you get to like, 17.5?
Honestly, I...
I would do 12.
So, you know where that puts us, right?
We're gonna split the difference.
We're gonna wind up right at 15.
15 it is.
15 grand for this airport tug is huge.
I just wish Red Beard were here to see this deal going down.
Where is Red Beard?
[Heavy D] He's probably hiding somewhere from my inevitable, "I told you so.
Because 15 grand is a fantastic, like,
that's a good deal for us to sell that,
great deal for Jason.
And it gave us a bunch of cashflow to keep the auction builds on track.
Maybe even two more builds.
-So what are we getting next? -You're not getting anything.
-Come on. I'll wear oven mitts. -No.
[man] It's an old 50s Chevy
Scared as to what we might possibly find.
Is that really not turning?
2021 Ram TRX.
-[Muscle] How many horses? -[Dave] 702.
Never been off road.
-You've never been off road? -Awesome. [laughs] No!
[Dave] And you're driving?
THe moment I've been waiting for a long time.
I love this. Whoo hoo hoo!