The Freedom Factory's ABANDONED Tow Truck Goes on Its First Job!!! Can it Actually Pickup a Car??
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Cleetus McFarland
12961 44th St N. Ste B
Clearwater, FL 33762
United States of America
Cleetus, there’s been a recall on those Harbor freight jack stands you’re using. I just returned mine. Don’t want y’all getting hurt using them.
Nice man
+1
If your not using a jack with a jack stands you deserve freedom machine to crush your skull in
Being surprised that something from harbor freight can kill you is like saying your surprised that McDonald's makes you fat
@@EPICC0MAND0 mcdonalds doesnt make you fat. Its stuffing yourself with mcdonalds which makes you fat. Dont eat as much....
PUT TOAST'S OLD 632 IN THE ROLL BACK. Its what the people want!!!!
oh fuck ! that could lead to somewhere unknown !
Was coming to make the same comment
HELLFISH do you know Cleetus 😂??
HELLFISH overkill is the purpose of his channel
He has to.
Toast’s “old” big block engine should be put into the flat bed. When Cleatus first showed the tow truck he said that he’d like to make it so that it could tow and do burnouts. I’m sure with that engine, even when n/a, would provide more than enough power to do that.
Yeah that's what I was thinking
If it wasn't gonna be out on the hiway, you could put some 'racier' tires on which might slip better, 'specially if they had a few extra pounds in them, and that might avoid the breakage a blown motor would do to the old beast. You'd twistthe frame if it hooked, and it's got duelies on the back. I've broke things in that extra truck just effing around with a stock engine. LOL It'll wheeel hooop like crazy if you put that much power to it, then bang, it'll throw the two piece driveshaft(?), out like a nunchuck, or drop the front u-joint if it's a one piece, and hump the old beast in the air, like a rutting dog!
Yeah, eff it, let's put the blown BBC in it. Or does toast have an LS? (I can't keep up with all the largess of riches of this 'fleet'. I've never had enough $$ to have 'several' race cars/toys. I was lucky enough to have at least one, most of the time.)
@@StickerVRprobably
Hey Cleeter im an artist in Tampa and I would love to come down and cover the FF in hand painted lettering and logo's, like they did in the good ol days no vinyls ! I'd do it just to do it for the nostalgia of being there so many years after my dad and I would go all the time, no charge. Hit me back for examples of my work brother. I would really like to repair the big helmet that sits at the entrance. It's a local icon in itself ! let's do it..🙌🏽✌🏽
Send an email to him. I would love to somethings restored. But some modified of course
You should definitely reach out beyond RUclips comments. Email or insta.
Hope to see you or your work in a future video. Good luck getting in touch with cleeter
Let er eat brother
Definitely reach out to him on social media or email
They should definitely put toasts old motor in the flatbed but if that’s too overkill I say change it up and put a Texas Speed 454 LSX In it
Great chance to use a duramax.
Ls or Cummins swap
I say they put a 2jz or eco boost in it just to be different!! Or better yet, a single turbo 4.8 stock engine tuned to about 550-600 hp and then tune locked
Let JH Who put a Duramax in it.
That truck generally deserves a lot of love!
Swaps Toasts old engine into the tow truck
When somebody breaks down or crashes all they hear is just blower noises and surges from across the entire track
This needs to happen!!! 🤘
If you removed the blower and just set it up properly as NA that would be a properly capable tow vehicle. So much torque just from the basket-ball sized pistons.
YES YES YES
Yesssss
The Tow Truck should be named the "Freedom Retriever"
Well I think holly should remain the main retriever. Banana pancakes only
Freedom Fetcher?
@@ekimo56 I like the freedom fetcher better
The Liberator
Adam Chvala Freedom stretcher lol
We need a McFarland Towing and Recovery t-shirt now😂
Yes yes yes!!!
I would buy that right now.
Too early....
And on the back have it say "we're gonna need a bigger tow truck"- cleetus
James get the tow truck
Sounds like the tow truck needs to become the "toast truck" with that extra blueprint motor!
Hey Cleetus.
I used to be a wrecker driver, a welder and I know those ole Square body Chevy's really well.
If you guys wanted some help getting that thing tip top and operating correctly, and wanted to do some training on how to properly load a car on her/show you the best gear to have on hand. I would be more than happy to pay you guys a visit and help out!
Stay Awesome!
- Nick
I don't know why but it's funny to watch a guy with some seriously tuned high horsepower vehicles drive a clapped out vehicle.
All the people commenting 4 years ago and cleet comes through and put the 632 in it, love it...
Next week’s episode: cleater calls Texas speed for another 427
I thought they just had a steady stream of engines for cleetus.
The accuracy.
Remember: the whole fleet needs 427s, so u might not be far off lol
Not even a week I bet. Lol
Cleeter prob already ordered one
That role back has a really sweet sounding 6 cylinder V8.
Took me a minute XD
Haha!!
It is what it is 🤷♂️😂🤦♂️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Shes def not firing on all 4 cylinders. 🤣
@@noobhacker101 8
The fuel filter is probably plugged solid in that thing.
Things you can say about your vehicle but not your girlfriend
Cleetus: "This thing looks alot better in overcast"
the hell you say,,,hold my beer!
"we need a bigger tow truck" xD
Cleetus: this thing is looking a little shot out
I know it's been said a million times, but I'll say it again. The ramp truck is a perfect candidate for toast's 632.
They likely wouldn't use it enough to waste that engine in.
Every one of them have nice trailers for hauling their vehicles.
I did comment the same thing then deleted it once I realized it didn't make sense.
I would love to see them build a mud racer truck with it.
Cleetus we see the harbor freight jack stands watch out we don’t want you ending up like LT dan
Anyone one else want to see the ramp truck with toast's old motor
100%
Only if they twin turbo it and have the turbskies hanging out of the hood
make ALL the torque
I think he should just put a 5.9 cummins or a old Detroit in the mofo.
@@Thatoneredneckid agreed.
I’ve said it before that’s the 632s new home right there 🤞🏻
"We're not gonna leave it!" Video title 14 months later: "Giant hornet nest in the FF scrap pile!"
"The FF scrap pile" I could imagine LOL
When you see they’re using the same jack stands that Harbor Freight recalled earlier this week
They recalled a couple different "number" versions of them. I'm guessing, but I'd say most people don't own the affected ones. Everyone should check, though. The 4 I own aren't recalled.
@@tthurlow Leave it to the Chinese to buck up a jack stand...
kram Null leave it to Americans to buy cheap,shitty tools
Horse shit! Now I have to throw away all these corded tools I use three times a year! Meh. Cheap shit has it’s place. Impacts, saws, jacks and jack stands...not a place for cheap shit.
Kermit of Rivia 99% of even good tools use china for materials or labour
Time to find a nice 8.1L LS with cable driven throttle (for a manual throttle control inside to increase RPMs) plus a NV4500 to swap into that flat bed.
Those 496 big blocks with a slightly upgraded cam are beasts. Would love to see some modern big block love on this channel
nah, put another cummins in it
@@Jack-im2wd True but for a work horse, some engines need the torque a lot more than the horsepower. Get something too over powered and you know he will flip the ramp truck running the track at 70mph. At least with a mostly stock 6.2 or 8.1L, it will haul the load great but not be so fast they try to race it like the rest of the cars.
The 8.1 isn't an LS
Or an LBZ duramax swap
Haha James "cant ever beat a Chevrolet"
James is cool as hell man
you can with a Ford
@@ltpinecone hell yea brother
Cletus, their should be a high idle switch or setting somewhere for when you use the hydro for the bed.. making the whole process quicker. after 86 they had it.. check for a toggle or push button.
very true, JH will probably show him when its at the shop, he would know.
Was there a 2 speed rear axle in that rollback? Seemed like the rear was in high gearing. Hard to tell, if you notice it has already been switched from Automatic to a manual transmission. So hard to tell if they bothered to put another switch in for the rear hi lo...
kram Null That trucks way too small to have a 2 spd rear end. Just a regular Chevy 1 ton Camper Special. Probably wasn’t swapped from an automatic, someone probably just put and automatic steering column in.
Big Jim Wouldn't be too hard to put a a factory AC throttle solenoid on the carbonator then you would have a toggle switch high idle. Simple problems require Simple Solutions
@@OfficialShadeTreeJimmy my pal's rollback isuzu has a carbureted
350 in it. we have a little knob to twist up the idle
Let's keep the Top Gear idea fresh so Cleetus sees it.
Top Gear list for fastest around in a crown vic, and or fastest car around the FF
That square body GMC as well as Spence's Square Body Ford, daaaaaang those are some fine looking American Pickup Truck Automobiles.
Yeah the 80s early 90s was the golden era for American trucks. GMs paint wasnt the best, Ford too to a lesser extent, and the Dodge trucks just fell apart, but they all ran forever with minimal care
So sad that the month of freedom is a week and a half from being over
We should sign a petition to have Another Month of Freedom
So sad that we haven't even seen any Leroy content yet
NathanZGreat888 Ikr what the fuck has he done with this channel 4 racecars and not a single video on them!
This comment ruined my mood haha
What im losing here folks??
Nobody:....
James: CANT EVER BEAT A CHEVORLEIGH
shiver-LAY.
He says that, yet he owns a dodge cummins
mustang owners: hey i'm walking here
Shhavrowleigh
As James and Garrett both drive Dodge trucks!?
I appreciate it's been a crazy month for you and your team getting these videos out every day, I've really enjoyed them, keep up the great work Cleet!
That rollback most likely has a hydroboost set up, meaning the power steering pump runs the power brakes in addition to the power steering. So if you have no power steering, that would also be the cause of the weak brakes
"Were gonna need a bigger tow truck." Can you tow a tow truck that's already towing? Perfect intro!
Yes you can. One winter the gas station across from where I worked sent a pickup style tow truck out to jump start a car. That truck died, so they sent the bigger unit. Watching the driver back a tow truck that was towing a tow truck that was towing a car, and have him dead on in the garage bay on the first time was poetry in motion.
Thats an everyday sight here in Hungary. Gypsies towing their clapped out smaller tow truck while towing a probably stolen car on top of it on the highway doubleing the speedlimit. 😂
I can just picture the thumbnail already
Finnegan
1:15 is what the guy in the trailer park at 8am sounds like trying to start his 84 cutlass in 40 degree weather 🇺🇸
So true every old gm sounds like this
"This thing looks a lot better when its overcast" - Things that describe both me and the tow truck
/r/SuicideByWords
Looks best of all in the dark.
I’m guessing you’re a make love with the lights off kind of guy?
Hate to point out that the GM hydro-boost powers the
p/steering and the BRAKES. Low fluid means both non-op!
Also like to point out only the fords actually do donuts. And when it comes to the most reliable car it's a ford that gets beat more than any other car in the fleet. But F-Ford......ok.....
Think it is to old for hydro-boost.
Ok im 12 lol
@@realbigdady its not, my 82 has hydro boost and that truck is newer
@@Popcanfish1 what does that have to do with what the original comment was about?
Nice to see that truck running. With a good tune up and some things fixed you will have a great truck. One thing you need to do is find out how to operate it . You need to load car on first then run bed up. If you don’t you will break the truck in half. I was a tow truck dealer for many years and sold a ton of these flatbeds. You have a classic unit. It is going to service you well. Enjoy
It’s funny how you call it “chads” car yet you drive it more than him lol. 😂😂😂
When you load a car on the flatbed, you need to roll the bed forward with the landing gear on the ground until the bed is almost to the locks then tilt it down. you tilted it flat way too far back and that puts a lot of stress on an aluminum bed and the rear suspension.
Was thinking the same thing.. always keep the weight on the rear legs until the bed is slid in so far then tilt down and slide into the locks
And put that car as far forward as you can, that aluminum bed can't handle that kind of stress for long
@@williamschmidt395 Its ok, Texas speed will send him a 427 aluminum bed
They need to see this post !
The tow police are on RUclips too? But they are right move the bed forward with the knee on the ground until the mass of weight is past the rear axle then lower the bed. It’s not a dodge so I doubt the frame will crack 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I've had a couple of race cars on this truck over the years. Memories...... not good ones but memories nonetheless.
Remember when Cooper got a Supra and then had victor build him an engine but we never got to see what happened after that.
The engine is in his f body
Go looks a coopers instagram. @cooper_1320video
I’ve been wondering this since the video of his motor in the shop getting built and they took the guy and Intake for it.
But what happen to the supra ???
@@Peace112dk it's gonna get an LS
I’m gonna be so sad when the month of freedom is over honestly I love the daily vids 😂
I think cleetus should turn that tow truck into a sleeper like the farmtruck.
427 & pro charger
Or a duramax
Toasts 600+ cu in
@@sethjajack na full on blower man
Cleetus tomorrow: WE GOT A 427 AND NITROUS KIT FOR THE TOW TRUCK
TEXAS SPEED & TOW TRUCK. That would be the title i imagine to see lol.
They should just put toasts old 632 in it!
@@coleoliver2165 hell yeah brother!
@@coleoliver2165 incoming video "tuning the FF tow truck we let her rip tater chip"
QUEST FOR 9’s FOR THE 427 TWIN TURBO TOW TRUCK
A Solid Freedom Name for the Tow Truck should be “Earl”. I mean who couldn’t imagine Ole’ Earl coming to tow you
Mater should be its name
Earl will not be this trucks name. Cleetus wont pick a name that Demo ranch already has.
Earl has had to die🎶🎵
No
Earl, the Chuck Magnet
Man the track has come such a long ways since this video! Way to go Cleet!
Heads up those jack stands at 4:16 have a recall for just releasing under a weight shift. Got the same pair. Like this so they can see
Cleeter: "oh yeah Chad's mustang, I'll be right back."
Chad's mustang: *gulp.
🤣
The Chadstang put in good work!
When you operate the bed, make sure the rear feet are still on the ground when you are rolling the bed forward with a vehicle loaded onto it. It’s hard on the subframe when you put the bed all the way down flat and then slide it forward with a vehicle on it. Especially something heavy like that Cummins Galaxie. It makes it a lot easier to strap/chain the rear vehicle to the bed this way too. Then when you sit the bed all the way down flat, it won’t have far to move until it slides into the bed locks. Looks like a pretty nice old Holmes C172 rollback!
“Spaghetti donuts” why not Spaghetti-O’s?
We definitely need to see more of that crew cab OBS! That thing is mint!
Was just about to say we need more 7.3 action maybe even Spence versus the galaxy, power stroke vs cummins
Spence driving a beautiful OBS ànd listening to M.J.? I am falling in love 😂
Them square bodies had this thing where the door latch would close without you closing the door, what ya gotta do is push in the door button and stick your finger in where the door striker would and and pull the latch back to center
I accidentally did that to a friends truck, took us a minute to figure it out
Sounds like you had some experience
^^this^^
i used to do it to my moms buicks as a kid, she would get pissed
Ahhhhhh the memories. Dam I need another square body in my life lol.
Hey Cleetus you should ask the old owners for a picture of what that Chevy flatbed used to look like when it had fresh paint and decals and show us
I second that! I dig those ...80's? ...90's? style checkered flag graphics on it! It would look sweet with a period-appropriate paint job! Takes me back to being a kid and watching nascar and all those car shows with my dad! Good times!
I love those looks too. When my dad was racing he Had a duly extended cab pick up truck long bed. I don’t remember what Year it was but it was a two-tone black on top white on bottom with the checkered flag decal stretch across the doors
Ordered some shirts from Cleetus and they sent a 10mm socket in the package 😂🤣😆 perfection!
Next video.... "Texas speed EVERYTHING. We're putting a 427 in the tow truck"
We can only hope
Might as well be easier than finding what the issue is on this tired engine.
😂
No... It needs that 632
@@jamienielson4340 didnt the 632 blow up tho?
Y’all don’t give Chad’s mustang enough credit. She is a certified ripper.
We had our 1985 Chevy Flatbed tow truck (same has yours) since 1990. We have used it to move and help move friends. Ours is Automatic the a.c. and heater works dam good. The factory radio still works.
When James gave that look about the trailer tires I died 😂😂😂
That truck is in dire need of a “3” on the side of it
Towing cars off the race track for Dale!
Imagine working somewhere where it is encouraged to do a skid before you leave
4:19 HARBOR FREIGHT JACK STAND!!! What out ol' Cleeter that deal is a killer!!!
14:38 The ghost of the flatbeds previous owner didn't like the door being open.
It stayed shut too
They all looked at it too lmao
And no wind!
😱
Dang it! James get ur tool box!🛠🛠🛠🏁🏁🏁FYI fellas. 3 baby bald eagles🦅🦅🦅 that’s right triplets, hatched at Lake Natomas, CA yesterday. LET THE FREEDOM RING BRUTHERS!
"Just cant beat a Chevrolet" funniest comment I've ever heard James say
I love that youre wearing a FSM shirt on while driving a flatbed car hauler truck.. @Finnegan must be in tears right now!
You Cleetus are a perfect example of the sweet life of freedom. The epitome. Being able to do burnouts with your buddies on a race track that YOU OWN. God bless Murica
1:20 Cleetus: James get the spray can of starting fluid.
Cleetus 2 minutes later: I didn't know NOS made starting fluid.
Cleetus: REQUIRED to use every bit of tread on EVERY tire we own on the properties. Failure to do so results in no Bartle Skeets for you
Looking forward so some more freedom factory renovations!! Such an awesome facility with so much potential!!🤙🤙
If I were HOLLEY I’d have cleet through Sniper EFI on that old rig to prove how simple it is
I 2nd that idea. everybody has a old turd like that. if the HOLLY EFI works there. It would be a sales promotion masterpiece.
I would go with a Terminator X Stealth throttle body setup myself, but same difference.
They could do a universal Terminator X MPFI kit(THE best deal in stand-alones IMO - just installed the Fox kit on a mildly built 306" SBF, it's killer for the cash) as well with a direct port EFI manifold swap, it's an appropriate budget setup for such an application too. Not to mention, they can support electronic trans control and DBW throttle bodies in 'X Max' form, so they could keep using it with any future gas V8 drivetrain swaps in it, old or new.
I won't lie, I'm a Haltech fan boy(DAT NEXUS THO - what a fawkin unit!) - but Holley just crushed the entry level/budget stand alone EFI market over the past few years, both TBI and MPFI, universal and application specific(not only is it not just for LSxes, but they ACTUALLY have Mod motor stuff! Unbelievable! Lol).
"James, get the tow truck!"
The Galaxy is so Gangster!!!! Love it!!!! Daily videos are the greatest!!!!
Must be a custom cam!? Lol runs like a top 🤘
In need of a tuneup for sure lol sounds like 4-5 cylinders running haha
That special kind of cam that has it misfiring lol, it's definitely not on all cylinders. Sounds and behaves exactly like when my Trans Am when it was down a cylinder.
I'd love to see the tow truck get some type of rebuild or at least a engine swap. That old squarebody cleary had a hard life. She deserves it.
Old trick my grandpa taught me. Rev it up, when you floor it, cover the carburetor with a rag and it will suck gunk and trash out of the carb. Tried it and it works
Heya favorite Southern peoples of freedom and fun, just a thought, those old light pots would make awesome no rust planters, for a little red/white/and blue/ flower thingies around the Factory! :) :)
That's a sweet idea! I dig it.
🔥🔥
The truck should have a high idle switch for when operating the bed if not a A/C solenoid for carburetors on a switch would work great for raising the idle while bed is in operation.
That and while operating the truck with a load on it run the bed forward some so that the cylinders don't have to pull Weight of the load down and stress the frame or the Hydraulic cylinders, there made to lift if you pull with them they can break! Not all the way forward, just enough so there not doing the work of puling. you don't want to land on the lock, but the pads before the lock.
Running the bed straight back, then tilting gives a little better load angle too. Adding boards would have helped.
"doesn't sound too bad" it's clearly down a cyl or two lmao
Fix the engine, redo the interior, the lights and the wheels. Leave the rest the same. She’ll look pretty mint 👌🏻
The past two days I’ve been waiting to see what car coop and James got with their $1,500.
I think he said Sunday we find out?
Chevy #1! Squarebodys are the best! I love it! My favorites are the 73-80 round eyes!😎👍
I’m just passing along info FYI but when you load something onto a rollback. You want to slide the bed forward then tilt the bed down. Reason being it puts less stress on the frame. Versus tilting the bed down then moving forward because you are taking the weight off the footing and putting it on the frame.
I’m thinking a TS 427 and a FF wrap is in the future for the roll back. Also some metal polish will clean up the flat bed real nice.
“Can’t ever beat a Chevrolet”...but went and bought white buffalo 😂😂
Swap it with some of the V8s you have laying around and call it the *FlatBAD*. PS: Needs same paintjob as the Dale Truck!
PHATBED
It needs a Cummins
But the motor from toast in it
@@jayxj7785 no diesel, it sounds fugly lol. A throaty carbed V8! Toast engine
This is literally the most Cleetus thing that could possibly have happened to Cleetus
Purple Power Aluminum Brightener. Best stuff you can buy to clean the bed of the Freedom Factory tow truck. It’s what truckers use to clean their Aluminum truck parts with.👍🇺🇸👍
"We're not gonna leave it for 6 years."
...71 months later...
"There..See?"
Side pipes was the best thing ever done to bad Chad's mustangs. It sounds sooooo good!!
James, Turbo that V-6! PLEASE!!
If nothing else those things Straight Piped Sound AMAZING!
Finally! Been waiting for this truck
Same same
James: cant ever beat a chevrolet
The chevrolet: hold my air filter
Except a Honda, his actual words were "you cant kill a Honda" lmao
Got my money on dirt in the fuel system
It has GMC on the grill
Ya'll Know that truck is FULL of fieldmice.
Might just be a wire cage air-filter,
But on a farm we call them mouse-traps.
4:07 There's a recall for those jack stands at HF right now. I just took 4 of mine back, they give you a gift card with a credit and their famous 20% discount.
I spy with my little eye some recalled harbor freight jack stands.
Came to comments just to see if Somone pointed that out lol
Keep freedom month going next month!
You’d think at this point it’d be worth his money to hire an editor to give all his clips to and then he could upload everyday without quite as much stress having to edit
nahghee , because more money in his pocket if he does it himself instead of paying someone
@@SkatersOfTheNorth Good idea. Have that editor do Fasterprom's videos, Cleetus' videos, JH Who's videos...maybe they can have time to make more videos, get more views, make more money, afford more cars.
Shoutout Alex! Seems like a quiet kid but a hard worker forsure 💪🏼
Throw the ole Toast engine in that flatbed!
LS swap, haha.
That red OBS is one hell of a truck
3:23 cooper’s “this is custom” had me fucking DYING. Keep the camera in coops hands. His comments have me rolling. The “do you sit when you pee” comment had me crying the other day.
6:38 Cleetus: “There He Goes, He Drifting That Thing.” Alec: “Better That The Mustang.” Lmao