Disaster! Road So Rough It Broke The Trailer Axles!

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Disaster! Road So Rough It Broke The Trailer Axles!

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This is episode 156 of Finnegan's Garage and contains Part 2 of Mike Finnegan's cross-country trip from Georgia to California. The plan was to haul my 711ci twin-turbo jet boat, Game Over, to the Colorado River to do a bit of racing and boating. However, when I arrived in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, I quickly discovered that Interstate 40 was so rough that it actually broke the axles on my boat trailer. Lucky for me, Jake Jordan has a fab shop called AZ Freeride/AZ Fabrication and helped me put some tig-welded band-aids on my stainless steel air ride boat trailer. It burned a solid day of my vacation but in the end I met some cool, new people and got the rig fixed up enough to make it to the river to meet up with my friends and family.
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@dapperdanbuilds 3 жыл бұрын

Only Finn could trailer his trailer, and still break it!

@LuckyBaldwin777 3 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking it was the ratchet straps that over stressed it.

@cj599 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure i could do that 😜

@Formerlywarmer 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@lucky9lives4me 3 жыл бұрын

Thank God it was in the back of the toter home imagine that thing breaking going down the freeway your boat would be toast!

@loganpark7993 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Finn! Put an air line between the front and rear bags but leave the two sides separate. It will let the load equalize when backing up hills or out of the trailer.

@LuckyBaldwin777 3 жыл бұрын

good idea

@LowAss720 3 жыл бұрын

Pinstripe Chris needs more love. Dude is so damn good at car related art.

@wowguy3562 3 жыл бұрын

The best memories of my trips are when stuff like this happens, its awesome how people will help you out

@DeliveryMcGee 3 жыл бұрын

"I'm no engineer, but I've drank beers with engineers" is pretty much the theme of this channel. And Roadkill.

@weirdbeardgarage 3 жыл бұрын

This also needs to be on a t-shirt for sure!

@DeliveryMcGee 3 жыл бұрын

@@weirdbeardgarage I'd buy that t-shirt bc it also applies to me. I took Intro To Engineering, got the basics, and then noped out when math was brought in.

@weirdbeardgarage 3 жыл бұрын

@@DeliveryMcGee Sounds familiar, math is easy as long as there are even some numbers instead of it being all letters lol.

@isaacoakes3378 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, holy cow! Give props to that amazing fabricator and artist! He’s incredible!! 👍🏼👍🏼👌🏼

@JohnRoberts71 3 жыл бұрын

You have to love car and fabricator people, always willing to help people in need

@geoffreyneish7999 3 жыл бұрын

It's not what you know, its who you know!! Thanks to Finn's enthusiasm shit gets done where ever he is! Very cool way to roll my friend. 😎 Hope you and family enjoyed the rest of your vacation! 😊

@48Boxer 3 жыл бұрын

The way things are going with vehicle trends, stance trailers will probably become a thing

@warhound7781 3 жыл бұрын

Slammed and bagged travel trailers are already a thing....lol kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lZaDfN2dyLuzj58.html

@mckrackin5324 3 жыл бұрын

@@warhound7781 LULZ

@mckrackin5324 3 жыл бұрын

@@NathanP-yg9dh Ah, the easily offended. lol

@adamr9215 3 жыл бұрын

@@warhound7781 I love my state, if the wheels are visually out of alignment, the cops can impound the vehicle and only release it to an approved repair shop. If you want your car back, you will pay whatever they change you, and it won’t be cheap. Second offense is they crush the car. Keeps the stupid crap off the road.

@warhound7781 3 жыл бұрын

@@adamr9215 What state would that be? The state of germany in the early 40's.... Seeing as you tagged me for some reason.

@darenm617 3 жыл бұрын

This video is a perfect reminder to keep your cool in a stressful situation. You sure are easy going Mike. Are you sure you’re not secretly Canadian?

@jasonaldenhaley1 3 жыл бұрын

At least Minnesotan (close counts don'tcha knooow, eh?).

@billyhill2488 3 жыл бұрын

True Southerners seem to be OK at keeping their cool too. Maybe Fin has been in enough sticky situations to know that nothing good happens when you lose your cool.

@kenwoodjeff 3 жыл бұрын

Put the trailer up on jack stands, just to take up the weight and strap it down tight to the trailer floor. This is what we do keep from wearing out the suspension components on the race car when towing.

@tylergarrett7297 3 жыл бұрын

Thats a good call, also actually strapping the boat to trailer would solve some problems, but people seem to miss that part.

@vallevaan 3 жыл бұрын

funny how finn is talking about repairing it when he gets home, everyone knows that this is permanent.

@blze0018 3 жыл бұрын

2 years from now we'll get a video where he goes "Remember that temporary fix I did two years ago on my jet-boat trailer?"

@chrisvandecar4676 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, three days or less to the next trip (or they’ll lose the shop)!

@letzrockitrite8469 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but a couple more gussets straight up to the frame on both sides from where that jinky connection comes together is a necessity at least.

@vallevaan 3 жыл бұрын

@@letzrockitrite8469 you cant put gussets Above it or you risk damaging the bottom of the boat while loading/unloading.

@1STGeneral 3 жыл бұрын

Liquid engineering from a relaxed angle......Oh look something shiny ! What were we doing ? Obviously nothing that can't wait. Is there 🤔 a record for fastest towed jet boat ? Hey Cleatus

@brianjones2807 3 жыл бұрын

Thankfully you have good friends all over that care enough to help you out.

@Cchange4us 3 жыл бұрын

That whole suspension design is piss poor. But hey, its shiny!

@lunsy9420 3 жыл бұрын

His repair bills while on vacation cost more than my vacation.

@BlakDrgn 3 жыл бұрын

As someone that drives across that section of 40 twice a week. MM90 to MM120 in AZ is probably some of the WORST road I drive on my weekly trip from Jax FL to Lancaster CA and back. I am completely not surprised it broke shit.

@TechGorilla1987 3 жыл бұрын

That whole trailer build is a huge black eye to the company that made it. Abysmal.

@gmans7859 3 жыл бұрын

Nice Save Everybody! I learned a lesson in Right from Bad Wrong.

@nickmaclachlan5178 3 жыл бұрын

Whoever "designed" those Panhard Rod brackets and Axles needs to take a long good hard look at themselves.

@blakbanshee 3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit! You ain’t kidding.

@vallevaan 3 жыл бұрын

its funny how the lower end actually looks good, but then they threw their brain into the trash and did the top one.

@robm.4512 3 жыл бұрын

😂”She ain’t no dummy, she flew with the kids”🤣

@eg1885 3 жыл бұрын

Ironic how it was welded so nicely

@gavster89 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know why the panhard bars aren't longer and tied into the upper frame. It's like they forgot to order the correct ones and bodged something together with the bars they did have.

@AartJanPrins 3 жыл бұрын

14:23 Engineer here, this is what we engineers call a hard point in the construction. Its a 90 degree angle where the forces basically will be immense around the corner. What you need there is a bracket or soft toe to softly flow the forces around the angle. Basic engineering... Do that and its golden....

@MrRBobs 3 жыл бұрын

followed this bloke for years one way or another always pleasant and fun entertainment, go on smash the like

@jonsanger8302 Жыл бұрын

How is Mike such a great magnet for finding great cool people all over the USA 🇺🇸....I think its he is so grounded in life...humble good dude

@haydenuk02 3 жыл бұрын

Great work and thanks for taking us along on the journey take care

@DocsKustomKorner52 3 жыл бұрын

Very kool! Always good to know people and friends ya haven’t met yet!!

@alan11121959 3 жыл бұрын

Dude...you make me smile from the begining to the end of the show! That's why I love your work SOOOOOO much! Thanks!

@K5ALLEN 3 жыл бұрын

Since Farm Truck has a boat ,Call him out , I think we all would love to see that, we know you will win but it would be a hell of a great time

@fredericrike5974 3 жыл бұрын

Farm Truck and AZN will likely hold out for Mike to buy the beer, since he has the "big channel". DO THIS NOW! FR

@littlelifters7543 3 жыл бұрын

Might be a good race for 12v Dave’s boat.

@tony66au 3 жыл бұрын

Miles of HotRod boats on the water, And then..... Hey Bob is that Game Over out there? Instant Boat envy....... Mike there's never a Dull moment with you but you also seem to attract all the best people! Love love LOVE it!

@bartman3608 3 жыл бұрын

Dang Mike, Im 56 and grew up on the Colorado River 3 months out of the year. My parents leased property from the Indians 7 miles north of Blythe by the land marks carved in the ground that are now fenced. So crazy how the river still flows after all these years. I love it.

@tdwz1652 3 жыл бұрын

dude that guys shop is amazing! also experiencing shop envy over here

@TamiyaRunner 3 жыл бұрын

I love this dude rocking a million dollar shop and still using pittsburgh jacks. Hey if it works it works!

@marchunter9679 3 жыл бұрын

Mike I just finished a move from California to Tennessee using the 40 on the first trip. The road was so bad it broke a strap and threw junk around in my trailer smashing the rear window in my Fairlane. Also had an engine tied down and it broke the casters off the dolly. The second and third trip I used Interstate 10 to Phoenix and came north on the 17 cutting out the bad section of the 40 from the river to Flagstaff. Much better but added two hours to the trip. Well worth it to save wear and tear on the rig. I wrote Arizona dept of transpo and told them they should be ashamed of themselves. In recent conversations with other racers everyone confirms it’s a terrible road and has been for a while. Be careful out there.

@franknbeans3651 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Those registration numbers look fantastic!

@issacdaniels942 3 жыл бұрын

Wow such nice people glad that the boat didn’t get bent

@lardo666 3 жыл бұрын

Great seeing the kids watch and help fixing stuff. In ten years you'll be thinking "OK, where did you learn those skills?" and realise you accidentally taught them...

@DennisSwanson517 3 жыл бұрын

How do you not have a million plus subscribers your content is amazing keep up the great work Finn.

@davee.9906 3 жыл бұрын

Dude this is how life should be everywhere with everyone. If we all treated each other the way these guys do life would be sweet. We are all the same and what's good for you is good for me so I'll pick you up and you'll watch my back. That's how we managed to get this far so let's not go backwards.

@delphipascal 3 жыл бұрын

You may be no engineer Mike but I am. That trailer was a disaster waiting to happen. Lucky the suspension didn't fail when you were towing it.

@48Boxer 3 жыл бұрын

Wait. Those axles were just butt welded? It was only a matter of time

@Stubones999 3 жыл бұрын

That's how lots of trailer places do it, if you have a narrower track than normal, cut the tube and butt weld the two parts back together. A good shop would sleeve the butt joint either inside or outside.

@halleffect1 3 жыл бұрын

that's not really true. it's just shitty welds.

@richd4935 3 жыл бұрын

I just came in to have lunch after working on my boat trailer all morning. This is in my feed ha ha. I know your pain.

@Nick210 3 жыл бұрын

I thought your wife and kids were with you the entire time, which is why u had the curtains pulled behind the drivers seat. She’s a smart lady for flying in haha

@BornRaisedInCSA 3 жыл бұрын

Curtain is to keep the vehicle A/C in the cab

@koolerv8kid 3 жыл бұрын

I spent almost every other weekend of my childhood in Parker with my dad and his 18’ Avenger outboard. I didn’t know it at the time but those were some of the best times of my life. I happy for you that you got out there to have some fun!

@stevenbrowningsr1144 3 жыл бұрын

I love it! "I don't have to script this stuff!" Life is always better than fiction.

@slimmachin 3 жыл бұрын

Some point this channel went from cars and burnouts to boats and trucks. Still liking it

@BIGGOTOR1046 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you got your trailer “fixed”. I think I would be making a call to the guys that built it and and have a discussion with them. Have a great vacation. Love the videos, now you need to get Blasphemi back up and running. Also where is Rubber Ducky???

@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, everyone with one of those trailers needs to be notified that it's total crap

@DeliveryMcGee 3 жыл бұрын

I'm kinda amazed that the other boat was the only thing he's had that windowed the block, I was sure one of Blasphemi's engines had done that, but apparently the hemi's piston crumbs stay in the oil pan.

@C-L-A-W 3 жыл бұрын

I feel the listing for that house stated "every man's dream garage...with a house attached."

@ToledoDIY 3 жыл бұрын

Haha the kids are cute helping out 👏🏼🙏

@i.c.stupidpeople6977 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Good people there ready to help out someone with a problem.

@thetilemaniac 3 жыл бұрын

Living the dream, vicariously through your vlogs! Keep on keeping on

@ni_wink84 3 жыл бұрын

Man it pays to have extremely talented friends!!

@royhicks1628 3 жыл бұрын

At least Finnegan has friends almost anywhere he breaks down.

@haroldphipps3457 3 жыл бұрын

And if he doesn't have friends there BEFORE he breaks down, they are friends after !!

@erichthered 3 жыл бұрын

A good network to have really.

@weirdbeardgarage 3 жыл бұрын

Car people often help other car people! I've broken down in the middle of nowhere and always got some help from local strangers, just remember to return the favor if you se somebody stranded by the road!

@670fastcrf 3 жыл бұрын

And if they weren't his friend they are by the time he leaves the next place he breaks down!😎👍

@granddad-mv5ef 3 жыл бұрын

Don't know about anyone else, but I can't wait for next time!

@wbball15 3 жыл бұрын

What a great adventure!

@bubbleobill267 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, those workshops are killer.

@gtnoslp 3 жыл бұрын

.... Thank God for friends! Some very nice shops your friends have! They build that trailer on RoadKill? 😉 2 piece axles and BS Panhard mounts?! The manufacturer needs some recognition!

@bryantbuijk9733 3 жыл бұрын

Based on the roadkill way I'm guessing the repairs will be permanent till they break again.

@scroob72 3 жыл бұрын

We were at our place in Blue Water Lagoon and saw you and your crew going up the river past the train bridge into the cove. It was a true WTF, there's Finnegan moment! Awesome you made it back out!

@bikergobrrr 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that lettering is beautiful

@kennyrichard2971 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome glad you got the axle fixed cool looking boats

@random-person1 3 жыл бұрын

that young welder chap Jake is the business. ive done some welding in my time but he makes my welds look really bad! maybe i should stick to wood, you cant weld it but there are some super strong glue kits out there!

@hhohn 3 жыл бұрын

Bummer about the trailer, but awesome things happening at AZ Freeride/AZ Fabrication.

@kevinkenyon7045 3 жыл бұрын

Roadkill never ends! Thanks for sharing. Kevin

@Tyler-up7rz 3 жыл бұрын

Mike is like shoot my trailer is broken. Everyone here is watching like "YES! More content."

@priuskiller426 3 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie. My first thought was. “MORE BOAT CONTENT!!” Then. Broken boat trailer axles!!

@doubleT84 3 жыл бұрын

Added a whole episode.

@CGT80 3 жыл бұрын

When he said he wasn't planning on shooting any video while on his vacation, I felt a little left out. We have only seen test runs by his house but this trip (and the boat drags) is what this boat is meant for.

@doubleT84 3 жыл бұрын

@@CGT80 The trip is also his private vacation. Give him and his family some space. We're not entitled to videos of his private time.

@CGT80 3 жыл бұрын

@@doubleT84 You talk like viewers can actually control or impose on what he does. We only know what he shares and he shared the drive out there and chose to share more since it turned into a bigger work day than he expected. Saying that I felt left out does not imply that he shouldn't or can't do things off camera, or that we have to see everything, just that I wanted to see the boat run. Who knows? Maybe he planned to share a few clips on the river and skip video on what he thought would be little projects. To show the trip out but nothing of running the boat would kind of leave viewers hanging. Often times, his content is just short clips anyway.

@2003evodave 3 жыл бұрын

WOW,,,,I’ve never seen such a light weight trailer for higher end boats.

@palakaman 3 жыл бұрын

My family has been going to lake havasu for 40 years! love that place.

@ferror4652 3 жыл бұрын

The just in case move is brilliant!

@ronaldgraham5685 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome. I'm honestly impressed w the stripes. Steady hand, after grinding. Grinding and trauma to my hands, I don't have a sturdy hand anymore.

@robertharker9010 3 жыл бұрын

What a great example of having such good friends and relationships. Mike you are just like my brother. Anytime you are in west central Minnesota, you are welcome in my shop.

@Greg18m7 3 жыл бұрын

Shout out to this guy for helping you out

@Noname30000 3 жыл бұрын

The mans even rocking a tony Stewart racing sprint car shirt..you know he’s a damn good dude with a shop like that and the shirt to Match!

@TOLB7471 3 жыл бұрын

It’s kind of ironic, I just watched this from a hotel room in Colorado where I’m starting day 2 of our trip from Fargo ND to Big River. Hope you left some for the rest of us!

@OTHG6v 3 жыл бұрын

Love that part of the river. Very fortunate to grow up with the Rupert’s, littlefield at Aha Quinn.

@jeremymalvich2442 3 жыл бұрын

Good morning everyone

@Gonzo.S.Thompson 3 жыл бұрын

Good morning bro.

@davidsoffer3307 3 жыл бұрын

Boats have a larger freeboard now and everything is longer...including trailers. Our local parking lots were built in the 70s and everyone had a single axle trailer with an 18' boat. Now people have 23-25' boats with triple axle trailers. Nothing fits in the parking spaces and it takes everyone forever to launch and load. I'm a wakeboarder and this is so true in our boating world. And the boat prices reflect the popularity of surfing $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

@ZeGermanHam 3 жыл бұрын

Dang, it was pretty serendipitous to have a breakdown near Jake Jordan/AZ Freeride!

@TinManKustoms 3 жыл бұрын

Wow custom built trailer probably paid a good price for it and you get that its a good thing you weren't actually towing it down the highway or gameover would have really been game over. Here's hoping when you get it home that you put a solid one piece axels and new pan hard bar mounts in it

@undertheinfluencegarage4361 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome adventure right there.

@richardthomas1743 3 жыл бұрын

Gooooood morning and thumbs UP to you !

@nestrac 3 жыл бұрын

Stay together... I treat your better... My guess is that as soon as it is fixed to a better quality that promise goes out ...

@malcolmdyer6090 3 жыл бұрын

Axles made out of broom handle diameter tubing. Whoever put it together should be facing criminal charges.

@corywagner8541 3 жыл бұрын

I would consider replacing The standard straight axles with the independent style that are becoming more common on trailer these days. I'm in the RV business and we're seeing a lot less damage due to rough roads when they have a system like that.

@timearll266 3 жыл бұрын

I always hated loud boats but Finnegan makes me hate them a little bit less. 👍

@elarr8733 3 жыл бұрын

That suspension is like whoever did the rat-rod Jeep got a job making boat trailers.

@spyroXcynder1000 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Finn! This'll probably get buried, but if you were to film through the lens of a spare welding mask, you can video the welds being done. Just something to experiment with and give the viewers a different view of a common sight on this channel XD

@Jimmyb918 3 жыл бұрын

Now that there was an awesome share look to me like you was even having fun working doesn't get any better lol no rest for the wicked

@maldo72 3 жыл бұрын

love it ... great content love the unscripted stuff so much more than roadkill stuff ... you guys should really go back to the unscripted stuff on the other shows than the high production stuff that's why I never paid to go over to roadkill content just lost the feel when motor trend took over ...

@williamrawa7952 3 жыл бұрын

When I tow my race car in my enclosed trailer, I put it on jack sands then strap it down to minimize wear on suspension. Perhaps that could work for you, have fun on your vacation Finn. ( :

@nintendogamer5472 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Havasu. Cool to see him there.

@cameronreeves1488 3 жыл бұрын

Lost lake. Epic. Grew up out there! Sick place.

@turbolife5912 3 жыл бұрын

In Australia it's illegal for the axle of a trailer to be hollow or more than one piece. Great friends and very very nice sheds or workshops over your way, love your work Will

@656THOR 3 жыл бұрын

Man its cool that he did that with a garage shop. There are so many big shops there but this way is much cooler

@wyatthenry6777 3 жыл бұрын

Something we always did with our fuel altered is get a tractor tire tube and inflate it under the chassis to support it when it was in the trailer. Maybe you could do that with the axles? Get 2 tractor tire tubes and put one under each axle when it’s in the trailer… just a thought I figured I’d tell!

@shilohstore6086 3 жыл бұрын

10:29 those head lights on the bolt bin are so stinking cool!

@FredD63 2 жыл бұрын

Great you had the right peeps for the fix …

@Mr420DEEZ 3 жыл бұрын

I've Been in havasu almost 40 years. Sure be awesome to meet and have a beer with you!

@paulcrocker4553 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the video of Cleetus picking up the new jet ski with Leroy. At least he didn't do a 1/4 mile pull with the ski on top, like he did with the kayak.

@turfguy420 3 жыл бұрын

I love the fact that he has harbor freight jack stands and not some stuff from snap-on.... Spend your money where you need to folks!

@ionstorm66 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair their jacks are some of the best you can get, especially for the money. Plus the whole jack stand recall was blown out of proportion. You had to have the jacks lightly loaded and slam into the handle.

@jeffadams4590 3 жыл бұрын

@@ionstorm66 oh that was all over the handle? I'd imagine never wanting to hit the handle with anything anyways but shit happens.

@ionstorm66 3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffadams4590 Yep you had to have them under about 20% capacity, then hit the handle upwards, and it would skip all the teeth. They wouldn't break or be damaged, but the drop could easily tip over whatever they were holding up. The only video example i've seen was a dude with a trailer on them, and he hit the handle up with a jack handle several times to get it to drop. Granted his stands might of been better than others. Realistically there is a roll pin between the handle and paw that should shear before the load drops.