For all of the marine salvage experts in the comments: The owner, Sherrif, and insurance company all told us the boat was a total loss and were only concerned about getting it removed regardless of any damage that might occur during the recovery process. Lift bags were not a viable or safe option with how hard the river was flowing. Those bags have an enormous amount of surface area and they rip to pieces when you tow them any faster than about 5mph and we were moving along at closer to 15-20mph by the time you factor in the speed of the river flowing plus the 5+ mph that we were moving upstream. Lift bags are NOT as easy to use as everyone thinks they are

Thank you so much for the recovery! We contacted many but you were the only ones willing to do it and we are so grateful. The boat is still in great shape and we are happy to get it back! You have no idea how stressful this whole situation had been.

Boat recovery expert, here. Winching to a tree to dump or siphon water, as you contemplated, would have been preferable, and probably, easier. Float it and tow it has, always, been my motto.

I’d rather be missing all my glass than the rest of the boat.. nice recovery

The edit of “I think it will pop up” to it being dragged under water had me dying 😂

Sucks it blew all the windows out but the boat was saved and can be repaired owner is probably happy

Nice job Daves and crew! Funny how instantly everyone in the comments becomes a boat recovery expert !

I have watched your content for a long time now, and the work you and your team does is awesome. That said, I am handicapped and my wife has always wanted a Mustang. i was finally able to get her one but it needs to be gone through from front to rear and top to bottom. I am unable to complete the work now, and I am in hopes that you might find a place in your guys' hearts to complete the work. After 17 yrs in the military I am ashamed to have to ask for help but with sll my issues I may not be around to many more years and I hope that after all she has done for me I can leave her with a safe car. Thank you for all you do.

Awesome boat, nice of you to come to the rescue of those in need again! The owner seemed to really appreciate it.

Old worn out wear rings allow cavitation inside the pump and really hamper clean flow of water through the pump. My dad ran a jet up and down the Colorado River and he literally changed the wear ring every year. And it always made a remarkable difference in speed and low end torque. Depending on river/lake conditions, its best to measure the clearance quite often if you want peak performance.

Thank you for helpin the guy out!! Stay safe everyone

Love the repairs on your boat. Was surprised you didn't try to float the boat a bit before towing. Thanks for a great video this morning. Glad the owner was happy to get his boat back.

“I don’t know if it’s well done.. iiits successfully done” 😂😂

Hey Dave and crew, thank you so much for the recovery! It was a really wild day and we have been so stressed about how to get this out. Even though you broke my windows, im very thankful!!! Great wishes to you and your crew.

Bless you and your crew for all you do, thank you.

Nice that you give back and help people out

No way this is by my hometown and I passed you guys as you were heading to do the recovery. I had to do a double take thinking man that looks like heavyd's boat😂. Super cool!

That was great Dave the crew did there job thank you for keeping the water ways clear for people to enjoy.safely

I gotta admit. I thought that was going a different way. Goes to show that you know a thing or two about this. I Never would have thought you could float that boat with just current and force. 👏 👏 👏

I’m shocked you guys didn’t try to pump water out first 😮

Crazy boat i didnt think it was gonna pull it out once it rolled and fully submerged.

Thats awesome my grandpa used to weld for the air force ,when he passed i got a bunch of propellors he rebuilt and welded the materials back , thanks for bring me that memory back

Jesus, lately these videos have been more infomercial than content it feels....

You are the best in recovery of anything. I enjoy watching your videos.

Very pleased to see the navy boat had some solid work done on it. It seemed like every time you brought it out, something went wrong with it, and it was always "we need to do X" or "we need to fix Y," except it never got done. Glad to see it finally did.

This beats Cable, TV and Sat, or what ever you call it...I'm watching this...

I would like to see more tv show style restorations. I haven’t seen these guys restore anything start to finish in years it feels like

Every time I watch You Bros do what you do It warms My Heart 💯💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Well done all! - quailty recovery, no question. As always, appreciate awesome videography...and all the personalities. B safe and well everyone.

I love watching you guys work and getting good laughs ! 👍🏼😎

The comment section made my day. In the end, I'm positive that the assistance was well appreciated.

Yikes....blew out all the windows. It had windows when you started the recovery.

Every video I watch I learn something whether it's something small or something cool on how to get an old piece of equipment running. I love your videos

I cannot lie, I haven't been watching your videos since you came forward about the Badger truck. I was put off by the whole situation and, wrongly, that caused me to be withdrawn and I stopped watching anything HeavyDSparks related. I must say your transparency and openness about it finally did win out and I watched the "River Boat Accident ..." after months of absence. I would like to finish this missive by saying I apologize for letting my fear of wrong doing cloud my judgement about your channel. I say truth in your eyes when you were on several podcasts and I believe you.

I don't know how this came up on my feed, but that boat you pulled out is pretty cool. Your boat looks like it would be great on the coast.

Good job👍 from a operator of over 20 years

I'm telling you we have to get you a cape! Heavy D to the rescue

Your new boat is a BEAST. That roll scared me for a real sec, have you guys looked at boat-recovery floatation bags? Could give water recoveries their own little floaties, then tow the target full or not. Not that this project needed it at all lol.

Absolutely love all your videos here in nz thanks for the great content

Found you thru Flair thanks for helping him out

You guys sure smash up a lot of people's things whenever you do these "recovery's" 😂😂😂🤪🙃

Nicely done Dave !

Heavy D's expert planning & action gives the result of Wonder. Well done!!

Great recovery! Without any inflation bags to lift the boat and pump it out, you had no other options. Not sure if bags would have worked there anyway. That rescue boat has amazing power.

That boat is awesome. Definitely could have a fun time with that boat that HeavyDSparks has.

Always helping someone!! And that army boat is going to be sick!!

The boat is wicked cool. Great video and thank you for sharing the recovery.

Dave Sparks: Turning boats into submarines, one episode at a time. 😂

Dude lost his windows but def worth it lol

Love how they lost all of the glass and windows that were in the boat into the river

Just had to flip and Kamikaze all the glass. Great vid

Hopefully its makeover includes a full rebuild on both engines, and performance upgrades to really make the power!!! 👍🤘

Great recovery guys!

That recovery was almost whistlindiesel style.

I was just watching the clips yesterday on Snapchat Yall Be safe out there Good stuff 👍🏾

You got me with the heli in the thumbnail! Great video regardless.

Wow what a change in that boat and only going to get better. Loved the recovery of the sunken boat. A+ video guys.

Hell yea, do you know what’s gonna be a good day when it starts off with a diesel brothers video?

Awesome job guys! That's a sick boat 🔥

Lot of people talking a lot of smack about the recovery. But you guys did a great job

Those jet pumps blasted all those windows out when it went under too. Call subsalve and get you some salvage bags and just float these things it’s easy. We do it weekly at SeaTow Central Tx

Thanks boys.... the Thailand trip would kick butt fellas....cmon lets go!

Dang it Dave. I’m already having a heavy flow day. Then you put this stress on me. Lol

Can’t wait to see the build of this boat

That was awsome. Love your boat and love your buddy’s boat. Truely unique anymore 😊

Great recovery

Right on guys that was a good recovery

I thought it was a goner there for a minute. Great job guys

Mate that boat...BEAST MODE

Every video I am amazed you guys do such a great job

Thank you for the video.

Wow! It was neat to see that boat refloat after being upside-down. Good job!

Seems like they are always in a rush and More stuff gets damaged in the Process. I agree bags and pumping it would have been better then what they did

Great episode. I'm all caught up, started from 2 years ago! Took couple months but it's alright enjoyed it all.

Another successful Rescue, great job men.

..Another great job done by the D Team..No Mission too big or small for our Bearded Crusaders..We Arrive,We Conquer,We Leave...what more is there too say..jobs a Gooden..🙏

This is by far the best team and couple that with the best equipment and you got the best of the best

You guys are the Best!!

Sweet and a outstanding job everyone

As always you guys did it again😅 Thank-you and May God Bless all of you 🙌 🙏 ❤️

Nice one Heavy D great job

That was some funny sh-t when she finally got on plane the windows gone.

Always close to the boat as possible. Nice vid guys

you guys are so wonderful

Pretty messy recovery guys, take some extra time and do the job right. If you want to demo your boat power, drag a piece of scrap upriver.

I used a twenty four ounce coffee cup to remove water from a friend boat. Just so we could get the engine going. Once that was done. We took the plugs out and ran it' as fast as we could without dieing. But I'm still here. Seven Miles across a lake four foot whitecaps swells,.Best part of living on the edge. It's always there. Any second time comes to an end. Peace at last.

Awesome machines and awesome men!

Great rescue!

Such a cool boat, I bet it will look sick when you are done with her. The question is will it be camo or not?

Doing gods work 🙏

Great to see the life jackets!

Great job. I love the boat.

This boat is made for you. It is the D- Factor.

I’m so excited to see how this jet boat turns out it’s gonna be awesome

Great safety call on the life vest hansy boi

I cant wait to see you and your kids skiing behind it. A dual family and work boat

Freeking Awesome guys brilliant work man 100% ✨👑✨🗽

Great boat and great job as always. I can’t wait till Erik get the new paint job on it then it really will be twice as fast

Nice, cannot wait til your boat is completely restored and equipped, it will be a Bad A$$ Beast! From SE Texas Bear

I'd be mad you broke all the windows 🤪