01x10 - Hot-Air Balloon

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Hello, everybody.

This is your captain

speaking the big swan.

Welcome to Monster Air.

This fight will be as bumpy, dusty,

hot and nasty as we can make it.

Service with a snorke.

So close the shades, pop a coma,

and place your lazy boy in

the stretched out position.

You're in for the ride in your life,

courtesy of Monster Garage.

Join us now as Jesse and his

g*ng of Mavirt Mechanics,

rip grind and burn,

transforming ordinary street

vehicles into Monster Machines,

and the Monster Garage.

This week's challenge,

take a 1995 geotracker and transform it

into the ultimate hot air balloon vehicle.

The rules, when built, the Monster

Machines must appear to be stuck.

The team can spend no more than

3,000 greenbacks for parts.

Jesse and his crew have

seven days in nights.

On the first day they design

for the next five they build.

On the seventh day they race.

If successful, each team member

takes home a $3,400 set of Mac tools.

And the clock starts now.

Jesse jitters makes a big

entrance in the little geotracker.

The smell of birthbrother

hangs in the air

as his hands-selected

design team assembles.

Their talents have been called

upon to turn this fun for Wheeler

into a fierce flying airship.

Jesse jains a direct descendant

of the legendary Outlaw.

His mate is named building custom

choppers that make the ground funnier.

But this week he takes to the skies.

We want to keep the vehicle intact,

so it can roll down the road

and make it a detachable basket.

So once the balloons inflated,

the vehicle can still roll

and that'll take off from it.

My idea was to cut cut just the

back half of the tracker off.

Jerry show has spent a

little time in the air.

I've been ballooning since 1983.

I have close to a

thousand hours in the air.

A passion for powerful machines

has propelled his entire life.

I've been mechanic for 50 years.

A built street ride, circle

track cars, drag cars.

I have never imagined

building anything like this.

This part will be cut off.

We used the back half

of it as the basket.

Why don't we just pull

the old-am body off.

You're lifting too much weight.

Do you have to lay the basket

on the side when you eat it up?

The burners are actually

sh**ting into the balloon.

He's here at a certain inside there.

And then the heat scans everything up.

Martin Harms spends his days

in Sioux Falls, South Dakota,

making balloons fly.

He's an engineer for

Aerostar International.

The leading balloon manufacturer

in the United States.

South Dakota started out as a hobby.

Now, it is what I do as a career.

It's the freedom not knowing exactly where

the wind's going to take you that day.

Neither children sideways

off the side of the vehicle

or tilt the backwards off

the back of the vehicle.

They certainly need

more accessible ahead.

If it's flying back away from

it as a thanks grab forward.

Radical cars are nothing new for

Chris Brown of Brown Auto Design.

Taking part in creating

a really exciting thing.

They're all kind of like your

children when they get done.

And they're ready to make anything fly.

Consensus calls for the

back end to be cut away

from the body and become

the balloon's basket.

We have a maximum lift to 1650 pounds.

That's balloon fuel

passengers everything.

Included in that 1600 pound

limit are a 250 pound envelope,

a 150 pound propane tank

and a 50 pound burner,

leaving a maximum of 600

pounds for the basket.

Rather than trying to fit like a wicker

basket into the back of the tractor,

we probably better off just make our own.

With these strict limits, Jesse chooses

aluminum over steel to save weight.

It should have aluminum square

tubing is really rigid and strong.

It should be pretty good.

Jerry has his doubts.

You have to remember that you're

flying in this piece of equipment.

That puts your life in your own hands.

Would your rather have it

made out of myel's steel?

They're out of aluminum, aluminum.

Jesse has doubts of his own.

He's going to be like one of

them deals like on cotton tape.

He like they like it.

Oh, Lord, look at that.

It hits the wires.

Didn't know.

We don't talk even about it.

I know.

No, no, that's making sure.

Our lines aren't the only obstacles

for the monster balloon crew.

Yes, the ship is all done.

And we're able to fly it legally.

We've got to get it if they certified.

We report the engineered documentation.

I know.

It's the different offices.

So is it legal to throw stuff

out of a hot air balloon?

So stuff.

Well, sometimes isn't what you do.

It's a waste of what we've got to target.

Water balloons.

Yeah, that's fun.

I mean, you're seeing

you've ever thrown out.

Rolling ball.

No way.

Oh, yeah.

You're the scene.

The design is set.

The basket will be built onto the tracker

and tilt back to fill the envelope.

Once inflated, the balloon

will be released and fly off.

Now, what if we're trying

to heat up the back?

And something happens was fair.

Design day ends in a ball of flames.

Balloon, schmaloon.

This is Master Garage.

This is Master Garage.

Day two.

Let's get it on.

Day two.

Seven AM.

Jesse leads the built team onto the

b*ttlefield of the monster garage.

No.

Ella Heffey.

Jesse James is in the Kasa.

Chuck Minyako from San Francisco,

California brings his welding expertise.

Engineer and Robot Builder, Dan

Decknik, hails from Orange, California.

Shower Dave from Long Beach,

California, lenses, fabricating finesse.

The fight building lawyer Dave Park

is here from San Diego, California.

And the ace of the air,

Volunis Jerry Shell,

from Tucson, Arizona, stays on to build.

No.

Hi, guys.

We're going to take a geotracker,

making into a hot air balloon.

The hot air balloon part

of it is pretty basic air.

Jesse gives the team the

low down on flying high.

So it needs to latch and

swivel from the back.

Swivel back, then it's going

to stand up with hot air,

latch back in front, and

then both latches release.

So it takes off straight.

The team starts by putting

the tracker on a crash diet.

If it wants to fly, it needs

to lose all excess weight.

It's always fun when you get to

destroy other people's stuff.

I'm getting a bit of a gas shower.

One light.

With the gas tank safely

aside, Jesse grabs the plasma

cutter and plots his approach

to piercing the tracker's skin.

We can probably cut it

right along his door, jam.

Along with seam.

So it at the door, and then

we can brace it back up.

So all the stuff still works.

So doors open and close

without happening.

You think you're all that?

A mid-a-spray of sparks

and smoking flames.

Jesse separates the steel that connects

the back end to the front cabin.

A couple of grunts later,

and the back end is off.

You got it.

I need stripping all those cars

in high school with seven hand.

God, it's a life.

We oughta make sure I

have room for the front.

This whole thing is going to be

about as strong as three tin cans.

This work is mostly to keep it square so

it fits back on the truck when we go back.

As the scrap metal piles up, a major

piece of the plan is still unresolved.

How will they hinge the basket back

to inflate the balloon at its side?

The team wants to custom fit a hinge

mechanism to the part they've cut off.

But Jesse has something else in mind.

Are we going to use this whole thing?

Instead of just do the

subframe out of aluminum?

Well, they're going to be

able to do it in a subframe.

Exactly what they have here.

We should make a whole

subframe for that thing.

And hinge instead of

trying to use this stuff.

So we're working with

nice rectangular pieces.

So it's uniform instead of trying to

make everything fit with what we got.

I just tried to keep it simple.

I was trying to do it.

I only load the body on here

so we're looking at them.

They need a smooth surface to

mount the base and tilting body.

The back frame of the

trucker is anything but.

That's blocked right there.

That's as far as it's going to go.

Jesse wants to build matching

platforms like a dump truck.

If it's square and it's

a flat mating surface and

it's nice and, you know, a

nice slip bit inside there.

Jesse's really good at

visualizing. He can visualize

exactly how everything's

going to go together.

And he'll try to explain it

to you and you're like, huh?

When Chopper Dave talks about

Jesse, he's talking about his boss.

I'm seeing things. I'm

working an ultimate

shop. I love working on

my bicycle riding bikes.

It's the classic bikes

that fuel his fancy.

I'm more obsessed with

all the old school.

Style choppers and customers than

the new type stuff that's out there.

I see it so much cooler than

I think it's being done.

It's all about the moment.

Let's get together and figure

out where we are today.

As day two comes to a close,

the crew reviews their progress.

We started changing things because they

didn't exactly know what you wanted.

We're supposed to be the team leader.

We wasted about four or five hours.

I really don't see any time today.

We're part of the experience here.

Let's see that.

Follow the fence how you look at it.

Day two doesn't need to land.

It never took off.

The tracker lost some weight,

but nothing got built.

If the team wants to earn their wings,

they'll have to do better tomorrow.

Monster Garage Facto 8.

The first recorded fuel used in a hot air

balloon in 1782 was

old boots and bad meat.

The stink was thought to

increase the buoyancy.

Day three starts with all

the excitement of a yon.

Well, the first thing I think

I better do is make coffee.

But this is monster garage.

Time to wake up something's burning.

Do you not use this on

anything built at home?

Look at that.

That's beautiful.

The burners come out firing.

It looks like we get destroyed stuff

with it, so that's a good thing.

The first thing they destroy?

The budget.

Alright, box number two.

Now that looks like a tank.

Before they can assess the damage

in walks another big ticket item.

Wow, that's big.

The first two purchases lands

the team deep in the red zone.

Looks like their hot air

balloons, a money burning monster.

How's it going to end?

Jesse has a clue.

Team tracker has other

concerns besides money.

Like, how are they going to fit Jesse,

Jerry, and a propane

tank in this tiny space?

Well, my concern is making the

basket as big as it's going to be.

The biggest we can get it.

The guy is setting a rip

with the tank up here.

I'm the tailgate swing open and you

sit with your legs sticking out.

You like to get together though?

Yeah, happy to be inside. You've

gone the load all the time.

Says who?

FAA.

I got that much watching you.

Yeah, what do you know anyway?

I'm not big on government regulatory

agencies, so that's just the way it is.

Dave's a working man's

hero, a lawyer in San Diego.

He specializes in workmen's

compensation cases.

If I didn't go to law school,

I'd probably be doing something

like metal work and fabrication,

you know, working with my hands.

Dave and chopper Dave

come to the garage as

good friends. The synergy helps the bill.

Dave and I are in club called

the centers and it's just

a bunch of guys that are

into custom motorcycles and

custom old cars and hot rods.

My wife gives me that Dave and

I are in love with each other

because we're such good friends.

But I get to tell you, I think Dave

has developed a really good Jesse.

Hey, you two, two, two.

Jerry and Dan map out the gondola design.

Well, what's ideal on these

on the design of these?

Where are they?

I don't know. I've never built

one. I mean, just center.

We're going to build what

we can make fit and work.

We're going to design a

gondola here. Dan swaps his pen

for the mouse pad and plots

a way to make it all fit.

And you're part of it because everything

has to fit within the interior for safety.

To include people, tank, burners.

That's a little off it because

this is monster garage.

This is monster garage.

Right here on the ground we're.

The aluminum stock has

arrived, but before the

bends begin, Dan has

some numbers to crunch.

There's just some quick numbers for various

radiuses on the aluminum square tubing.

The closer it fits together, the less

stress we're going to have on the welds.

Dan looks like the kind of guy that might

have a calculator on him at all times.

You know, it's a supermarket,

you know, saved 40% on pop tarts.

Wow, that's 83 cents.

There's a difference for

that. I think that's good.

This isn't a bow to her car, so

it adds a degree of difficulty.

I've described myself as a scientist.

Right now, my current

interest is in robots because

they incorporate a lot of

different technologies.

Dan, Dan, Nick, makes robots

that specialize in one thing.

Destruction.

I approve.

Clean up on aisle four.

Oh man, that's cool.

The pipe vendor in its 60

,000 pounds of force means

fewer welds and more

strength for the Gondola.

Dave finishes the base

for the dump mechanism.

Now it is time to build a hinge.

It's a really crude template

for the Gusset type hinge.

It's going to go from here

to here. It's going to go all

into here and the whole thing

will pivot on a bar like this.

The dump platform looks good.

They test fit the back end.

It's getting there.

The team takes a working

lunch. Today's special.

How to release the fully inflated

hot air balloon from the tracker.

I'm not mounting the trailer.

They're thinking a trailer

ball and hitch might work.

You know how you have to kind of

rock a trailer hitch to get it off.

You got to wheel it up and

down and I'm back and forth.

We're going to give it a release.

We've got the frame that

Dave made is perfect.

How we need to do is make

a frame fits inside of it.

Two pins and spring pins.

Jesse and Chopper Dave turned

the lever concept into a reality.

That would keep it all tight pulled out.

Press it in.

Jerry's trying to bring a lot

of experience to the team.

But he has that sort of old guy attitude

where everything's in the issue.

I think Chuck and I look at everything as

just another staff and

the solution process.

But we'll beat him into shape.

Beating sounds good.

You've done welding all

that you can weld on this?

Yeah.

As we'll finish that.

So we're not even one loose hand hanging.

All right.

I hate starting something

and not finishing it.

Especially something you're done for it.

Okay.

I'm going to hit you.

Just do the way.

Dave for Long Beach Veterans Stadium.

The crew gets some

schooling on ballooning.

Usually an old man like myself

don't have to carry this.

I have 11 crew members.

I do nothing.

Okay.

Okay.

We're the part about our monster car.

We drive in unload.

It's all contained. It'll make

it very, very easy to do it.

Take it all the way out to the end.

The better pay attention.

The build team will be the flight crew

for the monster balloons challenge.

This is our pilot lights here.

There's the two small

lights up above that make.

The burners go.

It's liquid fire on.

Heads up.

This is our pilot lights here.

All right. Walk us out to

the end of the rope gently.

I do not want to go out of

this bumper. Are you ready?

Wait off.

Coming up.

The field trips sealed the deal. The

team is flying high on ballooning.

The football loaning was kind of lame

to begin with after getting there.

Pretty cool, man.

That propane burner is bad a*s.

Yeah.

Gondola construction continues.

Chuck is a welding machine.

That is a really, really nice

weld. Thank you very much.

As an assistant to renowned artist Mike

Gill, Chuck spends each day making one of

the best time creations.

We kind of get to go over and look at

a stack of square pies and round pies.

Do all the pounding, the flame,

the fire, the whole nine yards.

The end is not really so important to me.

All the thinking and

design and everything.

That's the part that floats my boat.

Dan and Jerry discuss where to weld

the brackets for the balloon cables.

I think we should make

it as low profiles.

Dan will build them tonight

in his machine shop.

Jesse and Jerry's lives

will be hanging from four

small pieces of aluminum

attached to the basket.

Those welds had better hold.

While the crew has been working,

Jesse's picked up some essential items.

A five horsepower Honda fan will provide

the air power to inflate the balloon.

Another key purchase, this electric ram,

rated to 700 pounds will be used to push

the basket into position for inflation.

Jesse and Dave decide

where to mount the ram.

I think we should do a tube straight

off the inner part of the frame.

Up here, drilled and tapped

and then just run a bolt.

Just like a piece coming down.

Yeah, a little amen off of that.

Chuck stops welding to work

out the geometry of the basket.

And so the seat will kind

of come to the edge of this

and this will just be a

small foot area right here.

If you're sitting right here, so those

double burners will be right here.

A big problem steers chucking the face.

That can't be right in our face.

We have to do some my plan.

Yeah, man, you'll be part

of the queue in your face.

If the burner is mounted is planned,

Jesse and Jerry are toasting.

Chuck's week just got a lot longer.

So what it about is we have

to build a burner frame.

And a adjustable burner frame.

How high do you want to go, Jesse?

How high do you can? Let

me have to go in like this.

I can't take it down that little

man needs to have more up there.

Then you have to suffer. I do

have to go live on the territory.

Even though I give him a hard time.

It just means I like how

he's telling everybody.

You know what I'd say to

you if I didn't like you.

Mix it with sake nothing.

The basket has taken shape, but

how does it look in the tracker?

I looked it back out and then the

whole thing pulled back on plants.

The gondola won't fit in the back end.

I'm going to step up the tire.

This is not going to drop

straight down through there.

See if it'll drop straight in this way.

I'll cut these apart

and we'll save these.

These fenders and these uprights

and we'll just make some brackets.

Just so the body looks

like it's semi-stocked.

Instead of fitting the basket in

the back end, Jesse wants to weld

the pieces of the back

end onto the basket.

I think it'll actually be better.

With these welds, the outer

shell of the gondola is finished.

We have a gondola.

We are rocking a loon style.

Hello, Vichelle.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

I did not believe the jury

was going to give me a rest.

You're not at your home.

I'm done.

I would have liked to ride

a little further today.

But we didn't.

On day four, the basket boys made

significant gains on their gondola.

But the back end crew had been

bogged down by design changes.

The two groups will

have to come together,

or the project may never

get off the ground.

Monster garage factory.

A cubic foot of air heated by 100 degrees

can lift a quarter of an ounce.

It takes 10,000 cubic feet

to lift a 150 pound man.

Monster garage.

The team arrives eager

to work on day five.

There you're from another day.

We have a lot of progress to make today.

We've got to be go, go, go.

Right on today.

Dan proudly presents his

homemade attachment bounce.

But Jerry has some bad news.

We have a change of plan.

They cannot be welded on.

No matter what they look like.

They always have to be bolted on.

I'm just by no, no, no.

The drawings that I gave

you, they're all bolted.

I did not know that.

Everything.

All of that is bolted together.

That's what they want.

I wanted to get one problem.

The problem is that these are

about long enough for one bolt.

So three hours of yesterday's

work to make these,

when they need to be in this.

We've got to put two bolts in.

Well, it needs to be in

this longer for two bolts.

That's whack.

Now, this is a mistake.

I have to agree, but there's

nothing we can do about it.

Let's get rolling.

I want to get going.

Let's rock.

Let's rock.

We do it.

This is nonsense.

Fabricating the adjustable burner mounts

is next on the to-do list.

I want to get the first flush,

and I want to be able

to come up this time.

Before they begin welding,

Dan wants to make sure.

No time is wasted on yet

another unapproved design.

Where does the burner aircraft part end,

and the home built stuff start?

That's what we're going

to have to determine.

Where is my item?

Where is my item?

It's not based on a logic or reason.

Yeah, no.

I don't figure what my design can be.

It's not a ZFA.

It does nothing logical.

How many days does it actually

take to install an actuator?

Whoa.

That's not going to work.

More than two.

Martin arrives from the FAA

with a head full of regulations.

Hey, Chuck.

Thank you.

Let's see it.

Thank you.

Take a look at it.

So far, this looks good.

Understanding I got

from Jerry this morning,

is that's no longer acceptable just

to weld this guy right on here.

That's not the way our

standard g*n doles are done.

In the time frame that

we're looking at today,

to have this done this week,

today we need to match

original construction.

Right now those fittings are bolted out.

I think bolting it like

this is a complete failure.

And it's an accident waiting to happen.

It's bolted for going to tear it out.

We propose dropping in a second

piece of aluminum tubing like this.

I'm holding it.

We're holding that on and putting

the bolts straight through.

So the hanger is hung between

actual two pieces of aluminum.

So we're still making a

physical attachment with a bolt

to comply with your request.

And now we can strengthen the

structure with the heat of the weld.

Look at this.

But then we have bolted out.

I think that'll work.

This g*n doles looks good.

Let's go with this.

Let's go.

If we can just work with this guy,

we're going to get done

exactly what we need.

And in seemed reasonable and amenable.

So this is the way it's going to go.

Yep.

I want Jerry out of our decision

processes for the rest of the stand.

Because we're not going

to get anywhere with him.

Pop in with another alternative view.

And I'm just telling you that now.

Trupper, Dave, and Dave's dump mechanism

will easily satisfy the 500 pound

lift requirement that Jerry gave them.

That is excellent.

I don't know how many bigger fuel.

The way in the basket in the bag.

Fuel.

He just said 1,000 pounds.

Jerry?

No, I don't.

I got it.

The.

It's going to be 1,000 pounds.

They envelope the tank and

the basket and the burner.

Everything in the burners.

What is that?

What is that rated at?

It's going to be 1,000 pounds.

Yeah, we're going to

have to look at them now.

Whatever.

We've got the hammer.

I want to hit Jerry.

I'm going to have to tell him.

I'm going to do five passes.

You're trying to make it blow.

When you.

Yeah.

We had a second ram.

We could let twice as much tipping over.

I think you're in another ram.

Yeah.

You know, we don't.

We don't need to feel there.

You know what I mean?

That's what I'm talking about.

Jerry.

Jerry.

I'm going to adjust it by blowing

another 350 bucks on another ram.

So the thing operates

correctly in the back.

On closer inspection, Martin has

discovered a huge design flaw.

This lifting member

needs to be underneath.

This to lift it all up.

We've got it on top.

So this load that's going to be carried

here is going to be hanging from those

fields, not supported by this tool.

The problem is there are two

ways to build this basket.

And we built it the wrong way

for our way to safely suspend it.

We're going to hang this basket from the

envelope by attaching it to this vertical.

The problem is this vertical goes

down and goes underneath the floor.

So the weight of the humans and

the tank and everything inside.

It's actually being suspended

from the bottom of this.

If I weld, I suppose to be completely

retained by the floor itself.

I don't know what we're going to do.

If we build two more of these,

then we made them an inch longer.

And we're going to put things on the

inside anyway to bolt that bracket in here.

Yeah.

We built two more frames.

A little bit longer and bring

those on the outside of these.

Martin's proposal is to add another

loop of tubing under the floor.

Then lower the top rail.

So the gondolas still fits

in the back of the tracker.

The team is insure.

But Jesse is trying to avoid

having to do that extra loop.

Well, let's do the extra loop.

Just because I'm going to be in it,

I think we should add the extra loop.

Well, add that one right

to here all the way around.

I think we still got

to go arm reach high.

Let's just say that the

burst height is not a change.

Okay.

Let's do it the moment.

First of all, I feel like I caught

these guys about six or eight hours.

They extra hard work.

I've never built a basket like this.

But that's no excuse.

Looked at the drawings.

We're at a hurry.

Even a master fabricator needs

a haircut once in a while.

I'm trying to let him work.

I mean, very kind of a safety initiative

is being, you know, the elder statesman.

I like him going ahead

and totally mess it up.

And you know, when my life's in

danger, I'm going to step in.

Probably when Tammy's done cutting my

hair, I'm going to take over completely.

Jesse better take over soon

because Jerry is at it again.

I'm not.

I was trying to bend

the tubing by myself.

When I twisted, I put a

can't get it and destroyed

about four feet of dirt

that we had to have.

So good. I'm marching on our own side.

Well, you're probably a bro.

Oh, no, not again.

The comedy act is not

amusing, chopper Dave.

What's in there? Bring it over here and

sit it here and say the basket's done.

But it's not happening.

You think you're a pretty

tough guy, don't you?

Just a mean and bitter man.

Chopper Dave's holding up his end.

The release mechanism is almost done.

It will actually be

held shut with a spring.

You pull the lever over, he's will

drop out into here and lift off.

It works.

Dave's so smart. He's my hero.

Inside the c*ck, one lever.

In a rush to make up for lost

time, Jerry loses some more.

Dan asked Jerry and Martin

to wait for the welds

to cool before attaching

the burner mounts.

They didn't.

And now the welds have hardened

with the mount crooked.

Jerry tries to straighten

it with his foot.

Watch what I'm doing.

Yeah, break the welds,

what you're going to do.

Okay, you guys are excused. Go home.

I have excused the inner

motors in our area.

So that we may finish our work.

I told them we don't have that.

But it's time for me to leave.

For some, Dave 5 was mildly frustrating.

Ah.

Marks are wanting to

add clear to the runway.

Jesse James and his monster

flight crew are coming in hot.

And there's no pillow out by heaven.

Wait, it's not cigarette return.

Day 6, the last build day.

It's an all-out race to finish.

The basket and back end must be completed

and joined together before the day ends.

Shock re-welds the burner mounts

and the burners are fitted.

Turn around.

There we go.

All going well.

All this thing will go, right?

Like this.

But here, match the end of that.

The list will come up to a proper height.

And there will be fire.

A lot of fire.

Real fire.

Good.

I need to cut this foam

and chuck and chopper Dave

size up the diamond plate for the seats.

Shock makes a quick trip to west coast

choppers to form the gondola bench.

He cuts.

He bends.

And he breaks this steel diamond

plate like paper on a cutting board.

Back to the shop to fit the seat.

We just have a couple

of things left to do.

And then we're going to

be done with this basket.

We're going to see it so great.

Just a few cuts with the torch.

And it frames the tank perfectly.

Yeah, I've put it done that.

Any?

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

How sweet it is.

It's going to be fun.

There's a lot more room that

I thought there'd be a day.

It's finally day.

Everything's coming together once.

I'm at Flurry.

The second action winner goes in.

They test the 30-year dump frame.

That's moving totally smoothly now, too.

Everything looks better with flames.

Yes!

We got fire.

Well, that stinking gondola

chuck is all tacked out.

The gondola is now officially done.

The magical moment of

convergence has arrived.

The magical moment of

convergence has arrived.

Oh, I can't say anything.

They line up the basket

and wait and test.

Three, two, one.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on. Yeah.

Really great.

Just so we're hoping for.

Just like the way we designed it.

That's just what we wanted.

It's a beautiful thing.

Five days of toiling.

You don't have to really work paid off.

And I'm not angry anymore.

I got cold chills, I'm so happy about it.

It's really wonderful.

Let's get to sides on.

We're going to need to do this well.

Like a wolf and sheep's clothing.

The basket is fitted with a

steel skin of the tracker.

In a nice touch, they resurrect

the discarded spared tire cover

to conceal the fan.

The tracker is back

to its old stock self.

You want to do those fans in the bag?

Come on.

Chuck rigs a chain for

the heavy duty scale.

This is the final way and so we

get the approval of our weight.

The gondola must come in under

500 pounds to meet FAA approval.

Clear the ground at the edge.

We are 100 and 90.

No problem.

I said 200 reported 9.

Gammit.

The weigh-ins done.

But Chuck forgets something.

OK.

The rest came down and twanged my head.

I have a lump on my melon.

And the only thing I could find

is a frozen bottle of garréed.

OK.

Let's put it back on the car.

Put everything on until

the back and we're done.

OK.

The next test, the basket release.

OK.

It flies free from the tracker.

You feel like you're moving forward.

That is.

Yes.

I feel like a pushback.

Feel like a lucky.

It looks to crush in the basket.

It locks back on.

Time for the final test.

The burners.

The modest tracker releases

its first monster breath.

It's a flame spewing dragon.

Oh.

Welcome to the car.

The team celebrates by

roasting some marshmallows.

The neighbors celebrate by calling

the cops tomorrow they race.

While the crew rests, Tom Pruitt

of Damen's motorcycle creations

reaches into his bag of tricks

to monster rise the geo.

Jesse always told me he

was going to rise to the

top of his field and

was something like this.

I believe he'll make it.

Tonight we're going to lay

on some limetime pearl.

Going to give it a nice base coat.

I'm going to put a couple of coats of

the ice green pearl on the top of that.

And I'm going to finish

it off with some of

this really awesome

yellow lime metal flake.

And I think it should be a

pretty unique look in bloom.

You'll definitely be able to spot Jesse

from a hundred miles away with this baby.

Welcome once again to another

monster garage challenge.

It's Gravagan's Captain Schwag here along

with my co-pilot Frankie White side.

What's up, Top g*n?

Well-Capt, Jesse James is taking on all

comeers in the mother

-of-all-for-road races.

He's fitting his human

geotracker against the nasty,

his big tire mud suckers

in southern California.

There they go.

Oh, look at those dirt devil.

Wait a minute, they're

leaving Jesse in the dust.

What's going on, Frankie?

Hold on.

Jesse and his team are pulling

something out of the tracker.

I don't get it.

The dirty dog pack is getting away.

How's he going to catch up?

I'll tell you, Schwag.

Jesse's got the right

stuff in his tracker.

That's a hot air balloon

they're laying out.

You got to be kidding me.

Looks like Jesse's going to

take the high road in this race.

Oh, to get inside there run around.

There's a little unfinished business

we need to take care of isn't there.

It's not little Schwag.

The cost of that beautiful

balloon, $31,000.

The final number for this team

of budget busters and coming!

37,360 smack-or-ownies.

Frankie, let's show him who's going

to pick up that monster check.

Thanks, guys.

Pay up suckers.

Let me do this.

We have liftoffs.

Why don't you tell the folks the ground

rules for this way off road race?

You got a tragey.

They're heading for a finish line exactly

7.2 miles from where they started.

The prevailing westerly winds will point

the monster balloon in

the right direction.

The big novies need to

carve their own trail.

The pack is eating dirt like there.

No tomorrow.

But hang on.

Jesse's coming around the van.

Looks like he's got a jet stream swag.

He's airborne in gaining

ground by the second.

The wild bunch is stuck me.

What's up with that, Frankie?

Oh, they spotted some water.

Where there's water.

Clear!

Come on.

I like these guys, Frankie.

The race will have to wait.

No red-butted off-road at work.

His lift kick can pass

up a pre-mo mushroom.

It's a mutter of all slam dances.

Frankie, I'm having a monster moment.

He just doesn't get any better.

I hear you big guy.

Let's watch.

Looks like they're done

playing in the bunch, wag.

The race has back on.

But Jesse's built a big lead.

It doesn't look good for the off-roaders.

Captain Jesse James,

sawing through the skies.

The wild blue yonder.

The blue looms, zeroing

in on the trekker.

Bring it home, boys.

We have touchdown.

Jesse James and his

monster hot air balloon

victorious over a game

bunch of mutter truckers.

Off-road needs off-road.

For Jesse James, there's

no time for stale.

He hits our couple of entry beverages.

I will never get tired of that.

There's metal to burn.

Sparks to fly.

The next monster garage challenge

is just around the bend.

Now it's tool time.

You guys can do that.

Thanks a lot, your guys.

You all did a great job.

Cheers.

That's all the people I met.

Definitely more.

Thank you.