How to Make a Barrel Boat With Jet Pump!

[OK55OK55OK]

Good thinking dude!!! Two thumbs up!!!!!

[eriddles]

i now feel dumber for watching

[chouchoubidouille1]

great idea , inspiring. Keep inventing and building stuff, dont listen to negative comments just focus on the positive, you are sooo gifted , my regards.

[plm947]

I love it! A kid that doesn't wast his time with video games. He actually did something constructive. Hats off to you son! Great job!

[dmoore714]

Not bad. I bet one more barrel-half would get you a little higher in the water. And if you fixed the output hose to something rigid (PVC pipe maybe) and put it on a hinge, you could probably steer it like a rudder.

[mastertinter731]

Not bad dude, I would however seal the top of the barrels so you don't get swamped

[alexermerson]

You need to make a nozzle at the end to build up pressure and ejection velocity.

[iworkforme]

cool enuf! but i think you better put the ear muffs on or you'll be deaf by 20.

[noiztank3000]

duct tape a stick end to end on your nozzle and make a piviot point on your boat better steering method:)

[TheFlowrider101]

nice man!!!

[0128shot]

better than a kid who sits around and plays call of duty all day

[haveyouseenhim89]

great concept  im gunna get one for my canoe

[kronoloko]

is a speed record

[dannymcmuffin1]

thats a really good design thx

[MegaLuckydog1]

point for creativity

[matthew3558]

large clunckey yet it floats congrats 2 u

[210TXBRAZY311]

this vid, was, very, entertianing, lol

[414Gianna]

What you should have done is nail or screw each end to a plank so you can steer

[AndyW199]

Cool i tryed a idea a bit like that but endid upside down

[IgottafevertoBS]

this could not sail the 7 seas

[checkthisupdotcom]

I love the idea behind your Barrel Boat. Excellent work keep on the great work :)

[rawimpact]

is it sea worthy?

[FreshMenVideos]

or you could just ride down stream...

[advthinker]

You have to crawl before you can walk! and you will never know unless you try. I once mounted a lawnmower engine to the top of a hover vaccum cleaner, to use it as a pump to power a small inflateable, that was filled with marine foam. a my titanic so to speak. people would get a grin, as some things just dont work well, at first, but then they all want a ride on it when your done. Keep up the good work, and keep dreaming, you never know where this will lead you. ps..great idea for a cheap raft.

[lightersknivesguns]

@advthinker Thank you for your comment, it is very refreshing to have someone with your point of view! rock on man.

Ben

[XxCPExX]

Nice 

[guitargeek1122]

Lucky! I built a !0 by 5 or 6 Raft with 2 foam pontoons and a lot of cedar decking and screws, yes its great but sadly, i have to paddle! did you make the motor or buy it?

[lightersknivesguns]

@guitargeek1122 bought the motor! but i have an outboard from 1950 now, so i will use that. it hauls ass.

[KidsKicksforChrist]

Not going to make science magazine ha ha ha funny thou

[cdhitman550]

y ru out of breath

[stinkingdog101]

Looks a bit rustic. Got any plans on the market?

[brokebiker19]

you should slow down, thats a no wake zone

[specialks1953]

@brokebiker19 - What a fantastic come back. I love it. JUST TOO FUNNY !

[rickfakkitup]

I like the idea behind your home built vessel. i think a fixed (jet) pvc pipe would produce much more thrust than a flimsly hose does . a crude rudder could be made from plywood, attached with some short chain or washers. keep building stuff though you rock

[lightersknivesguns]

@rickfakkitup thank you sir! it winter right now, so i can really, and i bought an outboard. but check out ym new channel, TheUtubeEngineer

cheers!

ben

[vincekingoz]

G'day. like your boat a lot. don't worry 2 much about the whiners, you've done a ripper job. i own an old fibreglass canoe that is propelled by a modified 26cc weedeater (weedwhacker to Americans) and sail on the warrego river in S.W. QLD, outback Australia. me and my cobber want to build a light barge to tow behind the canoe to transport camping gear, and i came across your film. am very impressed. keep up the good work.

[lightersknivesguns]

@vincekingoz thank you good sir! another name for them is whippersnip. lol. yes! that would be a very good project, good luck to you!

[huynhminhtri]

It's nice , but on the calm water as your pond , ....how's about deep ocean ?

My suggestion .

Put 8 barrels like that tie together ( don't cut the barel , tight up air in barel never sunk , even turn over boat ) , using same pump machine , build jet -stream to push the home-made boat by PVC pipes ....

turn left or right or backward by moving the direction of PVC pipe right in the water as Navy PBR ( PAROL BOAT IN RIVER )

Try it , and you like it ....

[Auzeras]

design a better nozzle for the jet, it will produce more thrust more efficiently

[Tewrobert]

Hey A Ride is a ride dude, Keep it up, Keeo that brain turning, :)

[ryarod]

I'd also like to add something else:

At least five people out of those who have seen and rated this video were traumatized by life-or-death experiences in which they ran out of gas in the middle of a huge lake, while riding poorly put-together, gas-guzzling boats that they themselves did not make.

[ryarod]

I notice there are some people here commenting on how this is inefficiency, and madness.

Madness?

This... is... GENIUS!!!

Ben, this is a totally awesome invention. I mean, anyone can buy a motor boat, but you made this yourself. How cool is that?!

As a (wannabe) fellow engineer, I salute you, LightersKivesGuns. I may be an environmentalist, but I also understand that all engineers have got to start somewhere. So, I've no complaints about the engine. Plus, I didn't come to whine.

[MrSweetleaf92]

tie the jet hose to a pole or something so you can stabalize it

[peterschmitz4th]

how can i get some of those barrels?

[MrKoreyjay]

cool man keep at it!

[warkiller12341]

bumper boats



[Mauromoustakos]

There is perhaps a better design. For instance, the boat needs some length across, I think, which will help in directing it. And surely the boat needs a radder. Better not to cut the barrels. But then, of course, dont connect the frame to the barrels with nails!! Make a frame around them, or use a rope.

The idea of moving the boat with a water pump is very good. The outlet could have been made with pvc pipes. Then you should get better direction. And dont forget the radder.

[SthealthRaider]

a proppellor would make it faster <.<

[sukiaaa]

good idea... liked it!

[adammatthew6]

a whole 2 mph so fas not even 2 mph

[dano415]

nice



[hobbinss]

this helped me with my raft that i will build today.

[A2Apetz]

what kind of engine is that?

[lightersknivesguns]

@A2Apetz honda 3.5 hp

[kylerogers123]

@lightersknivesguns Hi you should you a hard pipe not a rubber pipe your get more power comin out and would not have to hold it

[robbace]

Great job. Keep on Building/inventing :)

[AlanMolstad]

OMG it works?

[bewareofthecow]

good job man... some of the fondest memories from my childhood were when we made crazy shit like this.

[thedeadbeats]

haaaahaha u have to be kidding me.... thats fuckin awesome.

[dapopoat911]

tanke the hose and divide into two seperate hoses and put one in each of the 50 gallon drums and put a rutter in the front instead on the rear mmmkkkk and ive got more ideas that would be better.....but nice pup i use a out bord instead way easier

[3vansmus1c]

thanks, there is no oil drills neer PA that i know of, i might check the local junk yard

[darkesthour117]

@3vansmus1c

In the northern part of PA they do lots of drilling...

[3vansmus1c]

where do you get the 5 gallon drums? me and my friends are making a raft to go down the river on, haha

[Ginissi]

dude, just get a lawnmower motor and rig it to drive a blade, and it will go alot faster.

[workshop4life1]

you should cross an ocean with that lols haha

[lightersknivesguns]

but you get wet. and whats the fun in that?

[jrhill30]

You get wet anyways...

[mrofficialbamf]

@lightersknivesguns getting wet

[electrikkoolaid]

COOL

[Quicksilvers888]

Its a bit waste of energy. But this can be improved later to be more efficient. make it more rigid for the intake and output tubes would make it more faster. I have done this before using the same water pump to run a wooden canoe. But since you boat is more lighter you can easily get 5-6MPH.

[BEAAVIS]

lmao

[DeanC993]

super how much was it to make?

[lightersknivesguns]

since the barrel blew in in the wind to my house and the wood was free, it was propably 50 cents for the gas and 5 bucks fro the lattace.

[spiceyguy123]

AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[norlackes]

lol great

[charliemor3]

Great!!!!

Just think what this thing could do with a full size boat. If you can build that frame; you can build a small wooden boat and use the pump to power it. There are free plans on the internet, look under free boat plans. But, please make sure that you always take someone with you when you run the boat; remember its better safe than sorry after the fact.

[cyborg914]

sweet