We Found a REAL "Jaws of Life" Setup at the Freedom Factory and Powered Them Up!!! (they're insane)

Cleetus, I’m a mechanic that specializes in hydraulic tools and i would love to hook yall up with better whip hoses and put in some seal kits. I live in Florida as well.

Just some suggestions for you: 1 - get those checked over by a service company, possibly certified - insurance will be happier that way. 2 - take the crew and go on a rescue course; yeah, you hire experts (good call), but having the skills yourself could save a life. 3 - maybe find out if the hydraulics on the rollback could be tapped into to run the jaws. You could keep a set in the truck with say 50' of hose, and be ready to extricate in seconds of pulling up and engaging the PTO. Plus, you'd have a set of Big Block powered jaws then. Even if you don't use them in an emergency, could be handy for post-crash cleanup.

Just so you know, those Hurst tools are on the older side, the cutters especially aren't designed to cut the newer hardened metals. If you try and cut the wrong stuff you can actually shatter the jaws and they'll basically explode. Definitely get them serviced and looked at good. Us fire service guys get them serviced once a year.

You should do a collaboration with a fire department or nearest fire academy that's local to the Freedom Factory. You could work together to provide a unique training opportunity for their firefighters to practice cutting cars, rescuing people from overturned vehicles and all sorts of things. In return, they could possibly help teach you and your staff some of the basic skills with your extrication tools and fire engine, under the legal basis of being an "industrial" fire brigade. In many states, certain work places with special hazards, are allowed to organize a fire brigade from their own employees to be the initial response to an emergency, while the local fire department is on the way. The fire brigade would provide special knowledge about the facility and its resources and hazards to aid the arriving fire department and work along side them in handling the emergency. Another thing that you should consider doing is a voluntary safety walk through with your local fire department, so they are familiar with the layout of your facility, in case you ever have any emergencies.

I think it’s time to make a “custom” convertible crown vic

Now all we need is a “Jaws of life VS ____” series

It’s nice to see the freedom factories “interrogation” kit is up and running

Can anyone appreciate the fact that this guy has uploaded for 15 days straight (not to mention his second channel) amidst preparing for race week, fixing and ordering parts, organizing events and ordering parts for project cars. What would he do without cooper or toolbox

Can't believe you missed Cooper's shirt of the day 😭

IDK about the rest of you guys, but I want an entire Year of Freedom after the last 2 weeks.....

Man, I just opened this video after 4 years, I didn't even realise it's been that long since, cleet bought the FF. Still feels like yesterday.

I never thought I would watch a 21 & a half minute video of two guys using the jaws of life and wish it was longer

When’s y’all going to make a convertible caged crown Vic with the jaws of life

It really warms my heart to see those tools well maintained. Imagine owning a financially failing race track, having to cut corners, barely scraping by. But those things you take care of. Really shows you that their hearts and minds were in the right place.

This reminds me to the 90s when „Tool Time“ was on 😂 Maybe you should invite Tim Allen to the FF. He is a car maniac as well 👍

"Florda man loses his hand playing with jaws of life"

The valve at the end of the hose is for you to be able to change tools while leaving the pump running. Just know that it’s bad for them to store them is the full closed position too. We use the ram to roll dashes, a pillars, b pillars, etc in the event of a patient being pinned. I’m sure the track fireman y’all hire will be happy to teach y’all more. Invaluable tools you have there!

Cleetus says “I wanna be those people” we should take care of our stuff” (beats fitting with pliers)😂😂

As both a firefighter and freedom fighter, remember to always wear eye protection when operating those. Also, don’t ever stand between the tool and what you’re cutting (you didn’t here but just good advise). I’ve cut MANY of patients out with these. The door pin and brake pedal are the strongest pieces of metal on the whole car, but they’ll cut!

This video makes me realize no matter how old we get we are all children at heart... Did you see how excited Cleetus got after cutting that first piece of metal... So great