Crafting a DIY Water Bottle Boat Fleet! | Backyard Project

Become the captain of your own fleet with this DIY water bottle boat tutorial. Watch as we guide you through the process of building a squadron of eco-friendly vessels from recycled materials.
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[@oporim]

Awesome example of craftsmanship and how to do it properly. When you use an electric circular saw, PLACE YOUR HAND AND FINGERS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF IT. Impressive results follow!

[@MdresalKhan-g7q]

❤❤

[@frankvilla253]

Lunatic ..

[@kenroberts9082]

I've always thought about making a boat out of 55 gallon drums but it's to heavy to carry to the lake. The water bottle boat is definitely gonna get made this spring. Lol. Thanks for sharing this video. I loved it!

[@joewoodchuck3824]

There are plastic barrels to be had for cheap. The lightly used supply is quite abundant and inexpensive.

[@LionHeart_.]

The paddling bicycle is number one for me

[@Pushunguis]

Only problem is it can’t turn 😂😂

[@amethyst1826]

It seemed to turn from what I saw. Just turn the handlebars.

[@wolframsmith5]

@@Pushunguis the front wheel acts as front rudder

[@Amrit_42069]

​@@Pushunguis bet , I'll go around the world then

[@marketluck9290]

лучше гребной винт а не колесо

[@bearchza]

I bet all the birds and fish are gonna love having gallons of spray foam in their habitat

[@rafaellopez3947]

Macgyver would be proud. 👏👏👏

[@SJ-xg1uf]

You mean Magruber? I have no idea who this macgyver is 🤔

[@tonycapuno1876]

When they will TEST it, they must wear VEST for thier SAFETY.,maybe they forget saying "SAFETY FIRST".God bless,nice idea.

[@GiarcraiGO]

Perhaps they are confident swimmers.

[@borutopicks2076]

The funny thing is that with these DIY vids, although it's a great idea, they themselves wouldn't be using these creations at all apart from just testing them to make Yt vids.😂 😂😂

[@henrysniper8481]

I wish I would have seen something like this when I was a kid, and had little money but lots of time on my hands.😂

[@hickey4747]

Nice microplastics added to the environment 👍

[@NorthernCorruptionMonitor907]

That's what I was thinking lol

[@latentspacediffusion]

Say no to plastic!

[@Replica-Airgun-Lovers]

@latentspacediffusion you phone, tablet or pc is mostly plastic! How will you leave messages here in videos without it

[@nancyblanchard4744]

Interesting tree huggers were loving plastic in the 70s and 80s its worked out well

[@treyingle2638]

Nobody cares

[@V.DCraft0509]

My friend I was very impressed with the toolbox that you made especially where you put the welding and brazing rods in the legs that was terrific thank you!

[@Replica-Airgun-Lovers]

Nothing like running a rip saw towards your hands

[@RusticDavid]

Scary stuff

[@RusticDavid]

Great build though

[@faroukfarson5312]

Nice invention , it'll make the crocs happier 🤣

[@TheJoeE71]

So cool!

[@bettybg1051]

You did a very impressive job. The water is not going to be hurt by the little bit of foam you used...some people have to be negative! You did good🎉 0:00

[@ideaishere2787]

Very original, good working ideas. Bravo, bravo masters!

[@ashleysmart9771]

Best bottle boat I've Seen I remember helping to build one back in the day when I was in the scouts

[@Arito3468]

Para la próxima, el kajak se puede construir con caños de termofusión o roscados, así se evitan los precintos. Muy buen video

[@johnmiller5987]

Nice idea, but you can buy a used rowboat for a couple hundred dollars. It's not like they are giving water jugs and lumber away

[@3EAST]

Water jugs and lumber is way less a couple hundred bucks!

[@latentspacediffusion]

​@@3EASTthose 5 gal bottles are like $20 each if you had to buy them.

[@caynewolfdragon]

@@latentspacediffusion You can always ask friends and also look around and find empty 5 Gal. water bottles that are still water tight that can be used for no cost but some time.

[@ivan-hj6ih]

интересная лодка вышла у девушки, там так много мест куда протечёт вода, от середины озера она будет плыть уже без лодки😄

[@offgrid2010]

This is such a very cool idea especially since I have been wondering what to do with all my water bottles, the summer coming up. I'm near a public lake and I grew up on the water. I will definitely be subscribing so I can watch more of this type stuff.

[@abdullahiyousuf8536]

You lost me when you started spraying foam 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@joewoodchuck3824]

The foam helps to stabilize the jugs so that they don't move around and weaken the structure.

[@rhoshard]

@@joewoodchuck3824 it also cracks under load and emits foam crumbs into the water. It'd be better to use rope for stabilization.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@rhoshard I see your point.

[@herrgyula]

The last one is really cool!

[@oettaminovog7963]

Kayak amazing!!!👍

[@ch-j6061]

Интересно было бы глянуть на ситуацию когда шуруповерт разрядился по середине водоёма

[@zorinakhan4883]

Well done on your idea with the water bottles

[@vidinhablauth679]

Adorei a bike no final, muito legal 😀

[@walu2446]

I like the bike

[@user-qo3jh9mn1t]

Loved the water bike.

[@tanganterampil]

Amazing work

[@БабаЯга-ю5н]

Отличные девайсы, очень хорошо выполнена работа🤩🤩🤩

[@Владислав-ф6у]

прикольно

[@lightupthedarkness8089]

Good invention..

[@LyBinhCa2019]

What a great idea❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@flyingfox10001]

4:00 I would suggest using bubble wrap or after the cling wrap use a good paint or something, I could help you in your next project

[@sarkar3611]

Показано верно! Гайка должна закручиваться пассатижами!

[@ireneesch8555]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@blackphantom2958]

Wat a legend thats wicked.paint and waterproof the timber last for evs 👌

[@chopperhehehe]

Cool projects 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😁✌️

[@davidpalmer7175]

It's simple math... water weighs 8.34 pounds/gallon. 5 gallon jug filled weighs 41.7 pounds. So... Empty, it can displace 41.7 pounds of water. Calculate how many pounds the raft needs to hold and still float. Then calculate how many jugs you need to equal that weight. Done!

[@BongelaMnguni]

It's even much simpler if you use SI units. Assuming: Density of water = 1000 kg/m3 (or simply 1kg/Litre) Target carrying capacity = 300 kg standard 5 gallon jug volume in SI units = 18.9 litres Lets first calculate the buoyancy provided by the bottles. Each 18.9-liter bottle can displace 18.9 kg of water, which means it can provide up to 18.9 kg of buoyancy. To support a 300 kg load, the total buoyancy required is 300 kg. calculation procedure: 1. Total buoyancy needed: 300 kg 2. Buoyancy provided by each bottle: 18.9 kg 3. Number of bottles needed: 300kg ÷ 18.9 kg/bottle =15.87 bottles Thus, you need about 16 containers of standard 18.9-liter water dispenser bottles to create a boat that can carry a 300 kg capacity.

[@lonnieromero]

To finish the canoe you should have used fiberglass and resin for the hull. Nice idea. The bike is a great idea. The foam pontoon. Well, it's an idea.

[@blame681]

That's a nice idea but then it wouldn't be a cheap death trap

[@OverkilledUnderdog]

we need more plastics in our lakes and oceans 😂😂

[@joewoodchuck3824]

How is any plastic being added to the water?

[@OverkilledUnderdog]

@@joewoodchuck3824 The spray foam will dissolve at the micro level and leach out slowly.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@OverkilledUnderdog Ok. I wasn't sure. But is it actually harmful in some way? I was thinking it would be benign.

[@Diytechtip]

Very good.thanks you

[@offgrid2010]

I also like the paddle wheel idea from a bike wheel. I have some just in storage. I just wonder if wider paddles would do a better job. Maybe mount them horizontally instead of vertically.

[@colemantrantham9264]

For the price it takes to build these you could buy a good used boat

[@joewoodchuck3824]

You do what you like and others do what they like. Further, you don't actually know what prices were paid.

[@brentjeralds777]

Couldn't go on my bodies of water.... Looks like a pool float

[@caterinagullotti192]

Love it! Well done

[@losviajesdelgordito8120]

Buenísimas ideas y construcciones saludos del gordito desde El Salvador 👍😊💯

[@DanielVinsa]

Давно мечтал о таком водном веле. Будет, чем заняться на даче. Только сзади еще прицепить плавучий плот и с него рыбачить

[@khanhhoangngoc7865]

very good

[@adventurousloner]

The fact that she knows how useful PVC and zip ties are.. yes!

[@urrywest]

Her project was entirely too complicated...

[@adventurousloner]

@@urrywest different strokes for different folks

[@mikesahle1193]

Thank you 🙏 great 👍 inventing 👏👏👏please keep it up ☝️you needed for the future 🌎👋☮️

[@sabrinabarnhart7042]

Yes that foam is very expensive

[@offgrid2010]

Yes it is. You could substitute something else

[@vladimirgrebenyuk753]

Байдарка просто класс!!!! Как говориться из "гов..а и палок" УМНИЦА!!!! РЕСПЕКТ!

[@АлександрЧестков]

Из г-на и палок - у адвоката Егорова. А здесь каркас как чугунный мост

[@jineGuli-y2d]

فكره رائ❤🎉Great idea, very important for Monday, I love this ع احب هذا مهم جدا الاثنين حرة فلسطين

[@maurogarreffa6719]

Love people using thair Brain Thinking Outside The □■□■'s🤜🏻🤛🏻🕶👍🏻Awesome

[@portnuefflyer]

:33 A friend whose family were spray urathane foam pro's for decades once told me that it was developed by the Germans during WW2, to raise sunken subs. It worked, but the clean up made it impractical.

[@blame681]

Cable ties are truly indestructible. Cling film too. I can't see any potential problems here 🤔

[@joshuahall8589]

Hope shes a good swimmer 😂

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Cable ties are wonderful as long as the UV resistant black ones are used. White ones break down in sunlight.

[@blame681]

@@joewoodchuck3824 I don't think sunlight is the main issue tbh 😬

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@blame681 What is the issue then in your opinion?

[@blame681]

@@joewoodchuck3824 Ummm... Impacts, twisting, movement, lack of torsional strength, temperature changes, friction. Need I go on? Cable ties are for cables that don't move, not boats.... Otherwise they'd be called boat ties

[@ismailasamuel2204]

Wow is really amazing 👏 😍 👌 🙌 ❤️

[@matjoe272]

Got the tools. A few lakes are nearby. Yes. Lets do it.

[@Recyclingandcreative]

flycam is awesome

[@kevinforeman4485]

I think I found a boat I can afford.

[@totsky.m]

Супер 💣 Класс 🔥

[@ferialrzouki2796]

Good job

[@전진혁-w6i]

와우~!!!

[@arjan-nuts-gaming]

If you just use the water bottles it also works..... No need for the foam .... Just destroying the water environment with it :(

[@-the-1-86]

You're 100% correct that's exactly what I thought the moment I seen the video

[@arjan-nuts-gaming]

@somerandomname9252 LOL, he should have hand-painted the bottles to get some extra time.

[@briangillie3873]

Everyone s a fkin expert not he made the craft extra strong,,good job mate,❤ it very portable😂

[@briangillie3873]

​@@arjan-nuts-gamingdetractors making me nauseated

[@-the-1-86]

@@briangillie3873 well intentions liberals the systematic destruction of the world through a kind heart

[@suyuhui3237]

Thanks for sharing. ... 謝謝分享，南無阿彌陀佛。

[@ahmedomarabdallah2052]

Amazing 😳 ❤️

[@scsclassics]

This get the chickas

[@princeadam635]

How does he come up with these ideas? Great innovation.

[@scsclassics]

This is what gets the hot chicks ...

[@DomGalli-o9h]

As long as I'm on earth, no matter what's going on, being in my presents guarantees you'll be OK. I'm the good guy

[@amethyst1826]

Presence.

[@DomGalli-o9h]

Or 🎁 presents 🌼

[@damatrixseedoors8246]

Das dope asf

[@Valeriy-le8gk]

That canoe was a big joke😂😂

[@joeybox0rox649]

Hillbilly pontoons... now made while you wait.

[@mikeyseibert1406]

You should have put empty soda bottles in the bow and stern of the kayak. If you swamp it, now it’s just a bunch of plastic at the bottom of the lake.

[@myQrise]

Nice velo 👍

[@Rabbsson726]

Appalachian Know how at its best... and with POWER TOOLS!!!😂😂😂

[@miroslavrasman4898]

Super nápady ‼️👍

[@chrisburzenski2317]

Pushing a skill saw towards your holding had is a bad idea.

[@space_equipment]

brilliant.

[@8ettieP46e]

dunno the water bottle one I can see working... the cling wrap one? water will seep in sooner or later.

[@juanercole5025]

Solo le falta comenzar a gritar: ¡WILSON! ¡WILSON! ¡WILSON!

[@My_trashtalking_account]

That kayak is going to smell something fierce..

[@sj460162]

Very clever. Dont think much of the celephane boat strenght though..

[@joewoodchuck3824]

It's polyethylene which is quite strong especially in multiple layers as shown here. You can just as easily use a plastic tarp as well.they come in numerous thicknesses and strengths.

[@region86aleksei4]

Прикольно!👍

[@juanperalta-j2k]

Excelente,♥️🌈👍👽

[@enfield7123]

So more land fill then But will come in handy

[@ВасилийКрюков-м7ч]

Здорово!!!

[@alhimik28]

На велике вместо переднего колеса направляющий плавник нужно было приварить!!!

[@martinmcneal2778]

Looks a better option would be to have some bottles filled with foam instead of having the foam touching the water directly. That or take a sheet of plastic to act as a barrier between the foam and the water.

[@Strangernightg]

I enjoyed the video and i subscribed 💯👍

[@ВладимирБондаренко-э2ц]

Велосипед - класс 👍

[@KirbyHeath-wp2db]

That chick looks really good in purple.

[@snfu6574]

Cool

[@kevinrotten8259]

Should have left caps on bottles

[@KiloFeenix]

Wouldn't filling the pvc with foam just weigh it down more?

[@NThommo]

It's to stop the tubes filling with water and being even heavier than the weight of the foam.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

The miniscule added weight is cheap insurance against water leaks.

[@amethyst1826]

They could put up what they're using, like what wood or which products! All good ideas for a bit of fun, but if the bottle boat wood got wet would it be ok? Shouldnt he have put something on it to weatherproof it? Great ideas for wasting your time, but fun all the same!

[@nsbox1486]

How to contaminate a water course 👍👍

[@joewoodchuck3824]

How? Plastic doesn't dissolve.

[@TheHiveGuardian]

Cubans everywhere like 👁️👄👁️

[@nurturaanimae]

The idea is good without all these unnecessary plastics. Everything can be done with wood and cord. Besides all these pipes are not specially cheap !

[@ronwood6039]

Wow, I feel dumber for watching this, there goes 5 minutes of my life that i will never get back

[@janetling2510]

Why not leave the bottle lids on !!

[@CaptSavoury]

Maybe foam IN the bottles might work better.

[@bm5906]

#1 was a raft more than a boat.