Moving Seeker to the Street 

Few things as satisfying as watching experts calmly go about making something look effortless and easy, all with good humour!

When it was first cut out from an iron plate, I have been seeing it from Japan for about nine years. It's finally the finale! It was a lot of fun. Thank you for your wonderful dream!

whoever buys your old place is going to have the best workshop in Tulsa....

Watching people who are great at their jobs is almost always entertaining, but watching someone do complicated over the top tasks like this is even better! 👌

good to see this was historical not a digression from where you are today. Great job with that trailer Doug. Not just a simple boat builder! lol

I wondered how you got Seeker onto the road. Fantastic work by real pros. Thanks for sharing Doug.

I can watch specialists like the Taylor-crew for hours. You are blessed with all these specialists while buildig the SV Seeker. Regards from Munich/ Germany

Congrats Doug, what an achievement .. I remember where I was when I caught on to you on youtube and binge watched all your old videos 10 YEARS AGO!! Thanks for wonderful entertainment, inspiration and fabrication knowledge .. I'm excited to see where you're doing next with this tub of yours!

I can remember you folding sheet steel like origami paper a few years ago, And now this hauling out onto the rd You gave me soggy eyes, Bless you and all that sail on her.

Every video I watch of Seeker moving from the yard just gives me goosebumps. Years of eagerly awaiting the next build video and now She is sooo close to getting in the water! 😃

I'm here in the beginning, silent watching without commenting, I'm glad still around to see all of this happens😊😊

It’s incredible seeing it move!!! The Taylor guys really know their stuff!! I said it before you got one of the coolest neighbor ever!! Go BERT

Thanks for putting this beast of a thingy together! What an adventure doing it.

Watched the first sheets of metal being put together and to now see Seeker ready to leave for the port is sad yet happy at the same time. Well done to all the team involved in this massive build. Not long to wait now May all that sail on her be safe.

In 9 years I have seen Doug do a lot of “unusual” things.. this tops all of them. DOUG IS MOVING SEEKER!! Great job.. and thanks to Taylor Crain. Barts the man..

Scared me for a moment. Thought you were being evicted from the port. Glad to see this is the moving videos. Taylor Crane is a fantastic company!

I remember the day we winched those mast sections onto that trailer. Had a bit of a snarling in the winch cable we had to fix. Had pretty much the best time of my life that weekend.

That moment when the boat rolled for the first time felt like it needed a little bit of fanfare or celebration. Good stuff right there.

So enjoyable to watch those first inches of movement! Amazing accomplishment it has to feel pretty good to see that part of the plan working so well after all those years.

Almost shed a tear watching her move. Started watching this channel I think 6years ago when I was laid up with a knee reconstruction and since then have started and completed a general engineering apprenticeship and had two kids. Learnt a lot from this channel thanks Doug may the learning continue

I am young but if I have learned anything in my time it is that to move forward you have to take one step at a time. Put one foot forward and never look back. Keep at it!

It’s so amazing how calm and collected you were on this day Doug. I would’ve been a nervous wreck. My nervousness wouldn’t have done anybody any good, but it would’ve stressed me out. ✌️🇺🇸❤️

Wonderful people! Can't wait to see her on the water. Good luck Doug!

I wish I could have up-voted this twice. You're an inspiration for sure Doug as well as everyone that participated in your vision. That's what makes me believe in Humanity, the fact that no matter where or who you are, where you're from, when you share a vision man, it's going to get done.

I can't remember when I started watching but it's been at least 5 years now. It was incredible to watch it come together. I would have loved so much to come help and I'm sure you'd have something for me to do lol. You had people from all over helping to get this thing to the water. But I haven't been all that mobile until as of late. Nonetheless such an inspiring thing to watch happen, finally seeing seeker nearing completion! It's been a wild ride and I'm so glad you shared it all with us Doug, this journey has inspired me to dream much bigger. Thank you and all to those who support seeker

Wow! Dug.... you are so incredibly bless.... I do hope and wish you the very best... hope you manage to deals with that insurance problem....

Nice vid Doug. Thank you for sharing.

Great Video. I replaced alot of those Spring seats on trailer axles. Alot...LOL.. Then had to re aligned the axles Great Video Sir.Thank You for sharing..

The episode title had me worried for a bit, thought maybe the Port had kicked you out because of the lack of insurance. Happy to see that's not the case. Taylor Crane guys are fantastic.

Congratulacions SV Seeker for the 200,000 subs. Good job, here from México. You work is very good and intelligent.

Incredible - all of it!

cant wait to see it on the water after all the years watching you build it!!

I love that sound!!

Beautiful!

not gonna lie this makes me happy i remember back when you were building the captains house on top with spool guns man its been a long time coming.

This is amazing to see, cant wait for the vid to see it slide in the ocean

Been watching you since the submarine. Im so excited for you Doug. Congratulations my man.

Exciting, awesome work Doug & crew! 👍

Im an old aussie trucky and my fondest thought from this video was that the Drivers kids and family for decades and hopefully generations will see this series or the Seeker and say " My Dad, husband, son or brother etc moved this awesome object with the pride of the world with him." So many great memories already made and so many more to come..

Amazing!

great job all.

Fantastic video thanks

Man the sound of the truck working , the turbo noise music to my ears good driver too

Great team.

Nice to see how it came out of the yard. I am guessing that the first bit of moving to get it turned around was a some of the most nerve wracking. Hopefully get to hit the water soon. Need you guys to come trim some trees for me. Got one the insurance company was complaining about cause it is touching the roof.... On the porch where the roof is completely shot. Anyway ran three 20 amp circuits to the office though they are not tied in yet, two more to my DataComm closet also not tied in yet, and to the smaller of the bedrooms downstairs but got it tied in. GFCI/AFCI at the breaker so actually beyond OK electrical code. Planning to use the GFCI/AFCI breakers for the kitchen wet locations, bathroom, and bedrooms since they were only a few bucks more than the AFCI which is required in bedrooms now and covers all outlets instead of using GFCI outlets and then trying to gang them together. Plus I am currently using them on the old knob and tube circuits that are still running the lights for now. Amazing what you see in a 100 year old house but when I am done it should be pretty cool. If you need a break for a day or two load up and head out to Pawnee, we can run some electrical and figure out the best ways to take out the old chimney's... LOL

Now when se SV Seeker in my notices I think here we go... darn. Well they're still fun to watch. Wish I could do more than just pray.

Taylor did a great job.

I just love watching pros at work. You are correct, when things go wrong, ya think about & make a plan. Move on no bitching required...... cause SHIT happens! Thanks for the insight to what went on Doug. 👍

Great stuff Doug ... the people who count don't care about sequence ...we want to see ALL of the footage ... Have a great day Doug ....

After all your hard work, I kind of expected some tears of joy as you saw it finally move off your yard but we know you're a tough cookie Doug. I still think my idea to dig a canal to the port would have been easier ;) but DAMM how powerful is that tractor unit? This must be one of the most epic private projects on the planet. The very best wishes from the UK.

Really interesting, Hope your insurance woes get sorted. "Gawd bless er and all who sail in er"

Dang Doug, that DID go pretty smoothly all things considered. I hope you get your insurance issues figured out soon and get her keels wet. I'm sending positive vibes.

AMAZING the things you had to go thru to get from your house to port, that would of drove me to. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. "Drink" Doug your the man

So exciting Dougie!!

Amazing how much work bean done

Out of sequence. I thought it was going to be moving out of the port back to the street.

Nice repair job 👍

Was hoping for a video of this phase, also hope to see what happened next.

It is so crazy to me to remember the very beginning of this build and watching the entire thing be built by hand. I tried to find time to fly down and help on some welding but could never get away!

Great to sort out those hick ups before hitting the high way! 👍🏻👍🏻

Nothing more terrifying than seeing a boat out of the water. lol.

I've been waiting for this video :-)

With regards to the launch issues that seeker is having at the moment, Doug could do what Carl (the old man) from the Disney movie Up did and just launch without any permission, then you’d be a real pirate!

she started rolling, and I couldn't help but see the scene from star wars with Anakin sitting in the pod racer when it starts up the first time "It's working! It's working!!!"

boy howdy, these are all the problems that would/do keep me up nights, good thing they happened before hitting the pavement, though I've ran loads in on flat tires, broken frames, shifted leaf springs, non functioning brakes. Use your best judgment if you can pull it off safely, buy get it fixed asap. Did have a 5yd dumb truck that its tires looked like that fore YEARS, never had an issue always held air.

Hope things are working out for yah Doug, so you can get SV Seeker in the Water.

It moved. Yay!

She made good speed over ground already :)

DOUG! Your vision has been a gift to my creative heart. Thank you. By you pursuing this ridiculous goal, it’s helped me to think bigger. The joy I feel seeing that boat move is just unreal. Congrats to you for seeing it through. How many boats get started in sheds that never see the ocean! Not SV Seeker

Well Done All

The end of an era, heres hoping to many many years of fun adventuring on the seas

You had me there thought it was going from the port to the street

Merci

I’m beginning to wonder if this ship will ever make it into the water…

In the water soon. Exciting time.

That haul was just Taylor made for SV Seeker!

Doug, what's the update? Is SV Seeker ever gonna be floated on the Arkansas River?

I thought you were there I must be having flashbacks pbls it's like PTSD but it's post boat launch syndrome

Like I know you guys got it to the port in one-ish pieces we've already seen the video of it there but damn was it still stressful watching.

You are lucky that in the past ten years they did not develop the park in some way. I knew someone who built a 26 foot boat in his back yard and while he was building it someone decided that a new power sub station was the perfect thing to put just where he thought the boat was going to come out of his yard. In the end it had to be craned right over his house due to the power lines going to the sub station.

Incredible to watch! Just wondering. How much does SV Seeker weigh when loaded?

It's so strange to see boat go. So many years to make.

Are you gona post a video on the launch into the water?

Finally!

Hi Doug, Are you in the water yet ? I watch from New Zealand.

Had me worried for a minute.. Lol

They need an sv seeker mod for snowrunner. like seriously if you could carry the sv seeker around with you in game or even build it, that'd be my favorite mod.

WoW 💪

Bro 💪

Just gonna say, Doug, that something tells me that not even the lack of a 15 MIL USD insurance policy is going to prevent that wonderful creation of your's, and all of the rest involved, from splashing the water. Obviously, pure determined will has been readily demonstrated.

hahah duge miss with camera guys Did your neighbor say about time you got your buddy tow yard lol

Before you go do you have insurance ?

What are those load-distributing mats made of?

Are they in the water yet?

wow!! Are you going to the sea now?

That why heavy haul bogies dont have leaf springs they use walking beams

Got to watch out for those speed-humps...

If ever I meet one of the people that dislikes the video of a guy realising his dream of over a decade I hope I'm wearing a full hazmat suit.

Could you launch it in mexico

Parabéns