Live from the Car Care Studios, it's the CNC Auto Show with your personal on-air and online automotive service advisors, Aaron Clements and John Ryan Mooney. So climb in, buckle up, and enjoy the ride on the CNC Auto Show. And we do welcome you to the CNC Auto Show.
I'm here to help share information on ways to make your car safer, more dependable, and to make it last longer for less money. And I need to tell you up front that this will be a wild and crazy show today. One of our guests today reminds me of the professor in the movie Back to the Future.
He does some really weird stuff here. So hold on because jet-powered minivan owner Chris Krug is here with us. Chris, welcome to the show. How have you been? It's been a long time.
It has been a little while. I remember riding with you in your minivan one time, and that was a lot of fun. Had a great time.
Kind of pulled me back in the seat a good bit. Had a nice flame behind us as we were going down the road. So Chris is here, and also we have Richard O'Connell here, who has a jet-powered motorcycle. Yes, sir.
And it's a very small motorcycle. So because of that, we've actually got it in the room here with us to producer Mason Rogers. He has the door closed because he said the jet fuel smell is giving him a headache. Well, we like it. I like it. It reminds me of when I worked on F4's fighter jets. And same smell, beautiful smell.
It always puts a smile on my face. Yeah. It's hard to beat smelling jet fuel in the morning.
Jet fuel and coffee. That's all I need. Now, along with talking with Chris, talking to Richard, we'll also be talking about garage toys.
That includes things like boats, ATVs, side-by-side, motorcycles, classic cars, all kind of good stuff. So if you have a question about any of this type stuff, you give us a call. Chris, start out. Give us an idea of what you have been up to. What's new in your world? Well, I pretty much won the lottery this week. I actually got my dream job. I haven't been around much with the vans and what a van and a bike of working on my career. And I was approached by a company from Spain called TCI Cutting.
It's TCIcutting.com. And over the years, I've been in the industrial laser industry for about 30 years, and I've earned a reputation as being very knowledgeable in the field. I've had good customer relationships, and these people specifically sought me out. I spent the last week with them, and I think we're getting ready to change the industry.
We make industrial laser cutting machines that are probably the best that I've seen since I started in the industry. I've been looking towards the future for a long time. It looks like the future is now.
That is beautiful. I'm very excited. All my toys, I'll have resources. Unbelievable. These people are very excited about what I have to offer, and all my projects are going to be – I'm going to have people working on them for me.
I don't have to work on them anymore. Well, I'm excited to see what your plans are for building next. The van, for those who haven't seen the jet-powered minivan, it looks like an everyday van. You push a button, and the back window comes open, and then a jet engine comes out the back, and boom, push another button, and the flame is probably about 10 or 12 feet. I measured the flame one time, didn't I? Yes, I believe we had a contest to see how long the flame was. Yes, and I kept it for a long time. I had a tape measure because it was burnt. That was fun. I don't know where that tape measure is now, but I saved it for a lot of years.
When me and you get together, I really don't know what's going to happen. Yes, all the paint was gone off of that thing. I believe we took the van to an audio competition one time.
Yes, I think we won, but we were disqualified for using illegal equipment. We would allow this vehicle there, but we'll have them revise the rules so we can use jet engines in audio contests. That sounds great. I'm going to mention that during this show, we are going to still be answering automotive questions. So if someone has a question about their car truck, you give us a call, and that number is 800-224-9090. Also, we're going to be talking about garage toys, and that kind of fits hand in hand with what Chris has. His is a jet-powered minivan garage toy. Also, Richard O'Connell has a nice little garage toy. If you go to Facebook.com, you can see his garage toy sitting there. Actually, what's in front of me here is a jet-powered mini motorcycle. Richard, tell us about the motorcycle.
Yeah, sure thing. This was built by Chris Krug about 10 years ago. Me and Chris have been friends for probably 15 or maybe even longer now. This was built by him a while back. He was looking to get on the road with his laser business, and he needed to offload it into somebody's garage. We'd been hanging out and doing the jet stuff forever. He couldn't think of a better person to say, Hey, you want to take and take care of my toy?
No, absolutely. I was flattered to even get the opportunity to take this offload. I made it on Monrophy. He couldn't refuse.
Yeah, he did. Well, how hard is it to ride the jet-powered mini motorcycle? It's not too hard to start it, but once you get on the road, it can get a little dancey. You think about it. The thing's tiny.
I'm a six-foot guy, so when I'm sitting on it, I've got my knees up around my elbows and a high center of gravity. You start getting up to speed. You hit a bump somewhere, and it starts dancing under you sometimes. You've got to be a little careful with it. You've got to think a little bit ahead when you ride it. You're familiar with turbo lag, right? Oh, yeah.
Yeah, so it's like turbo lag, but the turbo is the only thing making the power, right? You've really got to stay in it. Once you get the timing down, it's fun. It's very spirited. Uh-huh.
I imagine it is. Now, as for me, I probably won't be riding it anymore because I've required surgery on two separate occasions from incidents with this vehicle. With this bike?
Yeah. What happened? Well, one time I got real bad Mercer and Road Rash, and they had to do a little bit of skin work and scar revision. And then another time, there's a few rules you don't want to break with this type of motorcycle, and that's letting the foot peg rub. And I let the foot peg rub, and I was being brought to the hospital with a shattered collarbone and a shoulder-blading collarbone.
But I've got a plate here now. So then you decided to sell? Yeah, well… You're probably playing.
Don't do that. I was married at the time, and my wife was motivating me. Oh, okay. Well, that sounds great.
Well, that is one awesome-looking bike. We'll talk a little bit more about some of the controls and the other items in there. I'm tempted to say, let's fire that bad boy up in there. Oh, we've smelled this place up before, haven't we?
Yeah, I think so, if I remember right. Everybody stick around because there's a chance that there's no telling. We might just fire that bad boy up. Okay, we're talking about garage toys also. Now, we'll go ahead and move into one of the next garage toys that we'll be talking about. Because this is the time of year to where we're going to be pulling some of the items out that you have in the garage. I realize it's February, but you don't want to wait until the springtime hits, or wait until the week before you're going to be using one of your toys to pull it out and get it ready.
Because then you might be very disappointed. You may get somewhere and find out that something's not right with the battery, or something's not right with the tires, or with certain trailers, you might have something blow out on a trailer. So, because of that, you want to do some preparation on whatever item it is.
I personally have a dirt bike that I enjoy very much. I got a couple of quick things to do to it, but it's all in all, it's about ready. Get the winter fuel out of it.
Yes. Get the summer air in the tires. Yep, get all of that stuff and just make sure, there's a lot of things to be checking and we'll be covering all that. When we return, we'll be talking about things that you can do to your boat to get it ready for the springtime. And it's spring and summer, so that you can enjoy the good season. Because you don't want to have a bad, something not to go right on your very first time out. Yeah, who wants to have misery with their toys?
Yeah, nobody wants that. But this is so exciting to have you both here. We'll talk a lot more.
Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. Yeah, we'll talk a lot more as soon as we return with the CNC Autoshow. Get back down to the car care studio with Airman Clements and John Ryan Mooney. The CNC Autoshow is brought to you in part by Motorrad. A global leader in the development of high quality, reliable, durable thermostats, caps and engine management solutions. Helping keep millions of vehicle engines cool and operating efficiently. Learn more at Motorrad.com I am here with Jet Power Minivan driver Chris Krug and Jet Mini Motorcycle driver Richard O'Connell.
And also we have Mason Rogers as our producer in there. The number 800-224-9090. That is 800-224-9090. And if you do have a question about your car, truck or SUV or an item that you're going to be pulling out of the garage soon. Or if you want to ask a question about a gas turbine.
Yeah, a gas turbine. This is your chance. Yeah, this is the chance to go for it.
So give us a call and again 800-224-9090. And we were talking about getting the boat ready for the spring and summer time. And it's more of a traditional garage toy that you have.
And whether this is a little small fishing boat, whether it's a ski boat or a larger boat. If you haven't been using it for a period of time you want to get it ready. And you don't want to wait until the day before you're going out somewhere to get it ready. Go ahead and you want to de-winterize the boat in some cases. And you want to go through an inspection process when you do that.
Look it over real good. And change the oil if it's needed. And check the battery closely. Because that is a frustrating thing to get out and unload a boat and have it all ready to go and the battery be back. And unload it. You know what's even more sad is you lose a wheel bearing on a way to unload your boat.
Oh wow, yeah. And you see that sometime. Yeah, summer time you see them up and down the interstate. Wheel bearings, tires. And it's usually because somebody has checked their boat out, they've checked their life jackets. They've checked all the things that they need to check on the boat. But they forgot about the trailer. And sometimes it might mean that their brake lights don't work. Sometimes it might be that the tires are rotted because it's been sitting and they forgot all about the tires.
And when it sits it likes to deteriorate faster. Hey, how would you, you two want to let's go to the phones? Hello? Alright. And I'm going to have an issue. My equipment that I use to go to the phones, hold on. Oh, we dropped the jet bike on top of it. Yeah, we did. Oh, and I will say that as we were coming in, we did move a lot of stuff around because we did put the jet bike in here. And let's go to the phones. We'll go to Billy. Billy, welcome to the CNC Auto Show. And what can we help you with today? Good morning.
I wanted to ask Chris a question. Absolutely. I think that the land speed record out in the Bonneville salt flats was set by a car with a jet engine on it. It was a little over 700 miles an hour. Yes, I believe that was Richard Noble and Andy Green, wasn't it?
Sounds right. Yeah, it was a dual engine car. And they're actually building the car to break the sound barrier.
Really? I don't think that one broke the sound barrier, but you got to get up around 750 to break it, don't you? They actually did break the sound barrier with the Thrust SSC. And actually, I'll correct myself, they did break the sound barrier, but their new model, they're looking to exceed 1,000 miles an hour. It's a jet engine and a rocket-powered car.
Wow. Well, how fast does the van go? The van is wheel-driven, so it's dependent on the gearing. And we have it geared to do about 130 miles an hour. When I do a quarter-mile pass, I can feel the high-speed governor in the turbine start to come on, just as I'm crossing the finish line.
And I'll be honest with you, I think, well, yeah, it's awesome, and on the other hand, I think I'm going to leave it at 130. I actually have a few hundred horsepower sandbags, but I think it's fast enough for a minivan. Does it get a little wild when you get up around that kind of speed with the front end? Well, you know, actually the thing is extremely stable, and believe it or not, I actually took it to a drift track. And you might be able to find this video online, but we actually took the thing drifting. I'm talking with Aaron, I actually need to re-body the van. The old body is just destroyed from 10 years of turbine abuse. And I'm working with Aaron considering helping him transfer everything to a new body.
But as far as the stability, it's wonderful. Is there a way I can get in the passenger seat? I'm kidding. If you look up Chris Crew on Facebook, and just keep an eye out where I'll be riding it, and you just let me know if you can be there. I'd be happy to take you for a ride. I have been in the passenger seat, and it's a beautiful ride. I really enjoy it. I'm sure it is.
It's lovely, isn't it? How about the motorcycle? What kind of speed are we getting out of it? This one, the way it's geared right now, would peak out about 50 miles an hour.
And I will tell you, that feels like about 200 when you're running 50 on something. It must be on one of them little Honda 40s or something. Billy, I don't know if you know this part, but this motorcycle is so small that it's in the room right next to it. As a matter of fact, I'm holding my hand on top of it. It's just a very small item.
And to be honest with you, I wouldn't be on it at 50. Yeah, well, five days are over. One of them little old Honda 40s they used to make? The little tiny mini bikes? Oh, yeah. Honda made some noise. It's like the old Honda trikes.
It's just as dangerous as one of those. Okay. Right. Okay. Well, cool.
Sounds like you guys are having a lot of fun. Well, now that I've got my career under control, I hope to have the van and the jet bike back out in the public real soon. Cool. That's awesome.
Thank you, guys. Billy, I want to mention that I'm a little bit excited to see Chris with no money restrictions. Oh, I can't believe it myself. I don't know what to expect. Billy, we appreciate the call. I don't know what's in his mind, but I sure like to be there. I'm going to make a really good wealthy person. I don't know. It might be a little bit scary.
I'm sure it would be, but it'd still be fun. I'm trying to scare myself, so I'm going to give you guys a scare. That'd be awesome. I'll look it up online when I get home. Sure. Nice talking to you. Thanks. Bye bye.
Okay. When we return, we'll be talking about classic cars. So many people have classic cars that they've had in the garage and they hadn't really brought them out for two different reasons. One, some hadn't brought them out for a long time because of all the COVID stuff going on and people not wanting to get out and go to car shows and things like that.
And two, of course, the cooler weather. So now's the time many of those are going to be pulling them out. And when we return, we'll cover a few things that we recommend doing when you pull the vehicle out to show it to others. We'll be right back.
It's time for more Good Stuff with Aaron Clements and John Ryan Mooney. And I'm here with JetPowered minivan driver Chris Krug and Jet Mini Motorcycle driver Richard O'Connell. And we are talking about toys in the garage, which that's two of the toys that they have in the garage. We're also answering your automotive questions. So if you have a question about your car truck or your SUV, you can give us a call in that number 706-8635-800 or you can call 800-224-9090.
You can watch us live on Facebook. On that, we have Richard's Mini Motorcycle here. And it's all lit up, just doing some things with the lights there, looking good.
And we'll be talking about that a lot more. But we were talking about classic cars. And I believe that there's a lot of people that have classic cars and they tend to store them during the cooler months and then bring them out when it gets time for spring. And I think that's mainly because you don't have near as many of the car shows and the different events for them to bring them out. So there's a few things that most people want to do when they start to bring a classic car out.
And because you want it to look good, you don't want to have any problems on the road. So weeks before you plan to take it on a long ride or to a car show, you want to inspect the car and look extra close at the battery. Because, now, batteries are not as big an issue with classic cars as they used to be with the battery maintainers.
Yes, those are nice. Yeah, because years ago you just had battery chargers and you would either overcharge the battery, undercharge the battery, or you'd forget to plug it back in and go dead and sit discharged for a period of time. Any one of those things will kill a battery. So in many cases, people would just have to replace the battery every year. But with the battery maintainers, you can hook it up and it'll just keep a small amount of charge of what it needs.
And a lot of times the battery is just ready to roll. I use them myself. Yeah, very, very good things. You want to shine all that chrome up.
Absolutely. Yeah, make them look good. Change any fluids that you might need. And if you find something that needs attention, there's no doubt if you have a classic car, there's always something that's going to need attention. Yeah, the best thing to do is actually just push the thing back and look on the floor to see what drained out of it over the winter. Yeah, that's a great idea.
Yeah, see what kind of fluids might have been leaking, what needs to be done, and also just look over the other fluids. We've already had one car show here. We had it at one of our locations here in the CSRA. And it went really good. Those guys, they were guys and girls. They were all ready to get out. Oh, I'm sure, cabin fever. Yeah, they were ready to enjoy a car show. And they did. It was a lot of fun. I've been longing for them.
It's been too long. Yeah. Well, hopefully there's going to be a lot more coming. There may even, I don't know if they were having one today or not. Is it? Oh, the Saturday meets?
Yeah, there's a chance of that. Oh yeah, that might be coffee and cars. Maybe today, first Saturday.
Yeah, I think it is today. Oh, wow, I'll have to give Richard and Bill, my guys Bill, for, I'll have to go look them guys up. Yeah, for those in this area, coffee and cars. And in a lot of areas, they have the coffee and cars that people can go to and enjoy looking at other cars. So start looking, start asking around of when the car shows are. And most of the time, a good place to do that is to find people that are members of different cars, shows, or has cars. Facebook. Yeah, and there's something for everybody. They have Mustang car shows, classic car, car shows. What is it? Drift events. All these different interesting cultures. Modified type car shows.
Subvultures. Yeah, Road Angels was the name I was trying to think of. Oh yes, I have friends in the Road Angels.
Yeah, they have some beautiful cars there. So if you enjoy cars, you enjoy looking at cars, start checking around, finding out when the car shows are going to start. Because they're going to be coming up in the very near future. That way you can go ahead and plan on those.
Chris, I was wondering something that I thought about before. Where do you buy your fuel at, your jet fuel? Well, they'll run on diesel, kerosene, or jet A. With Richard's bike, we have to put a little bit of oil in the fuel. That keeps the turbine bearings lubricated.
It depends on where you are. There's advantages to different things. Diesel is readily available and it gives the best smoke show, but it also makes a mess. So if we're in a place where you have to worry about getting oil on the track or making too much smoke, we'll use jet A or kerosene. The jet A, believe it or not, going to the airport and getting the jet A is actually cheaper than going to Home Depot and getting the five gallons of kerosene right now.
Oh really? Wow. Now, if anybody needs to get jet fuel, make sure you bring a container with a large opening and do not tell them it is for street use. That is why no one can buy jet fuel. If you go in there with a small container, and if they think it's going to be a small container, they can't fit that big fill thing in. Right, yeah, the big hose. And if they hear it's for street use, that's tax evasion. Yeah, oh wow. Yeah, that's like using off-road diesel.
Same thing. Okay, so if anybody has a jet out there, And needs fuel advice. Yeah, and they're in their driveway and they're putting jet fuel in it, don't tell them it's for the street. Yes, consult me about the legality of such projects. Yeah, because you won't be paying a certain tax on it then.
Yeah, I've already tested the legal system on projects like this, so I'm happy to share that information. Alright, fantastic. I want to remind you now, if you have a question about your car, truck, or SUV, Whether you're getting your car ready for the springtime, or any other vehicle that you may have in your garage, You give us a call, that number is 800-224-9090, or you can call 706-863-5800 and we will be there. One of the other things that people want to get ready for the spring and summer is a jet ski. Jet, I like that word.
Yeah, and that did make me think of something. Of course, jet skiing, you check in many of the things you normally do with a boat. You want to make sure that you have a life jacket, you want to make sure you have all your paperwork. Yeah, and make sure they're not deteriorated. Yeah, and also, this includes the boat, any stickers that you might need on the registration, And different things that you might need in the boat. You might need those that are going fishing with their boat, they want to make sure they have the fishing license, And go ahead and get it in advance. And mentioning some of this stuff now, I feel like it's going to be very helpful so people don't think about it The day before they're going and have to rush out somewhere and try to find something. They have plenty of time to get all their stuff in shape. Especially in this economy and the supply chain issues.
Yeah, you can run into some problems. Now, Chris, one of the things I was thinking about, though, is a jet ski is a jet, but it works different than the jets, the turbine jet. Yeah, well, they're both hurling few fluids out the back to propel them. It's just that one uses a hot gas, and it's propelled by the energy.
The flow is generated by the hot gas itself. In a jet ski, it's water, and it's being pushed by an engine. It's a lot of fluid dynamics are similar. The difference is the water is not compressible, and the air is compressible.
So there's a few differences, but a lot of the principles are similar. And on both, they don't like debris to come in. So on a jet ski, you want to try to get it in the proper amount of water before you cut it on. You don't want to pick up sand and run it through the jet ski, and you don't want to pick up dust or bolts. I remember in the Air Force, one of the things that we had to do very first thing in the morning is walk the flight line. And we had to walk along and look for any nuts or bolts or anything at all laying out there that may get sucked up into a jet engine. We do that before the pre-flight, and basically we're asking our friends to pre-flight their toys. Pre-flight inspection on your toys. And just make sure you get everything ready, because all of that can be very, very important. I put the most preparation into my phone.
Well, if you want things to last, you have to take care of it. Now, just curious, on the minivan, what type of oil do you use in the gas engine of that? The minivan, I try to use good oil, but anything that really… I mean, it's just a stock V6, so wherever is available, I'm not worried about that. But some of you may know about two years ago, my father had passed, and he left me a very nice 2007 Charger RT. I used Royal Purple on an oil change for that car. When it comes to something like that, not only is it a Hemi, and it has the performance, and I intend to exercise it, but it's also a family heirloom. So for that, you're going to use the right stuff.
You want to use the best. Yes, Royal Purple. Yeah, all right. Okay, we will be taking a quick break. When we return, we'll be talking about getting golf carts ready for the spring summer.
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Learn more at BehrmanProducts.com. And we are back with you with the C&C Auto Show with Chris Krug and Richard O'Connell here, and they are here to answer questions about special toys in the garage, and that would include jet-powered bikes and jet-powered vans and all the other stuff. But also we're answering questions about cars, and we're also answering questions about garage toys. And we've talked about things like boats and jet skis, and we will be talking more about golf cars. But before we do that, let's go straight over to Jim. He's got some input. Jim, welcome to the C&C Auto Show.
Good morning to each of you. And if I may, I'd like to look backwards briefly on the topic you just left, and then I'll add something to the one you're headed to. In other words, the first one. Absolutely.
I love it. It's a car out of storage that's been around, and that's going to depend a little bit, in my experience, on how long it's been sitting. It's been sitting for a month or two. Not a whole lot is needed, but if it's been sitting for a while, one thing that I always was careful of was how to start things up. After you've checked the fluid levels of the tires naturally, those things. But sometimes it can be good just to pull the primary circuit for ignition and just let the engine crank a little bit with the starter.
Just let that happen, move some things around, and then you can reconnect that. But then also, if you have an air-conditioned car, before you start the car, now you're not cranking it anymore, it's sitting there idle. Just reach on there with a pair of gloves or something and grab the center core of the air-conditioning compressor and manually rotate that a little bit, because the engine gets to start from a very slow speed after cranking. But if that first time that compressor comes on, it's gone from sitting still for perhaps a month to full speed instantly, and I think you need to try to get some of those pistons moving, some oil circulating in that so that you don't shock the thing.
Great point, Josh. Yes, and if you have oil in the wrong place, you have what we call a scramble. It's basically the oil hammers all the valves out of your compressor, turning it over by hand. You can't scramble a compressor turning it by hand.
Like a hydraulic. Yeah, that's an excellent tip right there. That'll save you some money.
It sure is. And Jim, you always have some great tips for us on that part of it. And you mentioned one other part having to do with cranking the car up slowly and the length of time. And I agree with you, if a car's just been sitting up a couple of months, there's not a lot you have to do. You might spin it over a little bit before you actually start it up. But in general, you can let it run and go from there.
But with a vehicle that's been sitting for, say, a year, year and a half, two years, you may decide to be a little bit more cautious. And that made me think of something really neat, is taking all the spark plugs out and you can spray some PB Blaster down inside those spark plug holes. And that PB Blaster can just sit for a period of time, and then that way when you start it up, it won't be dry. And the piston rings won't go over a rusty area when they do that.
So, Jim, that was just great points on that. PB Blaster is good for loosening up all that kind of stuff. Oh yeah, it dissolves the rust. Makes it where it moves.
That's my preferred weapon in a war on broken and difficult hardware. Yeah, exactly. And in that case, after a short run, car's been sitting that long, let it warm up a little bit, and that engine oil comes out and a new filter goes in and you're all going to be able to drive it. And then if it's an automatic transmission car, I usually let it sit there, let that pump run for a little bit before hopping in and tearing down the road with it. Again, that transmission's dry all over too. Yes, we want to get a little bit of heat in the system too before we take it out.
That's right. I like your attitude. I think you would do really good as a machine maintenance person. There's factories all over the country looking for people with your mentality. Well, Chris, Jim has been on the show before and he is about the best at detailing a car that I have ever seen.
Really? Now, he does it more as a hobby and as fun, but I can tell you he can make a car look great. Well, I'll tell you what, I'm not going to have time to detail any of my things anymore, so me and you need to get together, brother. I don't think Jim does it for money. When I'm ready for detail, basically anything that has to do with my cars from now on, I'm going to be going through Aaron. I just don't have the time to fix my toys.
I hope I have time to play with them. The good thing about Aaron and his place is not only can they hear, which most of us have hearing and somebody's hearing may not be as good as the next person, but it's their listening skill. Hearing is their capability. Listening is an intention. They intend to listen.
So you can get what you're looking for and if what you're looking for is not available, they're going to tell you. So that's a little plug for Aaron, but not endorsed, of course. That's very interesting because earlier I mentioned the new company I'm working with and they have the same mentality as Aaron. They just deal in truth. We're dealing with complicated technical issues, whether it's a car or industrial equipment. And you really need to have intimate relationship with the people that are bringing you this technology.
And Jim, I don't know if you heard that other part, and really he didn't say a huge amount about it, but I've been knowing Chris for many, many years. And he has always been a little bit like the professor on Back to the Future. He was always building things. And of course, in doing that, money was always an issue because he had these big dreams of wanting to build certain things, but money would always get in the way.
Yeah, wife and kids, education costs. And he met this company, or he started talking to this company in Spain, and this company has been working with him with his items that he has, and money is not going to be a major issue now. I'll have enough money to have my toys repaired, but this company that we're bringing in has the same mentality we share here. And my customers have been looking for that kind of intimate service and support in the machine tool industry for, I'd say for about 20 years we've been missing that. We had a laser company a while back that had that support. It was an engineering-based company, and it was sold, and the engineers no longer called the shots. This new company is engineering-based, and the best part is there are no salespeople. We have engineer consultants for your projects. It's awesome.
These guys have been tapping me. We were out on a road trip last week, and at first we were wondering if we were going to be able to get established. At this point, I'm excited, and there's no doubt. There's no doubt we're going to make, not only are we going to be established in the U.S., I see we're posed to dominate. If anybody's looking for an industrial laser cutting system, they really need to contact me. We have a great ground floor opportunity. I'm starting to shake talking about it.
I've been waiting for this for so long. I might even be able to hire him. And what type of items does the equipment cut? Well, in the industry you're always processing sheets, so let's take like a 5x10 piece of sheet. Normally they would use plasma or maybe punch it or machine it. What a laser does, it just uses, the sheet basically just lays there, and high-energy laser beam goes down. It doesn't touch anything, and it just basically burns a cut in a sheet. I love it. 7,000s wide cut in quarter-inch steel. Jim, you had mentioned that you may have something about golf carts also, is that right?
Yes, sir. I have an electric one that we've used here, because that way I don't have to maintain an extra amount of two-cycle fuel in a reservoir. But the electric ones can be needy, namely that the constant charging with the factory charger that's given to it causes that electrolyte level to just drop quickly. So you've always got to have the distilled water on hand, and you've got to keep those levels up after a full charge. And because it's an entirely electric battery system, in this case there are four batteries in series, there's a lot of cabling between them. You've got to keep those connections always clean and corrosion-free, and you'll be doing some walking. Jim, we've got our jet fuels on you right now. I'm going to get you the hole, and we're going to go through the news, and for those that can catch the second hour or day, hold on, we'll be right back.
