Shipping a Sprinter Van to Hawaii... Our 8th winner of Artemis 20k is Erik Grace from Kamuela HI

What happened to Artemis, our eighth giveaway rig that is still behind me. It is December, a month after we called Eric Grace from Kamuela, Hawaii, and it's taken that long to figure out logistics, but Pasha Hawaii is going to put this thing on a boat, ship it 2,500 miles over the ocean to get it to our eighth winner. Spared no expense, most expensive shipping that we've ever had to do for any of our winners, but we want to take care of it. Next stop, the big island. All right, next stop is the scales, and then the boat, and then the big island, but we're one step closer. Here we go, Eric. Here we go. Sweet. What'd she come in at? 7,680 pounds. She's thick. Thank you. All right. Got the official weight, 7,680 pounds, going 2,500 miles across that blue ocean. Now we got to go drop it off at the dock, do an inspection, and then that's it. All right, relatively painless process, got it weighed, dropped off at the docks, and now it's time to ship it to Hawaii. All right, we are in Artemis. We are now going to drive it over to the other side of the island, get it polished up. Might need to grab a little plate lunch or something. It's a beautiful day here in Hilo, and this van just fits in super nice. Can't wait to give it to Eric. All right, we're about an hour away from giving Eric the prize. The van is driving great. I need to get some gas in it, but that's about it. It just blows me away to think about the fact that about a year ago, we bought this van, transformed it into a camping and basically a motor home, and then now I'm driving it on the big island of Hawaii, 3,000 miles away from where we originally had it. Blows my mind. Extremely grateful for all of you who've been following along, supporting us from the beginning. We couldn't change Eric's life like this without you guys, and we couldn't donate thousands of dollars to awesome causes like Project Kenny and Beyond the Brotherhood without your support. With that said, I'll turn it over to some time lapses, and we'll give this bad boy away. I think we're ready. Ready. What's up, Forge Nation? I'm at Kauai High. Sprinter van is behind me. I'm going to go say hi to Eric for the first time. We've never done this before. The Sprinter van made it all the way to the big island from San Diego, and now he gets to claim his new prize. Let's say what up to Eric first, see the family, and then go from there. What's up, man? Just hiding behind the street. Sorry, I didn't want you to see it yet. I'm going to pull it up here in a minute. You ready for this? Ready, man. Are you nervous? All day, I could not sit down. The thing is fun. What do we got here? We got the whole fam? The whole fam. Mom, girlfriend, family, uncle, other sister. Nice. Well, it's been a long day for me to get it, but it seems like it's been a long day for you as well. Yeah. All right, you ready to see this thing? All right, I'm going to go get it. You hang out right there. I'll pull it up right here, and then it's yours. Cool. Deal? Yep. All right. Eric, say hello to your new van, brother. Let me show you Artemis, the Sprinter van of your dreams that is going to make a lot of people very, very unhappy that you are the winner, but after three months of you being a member for a year, this is it, man. Thank you. Thank you so much. It was great. It was awesome. We got a celebratory cheers. Nice. Cheers. Check it out. Jump in there. What's going through your head right now? I don't know when you guys are going to ask me to return it or not. This is unreal. Yeah, dude, it is set up. Hey. Wow. You're so short. I'm just tall. Holy smoke. It's official, Eric. Your van is here. How are you feeling? So stoked, man. Nice. So happy for you. Thank you. They custom made this. The suspension. Like this is the first van with the kit on. Looks like it's been test driven. We've made sure that it wouldn't break. We tried to break it. Look at the winch. They've already used the winch, they said, to pull it out of the sand. The light bar on top. It's a deck on top, so you climb on top, you can hang out and cruise on top. Time to cut the muffler. Nice to meet you, Carter. Carter's my dad. My mom. Nice to meet you as well. Uncle. The cool uncle, of course. What did you guys think when he was like, oh, hey, I won the sprinter bit? We couldn't believe it. We couldn't believe it. We didn't think about it. The big light on top. It's legit. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I got some presents for you. What? You didn't do that, man. Well, I mean, I did give you a hundred thousand dollar van. The least I could do. I would have just taken a fresh plate of pokey or something. Oh, we got that too. Oh, nice. I need floor mats. Get out. So, you know what else this thing came with? Twenty thousand dollars in cash. Normally, we actually give the winners cash, but I wasn't about to fly with $20,000. So, $20,000 check. Here's the title. Here is the port slip that you need in order to get it registered. And that's it. Sweet. Oh, and the keys. Now I believe you. Nice, man. Where's the first place you're going to take it? I'm going up Manar Road. It's up Mauna Kea. Nice. That's the first thing tomorrow morning. All right. No way. Well, you got a full tank of gas in there. Sweet. It takes diesel. Don't put anything else in it. And then four-wheel drive is super easy. You just put a neutral and press the four-wheel drive button. And yeah, if you get it stuck, you got a winch there. Sweet. Yeah. You want to take it for a drive? Yeah, of course. All right. I just won a Sprinter van. $20,000 from Ford 4x4.