S3, E64 - The FLATED Guys
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Company
Amsoil
Amsoil makes special motor oil that helps engines run smoother and last longer. Many car lovers use it to keep their cars in good shape.
Company
Mopar
Mopar is the company that makes replacement parts for cars like Dodge and Jeep. If you need a new part, Mopar has it.
Car
Jeep Gladiator
The Jeep Gladiator is a small pickup truck that looks like a Wrangler. It’s great for off‑road adventures and can be customized with many accessories.
Concept
SEMA
SEMA is a big car‑parts trade show where companies show off new gadgets and accessories for cars. It’s like a huge car‑parts fair that happens every year.
Part
aircarrier
An aircarrier is a big inflatable bag you put on your car’s roof rack to carry extra stuff. It inflates when you drive and deflates for easy storage.
Brand
Subaru
Subaru makes cars that can handle rough roads and bad weather because they have all wheels powered. They’re popular for outdoor adventures.
Brand
GM
GM is a big car company that makes cars like Chevy and Buick. They have factories in Detroit, Michigan.
Car
Corvette
The Corvette is a famous American sports car that’s fast and stylish, made by Chevrolet. It’s often seen as a symbol of American muscle and performance.
Term
truck topper
A truck topper is like a shelf or storage box that you put on the back of a pickup truck. It helps keep things organized and makes it easier to carry stuff.
Part
cargo carrier
A cargo carrier is a kind of bag or box that you put on the back of a truck to hold things. It keeps your stuff from moving around while you drive.
Term
water intrusion
Water intrusion means water gets inside the car when it shouldn’t, like through bad seals or drainage problems.
Part
rain skirt
A rain skirt is a strip of material that sits under the side windows of a car to keep water from splashing onto the windshield and inside the car.
Car
Ford Maverick
The Ford Maverick is a small pickup truck that started selling in 2022. It’s popular because it’s cheap and looks modern.
Term
semi-rigid
Semi‑rigid means the material can bend a little but still stays firm. Think of it like a cushion that’s not too soft, so it can fit around odd shapes but won’t flop over.
Car
Ford Tacoma
The Ford Tacoma is a small pickup truck that people often use for camping or off‑road adventures. It’s popular because it can handle rough terrain and still be practical for everyday use.
Part
light bar
A light bar is a strip of lights that you put on the top or front of a truck to help see better when driving in the dark.
Part
12-inch double light
A "double light" is just two headlights next to each other. The 12‑inch part means each headlight is about 12 inches across, which is a typical size for many cars.
Car
Wrangler
The Wrangler is a Jeep model that’s built to go off the road. It has doors and a roof you can take off, and it’s good for driving on dirt or gravel.
Company
Baja Design Lights
Baja Design Lights makes bright LED light bars that people put on trucks and SUVs to see better at night or in bad weather.
Car
Dodge Charger
The Dodge Charger is a big, fast car from the U.S. brand Dodge. It has strong engines and a bold look that many people love.
Term
cruise control
Cruise control lets you set a speed and the car keeps that speed for you, so you don’t have to keep pressing the gas pedal on long trips.
Car
Audi A5
Audi A5 is a stylish, mid‑size car from Audi that feels sporty and has good handling. It’s often chosen for its blend of performance and luxury.
Car
Jeep Cherokee
Jeep Cherokee is a small SUV that can handle both city driving and light off‑road adventures. It’s popular for its rugged style and comfortable ride.
Term
tires chirp
When a car is in electric mode, the wheels can make a quick chirping noise as they turn slowly; it’s normal and usually disappears at higher speeds.
Term
hybrid EV mode
When you switch a hybrid car to EV mode, it runs only on its electric battery, so the engine stays off and you get a quiet, zero‑emission drive.
Car
Chevy Colorado
The Chevy Colorado is a small pickup truck that can haul cargo and go off‑road. It’s popular for its sturdy design and useful features.
Company
A.V. Wheels
A.V. Wheels makes custom wheels that are lighter and stronger than regular ones, which helps cars go faster and handle better. They’re popular among people who modify their vehicles.
Car
Ford Gladiator
The Gladiator is a truck made by Ford that looks like a big version of the Bronco. It can go off‑road and has a strong frame.
LIVE
Welcome to the pod shit. Got Ryan and Dan here from Flated, and let's see, the first time Flated was on was with our good friend, Ken, and we had him shout on an airplane I was on Shark Tank. What was that like for you guys when you heard it? And you're like, oh my God, did he actually do that? We weren't very surprised. That sounds exactly like Ken. Oh man. And I could be part of that story because I had just dropped him off the Mizzoult Airport, and yeah.
Some beers beforehand. Well, I'm just happy he's like, hey guys, I've been drinking, and I'm about to take off from a flight. And it's like, perfect. There's no other no better time to do a podcast. Well, I want to dive in because there's a lot that's happened since then. I've seen you guys at a bunch of trade shows. You've got a bunch of licensing deals out there, a bunch of new products. We just saw each other as SEMA, and you were in town and said, hey, can we do some pod? And I was like, yeah. So let's start by firing up your new jingle. All right, let's hear it.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
So that everybody gets their own bespoke jingle, but I figured you guys made the effort to come out here, and you brought me a care package. So, uh, what's in that? I don't know. Let's find out. All right.
Some valet. Oh, okay. Well, a doctor pepper tall can and I'm super thirsty right now. So tall boy. Oh, hold on.
Oh, that's so good. Thank you. A second one, which I'll hide from my daughter because she's been in my doctor pepper stash lately. And then meat. All right. What can I meet with you?
Dear sausage with jalapeno and cheese. You guys have like a guy who puts it all together for you. Yeah. That's from a deer. My daughter shot last season. Okay. We have a quite shot or deer yet this year. We're out hunting this past weekend. Um, that looks so good. It's like summer sausage style. And there's a lot of jalapenos and cheese, which like my two favorite things together. That's going to be good. All right. I'm stoked on that.
And pepper jerky. So is this venison or is this? That is venison as well. Awesome. Dude, I am getting it literally. You guys are going to leave. And I'm just going to be in here by myself. I'm going to make all the curtains, you know, clothes and I'm just going to eat venison, uh, drink Dr. Pepper. Three tall boys. There's another one in here. Well, I guess I should offer that to you guys. But you already already got in the beer stash. So I'm just going to keep those over here. Now if you get thirsty, let me know and I'll hand one to you. But I'm just going to hoard them for now.
You know what's funny? I don't think I've had a Dr. Pepper since I was in high school. You don't know what you're missing my friend. They are good. So what do you think of the pot shed? This place is sick. I would hang out out here all day long probably not bad, right? Making jingles and talking to people. It's fun. How long has this been here? I built it three years ago now. So basically after I got booted from the motor train gig and I took over the podcast. I'm like, well, I need a place to do it. And lighting and I have time were like, well, let's find
an extra bedroom. We're doing somebody's garage. I'm like, I don't want to have to set up the studio every time. And there's a tree here that my wife hated. And her husband, excuse me, I'm her husband, her boss's husband. That was going to be really weird. Yeah. He put a tough shed in his backyard and did video editing out of it because he did like freelance work for Hollywood TV shows and stuff. And she had mentioned something like that. I'm like, hey, you know how a bar has that thing in there? I'm like, what if I built a pod shed and I took that tree you don't like? And she was like, yeah, okay.
I was like, really? So once you went to tough shed and specked out a 10 by 12. And that's the biggest footprint you can have without a permit and pitch the roof. So I can have a tall roof. But it's pitched to certain ways and go over the maximum height and made my neighbors next door. So mad that they moved, which was awesome. I'm like, why do you care? Anyway, they're gone. They're horrible people. And so yeah, and had some friends come and we did electricity. And I got a mini splig of my TV out here and hang out here with friends or buy myself, which I'm perfectly happy doing.
And also, it's really well built out like the mood lighting, like, yeah, little hot wheels. And then all the hot wheels and actually I have some new ones from from Amsoil. They just sent me those are all from listeners or there are friends who have had hot wheels done after one of their trucks or something like that.
And then we've got all of like just different brands that have been in here who send us sticker. So if you guys leave me a sticker, I'll add you to the sticker wall over here.
And then, yeah, the American flag there was from one of our listeners Clint and the stuff on that shelf right there is all just weird gifts and fun stuff that we've gotten over the years, which is pretty cool.
Awesome. So yeah, so this is, this is where the magic happens. Are we allowed to talk about the vehicle in your driveway? Yeah.
Yeah, the one that did not have a topper on it. Yes. We have a problem with that. And it's being solved right now. All right.
Handsome are awesome customer service manager. She's already sending it out. So it will be here tomorrow. So JPP and Mopar sent me that truck. And they said, Hey, we're going to send you gladiator.
Would you talk about it on the podcast and induce them upgrades and stuff will send you some Mopar parts. I've got a bunch of parts that are going to go on it.
And you guys just became affiliates with them. So you're in the affiliate catalog, which means when you go to the dealer, you could buy a flated topper as part of your purchase price and wrap it into the price of your vehicle,
which works out perfect because those types of products that were put on that thing. So just spread the love around. Yeah, we're super excited to announce that we're officially a part of that program. So cool. I mean, it took a lot of red tape to get into there. We met those guys last year at SEMA and took exactly about a year to go live with them. But we spent four days in Orlando last month at the Mopar dealer conference and learned a lot, met a lot of cool people and, you know, some ribs. Yeah, Dan broke some ribs. So how did you break some ribs?
Uh, well, you know, 50-year-old should not be on one wheel. Whenever you're older, gentlemen, like myself, you should not ride the one wheel. You know, the giant, the little hoverboard thingies. Yeah, and you lean forward and go fast. And whenever you lean to 11 or something, what'd you do? I was sending it. Yeah. And it caught and I went flying and landed on my own snap four ribs and Ken was nice enough to take me to get X-rays.
And, yeah, the four, four broken ribs. If anybody works for Disney, we're still trying to find the footage. But not so. If Disney's listening, you're not finding it.
So you guys brought a Colorado out there. Has a bunch of your new products on it. It has the newest version of the topper. And then also you've got your aircarrier. So it's an inflatable cargo box, basically, for your roof rack. And you guys prove that it's durable.
Very durable. I tested it last night. We pulled into the hotel. We're staying here in Huntington. And I completely forgot about the height limits. And I just just
What's that? And I was like, oh, that's my aircarrier up there. It's wrapped out working garage. We're paying on it now. Yeah. Yeah, it does look a little bit more
Discolored than I remember them at SEMA when I saw them. But there's no holes under anything. It's like got some paint transfer and it's fine. Yeah, that was their
Huntington Beach over landing. Yeah, I tested it thoroughly and it survived. So yeah, obviously super durable product. You guys got a media award at SEMA for the carrier, right?
Correct. Yeah. So that was one of your new products this year. And I mean you guys have been super busy
But we should probably call Ken and see what he's up to because I know we're going to get in the conversation. Forget about him really really quick
I don't know if you remember this, but
It was exactly four years ago at SEMA and we had sort of
Snuck a product into the over landing area in Rory's booth
And I think it was last day of the show and you're walking by and Rory's like, okay, you got to meet this guy
You got to meet this guy and we were so new at that show. We didn't know anybody. We didn't know what we were doing and
I walk up and shake your hand. I'm like, yeah, you're like you were so over it. You're like I got to go
But yeah, we'll talk later. It's fun three years from now over three years four years later
Here we are here. Yeah, and I remember Rory was all about it and I was like I
It's the end of SEMA. It's crazy, right? And I'm like an inflatable
Topper I don't I don't get it right now. And then after I got into effort talk to you guys after I got to know you
Oh, yeah, it makes a lot of sense right because it's secure
It's not going to fly out. It doesn't hurt your payload. You can still carry tons of stuff in there
And guess what you can deflate it roll it up and throw it in the garage when you don't eat it and then you have full use of your truck and
It attaches really easily and then if you think about durability
They're built like paddle boards and whitewater rafts basically where it's that really thick kind of like rubberized material
But you guys went the extra step and you've got all of the little
Connections inside it that adds structure in strength. Yeah, the drops that you technology is amazing
Yeah, so when I realized after the first time I started going I saw you guys on Shark Tank and it was like oh, okay, that's that's cool
But when I kind of got to know you in the product and really kind of dove into how much technology is in the product
And then I've watched you guys you know iterate whether it's for full-size trucks mid-size trucks
furniture
Your whole booth had like inflatable floor one year and you're just in like this is the most comfortable booth here
You know everybody was there just because they wanted to stand on your your cushy floor and then at OVR at LA Auto Show
We had your your furniture the table and
Everybody's like oh, that's cool and then they sit in there like oh my god. This is amazing
So I mean it's been pretty fun to watch all of the different versions of the product and how you guys
Can solve new problems kind of with your technology and in what flated is but
Hold that thought. Let's call Ken. We'll bring him into into the bat line here
And see what he's up to because we definitely miss him. Do you think he'll yell?
I was on Shark Tank on the phone again. Yeah, I think he has no problem whatsoever
All right, let's see Ken and we will bring him in all right. Here we go
Ken is crazy. Let's see if he calls or he answers
It's Ken and Ken. Yeah, right
Hello, he waited the last ring. Leave us hanging. Hello
Is this Ken?
This is are you drinking or hunting right now?
Ah, I was hunting
I'd imagine you're with the boys though and there's probably some beverages there. There might be
I'm also curious about the name of your sheep
Pablo
Like we were so close and why do you have a sheep name Pablo?
Uh my wife kidnapped it at the uh
4-H we have a 4-H every year my sons had lambs and uh, you know
You're supposed to auction them off and we have horses and she fell in love with Pablo and
My river wasn't going to bring him home so she maybe come down there with a trailer like a full horse trailer
And went in and the the people that directed the 4-H called her they're like you can't do that
You can't just come take
Lams like it's her lamb. It's been living at the house, you know like it was raised at our
You know little ranch it goes on it goes on full hikes with Ken
If you haven't followed his Instagram. I'm looking at him right now
I could send you a picture. This is hunting lamb
He's right there. Pablo's a demon. Lams and sheep and goats and stuff. They're demons, dude
They're like yeah, like Billy goats gruff and stuff. There's a reason they write those little
You know stories when you're a kid to try to scare you. That's such a contrast to where we're sitting right now
On the beach watching the waves roll in with palm trees
She's perfect weather. Yeah, perfect weather. It's nice. It's nice here. It's actually nice. It's too nice
So are you to place where if you shot it? I was on Shark Tank. It would be embarrassing again or you just in your car
Bummer. My neighbors are I say we make them do it
All right roll down your window and yell as loud as you can. I was on Shark Tank
I'm ready. I walk over to the horses
That's all that's it
The only thing we could listen to you
You're still going to get embarrassed
Actually, I can't do it
The electricians are here
They need to know that you were on Shark Tank
Like they'll be like that dude is weird
We just know you're being crazy. No, we're just crazy. Why make them wait to find out
All right, I'll do it quick. I'll do it quick then. All right ready hold on
I'm gonna drink a Dr. Pepper to that
I did that on a plane though for you
That was the best by the way we are re-earing on Shark Tank as a rerun tomorrow night
No, Friday, what day is it? You guys know what episode number was or anything like season in episodes
So if you want to work for episode
16 yeah season four episodes 16 all right if you guys want to find the the flated guys then
Look up season four episodes 16. I'm sure they're streaming of gazillion different, you know shark tanks out there
I watch Shark Tank more now than I used to do still not really watch that. I'd watch it occasionally
I thought it was cool. You appreciate it more now like knowing what the process actually is
You know what I'm constantly doing is um seeing if they've ever changed their carpet
The carpet there everyone will notice it now once I mention it look at the carpet
Like where you walk out on and everyone stands. It's the same carpet. They've used the same carpet from the beginning
I think and it like when you walk out on it you look I looked at it. I was like oh
Probably use a new carpet think of all the people who walked on this carpet before liar been a lot of there's been a lot of uh
There's been a lot of success and a lot of licking their wounds
On that carpet. That's for sure. Just to correct that is season 14. Oh episode
16 season 14 episode 16. We'll repeat that
I got four weekends like yeah four seems early. Yeah. All right. We were like a original
So Ken, do we get to keep you for a while or are you gonna hurry to go do it nutrition stuff? Yeah, I'd love to chat
All right, we'll never get to talk to the boy when I'm with the boys. We fight. I don't actually hang out
Do you but it's like a billy goater
Oh, it can yeah, some Sean's gonna be a mediator. Yeah, that's right
I'm just gonna sit here and tell you guys take deep breaths and you know
At some point and hold hands and say what's on your mind? And we'll just keep her in an attorney
That's for sure. Well speaking speaking of attorneys. I don't know how deep you guys can get into this
But you guys came out with an amazing product and as with all amazing products somebody overseas decides to
Take all of your hard work your sweat your blood your tears your R&D and make their own that looks exactly
Like it or the exact same thing. I have
I have noticed when I was doing some research with flated. I went. Oh that looks like that's not them
So can you
Yeah, I mean they say you know they always say when you start or you invent something that
You know imitation as the first forum flattery
But it really does staying in hurt when I actually see it when you know that you
Absolutely 100% conceived and invented something
We really can't speak or say any names on the exact scenario right now
But I will say that if you google it there is a federal lawsuit pending right now or an in litigation
and
You know, we spent a lot of money on patents and to protect our design and we're hoping that the court system and our expensive attorneys can see it through
So what do you guys do next?
I mean as a company do you wait for the lawsuit? Is there do you think there'll be an injunction?
Do you just keep doing what you're doing and let that kind of simmer in the background and do its thing?
You know, we're gonna let the lawyers do their thing and we're gonna focus on our business and focus on being us
And if you've ever met any of us at an event you can tell that we're authentic. Yeah, we are who we are
I mean, you know, I live in Montana. Dan's here in San Diego. Ken's in the mountains in Colorado right now
And you know that whole team it all came from the surf in the actions towards world and
We are who we are we designed these products for our use and we test them
We use them we go to the events ourselves and
But I will out Dan because when we started this company he did not even have a truck
He was driving a Subaru so
Yeah, but you know, we are who we are the air carrier came from the Subaru roots
Yeah
So what hey Sean yeah, when you when you first came on you said, you know, you're surfing it and you found this thing
That's exactly the same there is a couple of big differences between them
ours is the original patented quality
Made by us the boys from Montana
Colorado
Unfortunately, I have to say California
Business about that
When you deal with us, it's us
I mean many of our customers literally have our personal phone phone number
I talked to a guy the other day. Sorry, you know, granola bar. I thought you're getting checked up over the story
No, he's actually checked up over granola bar
I just got done. You know, that is that is on brand for being in the mountains of Colorado though
I just want to point that out. Yeah, it was one of those peanut it was one of those peanut butter ones, you know like
Anyway, um, I was in Moab shooting photos out there and doing some testing for some other topper stuff
you that we're doing and
Guide messages. Hey, you know, I wanted some information blah blah blah blah. I'm always gonna order it and then you know
Too late my wife ordered it. I just called him. Yeah, he left his number. Hey, how's it going?
and
anyway
It's that's who we are you like where we we designed this
patented it worked on it. I used to go out you know for a backstory
Before we could show anybody this, you know, four years ago five years ago
I would go out at night to Moab. I didn't prototype go to Moab. So no one would see it test it
Go through it with Dan. Go through it with Ryan. Do revisions blah, but like so much
Went into what people think is just a simple
You know inflatable. Well, you can look at the version you guys have today out right now
And and see the changes in the upgrades you've made from customer feedback from just three years ago on the original stuff
I mean and other stuff that we're doing there's other stuff to like
Dan and I really brainstorm and Ryan as well at SEMA on some other things that we really think will
Make a big impression especially in the overlander world on looks and things like that
So you know, we're staying ahead of the curve
But to think of us as the same if there's someone that's a consumer that's thinking oh these guys are the same
I promise you we're not we're way better. We're the best
I stand on that our customer service read about it. We don't just
Say it and then you call and you're like yeah, I can't get a hold of anybody Hannah Joe
Ryan myself
Sometimes Dan will answer the phone. Maybe you'll get Monique, but like it's us and we take care of people
It's funny. We feel like we should almost change our warranty policy was we tell them the warranty and then
On top of it we go and if anything ever happens, we'll just take care of it for you
And they're like okay
Nothing happens, but they're like okay, but I've talked to these guys like we're gonna take care of them the other
Individuals. Let's say that are attempting to replicate us. They don't do that. You're
I don't even think we can find them. They're like ghosts
So anyway, I feel like we need to play some patriotic music while
Can says that but but here's I can't believe that steel. I mean if seem to listen to this
I mean you got a big show shot a big hold on. There's a crowd. They're cheering for you right now
It's just the truth
Oh, they're standing up those guys in the back
Thank you. Thank you very much. I appreciate
You know what you you can speak like that when it's the truth
I couldn't lie to you. They're playing flying over my head one other thing to add to this is that we
Going through this whole process we learned that it's very expensive to hire attorneys and defend your patents
So we are now focused like solely let let the attorneys do their thing. We're gonna keep paying them. That's the hard things
You're out the money to sue them just to get to back to Copacetic, but that money never comes back
Exactly. You're lucky if the settlement or a payment, but that's not necessary
The case there may just be they stop or they go out of business
It doesn't mean that oh all that money and attorneys fees is returned to you guys as small business
So on the business side we are now focused and we're gonna we're gonna take this thing
You've seen it in the last three years how much progress we've made and improvements customer feedback that we've listened to and
We are just gonna like
Rocket ship this yeah, like we're gonna come up with so much better stuff and you know, let's just stay ahead of the game
One in watching what you guys have done so let's talk about your licensing program real quick because that's been a huge kind of driver
For you guys in terms of at least visibility and hopefully a lot of product but showing up in
Manufacture catalogs on some of their project vehicles or
It places like dealerships where somebody's like oh, what's that has probably been a pretty interesting journey for you guys
It's it's been huge and you know like we talked earlier about
Being the new guys that seem a four years ago
Dan and I went out to
Detroit three years ago to meet the GM guys and
Dan and I are walking into this big GM facility and
Like the kid from the surf industry and we're walking into this room full of like GM Detroit auto engineer guys
They're looking at our stuff going whoa. This is cool
Corvette guy comes in he's asking us questions and so that's been huge
We had a few cool meetings yesterday that we can't talk about yet, but um, you know, just the progress and in
In getting to that dealership level
I mean we are trying to get closer to that time of purchase of your truck to bundle that into the financing and you know
being officially in the Moe Park catalog and 1600 dealers across the country for ram and jeep
I think it's going to be huge and it's already starting to pay off um and yeah a lot more in the works
So let's get away from the topper for a second because I think
You know people know about it. We talked about it
There's other product lines when we've we've alluded to them a little bit
But let's go through those right now because there's a lot of cool stuff that isn't a truck topper that
If somebody has a truck and loves your topper, but maybe he goes to a car show in the weekend
There's something for him if there's uh, I mean all you guys go into it, but you you're not just a truck topper company anymore
That's right
I'll talk about one of them which we thought was gonna be our flagship product was the error carrier that I got I talked about earlier
It's uh, it's uh
Inflatable cargo carrier, but it's in my rigid
Which is what makes it super rad is that they're shaped to it and it's not like oh, you know
You get to like some of those other manufacturers might have like a canvas bag
Use it a bunch of stuff into and
Practically speaking
It's the same in the sense that oh well you can take it off roll up and put it in the corner
But there's no structure to it and it flaps in the wind and it makes a bunch of noise
And if it's not totally full, there's you know, it can be an issue with its shape and all that kind of stuff
You guys sort of solve that problem by having this
semi-rigid
Deal that can come off your vehicle and then you can put half of your stuff in it
It can be half and you don't have any of those issues of the of the soft ones
Yeah, everything we design is designed for toolless install
So you don't have to break out the drills you don't have to break out the tools
So you know like that rooftop cargo box
We see a lot of the plastic and composite ones driving around in cars 100% of the time because
They're paying to take off and they're paying to store and
It's funny because people don't
Know that unless they've owned one and then they either never go back or they can't park in the garage anymore
Or they can't go to parking structures which we've proven with the flated product you can
But there's a lot of those drawbacks and it's almost like a rooftop tent in a sense, right?
Like it's up there
You're like I just don't want to deal with it and you could have that same functionality without all those drawbacks with your product
As Ken how many days he's slept in the back of his truck this year
It's been a lot
How many were voluntary just in the past just in the past
In the past I've been on the road almost eight weeks or two months
I'd my odometer's at 8400 miles in that time
So and I'd say out of the whatever that is 60 days 45 of them
We're in the back of the truck somewhere. They're on the videos on the
YouTube videos
I did get a hotel down when we went to Vegas
My snoring finally paid off and I got my I got my own room
For the entire week. It was amazing. Well, let's face it. You do need to have a shower every once in a while also
Yeah, I you know what I'm becoming a huge fan of as I've gotten older is campgrounds
Like cool campgrounds. There's a lot of them and they're super affordable
And even if you don't stay at them every night
I found this one and it's in the last episode. It's in panacea florida amazing place
It's like the town that the sixties forgot about right on the coast
It's directly below Tallahassee
50 bucks a night unbelievable pool
The the work showers right on
The water. I mean you could fish right off of it. It was beautiful. No hardly anyone there
Town was insanely cool. So yeah, campgrounds. I like going rugged but
Showers and stuff pretty sweet. Showers are pretty sweet after a certain amount of days
So yeah, and then you know to continue with those guys are saying on the improvements especially with Dan is like
You know people did see it at I was gonna call it outdoor retailer
But at the SEMA show
You know kind of the new stuff and where we're going with the boxes
You know like we're never satisfied with it
You know, it's harsh to say that but
We're like the harshest on each other. Dan will tell you I'll hammer him on ship for
A long time some of the years
Right then and
At the very end it feels like
Like it's not like we just would look at it and go okay, this is you know awesome. You should buy it
We you know, we think it's awesome, but is it perfect? No, so you know we get input from
Owners from ourselves. We're using them. Hey do this. Do you know this would be cool
And some of the stuff that you'll see pretty soon will reflect that in like the design and even you know
It'll be an improvement. It's already awesome, but you'll be like oh
It's I lied. I said that we were gonna go away from the top of it
But there is a question I have because you brought it up
What's the difference between the current generation and the ones that you launched with because I know you did make
Improvements in and you know, I'll see comments on Facebook or on social about it where
People are like, oh, I wish they would have done this. Oh, the new one has it. Oh, I want to go get another one
So like what are those improvements that somebody can expect for if they definitely tell you? Yeah, this is gonna
Do is this a three-out? Yeah, it always is. I mean, I'll chop it down to you about 12 minutes. We'll make it work
I
Essentially like just listening to the customer feedback
We've addressed like any kind of issues with water intrusion
We put the rain skirt on window issues, you know, we've we've improved like the shape the function
Everything in the process and also fit so we started with four different
Sizes and now we have approximately like 18 different sizes for which which is mid-sized yeah, that's you guys even have maverick and maverick is a weird shape bed
Like I wanted I've said this before in the pockets. I want to hate maverick
I'm like, yeah, you to buy trucks sucks, and then you like driving like all right. This is pretty rad
But the maverick the maverick community came in hard on us
They were like the forums were just like we need a maverick top or we need a maverick top here and finally we're like you're like no way
And then now it's like yeah, and it's funny because the bed is shaped weird so they don't have a lot of options and
Having something that's semi-rigid that can conform a little bit to their odd shaped, you know cargo area
It actually looks good on the maverick too. I like I was I was I was like my uncle just bought a maverick
And he he lives in Moab he drives up the dirt, you know, he's out in the
In the wild let's say all the time with all of his rigs got a maverick. He loves it
Yeah, I
I'd also like to correct you Sean you keep saying semi-rigid
It's really rich. Why did I to me? It's the difference between a fiberglass shell and uh a balloon
You're not gonna say anything about Dan being semi-rigid, okay?
That was like our toppers are very hard
Yeah, so
Things that we do now that really like if you you know again it seem a we're starting now
We've always jumped up on the top or you know to show people or rode through a river or a lake I believe
Or part of your squad on now
Well, we just leave him out one on the ground now, you know people will come around and they're like oh, you know
I heard you could do is we're like jump up there. Yeah, have fun dance on them, you know
They just stand on they're like holy shit. This is really that rigid and we're like yep. Yep. You're good to go
Well, and so you guys have the the topper and we haven't talked about um
The furniture very much and like I said that was one of those things where LA Auto Show
We had it in our booth last year for OVR
It's been a different shows and things like that
I think Marcon has a set that he stole from you guys that he refuses to give back and that ends up being like our work table
And we're literally on our laptops in our little workspace at LA Auto Show and we're sitting on blow-up tables and chairs
and
Everybody there was a dude who was probably almost
380 came by he goes I can't find a chair because all the camp chairs
They won't hold my weight and they're in the art because the arm rest
They're not big enough for me and it's like have a seat goes that won't hold me and the dude sat on
He's like this is one of the most comfortable chairs I ever sat in because it doesn't have arm rest
He had no issues with it and and I saw that over and over again as people want like here's
Millions tens of millions of dollars in over landing rigs and they're like what's this inflatable chair here?
We all in our sleeping
Well people love it. They have to stop and
Like the the form and the function and everything they just don't get it doesn't compute
Yeah until they actually sit in it and they're like okay
I have to understand Sean that when we saw that for the first time
You know, we made our entire first booth at SEMA inflatable
That was the whole part. Hey, yeah, inflatable guys are here made the floor inflatable park the trucks on it
Wow, wow, wow inflatable
Well, we couldn't have normal furniture, right? It just wouldn't work
So Dan designed that all on his own just ju-tu-tu and sent us the I'm was like there's no way that's gonna hold you
Because it when you look at it looks like a piece of art and he's like trust me
He sends us pictures
You know his kids sitting in this and that like bowed and I'm like oh my god
It's so cool looking when you see it on video and then you see it in real life
And it's the furniture is one of the only things that I've ever seen where people walk by
They touch it. They're like intrigued by it and they have to sit down in it
They're just like so into it
That's like one of those things where if you didn't have stanchions or if you had stanchions up or do not touch or do not sit
People would ignore it and go immediately right past all that right you can have a security guard and be like you know
Sunglasses big dude arms cross in front of it and people walk right by him to go sit on it touch it
We have other we have other you know businesses like as an example
We went to the overland event in Virginia awesome event brought a few extra couches
They I think my neighbors deliver in hay right now. Um, nope. He's going by we're good. We're good. We're totally not what my neighbor's doing right now
So you go by wouldn't we need delivers. Hey, I gotta get to work
But um we put the couches out we brought some extra ones and we just sold out of the couches immediately by people that were camping but by
Other booths other vendors, you know, that we're like we love these and then they they people that are next to them
You know see it and because people just want to sit in the chair
It's like it's pretty ridiculous to watch. It's very cool. Yeah, our other car is our favorite by the way our other
Our other founder Monique who's our CFO is a little bit mad at the three of us right now
Because of the furniture
We've we've given out some pretty good industry deals
And our product is in a lot of other brands booths now
Which is great and then yeah, going back to the world of marketing. It's fine
Though the weight capacity we're at the New York auto show last year and
Sky walks up and he's quite big and he goes what's the record? I said somewhere around 380
He's like well, you want to try well over four
And I was like okay, then he and his buddy and I like lowered him down into it and it crumbled it pretty good
And I was like wait give me a second and he stands up and I put 12 psi in he sat back down
He was fine. He's like I'm ordering a what what do you what do you usually run the psi at?
You know, it's sort of you can set your sit number. Yeah, I'm for me. I would probably set it at five or six
I think a sleep number better something exactly. Yeah
By the way, we have one my wife is like 25 and I'm a hundred
And it's like that's why we have one because she likes this gooey soft bed that makes your back turn to scoliosis or whatever
And I want like this rigid hard thing which you know, so anyway, I get the number reference
Here's the plywood. Yeah, I have scoliosis
Well, that wasn't meant to trigger you
We don't have time for that
That's but that's because he sleeps
I put Tacoma back exactly
Many Ford curved curled up every night. You'd be fine
That is the biggest heckle
That people do to us one of the two here's the top two that I get heckled online
Anytime they say a skateboard they they make a comment that old dude does skateboard
The other one is my five and a half footbed Tacoma
Religiously people will make comments on video eight no way you know you look like a big guy
You can't sleep at a five-and-a-half foot to come out. It's only five foot by the way, Ken
Five foot. Yeah, you sleep at an angle. I can do it. I would love a six foot bed
You know they make those right I know
But I can and I'm always alone
But anyway, it's just so tropical that people wonder why
But yeah, it's those are the ones they just they get on your right. So let me ask you this
Do you sleep on the deck? Do you have the flated deck product because you guys make an inflatable bed floor
That essentially sits on top of the wheel wells and makes a completely flat load floor
Which is cool because you still because it's inflated and it's up off the ground
You still put long things under it or shove things under it yet
It's still tough enough where you can load up your bed however you want and you can use as a mattress when you get to where you want to go
You did that hit all the
Yeah, we all give me about 15 minutes
Hey listen, you already got your hey Ken, you got to hear the jingle we made for you want to hear it
Yeah, I would love to all right, we sing it
So we they were asking me about you know the jingles I do for the podcast. It said let's whip something up and so here's what we got
Oh
Dan and Ryan from flated
Inventors of the inflatable truck topper
Or in the pot shed for an all-surm and riveting come vote about business life and an old sheep who will remain
Name Pablo Pablo, we might even call Ken
We'll see the hunt in a drinking because he's so
Crazy
So crazy that's crazy
That was Sean's idea
I am flattered
I'm honored
That was an awesome jingle. I'm gonna have to add
Well, we'll redo it. We'll add he also sleeps in the really short bed in a curve or something like that
Well, he thinks it's five and a half foot, but it's only fat
This is the truth about my life like if you watch our Instagram videos. They're pretty accurate
You know, we're just doing stuff on the fly
But if you come and see it like at my house and Brian will verify it dance never been here
It's just chaos all the time like you just never know
Animals horses and Pablo dogs
Whatever we're about to call around or you
Uh, in gypsum right in the middle of the state. Yeah by Glenwood. Oh nice
But then also the freedom that you know these guys allow me to go get the content
You know the ability to run down to Scottsdale to go you know video a guy jumping
Base jumping off the top or I don't just see that video. That was a fun one
Um off a bridge illegally
Whoop what what illegally huh?
You gotta go you gotta go back and watch some of the Ken's road shows there awesome
And I believe it's adflated on YouTube, right? Yeah
Yeah, flared it, but just don't let you know that all the travel just gives opportunities to show what you can do
You know one of the thing you know not everyone lives in southern California where Dan is and doesn't get that kind of
Environment not everyone lives where it snows you know six months out of the year
So by getting out and really letting people see it in their environment and be like oh yeah
That's a good idea for that
And then of course doing the redneck shit going to Montana and putting a boat motor on it and
Making Ryan do it
That was you know those are always good viral ones that Ken just so you know before you get off on a
California tangent
We're sitting in southern California at Sean's
Man, I'm just getting back for the school. It was just a comment that I made
California, I just traveled you guys gotta keep mine the whole like you know how far
I just drove Dan where I went. Oh yeah southern California right now. I dig it. It's awesome
It's like one of the coolest places remove the politics attacks as the business environment
And it is an amazing place to be and all the people
It just it took so yeah, it was just busy. You know where I loved and I'm probably gonna get in trouble for selling this area out
The eastern Sierra's oh
Eastern Sierra's awesome. Oh my god like Bishop independence up through there. Yeah, I'm amazing
Turn bill before. Yeah, I went north up toward like
Bodie far north. I went. Oh, yeah, Bodie ghost town. Bodie's rad
It that whole area I could not believe how empty it is tell the boys right Sean like there's no one there
No, it's great. Here's the beauty about California
And I know we talk about California pompousness on this show because that's where we're at and people give us hard time
But the reality is is it's the only place where in winter time
You could go surfing in the morning snowboarding in the afternoon because the mountains are so close
People don't realize that Southern California is ringed by mountains and we can go do that and then two hours away
I have access to the desert with a ton of ghost towns and history and mining and
You know petroglyphs and like all this crazy history when the missionaries came when the
natives were out there fighting when the white man came the you know the mahabi road
They'll get all I mean there's so much and then if I drive four hours
I'm still not even out of the state and that's going the width of the state not even you know if you drive
10 hours
You're not even out of the state nor I mean it's so massive. Yeah, but that true
That's a two-hour drive can also be a six-hour drive
That's true
Sean, I did that straight out of like about 20 minutes south of Bodhi
You basically drive across
Southern Nevada. Yeah, like to lay in the boat. Like prump and stuff like that. Yeah, exactly
That's a great area. Yeah, I mean I've explored all over that area. I love it up there
um, and there's just there's a gazillion
Get away from the coast and all of a sudden you you know the worlds are always there
There's a lot of BLM land here
And there's not that you know go east and Mississippi. There isn't public land like that
There's so much to explore out of me. You'd have been proud of me
Tell me is my light. I use my light bar
For good or for evil or proper man. I drove across fully at night
And that's the only mod to the Tacoma. Everyone makes fun of me and I take that thing everywhere
The only thing I put a black oak. I'll give them a shout out
Uh, I bought it on their website somebody told me it was the best
But whatever it is 12-inch double light on the bumper
bro
At night on those back stretches where there's cows like daytime. Hey, I gotta I gotta give you a
A props to your Colorado state police because when I was driving my new Wrangler home
From Detroit. I was up in the canyon on 70 kind of through around
Glenwood in there where all that construction all that construction is and where it's like 45 one second and 55
The next and 30 and then 70 and you're like I don't know what speed to drive here
So all the time here man call for a suck dude. It was it was horrible
And of course I'm using a war zone and I'm driving my brand new jeep trying to have to get rock chicks chips and stuff
So they have a gazillion signs. There's radar how fast you're going this
But we'll be in force double the fines on orange orange orange orange orange
It's like the this the road was the same color as all the leaves on the trees as I was driving through right
And I'm up on this truck and the truckers are doing like two miles an hour over the speed limit
You're like oh now if I pass him like I'm way over
So I go around this trucker because I don't want to get sprayed with all the rocks from construction and I'm going
Maybe you know five miles an hour faster than him like not crazy. No hardcore just enough to be
Respectable, you know in case I get spotted by the man
And this dude it's right at dusk
And it's like maybe you know
It's just starting to get pretty dark
And this dude if he was an infinity just is on my butt. It's he's so bad
I can't see him in my rearview mirror. I can see his lights illuminating the back of my car or my jeep and
I'm like dude get off my ass get off my ass
Colorado drivers man dude he was on it just on me and so I have my two rear-facing
Baja design lights and I blasted him with it like as a warning like get off
So I get to the front of the truck and he pulls up next to me turns his interior light on so you see him starts
Like gesturing at me and stuff and I'm like whatever dude and rips around me
Within five seconds. I see the headlights of a charger and I'm like no way
Called out of state police goes right after him pulls him over. I'm like
I've never had instant highway karma like that
But I was like because I'm thinking I hope he's not coming after me because I blasted him with my off road lights
But hopefully he caught his attention, but no that dude got close
They're cool. They deal with a lot of shit. Yeah, a lot of drugs get run down I 70
I mean, it's it's a major deal
You know going across I used to love I 70 was so beautiful
And then you have the upper deck the lower deck you're going through where the river is the canyon you've got Eisenhower
I mean, it's beautiful but right now
Warzone is the best way to describe it because it is gnarly it's so gnarly my son races dirt bikes
He goes down at Denver pull in the trailer. I'm like bro. Be careful like there's just the no
It's anyway. That's driven i70 is nodding their head right now like okay. Yeah, it's nuts
And the other thing before you get any hate mail on me for making fun of Colorado drivers
I'll take it a step further people in my county. I'll specifically call it out and everyone knows this
Eagle County Colorado veil beaver creek
Edwards Eagle gypsum
Dude talk about the most entitled drivers
I mean people rip around here in the problem
It's nuts like so yeah, I drive slow man
You know, it's funny like when I was a kid it was I was you know hustling everywhere
I just I'm like five miles over the speed limit. That's it through cruise control on I just cruise I don't care
Yeah, you should try driving around LA with this
Dude
Damn, damn drives we won't even let him logo was truck was flated because it's probably smart
I know that's bad every time my wife the first time we went out on a date
She had a Audi A5 and she's like hey, you know, I'm like we're both feeling right. She's like okay
Let's go you drive over here. We'll go hang out and we'll walk around the park and so okay
So I get in a car with the you know pretty, but you know
I don't stranger essentially and I think it's stranger danger and she gets in starts her car and she locks the door
I'm thinking are okay all right and and now yeah, it's like I'm being kidnapped
She drove for like 20 minutes like a bat out of hell right like crazy and at the end
She's like because she knew I was on a mode journal
She's like see I'm a good driver and I'm like you're a fast driver
She's like yeah, I'm a good driver. I'm like you're a fast driver my wife. She I'll show hate me for saying this
But I tell people this all the time when she had her old car. She had a
Jeep Cherokee like she always pulls in the driveway hot right and I'm like dude like our neighbor
We live in the middle of the street like slow it down. I'm not I'm not driving fast
I'm like seriously. I was gonna
I'm like I can hear you pull no that's not I have with that somebody else
So then when she got her hybrid on EV mode the tires would chirp when she would pull in and I'm like okay
Come on like your tires
Chirp we can't see you coming hot. Yeah, I'm like that's you. Okay, so anyway. It's it's uh she
Although she's not as bad as her sister because I I thought she was next level and then here
Persistures like I'm just so glad that Ryan called Dan out
That's it's so true
Can I have to drive I had to drive all over LA with him yesterday. I have my hand on the handle the whole time
He drives like such a dick
Yeah, but in all fairness you you do have to have a certain level of defensive driving in California
So I can appreciate it. Yeah, have you looked out your window and seen Dan's
Truck no it went by too fast. It was just like a black blur. I didn't actually see anything
Dan's truck now now like Dan went from being oh here we go
You opened up
We can say anything about each other
This is where the mediation comes in. Yeah, you step in which you come to shut the hell out
All right, no, this is a fact like didn't even have a truck like literally, you know e bikes and
Have a suit one wheel. Don't forget the one wheel. Ken. Hey, it sounds like we're in a game show
He gets a Chevy he gets a Colorado and okay little upgrades. I see it. It's SEMA. It's like a SEMA build like
It's awesome everyone
A.V. Wheels on it. It's gorgeous. It looks great. I actually
Our friends from peak really did a great job on that thing. Nick's a solid day. Yeah, he is. No, Nick
By the way, real quick and I'm gonna pause you because we just brought up Nick Stomas
The other alleged Dr. Pepper fiend he is I didn't verify that we did a taste test in the pod shed like a few months ago
Where my daughter brought us red solo cups and we had every flavor of Dr. Pepper
Plus that probiotic crap plus um
What do we oh oh cane sugar Dr. Pepper from a glass bottle I think we had 10 different versions right and then a couple ringers
And Nick and I went cup for cup
I won I got a hundred percent right so I will always tell Nick how many how many did he miss I think he missed two. Oh, yeah
So a hundred percent though. Yeah, and it's you are in the pocket Dr. Pepper absolutely
So I I maintain my reign of my title. I love Nick
Congrats. I will say when I was a laid up in the in the hospital. He and Kim sent me some Dr. Pepper slippers
So I had those when I was in recovery when he was doing the build on my Colorado
He had a 12 pack of the Dr. Pepper vanilla or something. Yeah, he's like I don't like that stuff
You can take it if you want to so it's one of those things where we both agree that Dr. Pepper is perfect as is
And so that's why I want to get all the flavors because it's like I think that ruins it
You know, I'm like, no, it's not as good as the original so I'm you're gibberish and covering up for Dan Dan
Oh
Nice try thanks mediator. I left my house
This is my house at four o'clock this morning to go hunting up past Pinyy up there
The road is just beat to tar and I'm in my stock to koma and I literally thought of you. I was like
Yeah
I might want to be way that this particular talk isn't
Do not do not
You're just at the mercy of us. Yeah, Sean's on it. I'm a hell of a me here
Oh, all right one last one
Ken got gonged
All right, so what's next for you guys what what uh, where are we going?
I mean you guys have been on the gas for the last three four years, but we're not letting off
Yeah, I'm looking at the lineup. You know, we're talking about all the different fitments
You also have low roof high roof
Even on maverick and and Ridge line and some of the maybe less popular
Pickup trucks, so there's something for everybody on here you guys have an interesting lately is
We've just been getting some organic fleet business
Um, and it's it's not full-time fleet. It's more seasonal fleet for for weather and cover and truck bed for you know fall winter leaf snow rain
Um, and so we are coming out with a windowless fleet version
We have gone to a couple of fleet shows
Um, we actually had a police so municipal police forced in Louisiana by a couple
For hurricane season down in the southeast in case they had to
Use it as a raft during floods um, so we're excited about that. We're expanding internationally um of distributors in Argentina
New Zealand just about to go into Australia
Some stuff in Europe and I mean that's just wild because then we have to have fitment. Yeah a bunch of trucks that we don't have
We've never even seen um, so that's a big hard challenge for dandered design around you know, basically cats and over from
other countries. Yeah
I mean, I'm looking at it and if you guys go to a flated.com you can uh, you can see all the different products and then you guys also have
I guess would be like the
The accessory products. So you have the battery pump electric pump. You've got the uh, cleaners and the UV guard
uh, soft rack
So there's a ton of stuff that goes with the products so that you don't even have to go third party to use it like everything you need
Uh, especially talking about no tools and then here's you know the pumps and all that everything is within your your ecosystem
Yeah, we're gonna we're gonna expand on that as well this year uh or 2026
I should say we'll have some new accessories coming out
to you know aid you and
You know
Truck camping or doing all kinds of different things. So there is a bunch of new stuff in the uh the pipeline
So make sure and check it out. It will be launching soon. It is coming Sean. We got some cool stuff
Well, I'm gonna keep tabs on you obviously on the flated website so flated.com
But again, you guys are on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, X
YouTube, but because you have such a like unique name
It's flated across the board which is pretty rad because some people like get flated
Flated your ride flated this all right, but no you guys it's easy. It's it's flated well when we launched we were
Get flated.com and then about six months in we actually threw down to pay for flated.com
Well, it's
Yeah, I wanted to say I wanted to say on our behalf and I'm sure all your listeners I say viewers
We're so glad you're okay, dude
Thank you. Yes for sure and that you're you're back at it like I can hear it in your voice
I'm lucky and blessed. Yeah, I'm I'm I'm happy to be here. I wake up every morning and in the I
Say thank you and figure out what nice thing I can do for somebody else and
You know try and pay but pay that back every day, but yeah feeling pretty good and my voice is back and some of my friends will say
Unfortunately, but sorry, and then I you know you sell your wife. Well, my wife's okay
I mean, I think she's happy. I'm alive
I'm pretty sure and then I've got my friends are like either they're like damn you look good
And I'm like I ain't how bad today look or my real friends are like yours ugly as you were before like listen
I didn't have the good insurance. I just had the Humpty Dumpty put them back together
Didn't have the Donus package so it's I'm just happy, you know, I'm close to what I was before so can you tell us what
Your man when you task was this morning over at the school
I can reveal that so you guys hit me up and said hey, we're gonna be in SoCal
Can we do some pot? I said yeah, absolutely and you said how about Wednesday's at all
I can fit you and I got a window here. Okay, so I knew you guys are gonna be here at this time
And my wife yesterday said hey, can you volunteer at the classroom? And I'm like yeah, I'm good till this time great
That's when they need you perfect. So I show up in my daughter's second grade classroom and
Whoever's a teacher my my wife was a teacher. She's a superintendent now
I thought about being a teacher at some point if I be quite love a love teaching
I was sitting in that second grade class and I'm like nope not this grade and
It's it's crazy like there is a place in heaven for all you second grade teachers because that is not easy to manage
But my task today was to take watercolor pictures that they painted for memorial for later in the in the season
And put their name on a little tag and then put that on a cardstock backing
So I got to glue them on that and then I had to take the pumpkins off the wall and put the turkeys up on the wall and so
That's awesome
No, we appreciate teachers well and little plug here, but we actually have a teacher discount on our site
Everybody has a military, you know first responder discount. We added teachers on that because
Yeah, they're not paid enough to deal with all of our kids. Yeah, well
I think all of us have kids and you know all the founders
Well, that's the thing is is like when you get to be adulting and you realize you have to do adult stuff
You have to hand your kids off to another human during the day
And then when they don't have school or it's a holiday and you're like
Oh, they're with me all day. Oh, this is hard, right? So you you you remember pandemic? Yeah
So I think I was hard to have as a being a parent like I think I was a hard parent one of my kids
It's like with their teachers. I think they were nervous around me
But I was the kind of like I'm that thought hey, man you cracking with a wooden spoon. There's probably a reason
Probably deserved it
Did you sign the waivers or they could beat your kid or I don't do that. I've never laid a figure out of it
But if like teacher pop them I went to a Catholic school. Yeah, sister Mary man. She would pop you go ahead
I had sister Maria and
And sister Maria and she's got to be in her 80s now
They we have a big mass on Friday for our presentation sisters who started the school 60 years ago
I think
Oh, so they're all retired
But I swear she looks exactly the same at today as she did when she was my eighth grade teacher
You know, well, I would say she's awesome
We call her the mayor because she knows everybody because she's at the school for like 30 years
So you know when we got smacked with that wooden spoon
When we when we deserved it
Yeah, yeah, well
There needs to be more than these days
I'm not condoning that don't write in
God bless what yeah
Sister Mary if you guys want to send any comments home in that truck show podcast and I will
Be sure to forward them to the fladed guys
Anything else can
No, I just we appreciate you. We appreciate everybody. I mean, it's just been so overwhelming
You literally are catching us at a moment that I'm home for the first time in two months
The boys have been traveling on stuff. We've been rendezvousing at events meeting people
Networking getting picked up by major car manufacturers coming out with due to sides. I mean, it's just been non
How's it feel to be the prettiest girl out of the dance?
Oh, dude
Not even not even
We could be pretty you know, it's funny if you're like with our product. It could be prettier
Like I'd ask dad here
This is just gonna get edited so I don't even bother again
Yeah, we're going to talk about making them prettier Dan
Um
But it's always the goal man. Just make awesome stuff
Well, make it easy. I'm glad that we we
Connected when you guys started the business. It's been fun to watch your trajectory and everything and again
If you guys are looking for a really functional product that that's stoable so that you don't lose your trucks functionality
Flated.com lightweight and portable rigid inflation compact storage toolless install waterproof construction
Durable all the things that you need in either a a deck a topper a cargo carrier
So especially I love the cargo carrier. I mean for all the reasons we talked about but head on over to
Flated.com support these guys small business and we love entrepreneurial stories and small business owners and elect to support them
And we appreciate you guys coming down to the pot shed
Also were H.O.A. friendly for all the neighborhood around here
And Sean you are trainable
You didn't say semi-ridged
All right, well, we will hopefully catch up with you soon and thanks for stopping by. Yeah, thanks for having us. Thank you
Oh, man, I love hanging out with those guys
especially because they brought me
Cheddar jalapeno meat and tall cans of Dr. Pepper. So they are welcome back anytime
It was so much fun to have them in studio and really just have a great conversation
So I'd like to thank Ryan and Dan and Ken and even Pablo the sheep for making this a great episode and as a reminder
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And again great to have those guys in studio thanks to the team over at flated
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About this episode
Ryan and Dan from Flated join the Truck Show Podcast to discuss their innovative inflatable truck toppers and other products. They share stories from their journey, including their appearance on Shark Tank and the challenges of running a small business. The conversation touches on their recent licensing deals, new product launches, and the unique features of their inflatable cargo solutions. The episode is filled with humor, camaraderie, and insights into the entrepreneurial spirit behind Flated's success.
Original notes
They started as a category buster in a new industry, making their way onto Shark Tank, and blowing up with innovative new products, the FLATED guys are at it again, innovating and having fun doing it. Catch up, in studio, with a hilarious conversation on the latest from co-founders Ryan Guay, Dan Watts, and Ken Hoeve (and a sheep named Pablo). The Truck Show Podcast is produced in partnership with AMSOIL, Kershaw Knives, and OVR Mag. Don't forget to check out truckshowpodcast.com for special offers from our friends and sponsors, including FLATED.
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