Buying your dream truck usually comes with one simple rule for everyone else: don’t mess with it. YouTuber Corbin Millet’s father, Brent, apparently made that expectation very clear after buying his Ford F-150 Raptor earlier this year. Corbin responded by turning it into an ice cream truck while his parents were away.

The transformation involved homemade vinyl graphics, matching employee shirts and a portable freezer stuffed into the Raptor’s bed. What began as a prank eventually became a short-lived neighborhood ice cream operation around Erie, Pennsylvania — although a missing vending license meant everything had to be given away for free.

A $5,000 wrap quote inspired the DIY solution

Corbin originally considered having the Raptor professionally transformed into “Brent’s Ice Cream,” but said he received a $5,000 quote for the wrap. Rather than spend that much on the joke, he turned to his aunt’s Cricut Explore 5, a vinyl-cutting machine he said cost around $200.

Corbin and his aunt created oversized “Brent’s Ice Cream” lettering, a popsicle graphic and a simplified illustration based on a photograph of his dad’s face. They also used a Cricut EasyPress to make matching white employee shirts, giving their improvised ice cream operation its own uniforms.

There was one problem with the planning. Corbin realized midway through the job that he had only prepared enough material to properly cover one side of the truck. With his parents expected home and no time to buy more vinyl, he used the leftover pieces to add additional lettering to the rear and opposite side.

His parents were out while the Raptor became an ice cream truck

Timing was essential because Brent had previously told his son not to touch his new truck. Corbin waited until his parents went out on the lake, leaving the Raptor behind, before he and his aunt began applying the graphics.

The main side received the most elaborate treatment, including Brent’s name, the ice cream branding, popsicle artwork and the illustrated version of his face. Despite the rushed nature of the project, Corbin said the application itself took roughly an hour and 15 minutes.

The final piece was a portable Dippin’ Dots freezer placed in the truck bed. Corbin covered its existing branding and plugged it into the Raptor’s built-in electrical outlet, allowing the freezer to remain powered while they took the truck around the neighborhood.

Brent came home to find his face on his Raptor

When Brent returned, there was no hiding what had happened. His Raptor was now advertising “Brent’s Ice Cream,” complete with his face prominently displayed on the side. Rather than becoming furious, he recognized the portrait, laughed at the transformation and agreed to participate.

He did, however, find a more practical problem almost immediately: they did not have an ice cream-selling license. That ended the plan to actually sell anything, so father and son decided to simply hand the ice cream out for free instead.

Brent put on one of the newly made uniforms and joined Corbin for the outing, with the freezer riding in the bed. Corbin also claimed in the video that riding in a pickup bed was legal in Pennsylvania, but the video itself does not establish whether that statement applies in every circumstance or under all local rules.

Their new ice cream business struggled to find customers

Turning the Raptor into an ice cream truck proved easier than finding people who wanted ice cream. Corbin and Brent drove through the area calling out to potential customers, only to discover that very few children were outside.

After roughly 45 minutes, Corbin joked that they had managed to serve only a tiny number of people. One of the more memorable encounters was with a kid named Exclusive, whom they met riding a bicycle. With no sales to worry about, some recipients eventually walked away with entire boxes of ice cream rather than individual servings.

By the end, Corbin had reached three conclusions: a Cricut could be used to give a vehicle a surprisingly convincing DIY makeover, running an ice cream business was harder than expected, and driving around trying to find customers was not for him. Brent, meanwhile, seemed considerably less upset about his transformed dream Raptor than the opening setup suggested he might be.