Dozer on the show Gold Rush Alaska

[two_bit_score]

Just your (our) typical run of the mill reality show. Best to enjoy the scenery and leave the sound off.
Same as the Axe men, and a gazillion others that wannabe reality....with a producer, a director, numerous retakes, setting the stage for the "accidents", and on and on infinitum.

But some watch and like the afternoon soap operas, get highly involved in who is acting up, needs to be fired, is aggravating, etc.

It's entertainment for some. I enjoy the scenery if I watch at all. Sound off tho.

I would start to worry if those shows became too entertaining to me. I will admit to watching Ax Men more than any other but never really became a fan of it. TV is in a sad state these days.

 

[tony Cecil]

Well I`m enjoying it for what it is worth....but in real life ,just yesterday, I went to start the tractor, and `nothing`....I`m having trouble with the `safety ground`, and there was no year layover from the last time I started it..only a few hours ...

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I can`t imagine they all would go off on such an adventure without serious compensation, and further just `bird shot` out of shotgun may have scarred off the black bear...If not then shoot it...a grizzly would be a true hunt ....Cheers Tony

 

[IH3444]

Had a diesel car start right up after sitting for 7 years outside, only installed a freshly charged battery. I was surprised. Also read on another tractor/heavy equipment forum of a son who inherited his father's dozer, shed kept, sat for 20 years. Changed filters, drained fuel, and replaced that. New batteries. Started right up he said. He was also surprised.

 

[arsenix2001]

That show is so funny, its focal point is about slightly slow closeminded hicks arguing and fighting and worrying about bears every 5 minutes. The gold is just a sidebar. Days of our lives - unqualified equipment operators edition.

 

[tommu56]

There is another forum I am on one guy lives up there and he said that they moth ball equipment up there all the time.
One of the main things is to cover up the exaust pipe with plastic and a bucket to keep the snow out of it in the winter.


Its no worse than letting a combine sit in Minnesota for 5 months once its cold its cold in my opinion.

tom

 

[captaincrab55]

With all the injuries on these shows with Discovery, has anyone seen an OSHA report filled out or even talked about????

 

[Cat_Driver]

Don't call BS on starting that CAT. I left my Kubota in the heat of the desert 120 plus degrees for 15 years with weeds grown up throughout the engine and seat etc. I had to cut it out of the weeds. I filled the tires, put in a new battery and never checked any fluids and it started right up. After me and the five guys standing around with our jaws on the ground stopped scratching our heads I shut her down and checked the fluids.

I topped everything off all fluids were fine except for the hydraulics and I got in and plowed a field for the next five hours.

The last oil change was 15 years ago, I may get around to changing the oil this year, maybe next.

 

[EddieWalker]

I watched the reruns of it the other day and there are two dozers. A D6H which is the old one and has the straight blade, and a D6N that has a six way blade. The H is the one they were working on and got started with the old batteries in it.

The episode with the bears is really annoying, but in the other episodes that i've seen are a bit better. Todd, the fat guy with the chin beard comes across as a hot head, but I wonder if there's something about red head that we're not seeing. Everyone doesn't like that guy and he is really bad with power tools. I'm wondering if it's all they can take not to kick him out and not lose it with him.

Editing is everything and after American Choppers success, I think all those shows want to create conflict and drama.

While it's annoying, I am learning things about gold and gold mining that I never new. Not that I want to mine gold, but I do like reality shows for exposing me to new ideas.

Eddie

 

[tommu56]

I agree any more drama and it will be moved to the noon to 3 window for soaps.
Like you I watch it for the tech stuff I've tried 3 or 4 things that the survivor shows people did had success with some but in a pinch I could get them to work if needed.


tom

 

[AKwelder]

i live in Alaska, have for 20 years, work up and down the haul road that ice road truckers is filmed on, and used to work for gold miners when times were tight and they had work.

They add A LOT of drama to these shows! I am amazed they haven't been sued. Remember that the original ice road trucker show was kicked out of the canadian area, they made it appear so dangerous that the client refused to use any driver that was on the show. The first year in alaska they ran into the back of one of the trucks they were filming, and people had to med evac the film crew. I was welding pipe for the "italian oil company" on the ocean. All 12 feet deep and frozen to the bottom. There is NO water under the ice. AND THE ROAD IS PAVED OVER 50% OF THE WAY. It is disgusting what they do!

Wow, sorry about the rant!

The gold mines are very remote and sometimes they need a permit to walk equipment in and out, so it is not uncommon to find dozers and equipment in the middle of no where. But it is someones property, and we are a polite society, we are well armed.

As for bears? we say welcome to Alaska, step out into the food chain