Gold rush

[Western]

Digging for gold sure seems romantic and fun due to some of the locations and "possible" payout, but as far as I'm concerned it would only be for the "thrill". If I wanted Gold, I suspect in the long run it would be easier and cheaper to hit the local Jewelry store or pawn shop

 

[Martian]

Just saw a preview for next week where Parker says his Grandpa just had a heart attack. I really hope he makes it, I really liked the old man.

 

[QRTRHRS]

You always have to remember that air time is expensive and these shows have to appeal to a wide variety of audiences to stay on the air. If you were to take any "hard core" job and try to keep viewers it would not last long. Excavating for one is dirty, can be hot, cold and not a lot of fun and more or less the same old thing day after day as are most real jobs.

Everything changes. If any of you members were around when "This Old House" first came out, the show was definately "nuts and bolts". Even long time magazines like Fine Homebuilding have changed sometimes not for the better for my taste. For instance, the latest issue has an article on how to outfit a tool belt. Duh!

I "take what I want and leave the rest" from these shows. I have learned alot about how they sperate and process the gold on Gold Rush. Having done track work, I can relate to repair the 400 excavator and it sure is not fun. I like to see a good resourceful mechanic fix or come with a solution like James Arness(sp?).

I "ain't" no tree hugger but I do wonder about the spoils they leave behind.

I think most of the bickering is short lived and can deal with that. I don't much care for American Chopper since that seems to be about all they do on that show anymore.

 

[muddstopper]

I "ain't" no tree hugger but I do wonder about the spoils they leave behind.
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I bet there is more gold in their tailing than they are cleaning out of their washplant.
Anything that is plugged with mud from top to bottom isnt getting all the gold. They have already discovered that they where leaving a lot behind by not digging deep enought in cut#1. I bet if they re-ran there tailings they would find even more. I would also propably but a slush box downstream of where they keep crossing it with their loader, aint no telling how much has washed off the loader tires. You have to know if you can see the gold in the bottom of the pit and you drive thru it with a rubber tired loader, the loader tires have to be carrying a bunch off every trip.

 

[ncnurseryman]

yeah, the numbers surely don't add up. So, what are they and their families really living off of? There is no way a person can spend X number of months doing a show for nothing? At least I couldn't. :confused2:

 

[chopped]

The show I just saw ,they had a good ''season':thumbsup:' I assumeed they meant the gold mining season. But now Im thinking they meant season of shows .lol
Anyways close to 100,000 PROFIT WOW GREAT. and they said to split between the four or five people.
Thats great income..do doubt about it...with just four of them they cleared close to 25,000 each not bad if it were 1920..:laughing:
Oh wait I said cleared, should read more like close to 25,000. each BEFORE taxes. So in the end they got less than the 25,000.
Oh wait. what , if the ''boss' took more? then the others would get less than the 25,000.:confused2::confused2:
I make more cutting lawns in a year lol

 

[jpm1]

IMO you can't watch this program and watch it "deep" i started yelling at the Hoffman's and "Big Boot", calling them names, ya know the whole 9 yards. My wife said i couldn't watch them any more! It's just a tv show, remember! she said. She's so right. I do "root" for Parker and Grandpa. Grandpa Reminds me of my dad. Big Boot. . . well i've worked with to many like him and have no problem with him. Consider his lifes dealings having his house destroyed by a flood, that could make a man "irritable" know it would me but hopefully he has insurance and a wife with a sense of humor. The Hoffman's on the other hand are to me like a bunch of kids playing in sand box unfortunately they don't have a clue about much of anything. IMO they need to go home and hide them selves from the public eye.
Also it you spend that much money on Heavy Equipment, you need to maintain it! Last program i watched the track slip off the D8, the operator said the pins were stretched and behond take up! Do they think this machine is going to "Heal it self?"
My dad always said, "You can fix Ugly" but "Stupid is forever"'
The program, to me now is just a cheap form of entertainmentand I sure do thank my wife for setting me straight on this !
Remember this is my opinion now! . . .John

 

[chopped]

''''''Also it you spend that much money on Heavy Equipment, you need to maintain it! Last program i watched the track slip off the D8, the operator said the pins were stretched and behond take up! Do they think this machine is going to "Heal it self?" ''''''
YES I found this interesting. I dont have enough experience to know if there is a stretch limit or not. Id assume if they stretched this far then they could remove one link?
But either way I found myself thinking how it must be to run a machine and know you cant trun sharply..That alone would weight on the mind ..

 

[JoeinTX]

"I "ain't" no tree hugger but I do wonder about the spoils they leave behind."

Like you, neither am I a "tree-hugger" but I too wondered about that. Seeing the massive unending piles of spoil that the dredging boat left 80 years ago was eye-opening. I don't live in mining country so I don't know about it much, but, oil companies generally have to have a reclamation clause/effort in their operation once a well is drilled. Roads have to be maintained, well site has to be turned back to as close to original as possible, no junk left behind, etc. Once you go peeling back 30-40 feet of the topsoil over many acres of surface area that leaves one heck of a mark on the landscape that is going to have its effects for years to come.

 

[muddstopper]

YES I found this interesting. I dont have enough experience to know if there is a stretch limit or not. Id assume if they stretched this far then they could remove one link?
But either way I found myself thinking how it must be to run a machine and know you cant trun sharply..That alone would weight on the mind ..

I have been around heavy equipment all my life and I cant remember anyone ever taking alink out of a dozer track. I guess it could be done, but if its worn that bad, removeing a link would be like putting a bandaid on a slit throat. It might slow the bleeding, but it wont stop the person from dying.

I suspect they havent made enough money to replace the track is why its adjusted to the max. Runinng the dozer in mud and water all the time will wear the track out faster than it would if they where running in just dirt.