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The Glory Hole Jimmy Dorsey tells his story about the Gold Rush.
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clemsonfor
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There seem to be a lot of spin off shows on everything.
Right now and the last year its Alaska shows.
There was Out of Alaska a few years ago or the Alaska Experiment the yr before that, then Palins Alaska, before that IRT, then Gold Rush, then the Alaska State trooper show i have seen on some channel, The deadliest Catch, there is the weather channel Coastgaurd Alaska show, Hook line and Sisters (which i cant find the reruns as i missed the preview with my DVR)now bearing sea gold!! Its hard to keep up with um all. I have seen it all except state troopers and ALaska CG, HLS, and of course bearing sea gold as it premires this friday after goldrush. Every episode of um all.
EDIT: Forgot the show about the Kiltcher Family (Jewel the singers family) Alaska: the last Frontier (i think thats what its called.) This show rocks!!
Theen think of pawn stars, there is or was pawn queens, now theres cajun pawn stars. These shows i beleive spured the auction shows which is auction stars i think and some other one as well.
They make it hard for us that like these shows to keep up there so many its hard to watch um all, as i like pretty much anything that gets put out, but i guess im the target audience. Male well educated family man, 25-45 demographic.
Right now and the last year its Alaska shows.
There was Out of Alaska a few years ago or the Alaska Experiment the yr before that, then Palins Alaska, before that IRT, then Gold Rush, then the Alaska State trooper show i have seen on some channel, The deadliest Catch, there is the weather channel Coastgaurd Alaska show, Hook line and Sisters (which i cant find the reruns as i missed the preview with my DVR)now bearing sea gold!! Its hard to keep up with um all. I have seen it all except state troopers and ALaska CG, HLS, and of course bearing sea gold as it premires this friday after goldrush. Every episode of um all.
EDIT: Forgot the show about the Kiltcher Family (Jewel the singers family) Alaska: the last Frontier (i think thats what its called.) This show rocks!!
Theen think of pawn stars, there is or was pawn queens, now theres cajun pawn stars. These shows i beleive spured the auction shows which is auction stars i think and some other one as well.
They make it hard for us that like these shows to keep up there so many its hard to watch um all, as i like pretty much anything that gets put out, but i guess im the target audience. Male well educated family man, 25-45 demographic.
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tractorshopper
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Woodlandfarms, please tell your friends that I watch all of these shows. I watch them all to see how people do things and how these processes and machinery works and to see machinery I'd never otherwise see. Usually first season of whatever show is the best because it's very explanatory. After that, usually some producer wants to mix things up in the subsequent seasons and create too much drama. Some tension is fine (like who can get the most loads out), but my old favorite, Axe Men, is now just nothing but cheap stunts and drama with less and less about the process and equipment. Are we supposed to be stupid enough to believe that Shelby "accidentally" ran his jet boat up on the dock, then wrecklessly tore the boat shed apart or shot his pistol all around the ground at his buyer's feet? Shelby's good TV without all the new outlandish stuff. Did Gabe really accidentally fell the last tree of the day on Dave's Bronco II, then let Dave take his prized baby, the beautiful Mustang, and let him peel out of the driveway? Could go on and on about this stuff from all of them except maybe Swamp Loggers that still mostly stays true to it's original form. The drama of the everyday obstacles in following Bobby's crew is "reality" enough without hyping it up to be more than it is.
I realize that others must like the trumped-up drama more than I do or these things wouldn't be changed all the time, but wanted to put in my $0.02. I still watch these shows even when it doesn't add up, but tend to :confused2: more and more each season.
I realize that others must like the trumped-up drama more than I do or these things wouldn't be changed all the time, but wanted to put in my $0.02. I still watch these shows even when it doesn't add up, but tend to :confused2: more and more each season.
clemsonfor
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Bobby goodson is a great guy from what i have heard of those who have met him. I do think the producers make things up for the narrator to say though. Bobby goodson cannot breakeven at 75 loads like they say and be happy!! After all breakeven is when you pay all your bills employee and there is no profit left for the owner, why would you be happy at this level? If it were really a breakeven point how and why does he give the crew a $75/perperson bonus if they hit this load count? The 100load a week deal is probably the making BANK number and 75 is a healthy profit, but other loggers i know (im a forester whos job is to manage harvest operations and loggers) and me have figured that his break even point is proably more like 55 loads. We figure to he must make somewhere in the neighborhood of $17-19/ton just to cut and load each ton with all that equiptment and personel he runs.
Bobby sits on top of the mills literally, they talk about a 35 mile trip to the mill as being long and 85 mile run as crazy far distance. Some of my loggers run loads daily in the 150 mile one way range to a pulpwood mill (pine) others will log an entire half million dollar sale with all the ply logs going 1.5 hours away one way about 80is miles. He also has a ton of trucks he runs 5 trucks and usually operates within a 35mile or less radius per the show. This will make it easy to get 75 loads each week. Like i said most of my loggers haul between 25-55miles to the mills with 3 or 4 trucks and can easily get 50 loads and ones that use 4 trucks and work more can get 75 easy.
After all conventional loggers can easily hit 60 loads/week within a 1 hour drive to the mill one way with a 3 person crew.
Its easy for me to pick apart this show as its my field of expetise.
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That post "cracked" me up, pun intended. No really, that was a good one Gods Country.
I have enjoyed this thread immensely. I watch the show and thought maybe I was the only one that thought those guys are idiots. I sit there every week and think about the 100 ounces they keep talking about not adding up. And by the way, Jack's voice drives me crazy. Can you say fingernails on a blackboard. Just saying.......
Brockwaykid
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clemsonfor said:
Dont forget Tougher in Alaska!!
mdelmarcelle
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I'm a fan of the show too. Are they the most experienced miners in the world? No. Are some things not exactly reality? Maybe. But it's a great story and I can't say I would do things any better if it were me doing the mining. (I might work a little faster, but that's it.)
CompactTractorFan
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Great show! Seems more "real" than some of the others...IMO
Stimw
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If you really want to learn about gold prospecting you need to watch a show called Gold Fever. The host , Tom Massey travels around the country and explains in every detail about the different ways to hunt for gold. From panning, metal detecting, slucing, dredging.
I used to watch the show when I had my big dish but when everything went digital I could no longer get it.
He did a whole show on a massive derelict bucket dredge.
I read on Discovery forums about the Gold people that they get paid $5-7000. each per episode.
On Larry King, John from John and Kate said they only got $1 million for a season and he complained that after taxes it was only $750,000.00 !!!!!!
I used to watch the show when I had my big dish but when everything went digital I could no longer get it.
He did a whole show on a massive derelict bucket dredge.
I read on Discovery forums about the Gold people that they get paid $5-7000. each per episode.
On Larry King, John from John and Kate said they only got $1 million for a season and he complained that after taxes it was only $750,000.00 !!!!!!