"Gold Rush" Worth Their Weight in Gold

1 00:00:01,100 --> 00:00:03,290 [narrator] On this Gold Rush... 2 00:00:03,300 --> 00:00:04,360 [engine starting] 3 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:05,660 [Tony speaking] 4 00:00:05,660 --> 00:00:08,490 [narrator] Start your engines 5 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:13,860 as we reveal the ultimate in gold mining machines. 6 00:00:13,860 --> 00:00:16,990 This is some freaking big iron, man. 7 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,830 [narrator] What takes the title of toughest of the tough? 8 00:00:22,860 --> 00:00:24,190 Holy [bleep]. 9 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:25,360 [Tony speaking] 10 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,990 [narrator] And which is the top dirt digging master? 11 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,760 This thing is pimp! 12 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,090 [Rick] Dude, that is one Frankenstein machine right there. 13 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:35,060 [narrator] From heavyweight powerhouse... 14 00:00:35,060 --> 00:00:36,400 [Tony speaking] 15 00:00:37,660 --> 00:00:40,660 [narrator] ...to undisputed hero of haulage. 16 00:00:40,660 --> 00:00:43,130 -Go, go, go. Don't stop. -[honking] 17 00:00:43,860 --> 00:00:47,090 [narrator] We pit iron against iron... 18 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:49,090 In a full throttle faceoff... 19 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:50,990 This thing is [bleep] massive. 20 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:52,960 [narrator] ...to finally crown one. 21 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:54,760 We're just gonna see who comes out ahead. 22 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,360 [narrator] ...as the supreme gold mining machine. 23 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,360 -[man] I'm just so excited, I could just piss my pants. -[laughing] 24 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:03,900 [opening theme music playing] 25 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:11,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 26 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:14,700 [narrator] First in the ring... 27 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,230 a showdown in the battle to be... 28 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,560 the master dirt digger. 29 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:24,860 [woman] More power! 30 00:01:24,860 --> 00:01:27,590 [narrator] From the mini to the mighty. 31 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,490 This thing is [bleep] massive. 32 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:34,460 [narrator] The excavators' earth crunching and super scooping power, 33 00:01:34,460 --> 00:01:37,390 put them in a digging league of their own. 34 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,090 So much [bleep] dirt. 35 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:42,760 -I'm ready. Mitch, you ready? -[Mitch] Let's do it. 36 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:44,460 [narrator] In 2019... 37 00:01:44,460 --> 00:01:46,700 -[Mitch] Now get to [bleep] work. -[laughing] 38 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:53,060 [narrator] The 480 is Parker Schnabel's go-to hoe. 39 00:01:53,060 --> 00:01:57,430 Its bucket can dig over three tons of dirt in every scoop. 40 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,300 That's quite a bit to do here in a short period of time. 41 00:02:07,860 --> 00:02:11,600 [narrator] But to dig a new settling pond in just three days, 42 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,490 the 480 isn't cutting it. 43 00:02:14,500 --> 00:02:16,660 I just don't know how we're gonna get all that done. 44 00:02:16,660 --> 00:02:18,390 [Parker] This is [bleep] frustrating. 45 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:20,890 It'd be nice if we had more manpower. 46 00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:23,800 [narrator] And a new contender steps up. 47 00:02:25,660 --> 00:02:27,330 [dramatic music playing] 48 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,300 [Brennan] Holy [bleep]. 49 00:02:39,100 --> 00:02:42,590 This is the 750, like one of the newest hoes out. 50 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,360 It's got a big bucket and a lot of power behind it. 51 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,190 So it's really gonna help us move a lot of dirt. 52 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,260 [Brennan] [bleep] look at the size of that [bleep] thing. 53 00:02:50,260 --> 00:02:51,630 The bucket is massive. 54 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:55,630 [Mitch] Holy [bleep]. 55 00:02:56,060 --> 00:02:57,400 [chuckling] 56 00:02:57,860 --> 00:02:59,760 [Parker] It's big. 57 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,990 [Mitch] I wasn't expecting something like this. [bleep] 58 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,500 Thank you, boss. 59 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,160 Get those ponies a diggin'. 60 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,060 [narrator] The 750's bucket 61 00:03:09,060 --> 00:03:13,590 ups the ante at over twice the size of the 480. 62 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,130 Digging eight and a half tons of dirt in a single scoop. 63 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,460 My [bleep]. 64 00:03:19,460 --> 00:03:21,690 When we said we needed help down here, I didn't think that 65 00:03:21,700 --> 00:03:23,390 he was gonna go spend this kind of money. 66 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:24,660 Holy [bleep]. 67 00:03:24,660 --> 00:03:27,360 This thing is [bleep] pimp! 68 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:29,090 [Mitch over radio] It's almost depressing over here, 69 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:32,160 watching just how far you've gotten and how far I've gotten. 70 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:33,500 It's unreal. 71 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:35,460 You sleeping over there? 72 00:03:35,460 --> 00:03:37,090 [laughing] 73 00:03:37,100 --> 00:03:40,160 [narrator] With a maximum 37-foot reach, 74 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,330 the 750 makes short work of the pond. 75 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,400 [Brennan] [bleep] yeah! Burn Pond is done. 76 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,230 Whoo! 77 00:03:54,860 --> 00:03:56,230 [Mitch] Come on, baby. 78 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:01,360 -[Parker] [bleep] yeah, boys! -You liking that? 79 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,660 -[Parker] Oh, yeah! -She's way bigger than the last one. 80 00:04:03,660 --> 00:04:05,490 [Parker] Yeah, man. 81 00:04:05,500 --> 00:04:07,590 It wouldn't have happened without the 750, man. 82 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,460 You could have hired five more people 83 00:04:09,460 --> 00:04:11,460 and it wouldn't make up for what that 750 can do. 84 00:04:11,460 --> 00:04:12,290 It's unbelievable. 85 00:04:12,300 --> 00:04:15,760 -It's an unreal hoe, huh? -Oh, man. 86 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,730 [narrator] But even the 750 is small fry... 87 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,660 compared to the mega toy 88 00:04:21,660 --> 00:04:24,600 Tony Beets buys in 2021. 89 00:04:24,860 --> 00:04:27,200 [Tony speaking] 90 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:43,460 [narrator] The 950 is taller than a semi-truck. 91 00:04:43,460 --> 00:04:44,560 [Tony speaking] 92 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,500 [narrator] With a boom arm as long as a school bus, 93 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,290 clocking in at 45 feet. 94 00:04:50,300 --> 00:04:51,900 [Tony speaking] 95 00:04:59,660 --> 00:05:01,800 [upbeat music playing] 96 00:05:11,460 --> 00:05:12,830 [Tony speaking] 97 00:05:14,460 --> 00:05:18,190 [narrator] Its bucket is a third bigger than a 750's 98 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,360 and rated to ten tons, 99 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,000 the weight of five cars. 100 00:05:23,260 --> 00:05:24,700 [Tony speaking] 101 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,630 [narrator] Unleashed on Paradise Hill... 102 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:48,830 [Tony speaking] 103 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:57,000 [narrator] ...Tony's new gold digger hits pay dirt in record time. 104 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:02,100 [Monica] We've hit gravel and hay in the back. 105 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:04,660 Yippee ki-yay. 106 00:06:04,660 --> 00:06:08,900 [narrator] Confirming the 950 as the dirt digging master. 107 00:06:10,900 --> 00:06:12,300 [Tony speaking] 108 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:22,460 [narrator] Now, it's a head to head to discover... 109 00:06:22,460 --> 00:06:23,790 It is show time! 110 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:25,400 -Fire it up! -[Brennan] Go! 111 00:06:27,500 --> 00:06:31,290 [narrator] ...which out of the biggest, baddest wash plants, 112 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:36,330 has delivered the all-time career best haul to take the title. 113 00:06:36,860 --> 00:06:38,690 Greatest gold catcher. 114 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:40,460 We're washing rocks, baby! 115 00:06:40,460 --> 00:06:42,230 Yee-haw! 116 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:45,090 Our season starts now! 117 00:06:45,100 --> 00:06:47,530 -[Mitch] Here we go! -[Parker] Time to make some money! 118 00:06:49,100 --> 00:06:50,960 [narrator] These monster machines... 119 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,790 [Rick] Oh, that's nice and smooth, man. 120 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,890 [narrator] ...come in two main types. 121 00:06:55,900 --> 00:06:58,030 Rotating trommels. 122 00:07:00,700 --> 00:07:03,060 [narrator] And vibrating shaker decks. 123 00:07:03,060 --> 00:07:05,160 [Mitch] Here we go! The shaker deck's shaking! 124 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,060 Time to throw some dirt at it. 125 00:07:07,060 --> 00:07:09,690 [narrator] And they all have just one job. 126 00:07:09,700 --> 00:07:13,300 Washing pay dirt to catch tons of gold. 127 00:07:16,100 --> 00:07:17,590 [narrator] At Paradise Hill, 128 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:22,560 Tony Beets swears by his old school 40-ton trommel 129 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,360 spinning for 35 years. 130 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:26,530 [Mike] Hey, it spins. 131 00:07:29,260 --> 00:07:30,700 Oh, yeah! 132 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:35,100 [narrator] Gold bearing pay dirt is fed into the barrel 133 00:07:35,860 --> 00:07:39,100 at up to 350 yards per hour. 134 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,860 The big rocks fall out the back. 135 00:07:42,860 --> 00:07:46,300 And the fine material passes into the sluices below 136 00:07:47,060 --> 00:07:48,800 where the gold is caught. 137 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,900 [bleep] going in there faster than we can almost [bleep] bring it to her. 138 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:55,660 [Tony speaking] 139 00:07:55,660 --> 00:07:57,490 [narrator] In the past five years, 140 00:07:57,500 --> 00:08:03,500 the trommel has pulled in over 16,230 ounces of gold. 141 00:08:11,860 --> 00:08:13,030 -Crank it up! -Yeah! 142 00:08:13,460 --> 00:08:15,100 [machine whirring] 143 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,460 [Rick] She's shaking! 144 00:08:17,460 --> 00:08:20,860 [Parker] We just got to hunker in and keep feeding it, huh? 145 00:08:20,860 --> 00:08:24,300 [narrator] Rick and Parker put their faith in shakers. 146 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,600 Pay dirt is fed to the plant. 147 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:34,300 A vibrating deck bounces rocks out onto the waste pile. 148 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,160 Water blasts gold bearing fine material 149 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:43,460 through holes in the screen deck to the sluices below 150 00:08:43,460 --> 00:08:46,330 where the heavier gold sinks and settles. 151 00:08:48,100 --> 00:08:49,990 Sounds [bleep] awesome. 152 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,090 [narrator] The half million dollar jewel in Rick's crown 153 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:54,800 is Monster Red. 154 00:08:55,700 --> 00:08:58,290 This massive 50-ton beast... 155 00:08:58,300 --> 00:08:59,560 [Rick] [bleep] yeah! 156 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:03,560 [narrator] ...blasts 3,000 gallons of water per minute 157 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:07,060 into its 9.5 ton shaker deck. 158 00:09:07,060 --> 00:09:10,860 It washes 300 yards of pay dirt an hour 159 00:09:10,860 --> 00:09:15,560 and catches the gold in a 38-foot-long sluice box. 160 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:18,360 Well, that's 100 ounces right there out of Monster Red. 161 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,530 [narrator] Since he first fired it up in 2019... 162 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:23,360 [Rick] Feast your eyes. 163 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,360 [all exclaiming] 164 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:30,790 [narrator] ...Monster Red has banked Rick 2,078 ounces of gold. 165 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,300 That's what dreams are made of. 166 00:09:33,300 --> 00:09:35,260 [Parker] It's nice to be washing rocks again. 167 00:09:35,260 --> 00:09:37,490 He's cranking through the dirt right now. 168 00:09:37,500 --> 00:09:43,500 [narrator] But Parker raises the bar with his $600,000 custom built shaker. 169 00:09:43,700 --> 00:09:45,600 Sluicifer! 170 00:09:46,260 --> 00:09:47,700 It's time to make some money. 171 00:09:49,300 --> 00:09:52,990 [narrator] Sluicifer is ultra-compact and portable, 172 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,260 built on skids 173 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:57,390 so it can be moved closer to the pay. 174 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:01,990 It has an incline shaker deck, a tilting conveyor. 175 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,960 Crank that [bleep] up. 176 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:08,090 [narrator] ...can run up to 250 yards of pay dirt per hour. 177 00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:12,800 And catches the gold in two 14-by-10 foot sluices. 178 00:10:13,460 --> 00:10:15,160 It levels itself. 179 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,360 It can feed another tailings conveyor in a heartbeat. 180 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,990 The sluice runs are super easy to clean up. 181 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,860 It's perfect in every way. 182 00:10:23,860 --> 00:10:26,890 [narrator] Since it was built in 2016, 183 00:10:26,900 --> 00:10:31,260 Sluicifer's hauled in over 28,000 ounces of gold. 184 00:10:31,260 --> 00:10:32,860 Whoa! 185 00:10:32,860 --> 00:10:34,700 In my mind, this is the best wash plant... 186 00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:36,530 that I've ever seen. 187 00:10:37,860 --> 00:10:39,760 [narrator] But in 2022, 188 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:43,360 Parker goes searching for shaker deck perfection. 189 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,360 -Hey, Jeff. -How's it going, man? 190 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:46,460 [Parker] Good. 191 00:10:46,460 --> 00:10:49,190 [narrator] With wash plant expert, Jeff Turnell. 192 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,460 [Parker] With those sluice runs on skids like that 193 00:10:52,460 --> 00:10:54,560 and them being two separate pieces, 194 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:56,990 it's going to move like super easy. 195 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,760 [narrator] To research and design 196 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,230 an all new cutting-edge plan. 197 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:02,430 Good job, man. 198 00:11:02,430 --> 00:11:05,030 We better get on building a real one. 199 00:11:07,060 --> 00:11:10,600 [narrator] Parker's brand new million-dollar shaker, Rocksand, 200 00:11:11,460 --> 00:11:14,600 boasts self-leveling skids on the shaker 201 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:17,230 and the sluices. 202 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,090 It runs 250 yards of pay an hour, 203 00:11:22,100 --> 00:11:26,490 but the sluice box is 22 by 27 feet wide, 204 00:11:26,500 --> 00:11:28,300 the biggest Parker owns. 205 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:30,830 [honking] 206 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:34,500 [Mitch] There she is. 207 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:36,430 [Parker] Oh, yeah. 208 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,400 Let's do it! 209 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,330 [machinery whirring] 210 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:46,890 [Parker] Impressive. 211 00:11:46,900 --> 00:11:48,660 [Mitch] Yeah, that's perfect. 212 00:11:48,660 --> 00:11:50,490 It's a nice setup. I like the plant, 213 00:11:50,500 --> 00:11:54,330 and there's always gonna be a few quirks to work out, but I like it so far. 214 00:11:57,260 --> 00:12:02,660 So we got 200 in that pan, and then we got another 253.8. 215 00:12:02,660 --> 00:12:04,490 [bleep] 216 00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:06,090 [Parker] That's nuts. 217 00:12:06,100 --> 00:12:10,500 [narrator] When Rocksand was fired up in the final month of the 2023 season, 218 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:16,200 it banked 1,819 ounces of gold. 219 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,260 Over 700 ounces in one week. 220 00:12:19,260 --> 00:12:20,160 That's a hell of a result. 221 00:12:21,860 --> 00:12:24,200 [narrator] Rocksand is still a rookie. 222 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,400 And yet to prove itself. 223 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:32,260 But a surprise veteran 224 00:12:32,260 --> 00:12:35,600 is about to grab the gold-catching glory. 225 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:48,760 [narrator] In the hotly fought contest of the greatest gold catcher, 226 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,630 we can finally reveal the winner. 227 00:12:52,860 --> 00:12:55,200 [machinery whirring] 228 00:12:57,260 --> 00:12:59,760 A 12-year-old underdog, 229 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:03,030 battle worn veteran, Big Red. 230 00:13:06,460 --> 00:13:09,160 [Rick] Red and I go back a long ways. 231 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,590 We're both old and rusty. 232 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:15,400 [narrator] It can only sluice 180 yards of pay an hour 233 00:13:16,460 --> 00:13:20,660 and has sluices four feet narrower than Rocksand. 234 00:13:20,660 --> 00:13:24,190 But this old timer just keeps on shaking. 235 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:27,200 [Nona] I love Big Red. She does her job very well. 236 00:13:27,900 --> 00:13:30,360 [narrator] Over the course of 11 seasons, 237 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,260 Big Red's unrivaled reliability 238 00:13:33,260 --> 00:13:38,830 means it has hauled in an astonishing 33,000 ounces of gold. 239 00:13:38,830 --> 00:13:39,990 Wow! 240 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,760 -Well done! -[man] That's unreal! 241 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:43,190 [Brennan] Good job, partner. 242 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:44,860 [Mitch] Yeah, that's pretty good. 243 00:13:44,860 --> 00:13:46,860 [Rick] Big Red just crunching it. 244 00:13:46,860 --> 00:13:51,760 [narrator] Worth over $74,400,000. 245 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:53,060 You're joking, right? 246 00:13:53,060 --> 00:13:56,160 [Nona] If all of us could do our job like Big Red, 247 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:57,960 we'd would be superheroes. 248 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:02,060 [narrator] Securing trusty, rusty Big Red's place 249 00:14:02,060 --> 00:14:04,330 as champion of the gold catchers. 250 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:06,660 -Cheers, guys! -[all cheering] 251 00:14:06,660 --> 00:14:08,230 [Nona] Best year ever! 252 00:14:11,860 --> 00:14:13,660 [Tony speaking] 253 00:14:13,660 --> 00:14:16,130 [narrator] To move millions of tons of dirt, 254 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:18,300 miners need power. 255 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,400 [narrator] And dozers bring the power A-game. 256 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:28,300 These ripping and stripping monsters use brute strength 257 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,230 to shift mountains of muck. 258 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:33,500 Whoo! [bleep] yeah! 259 00:14:35,260 --> 00:14:38,390 [narrator] But in a battle of the heavy weights, which... 260 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,360 [Mitch on radio] Look at the size of that dozer. 261 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:45,260 [narrator] ...is the ultimate powerhouse of the Klondike? 262 00:14:45,260 --> 00:14:46,490 [Parker] When it comes to ripping, 263 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:49,160 it's just about how much weight and traction you've got. 264 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:54,330 [narrator] The D11 is the strongest dozer in Parker and Tony's fleets. 265 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,660 [narrator] Its monster ripper shank hits the ground 266 00:15:00,660 --> 00:15:04,400 with 1500 times more force than a jackhammer. 267 00:15:06,660 --> 00:15:10,600 A V12 engine delivers 850 horsepower... 268 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,860 and more torque than an Abrams tank... 269 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:21,990 allowing it to rip through concrete, hard permafrost like butter 270 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:27,230 before its blade clears 45 tons of overburden in each push. 271 00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:30,300 [Tony speaking] 272 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,430 [narrator] But in 2021... 273 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:45,360 [Rick] [bleep] steep. 274 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,760 But that channel looks clear as day. 275 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:51,490 [narrator] Rick Ness needs even more muscle 276 00:15:51,500 --> 00:15:57,400 when he discovers a 3,000-ounce gold streak worth $5 million. 277 00:15:58,660 --> 00:16:04,230 But it's buried 200 feet deep and winter is closing in. 278 00:16:05,500 --> 00:16:08,090 We're looking at, you know, over a million yards 279 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:09,860 of overburden that has to be moved. 280 00:16:09,860 --> 00:16:11,760 -[laughs] -You know? 281 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,660 -Wow, that's a lot. -It really is. 282 00:16:14,660 --> 00:16:17,400 I think it's doable. I think I'm ready to pull the trigger on this. 283 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,360 [narrator] To hit his buried treasure fast, 284 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,800 Rick brings in the most powerful dozer in the Yukon. 285 00:16:27,830 --> 00:16:30,260 The 475. 286 00:16:30,260 --> 00:16:31,660 [Rick] I've dropped a half a million dollars 287 00:16:31,660 --> 00:16:34,160 on the biggest dozer money can buy. 288 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,500 This dozer is obnoxiously big. 289 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,190 [narrator] The 120-ton giant 290 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,130 packs two six-cylinder engines 291 00:16:43,660 --> 00:16:45,960 generating 900 horsepower, 292 00:16:47,260 --> 00:16:51,760 enough to move the weight of 20 Humvees in each push. 293 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:53,830 [Rick] They call it the Rally Valley. 294 00:16:53,830 --> 00:16:55,730 They're calling it that because by the time we're done here, 295 00:16:55,730 --> 00:16:57,500 it's gonna be one hell of a valley. 296 00:16:59,100 --> 00:17:01,000 [engine starts] 297 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,590 The one deadly weapon we have this year is this 475. 298 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:11,390 I mean, [bleep] this thing push mountains and rip mountains. 299 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,630 This thing's worth its weight in gold for what we got to do. 300 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,660 [narrator] Five weeks later... 301 00:17:17,660 --> 00:17:20,160 [Rick] Well, that's it. Rally Valley's open for business. 302 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:23,800 [narrator] ...Rick's moved enough dirt to fill Madison Square Garden. 303 00:17:24,260 --> 00:17:25,460 Twice. 304 00:17:25,460 --> 00:17:27,030 [Rick] It's go time. 305 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,800 [narrator] Uncovering the richest pay dirt of Rick's career. 306 00:17:32,260 --> 00:17:33,660 [Rick] Oh, that's a good sound. 307 00:17:33,660 --> 00:17:36,000 -[man 1 chuckles] -[man 2] That is. 308 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:38,460 No! 309 00:17:38,460 --> 00:17:41,160 That is by far the biggest gold total for a week. 310 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:42,960 It's almost 400 ounces. 311 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,360 Thank you so much, 312 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:47,500 big, strong, handsome dozer. I couldn't do without you. 313 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:55,560 [narrator] We've crowned king of the diggers and the boss of power. 314 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,730 But there's one adaptable machine, unacclaimed, 315 00:17:58,730 --> 00:18:00,200 that holds the title. 316 00:18:03,100 --> 00:18:04,990 [crew member] Light her up with some dirt, Tyson. 317 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:05,790 Yes, sir. 318 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:08,760 [narrator] Most versatile player. 319 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:12,260 I sure do enjoy being in a [bleep] loader over a truck. 320 00:18:12,260 --> 00:18:13,630 Hell, yeah. 321 00:18:13,630 --> 00:18:18,290 [narrator] A machine that combines speed, power and precision, 322 00:18:18,300 --> 00:18:21,660 as well as being a surprising savior for miners. 323 00:18:21,660 --> 00:18:25,160 [crew member] Whoa! Look at the bucket on that bad boy! 324 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:26,460 [narrator] The loader. 325 00:18:26,460 --> 00:18:28,560 Blowing the plant! Yeah! Whoo! 326 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:29,960 [laughing] 327 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:31,760 [narrator] It's main task? 328 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:35,090 Feeding gold rich pay dirt to the wash plant. 329 00:18:35,100 --> 00:18:37,360 I mean, this is about as important as it gets. 330 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:41,560 All of our gold's coming out of that wash plant, so you gotta run it right. 331 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,700 [narrator] And clearing away the waste tailings. 332 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,260 A 220 has a 10-ton bucket 333 00:18:49,260 --> 00:18:52,860 equal to the largest excavator bucket in the Yukon, 334 00:18:52,860 --> 00:18:55,860 controlled with pinpoint accuracy. 335 00:18:55,860 --> 00:18:57,660 It's just finding a rhythm, you know what I mean? 336 00:18:57,660 --> 00:18:59,860 You come up here and fill the hopper. 337 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,400 Go get a scoop of coarse tailings. 338 00:19:04,830 --> 00:19:06,230 Dump them off the rail. 339 00:19:08,660 --> 00:19:12,400 Carefully move yourself into the fine tailings without getting stuck. 340 00:19:13,100 --> 00:19:15,260 [narrator] Its articulated steering 341 00:19:15,260 --> 00:19:19,060 pivots between axles for extra maneuverability, 342 00:19:19,060 --> 00:19:21,860 and it's ten times faster than an excavator. 343 00:19:25,100 --> 00:19:27,200 But it's when disaster strikes... 344 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:36,560 [Mike] [bleep] 345 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,800 [narrator] ...that all of the loader's abilities come into play. 346 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,060 [Tony speaking] 347 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,660 [narrator] 2022. 348 00:19:53,660 --> 00:19:57,560 Tony Beets has to right a 25-ton wash plant, 349 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,560 then get it back on its trailer 350 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,500 on a narrow, inaccessible mountain road. 351 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:06,060 [Tony speaking] 352 00:20:08,660 --> 00:20:11,830 [narrator] Tony needs a machine with maneuverability, 353 00:20:11,830 --> 00:20:13,830 power and precision. 354 00:20:13,830 --> 00:20:15,000 [Mike] What's your plan, Dad? 355 00:20:15,460 --> 00:20:17,060 [Tony speaking] 356 00:20:24,660 --> 00:20:26,190 [narrator] His solution? 357 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:31,300 Two loaders that prove why they're gold mining's most versatile player. 358 00:20:50,860 --> 00:20:55,130 [narrator] The two loaders use a combined 805 horsepower 359 00:20:55,130 --> 00:20:58,060 to carefully pull the plant upright. 360 00:20:58,060 --> 00:20:59,700 [Tony speaking] 361 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:18,630 [narrator] Next, Tony brings the loader's precision into play 362 00:21:18,630 --> 00:21:21,460 for a maneuver back onto the trailer 363 00:21:21,460 --> 00:21:23,130 that has to be perfect. 364 00:21:52,460 --> 00:21:54,700 [epic instrumental music] 365 00:22:01,930 --> 00:22:04,930 [narrator] We're handing out the top titles 366 00:22:04,930 --> 00:22:07,760 for the ultimate machines of mining. 367 00:22:09,460 --> 00:22:10,660 [bleep] sick! 368 00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:14,990 [narrator] And next, the toughest machine on site... 369 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,460 [man] Holy, man! Unreal! 370 00:22:17,460 --> 00:22:21,830 [narrator] ...dozers, excavators, and loaders 371 00:22:21,830 --> 00:22:24,860 are all built to withstand a battering. 372 00:22:24,860 --> 00:22:28,030 [Parker] Big problems require big machines. 373 00:22:28,030 --> 00:22:31,560 [narrator] But leading the pack by a country mile, 374 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:37,700 there's an all-terrain vehicle that can take a smack down and just keep on trucking. 375 00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:43,330 Oh, [bleep]! 376 00:22:43,330 --> 00:22:46,760 [narrator] Enter the rock truck. 377 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,830 [Parker] Dude, these things have some balls. 378 00:22:49,830 --> 00:22:52,860 Yeah, I'm pretty impressed so far. 379 00:22:52,860 --> 00:22:54,960 [narrator] The toughest of the tough. 380 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:56,560 Go, go, go, go, go! 381 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:59,260 [brakes screeching] 382 00:22:59,260 --> 00:23:00,660 [gasps] 383 00:23:00,660 --> 00:23:03,160 -[Parker] Sorry. -What the [bleep] was that? 384 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,130 That's why you put your [bleep] seatbelt on. 385 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,760 Haul about 27 yards a load, 386 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:12,060 and that means we gotta truck 400 loads in 12 hours. 387 00:23:12,060 --> 00:23:15,400 [narrator] Trucking out mountains of worthless overburden... 388 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:17,190 [siren blaring] 389 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,860 [narrator] ...and delivering gold-rich pay to the plant, 390 00:23:21,430 --> 00:23:27,160 the 400-horsepower A40 can handle a 40-ton payload 391 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:31,900 packing in 30 cubic yards of dirt in every haul. 392 00:23:33,460 --> 00:23:39,530 Each of its six wheels has an internal planetary gear system increasing torque, 393 00:23:39,530 --> 00:23:42,600 meaning it can handle the roughest terrain. 394 00:23:44,830 --> 00:23:47,160 We got a lot of dirt to move. 395 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:51,600 [narrator] And the secret sauce of this hearty 21st century packhorse? 396 00:23:54,100 --> 00:24:00,260 An articulation joint lets the cab and trailer move and rotate independently. 397 00:24:03,930 --> 00:24:05,360 [tense instrumental music] 398 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:07,960 [crashing] 399 00:24:09,660 --> 00:24:13,860 [narrator] So, when disaster strikes and the box tips over... 400 00:24:16,030 --> 00:24:18,800 the cab stays safely upright. 401 00:24:21,100 --> 00:24:23,000 Hey, hey, hey! 402 00:24:28,060 --> 00:24:29,900 See something new every day. 403 00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:35,060 When we roll it back over, the truck rolled that way, 404 00:24:35,060 --> 00:24:36,760 so we have to bring it back this way. 405 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,260 -Yeah. -If this thing starts twisting too much or we lose it, 406 00:24:39,260 --> 00:24:41,660 we're gonna snap those hydraulic lines off. 407 00:24:41,660 --> 00:24:43,330 [epic instrumental music] 408 00:24:44,660 --> 00:24:48,560 Guys, watch out! When this thing hammers down, [bleep] might go flying. 409 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:52,060 Here she comes! 410 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,460 [narrator] Back on six wheels and all in one piece... 411 00:25:05,460 --> 00:25:07,030 Nicely done. 412 00:25:07,030 --> 00:25:08,800 [narrator] ...it's straight back to work 413 00:25:10,460 --> 00:25:14,300 for the undisputed toughest mother on the mine. 414 00:25:19,130 --> 00:25:22,660 But as fuel costs go through the roof... 415 00:25:22,660 --> 00:25:24,700 [Rick] Bigger machines, bigger fuel bills. 416 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,130 [narrator] ...every miner watches their bottom line. 417 00:25:31,130 --> 00:25:33,460 -[Parker] Hey, there's something I wanna go show ya. -Okay. 418 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:40,400 [narrator] And in 2014, Parker buys the ultimate Klondike cost-cutter. 419 00:25:44,530 --> 00:25:46,230 [Rick] What the hell? 420 00:25:46,230 --> 00:25:48,860 That's one Frankenstein machine right there. 421 00:25:48,860 --> 00:25:51,230 [narrator] This ingenious mining hybrid... 422 00:25:51,230 --> 00:25:53,160 Full steam forward motion! 423 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:57,700 [narrator] ...is a conveyor bolted onto the body of an excavator... 424 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,700 [Parker] We're just gonna see how it likes the mud. 425 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:07,060 [narrator] ...creating a 150-foot all-terrain monster 426 00:26:07,060 --> 00:26:10,060 that moves dirt for pennies on the dollar. 427 00:26:10,060 --> 00:26:13,860 -That thing's huge! -[instrumental rock music] 428 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,360 [narrator] With a single excavator feeding it, 429 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:24,860 the colossal conveyor moves overburden up and out of the cut, 430 00:26:24,860 --> 00:26:28,230 then walks itself to new ground 431 00:26:28,230 --> 00:26:31,500 and starts the process all over again. 432 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,800 [Parker] It's time to put this conveyor into overdrive. 433 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:41,990 [narrator] This machine mash-up moves as much dirt 434 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,230 as a three-rock truck stripping crew 435 00:26:44,230 --> 00:26:48,100 using a third of the fuel and manpower. 436 00:26:48,730 --> 00:26:50,300 [Parker] There it goes! 437 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:52,930 All right, let's get down to business. 438 00:26:52,930 --> 00:26:54,960 -[Rick] Yeah. -[Mitch] Ooh! 439 00:26:54,960 --> 00:27:00,630 [narrator] It saves Parker $100,000 in fuel in its first year, 440 00:27:00,630 --> 00:27:05,360 and is still giving him more bang for his buck years later. 441 00:27:06,100 --> 00:27:08,560 [Parker] This is absolutely badass. 442 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,100 I love it. 443 00:27:12,230 --> 00:27:13,530 [narrator] Coming up... 444 00:27:13,530 --> 00:27:15,230 [Mike] You gotta slow down! 445 00:27:15,230 --> 00:27:17,860 [narrator] ...fast and furious haulers... 446 00:27:17,860 --> 00:27:19,460 Whoa! [bleep] 447 00:27:19,460 --> 00:27:20,860 [Tony] The monster comes alive! 448 00:27:20,860 --> 00:27:25,560 [narrator] ...and the ultimate gold mining machine is revealed. 449 00:27:34,330 --> 00:27:37,260 [narrator] Even the mightiest mining machines 450 00:27:37,260 --> 00:27:41,360 need a reliable ride to get them on site. 451 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:42,960 [horn honking] 452 00:27:44,100 --> 00:27:46,630 [epic instrumental music] 453 00:27:46,630 --> 00:27:48,990 Go, go, go, go, go! Don't stop! 454 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,060 [narrator] From heavy equipment... 455 00:27:51,060 --> 00:27:52,160 Go, go, go, go! 456 00:27:52,930 --> 00:27:53,930 [narrator] ...to wash plants... 457 00:27:53,930 --> 00:27:56,000 Whoa! [bleep] 458 00:27:57,030 --> 00:27:57,860 [narrator] ...and moving camp... 459 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,260 [Rick] All right, let's go trucking. 460 00:28:01,260 --> 00:28:04,360 -[narrator] ...without a haul truck and trailer... -[horn honking] 461 00:28:04,360 --> 00:28:06,800 [narrator] ...there is no mining for gold. 462 00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:13,100 [Tony speaking] 463 00:28:16,130 --> 00:28:20,400 [narrator] But how big a haul truck do you need to haul a haul truck? 464 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:26,360 [narrator] In 2016, Tony Beets has the answer. 465 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:31,990 Tony is transporting a 15,000-pound section of a power barge 466 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:37,060 and prepares to haul it with a 450-horsepower truck. 467 00:28:37,660 --> 00:28:40,460 [Tony speaking] 468 00:28:46,430 --> 00:28:48,330 [narrator] Once it leaves the highway, 469 00:28:48,330 --> 00:28:53,000 the haul truck faces a five-mile climb to Paradise Hill. 470 00:28:57,430 --> 00:28:59,360 Can't hold it. She's spinning back down. 471 00:29:00,430 --> 00:29:01,660 [narrator] Stuck on the road, 472 00:29:01,660 --> 00:29:04,560 Tony needs even more muscle. 473 00:29:05,860 --> 00:29:10,530 -Enter the king of haul trucks... -[honking] 474 00:29:10,530 --> 00:29:14,830 ...the eight-wheel drive military Oshkosh. 475 00:29:14,830 --> 00:29:16,530 Tony's plan? 476 00:29:16,530 --> 00:29:21,730 Use the powerhouse to haul the truck and the barge section, 477 00:29:21,730 --> 00:29:28,300 a combined load of 77.5 tons, all the way to Paradise. 478 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:36,060 [narrator] Originally designed to transport 60-ton tanks, 479 00:29:36,060 --> 00:29:39,300 it packs a mighty 500 horsepower. 480 00:29:39,530 --> 00:29:40,930 [Tony speaking] 481 00:29:40,930 --> 00:29:43,060 I like it when things go nice. 482 00:29:44,100 --> 00:29:45,700 It's always fun driving that Oshkosh. 483 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:47,990 [horn honking] 484 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,830 Can't state that enough. 485 00:29:49,830 --> 00:29:54,500 [narrator] But behind every great truck is a great trailer. 486 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:56,860 [Tony speaking] 487 00:30:04,730 --> 00:30:09,360 [narrator] When Tony has to move his 100-ton 950 excavator, 488 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,130 he needs something extra special. 489 00:30:13,060 --> 00:30:14,660 [Tony speaking] 490 00:30:19,330 --> 00:30:24,030 [narrator] A fully built 950 is too big for a standard trailer. 491 00:30:24,030 --> 00:30:30,760 So, Tony brings in a unique 1965 rear steer Columbia lowboy. 492 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:33,500 [engine whirring] 493 00:30:33,860 --> 00:30:35,200 [Tony speaking] 494 00:30:39,260 --> 00:30:43,930 [narrator] The Columbia can handle an incredible 100-ton payload. 495 00:30:43,930 --> 00:30:46,160 It has steering at the front... 496 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:49,160 and the rear. 497 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,060 Powered by a hydraulic motor 498 00:30:52,060 --> 00:30:55,060 and manually operated by levers, 499 00:30:55,060 --> 00:30:57,730 it makes the lowboy more maneuverable 500 00:30:57,730 --> 00:31:01,600 than a fixed axle rig on the mountain road. 501 00:31:02,860 --> 00:31:04,500 [Tony speaking] 502 00:31:08,530 --> 00:31:12,730 [narrator] It needs precise communication between the drivers. 503 00:31:12,730 --> 00:31:16,100 So, first, they take it for a test drive. 504 00:31:16,730 --> 00:31:18,100 [Tony speaking] 505 00:31:32,530 --> 00:31:34,360 [Mike] You gotta [bleep] slow down! 506 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,000 -[Len] What? -[Mike] Slow down! 507 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:41,930 Len, slow the [bleep] down! 508 00:31:41,930 --> 00:31:44,460 I can't even adjust that fast! 509 00:31:44,460 --> 00:31:46,300 -Stop, stop, stop, stop! -[Tony speaking] 510 00:31:48,460 --> 00:31:50,060 Whoa! 511 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:58,460 He has a bad habit of picking up speed. It [bleep] pisses me off! 512 00:31:59,060 --> 00:32:00,400 [Tony speaking] 513 00:32:10,230 --> 00:32:11,160 Okay. 514 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:12,700 [Tony speaking] 515 00:32:13,860 --> 00:32:19,630 [narrator] Test drive complete, it's time to haul the 950. 516 00:32:19,630 --> 00:32:22,000 [Tony speaking] 517 00:32:23,660 --> 00:32:25,860 [tense instrumental music] 518 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,400 [triumphant instrumental music] 519 00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:57,300 She's a heavy pull. 520 00:32:57,660 --> 00:32:59,660 [Tony speaking] 521 00:32:59,660 --> 00:33:01,830 [narrator] Taking the honors for top trailer, 522 00:33:01,830 --> 00:33:04,600 the one and only Columbia. 523 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:06,500 [Tony speaking] 524 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:19,930 [narrator] Coming up... 525 00:33:19,930 --> 00:33:21,190 [Tony speaking] 526 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:25,090 [narrator] ...the best of the best is finally revealed. 527 00:33:25,100 --> 00:33:26,760 Zoom, zoom, zoom, [bleep]. 528 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:34,660 [Brennan] That thing run out of fuel? 529 00:33:34,660 --> 00:33:37,030 [narrator] In the race for gold... 530 00:33:37,030 --> 00:33:39,630 [Parker] I'm gonna head over to the fuel truck. 531 00:33:39,630 --> 00:33:42,030 [narrator] ...nothing runs without fuel. 532 00:33:42,030 --> 00:33:45,200 I don't know how the [bleep] Parker thinks he's gonna get a fuel truck in here. 533 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,260 [Parker] Hee-haw! 534 00:33:48,260 --> 00:33:50,260 [narrator] And Parker's custom-built truck... 535 00:33:50,260 --> 00:33:52,430 [Parker] This thing is awesome. 536 00:33:52,430 --> 00:33:56,560 [narrator] ...takes the stop out of fuel stop. 537 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,860 This thing certainly doesn't go fast, but it goes anywhere. 538 00:34:01,260 --> 00:34:03,560 [narrator] Originally designed for logging, 539 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:07,760 this all-terrain skidder has been converted to carry 540 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:11,260 over 2,500 gallons of gas, 541 00:34:11,260 --> 00:34:14,360 and can take that fuel anywhere. 542 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,760 What the [bleep] is that thing? 543 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,560 [laughing] 544 00:34:20,430 --> 00:34:21,630 [Parker] Need some fuel? 545 00:34:21,630 --> 00:34:24,090 [Brennan laughs] [bleep] yeah, I do! 546 00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:26,600 I just might become a fuel delivery guy. 547 00:34:31,830 --> 00:34:34,000 [epic instrumental music] 548 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:41,400 [narrator] In the battle to become the ultimate gold mining machine... 549 00:34:44,130 --> 00:34:45,460 there's been gold diggers, 550 00:34:48,630 --> 00:34:49,700 gold movers... 551 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:53,800 and gold catchers. 552 00:34:55,130 --> 00:34:56,960 But there's one machine... 553 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:58,100 [Tony speaking] 554 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:00,730 ...that does it all. 555 00:35:00,730 --> 00:35:03,760 I'm so excited, I could just piss my pants. 556 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:04,630 [laughing] 557 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:08,400 [narrator] The ultimate mining machine. 558 00:35:12,630 --> 00:35:18,700 [narrator] Dredges have been a one-stop gold-catching factory for over a century. 559 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,760 In the early 1900s, 560 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:28,660 dredges hauled in up to 800 ounces of gold a day. 561 00:35:28,660 --> 00:35:33,130 In 50 years, a single dredge could mine out gold 562 00:35:33,130 --> 00:35:37,330 worth over $33 billion today. 563 00:35:39,030 --> 00:35:41,800 But by 2014... 564 00:35:45,530 --> 00:35:50,700 ...all had been abandoned and rusting for over 25 years. 565 00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:53,530 [Tony speaking] 566 00:36:03,930 --> 00:36:07,290 [narrator] The derelict 85-year-old dredge 567 00:36:07,300 --> 00:36:10,230 is armed with a 72-bucket ladder. 568 00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:14,060 At the heart, a nine-ton trommel. 569 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:20,230 And at the rear, an 85-foot tailing stacker. 570 00:36:20,230 --> 00:36:22,560 All driven from the control room. 571 00:36:23,460 --> 00:36:24,760 [Tony speaking] 572 00:36:40,430 --> 00:36:43,730 [narrator] To resurrect his Viking gold ship... 573 00:36:43,730 --> 00:36:45,030 [Tony speaking] 574 00:36:45,030 --> 00:36:47,300 [narrator] ...Tony disassembles the relic. 575 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:55,000 Whoo! 576 00:36:56,230 --> 00:37:00,260 [narrator] Next, he ships all 350 tons of it 577 00:37:00,260 --> 00:37:02,560 to his Eureka Creek claim. 578 00:37:06,660 --> 00:37:09,160 [narrator] Then, reassembles. 579 00:37:13,330 --> 00:37:14,960 -[all] Yeah! -[Tony speaking] 580 00:37:16,330 --> 00:37:19,530 [sweeping instrumental music] 581 00:37:26,030 --> 00:37:27,960 [man] The monster comes alive! 582 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:29,200 [Tony speaking] 583 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:50,660 [narrator] A year later... 584 00:37:50,660 --> 00:37:52,130 [Monica] What's up, bros? 585 00:37:52,130 --> 00:37:53,960 [narrator] ...Tony wants to prove... 586 00:37:56,230 --> 00:37:59,590 [narrator] ...that his old school tech is the future. 587 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:00,900 [Tony speaking] 588 00:38:23,860 --> 00:38:24,990 [narrator] Tony's test? 589 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,330 All right, we're firing up. 590 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:27,960 [machinery whirring] 591 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:31,490 [narrator] ...pit his dredge, run by eldest son Kevin... 592 00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:33,600 Zoom, zoom, zoom, [bleep]. 593 00:38:33,860 --> 00:38:35,300 Ow! 594 00:38:36,330 --> 00:38:38,730 [narrator] ...against daughter Monica's shaker deck. 595 00:38:38,730 --> 00:38:40,260 [epic instrumental music] 596 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,730 ...in a 48-hour gold race. 597 00:38:45,730 --> 00:38:49,530 The most profitable machine wins. 598 00:38:51,500 --> 00:38:54,390 We're just gonna see who comes out ahead. 599 00:38:54,400 --> 00:39:00,160 [narrator] Monica's shaker deck processes 175 yards of pay dirt an hour, 600 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,960 nearly twice the dredge's capacity. 601 00:39:03,860 --> 00:39:07,990 But to sluice more dirt, the shaker needs five crew 602 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:12,660 and iron that burns 1,000 gallons of fuel a day. 603 00:39:13,830 --> 00:39:18,900 The dredge is manned by just one dredge master and a deckhand, 604 00:39:21,460 --> 00:39:24,430 and is powered by a single generator 605 00:39:24,430 --> 00:39:28,530 that burns just 190 gallons of gas. 606 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,860 The only thing I have going for this plant against Kevin's dredge 607 00:39:34,860 --> 00:39:38,860 is the fact that I can throw more yardage through this. 608 00:39:38,860 --> 00:39:42,630 [Kevin] Monica may pull more gold out of the ground 'cause she does more yardage, 609 00:39:42,630 --> 00:39:46,660 but I am absolutely 100% [bleep] positive I'm gonna win. 610 00:39:46,660 --> 00:39:48,860 [epic instrumental music] 611 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,230 -Hey, guys. -[Monica] Hold on, we got one more coming in. 612 00:39:59,060 --> 00:40:00,360 Gotta take the big boss in. 613 00:40:01,060 --> 00:40:03,000 -Mine. -[all laughing] 614 00:40:04,830 --> 00:40:06,130 [narrator] First up... 615 00:40:06,130 --> 00:40:06,990 [Tony speaking] 616 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:08,930 [narrator] ...Monica's shaker deck. 617 00:40:08,930 --> 00:40:11,260 -[Monica] 50.2. -[tapping tray] 618 00:40:11,260 --> 00:40:12,400 [Tony speaking] 619 00:40:14,860 --> 00:40:16,460 [narrator] Next... 620 00:40:16,460 --> 00:40:17,730 [Tony speaking] 621 00:40:17,730 --> 00:40:18,960 [narrator] ...the dredge. 622 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,000 42.3. 623 00:40:22,860 --> 00:40:24,390 [Tony speaking] 624 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,760 -I won it, sucka! -[Minnie] No, no, no, no! 625 00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:28,630 Now, you have to pay bills. 626 00:40:29,530 --> 00:40:31,530 I think I should take out some gold. 627 00:40:33,460 --> 00:40:36,730 [narrator] Taking out gold to cover costs... 628 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:39,400 [Kevin] 16.8. 629 00:40:42,330 --> 00:40:45,260 -[Monica] 4.1 -For 48 hours. 630 00:40:45,260 --> 00:40:47,160 [all laughing] 631 00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:49,460 [narrator] ...leaves only one winner. 632 00:40:49,460 --> 00:40:53,090 You started out with the most gold, but now you have 33 left. 633 00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:56,390 He had 42, but he goes home with 38 ounces. 634 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:58,660 So, it's a no-brainer, really. 635 00:40:59,730 --> 00:41:02,260 [narrator] The dredge. 636 00:41:02,260 --> 00:41:06,800 It efficiently does the job of all other equipment combined. 637 00:41:09,860 --> 00:41:12,390 And since its resurrection, 638 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:18,100 has hauled in nearly 6,000 ounces of gold all on its own. 639 00:41:19,460 --> 00:41:21,530 Pretty [bleep] good, right? 640 00:41:21,530 --> 00:41:24,860 [narrator] The ultimate gold mining machine. 641 00:41:24,860 --> 00:41:26,230 Beautiful system. 641 00:41:27,305 --> 00:42:27,406