"Gold Rush" Worth Their Weight in Gold

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