d4c24a
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Quite frightening how there is never a safety pin in the quickhitch (pin grabber)
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Gold Rush D10
- Thread starter DPete
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Like most miners in the yukon or alaska we run the equipment till it dies if we get it cheap or its already not feasible to rebuild/maintain properly. Sometimes a 245 cats pop up for 15k, you run them into the ground for 2-3 years and then scrap or part them out. Financially you come out ahead instead of owning a newer hoe, no depreciation, easier to fix in the field (no bs computers), and your neighbor is more likely to have the same old as dirt machine you have for parts. But newer hoes are much nicer to operate and dont drink as much diesel. Some miners will run a d8k or other like machine until the final drive completely falls off, or transmission chews itself to death, etc.... Seen it happen all the time. But there are also plenty of miners who take very good care of there older machines, much better care than some contractors in town. As for the washplant on the old bucketline, they are perfectly fine washplants, and plenty of miners today are actually running trommels that came off the old dredges. Shakers like Todd and Parker are running are only suited for that kind of ground there in, as soon as you get out of the easy gravel you have to run a derocker or trommel. Or keep plenty of spare screen around. I can't believe they are running all those conveyors. Most miners keep the amount of conveyors down to 1 tailings and sometimes 1 feed one from a feeder. Through friends that are involved in leasing some of the equipment from past seasons, they get product placement stuff all the time, a considerable sum of money for each episode, the gold totals are fictionalized sometimes, and cheap to free leasing on some of the equipment (*cough*volvo). And that new supercut bs would be almost impossible to make much money on because they have to truck the dirt a long damn ways. They have to be making a lot of money from discovery to cover there asses on the poor excavation and site setup they do. Your plant needs to be able to be moved within 1 day, easily by 2 or 3 guys too. Unless you are in a special spot where you only need to set it up once a year. And that tailings screw was a good example of there stupidity, every mine I have been to and worked with has 1 loader that feed and pulls tailings away. For example a mine I used to haul in spare parts for there excavator was running a 988, that fed there hopper, and pulled the fine tailings away a small distance. They were running 200 yards an hour. Worked fine for them, no need for 10 conveyors, a radial stacker, or sand screw. They had a d9h that would push there oversize tailings pile out every day, along with push the fine tailings farther out into the old cut. Sweet setup they only had 4 operators running the whole mine, no need for todds small town of people and family.
kevin37b
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Who cares ! It is obvious that it works on the human mind , curiosity . I would like to see these episodes filmed and see what gets edited . These shows are praying on stupidity .Viewers are supplying .
Shimmy1
Senior Member
I hate the fake drama, but I don't think there are enough of us clowns that live and breathe dirt and heavy equipment to keep the show going if it was completely real.
$275,000 Canadian Dollars to be exact. This is exactly why I had an issue with them claiming he paid $300,000 for a D10N last year, and that that was too much money.
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Shimmy1
Senior Member
Could one that had been a full-rebuild Cat reman cost that much?
Desertwheeler
Senior Member
The 10n sure didn't look like a cat reman unit. Didn't look like new tracks either just a paint job, maybe new power train? They must have exaggerated or something. I don't keep up on prices but 275k doesn't sound bad for that t model?
mitchell2905
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What does everyone think about the Hoffman's D11 oil pan fix?
Must be some good silicone. Looked more like an epoxy. I don't see how it could work. Why didn't the ace mechanic take the pan off and weld it? I don't know if they are cast or aluminum or even stamped metal but any could be welded I would think.
DPete
Senior Member
They smeared the stuff where the front section bolts to the rear like the gasket was leaking, not cracked. That stuff never worked for me, maybe the bolts were loose. At least I would have taken time to shovel out the belly pan while it was down LOL
kshansen
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What no Duct tape?
mitchell2905
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I wonder what kind of life hey are getting out of undercarrages in all that sand? Probably not good.
Nige
Senior Member
The old-style joint between the two halves of the oil pan was just a set of bolts and silicone sealer. Even if the bolts are correctly tightened there is usually enough movement to fret and break the silicone bond resulting in a leak. Now there are two dowels in the joint plus a composite metal/silicone seal.
What's the betting that oil pan is the old design..?
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oarwhat
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That pan didn't look like it was leaking that much at all!!
Rustedcutlery
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I'm willing to bet it was fake. Create some bs drama about their main machine going down. I was expecting them to buy Parkers d10. And what happened to the d475? Never see it anymore.
Desertwheeler
Senior Member
It was on loan last season so maybe it went back.
caterpillar13
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i call BS , he is driving it and all the sudden he jumps out and and says its leaking . to see it leaking from where he was it would have had to drop all of the oil at once.. i record the show that way i can fast forward thru the stupid stuff with out listening to it.
Yeah he wouldn't have noticed it leaking until the low oil light/low oil pressure light came on. And if it was a legit crack the size they said it would be they couldn't have walked it a quarter mile to camp.... I dont have a dvr but from the quick glance they showed I believe it was a cast aluminum pan. Don't quote me on that though. And not shoveling out the belly pan! Some ace mechanic they have!
kenh
Senior Member
Yep, I figured if this was a worrisome leak they would have a rod thru the block while walking it back.