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Originally Posted by ckelly78z View Post
I think I could do it a lot cheaper by keeping the number of guys to 3-4, and having smaller equipment, and using 16'dump trailers behind a pickup, and maybe backhoes instead of trackhoes and wheel loaders. also having 5 HP briggs trash pumps and a small portable wash plant, that could be set up or moved easily.

Picks, shovels and pans would not produce the amount of gold in a season, that Parker is doing in a day.
Backhoes would get stuck every 30 seconds. The big machinery is necessary for what they are doing. They are mining 100s of acres.

I like the show, but dislike the drama. Sadly, without the drama there would be very few viewers. The Hoffmans are idiots, and they get paid the most. Todd has been named "Hot Pockets" by many people I interact with/talk to. It seems he never works, but is there for the camera. It's been said he makes 400k per episode.
It's a shame an idiot gets paid that much to be an idiot. And he is an idiot.
Old 12-06-2014, 10:37 PM
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