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I hadn't realised that Gold Rush is actually made by a UK production company, A C4 spin-off called Raw Television. A few weeks back they had a member of the production crew crawl through an iron pipe, and was a tad surprised that he had a British accent, which got me Googling to find out who they were. It had vaguely occurred to me that quite a few of the names of the crew were British, but I just assumed it was maybe a Canadian production, or that lots of UK people have made rather good careers out there in TV and film. It seems that Rob Llewellyn isn't the Rob Llewellyn I thought it was though...
I would love to see what Dave Turin, Chris Doumitt, Fred Dodge etc could do without the Hoffman family around. I guess being time served miners and people who actually know the job just don't make for good TV. They clearly need bluster and people who lurk in their trailer until they are required to wheeze around shouting "shuddidaaaarf!!!"
I would love to see what Dave Turin, Chris Doumitt, Fred Dodge etc could do without the Hoffman family around. I guess being time served miners and people who actually know the job just don't make for good TV. They clearly need bluster and people who lurk in their trailer until they are required to wheeze around shouting "shuddidaaaarf!!!"
So, anyone want to quote odds for the whole Hoffman storyline being entirely scripted this series? 
Pretty disappointing especially considering there isn't much else going on in the other crews - Parker is same old, same old, only on a smaller scale and Tony isn't even running a single dredge and looks like he won't be for the rest of the mining season.
I'm a big fan of the show and even I struggled to pay attention for the full hour last night.
Pretty disappointing especially considering there isn't much else going on in the other crews - Parker is same old, same old, only on a smaller scale and Tony isn't even running a single dredge and looks like he won't be for the rest of the mining season.
I'm a big fan of the show and even I struggled to pay attention for the full hour last night.
Hoffmans have been scripted since the start. Look up the bear shooting for evidence of this. In short, they shot a bear and made it look like it was because they were under threat. In reality, they got the permit to shoot the bear 2 weeks earlier.
To the point about the production company being English, there's a lot of reference to this in the specials and the after gold thing. The crew get the piss taken constant by the cast in sure it is light hearted though
To the point about the production company being English, there's a lot of reference to this in the specials and the after gold thing. The crew get the piss taken constant by the cast in sure it is light hearted though
youngsyr said:
So, seems we're just ticking over until the end of the series then, which is a shame, as the producers will no doubt find some artificial drama to force on us. 
Yeah, Parker has another new staff member to torment for a bit and then sack.Tony will hit his target pretty easily.
Todd, will be Todd - he'll end the season as he ended the last one, with a fairly slick operation on good ground, he'll no doubt start Spring '17 by hauling out to mine Unicorns in the middle of the North Sea or something.
Zad said:
I reckon they should do a short series about a group of nutters who meet on an online car forum and decide to go around Europe in a range of interesting vehicles looking for gold 
I'm in. I have no idea what I'm doing so should fit right in. Can I drive the dozer, rock truck or excavator please.chrisga said:
Zad said:
I reckon they should do a short series about a group of nutters who meet on an online car forum and decide to go around Europe in a range of interesting vehicles looking for gold
I'm in. I have no idea what I'm doing so should fit right in. Can I drive the dozer, rock truck or excavator please.After all, it's become boring because they're now too experienced, and have the contacts and backing to sort pretty much anything out - even Todd's utter lack of intelligence.
So we'd not only have an awesome time (bagsy a go on the d10), but we'd also revitalise the show.
Interesting to see a few new things on this week's episode - the bush engineering of the line borer guide looked like an excellent solution, but I was sure because it was all mounted on bolts there would still be some movement.
The Hoffman's clearing the beaver dam was a nice change of pace too.
Parker seems to be doing really well - 400 Oz in a week from what looks to be a minimal team, but I couldn't help but notice there were 8 pieces of large machinery (rock trucks/dozers etc) parked up in his yard. Suddenly it doesn't look so small after all.
The shed full of Volvo spares shown on Parker's site also goes to show how much support they're getting.
The Hoffman's clearing the beaver dam was a nice change of pace too.
Parker seems to be doing really well - 400 Oz in a week from what looks to be a minimal team, but I couldn't help but notice there were 8 pieces of large machinery (rock trucks/dozers etc) parked up in his yard. Suddenly it doesn't look so small after all.
The shed full of Volvo spares shown on Parker's site also goes to show how much support they're getting.
youngsyr said:
The shed full of Volvo spares shown on Parker's site also goes to show how much support they're getting.
I seem to recall Parker's old man is in the Plant Hire business, but I could be wrong. Perhaps he's the only one who has a decent plan for maintenance. I have never understood the other teams. A simple breakdown becomes a huge crisis that has them savaging for rusty old parts or making epic 2-3 day trips for replacements whilst everyone is on stop. That's no way to run a business. At least the Hoffmans have stopped their usual MO - run and run and run until the plant freezes, then run a bit longer before abandoning all their patched up and knackered kit in the snow - and then wondering why none of it works 6 months later when it thaws out.
I note from the very end of last night episodes Todd had found his next excuse to f
k up, massive nuggets atop a mountain... I was wondering how he'd grab defeat from the jaws of victory at the end of the season.It did make me wonder why if it was so easy it hadn't been just trucked down the mountain en-masse. I had a look on Google Earth, and there are quite a few mines around there already. Although I guess being 13,000ft above sea level might have something to do with it, and Todd seemed to be having lots of problems just sat on his arse twiddling a few levers. Excavators etc will be much reduced in power up there, and it will cost a small fortune to truck it all the way down the mountain to where the water source is.
I do wonder how much dredge-able land/river there is left. There must be a reason why dredges fell out of favour and the land and equipment lay idle for so long. Still, so long as the river bed lasts out, that dredge could easily show $1M profit after costs every year.
I wonder if they are setting it up for a split in Parker's crew, and possibly one in the Hoffman crew as well. If I were Freddie Dodge, Dave Turin etc, I would just want to stick with the claim I had and mine the heck out of it.
I do wonder how much dredge-able land/river there is left. There must be a reason why dredges fell out of favour and the land and equipment lay idle for so long. Still, so long as the river bed lasts out, that dredge could easily show $1M profit after costs every year.
I wonder if they are setting it up for a split in Parker's crew, and possibly one in the Hoffman crew as well. If I were Freddie Dodge, Dave Turin etc, I would just want to stick with the claim I had and mine the heck out of it.
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