Gold rush

[P-Jay]

Nah, didn't get it either. They usually have one of their animated vids to explain the advantage, last it really didn't.

I'm not sure how many episodes are left, but it seems to be losing a bit of steam.

Rather than the rarely seen GF causing issues within Parker's team, I suspect it'll be his Ego v Rick's performance - they tend to telegraph this stuff. "Rick's Gold, well it's still my Gold".

Todd will do a lot better, until his Ego tells him he's the Boss and bites the hand that feed him, Freddie.

Tony, stiill a twunt to anyone who's not a close relative - Dredge breaks, 30 seconds after they've man handed it onto a truck he's ready to sack his entire workforce, rather than spend a penny on them whilst the kit is repaired. Nothing on Earth would make me work for him.

[Mcphisto]

Am I the only pervert that got a little excited when Tony mentioned "Monicas sluice box"

[rohrl]

Mcphisto said:

Am I the only pervert that got a little excited when Tony mentioned "Monicas sluice box"

I raised an eyebrow when her brother said that he appreciated all the stripping she had done for him.

[youngsyr]

Sway said:

Jazzy Jag said:

youngsyr said:

I don't really get the idea of Parker's super long conveyor belt - from what I understand, it moves dirt out of the cut to the edge of the cut and so saves you using a rock truck, but you have to move the dirt to it in the first place and then pay to run it?

Is it really worth investing $300k in?

I thought that, too.

and once the dirt has piled up on the top side, you have to move it away.

It's for overburden, and keeps up (in theory) with the digger, whereas due to the route you need two rock trucks otherwise.

So a saving on two rock trucks' worth of diesel, two guys deployed elsewhere, etc.

Once up there it'll be left until they're ready to fill in the cut, and it'll just be shoved back in to fill in the hole.

Found it odd there were no grizzly bars though.

Thanks Sway, that makes it little clearer - although surely the savings aren't that great as you still need a man and diesel to run/drive the conveyor - so you're only saving one rock truck and driver's costs, in reality? I guess every little helps, but it doesn't seem groundbreaking?

As for the lack of grizzly bars - I thought you only got big rocks when you're close to bedrock, which is also where the paydirt is. So moving overburden only you wouldn't need them (that's backed up by all the mud Parker was slinging through it)?

[Sway]

youngsyr said:

Thanks Sway, that makes it little clearer - although surely the savings aren't that great as you still need a man and diesel to run/drive the conveyor - so you're only saving one rock truck and driver's costs, in reality? I guess every little helps, but it doesn't seem groundbreaking?

As for the lack of grizzly bars - I thought you only got big rocks when you're close to bedrock, which is also where the paydirt is. So moving overburden only you wouldn't need them (that's backed up by all the mud Parker was slinging through it)?

Pretty sure the excavator operator moves the conveyor every once in a while, as the reach of an excavator is pretty big so it'll take a while before it and the belt need shifting.

I've had a little experience with long conveyors, whilst big rocks are an obvious problem, having 'lumps' on a long one causes issues - borne out by last nights seizing. I'd have thought rather than 'going slower' a shaker or grizzly setup would help break the chunks up and give greater loading capacity.

[Borroxs]

Mcphisto said:

Am I the only pervert that got a little excited when Tony mentioned "Monicas sluice box"

You are not alone.

[Jazzy Jag]

Borroxs said:

Mcphisto said:

Am I the only pervert that got a little excited when Tony mentioned "Monicas sluice box"

You are not alone.

I wouldn't go anywhere near that,

She's a complete Gold digger!

[p1doc]

loved todd moaning about rust on old red-picky g*t after Freddie bailed him out-his ego will ruin it, as others said surprised tony gave up so quick and when is rick going to start up on his own......

[paulwirral]

If discovery disappears from sky the fat bd may actually have to become a gold miner at last !

[ikarl]

re the amount of diesel the conveyor will use, I'd expect you could run it all day and it would only use the same amount as using a rock truck would in 30mins

I remember Tony saying he could run his dredge for a full day and it would be half the cost of running 1 rock truck

[Condi]

Sway said:

I've had a little experience with long conveyors, whilst big rocks are an obvious problem, having 'lumps' on a long one causes issues - borne out by last nights seizing. I'd have thought rather than 'going slower' a shaker or grizzly setup would help break the chunks up and give greater loading capacity.

The other problem is that it was very wet and sticky clay. Dry stuff would have run much better.

[Easternlight]

Borroxs said:

You are not alone.

A very flattering photo, but what need to remember is in a few years time you'll be waking up next to this

[T16OLE]

Easternlight said:

A very flattering photo, but what need to remember is in a few years time you'll be waking up next to this

Just spat my tea out

[Borroxs]

Easternlight said:

A very flattering photo, but what need to remember is in a few years time you'll be waking up next to this

FFs man I don't want to marry her and spend the rest of my life with her. I couldn't give a st what her mum looks like. Do you ask to see photos of every girls' mum before you'd consider spending three minutes disappointing them?


Yes it is a flattering photo but I like her for her attitude. Nice to see a woman that doesn't spend two hours applying fakery every day before doing her work.

[youngsyr]

So, for those of us watching on Sky, it looks like we're going to have to find an alternative way of viewing from next week (and even for tonight, unless you can watch it live/before midnight).

Anyone have any ideas?

[anonymous-user]

youngsyr said:

So, for those of us watching on Sky, it looks like we're going to have to find an alternative way of viewing from next week (and even for tonight, unless you can watch it live/before midnight).

Anyone have any ideas?

Firestick and Kodi

[Sway]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Being significantly clamped down on via ISPs isn't it?

[dom9]

Looks like I'll need to watch this 'live' as Now TV never seem to put it up until after 12am, the next day.

A real shame

[fatboy69]

youngsyr said:

So, for those of us watching on Sky, it looks like we're going to have to find an alternative way of viewing from next week (and even for tonight, unless you can watch it live/before midnight).

Anyone have any ideas?

Only option I have found is too go back to BT for tv/Internet etc - only problem with that is that BT are ste!

So any idea's???

[DocJock]

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