AXE man Drama?

[chopped]

I just watched the second of the season .Im really stumped at this point. Are they deliberatly doing things to make the show???
They chopped a tree down and it fell right on the guys truck:thumbsup::thumbsup:.Now any idiot would know to move the thing..LOL
Just so many things now on these shows that they do that are so unprofessional.I do think there is some sort of fund money for them.I dont see how any of these guys(the way they act now) could live to be over 30..
I guess there is only so much you can do with a show to keep it 'exciting''

 

[Jeff Lary]

How about Shelby driving that jet boat so wildly he was trying hard to hit stuff low branches,ect.I would have Laughed my ***** off if he run 10 foot hardwood stub through his head.
Gold rush the same thing ,had to drive a 4-wheeler 40 miles to the town post office cause they could'nt get the generator started to charge the truck battery? How about you drive the loader over and boost the truck? I have heard the same old song for 2 years " boy if we dont find some gold I'm gonna loose my house" Pretty patient bank anit it? been working 2 years made 20,000 or so divided between 5 men and food and fuel brake downs ect. Discovery chanel is backing them all it's just tv.

 

[kebo]

Yeah, if they showed you what it was really like it would probably make some boring tv for the most part. They each have producers, and the producers have a tendency to make up things to make their show more exciting or intense, all to grab more viewers. I believe they actually tell the guys to get in verbal altercations and then start throwing stuff, or get into a wrassling match lol.

 

[grsthegreat]

I dont watch any of these stupid reality shows except for the original COPS.

All the others are so staged their sickening. I mean really, take Survivor...like their really in fear of dying or starving...with a 12 man camera crew 10 feet in front of them.

And why do they keep parading Kim Kardasian (sp?) on the tv and internet. she makes me sick. How can so many people get so wrapped up in someone elses life that they need to know all the details about them. Its really pathetic.

I thought the one about gold prospectors in Alaska might have held some promise..and i actually watched 2 episodes... but nope. all staged. They always just happened to have 3 cameras on 3 different angles looking at something that was an accident, wasnt expected, and cold have killed someone....yada yada yada.

 

[Jeff Lary]

exactly. yada yada yada

 

[Beltzington]

Most of these shows are working diligently to appeal to the lowest common denominator, idiots. Unfortunate, as several of these programs could stand on the challenges and risks of the work they are doing. My vote is to boycott the Drama Queens!

 

[grsthegreat]

And what about the real houseslu^s of __________(fill in the blanks). How can somebody really sit and watch that crap. It was shows like this that made me cancel my satellite service 6 months ago.

And ive never had more time on my hands to do things that matter. no more vegging out watching crap onthe TV .

 

[Jeff Lary]

I am forever pointing stupit stuff out to my wife till she says " if you dont like it read while I watch it ,it's just a show"
I guess shes right last year i distinctly heard them say the old man on the gold rush show was producing $44,000.00 per day.This year he is in such dier straights that in order to "save" the mine he put his 16 year old grandson in charge.Makes sence to me

 

[Jeff Lary]

Pawn stars I got a gadget apraised at 150.000.00 so naturally i sell it for 300.00 what a crock of well ya know all that crap just burns my ***** it is so fake.You go to a yard sale if a guy wants 50.00 for a broke down chainsaw you have all you can to buy it for 40.00. but in that show he would give it to them and thank em for taking it off his hands.

 

[David P]

I just watched the second of the season .Im really stumped at this point. Are they deliberatly doing things to make the show???

Pun intended? :laughing:

My wife & I watch the gold rush show on Fridays. I'm with the rest of you with regard to losing their homes but I'm also trying to figure out how they made no money last year yet picked up a $30,000 pump (or was it $25k?) in the offseason. What gives? Maybe Discovery picked up the tab for them...

 

[Heavyduty]

It's all rigged, so we will watch every week. :laughing:

Did everyone see the new 50k truck Jimmy from S&S was driving? They make more from selling tee-shirt's and auto-graph signing than they ever made loggin.

Swamp Loggers on the history channel is all about work and just a little bit of drama thrown in.:thumbsup:

 

[DT86]

I'm still waiting on my own "reality" show to get picked up by a major network.
Then all my friends and I can just d!ck around all day and still afford our tractors and fun toys. :thumbsup:

 

[grsthegreat]

Just wait, someday they will have a reality show about watching paint dry.



oh wait. they already do. the Republican primaries :laughing:

 

[deereman75]

My favourite faked part of gold rush was on season 1 when they found an old d6 cat on the claim. They then tried to jumpstart the 24v electrical system cat, with the thinnest jumper cables I have ever seen, and the 12v battery in their truck.... You can also see there are actually 2 d6 cats there, either that, or they changed out the blade for each shot...

 

[kebo]

^^^ And the diesel fuel was still good in that dozer after sitting up all that time!!!! No gelling and ungelling all the time it sat unused for so long in the cold Alaska winters LOL.

 

[Taylortractornut]

I had a neighbor and great friend that owned an old COnstruction company. They had about 15 Cat and AC crawlers in the D7 size and the AC were all HD 16 19 20 and 21's. I remeber them sitting for ten years, hed put some fresh fuel in and 2 hot batteries and they would bust off. A deisel is a bit more weather proof than a gass burner but the D6 in the show was all faked.


I often will jump a 24 v machine with 12 volts. You have to take the jumper of one battery and charge one at a time. I saw what happens when 24 hits 12v one time. i was helping dad and I wa about 17 or so. Dad had an old 77 Ford work van he drove to the landfill . Our old scraper was in need of a set of battereis and the home office asked if he could jump it a few days.
Dad didnt want to as we had done it so they sent a company mechanic and he used dads van. Dad let him THe man didnt take the the jumper completely off. He just moved it back and tied it off. I was watching and asked the man to pull the cable off. He let it go. About that time the tie let go and the cable hit the other batteries post. Every wire and electrical item under dads old 300 straight six van instantly smoked. Company bought 3 new batteries and dad a new wiring harness.


THe old yarder / friction crane could have been mothballed when put back. We used to put cranes up like that extra chain and cable lube flush and reload the radiators and seal every thing off. But I do agree they either cut out a bunch of the start up and clean up of the machine or that machine hadnt been parked over a year.

I few outfits here do lend/lease equipment to folks that want to contract their logging ops. Its usually referred to buying or selling a crew. Its usually old or surplus machinery.

As for the swamptards I think my granny could get more log than them.
For the Alaskan crew that Coatsy fellow wouldnt last long down here or anywhere else talking to help that way let alone laying hands on someone. About and 18 inch section of 1 inch cable with a chocker bell on the would do him some good in the attitude dept.






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[David_Kb7uns]

Most the guys around here quit watching it or at least will not admit it any more. The first season was good and showed alot of good logging but went down hill after that.

The one girl they had a while back actually grew up down the road from here and went to school with my cousin. Now most the stuff is made up, the loggers will not fling around a $15,000 ACME carriage or a even more expensive Boman carriage. saw old man Browning in Astoria this last summer shopping at Safeway and watched him jump into a Mercedes SUV and drove off..........showbiz must be good.



David Kb7uns