Trommels

[Vance in AK]

I love highbankers & I love trommels. I wish I had the time & recources to build several of both just for fun!
Maybe this is the answer for the small time guy that loves both...
http://www.honcoophighbanker.com/trommel.php#HB17TH

[Brian Berkhahn]

Hey Dick,
You've got a pretty nice set up there.. hopefully someday I'll be able to graduate to the big toys. Trying really hard!!

[Vance in AK]

Hey Dick,
You've got a pretty nice set up there.. hopefully someday I'll be able to graduate to the big toys. Trying really hard!!

Brian, from your posts over the years I always figured you for a died in the wool "gold fish" who would always be a dredger!

Murph, I remember seeing your trommel on an Austrailian forum I used to frequent (can't remember the name) & drooling over it for hours studying it's design. Neat unit!

Dick, I used to run cat (and skidder, & frontend loader ...) logging in the woods in Oregon & miss the heavy equipment. Sometimes I think I would enjoy a "small" mechanized mining setup (small cat/loader/trommel...), but I also love the recreational side where I get to do it a shovel at a time & just enjoy the hands on aspect. I guess that's OK because that's all I see in my future for now. Nice trommel though :-)

[chickenminer]

Brian,
Don't be in any hurry. Remember, Big toys means bigger bills, bigger headaches and not necessarily bigger bank balance !
Sometimes bigger can really take the fun out of it.

[Brian Berkhahn]

Vance,
Goldfish huh.. that's good.. I like that. Yup, I am a die hard dredger but with getting older I'm looking at different options, hopefully merge the two.

Dick,
I totally understand the concept of bigger bills as I'm a purchasing agent for Ch2M Hill on the slope for the HD shop.. I buy LOTS of parts for our dozers, excavators, tractor/trailers, water trucks, vac trucks etc.. I've got alot of ground that I need to test and need to move into a different field. After all.. need something to do when the river is flooding.

A small 311B w/Trommel would work nicely for me.

[murph52]

Brian,
Don't be in any hurry. Remember, Big toys means bigger bills, bigger headaches and not necessarily bigger bank balance !
Sometimes bigger can really take the fun out of it.

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this is the tromell from a mining claim I had in the 90s 400 tonne per hour

[Steve Herschbach]

Hi Dick,

Nice setup! But how do they keep the oil flowing with that big a section of pipe missing?

[Vance in AK]

aint that the truth
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this is the tromell from a mining claim I had in the 90s 400 tonne per hour

I think I like the little one better!

[Brian Berkhahn]

That Honcoop is a nice little unit.. to pricy for me tho.

Steve.. you ever think about bringing in a couple little trommels?

Brian

[Steve Herschbach]

I'd love to but I've yet to find one that seemed saleable enough considering you make zip on them. High gamble factor for little potential profit. If I got inquiries regularly that would be something else. I do know the little Gold Claimer unit I got was way to small.

I got a couple photos somebody gave me that looked really interesting. I'll find them and post later.