Has anyone ever made there own highbanker or dredge?

[damz68]

Just curious. It seems to me it would not be hard. You can buy every thing you need at Home Depot and then a pump from Northern Hydralics. Seems like you could save a lot.

If people have done this here, do you have plans or can you get plans?

 

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[Jeffro]

Making your own anything is akin to making a car by buying parts--costs 2-3 times as much.Your much well served to buy used,but not abused components,and modify or assemble the pieces yourself.I've made thru my ol'company PESCO thousands a dredges,drywashers,highbankers,and tens a thousands a sluice boxes. The few remaining manufacturers have been around for many years and many millions a hours a engineering and stealing of the many others patents and innovations,now gone due to age,illness and theft,have gone into designing some pretty good equipment.Your cash,your time BUT every day wasted runs outta dredge season and you NEVER know if the gold prices will drop like a rock!!Tons a au 2 u 2-John

I am An Industrial Maintenance Technician with a degree and about 30 years experience and I have built high bankers that out perform keene equipment for a 1/10th of the price, this stuff is very simple to build and tweek it to run correctly!!! The guys that have problems do not have any skills, you do not know what you are talking about!!!!

By the way, John's been making/selling/developing mining equipment for longer than you've been alive, most likely. We may not always see eye to eye, but I'll trust his opinion over yours anyday

I also fabricate, design, and develop parts and assemblies of all sorts, including mining equipment. It is my experience that those who do not have the background typically get unsatisfactory results when they build their own stuff. At the very least what John stated was absolutely true, IMHO, that a person would be better off buying and modding used equipment than starting from scratch on their own.


You can build a sluicebox out of wood, and I have personally panned with a dixie cup, but that doesn't mean it's my method of choice. I know better and purchase from reputable manufacturers and dealers who have went through the trial and error so i don't have to.

 

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[nuggy]

Wonder what the dude who started this thread ended up with ---- my guess is another retail job :P but I'm a cynic lol. Nuggy

 

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