Their was a show on for one year, and it is sad they canned it. It was “Fixing Alaska”, about a crew of heavy equipment guys ( one main star ) that fly all over via Bush / Sea Plane and had to bush fix heavy equipment w/ missing tools and improvise hoist to pull a bulldozer in half. I freakin’ loved that show, the ingenuity and get-er-done spirit was amazing. Fixing stuff (when they are not ham and egging it) and yes the pile of Gold is what I like about Gold Rush, these silly grudges competitions are not needed.
Never saw “Fixing Alaska.” I remember another series that was on the Discovery Channel for three seasons (2011-2013). It was called “Flying Wild Alaska.” It featured the Tweto family who ran the airline company Era Alaska. They eventually sold the company, but the show was excellent.
Last nights gold rush was a special consisting of “Bush Fixes” I liked watching that
There is a show like that coming soon.. last chance garage or something like that
Another good one they shut down after a year was The Yard. Had boat builders/fixers all across the country doing tough, tough dangerous work.