How To Build A Mini Gold Mining Trommel. The Ultimate Prospecting Rig! 

Yes that is very true Manjisai! Thanks for watching

I love this. I’m that lazy guy. I work really hard to be lazy. If I can find a faster, more efficient, safer way to do things, I usually end up doing that. Half the time, my ways end up being the thing no one thought of till my lazy butt showed up looking for break time. 😉

@gyvren How does that old saying go? "Lazy" is the mother of all creation..... no " necessity is the mother of all creation. I like the Lazy one better hahah

Thanks Harry! I'm hoping some people can get some ideas from it.

Hahahah thank you for that. I have been wanting to say it for a while:)

@The Mining Channel we haven't seen any WAD ( wood aided design) yet😂! We'll send you a photo 😊

@@historicshearersquarters252 hahah WAD. Love it!

Thanks a lot 50 kal. Thought a would build a small one before I started mining:)

Your very welcome. I hope these videos can help someone out one day! Thanks for watching

80 yards a hour through this bad boy.........lol

@@TheMiningChannel right! Hahaha

Yes true that !!! I wish I had all my fabrication equipment still. I sold it all when I moved back here. One day I will get a bigger shop again and start buying all my goodies back.

Thank you Mark!! I just got a bunch of new camera gear, I cant wait to try it out:)

Thanks Robert, I will have a update video coming out this winter with some modifications I am going to do to it. A few things to tweak but did work well:)Thanks for watching!

What’s your overall weight of the unit? Or did I miss that in the video;p

I'm actually not sure what it would be GGH. I would guess 500-700 lbs?????? The tounge weight is only 100 lbs approx, a guy can lift and rotate it by hand.

@@TheMiningChannel absolutely awesome! I been looking into some through savonna, you made it look so easy lol I may attempt to build one now. Absolutely amazing craftsmanship!

@@gorillagoldhunters Thanks man!!! If you ever have any questions just message me. Or stop by the site.

Thank you!! I am glad you enjoyed it:)

Oh me to!!!! I am getting a little bored on building stuff haha.

Thanks Wabash!! Welcome to the channel. I don't upload as often as the big guys just because I do this youtube thing as a hobby. During the winters I at least get a video out every 2 weeks.

Your very welcome Robert:)

Hahah. When I was recording I thought it sounded very odd lol. Sounded more like "Toe able" hahha

Hahaha. Be funny if you were home, look out the window and see me thrashing it around.....

​@The Mining Channel just like a carnival ride

Yup gotta make it look good to make it dirty ..

Thanks Lane!! Im slowly getting better, just a beggininer in this youtube world...

Thanks Hammer!! I love the fabrication part of mining:) Thanks for watching!

Thanks DMA! It's half the fun in mining to build some equipment in the off season.

Thanks PSFL!!! They always look nice new , then once there at the claim they get all dinged up and scratched haha.

Thanks Zero! These little ones are fun to build. Good size to get someone started:)

Thanks a lot Steven. My uploading has been pretty slow lately. Just getting into the groove of things out at the mine. Lots of videos coming out soon though. Thanks for watching:)

Thanks a lot Shane :) The hardest part to building one is thinking about the idea and starting the project. If a person starts collecting things throughout the years next thing you know you can throw one together.

Thanks Matt! Stop by the site if your up this way, gets lonely out there haha.

​@@TheMiningChannel I'd love to! I spend the Fall at my legacy claim on lower Anderson creek.

@Hippie Matt Excellent Matt! Keep in touch. I'm not to far away from you closer to town.

@@TheMiningChannel haven't seen a video from you in 3 weeks, hope all is well. Probably busy starting the mining season. If you want some company I'll be in quesnel from may 17-24th. My acreage is 4 miles east and 1/4 mile north off barkerville highway. Cheers Matt

@Hippie Matt @Hippie Matt Hey Matt!!! Yes I'm hard at it at the claim now. I'll have a new video out this Saturday hopefully of my setup and forst run. Yes I wouldn't mind some company, I won't be out at the site from the 17th-20th though. You can text me at 1-250-859-3906.

Good call. I used to use these wheels on a bit larger units amd do the same. The roller bearing they come with are junk.

Building stuff is half the fun for me mining. I still love fabricating even after doing it for many years as a career.

Your very welcome Don! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Yes there not light are they!!!

Hey Clint! Welcome aboard. I live building the equipment just as much as mining.

I understand that been building things my whole life enjoy the satisfaction i created, build, and operate just like planned lol it looks like mighty fine paydirt your on, productive! If i might ask whats the biggest nugget you found from there? Be safe out there!!

@clintlalonde5760 that's the best part about a tradesman. The satisfaction of seeing it all at the end. The largest nugget was on the other side of the valley the day after Dan left last year. Weighed in at almost 1/2 ounce. Didn't have much character to it, just looked like a round ball haha

A half oz nuggie nice! Really like your vids i guess i just like seeing all that gold lol be safe out there!

Hey tyler hows mining going? Happy thanksgiving hey i have a question i bought a gold cube 4 stack im looking for mats i cant really afford the gold cube mats just wondering if theres compatible mats that i can use at a more reasonable price? I hope your getting lots of gold lol if you see this mssg could you please let me know i would appreciate it very much have a nice holiday hope to talk to you soon, Clint lalonde

Thanks a lot Charles!!! Happy holidays:)

I have a video from a couple of months ago on my channel Skeets. Thanks for watching:)

I think there would be. There is a company in town that builds them and they seem to sell a lot.

Hey Chris, I haven't had a chance to get them on paper yet. I'll make sure I mention it in a video though once they are ready. You will be the first to get them though!!!

Hey there, yes I would love to meet up one day and have a chat. You can throw me a message on FB messenger. Full name is Tyler Selzler.

Thanks Brandon, I was just using it today testing a site. Works great but has a few bugs I need to fix one day.

Yes pritty scary!! I have heard many story's of that happening 😳

Hey Thomas, I have a video of a trommel build from a few months ago on my channel. That unit would be capable of 20-30 yph with the 3 foot wide sluice. If a person went to a 4.foot wide sluice that unit would do 25- 35 no problem. I will have a cut sheet and schematics for it on the web one day for people.

Thanks Sauspreme!@ Some water does get trapped below the inlets but does have a small drain down there as well. I will have another video out this winter of some modifications I need to do to it.

@@TheMiningChannel oh nice! Looking forward to it!

Yes that would work 100%!!!! Be simple to make a small sheetmetal ring on each side of the sprocket. That would prevent it from popping off. The unit got about 100 hours on it this summer and didn't have a issue but one day it will happen, hahah . Thanks for watching:)

Perfect for prospecting. I do know people who make a living with this size but it is very rare.

Hey there Drifter, thanks a lot. I could possibly use a hand for a bit. I have a lot of properties to hit next year.

@@TheMiningChannel is there a way to contact you privately ? face book or something ?

@Drifter6942 Yes, fb works. Name Is Tyler Selzler

@kalebverley680. Hey bud, sorry I haven't had time to get the measurements out to anyone. You can fire me an email at liquidsteel@hotmail.ca and I will send you some info on the measurements. Thanks for watching my videos!

That is half the fun in mining I find. Making the mods and tuning it all in is a good challenge for the mind.

@@TheMiningChannel For sure, good luck!

This unit size would be perfect for a backhoe!! I will have a update video coming out this spring on some things I am changing. Thanks for watching:)

Hey David, I will have some out for everyone at the beginning of winter. I haven't had time to get them together since I've been so busy at the mine. I'll make sure I make a post for everyone to know they are available.

@TheMiningChannel hey thanks alot for getting back with me I appreciate it. And thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Hey JOS! Im not selling them, but this size would typically be on the market for around 12k Canadian.

Hey sorry for the late response. This one was purchased from princess auto, if your from the states it is the equivalent to harbor freight.

They are sealed barrel bearings. I have used them in the past and work well for smaller units but anything larger they grenade. Not my favorite to use but work well on a budget.

Hey David. The 1/8th plate is around 400 bucks canadian.

@TheMiningChannel Ouch! I just paid 132 for a 12"×36×3/8! Is that for a 4x8 sheet? To make a mini bucket. I like your mini sluice,but I have an idea to use a trailer that you haul your mini on by converting it into a sluice! I take it your in bc ! Thanx for the reply,cardboard aided design,I like that, I wonder how many caught that ! Computer aided design ! Regarding claims in bc,you stated bc has a lot of rules: I had claims in bc,I was told I only needed to file my report of assessment and my technical report or sow,(which needs better clarification)and I can't use my old data,when i buy back my claims!The girl in the office refused my report because I had not put my " event #" and she didn't bother to look it up,even though she's in front of a computer,the younger generation thinks the computer will do all the work,I called her a lazy dog fucker!(I apologized later)and I was just gettong over being sick do just a bit itritable! Not that I'm abusive towards woman,but she ticked me off,by being lazy and costing me my claims! ,but that office has questionable ethics,one told me I could remove abandoned equipemt,then when I asked Victoria main office for a release,she asked me who said that,so i told her it was a secretaty in the Hornby office,who called me shortly thereafter and boldfaced lied and denied she said that! I also sent it as a paper report,she said they prefer it online,don't have to actually do any work that way I guess! An interesting comment about mining in the in the Yukon versus BC, 3 years ago, you had to do an environmental assessment of fish and wildlife. it sounds like that's all changed! Perhaps you can make cad plans for the sliuce & trommel ? Note,any time a prospector in BC WITH A FREEMINERS CERTIFICATE, buys a claim, it automatically generates an"event number" that anyone in the ministry of mines in Bc can see,just by pulling up your licence and prospectors number,there is no excuse for the behavior of these office clerks to sit there and not bother to look up any "event number of a claim you purchased " the office on Hornby st, in dt Vancouver, I've been in and I could only see 2 secretaries divide 1000 claims to review by 300 days!secretaries working there! I bantered back and forth with this woman to get my reports of work in,if there's only about 1000 claims in bc to view reports on,I find it redundant that they are so used to having the computer do it all, paper reports are acceptable,also reports on dvd or cdrom,but they like the online version,as they only have to verify your report of work complies ,but to sit there,and file your fingernails, put on makeup,I told her off,your just sitting there looking pretty,aka not doing much work! Couldn't be bothered to enter my event number,and I asked her why she didn't! She just sent me on the merry go round of rules I need to read,instead of putting my event number on the file, which cost me my claims! Thanks Brianna. And there's a Pakistani man who was rude,he referred to me as" this guy"! In 2007,I asked if there were open claims on Scotch creek,the Hornby office said yes,but a month later, they were all Gone, insider trading????

Hey Dragon, I'm not to sure if I will building them to sell but this size seems to be in the 10-12k (canadian) dollar range.

It is just called a gear reducer but people have been accustomed to calling them a "radicon" which is just a company that manufactures them.

I've been looking at gear reducers. Could you please inform us details on HP of engine (run at full throttle?) and the HP rating of the radicon? It seems to be the most expensive and heart of the trommel. I guess bigger cast iron ones are better for more HP. THANK YOU

Yes!! I have a video coming out soon that will have all the modifications and bluprints available for everyone. Happy holidays!!