Move heavy machinery?

[Pentium4]

so i just got to the heavy machinery tier i got all of the machines transported to my claim but how do i move them into the required area?

[Mavs]

You need to hook them up with ropes to the excavator so the excavator works like crane. You can get those ropes at the warehouse. There are 3 different lengths. 4, 5, and 7 meter. The best is to get a total of 4 of every lenght.

[Pentium4]

Thank you!

[Dink]

After experience I would suggest geting 6 of every rope :D

[Puggy]

As dink, said get a couple spare, ive snapped a few. :D

[wholefncaptain]

Just an FYI, once you hook the piece of equipment to place, you will notice a yellow glow coming from the area where it needs to go. Also be aware that is must sit in the correct way. I have had to on numerous occasions flip the piece 180. And what I did was right before placing the piece, I saved the game and if a cable breaks I reload game.

[mtbiker]

just had my first rope break, AWESOME! lol wish they would make all the other stuff break since u can buy the replacement parts

[meraco]

Originally posted by mtbiker:

wish they would make all the other stuff break since u can buy the replacement parts

I cringe when I think about that day.

-Your digging.. then the oil filter clogs up.. you ride to the store for a new one.. fixed.

-continue digging.. then go to wash table.. oops the jets are busted.. ride to town for a new one.. fixed.

- On the way back your truck gets a flat... you "walk" to the store and get a new one.. then have to head back cause you also need a jack... tire fixed..

- resume digging.. dern.. the water jets for the mobile wash are spent.. ride to town to get a new one.. fixed..

- resume digging.. oops.. Hydraulic hose on excavator pops.. ride to town for a new one.. oh wait.. the truck battery is dead.. "walk" to town to get a new one... fixed...

- ok.. can I mine now? nope.. water filter in the river is clogued.. drive to town for a new one...

*slaps forehead*

Oh yeah.. those will be fun days alright :P

[Walker]

ALL items large or small can be moved by useing 5m "rope" with excavator

[meraco]

Originally posted by Walker:

ALL items large or small can be moved by useing 5m "rope"

Thanks for the tip.. Im close to getting my first T3 setup started... :)

[Unleashed3k]

5m is best item to choose, 7m is too long on most things, even with the big excav, 4m is not enough to hook all parts.

[mtbiker]

Originally posted by meraco:

Originally posted by mtbiker:

wish they would make all the other stuff break since u can buy the replacement parts

I cringe when I think about that day.

-Your digging.. then the oil filter clogs up.. you ride to the store for a new one.. fixed.

-continue digging.. then go to wash table.. oops the jets are busted.. ride to town for a new one.. fixed.

- On the way back your truck gets a flat... you "walk" to the store and get a new one.. then have to head back cause you also need a jack... tire fixed..

- resume digging.. dern.. the water jets for the mobile wash are spent.. ride to town to get a new one.. fixed..

- resume digging.. oops.. Hydraulic hose on excavator pops.. ride to town for a new one.. oh wait.. the truck battery is dead.. "walk" to town to get a new one... fixed...

- ok.. can I mine now? nope.. water filter in the river is clogued.. drive to town for a new one...

*slaps forehead*

Oh yeah.. those will be fun days alright :P

Thats why you buy spare parts to keep on hand ;)

[PoliScikosis]

Originally posted by mtbiker:

Thats why you buy spare parts to keep on hand ;)

If only the crews of Gold Rush thought this simple concept out. I watch the show (currently on season 5) while playing the game.... and I almost LAUGH at some of the lack of foresight these crews have.

[dogwalker1]

Originally posted by PoliScikosis:

Originally posted by mtbiker:

Thats why you buy spare parts to keep on hand ;)

If only the crews of Gold Rush thought this simple concept out. I watch the show (currently on season 5) while playing the game.... and I almost LAUGH at some of the lack of foresight these crews have.

It's a TV show first and foremost - and there is a lot more money going on than just what the gold brings... It wouldn't be very entertaining if everything went like clockwork. I'm up to midway through season 3 and frankly I have to suspect the producers of the show have ol' Todd Hoffman & co. do boneheaded things just to set dilemnas before their teams. Up to that point I am 100% convinced the crews' real incentive to keep going is the money from the show rather than the meager amounts of gold collected. I mean really, every new problem 'could be the end of it for all of them, out of work, one payment away from losing their house, etc.' BS I say! Whenever they get in over their head some secret money you don't hear about magically happens to resolve it and keep them coming back, with new equipment etc. If they were as desperate for money as the annoying narrator would have you believe there is no way they would still be at it after seasons 1 & 2, in which they collectively made less than they all would have made flipping burgers at McDonalds (and that's before you even consider the expenses of funding their fiasco). Into season 3 even the dialogue is starting to sound too obviously scripted for the show. And I love the scenes where the camera crew is told "hey, you can't film this, get lost" and then are tolerated as they tag along and film it anyway. Nice feint to make the viewer think they are in on something that wasn't meant to be shared...

Still I love it - great entertainment, you just have to suspend disbelief some to enjoy it.

[Nina]

I dont know if it is a bug, but every rope I have snapped, I have found on the ground and intact. sounds like instead of snapping they just fall out

[dogwalker1]

Originally posted by nina:

I dont know if it is a bug, but every rope I have snapped, I have found on the ground and intact. sounds like instead of snapping they just fall out

I noticed that too.