Learn Why Gold Rush’s Parker Schnabel Keeps Turning to Volvo Machines

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  • Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
  • Hear from Gold Rush fan favorite Parker Schnabel as he talks about the show, the machines he operates and CONEXPO 2023. What’s it like for Gold Rush operators to run heavy equipment in some of the most remote and rugged parts of the continent? What really matters to get the job done? Find out.
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  • @edwardryan5105
    @edwardryan5105 Год назад +35

    The interviewer needs to do a little research into how Parker got started in gold mining with his grandfather and maybe watch a season or two of Gold Rush to really see how successful Parker is and has been for many years, after telling his parents that he didn't want to go to college, he wanted to be a Gold Miner. I thought Parker was going to slap her when she called him a Fleet Manager. Seriously? That's what she thinks he is. Hardly. He has created a very successful mining company and is truly an entrepreneur mining "Millions of $$$" worth of Gold from the ground. He has also become the most popular figure on one of Discovery Channel's most watched shows, GOLD RUSH. I am a fan of the show and impressed with the young man and how successful he has become from where he started. Volvo makes good equipment, because if they didn't, Parker would not be using them in his mining operations.

    • @rayschrauwen2249
      @rayschrauwen2249 Год назад +3

      Yes she should watch the show

    • @thatdave86
      @thatdave86 Год назад

      Parker could of helped with a 13:14 bit more blood out of the stone thing ?

    • @DougJohns
      @DougJohns Год назад

      She probably did know but many people would not know Parker or who he is.

    • @ashleycoles7244
      @ashleycoles7244 Год назад

      He is a fleet manager which is a position in it self above and beyond everything else he does

    • @ashleycoles7244
      @ashleycoles7244 Год назад

      One of my old bosses was biggest customer of Volvo numerous years in a row but never managed the fleet

  • @jackiedes-jarlais5095
    @jackiedes-jarlais5095 Год назад +8

    Totally enjoyed Parker interview

  • @joerippinger2009
    @joerippinger2009 Год назад +19

    For everyone saying he's not a fleet manager, he is on top of many other jobs he does on site. If you have noticed, he has taken on a much larger office role and they've even shown him looking at and purchasing equipment from the internet. While, that's not what he is known for and he is the owner of the company....he's still a fleet manager

    • @edgemonsiteworksllc3369
      @edgemonsiteworksllc3369 Год назад

      Digging holes for gold doesn’t compare to what a contractor does in excavation. Anyone can dig a hole

    • @edgemonsiteworksllc3369
      @edgemonsiteworksllc3369 Год назад

      @@iare19 anyone can dig a hole. That’s all gold mining. Placer mining is. Try real excavation work and he would be broke in a week

    • @edgemonsiteworksllc3369
      @edgemonsiteworksllc3369 Год назад

      Lol. But he doesn’t expand his horizons. Placer mining isn’t that hard. Fact is, if he had any experience in mass earth. He would realize he’s costing himself money. But you people think he’s doing a great job.

    • @Grayson150
      @Grayson150 Год назад

      @@edgemonsiteworksllc3369 im pretty sure he is doing better then you considering he has companies paying him to stand in a booth and you’re on here commenting that he can’t move dirt or something…

    • @edgemonsiteworksllc3369
      @edgemonsiteworksllc3369 Год назад

      @@Grayson150 don’t count on it. Sand in volume is worth a lot more then gold.

  • @Maddog165
    @Maddog165 Год назад +9

    It’s simple, the whole show is sponsored by Volvo and I’m guessing they sponsor Parker as well. Anyone else notice that they blur out the “Cat” logos on the excavators. The only reason why they don’t blur out the brand name of the D series Cat dozers is because Volvo doesn’t make steel tracked bulldozers.

  • @erincummings745
    @erincummings745 Год назад +45

    It’s simple they sponsor him so they get Volvo brand on national television 🙄

    • @TexasRed167
      @TexasRed167 Год назад +3

      You don’t know much about construction equipment now do you.

    • @erincummings745
      @erincummings745 Год назад +2

      @@TexasRed167 More than you’ll ever believe.

    • @Logan_Tacoma2023
      @Logan_Tacoma2023 Год назад +2

      Man is on tv and y’all get jealous because he has fame and a buisness. I guarantee you with or without the show he’d still be mining and using Volvo

    • @erincummings745
      @erincummings745 Год назад

      @@Logan_Tacoma2023 Guarantee based on what?

    • @mikepierce1724
      @mikepierce1724 Год назад +1

      Yup gets it cheaper or free ?

  • @electricitysucks5
    @electricitysucks5 Год назад +1

    Parker is awesome!

  • @chrisrollins52
    @chrisrollins52 Год назад +9

    That lady knew nothing about Parker- The context of her questions Illustrated that the Producers ( of her show ) simply told her you are interviewing a young man who grew up to be a fleet manager. Parker was as gracious as I have ever seen him, to an interviewer that frankly didn't have an ounce of his background. Keep pushing those Electric Vehicles though.

  • @rhettcorbett3346
    @rhettcorbett3346 Год назад +14

    I noticed that if it's a Cat Dozer or Excavator (used by any team) the writing on machines are pixelated. Is the show sponsored by Volvo ?

    • @wtchr6883
      @wtchr6883 Год назад +6

      I thought everyone knew Volvo has long sponsored Gold Rush.

    • @johndough1966
      @johndough1966 Год назад +3

      The producers approached all of the equipment manufacturers for sponsorship considering their equipment was in the show, if they didnt buck up then they blurred their logos. Cat refused to comply with their demands. Simple

    • @rhettcorbett3346
      @rhettcorbett3346 Год назад +4

      @@johndough1966 Even though they blur it you still know what brand it is.

  • @54d81
    @54d81 Год назад +6

    If you want to sell equipment Volvo put up someone that has actual ran a machine to interview Parker.

  • @bradford999
    @bradford999 Год назад +3

    Your Grandfather would be very proud!

  • @iare19
    @iare19 Год назад +4

    I went to Volvo just because they were only ones with an excavator ready. All others needed 6-12 months 2021.

    • @edgemonsiteworksllc3369
      @edgemonsiteworksllc3369 Год назад

      That’s bs. Go directly to Illinois where cat is built. Surplus of anything you want. It’s just you went to Volvo because you can’t afford Cat

  • @darrinparkin718
    @darrinparkin718 Год назад +9

    Ahhh, Vegas! Thats why he's hungover and voiceless.

  • @kramnoslaw4474
    @kramnoslaw4474 Год назад +1

    Kids turned into a good person honestly didn't think he was going too

  • @sveannnnnnn7578
    @sveannnnnnn7578 Год назад +1

    i grown up with watching parker ! :)

  • @raymondmccann5810
    @raymondmccann5810 Год назад +6

    Great interview would exspect nothing less of parker

  • @RAV21-32
    @RAV21-32 Год назад

    Have you found Tony yet? I wonder what he has to say about the products!!

  • @brent499
    @brent499 Год назад

    Parker hung over in Vegas

  • @jbwhittaker4645
    @jbwhittaker4645 Год назад +2

    i wonder whats in his contract with discovery channel and volvo /cheap equipment?

  • @scottyflintstone
    @scottyflintstone 2 месяца назад

    11:22 who needs a bank-if Parker's company sold stock I'd buy some

  • @witness1013
    @witness1013 Год назад +4

    Because you give him huge discounts

  • @truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793
    @truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793 Год назад +2

    Parker used a CAT for his foray in Bolivia 😋

  • @stephenandrijischyn3804
    @stephenandrijischyn3804 Год назад

    I've operated many different manufacturers equipment and Volvo is one of the best.....yes you have breakdowns but all equipment does especially under extreme conditions

  • @dootdoot1867
    @dootdoot1867 Год назад +3

    There is a reason you see cat equipment everywhere on the show despite volvo throwing money at it. Cat works and you can get parts. Volvo getting better but its limited. Komatsu makes some of the biggest and baddest imo, but it isnt viable in remote territories because of parts. So you almost never see on the show.

  • @MrJimmynilsson74
    @MrJimmynilsson74 Год назад +1

    It is called product placement.

  • @snownek-6236
    @snownek-6236 Год назад +1

    pretty obvious its a deal. nice machines don't get me wrong but then why are all others blurred on the show.

  • @jpa1282
    @jpa1282 Год назад +3

    Becouse they basically give him the machines

  • @mikegreen1095
    @mikegreen1095 Год назад +3

    She interviews the most popular person there and blows it Last year doing this gig. Volvo can do much better. She didn’t like him and showed it

  • @tomjohnson6036
    @tomjohnson6036 Год назад +1

    Maybe front load him with the questions? Parker isn’t much of an interview subject, heck, he’s looking down 3/4 of the time. Seems like Volvo could’ve set this up a little better.

  • @barryneuhaus7021
    @barryneuhaus7021 Год назад +1

    I think Parker might be a tad high or a few beers...

  • @morry888
    @morry888 Год назад +1

    she is just fishing for volvo answers hahaha

  • @jz1340
    @jz1340 Год назад +7

    Large contractors use CAT, Deere, Komatsu, Liebherr

    • @JohnDeerefan-fo1qp
      @JohnDeerefan-fo1qp Год назад +2

      Any large scale quarry or construction site I’ve ever been on uses Volvo equipment. I’ve seen old Volvo loaders with 40 thousand hours on them working hard every day. Even seen the smaller l90s going around with twenty thousand hours on them pushing up silage for 20 hours a day ,day in day out where other brands would have fallen apart with those kinda hours.

    • @coaldigger1998
      @coaldigger1998 Год назад +1

      It's mostly CAT and Komatsu in our area. Where 100 ton haulers are small.

    • @ClutchTFS
      @ClutchTFS Год назад +2

      We run 40ton volvo haul trucks and for dozers and shovels, we run Cat.

    • @ZoneOne2150
      @ZoneOne2150 Год назад

      @@JohnDeerefan-fo1qp you haven’t been around much.

    • @Maddog165
      @Maddog165 Год назад +2

      I’ve operated a few different brands of loaders for years and I’ve found that the Volvo not only uses the least amount of fuel compared to a Cat front end loader of equal size. Their engines and hydraulics also run very smooth and quiet as well compared to a Cat. Volvo also had a lot better line of sight , especially vision out of the rear window compared to a cat 924 loader.

  • @jonwcs5842
    @jonwcs5842 Год назад

    Volvo skidsteer or Toyota Skidsteer anyone?

  • @thomasrose6880
    @thomasrose6880 Год назад

    If that’s the case why does he own a 390 instead of a 950 Volvo

  • @user-no8yk8ti2e
    @user-no8yk8ti2e Год назад

    I LOVE YOU VOLVO

  • @RedBoss73
    @RedBoss73 7 месяцев назад

    Who makes the bulldozers 🎯

  • @coreyhol
    @coreyhol Год назад

    He looks hammered or stoned lol. Holding his composure well .. bahaha

  • @lesnorton3968
    @lesnorton3968 Год назад

    parker looks baked

  • @ClutchTFS
    @ClutchTFS Год назад

    Most well known Volvo operator is actually LetsDig18

  • @elliotbennett1953
    @elliotbennett1953 Год назад +2

    Parker looks hung over. I think he should have brought back some Peruvian flake to open his eyes.

  • @jjl499
    @jjl499 Год назад

    They pay him the most!

  • @rogueexcavating3839
    @rogueexcavating3839 Год назад

    well the discounted free equipment and sea cans full of free supplies probably help I bought my Volvo rock trucks cause they work. no one in construction who buys your equipment gives a fuck what parker gets or says about it

  • @AlexKall
    @AlexKall Год назад

    CAT fanboys/fangirls are going to war in the comments, you get a giggle reading them.

  • @gogetem188
    @gogetem188 Год назад +1

    PARKER HITACHI WASH PLANTS ON A RIVER WRONG ANSWER dunk him LOL fleet manager haaa yup thats parker

  • @Jack-1212
    @Jack-1212 Год назад +1

    It's called advertising and free equipment

  • @Northwoods208
    @Northwoods208 10 месяцев назад +1

    On tv Volvo is okay, but in the real earth moving world, Caterpillar or Komatsu get it done

  • @mcasey1076
    @mcasey1076 Год назад

    If they had decent drivers there wouldn’t be half as much smashing

  • @braedenjohnson4263
    @braedenjohnson4263 Год назад

    Well that was hard to watch

  • @wemovetheearthjpease
    @wemovetheearthjpease Год назад +1

    They must make em diff for the stars cause Volvo sucks round my area

  • @Ras7685
    @Ras7685 Год назад

    Why is he soooo HIGH ?

  • @tedc7714
    @tedc7714 Год назад

    Electric excavator do pigs really fly????? I guess just to prove it won't fly.

  • @Chad-qe6yv
    @Chad-qe6yv Год назад

    Because they sponsor the show and he probably gets it for pennies on the dollar

  • @ghost_rider221
    @ghost_rider221 Год назад

    I think parker handled this unexperienced interviewer very well...to bad they didnt give him someone that knew a little bit of what he does..she needs to do a little research before facing someone of his caliber. lol

  • @mynameisearl598
    @mynameisearl598 6 месяцев назад

    bet he has a hard time walking around looking at stuff

  • @FreezinFury
    @FreezinFury Год назад

    Volvo is a solid brand parker knows his shit .I am sure Parker has some kind of deal with Volvo get his parts and gear cheaper but still i bet even if he wasnt a tv star he still would be useing them .

  • @petermoore4433
    @petermoore4433 Год назад

    Parker looks hungover as shit

  • @ToheMangaMan
    @ToheMangaMan Год назад +2

    Dude looks fried. I thought I read somewhere he was entering the pot business?....Not a criticism....more an observation.

  • @edstubbington2776
    @edstubbington2776 Год назад

    Likely because they are a sponsor of the show
    Got nothing to do with parker

  • @ZoneOne2150
    @ZoneOne2150 Год назад +1

    Because he can’t afford Caterpillar

  • @yuriypono3666
    @yuriypono3666 Год назад

    Who can up with these questions? A 5 year old and someone who is clueless about mining would be my guess

  • @randerson4383
    @randerson4383 Год назад

    He's either really, really tired or he's really, really stoned...

  • @ClutchTFS
    @ClutchTFS Год назад +1

    Electric shovels??? lmao what a joke

  • @viseshseernam39
    @viseshseernam39 Год назад

    parker never buy this brand on his mine it is sponsored by this group for the show for free publicity

  • @zfilmmaker
    @zfilmmaker Год назад +1

    100% because he gets them for free. Why do all the Gold Rush stars run Volvo and no other brand? 🧐

  • @semajniffirg230
    @semajniffirg230 Год назад +1

    Yea he turns to Volvo except for all of his CAT dozers lol

    • @johndough1966
      @johndough1966 Год назад

      Only for "affordability" reasons.

    • @semajniffirg230
      @semajniffirg230 Год назад +1

      Has nothing to do with affordability show me a dozer that volvo makes that compares to a D11

  • @crash6674
    @crash6674 Год назад +1

    Because he gets paid and gets free equipment?

  • @simonsmeds9087
    @simonsmeds9087 Год назад +1

    Gold rush why not make it real instead of fake it all. Will never watch it again

  • @martinnauta4385
    @martinnauta4385 Год назад

    Is Parker on drugs Looks like it is big time?

  • @zach-fh7rv
    @zach-fh7rv Год назад

    because volvo is one of the cheaper options and you guys practically give the machines to him because its the ultimate advertisement. if parker wasn't on t.v he wouldn't use volvo like 90% or the other outfits because they are junk!

  • @normanhowe-gl2tq
    @normanhowe-gl2tq Год назад

    He has been endoctrined into using Volvo----he should try Cat---they have bigger and better machines that make Volvos look like toys----just saying!!!!

  • @travisk5589
    @travisk5589 Год назад

    Lol. He doesn't turn to volvo. Volvo is a huge sponsor of the show.

  • @tomtom6319
    @tomtom6319 Год назад

    its because the Discovery channel owns him and that's why he has the money
    when Discovery is through with him he will not be buying anything

  • @andrewhoward7116
    @andrewhoward7116 Год назад

    He buys the machines because they r cheap. They trade turn off every couple years cause they r crap and wear out. These r stupid question, she keeps prying for him to say something nice about Volvo.

  • @MUCKFOOT⁶⁶⁶
    @MUCKFOOT⁶⁶⁶ Год назад

    I was wondering why he post gay pictures of himself with guys from the show all over his social media accounts

  • @georgeescaped6035
    @georgeescaped6035 Год назад

    parker needs to take a class in public speaking

  • @bulletsponge1656
    @bulletsponge1656 Год назад

    just dont run a shear head on volvo excavators nothing but issues all the time on brand new ones at that!

  • @headflat449
    @headflat449 Год назад

    I'd operate whatever company gave me machines to use. Nothing new to see here. Dudes a TV hero. No big deal.

  • @woodrowutter1262
    @woodrowutter1262 Год назад +1

    Cause his daddy pays for them.

  • @stewartmcneill2262
    @stewartmcneill2262 Год назад

    He’s really helping global warming

    • @kevink6420
      @kevink6420 3 месяца назад

      A myth to enrich your public officials who hold stock in alternative energy companies

  • @edgemonsiteworksllc3369
    @edgemonsiteworksllc3369 Год назад +1

    18,000 hours is nothing. Cat i is s a proven 30,000 hour machine. Yes cat costs more. But they last longer. Have fewer breakdowns and move more material. Volvo is a crap machine

    • @gregshearer423
      @gregshearer423 Год назад +1

      Plenty of Volvo machines out there with 30000+ hours on cat are very overrated

    • @edgemonsiteworksllc3369
      @edgemonsiteworksllc3369 Год назад

      @@gregshearer423 sure but I promise you they’ve had major rebuild long before those hours. I’ve been in mass earth since 1980. Owner of the largest excavation equipment. Never will any machine last as long as cat

    • @edgemonsiteworksllc3369
      @edgemonsiteworksllc3369 Год назад

      @@gregshearer423 I can excavate double any other machine you want to put against me. Cat is proven guys that don’t think so are either poor or have no clue what they are saying. Reason enough cat is the was first. Every thing else tries to be like cat. Don’t believe me. Look at cats hydraulic pump. You need a fork lift to carry it. The others you can carry in your hands. I don’t give a damn where you are or what you want to put up against cat. I’ll bury you and your machine

    • @edgemonsiteworksllc3369
      @edgemonsiteworksllc3369 Год назад

      @@gregshearer423 you show me any Volvo with 30,009 hours and I’ll show you 10 cats . Same size with 30,009

    • @gregshearer423
      @gregshearer423 Год назад

      @@edgemonsiteworksllc3369 nah they haven’t quite normal for them to do them sort of hours with little trouble

  • @robcorston5546
    @robcorston5546 Год назад +2

    they give them to him cheap or he would have CAT'S!!!!

  • @kortison
    @kortison Год назад +1

    Correct answer is.... Money 🫡