Almost done with 3” homemade triple chocolate

[okbasspro]

Almost done with 3” homemade triple

Got to weld up some corners and put in mats. I wanted a dredge for shallow water and had a 3” suction nozzle and 20ft of hose laying around. Going to put it on a stand not floats. My new claim has a lot of flour gold. Not a enough water to run my 4” Proline. Will use a HP400 Proline pump so should be more than enough. Center box is 10” side boxes are 8”.

 

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[okbasspro]

do not know where the chocolate came from

 

[N-Lionberger]

Very nice! I'm working on a header to feed a single side run for my 4".

 

[njcommercialdiver]

nice job, was thinking of trying this on a spare 3 inch box i have laying around

 

[Clay Diggins]

Nice Chocolate!

Heavy Pans

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Awesome fab work! Great to see talented people put those mad skills to use! I do not dredge, pan or nugget hunt...but I CAN relate to the pride you've taken in building your rig. Ddf.

 

[okbasspro]

Nice Chocolate!

Heavy Pans

Thanx this way I can tell the Ranger its just a triple chocolate ice cream.

 

[okbasspro]

Awesome fab work! Great to see talented people put those mad skills to use! I do not dredge, pan or nugget hunt...but I CAN relate to the pride you've taken in building your rig. Ddf.

Its what I do for a living and have a few million dollars worth of machines at my disposal. Pretty sure my boss doesn't share my enthusiasm about it though.

 

[jsurddy]

That’s a sweet machine! At first I thought ‘chocolate’ was a nickname for something i hadnt heard of yet. Lol

 

[russau]

do not know where the chocolate came from

From the great Willy Wonka !

 

[okbasspro]

From the great Willy Wonka !

I got the Golden Ticket

 

[okbasspro]

It’s getting closer hope to run rocks thru it tomorrow

 

[N-Lionberger]

How are you clamping down the expanded in the side runs?

 

[okbasspro]

Welded bolts thru bottom and use homemade wing nuts. Will be changing to raised expanded.

 

[arizau]

I know nothing about triples so how is the flow distributed/diverted to the individual sluice runs? Some sort of over under classification? Nice build by the way.

 

[okbasspro]

I know nothing about triples so how is the flow distributed/diverted to the individual sluice runs? Some sort of over under classification? Nice build by the way.

Yes like a over under setup there is a diverter under the 1/4” punch plate I have never seen a triple in person I built it from pics I’ve seen. I went 3” due to me having a 3” suction nozzle and 20’ of hose laying around collecting dust. It sits on a stand for use in shallow water.

 

[okbasspro]

I know nothing about triples so how is the flow distributed/diverted to the individual sluice runs? Some sort of over under classification? Nice build by the way.

Ignore the weld slag I am not a welder just a yahoo that owns a welder. I just put in a v to direct water to the sides and adjustable angles to even it out.

 

[Reed Lukens]

Raised expanded will just hold more garbage, I think you are fine just as is but you will find that you don't want the miners moss in the side boxes with the lower velocity. It will just pack up with more garbage. Take some ribbed carpet and run it down one side, under the expanded to see the difference. Miners moss in the center box is a must but it will fill with dirt in the sides.
Great looking build
Reed

 

[okbasspro]

Raised expanded will just hold more garbage, I think you are fine just as is but you will find that you don't want the miners moss in the side boxes with the lower velocity. It will just pack up with more garbage. Take some ribbed carpet and run it down one side, under the expanded to see the difference. Miners moss in the center box is a must but it will fill with dirt in the sides.
Great looking build
Reed

I will give those suggestions a try. I have Veranda carpet I can put in side boxes the expanded is stainless. I will try that over carpet in 1 box as you said to see the difference. Thank you for the input.

 

[wildminer]

LOL Thanks for making me realize that I too am a yayhoo with a welder and not a welder! Very nice build btw!