Swamp Loggers

Slick Roads causes Bobby's vehicles to fishtale.

It’s rainy in the swamps of North Carolina.  The roads are slick, and Bobby Goodson and team must work hard to meet the mill quota.  After a few trucks get stuck on the slick road, Bobby comes through with a motor grader and pushes out the trucks.  Off they go to the mill, but now Bobby’s motor grader is stuck.  They manage to push out the motor grader, but this is only the beginning of a long and stressful few weeks with Bobby Goodson and his loggers.  Each truck load is work 600 dollars, and when the mill tightens up it’s quota, frustrations begin to mount between the loggers.

The wooden tracks help to add more traction to the roads.

The Loggers set some wooden crate type flats known as mats along the road to give it a bit more traction.  They pick up a few more mats from an older job site, but the plan doesn’t prove to be a success.  The older mats are already beginning to rot which makes them useless.  They get what they can get from the older job site, and lay the mats along the mud-slicked road.  A member of Bobby’s team reports bigger problems.

John Deans stands on top of a beaver dam.

John Deans alerts Bobby of the beaver dams that are causing flooding in the swamp.  The two drive around looking to see if they can dig out the dams, and reduce some of the flooding.  With the tractor and heavy equipment costing up to $400,000 each, it’s well worth taking the time to reduce the flooding.  Bobby, John, and Justin manage to dig out a few dams, and they even anchor one dam to Bobby’s truck and pull it out.

The mill has tightened the quota for all of the loggers in the area.  Bobby’s team is averaging in about 15 loads a day which is less than half of what they are used to.  Tensions rise when the mill cuts down the loads even further, and accuse Bobby of lying.  It seems that another logging company is exceeding their quota and telling the mill that Bobby’s company is doing it.  All these accusations put Bobby’s trucks at a standstill.  It’s time for Bobby to take a stand, and make a call to David Robinson of Corbett Timber Co.

Bobby calls David Robinson.

Bobby steps outside of his everyday nice man persona and rips into David Robinson.  The miscommunication could have caused Bobby his reputation with the mill, and he definitely let David know with his words.  He mentions that he probably shouldn’t have stepped into him the way he did, but the two make up, and business continues on through the rough patches.

Bo shows some frustration from the challenging workweek.

Meanwhile Justin is working on fixing a leak in one of the tractors.  While they work on the leak Bobby gets a call that he can only haul 13 loads per day for the next 5 days.  The mill is on a partial shutdown, and this quota is bottom of the barrel for Bobby Goodson’s company.  This is the 7th week that the company is operating at such low capacities, and the employees are getting paid close to minimum wage for the work they’re doing.  The company itself is working at 50% of what they are capable of doing. The attitudes are starting to shift for the worst, and it could be time for a Bobby Goodson pep talk.

Bobby has a pep talk with his crew.

It’s the day after a mountain of frustration occurred.  Truck drivers were upset for the slow loading, and Justin stormed off after the tractor he worked on all day broke again.  Bobby asked the entire team to wait atop the hill for a meeting.  They all wait around and Bobby’s truck pulls up.  He has a pep talk with the team and clears up the method to all the madness that people are seeing on the field.  His words seem to help, and the team is reignited for their final day of a frustrating week.  The day’s work gets done, and all head home preparing to for a drag race event this weekend.  Joy, one of Bobby’s drivers, will be racing her dragged out pickup this weekend in an amateur event.

Bobby and the rest of the team make it out to the track to watch Joy race.  She manages to pull a win over the person she raced against, but didn’t win the fastest time overall.  She considers it a victory and Bobby ends with saying, “you can’t drive my truck like you do this one, alright.”  The long frustrated work week ends with smiles and laughter from the entire crew.  The crew can now return to the swamp with uplifted spirits to see what challenges await them next week.

Joy prepares for a challenging race.

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American Chopper

Paul Sr. talks over the bike design with owners of Stewart-Haas Racing.

Paul Sr. is down at Stweart-Haas racing of Concord, North Carolina to meet with professional NASCAR Driver, Tony Stewart, and CEO of Haas Automation, Gene Haas.  Together the two started Stewart-Haas Racing, and build some of the most sophisticated NASCAR vehicles out on the track.  It is by no form of irony that the two tapped Paul Sr. and Orange County Choppers to build a bike for them.  OCC uses Haas Automated Machinery to machine all of their precision parts.  After scoping out the shop, and receiving some feedback from Stewart and Haas; Paul Sr. is now ready to take the ideas back to his shop in New York.

Back in the shop and Paul Sr.’s young fabricator, Tommy, is working on the grill for ‘Tailgate Joe’.  The project is something that Paul Sr. took on during the last episode.  Paul Sr. lends a hand in welding for awhile, but once he realizes that the welding stretches on for miles, Paul throws in the towel and puts Tommy back to work.

Tommy fabricates the cooker for 'Tailgate Joe'.

While Paul Sr. stays busy at the shop, Mikey is out in Death Valley raising awareness for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.  Mikey is going to trek 17 plus miles on a road bike as a way to raise awareness.  His friend Mike fell victim to the disease, and that makes this charity ride much closer to his heart.  His Bike Coach, Lewis Runnion, says that he may not be in the best physical shape for the ride, but there is no doubt that he has the heart and mental strength of an athlete.  It’s not only the miles that take toll on Mikey’s ride though, but also the 102 Degree sun that is constantly beaming down on the long stretched pavement in Death Valley.  Mikey takes a quick test ride on his newly assembled bike, and heads off to rest before the big morning.

Paul Sr. yanks the bike design from Jason's hands.

Back at the shop, Jason, lead designer at OCC has finished a design, and hands it off to Paul Sr. for approval.  The slick design is set with a low drag racing feel, and aerodynamic in form.  The machine parts will all be custom designed, and pressed in Haas Automated machinery.

Paul Sr.'s pet llama.

Once the team begins to get a handle on the build, Paul Sr. decides to go back to his house and work on a personal project with his wife Beth.  Paul Sr. has a couple llamas and decides to build a shed for the front yard so that he can move them there where the space is much bigger.  As with any project, Paul Sr. begins to get frustrated during the build for lack of precision, and even more so because his wife is always right.  They manage to get far along in the build, and Paul Sr. redeems himself with admittance to his frustration flaws.

Mikey at the starting line with his Bike Coach.

It’s an early morning for Mikey as he prepares for his ride.  His Bike Coach will be along for the ride, and has set a goal to reach the first checkpoint; 17 miles away.  While on the road, Lew does well at keeping Mikey’s mind off the road and the mileage.  They chat about everything from his relationship with his father, to pumping gas in New Jersey.  17 miles later Mikey reaches his goal.  He is feeling hydrated and good so his Coach encourages him to move along.  He continues on and begins to cramp up.  They call it a day, but a successful one because he finished what he set out to do.  They are transported by truck to the finish line, and Mikey takes the last meters to the finish on his bike.

Paul Sr. asks his fabricator if he can work with him. The answer is no.

Fabrication continues on the Stewart-Haas bike and the ‘Tailgate Joe’ cooker.  They hit a little bump when it’s time to put the handle bars on the bike.  Jason expresses his hateful relationship with handle bars, and works on getting something that will work for the feel of the bike.  Paul Sr. comes out and saves the day with an idea for drag bars.  They find some already fabricated bars to put on the bike, and Paul Sr. says go with it.  Jason likes them too which is a rarity.  It’s not unusual to see the two in disagreement during a bike build.  The machine parts come back, and the team works on final assembly.  It’s now the weekend before Paul Sr. reveals the Stewart-Haas/OCC hybrid.

Paul Jr. continues on with his business as heads to Los Angeles to meet with Bamboo Pets, a manufacturer of high end pet products.  Paul Jr. is there for a meeting to pitch a line of pet products with VP of Marketing, Amy Osete.  Paul Jr. has come up with a concept called the Chop Shop.  The toy line will feature spare motorcycle themed parts in the form of doggy toys.  The meeting is successful.  Paul Jr. leaves behind his concept drawings, and will now wait for final approval.

The Chopper crew unloads the first smoked pig from the cooker.

Paul Sr. and the shop are tailgating at a Jets game, and unveiling the smoker to ‘Tailgate Joe’.  The smoker itself even is in full use with a pig inside.  OCC never lets a product leave their hands without testing it.  ”Tailgate Joe’ arrives at the game and loves the grill.  Team Chopper, and ‘Tailgate Joe’ finish up the pre-game festivities by chomping into some smoked pig.

With the Stewart-Haas bike finished, Paul Sr. hits the road and drives it into the shop.  He gives one last rev of the engine before parking it in front of all the Stewart-Haas employees.  At no surprise, Paul Sr. steps off the bike surrounded in applause.  Tony Stewart pats him on the back saying with nothing but the best intentions, “Not bad for a rookie.”  Another great build for Orange County Choppers.

The Stewart-Haas Bike.

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It was off to Tasmania this week for the GHI team.  The Supreme Courthouse of Hobart, Tasmania is curated by Brian Rieusset.  Brian shows the GHI team around the premises.  The courthouse was a multi-functional facility not only used for judicatory purposes, but also was the grounds for executions as well.  Within the execution chamber, a noosed rope still hangs above a lever-activated trap door.  Brian sends the team off with some valuable hot spot information.  The smell of perfume from a ghost they’ve named Ivy, the voice of Ivy in the courthouse, a door that swings open randomly,  and even a severed hand has shown itself to one courthouse visitor.

Brian, the Curator, briefs the GHI Team on the paranormal hotspots.

The team shuts off all of the lights, and begins their investigation in Courtroom #1.  This courtroom was the main hub for all the death penalty sentences.  In this room there is said to be a presence that opens a door at random.  Joe Chin, a GHI Investigator, analyzes the door to see if there is any way for it to possibly swing open all on its own.  Each member sits in the room with a separate piece of ghost hunting equipment.  Robb Demarest, Lead Investigator, leads an EVP session and tries to provoke the ghost to come out and show oneself.  Robb even brings up the spirit of John Gould which was associated with the last episode.  John Gould was the ghost that prodded Ashley Godwin in the knee, and nearly caused her to faint.

Robb takes a photo of the hanging noose in the Execution Chamber.

With no visible or audible evidence presenting itself, the team moves on to the execution chamber.  Ashley and Robb investigate the room that holds the noosed rope from the ceiling.  Robb proceeds to take photos of the noose while Ashley begins to ask questions to the ghost.  Robb gets a weird reflection off the wall when he takes a few shots, but it’s something that will have to be further investigated during analysis.

Meanwhile Dustin Pari takes the judges bench, and begins to ask questions like a judge would.  Barry Fitzgerald is in the room with him, and the two continue to provoke the lingering spirits.  Barry hears a low resonating sounds from behind him.  They continue on and try to pinpoint the sound, but it looks like whatever audio they captured is going to have to be further analyzed later.

Dustin Pari takes the Judge's Bench.

Robb moves on to investigate Courtroom #2 with Joe, Ashley, and  Brandy.  A hand is said to appear right along the edge of the judges bench.  The team does an extensive EVP session, but after receiving no response, they decide to pack it up and call it a night.

GHI presents the evidence to Brian Rieusset

The team goes through analysis, and Robb presents the material to Brian.  Based on the claims that Brian brought to the team, Robb concludes that they could not find any evidence of paranormal activity.  Robb leaves Brian with the fact that there still is questions that remain.  The paranormal activity in the Supreme Courthouse will have to remain a mystery.

Kellie's Castle in Malaysia

The team heads over to Malaysia to investigate Kellie’s Castle.  The place is completely abandoned, and is just outside the city of Kuala Lampur.  The team arrives in the hands of Castle Representative, Taj Yaacob.  Taj shows the team around the castle, and reveals many hotspots where full body apparitions have been seen by several of the castle’s visitors.  With no electricity present in the location, the team shuts off the worklights, and begins to investigate the castle.

Dustin and Barry start an EVP session in the Horse’s Stable.  A little girl has said to have seen several dark spirits in the stable.  While they are speaking with the spirits, Dustin and Barry begin to smell incense in the stable.  They don’t capture any audio or video evidence, but the incense got a bit stronger, and then faded away.

The long corridor where full body apparitions have been seen.

Up in the castle, Robb and Ashley begin to investigate the second floor corridor.  This is an area where William, the castle owner, has been seen several times.  They set up cameras in attempt to capture something, and only hear a tapping sound on the railing.  Robb goes down the corridor to see if he can see anything, but nothing seems to play as paranormal.  Robb concludes that the tapping must have been the sound of the building settling.

Paul Bradford kneels down to provoke a six year old ghost.

Paul Bradford investiages a room in the castle and is attempting to speak with a 6 year old ghost named Helen.  He has even kneeled down in order to speak more at her level.  Paul doesn’t hear anything with his own ears, but it is possible that something could have been captured on one of the audio devices.

Before ending the night, Barry takes a few photos along the premises and catches a small red dot in one of the photos.  He is looking forward to further analysis, but until then, they call it a night.

Barry mystified by the photo he has just captured.

The team heads back to their hotel where they analyze all the collected evidence.  The team doesn’t end up finding anything paranormal.  The red dot that Barry captured seemed to be a leak from the red lights that the team set up to investigate.  The team doesn’t manage to find anything on the audio devices, and nothing really pops out on the video footage.

Although there was not any paranormal activity captured, no one can deny the strong incense smell that both Barry and Dustin smelled in the horses stable.  Robb and Dustin report this information back to Taj Yaacob.  Robb concludes that they are not able to say that the castle is haunted.  Some of the questions are left opened, but Taj is able to receive a few answers from the investigation.

Taj says that he wouldn’t call the castle haunted, but rather mysterious.

Robb and Dustin present the evidence to Taj Yaacob.

Dirty Jobs

Mixing, prodding, smoothing, and vibrating; all the labor accrued in the day of a concrete finisher.  Today Mike Rowe is working with Mark Lesnick of Moss Landing, CA at his shop coined Mark Concrete.  The company specializes in custom concrete countertops, fireplaces, sinks, tubs, and many other designs.

Mike discusses concrete finishing with the experts.

Mike sprays concrete through a hopper gun.

After Mike familiarizes himself with the operation, Mark puts him to work and introduces Mike to the cement mixer.  The whole process ends easily for Mike with little to no instruction.  He takes his newly batched mix, and begins to learn the real trade.  He is handed a hopper-gun, which is equivalent to an auto spray gun, but with concrete.  Mike learns how to use the device and sprays on the first coat of what is soon to be a fireplace.  When the concrete runs dry, it’s time to mix another batch, and Mike (and his back) soon figure out that this is a Dirty Job.

Mike uses a handheld vibrating device to set the concrete in place.

After transporting 50 lb. buckets of concrete material from one side of Mark’s yard to the other, Mike continues on.  He mixes, and pours concrete;  and mixes and pours concrete.  Once a batch is poured into the mold, the entire mold is brought onto a vibrating table.  The vibrations cause the entire batch of concrete to further set itself into the mold.  The whole table shakes the concrete batch in quick vibration, and then the finishing touches happen with a handheld device.  With all the fruits of his labor, Mike is ready to see a finished product.

A custom designed bathtub is ready to be taken from it’s mold, and Mike helps with the process.  The concrete piece is physically caulked to the mold in order to make it airtight, and locks the piece in place while the concrete is setting.  After a bit of finagling led by master craftsmen, Mark Lesnick, the mold is removed, and Mike gets to see the finished product; or should I say ’sit’ in the finished product.

Mike takes a break in the concrete tub.

It’s time to get back to work, and Mike is sent back to spray more concrete for the soon-to-be fireplace.  After questioning the rest of the team on their back-aches, Mike decides to throw in the towel.  The rest of the team continues with ease, and Mike moves to look for some sharks.

Mike heads out to the Elkhorn Slough Reserve where one man guarantees that Mike would find some sharks.  With his wetsuit on, Mike meets up with Shawn and begins his day waiting for sharks.  He waits, and waits, and waits.  The Elkhorn Slough Reserve catches sharks and tags them for research purposes.

Mike waits on the sidelines for sharks.

The day comes to and end with two catches.  Both are bat rays.  Mike makes a worrisome remark that the network may send him to the unemployment line for not pulling through with the sharks episode.  The episode ends with Mike in SCUBA gear surrounded by sharks.  I’ll think he’ll be just fine.

Mike Rowe surrounded by sharks.

Swamp Loggers

Bobby Goodson, a 4th generation logger, takes on any terrain necessary to stack up the wood and get it to the mill.  It’s a battle that faces up against deadlines, machine malfunctions, and the ever-changing elements of nature.  Bobby and his crew coined, Goodson’s All Terrain Logging is always up for the challenge.

This episode starts off with a very serious problem to Bobby’s bottomline.  When the sky decides to pour down rain, Bobby must make sure his roads are secure enough to transfer his wood out of the swamp.  They are not.  The roads are missing over an additional foot of dirt that should be placed along and over the flow pipes they build inside of the swamp.  The lack of dirt, when it rains, can cause the roads to become very soft which can lead to a tractor stuck in the swamp for good.  With a price tag of $500,000 each it’s worth the time off to have a road crew come out and and fix it.  Bobby is a family man though and understands that his employees rely on receiving a consistent income.  With that in mind, he must prepare for the financial storm.  No wood will be able to leave the swamp until the roads are fixed.

Simitrio Ruiz logs alone in the swamp.

During the financial delay, Bobby keeps one experienced logger in the swamp to continue cutting all alone.  Simitrio Ruiz is one of Bobby’s all star loggers.  He is so familiar with this machinery that he says he can drive them with his eyes closed.  All is going according to plan until one of the gears in the expensive tree cutter breaks down, and ends Simitrio’s day.  It happens on a Friday afternoon so Bobby has the weekend to figure out the issue.

Bobby and the Loggers relax on his front porch.

During the weekend Bobby’s son is having a baby shower with his wife.  His wife is quick to kick him out, and turn it into an all girl party.  Justin makes his way across the lake, and parks over at his Dad’s house.  Together they sit outside with a couple other friends relaxing and enjoying their day away from the swamp.

It’s Monday and it’s time for Bobby to get his tree cutter up and running.  He decides to make a trip to the junkyard to see if he can find a spare part off the tractor he junked just three weeks prior.  They manage to find the part and get the machine up and running.  The bigger problem still remains.  Wood is stacked up to the brim and still needs to make it’s way out of the swamp if they want to turn over a profit.

The Loggers play catch-up for a night to recoup their financial losses.

Three days have already passed, and Bobby suffers a gross of $10,000 with every passing day.  The mill lets Bobby and his crew know that they will be able to bring in late loads if they are up for the challenge.  Bobby sends his troops home and calls them on for a late night logging session.  Meanwhile, Bobby and his son Justin prepare for the night by stacking up the logs neatly in imminent planning for the evening.  Night logging is a whole different animal.  It’s not as if they are in a city full of ambient light.  Instead, imagine trying to look at your hand in front of your face in absolute darkness.  With limited light from the trucks and other mechanical gear, the night becomes a challenge for the log stackers, and the drivers who have to tight rope their trucks along a 15 foot wide road.  The nights end in success with Bobby Goodson and team bringing in a record breaking 37 loads.  He also breaks another record the next day.  The lowest recorded loads finished in a day -  totaling in the amount of four.

His day of four loads isn’t completely his fault.  Due to his massive 37 load surplus the mill decides to only take wood until 1pm.  Trying to cram a days work into a half day proves to be quite a challenge.

Bobby takes the kids to the Forest Service.

The day ends short for Bobby and the loggers.  Bobby decides to take his son and grandson’s down to the Forest Service to learn how trees are replanted and grown.  Although business suffers with the time off, a nice day off with the grandkids is something that every hard worker needs.  Bobby hopes that his grandsons will become the new generation loggers in their adult lives when he and his son are closer to retirement.

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American Chopper

The family may still be split up, but that doesn’t mean that they still aren’t doing big things.  In this episode we get to see Paul Sr. take on the first diesel-powered Chopper while Paul Jr. debuts a dog park designed for the Village of Montgomery.  Mikey continues to take chances in different avenues when he gets on stage for the first time as a stand up comedian.

Monster Diesel comes in to discuss their product.

It’s early in the OCC shop, and Monster Diesel President & CEO, Mathew Zuckerman, comes in with his team to discuss an all diesel-powered bike.  Monster Diesel is a fuel product that adds an additional energy based molecule, and an additive component that turns the diesel gas into a premium.  When the CEO starts talking about the design of the bike, Paul Sr. jump in with a smile and a remark saying, “Do what you do best, and we’ll do what we do best.”  If you’re familiar with the reputation of OCC’s shop, you’d listen to Paul Sr. too.

Paul Jr. is out in the Village of Montgomery, NY where the Mayor, Steve Brescia, commissioned Paul Jr. Designs to conceptualize a Dog Park.  The dog park goes way beyond the standard yard-and-fence shop with additives like agility equipment, doggy treat dispensary machines, and even a do-it-yourself doggy wash.  Mr. Brescia concluded the ceremonial opening by giving a plaque to both Rachael and Paul Jr. for their contribution to the Village of Montgomery.  Mikey, although tardy, managed to make his way out to support his brother – still wearing shorts even in the cold weather.

The Mayor of Montgomery Presents a plaque to Paul Jr. Designs.

Back at OCC Headquarters Paul Sr. is meeting with Joe Maino – or “Tailgate Joe” if you will.  Tailgate Joe is infamous for his ultimate tailgate parties during the New york Jets games.  He hasn’t missed a home game since 2003, and now with a pull of 70 to 80 people, Joe is looking to upgrade his grill.  He pitches the idea to Paul Sr. to build a large grill for his NY Jets tailgate parties.  He hopes it can be used to create awareness for cancer.  Paul Sr., although hesitant at first, is willing when he finds out that it is being done for charity.  While the meeting takes place, the OCC team continues to make construct the Monster Diesel bike.

Mikey debuts as a stand-up comic

In New York City, Mikey holds a stack of papers as he prepares his jokes for his first stand-up comedy routine.  His comedy Coach, Brooke Van Poppelen, is a little hesitant to send Mikey up on stage with his stack of papers at first, but then she begins to think that it might turn him into a sort of character.  In the back sits Rachael, and Paul Sr., there in support of Mikey.  He takes the stage, papers in hand and rips out one joke at a time while tossing each piece of paper at the finish.  Mikey mentions that he hoped to achieve just one big laugh, but the night proves itself more successful with a few laughs than he expected.

Back at the OCC Shop life stays fairly busy.  The company has 6 bikes in production and even a grill.  Paul Sr. stays busy outside of work as well with his wife Beth, and her 2 sons.  Together the four help reconstruct one of Paul Sr.’s older designs.

Paul Sr. unveils the Monster Diesel Bike

This episode strays from the common riff raff of arguments and focuses more on the builds, and the positivity of the team in motion.  The Monster Diesel Bike manages to fire up and Paul Sr. takes it to the unveil with much success.  The bike was the first diesel powered bike for OCC, and Paul Sr. hopes to continue challenging his team by constantly stepping outside the boundaries of the everyday bike design.

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The GHI Team

The team arrives in Tasmania to investigate Port Arthur, a penitentiary that held the worst British and Irish criminals between 1830 and 1850.  Led by Robb DeMarest, the team heads to meet with Caitlin Vertigan, a tour guide at the Port Arthur Penitentiary. Caitlin shows the team around to several hotspots located all over the vast grounds.  The investigation seems to be a challenge worth taking after Caitlin describes the countless testimonies of paranormal activity that has been claimed over the past 100 years.  The claims range everywhere from physical apparitions and voices to physical contact and footsteps.  The team sets up shop and goes lights out.

Port Arthur Penitentiary

Robb DeMarest starts off the night with Ashley Godwin and Brandy Green by his side.  The three step into the Parsonage where Reverend George passed away back in 1870.  Since then, there have been claims of full body apparitions.  As they are investigating the bottom floor, they suddenly hear footsteps coming from upstairs – the area where the Reverend passed away.  Ashley puts a high tech recorder on the steps as the team moves to the upstairs corridor.  They hear another set of footsteps before deciding to leave.  The team can only hope that they captured the sounds on their recording device.

Meanwhile, Dustin Pari and Paul Bradford explore the Commandant’s House.  The Commandant has been seen in the house near his bed.  Paul and Dustin begin to try and spark up conversation with the Commandant.  Although the two don’t get any verbal response back, they did manage to pick up a sound of a bang – almost as if something had been dropped.

It is 5 hours into the investigation and Paul decides to investigate the Parsonage on his own.  While in the house alone, he hears a sound, and discover the front door to be open.  He locks the door, and continues his investigation.  He hears the same sound and discovers the door to be ajar once again.  Although the activity seems paranormal, he mentions that it could have been that he didn’t shut the door well enough.  It being an old house makes it difficult to prove this particular incident as being paranormal.

Paul and Dustin walk around the outer area of the penitentiary.  There have been claims of a full body apparition dressed in a guard uniform.  As the two walk through the area they hear a musical bass sort of sound.  They find it to be the wind moving through some pipes that line the top of the open structure.

Barry and Joe discover paranormal evidence.

Joe Chin and Tech Manager, Barry Fitzgerald are taking 30 second exposures of the church in the area when they suddenly capture what looks to be a man in stride toward the church.  Barry reiterates that this is nearly an impossible image to capture when taking a 30 second exposure.  Shouldn’t the subject be streaked if he/she is in fact in stride?  Especially over a 30 second period.  He sends Joe down to walk the path in attempt to recreate the photo, but there is little success.  The photo is unexplainable when you take paranormal out of the equation.

Dustin and the girls head over to the C wing of the prison where a prisoner named John Gould once settled his last days for attempted rape on a minor of the age of 10.  In this particular area there have been claims of physical contact.  The three are in John’s cell and don’t get any sort of feedback until Dustin and Brandy decide to leave Ashley in there alone.  She attempts to ask John a question and a response is heard later on during the reveal.  Ashley claims also to having been prodded in the knee.  She leans against the wall as she begins to feel faint.

Ashley investigates alone in John Gould's prison cell.

Barry Fitzgerald does an EVP on Surgeon Slab.

Barry and Joe move into the Surgeon’s basement where there is rumors that the surgeon once dissected the remains of deceased inmates.  Barry decides to lay on the Surgeon’s table and suddenly the temperature in the room begins to fluctuate by extreme 20 degree intervals.  Barry also begins to hear sounds through a 360 degree microphone, and even feels scratches near his feet.  Joe waits outside the room as Barry finishes his solo investigation.  Just before Barry leaves, he gets up and feels someone touch the small of his back, and it wasn’t Joe.

Robb and Dustin bring many of these claims to Caitlin and determine that the Port Arthur Penitentiary is in fact haunted.  The team leaves feeling accomplished, but I think some of the investigators are glad to be out of there – mainly Ashley in regards to the John Gould incident.

Robb DeMarest and Dustin Pari reveal the evidence.

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Mike in the Michigan locks.  The main channel that is used to move freight from Canada to the U.S. and vice versa.  It’s winter time and Mike Rowe is in town to help clean out the locks.  They have been drained, snow exists as far as the eyes can see, and Mike is complaining about being cold even though he’s completely bundled up.  Needless to say, it’s cold!

The locks have been drained and Mike is brought down into the tunnel system that runs below the locks.  The environment is dangerous everywhere you turn.  It’s wet, slippery, and there are gaping holes in the ground that you must bridge to get over.  They approach one of those gaping holes, but this time they ladder down it.  It’s a tight squeezed tunnel that forces Mike and the rest of the crew to squat just to get through it.  This is the tunnel that runs below the lock floor.  It’s time to be cleaned.  Muck has been caught in its drains.  Everything from sticks, to old cables off of freighters.  An old canoe was even trapped down there at one time.  At first glance it merely looks like a pile of snow trapped in the corner of the tunnel’s end, but Mike starts working first by shoveling away the snow.  After the snow is removed a pile of old wood and debris is discovered and Mike continues shoveling it away.  The debris is glued together with ice making it difficult for it to be separated and removed.  Mike’s boss, Bill, prepares to bring out the steam.  A technique they use to melt the ice, and make it easier to remove the debris.  Bill leaves to get the steam prepared and it isn’t longer than 10 minutes before Mike and the rest of the crew decide to leave the tunnel system.  It’s cold, and uncomfortable.  They’re out of there.

On to the next job in the lock for Mike.  He meets with Jan and her snow machine.  A motorized device used to clear snow off the road.  Not too dirty of a job,  but it gets a bit dangerous when Doug the cameraman slips on a patch of ice.  The next 5 minutes of the scene is a replay of this accident.  Doug is fine in the end, but one can’t say the same for the camera.

Mike meets Charlie down in the deep well of the lock.  It’s basically a room full of pumps in charge of removing water from the lock.  They aren’t in the pump room long before they decide to go down below into the piping system.  Similar to the first job Mike performed, he finds himself in a very cold and wet environment, and he gets to shovel more muck.  He falls in with the cleanup crew and starts shoveling away.  Thankfully Doug makes it out of this location safe, and his camera does too.

Paul Sr. has a full shop in this episode.  In walk in Kristy Swanson, Gary Sinise, and a few wounded soldiers who have been helped by the Iraq Star Foundation.  The foundation helps by providing wounded soldiers with plastic and reconstructive surgery that they need.  Many of these soldiers come back disfigured, and those wounds dig down into the core of their humanity by effecting their psychological well-being.  With the help of these surgeries, these soldiers are able to not only rebuild their physical being, but also their emotional and psychological being.

While Sr. prepares for the new build, Paul Jr. and his new design firm are off meeting with Coleman about the 10th Anniversary grill packaging.  In the last episode, Paul Jr. was able to build the grill for Coleman, and now it’s time for Coleman to discuss it’s marketing plans with Jr.  This was a meeting that Mikey was supposed to be at with Paul Jr., but he is nowhere to be found in the beginning of this episode.

Sr. brings out the draft of the bike for his team, and it is going to feature a really slick paint job that is going to mimic the look of desert camouflage clothing.  Once his team gets started on the bike, Paul Sr. goes to meet one of the soldiers who is being helped through the Iraq Star Foundation.  Tim Juliano was hit with some shrapnel that disfigured his nose, and his cheek structure.  Paul Sr. is at Dr. Herman’s office to meet Tim during his pre-op meeting.  Paul is going to stay the following day to witness the surgery as well.

It’s time for the surgery, and Paul Sr. is in medical scrubs, ready to watch the surgery take place.  Sr. manages to stomach the entire surgery.  Kristy Swanson has to step out a few times.  Paul Sr. is brought to tears during the segment and relates with all the parents that have to watch their sons go through the pain and struggles of war.

Paul Jr. unveils the Coleman grill to the employees, and discusses the different features he added to the unit.  The grill is set up for huge successes in the future, and Paul Jr. is really proud of the piece because it is his first project away from Orange County Choppers.

Back at the shop, the team manages to finish the build with no problem and Sr. has it shipped to Los Angeles for the unveil.  The bike is auctioned to raise money for the charity, and Paul Sr., Dr. Phil, Gary Sinise, and Jon Voight all purchase the bike for $100,000.  The money was given to the Iraq Foundation fund.

The episode ends with Paul Jr. still looking for Mikey.  He finds out that Mikey has checked himself into rehab for alcohol abuse.  He and the whole Teutul family are completely behind Mikey, and just hope to see a more healthy Mikey after his treatment in rehab.

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Last week they did a Maybach, why not a Lamborghini?  Ryan’s friend and successful entrepreneur, David Calleros, brings in his Lamborghini for a makeover.  Ryan shows David the design sketch.  A 2 tone, black and white lambo.  David drops off the keys, and Ryan takes the car to the back of the shop.  The West Coast Customs team has 6 days to completely transform the car and prepare it for the unveil, which takes place on David’s birthday.

The car gets stripped in no time, and is sent off to paint.  Ish is ready to completely tranform the cars interior, and Joe is going to add a performance exhaust system that should take the car up a notch.

Meanwhile Ryan has his friend Buck over at the shop.  Buck is going to teach Ryan how to flame a car.  They are going to paint flames on the hotrod of a car for an unveil at a Children’s Hospital so Ryan really wants to get hands on with this project.  The car gets placed in the booth and Buck works through it while teaching Ryan how to add flames on a car.

Ryan goes to check in on Ish’s interior design and doesn’t like it.  It being a Lamborghini, Ryan wants Ish to create the best interior he has ever created.  Instead Ish is complaining about the time constraint, and is planning on adding a simple black and double stitch interior.  Things turn quickly when Ish is inspired to create a tuxedo themed interior.  The vision will add a lot more white to the interior and Ish will be able to use his new hole punch tool to create a button-like design.

Ryan decides to take an easier day away from the shop with Bigg Dane, Sean, and his family.  They decide to go to a BMX track and make a day out of it.  The three race around the track and Ryan comes in last.  Bigg Dane takes the win on his new bike; a Bigg Dane sized BMX bike that Ryan gives to him as a gift.

Ryan is able to reveal the flamed out Hotrod he helped paint for the Children’s Hospital.  All the children of the hospital are outside for the unveil, and West Coast Customs adds smiles to all their faces giving them another reason to hold on for another day.

Back in the shop, it’s 1 day away from the Lamborghini reveal and the car is still in pieces.  All the design work is done, but it looks like it’s going to be a late night for the team.

It time for the reveal and the team manages to pull it off and get the car done.  Ryan drives it to the reveal which is going to take place at a closed race track.  David Calleros, the client, is stunned when he sees the car, and the episode ends with David driving the car at it’s full capacity around an empty track.  What a way to celebrate your birthday.

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