Eugene devises his own power generator dubbed the "gassifer," which he builds out of scraps, an undertaking that isn't particularly easy or safe.
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Delivering diabetes medicine to a friend turns into a real adventure for the guys, who have to make their way there by foot and end up camping overnight, which involves making a shelter and fishing in a freezing stream.
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Spencer breaks his beloved tomahawk while working with Eugene to fix a broken pigpen for a blacksmith who has offered to pay the guys with lard and pork.
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The guys trade their fish for a refrigerator, which they then turn into a smoker. They also make "black drink" with holly leaves they picked, careful not to choose the poisonous ones.
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Making applejack is harder than Spencer and Eugene expected. First, they turn a shed into a root cellar, and then they must deal with a freak storm and faulty equipment.
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The guys put their lives at risk repairing a decrepit garnet mine in hopes the payoff will be a treasure trove of gems.
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The guys find a rare jeep abandoned in the forest, but a 2-ton tree stands as an obstacle to them taking it home.
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Spencer and Eugene build a pontoon barge and make their own diving gear, then go diving in a frigid lake to retrieve submerged old-growth logs.
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Eugene and Spencer embark on a dangerous mission to find snakes for a Pentecostal church service.
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In the second-season premiere, Eugene and Spencer aim to track down a mystery moonshiner to learn his secrets, but to do so, they must cross freezing rivers and disarm a deadfall trap.
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