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Richard Rawlings uses his time, money, and resources to help a failing garage right in his own backyard of Dallas. He and his crew have less than a week to completely overhaul the shop and give the owner a restart of becoming a successful business.

Richard sees potential in a failing hot rod shop in LA and puts in his time, money, and resources to turn the shop around. But when rain derails the build, and the owner doesn't want to change his errant ways, Richard & his crew have second thoughts.

Richard Rawlings uses his time, money, and resources to help a struggling automotive garage in Roanoke, TX. In only six days, Richard and his crew need to renovate the shop, and also break the owner of his compulsive hoarding tendencies.

Richard sets his sights on rehabbing a certified SMOG shop in Bakersfield, CA. With only 6 days to turn the garage around, Richard needs to work fast to help this owner get back on his feet & explore new areas of revenue that'll make it successful.

Richard commits to rehabbing a 4x4 shop in New Caney, TX that has fallen on hard times. Richard & crew have a week to renovate the garage and teach the owners some new skills that will expand their small business into a one stop shop for off-roading.

Richard uses his time, money & resources to help an up and coming motorcycle shop in Jackson, MS. He and his crew have less than a week to completely overhaul the shop & help the talented owner become the go to garage for custom old school choppers.

Richard uses his time, money, and resources to help a fellow hot rod enthusiast in Nashville, TN. With less than a week to transform the shop & the financially troubled owner, Richard and his crew have their work cut out for them in Music City.

Richard checks out an ATV shop Louisiana, but when the owners reject his offer, Richard goes to Oklahoma, where he considers rehabbing a local tuning shop that's barely paying the bills. After putting the owner to a test on the dyno, Richard helps.

Richard & crew struggle to turn around a huge 8,000 sqft speed shop in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This is the largest garage they've done & almost an impossible feat to accomplish, but with a genius tuner as the co-owner, it's a job they want to take.

Richard, Russell & Chris hit the road & surprise the rehabbed garage owners to see how they're doing. Are they succeeding or are they back in their old ways? They're met with a few disappointments but mostly happy surprises with profitable shops.

Richard Rawlings sees potential in the golf cart industry and is ready to try to turn the shop around. When permitting a historical building puts their plans to a halt and the owner doesn't pull his weight, Richard has second thoughts.

In Nome, Alaska, the gold rush is on. Meet the dredgers, driven by gold fever and sometimes desperate need, who pilot their ragtag dredges and dive with hoses to suck up gold from the bottom of the frigid, unpredictable Bering Sea.

A bar brawl threatens not only Shawn's health but the Christine Rose's future. The Wild Ranger's luck is getting worse as they're down a man and have sprung a leak. The Sluicey's Ian calls in a friend who offers both experience and criticism.

The weather may be perfect, but storms are brewing onboard the dredges as egos clash and tempers flare. Emily's first dive is almost her last when she learns the dangers of dredging first-hand.

The season is halfway over, and tensions are running high as the dredgers search for new sweet spots. An accident with the 15 ton excavator threatens to end one deckhand's season.

A season of simmering grievances comes to a boil. Vern fires one of his crew. Emily falling overboard & a blocked sluice box test Zeke's patience. Rocks falling out of a faulty sluice box rain down on solo-diving Scott Foster's head.