Moonshiners (2011–…): Season 4, Episode 3 - Bullet Proof - full transcript

She's getting warm.

A lot of people -- they work
in an office, you know.

They working 9:00 to 5:00 job,
you know.

They're doing paperwork and
filling out charts, you know.

And us --
we get to do something we love.

I guarantee
those people go home every day,

And they might like their job,
but they don't love their job.

What we do --
we're able to have some fun.

[ laughter ]

You don't get to do that
in an office building.

You would done set the place up
and you'd be gotten fired.



There you go.
That's how you do that.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, buddy.

That'll cure what ails you
right there.

I don't think I could work
in an office building.

I just don't think
I could handle it.

But this out here...

...This is my office.

Narrator:
Tonight on "moonshiners"...

We tear something up underneath
this thing, boy, we [bleep]

Narrator: ...Shiners stranded
in the backwoods...

Whoa.

Chico: Mother[bleep]

Narrator:
...New alliances are forged...



Trust me on this.

...While old partnerships
break down.

We had to do
a lot less labor.

Put your damn mannies on --

And one cop's case
blows wide open.

Man: This is how
we make the moonshine!

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Narrator: It's gut check time
in shine country.

All along
the byways of appalachia,

Moonshiners are on the move,

Careful to stay
one step ahead of the law.

In a south carolina forest,

Two shiners are racking up
some early wins.

Josh and bill have already
brewed 30 gallons of shine

Worth nearly $3,000.

Whoo-hoo!

That's pretty good.
Hit the ground running.

Well, there you are
done getting roots

And damn bark and [bleep]
in the damn finished product.

You gonna worry
about one little leaf?

But with their latest batch,
they made a rookie mistake

And took their eyes off their
still in the middle of a run.

Clear liquor's so far
where our market's been at.

Dude,
what's wrong with making--

[ explosion ]

The [bleep]

Man, [bleep]damn,
[bleep]damn, [bleep]damn.

What the [bleep] man?

[ coughing ]

What happened?
Damn if I know.

You tell me
what happened.

Bill: Josh boogered up
our still, and honestly,

I don't think
he got our solder joints right.

We clearly had a leak,
and finally,

Those ethanol vapors
hit that flame and it blew up.

I can't believe
this [bleep]

Josh:
I'm pretty well speechless.

I don't know
if we have the wind in our sails

To keep on doing this business.

This...This is
a slap in the face right here.

What happened?

What happened?

Narrator:
For three shiners in kentucky,

A remote still site
has some major drawbacks.

Tickle, chico, and tyler
are brewing liquor

Miles from civilization
in a hidden cave.

Tickle: I ain't ever in my life
seen anything quite like that.

Narrator: Their goal is to make
$10,000 worth of shine

Before their first shipment.

Y'all just don't want to do
a little walking is what it is.

A little walking
was about three miles back.

But carrying 100 gallons down
the trail is nearly impossible.

They'll need a plan "b."

Yeah.

You talking about
all the way back there?

You're not gonna be able
to make it

All the way back there
in this truck.

Hell, no.
What's gonna stop it?

I can barely get back there
on a damn four-wheeler.

I got a chain saw
in the truck.

Yeah, but you
got to think, man,

You open up something big enough
for this to get through,

The damn law
can get through there.

I tell you what.

That's my truck.
It's in my name.

If the law comes back there,
y'all can...

I look at it
this way.

There's a whole lot of stuff
need to happen

And need
to happen quick,

And this ain't
getting none of that done.

Yeah, we spinning our wheels
right now,

But I'm telling you --

That's what I'm talking about.
Wheel. Wheels.

I don't think
it's gonna make it,

But let's see
what it'll do.

Tickle:
I ain't gonna lie to you.

I'd love it if the thing
would go back there.

It'd speed things up
a whole lot, but, you know,

I don't actually foresee him
getting the thing in here.

I think
he's liable to get stuck.

All right.

Let me see that.

[ chain saw buzzing ]

Break it down,
boy.

Break it down.

Coming in.

[ engine revs ]

Oh, yeah.

As rough as this path was
getting in here to begin with,

Now we're way off
of the darn road.

We're way back in the woods.

It's rough.

Tyler: Oh,
you better watch out.

Oh. Oh.
Yeah, yeah.

Mother[bleep]

Narrator: In
graham county, north carolina,

Jeff and mark are heading over

To their new
indoor still site --

An abandoned warehouse
on the edge of town.

They broke into the building
in the dead of night.

Now mark and jeff
are taking a risk

By entering in broad daylight.

The new indoor still site
offers several advantages

Over the backwoods --

Blacked-out windows for privacy,

A brand-new ventilation system
to hide the smell of mash,

Remote cams for extra security,

And multiple exits
in case neighbors come knocking.

Finally, the 15-foot ceiling
ensures ample head room

To safely house
their massive 750-gallon still.

Jeff:
Look like somebody

Started actually taking the
building down from the inside

And just left it probably
for the county to clean up.

Yeah,
I'm gonna...

Narrator:
Mark and jeff have a lot to do

Before the building
is secure to shine in,

So they've asked lance
to hang back.

But lance has a plan of his own,
and it could be a game changer.

Dad and mark
don't need me right now,

So I'm kind of hoping
to make my own path.

There will be sake moonshine.

I don't think anybody else has
ever tried anything like that.

That kind of give me
my own shadow to cast,

And I can kind of step out
from under dad's.

Narrator:
Sake is a low-proof wine

Produced in japan
for more than 2,000 years,

Originally used
for ancient religious ceremonies

And even consumed by samurai
before battle.

Traditionally, sake is made

From rice, water, yeast,
and a special fungus.

To make his sake moonshine,
lance is skipping the fungus

And running the rice mash
through a copper still

To produce
100-proof sake shine --

An american twist
on a japanese classic.

Lance: I'm gonna get
my test batches started.

We're gonna see if it works.

Narrator: Lance has enough mash
for a single run,

So he's got just one shot
to prove himself.

Lance:
Yeah, you know, moonshining --

It's in my blood, you know?

I'm
an eighth-generation moonshiner.

Dad's side of me.

It's important to us

To keep the tradition
of moonshine like it is.

But at the same time,
from a business standpoint,

We've got to try new things
to get new customers.

Let's get to cooking.

Moonshining, for a long time,
it was the same ol', same ol'.

So I figure,
get a few new ideas going.

That way,
get a whole new generation

Interested in moonshining.

So, I believe that's done.

Narrator: Lance needs
to keep a low profile.

Just a few miles away,
a lawman is on the hunt.

Sheriff's deputy chuck stewart
believes

One of the local shiners pumped
his trail cam full of lead,

And he won't rest
until he's made a bust.

And now
he has a list of suspects.

Coming up,
road rally gone wrong...

Chico:
Ah! Damn it.

Narrator:
...Tim strikes a deal...

You're gonna agree
to allow me to do it.

Well, I pay for this?
Just trust me on this.

...And chuck gets his man.

Narrator:
In the foothills of appalachia,

A shiner is heading east.

Tim spent the last year
brewing moonshine in kentucky,

But he learned that even
working in a legal distillery

Can be dangerous.

Tim:
I'm driving down the road.

I'm thinking about the fire
at the distillery.

You know, it turned into

A criminal-type investigation
right off the bat.

Narrator: An arson attempt
has set him back months.

Now tim is on the move,
eager to find another partner

That can help expand
his moonshine empire.

Tim:
I'm not going back.

I'm going forward.

Now, in the woods,

You go and build another
still site somewhere else

Because if something happens
to this still site,

Then you still got
the other still site safe.

So, I decide to go out and,
you know,

Get another distillery
to help out.

Narrator: This distillery
represents the next phase

For tim's climax moonshine.

I come here
about three years ago

And talk to troy
about distilling my product,

But she didn't go for it then.

Maybe she'll go for it now
when I show her what I got.

Troy.

Oh.
Give me a hug.

Hey.
Good to see you again.

How about that?

Unbelievable.

I'm glad
you're finally legal,

'cause last time you were here,
you weren't.

This is a little different
than what I saw before.

It's totally different.

You had
a smaller still.

She has about $1 million worth
of equipment.

It's not the basic,
simple moonshine still

That I'm used to,

And I'm gonna have to
some kind of way convince her

To allow me
to make some changes.

We've won
some gold medals.

I heard about
some of them gold medals.

[ laughs ]

That's kind of
the reason I'm here.

'cause I think
if we was on the same side --

What do you need?

I need
to make more product.

We've got 1,300 gallons.

See,
that's double already.

I mean,
it has to --

The numbers have to work out
for me because I am in business.

I've got to make troy, you know,
bend over backwards for me

To just allow me to come in
and play a little bit,

And I hope it works.
I hope so.

I looked at your still here,
and you have a pot here,

And then it runs
into these two columns.

Right.

And this is a very
high-end apparatus, I guess.

But I really don't think

It would make my product
taste the same.

And to me, you can just take
this and just throw it away.

Get rid of it.

So,
we need to come over,

Put a doubler
in the middle here,

And then go over
to the condenser.

So, I just need
three steps.

You got --
I don't know, what --

$500,000 on this side
that I don't really need for me.

Well, that's what
I'm real worried about.

There's a lot of capital
tied up in this distillery.

Oh, yeah.

If you don't
make a profit,

Then it's no use having me
interrupt your business.

I don't want
to interrupt your business.

I want
to add to your business.

Well, I pay for this,
or would you be paying for this?

I tell you
what I'll do.

We're gonna shake hands
on this,

And you're gonna agree
to allow me to do it,

And I'll
pay for this.

Trust me on this.

You help me
and I'll help you.

Narrator:
70 miles to the south...

[ sighs ]

I ain't even
believing this.

...Josh and bill
are picking through the wreckage

Of their still explosion,

Hoping to salvage enough
to get back in the game.

If it wasn't for bad luck,
we wouldn't have any luck.

The explosion is going to
cost them weeks of work

And possibly
thousands of dollars.

That's done.
That is done.

What do you think caused that
thing to blow out like that?

Bill: I told you your solder job
looked like [bleep]

Oh,
it wasn't my solder job.

That definitely wasn't
a pressure fire.

That was ethanol exploded.
It ignited.

It ignited.
Yeah.

Josh:
We're not gonna give up.

I don't know exactly
what we're gonna do yet.

I've been trying to constantly
look to the positive side.

That's what my mama did.

All those years
fighting that cancer,

She always thought positive.

I've been trying
to be more like that.

It's sort of
a blessing in disguise

'cause we needed
a bigger pot anyway.

I mean,
I wasn't expecting anything

To force us
to have to go bigger.

Josh:
If we go bigger,

I think we need
to get us a building somewhere

And go indoors
and build a big, damn still.

Something like
a permanent install?

Any major moonshine bust
that you've ever heard of

Has been indoors.

That tells you
that you can get away with it.

You know
what I mean?

Well, not if more people
are getting busted indoors.

That's not
what I mean.

What I'm saying is...

Okay,
never mind.

I think there's definitely
something to be said

For the tradition
of having a still in the woods.

I mean, that's the way it's
been done for hundreds of years.

We've got
to find another site.

Can't believe you're gonna
blame that on my soldering.

Well, I'm sure
if I would've soldered it,

It would've
got blamed on me.

Somehow,
still think it's your fault.

That's the story
you tell yourself.

That's what you got to do
to get yourself through the day.

I just don't know
which direction we ought to go.

Whatever we build,

We're gonna have to step up
our operation,

I mean,
just to keep up.

I'm just
thinking out loud.

How do you feel
about a submarine?

I've never
operated one.

I've never messed
with one, either.

You know, but I do know we can
get a lot more liquor out of one

Than the little pot stills
we've been playing with.

Narrator:
The black pot submarine still

Was developed
by virginia moonshiners

As a response
to the rising cost of copper.

Its large size allows shiners
to mash in

And brew in the same pot.

Its inexpensive construction

Means
it can be quickly abandoned

Without a huge financial hit
if the law closes in.

We're gonna need something
definitely bigger

Than a little lean-to
in the woods for this operation.

No matter where we're at,
we're gonna be paranoid, right?

I think we just need to pick
a location and run with it.

Josh and bill
are inching forward,

While 400 miles to the west,

Tickle, chico, and tyler
are spinning their wheels.

The three shiners are struggling
to clear a trail

To their cave still site.

Tickle:
We gained a little bit.

We got you
actually off of the tree.

Let me see
if I can't back up there to it.

You know, chico --
he's pretty doggone stubborn.

He just knew good and well he
could get his truck back here.

What's happened now?

We're stuck in the mud.

We're beating up against trees
with his truck.

We're just wasting time,
we're wasting money.

All right.

She's off.
She's off.

Look, chico.

You gonna hit the cab
on that rock.

I ain't going that way.

I'm going this way.

Okay.

[bleep]
that hurt.

Chico:
Pulling out, I busted my lens,

You know,
but that's casualties of war.

That don't bother me.

It is what it is,
man.

Let's go.

As far as me getting back
through without killing myself,

I'm good to go.

At the end of the day...

There we go.
It's still rough.

Tickle:
There is a great, big advantage

To getting this truck back here.

This right here's
gonna make it a whole lot faster

Getting our grain,
our sugar, everything back here,

And it's gonna make it
that much faster

Getting our shine out of here.

I can't lie to you.
He proved me wrong.

We got it in here.

I feel like
it's been a long day already.

Good thing about it --
we're back here.

We're ready
to make us some damn liquor now.

Don't say that just yet,
brother.

Let's go up there and get
this mash and pour it in here.

[ grunts ]

Well,
we'll dump her on there.

Fellas.
We got a problem.

What do you mean
we got a problem?

Ain't no water
coming out of this hose.

This thing
should be filling up now.

It should be,
but it's not.

Let me run out there
and see if I can find something.

Tickle: Ain't no water
in the worm barrel.

That is a big problem.

You can't make liquor
if you can't cool it down.

Oh, yeah.

I think
I see the problem here.

Chico:
What is it, bud?

What is it?

That water's coming over
the top of it.

That thing's got to be
clogged up.

Yep, if it's full of water,
ought to be coming out up here.

I bet some leaves and some trash
has got off in there,

Or a mouse,
or ain't no telling what.

Well, now what we gonna do
about that?

Who's gonna climb
up there?

I'm not climbing up there.

Tickle:
There's a lot of potential money

Sitting back there.

I don't know
what we're gonna do,

But ain't nobody
making no shine,

And that ain't
making me no money.

You got her lit?

Ain't no sense
in lighting it.

We ain't gonna have time
to sit and watch it

If we got to figure out
what the hell else is going on.

Well...

Coming up,
lance is on high alert.

Lance: If you don't
pay attention to them,

That might be
the thing gets you busted.

Narrator: And it's go big
or go home for josh and bill.

Can you not see the
negative points of it, though?

I can see me
being really pissed off.

Narrator:
Shine season is in full swing,

And all across appalachia,
one by one,

Shiners are firing up
their stills.

But jim tom and his buddy roy
have a few days of work left

On their own still
before they fire up.

[ laughs ]

The section of the still

Where the pot tapers to the cap
is called the cape,

And it helps channel the
vaporized alcohol into the cap.

But it's also the trickiest part
of the still to build correctly.

A flaw in the cape could allow
alcoholic vapor to escape,

Causing the lit still
to burst into flames.

[ laughs ]

Oh, yeah.
[ groans ]

With more than 50 years
of experience building stills,

Jim tom has a few tricks to make
sure the cape is a perfect fit.

Jim tom: All right.

[ chuckles ]

Just a few miles away,
a young shiner wants to prove

That he's ready
for the big time.

Just make sure I got room
for everything.

Narrator:
Lance hopes his sake shine

Will be his ticket
to the majors.

His mash is almost ready to go.

Now all he needs
is a secure spot to brew.

It makes me a little nervous
to be doing this on my own.

Having my own still site

Is gonna help dad and mark
see me as more responsible.

We're gonna head up here
to an old, abandoned site.

This is where we're gonna set up
my little still

For these test batches.

Narrator: Because of their
access to clean running water,

Old hunters' camps usually
make ideal shine locations

As long
as they're really abandoned.

We just got to get in
and get out without being seen.

Make sure that it's secure.

I feel good about this place,

But at the same time,
it's kind of got me on edge.

But that's a good thing to be
because if you're on edge,

You're gonna pay attention
to things

That you might not
pay attention to normally.

And if you don't
pay attention to them,

That might be the thing
to get you busted.

I'm gonna go ahead
and cover it up

Just to make sure
nobody be able to see anything.

Believe this place
is gonna work perfect for me.

Narrator: Across the state line
in south carolina,

Josh and bill
have got a second wind.

When this thing pays off,
it's gonna be a big payoff.

We're gonna be filling
five-gallon buckets

Like we're switching jars,
right?

Their first still
went up in flames,

But they aren't backing down.

They're going bigger.

Well,
I got this spot in mind.

We can drive
right to it,

But it's on
the side of a mountain.

We're gonna go
right by a big waterfall,

The whole nine yards.

And it's gonna be
secluded enough for
our mash to be working?

But you can't really get to it
other than this one little road,

And I think
you'll like it.

Come on, girl.

Whoo-hoo.

[ sighs ]

Right here.

Oh, man.

Dang.

The spot's
right there.

Look.

Look. Look.

Mosquitoes
and poison ivy

And a big-ass hill's
all I see so far.

See, the submarine
sit perfect right here.

I'm wore out just getting my ass
up this hill, you know,

And that's not even
toting them

200, 300, 400 pounds at a time
worth of equipment.

I'm tired of working hard, man.

We're trying to work smart
at this level.

Can't we set up further
down the hill or something?

This is
the only flat spot.

If we try to put a
1,000-gallon pot in these woods,

Here's what I see.

We're gonna be dragging grain
up and down the hill.

We're gonna be taking
125 gallons per shot

Out of the woods.

Good cover.
Good water.

But access, man.

I just can't believe
I find a site,

And then
you want to shoot it down.

What? Can you not see the
negative points of it, though?

I can see me
being really pissed off.

I'm not trying to shoot
your ideas down. I'm just
trying to point out --

Got everything we want -- cover,
water...Hard as hell to get to.

Yeah,
it's hard to get to.

Well, then you ain't gonna have
no other [bleep]

Coming up on you
in here.

You know, I'm trying
to be positive about it,

But it's just got "nightmare"
written all over it, man.

Oh, my god.

And we just got
to find another option.

He wanted to argue
about this and that,

But we got all these orders
that we need to fill.

People are wanting liquor,
and hell, we don't have it.

This moonshining [bleep] ain't
all it's cracked up to be, man.

Narrator: Coming up, lance puts
his sake shine to the test.

And the wells run dry
in kentucky.

We got them tools
in the truck.

Knowing my luck,
I throwed it out.

We probably screwed,
son.

Narrator: A moonshiner's setup
is only as good

As his worst piece of gear.

And in kentucky,
tickle, chico, and tyler

Have just found
the weakest link...

Fellas.
We got a problem.

Ain't no water
coming out of this hose.

...A kink in their waterworks

That's just put
their entire operation on hold.

That water's
coming over the top of it.

That thing's
got to be clogged up.

Let me go over there
and look in the truck.

We got them tools in there

Where we was pulling that wire
out there at that barn.

Knowing my luck,

I throwed it out with a coat
or something.

We probably screwed,
son.

This right here is a fish tape.

What it does --
it's made to pull wire with.

You push that through your pipe,
and it'll run.

It's 200 feet long.

What we gonna do
is run it up in that hose

And try
to punch through them leaves

Or whatever it is
that's hung in there

And get a water flow so
we can get this liquor fired up.

Imagine when you hit it,
you'll feel it.

Oh, yeah.

Chico: You done catch it
on something?

I think it's that barb
in the hose.

Oh, yeah,
where the joint is.

Yeah.

Pull that thing apart, tickle,
while you down there.

There you go.

Right there's your clog,
jack.

Yeah.

Hot damn.

Let me do it again.

Do it again.

Tickle:
Do it again.

That's her.

That [bleep]
packed in there.

Oh, yeah!
Plug it off.

We don't want
to waste it.

That's got some pressure
right there.

That's what
I'm talking about.

We back
in the grind.

Chico:
I'm ready to roll.

I'm gonna
turn the gas on here.

Go for it,
boss.

You got gas.

She's live.

There we go.

I love
hearing that.

Won't be long.

This thing
will be heated up.

Oh,
you know what?

That thing's a-thumpin'.

Is it? Yeah.

Oh,
I can hear it.

And I believe
it won't be long.

I tell you,
it ain't far off.

We got some shine
coming out here.

Oh, yeah. We got a little bit
coming out of there.

Got a little shine
coming out of there.

Let's catch some of this
in here.

Tickle: Let's see what kind
of proof we got on this thing.

Well, I figure
it ain't no higher than 200.

I'm gonna put it there.
[ chuckles ]

Narrator:
Just a couple shakes of a jar,

And an experienced shiner

Can quickly tell the strength
of a batch.

Oh [bleep]
yeah.

The faster
the big bubbles disappear,

The more potent the proof.

Proof's coming off
between 140, 160.

Tim smith's recipe's
done us right.

I tell you what.

I'm figuring
after this run right here,

We're gonna have enough to go on
ahead and haul up to virginia.

I can go ahead
and start getting rid of it.

Send us some money back.

I just
got one question.

[ laughs ]

Narrator:
Over in graham county...

...Lance's sake
is ready to brew.

Lance wants
to increase the proof

Of traditional sake threefold.

If he succeeds,
he'll prove himself worthy

Of equal partnership
in mark and jeff's operation.

But he only has
enough ingredients for one run.

I'm whittling a stick
to go in the end of my worm.

You kind of want to do this

Just to keep any liquid
from running back up the worm.

If that happens,
it's gone, you know?

It's wasted.

I've got about three leaks
that kicked up

Just in the time
that I was whittling that out,

But that
goes to show you perfectly

If you ain't paying attention,
things will go awry.

I love making liquor.

There's nothing more relaxing

Than sitting there by a still
and watching some shine run.

It's something that you'd
have to do to understand.

Thing shouldn't leak on me now.

I really hope
that sake is worth drinking.

That was perfect timing
right there.

We got liquor.

Well,
let's see what proof you are.

Narrator: If the sake shine
doesn't hit at least 100 proof,

He won't be able to sell it.

35.

That's really weak.

Maybe the rice didn't
ferment right or something.

Gonna be
a trial-and-error thing.

Narrator: The proof
may be good enough for wine,

But not for shine.

Lance: That sake moonshine is
roughly a wine cooler right now.

I didn't get the liquor.

35. I just don't get that.

Narrator:
Coming up, chuck zeroes in...

...And time is almost up
for josh and bill.

Put your damn mannies on
and --

[ squealing ]

Can you help me understand
why we bought two pigs?

Josh: Well...

[ pig squealing ]

...Look at them.

They're cute.

My daughter
loves them.

By this fall, hell, they'll be
ready to throw on the grill.

There's no way
you're gonna eat these pigs.

[ pig squealing ]

Your daughter ain't gonna let us
put them on the roaster?

Phew.

Let's go
make some liquor.

That sounds like
a plan.

Come on, bacon.
[ squeals ]

Narrator: During the busy shine
season, time waits for no one.

In south carolina, josh and bill
are getting desperate.

Josh: I got a buddy out in the
city's been begging me for it,

In large quantities,
too.

And then
the big man,

He's wanting
all he can get his hands on.

We got established clientele
just waiting for us,

And we ain't even
got a still up and running.

Narrator: With plans
for a huge submarine pot

But no place to put it,

Thousands of dollars
are slipping away.

You know, we've been talking
about going bigger, you know.

We're building
a bigger still.

But I'm close to the point

Just going
to get a couple sheets of copper

And just building
a little 30-gallon pot.

Oh,
give me a damn break.

Just so I can get back up
and running, man.

Just bear with me,

'cause I've still
got a spot in mind.

I'm down
for about anything.

We're running out
of options.

And we're running out
of time.

Bill: We got to find
a still site, like, yesterday.

I'm losing hope.

As far as I know,

This is supposed to be
a spring head.

Like,
it's supposed to be a spring

Right out of the earth
up here.

Man!

We just build a little dam
upstream, trap the water.

It looks perfect
to me.

I mean --
and I ain't just saying that

'cause we're out
of options.

We got
plenty of room.

We got
basic cover.

Think there's
enough water here?

Enough clean water?

You know, it's coming
right out of the earth

Right up there
a couple hundred yards.

I love this spot.

I think we might've found
the right creek.

I'm gonna walk up through here
and take a look.

I know josh want
to get in the woods

And make liquor
just as much as I am.

Right up here is a nice,
big flat spot, bill.

But he kind of
spins his wheels

Trying to get things
just right sometimes.

Look.

The still fit perfectly
right in here.

He changes his mind
more than a damn woman.

Bill,
this is a way better spot.

How is this
a better spot?

This much farther up
from the road.

You're acting like
you got to hike a football field

Up and down
the damn mountain.

How you think we gonna get
the propane cylinders?

You been bitching --

No, no,
no, no, no.

You been hard-headed
this whole time

About all
the bull[bleep] details.

You about damn
talked me out of this spot.

You act like
it's 100 damn miles over here.

We'd have to do a lot less labor
if we built it down there.

Why's everything always
an argument with --

'cause every time
you open your mouth,

That's another damn four months
of damn hard labor off my life.

Bill wants to argue,
and I'm gonna argue, too,

Because I know I'm right.

Put your mannies on.

Put your damn mannies on
and let's do it.

Have to do
a lot less labor

If we damn built
the [bleep] down there.

Instead of arguing about it,
put your mannies on --

Listen, bill.

For this open area
to do anything I want to

And not have to worry
about being seen...

I'll trade having to
hump a little bit of
stuff 20 yards further

Any old day of the week,
brother.

We've got
to make a decision.

Let's get rolling.

This is the damn spot
right here, brother.

I don't necessarily know
if this is the best spot,

But we'll go with it.

We're wasting so much time
trying to find other spots.

Hell with it.
Let's -- okay.

Let's go with this.

It is
a good spot.

Narrator: Over in
graham county, north carolina,

A lawman is closing in.

Sheriff's deputy chuck stewart
is determined to track down

The shiner he believes
shot up his trail camera.

We got
a 30-30 shell casing here.

Narrator: After reviewing
the list of suspects,

Chuck uncovered
a key piece of evidence.

Now he's heading back
to the local gun shop

To get some more answers.

Never know what's gonna happen,
so better to be prepared.

Narrator:
Next time on "moonshiners"...

Troy: That thing
is getting ready to fall.

...Tim's new setup
comes crashing down...

Come on!
Come on! Come on!

...Josh and bill
lock horns...

The reason I agreed
for that spot

Was that
we were gonna bring it in it.

The reason
you agreed on that spot

Was because it's the only
damn spot we could find.

Don't give me
that horse [bleep]

Right on, man.

...And the kentucky boys
hit rock bottom.

Damn.
It's bottomed out.

Man,
I folded my exhaust plug up.

I'm done, boys.