Eugene Runkis
Himself
Hillbilly Blood: A Hardscrabble Life (2011)
Season 5
Spencer and Eugene build a hillbilly houseboat out of a discarded camping trailer, a metal detector out of bamboo and wire scraps, a engine-powered chainsaw bicycle, a solar-powered hot water heater out of salvaged pipes and old beer cans, and many more odd projects on this season of Hillbilly Blood.
Released Dec. 19, 2011
Episode 30 min
10+
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Reality, Thriller
Keywords: imdb.hillbilly, imdb.gold-mining, imdb.creek
Production Companies: Superfine Films
Network: Destination America
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S5E1 - Cowboy Prepper
Season 4 begins with Cowboy asking Eugene and Spencer to fortify his compound in preparation for the end days. Included: The guys construct a wood still to make sure that their neighbor will have fuel no matter what.
May 2, 2015, midnight
S5E2 - Treasure Hunt
Cowboy convinces Eugene and Spencer to embark on an expedition for gold, but they encounter an interloper who threatens to steal their treasure.
May 2, 2015, midnight
S5E3 - Chainsaw Chopper
Eugene and Spencer decide to build a solar-powered hot water heater out of salvaged pipes and old beer cans, but first they need to construct a chainsaw chopper for their friend who has the supplies they need.
May 9, 2015, midnight
S5E4 - Legend of Trapper Dan
The guys hunt for treasure using a metal detector made by Eugene out of bamboo, wire scraps and a salvaged transistor radio.
May 9, 2015, midnight
S5E5 - Hillbeely Hive
The guys rid a friend's home of honeybees and decide to start their own honey-making business.
May 16, 2015, midnight
S5E6 - Walkin' Sticks and Chicken Spits
The guys build a wood kiln out of discarded oil barrels and a huge outdoor rotisserie for cooking chickens.
May 16, 2015, midnight
S5E7 - Water War
Eugene and Spencer build a trickle-feed irrigation system using bamboo and some scrap metal in hopes of resolving a water feud that is threatening Cowboy's crops.
May 30, 2015, midnight
S5E8 - Hillbilly Log Home
The guys transform a herb-drying shed into a guesthouse cabin for Spencer's visiting mother-in-law.
May 30, 2015, midnight
S5E9 - Appalachian Burls
When Eugene breaks his mom's rare burl wood bowl, he and Spencer must cut down a giant burl, forge woodworking tools from scrap metal, and repair an old truck just to use the axle as a wood lathe, for turning their burl into a new bowl for Mama Gene.
May 30, 2015, midnight
S5E10 - Backwoods Rope Bridge
A creek blocks the best route from Cowboy's house to the holler, so Eugene and Spencer build an old fashion swinging bridge from scavenged rope and hand-hewn bamboo. Will their hillbilly rope bridge hold weight? Or will it dump the boys in the drink?
May 30, 2015, midnight
S5E11 - Monster Mower
Eugene and Spencer aim to clear an overgrown field and find a valuable item Cowboy hid there years ago. But their hand-made brush axes can't cut the dense growth, so the boys build a brush hog out of Cowboy's old truck and a couple of used lawn mowers.
June 6, 2015, midnight
S5E12 - Secret Still
The boys must come up with a contraption that can help notorious old moonshiner, Charlie Shine, bring heavy supplies to and from his hidden still. They'll construct a mechanical cable climber to take the load off Charlie.
June 6, 2015, midnight
S5E13 - Hit or Miss
Eugene and Spencer salvage a rusted-solid Winchester M37 and an antique hit and miss diesel engine from a barn full of scrap. They must make an electrolysis bath to strip the rust off the shotgun, which they'll trade for parts to restore the engine.
June 6, 2015, midnight
S5E14 - Fishy Business
Spencer and Eugene set out to build a fish farm. But when they can't afford the cattle-watering troughs where they planed to put their trout, can they rig up their own fish tanks from nothing but a roll of plastic tarp and some old hay bales instead?
June 13, 2015, midnight
S5E15 - Car Bartering
Widowed Mavis has doctor appointments to keep, and a stalled car. If the boys make a tire patch, a replacement gasket and a temporary fan belt out of junk, then they get an old alternator from a junkyard, they might get Mavis to the doctor on time.
June 13, 2015, midnight
S5E16 - Knife Grind
Spencer and Eugene have two days to forge 15 knives for a collector. The boys construct a water wheel to power a homemade hydro-powered grinder—and to power an electric light. Because if they want to meet that deadline, they must pull an all-nighter.
June 13, 2015, midnight
S5E17 - Catfish Catchin'
Spencer and Eugene must build their own hillbilly houseboat, out of a discarded camping trailer, which they float on a pontoon platform made with rows of airtight oil drums, when Cheyenne gets a leisure boat and becomes a bit too big for his britches.
June 20, 2015, midnight
S5E18 - Risky Railroads
Eugene and Spencer plan to build wood-burning stoves out of steel barrels, with windows made of high-quality block mica. Can they also build a hand-powered pump trolley out of junkyard scraps for bringing heavy sacks of mica down from the mountains?
June 20, 2015, midnight
S5E19 - Mountain Swapping
Spencer and Eugene must build a barn wood display case for Cheyenne's store. But to get the wood they must make traps to catch a critter, to make into groundhog grease, to trade for a dog, which they can trade for barn wood to finally make the case.
June 20, 2015, midnight
S5E20 - 4th of July
Mama Gene steps in a gopher hole and breaks her foot, leaving her homebound on the porch. She's plagued by insects, and missing out on the 4th of July festivities. So the boys build her a flame roasting bug zapper, and a hillbilly ninja rocket wheel.
June 27, 2015, midnight
S5E21 - Underwater Ghost Town Part 1
Eugene and Spencer run out of vintage high carbon steel, for forging knives to fill an important order. Can they build a salvage barge from junk, to seek a lost sawmill in an abandoned underwater town, and retrieve the old steel that was left behind?
June 27, 2015, midnight
S5E22 - Underwater Ghost Town Part 2
Eugene and Spencer need to turn a riding mower engine into an outboard motor strong enough to power a salvage barge. The boys want it to locate a lost sawmill in an abandoned underwater town, where they hope to retrieve any vintage steel left behind.
June 27, 2015, midnight
Network: Destination America
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Dec. 19, 2011
Last Air Date: June 27, 2015, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
Rate this show
Add {Movie} to static lists