Sun, Feb 28, 2010
At Rygaard, one of the greenhorns goes AWOL and Gabe has him on the chopping block. But he's not the only one--several of the loggers face the ax and for some, this week will be their last on the job. In the swamps of Louisiana, Shelby takes on a risky mission as he searches for a sunken raft of logs, and at Browning, bad news pushes Jay to his breaking point.
Sun, Apr 20, 2008
When the Pihl group's yarder operator is out sick the crew chief tries his unsteady hand at the controls. Gustafson has trouble with a skyline strung through a field of old growth stumps and then they get robbed. The Browning crew has one problem after another with its obsolete yoder. The Stump Branch crew works a blow down site and tried jammer logging.
2008
The Ax Men are ready to get back to work and put the storm behind them, but it's easier said than done. As Gustafson returns to work, Darrell makes a startling discovery that could mean the end for the Challenge job. The Stump Branch crew must figure out a Plan B and find missing greenhorn Michael. Still without phone service, Jay Browning struggles to gather his troops.
Sun, Jan 15, 2012
Swamp Man Shelby Stanga is hired to remove a log from private property, but complications lead to disaster. Infighting reaches a fever pitch at S&S Aqua Logging, while the competition has a run-in with Mother Nature. A familiar face returns to Papac, much to Coatsy's dismay. Gabe Rygaard takes Dave out cutting, but things go awry. And the rookies of Big Gun Logging are adding to their ranks.
Sun, Apr 27, 2008
At Browning Jesse's 3 day job stretches into 2 weeks his dad transfers him to another site working the chokers where he redeems himself with a make makeshift repair. The Gustafson team is mostly out of work except for two loggers operating a feller buncher on a flat tract of land. But they return to traditional methods to bring down a 170 year old spruce measuring 5 feet in diameter. The Pihl crew deals with a storm. The Stump crew encounters a few sticks while bucking logs while Melvin scopes his next job thinning bad trees from the forest.
Sun, May 4, 2008
The Stump crew sees there first snow. The greenhorn gets to do some cutting but has more equipment trouble. Jammerlogging in the snow and fog proves risky. Pihl Group's yarder operator shows up sick and is soon relieved for safety reasons. But his replacement has a bad reputation and is under the weather himself. Browning is hunting for work as all they have is a small blow down site.
Sun, Jan 10, 2010
It's the dead heat of summer and this season the stakes are higher than ever. From mountaintop to river's bottom, six crews will take on one of America's deadliest jobs in search of green gold. In this episode, Ax Men is logging coast to coast. Shelby the "Swamp Man" Stanga braves gator-infested waters in search of sunken treasure. .