Ax Men

[catmandoo]

Anyone on here watching this show? One of the better ones IMHO...
Logged a bit when I was a kid but not in the mountains so I find the show interesting..

 

[T-BO]

Great show, I get really into the shows along those lines. Deadliest Catch, The Rig and now Ax Men.

 

[Weekday Warrior]

I used to do the kind of logging, it brought back memories!!

got a few stories of my own lol, constant pranks all friggin day long too...got old after ahwile.


I remember one time the loader operator wanted to "get even" with the yarder operator...so he got a long pole and taped a can of marking paint to the end, then rigged up a string to spray it and had a flame in front of the can to make a torch..He stuck it up between the yarder ops leg thru a hole in the floor and flamed the cab up

amazing with all that grease and chit in the it didn't burn down the whole works lol

 

[Nelson]

Yep I'm a big fan of the show to but I have serious doubts as to a following season with the markets as bad as they are well in my area anyways. My job depends a lot on the logging and mining markets and it been coming to a hault with no signs of it picking backup soon. Kind of sucks its almost been a pastime legacy to a lot of people.

 

[SAWYER]

pretty good show

 

[snow_knight]

that one.. and the extreme logging show.. with the heli logging episode..

 

[unionbaystroker]

do that job everyday and watch the show once in awhile

 

[decarls]

do that job everyday and watch the show once in awhile

since you do it everyday... is the show pretty realistic or just made for tv?

 

[nps RMK]

that one.. and the extreme logging show.. with the heli logging episode..

That episode was unreal! I wonder what one of those helicopter pilots make in a year? Wonder what insurance for one of those pilots run a year?

 

[Scott]

One of the assistant wrestling coaches from a nearby town is on that show. Don't know the name of the crew cause I haven't caught the show yet. His name is Lance Connor. Black hair and probably a moustache or goatee. Aged 39 or so.

 

[unionbaystroker]

since you do it everyday... is the show pretty realistic or just made for tv?

yes it is realistic you never know what is in store from day to day

 

[woodzy]

I wonder what one of those helicopter pilots make in a year?

A guy I used to work with was a logging pilot and made anywhere from $150 to $180 an hour...

 

[Beels]

since you do it everyday... is the show pretty realistic or just made for tv?

I was wondering the same. Pretty damn entertaining show though. Way better than 90% of the other reality crap on TV.

 

[Pit Crew]

A heli logger once told me this joke: "whats the difference between God and a helicopter pilot?...........God doesnt THINK He can fly a helicopter"

Between rig pigs, bullriders, farm boys, iron workers, and loggers (I've known many of each) loggers are the toughest SOBs on the planet.