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  • Meet Coatsy
    Meet Coatsy

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    Mike Coats talks about the dangers of logging.

    Video Clip (1:31)

  • Meet Siderius
    Meet Siderius

    Video Clip (2:41)

    Meet the cowboys of Siderius Logging, Ax Men's newest crew: yarder operator Josh Fite, cutter Drew Koffler, rigging slinger Travis Reynolds and greenhorn Jesse Kelleher.

    Video Clip (2:41)

  • Specialty Cameras
    Specialty Cameras

    Video Clip (2:18)

    How'd they do that? A look at the shots that could only be captured on specialty cameras.

    Video Clip (2:18)

  • River Goddess
    River Goddess

    Video Clip (1:38)

    After S&S learns about the Swuannee River Goddess, they try to "give back" in exchange for the logs they take.

    Video Clip (1:38)

  • Bouldering
    Bouldering

    Video Clip (2:09)

    After a boulder smashes into a truck at Big Gun's Kidder's Top site, will the pick-up still drive?

    Video Clip (2:09)

  • Greenhorn Gets Schooled
    Greenhorn Gets Schooled

    Video Clip (3:34)

    In Montana, greenhorn Jesse is getting his first lesson in timber falling from Siderius' lead cutter Drew.

    Video Clip (3:34)

Full Episodes

  • Ax Men: Up In Smoke
    Ax Men: Up In Smoke

    Full Episode (44:30)

    It's the final day of the Swanee River log-off, and with both teams tied, James at S&S Logging is eager to prove himself. Levi makes a huge investment in Big Gun Logging, but a greenhorn mistake puts the entire business in jeopardy.

    Full Episode (44:30)

  • The Ax Men Cometh
    The Ax Men Cometh

    Full Episode (45:00)

    As dawn breaks over a new logging season in the Pacific Northwest, the Ax Men prepare for the battle that lies ahead. Behind every turn, danger lurks. To survive, they must escape falling trees and bone-crushing machinery, face impossible deadlines and the worst weather Mother Nature can throw at them.

    Full Episode (45:00)

  • Ax Men - Eleventh Hour
    Ax Men - Eleventh Hour

    Full Episode (45:00)

    Only two weeks remain in the season and the mountain is turned upside down. Browning bounces back while Rygaard suffers a devastating loss. Jimmy's on thin ice at Collins, and one of Conner's junior pilots is sent packing.

    Full Episode (45:00)

Featured Articles

  • History of Logging

    History of Logging

    Get the facts on logging in the United States, an industry worth billions of dollars and one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

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  • Logging Lingo

    Logging Lingo

    Always wear your tin pants and watch out for widow makers! Speak the Ax Men lingo with this glossary of logging terms.

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Classroom Study Guides

  • Conquest of America: Northwest (PDF)

    Curriculum companion to the program about the conquest of the Northwest coast of North America, one of the last territories to be conquered by Europeans.

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