Ax Men

The mountain’s men face the firing squad. Jimmy heads into uncharted waters, but hidden below the surface is a minefield that could sink his business for good, and at R&R, a sudden fog rolls in and traps a pilot in zero visibility.

The mountain seeks its revenge. Weather traps R&R’s helicopter pilot in the fog. Trees fight back against Pihl’s timber fallers and rivers mount their defense, threatening to rip Jimmy Smith’s barge in half.

The tables are turned and the mountain’s underdogs get their chance. Jimmy Smith finds the holy grail of underwater logs when he attempts to pull a dock out of the water and helicopter logging suffers under the direction of its new pilot.

Dead weight must be shed. Inexperienced hook tender Jesse Browning, junior pilot Steve Smith and greenhorn Brad Hewitt all have been struggling since day one, but their company bosses are out of patience and out of options.

New faces are welcomed to the fraternity of men known as Ax Men. Rygaard and Conner Aviation hope their new greenhorns fare better than the last class and at Pihl, a missing cutter sends the crew on a search mission.

The gap between winners and losers is narrowing. Rygaard’s new greenhorn battles to prove himself, while Conner Aviation’s substitute pilot gets wild with the chopper.

The final week of logging’s toughest season begins. Impossible goals leave no room for error, as each crew races the clock. While Rygaard and Browning are locked in a fight to the finish, Conner Aviation battles for survival.

As the logging season winds to a close, the drama heats up. Conner fights off defeat, while the men of Pihl fight each other. As for Browning and Rygaard, eleventh hour catastrophes send the competition down to the wire.