Industry titans Pihl Logging and Rygaard Logging tackle some of their most challenging jobs yet; Frank Harkness makes a name for himself; Buckin' Billy Ray takes to the treetops of Vancouver Island, risking his life to keep other people safe.
Brandon Harkness fights his way up a mountainside; Mike Pihl get his 52-ton yarder lodged between trees; Wade Ettiene's Big Mama takes a two-inch steel sawtooth to her face; and Buckin' Billy's son Hogan loses his grip while cutting a tree.
Danny Pihl gambles on horsepower.
Rygaard Logging fights to fix a crooked skyline, crossing a deep valley on their longest road yet.
A breakdown forces Jason Rygaard to choose between his crew's safety and finishing the job; Frank Harkness is caught in a whiteout while moving the excavator on a narrow mountainside logging road.
Danny Pihl relies on the experience of veteran cutters Dwayne and Chuck to take down massive old-growth trees; Craig Rygaard discovers son Jason made a catastrophic and costly miscalculation; Frank Harkness races to transport $100,000 worth of logs.
Jason Rygaard fights the weather while hauling heavy, slick trees on the steepest setting of the season; Danny Pihl and his veteran crew precisely drop 250-foot, old-growth cedars next to a group of cabins.
Jason Rygaard races to clear a hillside in time to fill four logging trucks; Jay R Harkness fights to control the untethered Tigercat on a steep, snow-covered mountainside; Bucking Billy and his son Hogan battle a forest of hang-ups and widow-makers.
Shelby's client needs good quality logs to build high-end furniture that will raise money for a local charity; to find the right logs they must go deeper and deeper into the gator-infested wilderness.
After coming across a rare historical artifact, Shelby forms an unlikely alliance with Professor Sam Hyde of Southeastern Louisiana University and the two scour the deepest parts of the Swamp on the search for lost treasures.
Gabe Rygaard takes on the toughest challenge of his career; Papac Alaska goes to a remote, mountainous island to tackle the biggest job in the company's history; Greg Chapman starts on a quest to find a lost logging train.
Rygaard crew batles Mother Nature as temperatures climb; Joe is still reeling from his injury; Greg Chapman pulls an extremely rare double barrel log from the St John's River.
Gabe has to call upon his son Aidan to step up and fill the family shoes; an overcrowded landing means one wrong move could wipe out the Papac crew below; Greg's quest to find the Lost Log Train is back on track.
In Washington, production's rising with the newest generation of Rygaard on the job; David Zitterkopf is back in action with his son Levi to take on their biggest; Papac's new unit puts the crew to the ultimate test.
The Rygaard crew gets a surprise visit from logging legend Craig Rygaard; the Zitterkopfs face a major obstacle in their push to complete their largest ever job; Papac battles the Longest Yard unit with its mile long skyline.
Rygaard Logging is trying to get back on track with the help of patriarch Craig Rygaard; the Swampman's under the gun to build an emergency treetop storm shelter; David Zitterkopf's son Levi gets a crucial lesson in logging.
As Papac Alaska goes deeper into their seven thousand acre site, Joe and Coatsy devise a plan of attack for the next section of this massive project; Rygaard Logging is fighting to get the wood out; Gary and Eddie need to step up their game.
The Papac crew is moving on to the most remote and treacherous site of their season; the money is drying up for Greg Chapman and his crew is seeing red; Gary and Eddie's new venture is becoming a nightmare.
Mike Papac has to step in as Joe and Coatsey's arguments threaten to bring the job to a grinding halt; David Zitterkopf's back to work after an injury that threatened to end his season.
A storm's brewing over the Swamp Man and it's threatening to wash away his hopes of filling a huge order; Gabe deals with the aftermath of Aiden's mutiny; the Chapman crew's behind after they burned through their money chasing the Lost Logging Train.
In Washington, three generations of Rygaard loggers are fighting for the crown; Papack Alaska Logging moves into their final section; Gary and Eddie see if their swamp logging gamble has paid off.
Papac Logging is barely holding onto their lead; the Rygaards will have to work as a team if they're gonna reclaim the title; Shelby Stanga's under the gun, but has a secret map to a possible stash of sunken logs.
In Washington, Rygaard goes deep into their roughest terrain yet in an attempt to recapture the title; in Alaska, Papac's dreams of a repeat are shattered when Coatsy's badly injured; in Canada, a new candidate steps into the ring.
In Alaska, the Papac team struggles to find someone to fill the shoes of injured Coatsy; Gabe Rygaard and his crew scramble to make up for their slow start; In Wyoming, David Zitterkopf and Sons keep their chainsaws humming.
In Alaska, Papac initiates an extremely dangerous process called Shotgun Logging; in Wyoming, the Zitterkopf men take the Bear Ranch site by storm; at Rygaard, the team doubles the yarders to increase production.
Shelby uses an airboat to search for century-old logs; Rygaard attempts to move a six-ton cypress; David's sons hold down the fort while he delivers a load of logs to the mill; the Dreadknots suffer a late-day accident.
Shelby tries to repair his custom-made buggy; David Zitterkopf makes a dangerous swing between trees; the Dreadknots go logging in the night; Triack is at a disadvantage when a crew member is injured.
Louisiana, Shelby and his assistant Bob go out looking for logs on his repaired swamp buggy; In Central Florida, the Chapman crew goes to fight against the legendary Gump log.
Shelby goes to Lake Ponchartrain with Belinda and Bob to obtain a huge log he marked years ago; In Florida, it's round two for the Chapman and Gump log; things go from bad to worse for the bare bones Rygaard crew.
The Rygaards go old school to keep the team on track; Shelby and Bob find a valuable sinker cypress; the Zitterkopf crew tries to take on a dangerous tangle of logs known as "the teepee of death."
In the Louisiana Bayou, Shelby Stanga's jet boat is in serious need of repair; in Washington, Gabe takes a risk and hires a wild card veteran logger; in Alaska, the Papac team is battling the elements mother nature is throwing their way.
Shelby Stanga attempts to upgrade his logging empire, so he tries out some new equipment; DJ Jeremiah just may provide the spark the Rygaard has been missing; Triack's production is slowing down because of steep terrain and narrow logging roads.
Rygaard logging has started to claw its way back up the log count thanks to DJ Jeremiah, but today he's a no show; In Alaska they need to fill the seat in the yarder soon; Shelby Stanga is still without his Jetboat.
Shelby Stanga still doesn't have his jet boat, but fortunately he has his trusty assistant Davi; the Papac crew is struggling to remain atop the King of the Mountain leaderboard, they're moving to the toughest section on their site.
Shelby gets his jetboat back, and it now has a new engine that will help him get the job done; Rygaard is still struggling and Gabe is forced to promote his inexperienced crew, which could mean disaster.
The battle for King of The Mountain roars on; the Rygaard crew has an issue with getting the wood to the mill; Papac has to negotiate a dangerous unpredictable downhill site and mother nature isn't helping make it any easier.
The race for logs gets hot as Papac go into their most daunting site yet; at Rygaard, the crew tries to string a road over a steep draw using a device called a knife.
A devastating injury at Rygaard rattles the crew and threatens to stop production; Shelby's jet boat is back and it's time to go hunting; Triack is under pressure to finish their site before their permit expires.
Shelby realizes he may be short on wood for his log buyer, so he sends his troops out to hunt for some last minute logs; Zitterkopf and Sons lose their skidder a mechanical breakdown.
In Alaska, the team gains a boost of energy as they get two valuable hands on the landing to up production; Gabe Rygaard has his old crew back in full force, but suffer another mechanical breakdown.
Papac is finishing up the roughest most dangerous section of their site; Rygaard logging has fought hard to stay in the race, but a faulty carriage could derail their hopes; Dreadknots resurrected Logzilla to double production.
Shelby Stanga continues his search for the million-dollar log raft; the Dreadknots have a new deckhand and a new enemy; Gabe Rygaard defends his title with a whole new crew and without his dad; the boys of Papac are back.
Craig stops by and gets an unwelcome surprise of his own; Joe Linderborg and Mike Coatsy take on two new greenhorns; Shelby loses his assistant; the Dreadknots and Chapman river teams fight just to stay afloat.
Gabe gets some help from an unlikely family member; Shelby's log buyer stops by for a surprise visit; Kraken and Katelyn find that logging without Capt. Clint might not be as easy as they thought.
Belinda brings in a new assistant; Jason disagrees with Gabe's management style; Mike Papac bring in a long time friend of the family to help in the rigging.
The Swamp Man's equipment is sabotaged; Joe's shortcuts lead to trouble with the boss; Jason oversteps his boundaries and things get heated.
Shelby finds a huge cache of logs in hard-to-navigate waters; Gabe risks his life trying to do too much; the Chapman team discovers someone is poaching its logs; the Dreadknots suffer a crippling injury; Joe is sent to teach a new logger.
A logging legend bails Gabe out of trouble; Shelby and an old friend use brute force to pull two logs; the Dreadknots bring in a new diver; the Chapman team looks to catch a log poacher.
Shelby teaches his new puppy how to hunt for wood; the Rygaard crew breaks out their biggest weapon; the Papac team struggles as Coatsy tries his hand in the yarder; Chapman's night logging expedition clashes head on with a band of alligators.
A battle erupts when Oakes is accused of stealing Rygaard's logs; tensions soar as a runaway log nearly wipes out the crew in Alaska; Shelby brings out his puppy to help him with a special assignment; Swilley gets snagged underwater.
Shelby and his new hand hit pay dirt with one of the biggest logs of the season; Coatsy's misstep in the yarder puts the crew in danger; the Dreadknots reunite and take the fight directly to Chapman's home turf.
Rygaard and Oakes are forced to share the same landing; Shelby gets in hot water with the law over a contested log; Joe and Coatsy struggle to get the Papac crew back on track; the Dreadknots have a run-in with Fish and Wildlife.
The end of the season approaches; a boat crash stops Shelby in his tracks; Gabe's crew does a favor for Oake's crew, to his dismay.
A chainsaw accident leaves the crew short-handed; Jason flips a loaded trailer; Shelby finds out if he filled his board foot order.
Shelby Stanga searches for a million-dollar payday; S&S Aqua Logging gets a new captain; Rygaard Logging returns with a surprising new addition; the rowdy boys of Papac Alaska begin another season.
Joe Linderborg is back in the yarder seat and the whole crew is paying the price; DJ comes face-to-face with Craig after two years; Shelby and niece Stephanie stumble into a wasp's nest; S&S realizes they aren't alone on the Withlacoochee River.
Shelby must rely on niece Stephanie and cousin Belinda to do his dirty work; the rigging guys formulate a plan to get rid of DJ; James must cope with his dad's health issues while also leading his crew.
DJ Jeremiah is pushed to his breaking point; Coatsy boots Joe Linderborg from his seat in the yarder; the Dreadknots find themselves on the wrong end of a falling log; Shelby and his assistants fight to claim the biggest Cypress of the season.
Three years of tension between Craig and DJ comes to a head; the Swamp Man goes on a special mission for his wife; the end of the North Thorn site may mean the end of the season at Papac; the Dreadknots are in the line of fire.
The Swamp Man targets a money log in dangerous territory; DJ gets put on notice; Brad and Swilley struggle to keep S&S from running off the rails.
Gabe faces a crew mutiny; the guys at Lemare put their chaser to the test; Shelby and Belinda take to the open road to bring home a money log; James Smith lashes out against his own crew.
Shelby builds his new empire one big toy at a time; the men of S&S Aqua Logging deal with last week's fallout; DJ suffers an injury that could take him out of the season; a whole new kind of logging.
The Dreadknots come face-to-face with one of the most fearsome creatures in the river; Shelby and Donna put his new paddle barge to work; DJ returns to work but faces another battle with Craig; the Woodchucks push hard to meet their deadline.
Shelby puts his new toys to work and discovers a huge payday in his own backyard; runaway logs send Craig over the edge; Joe and Coatsy strike out on their own; the Woodchucks battle a crumbling wall ; Jimmy Smith says goodbye.
When Hurricane Isaac hits the bayou, Shelby Stanga must race to save his logging empire; a string of crew meltdowns at Rygaard sends the site into chaos; Brad and Swilley struggle to get S&S back in the Log-Off after losing their captain.
The Swamp Man attempts a daring rescue of his aging relatives from the rising storm waters; the Woodchucks don't make their deadline and their company hangs in the balance; S&S finally hits a honey hole with the help of Swilley's brother.
Gabe brings in someone very unexpected to fill out his shorthanded crew; S&S' bad luck streak continues when they wreck their boat and get into a fight with the Dreadknots; Joe and Coatsy come up with a new plan to start their own company.
Shelby goes on a treasure-hunting mission and ends up in a race against Belinda; Jesse's lesson on the whistles almost takes Luke out; S&S continues to struggle; the Dreadknots' lucky charm gets destroyed.
Shelby finds a legendary old grave site and the crew has an accident; Levi decides to make some major crew changes; Brad and Swilley are the victims of a prank and they lose yet another assistant; Joe and Coatsy have a tough time keeping steady work.
Shelby and DaVi are reunited for a mission to help the people of New Orleans; the Big Gun crew scrambles to finish up the Grindstone site; Gord gets greedy and loses a load of logs; Craig loses his cool.
Shelby gives DaVi a very unusual gift; Gabe Rygaard rushes his crew to finish a site; Joe and Coatsy get a job in Alaska; Brad decides to take a risk and dives into a river cave.
Brad and Swilley lose a fight with massive log; while gar fishing with his cousin the Swamp Man finds what could be the log raft.
Shelby hits the lake with a squad of assistants to have one last confrontation with Richard; the Dreadknots and S&S struggle to pull enough logs to help out their ailing leader; Gord's final site offers lethal challenges.
Papac returns as reigning king of the mountain; a gruesome accident puts Shelby Stanga dead in the water; a new yarder company joins the competition.
Shelby Stanga is hired to remove a log from private property; infighting reaches a fever pitch at S&S Aqua Logging; a familiar face returns to Papac; Gabe Rygaard takes Dave out cutting.
Jimmy Smith is smitten with his new assistant; Uncle Buck and Swilley push their equipment to the breaking point; Shelby Stanga scouts his newest log order; Big Gun Logging faces an uncertain future when Levi Brown goes to the hospital.
A yarder operator at Papac Alaska walks off in the middle of the day; Swilley's determination to beat S&S in the Suwannee River Log Off leads to a life threatening mistake; Big Gun Logging loses control of the Ole Keasy site.
Shelby Stanga and a massive tree fight to the death; the bad blood between Dave and Fernando boils over; two of Papac's machines get tangled up; Buck and Swilley raise the stakes; Siderius Logging gambles on life and limb.
Shelby Stanga takes his newest assistant loggin' and froggin'; Travis earns his stripes when he's forced into a deadly situation; S&S hits bottom, then hits gold. In Washington; Joe lets loose.
Big Gun Logging faces sheer rock cliffs and a new crop of greenhorns; a widow-maker threatens to take out Coatsy; a gamble gets out of control; Jimmy and James hit rock bottom.
Jimmy and James Smith go to an anger management counselor; Gabe Rygaard unveils a bold new plan to run two yarders on the same site; one of Big Gun's greenhorns faces the end of the line; Shelby takes on an assistant who puts him in his place.
Shelby and cousin Belinda are under the gun to find a huge Cypress; S&S hires a new diver but says goodbye to an old one; the cowboys of Siderius break in their greenhorn.
An accident sends one man over the edge of the landing at Papac; greenhorn Jesse Kelleher is in need of redemption; the swamp man gets into a shootout.
The battle between Shelby Stanga and Richard comes to a head; Buck and Swilley's boat goes boom; a greenhorn at Big Gun shows his dark side; Joe and Coatsy bury the hatchet.
Gabe's two-yarder plan goes further off track when one crew member defects to the other team; Big Gun races their tightest deadline yet; Joe and the new guy get into it; an accident could take S&S out of the Log-Off for good.
At Rygaard, a crew shakeup leaves everyone scrambling; S&S suffers a blow; Buck and Swilley get unexpected help from James; Papac takes to the open seas for a fishing trip; Big Gun brings in a new yarder operator.
Jimmy Smith braves the depths of the Suwannee River; Shelby takes on a log that flipped his winch last season; the boys of Siderius play fast and loose; Rygaard pushes their yarder to the brink of disaster.
Gabe's two yarder sides are reunited; the alliance between team Buck and James Smith comes to a bitter end; Joe's hard-yarding style sends the rigging crew running for cover; two new teams of ox loggers enter the race.
Shelby finds something that could lead to the biggest payday ever; Craig and Wayne plot a prank to teach Dave a lesson; personality differences between the ox loggers cause walk-offs on both sides; James returns to S&S.
Shelby chases buried gold in Lake Ponchartrain; a surprising end to the log-off forces sudden death in Florida; a greenhorn's mistake could cost Big Gun's season's profits; the ox loggers and cowboys of Siderius fight to finish their seasons strong.
Pushing hard pushes Joe to his breaking point; Dave wears out his welcome at Rygaard; the teams fight to win the final round of the log-off in the Suwannee; bad blood between Jimmy and James comes to a head.
Papac battles to bring the yarder operator back from the brink; Craig forces Gabe to choose between himself and Dave; Levi drops a bomb; the Great Suwannee River Log-Off comes to a close.
Pihl Logging returns with a secret weapon; the mountain's top dogs battle it out in the northwest; the aqua loggers return.
Rygaard tries to tame two monsters; Pihl's greenhorn must prove herself to the crew; Jimmy encounters trouble on his way to the river; Shelby and his new assistant take drastic measures to unearth a monster log; tempers boil over at Papac.
Logger Van Huffman goes missing in Alaska's remote wilderness; the mountain's newbies get in hot water; Leah creates an upender that threatens the entire crew and at Rygaard; Shelby messes with a lethal dose of TNT.
Time is running out for missing logger Van Huffman; Gabe gambles on a helicopter; Eric Davis is rushed to the hospital after a gruesome fall; Shelby pulls an all-nighter to save his dog; Collins puts the Smith boys in their place.
Shelby's nighttime mission brings him face-to-face with an alligator; Jimmy and James push their luck to get one of the biggest logs in the Suwannee; Dave goes down with an injury; the Colonel goes out in a blaze of glory.
One of the mountain's best bows out; at Papac, the men suffer under the reign of a new yarder operator; machinery goes wild at Rygaard; Jimmy and James are hunted by a venomous snake; Shelby is hunted by an old foe.
Gabe lands on the wrong end of a volatile log pile; Coatsy risks sending their million-dollar yarder over the edge of a steep cliff; Shelby Stanga dodges gunfire on the Louisiana bayou; James Smith walks out on his father.
Craig's secret weapon arrives with a bang; Collins and Smith go log-for-log; a broken log raft requires quick thinking from Dustin Dethlef; Joe and Coatsy face off in a Log-Rolling Competition; in Pihl country, a deadly combination.
Swilley gets hooked in a pile of rusty metal; Jimmy and James ride a wave of high times; Gabe puts his entire crew on the line; Pihl's greenhorn lands on the wrong end of a 2,000-lb falling tree; Shelby launches a dangerous nighttime mission.
The battle at Rygaard threatens to tear apart the entire crew; Joe and Coatsy let the fists fly; Jimmy suffers a season-ending injury; Shelby Stanga pushes his Log Dog past the tipping point; Pihl's season ends sooner than they think.
J.M. Browning returns with son Jesse leading the charge; Rygaard and Pihl face season-ending crises; James hires a new deckhand but takes a serious blow to the head; Shelby's got a new toy.
Canadian top dogs Lemare Lake Logging are facing one of the toughest jobs of their career; Browning's punishing pace comes at a price; rivals Joe and Coatsy settle their differences; Joe Collins conjures up the spirits of the Suwannee.
Browning's crew gambles on a slipping skyline; Shelby puts his swamp buggy to the test; Craig mounts an assault to get rid of Dave; Joe Collins takes the plunge into the black waters of the Suwannee; Lemare receives devastating news.
A beauty queen quickly pushes all of Shelby's buttons at once; Steve and the greenhorn butt heads; S&S's newest deckhand gets more Jimmy Smith than he can handle; Joe and Coatsy get a chance to bury the hatchet.
A washed out road threatens to trap Lemare's logs on the landing; Gabe's got a surprise for his crew to put them back on track; Jay Browning has a close call with a barber chair; Shelby brings in a surprising new assistant.
A family emergency takes Mark from the yarder seat; Papac calls on Joe Linderborg; the men of Rygaard feast at the honey hole; Jimmy and James try to close the gap in the log-off; a ghost threatens to derail Shelby.
Joe and Swilley are sidelined after sinking their second boat; Shelby Stanga gets bit by a water moccasin; Craig kicks Dave off the landing; Browning's crew battles a patch of tangled timber; the men of Lemare race to stay ahead of winter storms.
Joe Linderborg's reign on the yarder has everyone running scared; Jay receives devastating news; S&S and Collins almost come to blows over a pair of logs; Shelby mounts his final and most important mission of the season.
Shelby races to raise his rig before offshore storms force the end of the season; S&S and Collins cash in on the season's take; Gord rushes to deliver a season's profit to the mill in time; last minute gambles backfire at both Papac and Rygaard,.
Six logging crews seek green gold; J.M. Browning, Rygaard and Pihl Logging contend with the mountainous Pacific Northwest; S&S Aqua Logging heads to Florida; Conner Aviation seeks a new pilot; Shelby Stanga braves gator-infested swamps in Louisiana.
Rygaard breaks in greenhorns; Jay Browning gambles on a new yarder operator; dissent grows at Pihl; Shelby heads deeper into the swap than ever before.
A careless mistake imperils Browning's DJ and Cody; Rygaard's Gabe gives greenhorns an ultimatum; Pihl's Melvin and Leland fight for the yarder seat; Jimmy's first dive in Florida might be his last.
Melvin's gung-ho attitude puts the crew in danger; Rygaard's greenhorns vie for a permanent spot on the crew; an alligator stalks Jimmy; the Swamp Man fights his way through Hurricane Katrina debris in search of green gold.
Tempers flare; Jay Browning battles allergic shock; Gabe Rygaard sends a greenhorn packing; Jimmy and Joe Collins face off at S&S; things come to a head for Melvin and the Pihl crew.
A Rygaard greenhorn goes AWOL; several loggers face the ax during what will be their last week on the job; Shelby takes on a risky search for a raft of logs in the swamps of Louisiana; at Browning, bad news pushes Jay to his breaking point.
Loggers struggle to get back on track after losing a man; a weak cable threatens to kill half of the Browning crew; an avalanche of logs imperils Rygaard's last greenhorn; Shelby's camera crew gets lost in the swamp; Conner Aviation faces danger.
Shelby crashes in the swamp; an alligator stalks the S&S guys, pushing Jimmy to his breaking point; Gabe competes against his own Rygaard team; at Browning, Jay recruits DJ and Cody for a dangerous environmental mission.
Jimmy and James come face-to-face with the 12-foot gator that has been stalking them for weeks; Shelby goes solo on a challenging swamp mission; Rygaard's greenhorn disappears; setbacks make Jay wonder whether Browning's Kalina job is cursed.
The pressure heats up as the season winds down; Dave returns from jail but might not get his job back; Shelby hunts for his biggest catch of the season; Conner Aviation's rookie pilots take off on their first solo missions.
With two weeks left in the season, Browning bounces back while Rygaard sustains a devastating loss; Jimmy is on thin ice at Collins; a junior pilot is sent packing; Shelby is rushed to a hospital emergency room.
Gabe tries to mount a last-minute comeback during a fight to the finish between Browning and Rygaard; Shelby vows revenge on a lake log; a junior pilot tries to save the season for Conner; end of the road for Jimmy in Florida.
Two leading teams from the past season, J.M. Browning and Pihl Logging, are joined by newcomers Rygaard Logging and the underwater specialists of S&S Aqua Logging in a race to cut the most timber during logging's most dangerous time of year.
Though the battle has just begun, men are already bowing out of the race; Rygaard's greenhorn struggles to win respect; Jay Browning's $30,000 gamble on new equipment craps out; the Aqua Logging crew tries to reel in the catch of a lifetime.
A helicopter logging outfit enters the competition; at Pihl, Dustin tries to talk his dad into returning to work; Rygaard's greenhorn faces his fears when he must climb a 100-foot tree; Jimmy and James' prized log slips from their clutches.
The bosses clash over greenhorn Brad at Rygaard; Dwayne is forced to do a greenhorn's job for the Pihl team; R&R Conner Aviation must choose between safety and production; loggers battle the mammoth deadhead known as Moby Dick.
Rygaard's greenhorn fights to save his job; Jimmy heads into uncharted waters where a minefield hides beneath the surface that could sink his business; Dustin encounters a deadly scenario; fog rolls in and traps a pilot from R&R.
The mountain seems to seek revenge as the R&R helicopter pilot gets trapped in fog, trees appear to fight back against Pihl loggers and a river threatens to rip Jimmy Smith's barge in half.
The tables are turned and underdogs get their chance; Jimmy Smith finds the Holy Grail of underwater logs while attempting to pull a dock out of the water; Pihl loggers tackle the biggest timber of their careers; new helicopter pilot.
Dead weight must be shed, so an inexperienced hook tender, a junior pilot and a greenhorn all have their heads on the chopping block, and only one of them will survive the week.
New faces are welcomed by loggers who hope these greenhorns fare better than the last class; the Pihl crew searches for a missing cutter; tempers flare at S&S Aqua Logging.
Part 1 of 2. The final week of the logging season has crews rushing to meet goals, and one logger is let go.
As the logging season draws to a close, Conner fights off defeat; the men of Pihl battle each other; Jimmy's barge refuses to budge; last-minute catastrophes send the competition down to the wire for Browning and Rygaard.
Four companies of loggers risk their lives to chop down timber while dealing with mechanical failures, brutal weather and rugged terrain in the Pacific Northwest.
J.M. Browning strives to meet a big deadline; Stump Branch Logging tempts fate by jury-rigging old equipment; Gustafson races the weather to build an access road; Pihl Logging hauls in the forest's cash crop.
The loggers race to stay one step ahead of a storm approaching the Oregon coast; Jesse pushes his crew to meet their deadline; muddy roads trap Stump Branch trucks; Robby battles for control; lumber market slump.
The news of upcoming layoffs worries the men; Gustafson Logging tries to get back on track; Browning races to meet a big deadline; Pihl Logging is under pressure to finish its Pig Farm job.
Two of Oregon's logging giants, J.M. Browning and Gustafson Logging, fight to survive; Jay Browning must make tough decisions; smaller outfits find winning strategies.
The gap widens between winners and losers at the halfway point of the season; Stump Branch tests a dangerous logging strategy; the Pihl men play while the bosses are away; a mistake by the Gustafson crew may end a man's career.
The loggers barely survive in a plummeting market; the Gustafson bosses have a close call; an old hook-tender returns to the Browning team, halting Jesse's rise to management; Pihl loses a crucial member of the team.
Some loggers have more reasons to be grateful than do others as Thanksgiving arrives; the Pihl crew loses men to illness; the Gustafson crew's younger members blow off steam; the season's first snowfall bodes a warning for the Stump Branch crew.
The Gustafson crew faces a nearly impossible deadline; half the Pihl crew skips work; Stump Branch mistakes and inexperience put profits and lives at risk; Jay Browning makes a troubling discovery about his next job.
The worst storm in 25 years pummels the Oregon coast, turning the town of Veronica into a flooded disaster area; Jay Browning is nowhere to be found; Darrell must act fast to save his house from falling trees.
A recap of the series: Men of various logging companies work in dangerous conditions in the forests of Oregon.
The battle is far from over as logging's toughest season winds down; Jesse questions the future of the family business; rumors of a pullout abound for the Gustafson crew; the Pihl crew celebrates a good year; a Stump Branch logger quits.