@JD-gj2rj
I am from Laona Wisconsin. Up North! It was a big lumber town. I grew up hearing the lumber mill whistle 3 times a day. Lumber trucks everywhere. They have a train that runs called the Lumberjack Special. It still runs by the mill pond and Lumberjack museum. 5 yes 5 generations of my family rode this train. My Grandfather WW1 vet ,my dad a Korean vet, my self a gulf vet,my son a Afghanistan vet and finally my grandkids! Its a nice day if your ever up in Northern Wisconsin. Google the train it has a video! God bless!
@nolanyoung8786
21 year old who worked at a sort yard for a few years near Sayward (within 100 miles of the first cut site) First two summers I worked as a Bundler throwing 30 ft steel cables over logs. That was an insanely high tempo keeping up with the loaders but breaks in time while the loaders worked elsewhere kept it manageable at times. Next summer I worked as a Bucker lugging a chainsaw around cutting logs into the determined lengths for sale. After 3 close calls (log falling from a bundle 5 feet in front of me, and nearly breaking my shins twice) I decided to take the lower risk move and get into ranching/farming. I know my legs will thank me and being outside all day putting in work is what’s important to me, not the logging paycheques.
@alonsogarcia1990
Really enjoyed this video. As an arborist in Southern California I really appreciated seeing all these men working and making a life out of there work.
@ianburit3705
Thankyou for this video.. Our small village built next to the sea In NORTH ESSEX UK was built from Canadian Pine In pre WW2 early 1930/ Soon it will be a 100 years old but no one can know or understand how small built wooden bungalows still proudly stand, except those like me who have had modern extensions built needing the old wood walls removed in places for the extension to be added.. At 80 years old, the original Canadian Pine still smelled like Fresh new wood when cut on my home/ An Amazing wood supplied by Amazing men who cut/ moved/ sawed and delivered the wood for over a 100 years and counting./ THANK YOU ALL... Ian -- UK.
@f1s2hg3
My father in law had massive massive I mean the most massive forearms I ever saw in my life and he was a Canadian from Quebec that lumberjacked in the 1920’s and 1930’s. He work his way up the food chain to be a CAPTIN FOR THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINES. He sailed ships to Cuba before it was communist government of Castro. Then he retired from service to go to the Hot Metal Overhead Cranes Operator At Ford Rouge Complex and Great Lake’s Steel poured 125tons of 2700 degree liquid steel for 30 more years and I never met a man like him and I’m proud he is my Father in Law.
@jamieyeomans3803
really happy to find a reality show about our forests without stupid over exaggeration and un necessary hype on the industry. Thank you
@codered9576
I grew up in BC, a small town north of Vernon. For many decades logging and sawmills was at the top of the economy. A lot of us who grew up there through the '80s and '90s either we logged or worked in a sawmill as our first jobs. Today Mills have shut down or downsized, the industry seems to not be as thriving as it used to be. My father was a mill worker all through his career who is now retired. I sure miss those days the smell of fresh cut lumber.
@ianfiddes9871
Worked as a cutter in Scotland, what these folks do is on another level; respect ✊.
@b2dmastersniper
21:12- that square shaped green house belongs to my inlaws. Its since been torn down and they built a new place. Ive met Erik a couple times, very nice guy and my father in law has helped him out a few times with odd jobs.
@rustyshakleford6553
Been playing chainsaw now over 25 years. A bad day in the woods is still better then a good day in the town. Wouldn’t change it for the world.
@jondobbs8037
RETIRED LAND LOGGER/CLIMBER 55 YEARS OF FUN NOW I CAN ONLY WATCH AND REMBER THANKS FOR YOUR VIDO JON DOBBS
@nippyella
one of the coolest films i;ve seen on u tube , thanks for posting .
@sum2automation
Yup, the lost manufacturing Job's in the USA 🇺🇸 is a shame. I would happily pay more to help my nabor feed his family. The timberlands are not managed correctly and the log export should truly be criminal offense. When are the American's going to wake-up, demand made in the USA. Our nation is bankrupt and looks to be getting much worse. Taxes don't create wealth for America or job's that make a nation wealthy. Yes, lot's of mills closed in my lifetime. But I was lucky to get the experience as long as it lasted. Hard work long hour's and loads of fun. Thanks for sharing your hard work in an awesome industry! Be well and stay safe.
@benclarke8743
My great grandfather worked as a timber getter in the Shoalhaven Region of NSW in Australia, his stories were passed on and some of them were horrific. Deaths, fatal injuries even deaths by snakebites. My friend of over 30 years was a logger in New Zealand and some of his stories are just as chilling, mostly impalement of rotten tops and branches of trees, I have so much respect for the old timers and the current timber men of this world👍. We have a nickname here in Australia for old gumtrees, Widowmakers.
@hollyedwards4789
I worked in sawmills to a bunch of what they are talking about in this video for about 15-20 years before I quit after my accident and my health issues I have great respect and admiration for people who do this day in and day out of a living.
@bg2062
Lumberjacking its what real men do...people who live in wooden houses should thank theses guys...thanks!
@66Polevia
Awesome documentary..one day i will visit BC..stuck in NZ during these Covid times sucks.
@KD-xo2fx
what a fantastic video... What a work ethic there Eric.... admire the self reliant lifestyle....
@jamieyeomans3803
awesome video, please do another and yeah let the industry speak its truth. the forest is a provider.
@garyhennessey3621