
Ax Men
The news of upcoming layoffs worries the men; Gustafson Logging tries to get back on track.

The news of upcoming layoffs worries the men; Gustafson Logging tries to get back on track.

Some crews shut down while others struggle to stay afloat after stormy weather arrives.

The loggers race to stay one step ahead of a storm approaching the Oregon coast.

Stump Branch Logging tempts fate by jury-rigging old equipment; Gustafson builds an access road.

Loggers risk their lives to chop down timber while dealing with mechanical failures.

The gap widens between winners and losers at the halfway point of the season.

Two of Oregon's logging giants, J.M. Browning and Gustafson Logging, fight to survive.

The news of upcoming layoffs worries the men; Gustafson Logging tries to get back on track.

Some crews shut down while others struggle to stay afloat after stormy weather arrives.

The loggers race to stay one step ahead of a storm approaching the Oregon coast.

Stump Branch Logging tempts fate by jury-rigging old equipment; Gustafson builds an access road.

Loggers risk their lives to chop down timber while dealing with mechanical failures.

Jason Rygaard races to clear a hillside; Jay R Harkness fights to control the untethered Tigercat.

Jason Rygaard fights the weather; Danny Pihl and his crew drop 250-foot, old-growth cedars.

Rygaard Logging races to complete four settings and three yarder moves in a single day.

Danny Pihl relies on the experience of veteran cutters Dwayne and Chuck.

Frank Harkness is caught in a whiteout while moving the excavator on a mountainside logging road.

Rygaard Logging fights to fix a crooked skyline, crossing a deep valley on their longest road yet.

Danny Pihl gambles on horsepower.

Jason Rygaard races to clear a hillside; Jay R Harkness fights to control the untethered Tigercat.