In a time of uncertainty in the logging industry, only the toughest will survive. This reality series follows several logging companies through a work season in the forests of various locations, including Oregon, Alaska, Indiana, and British Columbia in Canada, where these rugged lumberjacks have to cope with unpredictable and sometimes violent weather, treacherous terrain and irritating mechanical failures. The crews put everything on the line as they work in hopes of a big payout.

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Season 620 of 20 Episodes

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 tries out a new assistant and meets his match; Brad has an MMA title fight; the entire Big Gun crew heads out to cut the next road in high winds; Craig drops a bomb.
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.

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.
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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.
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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.
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Rygaard Logging races to complete four settings and three yarder moves in a single day in an effort to stay on schedule and on budget; Frank Harkness fights for traction while driving the processor up an ice-covered logging road.
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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.
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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.
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Gord Vaughn, Steve Weiman, Mike Coats, Levi Brown, Luke Brown, Jimmy Smith, James Smith, Stacey Roberson, Shelby Stanga, Clint Roberts

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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.

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