American Loggers?

[sparky]

I will not be watching Axe Men anymore as it does not meet my expectation of a "reality show". My friend's son attends a major university in the upper midwest. There is a reality show that features five students from this school. This fellow is aquainted with one of the gals in this series. She was given a shopping list of action she could take to make extra money during the filming.

She would be paid $500 if she started an arguement. She would get $1000 if she drank enought that she got sick. There was a page full of other actions that would bring in extra pay for her performances. So much for "reality"!

I expect that the characters on Axe Men have a similar shopping list. They must be way behind in their truck payments to act as they do in their show! They have to be play acting to behave in the manner that they do.

Saprky

[woodtick#2]

Last season of ax men Gabe was cutting some logs that shifted on a loaded trailer and got hung up underneath.  After he cleaned the mess (and almost had a log fall on his cocky head) he told the camera "You know im not afraid of anything, I know everything and I just jump in and have full control of the situation" now I dont have all the answers and have only been chopping for a year or so now, correct me if im wrong.  That is 100% the wrong attitude especcially working in the woods, an old timer once told me "once you think you know it all you are done for"

[timbuck2]

If you don't think 90% of the show is staged for TV I got a quarter section of wall to wall and big around zat skidder tire.  woodtick#2 you are exactly right.

[gharrett15]

There are old loggers & bold loggers but no old bold loggers!

[woodtick#2]

^couldn't have summed it up any better than that

[moosehunter]

Just showing off my FF hat that is signed by two of the Pellitier brothers

  My wife and I met them last year at the Hamburg NY forestry show.

[timbuck2]

They had one of their trailers for sale here in Lancaster, Golden Road Trailers, at the Mack Garage.  It didn't stick around very long, don't know if anyone bought it or what .

[lumberjack48]

Last season of ax men Gabe was cutting some logs that shifted on a loaded trailer and got hung up underneath.  After he cleaned the mess (and almost had a log fall on his cocky head) he told the camera "You know im not afraid of anything, I know everything and I just jump in and have full control of the situation" now I dont have all the answers and have only been chopping for a year or so now, correct me if im wrong.  That is 100% the wrong attitude especcially working in the woods, an old timer once told me "once you think you know it all you are done for"

I would have handled that mess exactly the same way Gabe did. You take control of the situation and take a good look at it, so you know what to cut first. Gabe was afraid and he doesn't know everything, he made some silly statements for the camera. Like when he fell that tree on the pickup. He lost all since of right or wrong, this was a good example of not staying on top of  your game. He should have fell both trees at once, he knew better when he did it. From what little I've seen him use or fell timber with a saw i think he's a excellent chainsaw operator.   

[shortlogger]

I noticed the saw that Dave lost off the skyline was a antique Stihl that I never saw used at the deck, looked staged to!