These series should be called "the Coolest Jobs in Canada with Rick Mercer".

I like how casual Chris is hahah

We have to watch this is my geography class My teacher keeps putting RMR videos for us to watch and its rlly fun

These boys earn every penny

4:30 That is the dinkiest little boat I have ever seen.

Thanks Rick for reminding me what a fascinating country Iam privileged to call home❤❤❤❤

Priceless, Great group of loggers up the coast,Good on Rick for his bravado, Cheers!

We moved to Mexico and we miss you Rick Mercer - you are amazing. It surprises us the things that you do and seem to be fearless. Thanks for the informative programs and making us laugh while we learn.

Way to go Colin, this was a great clip of your work.

Near the end of my career in the Air Force I had the opportunity to visit one of these operations near Bella Coola. We flew there in one of our Search & Rescue CH113/113A Labrador helicopters. The Vertol 107 used to lift the logs is a civilian version of the Labrador. We were looking to install a new system they had for possible installation in our SAR fleet. The 107 is stripped down to skin & bone for maximum lift capacity. The skill of the crews is amazing, not only the pilots but the loggers who need to estimate the optimum size of each load. Too light & they lose money, too heavy & the pilot has to pickle it, again losing time & money. IIRC a full turn, that is time to lift the logs, drop them in the drink & return for next load had to be under 4 minutes or they were losing money.

That guy Dean was a best friend of mine for awhile back in high school and a few years after .I started heli-logging in the early 90's with the S-64 aircrane and did it for a few years but was crushed and almost killed at work in Jervis Inlet . I went back logging and heli-logging after but was eventually retrained as a commercial diver . I can tell you that hooking turns under the air crane for 10hrs or more a day, weeks in a row is a hard and dangerous thing to do . I was too green and paid!

good food good company no traffic

I learn so much new info in these segments. Love it, Rick!

5:50 That little boat is sooooo cute.

the trailer princess really is a famous barge to loggers in the area

Mr. You have lived life. Gonna miss you. Super future to you!! 🌅

tell him to stand on one foot the next time he is hooking a turn lol

Great flying

man thats one funky funboat :D

That was a good one!

Looks fun!

I want one of those boats for Walleye fishing ;)

What I find funny, is that you will never see the cull waste wood that is left behind from heli operations, because the wood couldn't make quality or size limits. There is massive blocks in Seymour full of nice yellow cedar.....but it stayed and rotted.....simply because it was 3cm under diameter tolerance, lol But this is a good video anyway, Rick.

That Chris is the best

I see alot of comments looking for the song, it's in the description for anyone wondering! Drive Me Crazy by Chronic Tax.

Hell YEAH!!!!

best job in the world even Mount Saint Helens

He goes to the lavat'ry!

my dream work :)

god ill love to work there

heli-logging is like child's play compared to grapple yarding....

Grumman Goose!!

i wonder what will happen if he fell in the water

@wildrose250 He cuts down trees, he eats his lunch!

anyone know the tune at the beginning??

lol is there anything rick wont do a donut with?

Would LOVE to know what the intro song is! Been trying to find it forever.

@wildrose250 He sleeps all night and works all day?

First - I love Rick

That is my brother showing him the boat

what is the intro song?

helifor retired its chinnok not long after this ,they now lease a Erickson skycrane 64e from Canadian air-crane ,Mercer should do a follow up

@YouJussGotCurbed me too. Steel soles too...

Too bad Justin T pissed him off so much he quit RMR

I googled the lyrics to this theme song at it states: "Stupid, stupid theme song theme song, stupid stupid theme song theme song, stupid stupid theme song theme song stupid stupid, theme song theme song, stupid stupid theme song theme song, stupid stupid theme song theme song, stupid stupid theme song theme song....." (fade)

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logging should never be fun

In 2021, this would be absolutely frowned upon. Oh my god, they're cutting the forest, the leftists would say.

I'm expecting you will remove this comment rather quickly, as you have all the other ones that are critical of this unsustainable industry, but something must be said. For a guy famous for his progressive rants, what was sadly absent from this piece of industry propaganda is the question of WHY we are heli-logging the tops of mountains in the first place! It's because this industry, over the past 100 years, has logged upwards of 90% of the easily accessible, high-productivity old-growth temperate rainforest on the west coast, and now they're coming back for those last few patches on steep slopes, in community watersheds, and in previously protected wilderness habitats. Even the second growth that is being logged after just 50 years is mostly being shipped overseas as raw logs to fetch higher prices just to keep this industry afloat. 50% of forestry jobs in BC have been lost over the past 20 years due to raw log exports, over-harvesting, mechanization, the closing of mills, and the law of diminishing returns. It's high time we stop the liquidation of our forests and transition to a sustainable, selective, ecosystem-based, community-oriented, second-growth forest industry with lots more value-added, more jobs, an end to raw log exports, an end to large-scale clear-cuts, and a more holistic approach to forestry that allows our forests to heal. Let's grow BIG trees again!!!