i was a helli logger for 16 years all over from alaska to montana and every sister between them western united states and canada,until a accident ended it for me. its been 14 yrs since iv been out there setting chockers .at the time i hated the long grueling hours 6 days a week,even though i came close to loosing my life and lost 3 buddys over the years heli logging.there s not a day that i dont miss the job that i was one of the few helli loggers to have had that chance to say i was a helli logger and dam proude when i say it .the men still out there kicken ass well only you know what i mean,be safe and enjoy while you can its a young mans job makes it hell on your body down the road .id do it again in a secound, send a turn in for me guys piece out.

Damn, climbing 60-70 feet, carrying the saw, and then cutting the 2'-3' diameter top out ( which is a tree in itself ) while standing on spikes with a rope around you and no where to go, hats off bro, to anyone that can do that.

The High climbers have my respect. As a 5th generation Oregonian my great grandfather, "Pop" Robert Hoselton, was a logger in the Oregon coast range. They homesteaded in Crow, built a sawmill & stagecoach stop there. Pop knew many High climbers, said, though they had short lives they truly LIVED their lives to the fullest one could live back then. Amen.

Best Years of my Life... Beautiful British Columbia.

@crawlFace In fact, just because someone works in a profession where they cut, fell, lop, prune, etc, trees doesn’t mean they don’t like trees, and it doesn’t mean they couldn’t give a crap about nature. My best wishes-

Mad respect for these loggers. I drove a log truck for a while and did small logging....residents....these guys are serious badass.

Canadian loggers...Where MEN are MEN. Takes a special breed to do what these MEN do. Most wouldn't have a chance to even climb a tree like these let alone cut it down!! Hats off to u guys stay safe :)

This video is what made me want to do tree work, ten years ago. Still come back to watch this video, absolute legends.

Nice work. Reminds me of NZ heli logging. One 500 yr old tree per 5 hectres every 5 yrs = sustainable old growth harvest strategy! Really well done!

Appropriate music, no room for error on that job, cool vid.👍

We have also logged in Washington, Montana, Idaho and Oregon. God had a good day providing these states. I was the camp cook, brush stacker, loader etc.

Awesome video. Thanks for doing such a dangerous job so the rest of us can have lumber! Those chopper pilots are pretty wild too.

Awesome tribute to many of the hardest workers in AMERCIA!

Thumbs up if you have more respect for a Lumberjack than you do 100 Tree Huggers.

massive respect for these guys. You gotta love the job!

this video fires me up everytime i watch it

You guys are great and keep up the good work. It has to be hard keeping up with the demand of the public and not destroying the forests i have seen where you guys go in and the only evidence that you can see are the tops of the trees that are left. Keep it up. What the ecologist dont get is that more wood is put on each year by the older trees and its much more efficient to take down the larger trees then lots of smaller ones. Its also much better for the environment.

just plain balls. these guys know what they are doing and i would like to see somebody else get up there. Now ill do 80-100 feet but past that im getting tired. good job guys and be safe out there.

great video tough men doing a tough job this is work, i respect theses guys so much not many people can do this job i bet they don,t need to go to the gym after a work day is done. Hippies suck is a great line

Respect to all loggers, nice job u do. Nice video. 5 stars.

Independent of the opinions very respectable that they have shaped about this video, i think that is a work very dangerous and and the people who work in them, day to day set out their lives, taking shape not only to the logging, but also to take care of of the community when they appear the wild fires, in this video appears a friend that i respect and i love him. God Job Boys. Greetings from Mexico.

Well The west coast is a breeding ground for trees! That's what we do here. We have more plated then ever! We have more fire prevention like never before. There is more forest saved and locked up in parks,reserves and private set asides that we are running out of the "working forest" We are proud of what we do and the heck if someone from the other side of the country can tell us differently. Drive west and see what we have been doing since before the beginning of the century.

That is insane have never seen anything like it! absolute nutter MAXIMUM RESPECT

oh hell yeah. that's badass. i'm a forest products major right now at ms state hopefully i'll be able to do somethin like this when i graduate or on one of my co-op work terms. its my dream job.

that top at 3:45 is a monster! wasn't that cats first day on the job. he's layin'em in the shade. top notch shit, brother

Bad ass work.

the best video on the whole f#c#i#g youtube

That was awesome!!! You guys are nuts!!!

I used to think it would be fun to helli log. There was an article in my pilot's magazine about a heli logger. At the end of the article was a note that the pilot had died after the article was written and asked for donations for his family. After that I decided to stick with boring flying.

These guys are badass!!!!!!

i Do the Same Kind of work i learn by my self my Name is Mad Maxx i live in Timmins Ontario using the New 576XP Chainsaw that outputs the 390XP , Nice Vid

GREAT video Lads keep the GOOD work you do. Thankyou.

@stinkmunkey Well that's nice. Profit comes with purpose. We have more trees than when the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth rock simply due to fire prevention alone. Trees grow back like weeds simply left unplanted so with the efforts here in the USA of 8 trees planted for every tree harvested it's a win win! We have so many changes already like buffers for streams/salmon/bird or animal habitats and we all work with it where I'm from. Profit is not a bad thing. State timber revenue goes for schools.

Some of those tops still had a lot of good wood in them. Are they used or left to rot?

awsome video...I log in Alberta Canada...No trees like that though.Amazing

Freacken awsome Bud!! Post more. Now this is real loggin!!!!!

holy cow thats some tall wood, and you are some tough f*****ers

Awsome Work Boys!! Thats My Backyard!!!

@NSTartan more than likely the limbs are stripped and used for firewood/mulch and the beam for 'knotty cheap wood' maybe even paper.

Awesome video ! great work !!!

Nice work! you are a Surgeon with the powersaw:)

I just fucking love this Video.... Weeeeee

Ultra brutal very hard savage work.

Great estimate, made clip great

@crawlFace Yeah I have a passion for trees. When I first saw this video I knew tree lovers would describe it as satan’s work. But there’s a respectful healthy way to harvest trees. We understand the many cycles of a forest, logs/remains left on the floor certainly do have new uses by other organisms including other plants. We don’t usually cut juvenile trees. Most trees properly assessed for harvest will lessen the competition for resources,

Hell I thought it was a great video and I certainly enjoyed the soundtrack that went with it. I'd say good job but i really think - great job - Thanks for sharing with all :-)

Interesting video, great tuneage!

Awesome video man

@matsbugs1 Well what it comes down to is private propert y rights. No one should be told what to do on their property that they have paid money for.

RESPECT very nice WORK. extreme

My fist time seeing topping, single stem logging. F**king Wicked Vid. ( Nice Shots From Up In The Canopy. Did You Have A Guy In The Next Tree Over? Doesen't matter, That was Sick.

Very much agree; also who needs BS sport when we have the greatest game in the natural world right there in the woods and the bravery is much more intense and real. God love these fellas.

More of this!!

well gol' dang. :O best we can do is just make good with what we got, hence the property preservation idea >:D

@104bigTruck the problem isn't that there aren't enough trees planted. its that it'll take us 200 years or more to grow hardwoods of that size. we dont NEED to fell those massive trees, we get by with plantation radiata pine for general construction use in Australia. unless you spend thousands of dollars on hardwood furniture..... then you probably never use trees like this, it is simply a financial/greed thing

Humboldt County has a lot of logging with Redwoods its pretty crazy

They may be a family operation.....no "Man" involved. Even a lot of big operations, helicopters and all, train their kids from the ground up. In any case, the money can be terrific.

Don't Let your love of wilderness blind you from the needs of your fellow man. Protect working forest

you can turn the music off. I did. Great video though.

one word: Awesome

Nice old film😍😍😍

Wow, some of those trees are huge. Looks pretty damn hard to do though.

WOW! Chainsaws are amazing. and also both those songs Your Disease and Click Click boom are great! Top vid!

good man there big wood why did you top them first?to keep them in the area for to tall?

Glad I can shut the volume down. Such lousy sound track music.

Whats the song? Ive a few of these videos from you guys there GREAT. Keep up the GOOD work and stay SAFE outthere. Merry Christmas.

Should be playing the AC DC song oh I've Got Big Balls there such big balls dirty big balls

dream job

What do those tops look like after they hit the ground? Is there any sound wood ever left in em, not that you'd yard em out, but just curious.

Nice helipad 2:31. :)

those big Cedars got to be Redwoods I don't think Cedars get quit that big

I had to mute it, and missed listening to the chain saws.

Oh brother. We have more forest land today than ever because of fire prevention alone!

1:15 and ear muff!

@NSTartan my husband does this same job and i used to ask the same question, they just leave the tops on the ground!

epic proportioned

Dam GOOD work 5*

So do you top the tree at a certain hieght or are you more concerned with the weight of the log? Awesome video by the way. I don't think I have the stones to do your job though!

Love to join that crew out there

anyone wanting to be a "Lumberjack" needs to quit school at 14,work as a whistle punk,sharpen your dad's axe,live in camp,and EARN your way into the bush..... You can't just "wanna be a lumberjack".You have to have it in your blood.....take my advise young ones....stay in school and let the real men do the hard stuff....

I want to become a timber faller it s the coolest job!!!!!

@crawlFace Obviously it’s gotta be a balance. Have there been terrible practices and poor planning and businesses that have done more harm than good? Sure. But in the spirit of survival and nature, we can have a healthy place where man and the environment coexist. Nervous people won’t be satisfied unless man is living in a bubble. Even the most extreme naturalist kills something, lol.

@brightstarlit Old trees die, and start producing CO2. Logging has been done for hundreds of years, and the logging you see in these shows does not hurt any ecosystem

What do you guys do with your tops? Are they limbed and forwarded out too, or are they left behind? Your tops are bigger than out entire trees! (near halifax)

It a great video. Timber faller it s the best job but in CANADA or USA not in EUROPE.

Wow, the worker's comp for that must cost a lot.. Falling trees is one of the most dangerous jobs, and then add to that climbing up the tree, which means you can't have an escape route.

@matsbugs1 Plantations? Well here in the pacific NW the we consider our hills and mts plantations however we have flat land planted and harvested cottonwood where people still bark about it. there's no winning with wicca people.

To folks who like trees and nature as much as I do, you are aware that private property rights exist here in the states? If you'd hate to see an old growth forest go the way of my new home, raise money, buy the land, and preserve it. You wont trash it because that harms the bottom line of preservation, and others wont trash it as its a lawsuit in the making.

Where can i apply, my ruffneck was heli loggin in bc before riggin an said he loved every minute. good kid...unfortunately he was wiped out on the rig floor. now i would like to get into loggin kinda in memory of him.

sounds good. I guess some of the first paper currency was made of Pot. hemp weed or whatever. lol

@Glen420M lol the climbing's the easy bit.. its the getting back down thats a bit worse. hats of to em for the skill, though i dont believe its a sustainable practice logging the biggest seed producers

how long do those trees take to grow? and how many cords of wood do they yield?

is this on vancouver island, if so where? great vid by the way.

thats big cuttin, ive never seen timber like that... thats my paper i use every day...?

@norcallogger You have right.

@Ljubitebatica its a Kaman K-Max

It's because there so tall they would breakup when they hit the forest floor if felled as a whole tree.

Are you working with cleaver in town right now? Port i mean? Vernon ridge is doing a show just out side of town and i think wade said the guys were from duncan?

i just want your job.....and STIHL MS660 magnum :D

How much money do you make logging and "heli-logging"