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Straight to the Top

A company employee brings his complaint about not receiving his promised raise straight to Eldon.

Playlists

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  • Play American Loggers: Deep Freeze
    4 Clips Playlist Deep Freeze

    American Loggers (07:29)

    Season 3 American Loggers Videos. Peak logging season brings anticipation of the deep freeze.
  • Play American Loggers: The Big Push
    5 Clips Playlist The Big Push

    American Loggers (11:28)

    Season 3 American Loggers Videos. Winter is here, drivers get in accidents and there are plumbing issues.
  • Play American Loggers: Rookies vs. the Road
    5 Clips Playlist Rookies vs. the Road

    American Loggers (11:53)

    Season 3 American Loggers Videos. Winter is here and a rookie driver can't handle the roads.
  • Play American Loggers: Rain Delay
    5 Clips Playlist Rain Delay

    American Loggers (11:30)

    Season 3 American Loggers Videos. A truck flips, Eldon buys a camp, and rain threatens production.

Discovery Channel Clips

  • Play American Loggers: Wood Shortage
    Wood Shortage

    American Loggers (01:58)

    Ideal hauling conditions have been too much of a good thing - non-stop trucking combined with broken down harvesters have left a shortage of wood on the ground.
  • Play American Loggers: Straight to the Top
    Straight to the Top

    American Loggers (01:18)

    A company employee brings his complaint about not receiving his promised raise straight to Eldon.
  • Play American Loggers: Unbearable Freeze
    Unbearable Freeze

    American Loggers (02:06)

    With temperatures well below zero degrees, the loggers struggle to work effectively in the extreme cold.
  • Play American Loggers: Remembering A Friend
    Remembering A Friend

    American Loggers (02:50)

    After Randy, one of their veteran drivers, flips his truck and ends up in the hospital, the crew remembers the tragic night when their good buddy "Roadrunner" died.
  • Play American Loggers: Eldon's Priorities
    Eldon's Priorities

    American Loggers (02:07)

    Eldon Pelletier's frustration grows when he realizes Jeff and Donny haven't fixed the machines that are top priorities.
  • Play American Loggers: Logging Machines
    Logging Machines

    American Loggers (02:09)

    The Pelletiers use the most efficient heavy machinery available to both harvest timber and build and maintain logging roads.
  • Play American Loggers: The Winter Push
    The Winter Push

    American Loggers (01:52)

    Scott Dionne and Stevie White are feeling the pressure of the big push. They are in a hurry to harvest as much wood as they can before Spring hits.
  • Play American Loggers: The New Camp
    The New Camp

    American Loggers (02:40)

    Eldon reluctantly buys a logging camp just 25 miles from the Canadian border, betting that short term pain will lead to long term profit.
  • Play American Loggers: Night Shift at 45 Below
    Night Shift at 45 Below

    American Loggers (02:46)

    A seasoned cutting crew heads out to work in Arctic-like weather that's cold enough to make steel as brittle as candy.
  • Play American Loggers: Logging Duel
    Logging Duel

    American Loggers (02:54)

    The operators of a skidder and delimber team, Kevin and Davey, go all out to get tons of felled trees out of the woods and into roadside yards.
  • Play American Loggers: Jackknifed Truck
    Jackknifed Truck

    American Loggers (02:02)

    Derrick "The Preacher" Barnett reflects on his accident. While hauling a load on the Golden Road, Derrick jackknifed his truck and caused serious damage.
  • Play American Loggers: Rookie Rollovers
    Rookie Rollovers

    American Loggers (02:45)

    Hauling on treacherous, unpaved roads proves to be disastrous for rookie driver Eric Lebeau. In less than two weeks on the job, he manages to roll his rig over twice.
 

 

Watch Discovery Channel's American Loggers and follow the story of the proud, hard-working Pelletier brothers as they carry on the family tradition of harvesting the great timber resources of the vast North Maine Woods.

 
 

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