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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: 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: Terror Strikes Again
    Terror Strikes Again

    American Loggers (02:31)

    Although the Winter season is good for business, it can lead to serious accidents on the road. Due to slippery conditions, Danny Pelletier loses control of his truck, sending it backwards down a hill.
  • Play American Loggers: First Snow Of The Season
    First Snow Of The Season

    American Loggers (02:34)

    The loggers are in desperate need of a winter freeze, which should lead to better working conditions for everyone. Their prayers are soon answered, as the first blizzard of the season moves in.
  • Play American Loggers: Swallowed by a Swamp
    Swallowed by a Swamp

    American Loggers (02:27)

    After a heavy thaw, one of the harvesters sinks so deeply into the muck that mud almost destroys the $400,000 machine.
  • 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: Mutiny Afoot
    Mutiny Afoot

    American Loggers (02:11)

    Eldon Pelletier gets a very cool reception when he asks his truckers to pack sleeping bags and be prepared to spend nights at the woods'camps.
  • 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.
  • Play American Loggers: Golden Road Mishap
    Golden Road Mishap

    American Loggers (01:55)

    More rain brings more problems on the Golden Road. Andrew tells one driver to unhook his loaded trailer overnight, but it ends up sinking into the wet ground.
  • Play American Loggers: Flirting With Death
    Flirting With Death

    American Loggers (01:31)

    Just when things can't get worse, Randy Bourgoin, a veteran hauler, loses control of his rig and rolls over on the Golden Road.
 

 

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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