Gustafson Logging

Love the show. When I was a kid, wanted to be a logger, but became a construction worker. Grew up in Eureka CA. Used to see 12ft dia. redwoods going down the highway on trucks. Those days are gone. EarthFirst villified loggers, even vandalized. Good to see logging getting positive press! Stay safe.

im a qualified logger looking for work over there i have my modules in cablelogging my email is fusion1@windowslive.com

hello ive stumbeld across your website as im looking for a job overseas cablelogging i am currently logging in NEW ZEALAND and have all of my tickets yarder operating,breaking out hauler extraction and felling moduales etc if you know of anybody looking for hard working men give me an email

I'll bet you guys could give me and my Jonsered 1265 a workout... Love the Ax Men show !! Rock on man....

Mark- What a remarkable show and tribute to you and your family.I congratulate you and Jay for the positive publicity.

Good Job
Jim

This program is a testimony to the dedication, the endurance and the problems that you have to work through every day of your working life. Many in our country are clueless to understand the importance and the risks that you take so they can have the products that come from your sweat. They sit comfortably in their homes while people like you put your lives in danger not knowing if today will be your last. I have the deepest respect for what you do and the challenges you face.

I am a small time logger doing mostly timber stand improvements and cutting firewood logs. Maybe ocassionaly I will do a small clearing job. I have a small mini skidder called a Turboforest with a small Bandit chipper and my Husky saws. I love it and it is exactly the therapy I need every weekend. I don't make much money at it but it gets me outside in the woods and I enjoy being alone with my thoughts.

Keep up the good work and keep safe. I will order a hat from your store and wear it proudly.

Love watching you guys on the show. I really love the way the Salmon was cooked on the manifold! I've worked in residential tree care and utility line clearing for many years and always thought it was the most dangourous job around, I have to say logging with a skyline looks a lot more hazardous and I'll stay put where I am! Keep up the good work and stay safe.

Great website and good to have you and the other crews on AxMen.

Maybe a little airtime will get the industry some of the right kind of attention.

Keep up the good work and stay as safe as you can.

I'm keeping an eye out for that line that was stolen!

I was in logging here in Ariz. in the mid 70s
I started my own Machine Shop in 1979 and I had All the mills in the area as well and the loggers. Then in 1991
with a stroke of a pen the dammed enviormentalest got logging stopped in Ariz. Never really to come back. So with
out Maintance we burned 487000 acers in 02.

I love the show Ax Men as I have been their, Lost freinds
aquintance to the Job. The new stuff, Yarder,Feller-Buncher
great progress. Would have made our time easier.

Looks like a good crew with a work ethc. I have worked
hard all my life. I like work with a challange. I am going on 69 years. I can not do that kind of work anymore. I have
opened a water store. keeps me active and contributing
The best to all of you with your work ethic and what you
do, Makes you a good example of what this country was and
should be. Your jobs won,t be sent to China.

My very best to all of you and yours at Gustafson

Norm Grable Show Low, Az

Gustafson rocks!!!! I love you guys! You're the most positive and intelligent loggers I've ever witnessed. And the best looking!!

Love the show!!! And Darrell, it would be nice to see some more one-handed tree cutting! You guys are Awesome!!!

Hi,there from Springfield,IL I like Show and the history of son and grandsons fellowin in there fathersand grandfathers footstep

Great show, you really have some good hard workers.

I am glad to see a show like "Ax Men" get made. Most people don't realize how much work goes into producing everyday items like lumber, or the food they buy.

Hopefully the housing slump ends soon. Good luck.

This is a good show that I can related to. I own a small logging company called Muddy River Logging. I own 2 Timberjack 230 cable skidders and a log truck. I watch the show every sunday night all though this show is more deadly than what I do for logging but logging is always going to be deadly no matter what.

I enjoy the show. Finally theres a shoe on that i can relate to. I own PRIMM LOGGING here in central virginia. All of our trees are harvested with a Barko timber harvester. The tiger cat you have is what i hope to upgrede to. We use skidders to pull all our timber. Out here its not nearly as steep as it is out there. GREAT WEBSITE! There are some very good pictures.

I watch every week and I love the show.

There was a mention of moderate weather so you can work year round.A light snow can be OK to work in, especially for guys who work outside everyday, but would you call 85 MPH winds moderate? Here in Cleveland, Ohio, 74 MPH get the gale warnings up for Lake Erie.

Did you ever catch the rope thief? I had $8000 worth oftools stolen out of my garage so I can really sympathise with you.

Gday mates Ive been checking out
your website, bloody awesome, some of that timber your felling is massive. Seems loggers are a similar people the world over, Im logging in Northland New Zealand for a local contractor Douglas logging, we go through the same trials and tribulations also good fun aint it keep updating those photos guys FANTASTIC catch you up.

Mark, I have enjoyed watching the show about your company. How are the plans for the reunion next year going?

Darrell, You look like you'd be a good guy to work for, as you seem to take all in stride and don't get all pissed off at your crew.

My dad, grandpa and most of my uncles were loggers on the shores of Hood Canal (Washington) during the 1900-1940 era. My uncle Tom Wrote a book called Echoes of Puget Sound. It's about logging and steamboating in the 1905-1960 era. You'd probably like it.

Keep up the good work and all the best to you and your family.

Mark:
I have often thought about trying to look you up on my travels. I am currently residing in Anchorage, AK. Drop me an e-mail, I would like to get together and exchange lies some times.

John W. Pickering
OSU Forest Engineering Class of 1973

hey i know how u feel about that rope gettin stole. Im a logger in north idaho and i know how you feel about things getting stolen. hope you catch that person that stole the rope. GIT-R-DONE!!!!

Gentleman,

Although I run a saw, chipper, and loader part time, as an engineer I'm stuck in cubeville getting the fluorescent tan during the better part of the week. I see too many folks that think they are actually working hard by sending emails and generating reports. Most have become disconnected from the idea of the work and labor needed to accomplish what they manage and report on. This notion seems to become more diluted every year. Your team demonstrates the fact that it takes nerve, muscle, and determination ....and apparently a lot of cigarettes too... to get the job done. This is still the engine that keeps our country going. I thank you for your efforts!

Respectfully,

The calloused pencil pusher

Hi guys, love the show and really appreciate how it portrays an industry, and a way of life that is sorely underappreciated. I grew up in Naselle and it makes me happy that you guys are making such a good impression with the work that you do. Stay safe and God bless.

I enjoy watching your show. And we are very proud of the way your team controls them self.

love the show my dad and i are loggers in some way in northern wisconsin. He sells firewood so we log it we love the show never missed one

i like your crew the most darrell is
my favorite he is so cool under pressure please tell me the meaning of side rod also i dont hear much cursing if not any this must be a christian company please be safe and keep up the the good work and darrel keep the good work at home with the kids with hunting and fishing and be safe

Our favorite logger is Rich. He's funny and always works hard. We are a bit biased though, he's family :)

Keep up the good work Rich!

I am a forester/timber buyer in Arkansas. A friend told me about the show and I have not missed it since. Glad they finally put a show on like this. Let all the tree-huggers see how hard ALL loggers work, and they may take a different outlook on life. May all loggers stay safe in the woods. Hope the show keeps going for many seasons!!!

Hey guys! I am a logger in north Idaho and i work on a yarder crew. I know how you feel about your rope getting stolen. It sucks ass! and i hope you catch the SOB that stole it and when and if you so i hope that you use the old logger justice on them. You know what i am talking about. Anyway good luck to you and hope your season goes better than ours up here.

I grew up just outside Astoria, graduated from AHS, Darrell, I think you were just one class ahead of me. We watch AxMen every week. I may have grown up in a logging community, but I had no idea what really went on. It's awesome to watch! Our 5 & 7yo boys love watching it too. Keep up the good work!

and i thought my job logging here in alabama was hard!

just saw the rope stealer episode. man, i can't believe someone had the balls to steal something like that.its a bunch of bull. i hope you catch the SOB.and if you do, and it was me that caught them i would press charges. maybe next time they'll learn their lesson. good luck you guys. keep safe. god speed.

Its great seeing you guys show America what good hard work is all about. Hope you guys find your ropes and the prick(s) that stole them. It even pissed me off seeing that,I can just imagine how angry you were. Best of luck for a good season both with the TV and the harvest.

Our family loves this show. We know exactly what it's like out there. It takes a special bunch of people who have to love what they do to make a successful company. My husband, 11 year old son and myself own our business. We help him on the weekends. I drive skidder and our son sets chockers. It really is great to be able to do things as a family. We wouldn't have it any other way. You all keep up the awesome work and stay safe!

What a kick ass show. I sell and service Stihl Power Equipt in Nashville,Tn, and I just love this show Darrell, I hope you catch that rope thief. Gods speed and keep safe.

I grew up with Richie Olson and wish to tell him Hello, from "Mean & Cruel Master General Sir". Now living in Indiana, I miss the Oregon Coast and visit as often as I can.

Jon is my nephew and aslo works on your crew.

Great show ... dangerous jobs. God speed to you all.

Mike

I'm a logging brat my father was Lynn Simpson He was a logger for many, many years till in his 50's. In Oregan. Just wondering if anyone there remebers him? Thanks for an awesome show it really brings back some Great father and son experences.
Thanks Again
Don Simpson

Hey Darrel,


Just stop by to say that i watch Ur show every sunday and just wante dto let u know to keep up the good work and hang in there. Everything will work out eventually.

I absolutely looooooooooove this show. i even watch repeats.

Hello Gustafson!

I just stopped by to say how much I enjoy watching Ax Men. You guys seem like a great bunch of people, so I wish you well and wish you safe logging. I look forward to watching every week!

I love to see you guys on the show. I'm an avid firewood cutter (and burner) in Kansas and I couldn't believe my ears when I first heard about Ax Men. I have tremendous respect for what you guys do and love watching you work. Thanks a lot and be careful!!!

Dave

Hi All,
Just wanted to tell you all that I enjoy watching you all in the show.
I am really excited about a show on logging as my old man worked for Weyerhauser out of Coos Bay for 35 yrs.

I've really enjoyed the show and look forward to many more episodes. I hope everyone stays safe and enjoys economic prosperity.

Hey this is a web sight I will put a link to it on mine

Have a great year abd be safe!

Hey guys,
Great show, Great work!!!!
Later Cuz

hey kep up the good work let me know if u guys need choker setters im serious im going o et some suspenders with ur name on it

Hey guys I'm pulling for ya!! It seems your crew is the only one doing real yarder ground. I am an old rigging slinger/ whistle punk myself and really miss the good ol days. You guys are doing logging a great thing by showing the real deal. Keep up the good work!!! Let me know if ya need some help, seriously!!!

HEy guys keep up the good work i actually work for little river tree service out in connecticut and we do bucket work and land clearing. I would like to come out there a try out what u guys do well good luck all of yah

just wanted to drop a line and tell jer that i love and miss him and to say hello to aaron, donnie, and jon. it's great to see that you all are doing so well. it's been all too long since i've seen you all. happy 25th birthday to jer on the 20th. stay in touch. love you all! i'll keep watching and you boys stay safe.

Darrell,
I am sure you get advice from all walks of life. I was watching the show and your new hook and his crew were pulling out some big wood with the skycar and I could hear the tower and guylines really talking. If they took a block and two cholkers and bridled the log then put the block over the byte of the skid line in front of the car then go ahead on er and they will be amazed at how well this works and wont overload the tower and wait till you see what it does at a potential hang up just make sure you have lots o lift.
All this comes from a retired logger from Reedsport. keep on logging.

Being a fellow member of a Gustafson clan in Nebraska, I have become a big fan of your crew on the show. After checking the web site I couldn't help to notice the coincidence that the company and myself were both (born) est. in 1974!!! I was wanting to know if you sell merchandise with the est. year on it? Would love to have something to represent the PNW in the heartland!

Please add photo's of your tree cutters I really love your people.

Wauna Box Facial, "A" Crew Rules! Keep droppin' those trees! Party on

Keep those brush FIRE's under control dont want me and my boys to have to come out and Take down the BURNED tree's... Hope the crew stays safe

Great Show. Hope to see ur team WIN In loads in Season 2.. Hope the Stihl's are holding up through so much use.. GREAT SHOW

Enjoy the show. Good to see Scandinavians so well represented. Looking forward to season 2.

Outstanding series - I never knew how much was actually involved in logging...I have a whole new respect for what you do. And you know who I'm rooting for!!! Go Gustafson! Looking forward to season 2!!

sorry, sorry, sorry. totally meant carah. what was i thinking. thats how long we haven't kept in contact. wow, you graduate high school and then you forget everything and everyone,lol. hope this doesn't make me look like a bad friend,lol
take care and can't wait till season 2

Great web site. Many memories,(some good, some not so good) returned from logging for Fibre, Publishers, Boise and some private in the Lincoln City area. Your hands are loggers for sure and it is a pleasure to watch them at their trade. The series is showing the pride and honor associated with true logging families.

hi, i've been watching the show on the history channel AX MEN. love, love, love it. i'm acually from astoria, even though i live in wyoming now (boo hoo) i miss my pretty trees,lol. anyway. i went to school with carey, we graduated togather in 2001. great girl. she and i just got back in touch. looks like she's doing good.
anyway hope, your crew and family are doing well. take care of my home sweet home.

The Gustafson Clan from Illinois is rooting for Gustafson Logging.

Damn fine group of men, great leader of this crew... proud to work with any of you

I have a second house down in the Astoria Area. I work High lead in the Cascade Range, and Heavy General Contracting for well over 25 years. I have see your operation at various locations. I have to say you guys run a class operation.

The website only shows a small sample of your class crews, and equipment.


Good luck to all, and keep up the good work.

I was watching the slide show under the history link and man was that a big tree. I can even imagine cutting something so huge.
You guys do a great job.

i just wanted to say u guys are nuts but u u know what u all are doing

Darrel you have a very nice truck!

I've seen you guys on Ax men. You guys are awsome

Watched your show and you guys do a great job.sure is a lot different way of logging than we do here in maine.we use shears,grapples and cable skidders.wish we had wood as big as you fellas have it looks like fun cutting such big wood

I work in forest products industry, in the hardwood region. started at 17 years old 52 now, hard to get that saw dust out of your blood. Love your show, interesting to watch how different parts of the country log. Ours is all skidders
This show helps to offset all the negative stuff from anti-logging, many thanks and keep up the great work.
Kevin

I try to watch Axemen whenever I can and it's just amazing how you all work together. I work at Kane Hardwood,a division of the Collins Pine Company,in Kane,Pennsylvania.. I am a Re-Sawyer in our hardwood mill and the logs are much smaller that the ones that I see on Axemen so I can appreciate what you go through to get the product to it's destisnation and get it sawn up. I root for the Gustafson team for obvious reasons. Good luck !!!!!!!!!!!

I love the show. My G.Grandfather was a logger and my Grandfather worked in the Mills in Bandon, OR. It'd great to get a feel for what they did for a living. Thanks.

Keep up the good work. Love the show. I have my wife and kids hooked on it as well.

i live out in massachusetts as an ironworker and i thought we had it tough. keep up the great work love the show

You guys should be proud of what you do. It is great that they finally made a show depicting your profession in a good way. I don't have any experiance in big forest operations aside from being a dozer operator on wildland fires, however I can appreciate what you guys do. Keep up the good work.

Hey Guys,
Good to see the industry is still alive. You seem to run a pretty good crew.
I logged out of Coos Bay for a while and my whole family was in the industry since I was born. I moved to Idaho and couldn't get the sawdust out of my blood so I bought a tree service. Gotta keep the Husky runnin.
You guys take care and keep the yarder whinin.
M@

i really like the website, and love the show your on. i dable in logging here on the east coast. and i know its two very diverst styles of logging. i have alot of respect for what you do and having now seen it in action. it has broaden my view of west coast logging. we mainly run skidder operations here, taking logs and making chips for the paper industry. i myself do small selective harvesting. so im glad that you guys out there are getting recognition in a good way. you all deserve it.

Have worked as a power lineman for years and have cut my share of trees due to storm damage(usually across lines and under stress). Am aware of the risk you guys take everyday. Not only cutting but the rigging and equipment use also. You gotta know what is going on around you at all times. Stay alert stay safe. Can't wait for my Gustafson logging hat to arrive and wear into work the first time.

Hello guys! I have only been watching the show for a couple weeks now but love it! My parents and I watch it every weekend now. My family had a logging business in Central Oregon almost my whole growing up life. I think my parents miss the industry and I think it brings back a lot of memories for all of us watching the show. It is great to see that they are finally showing what it is all about. Take care all and be safe!

Amy

Hi guys, I left the logging biz. in 1976 A rainy cold day, I remember well. Been in the trucking business ever since, mechanic. The show brings back A lot of memories, good and bad as well. Started at age 12 or so, shouldn't have been there I know but to be around giant tonka toys was hard to resist. I had A real hard time being inside A shop all day at first but got over it whenever it rained and blew. I haven't thought about the woods much since til the show came on. It is fun to watch and brings back many memories.Thanks for putting up with camera crews and bring to life just what you do for A living. Everybody uses wood products and doesn't realize just whats involved in getting it to the store. thanks Mike

HI GUYS
THINK YOUR ALL GREAT AND PROUD OF WHAT YOU DO. I HAVE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE IN OREGON AND KNOW HOW SERIOUS THIS BUSINESS IS. YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB AND PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW HOW DANGEROUS IT REALLY IS. THANKS TO HISTORY CHANNEL FOR SHOWING HOW DANGEROUS IT IS TO DO THIS JOB. I WATCHED TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT SINCE YOU STARTED. GOD BLESS AND GOOD LUCK. HOPE TO GET OVER YOUR WAY SOON TO MAYBE RUN INTO ONE OF YOU AND CHAT....SUE

AX-Men is om tv right now... you guys are AWESOME!!!
I had the pleasure of visiting Astoria last year as I have family living there. Oregon has long been a favorite, Astoria.... well, its the best!!!!

I love the program!

Hey, im a tree man from broken arrow oklahoma. And i love this show. But loyal to you guys. Hard times and struggles accompanied with a little bad luck is what makes us tough. You boys are the ones im rooting for. Hey, if you ever want to hire someone, it would be cool if you held a contest and let us submit why we should be hired. Think about it. Oklahoma Woodpusher

hey not only that my dad mike fetch is in the gustafson crew yall always be my favorite logging crew. i dont think pihl is all that good personally i like gustafson and stump branch my cousin is on the stump branch crew any ways axmen rocks and keep up the good work.i will show those friends of mine that gustafson rocks and not the other crews at least thats my opinion. kassidy

Hey guys yall are doing a great job. I too have done some dagerous jobs operating trackhoes and dozers but they do not compare to what yall do. It would be so cool to one day go up to the mountains and get a chance to do some logging or at least loading if nothing else. LOL Keep up the good work and God bless. Jimmy

great job guys! love the show!!!

I'm an old college roomate of Mark's, 3rd floor Wilson. Enjoyed the show and admiring your success. Great job! John

Hey Guys, Great show. We love it. Oh by the way I am a Gustafson on my Mom's side of the family. So we are always pulling for you.

Great show, but yall make everything look to easy!!!

love watching the show no comparsion to the way you log an the way we log like watching and learning your way thanks

Great show, i couldnt turn it off. Here too the name cought my attention but not only that. Gustafsons in oregon logging, Gustafsons here in Missouri doing Hardwood floors. He has been in the business since 1977. good job to you folks or these folks would be out of a job.

All my mom's brothers, Roger, Don and Albert Gustafson, and her uncles Roy and George Lidstrom, were loggers in British Columbia. George, who was an RCAF pilot in WW II, was killed in northern B.C. when his log truck rolled into a ravine. Roy lost parts of two fingers in an accident. Roger, Don and Albert got out of logging and went into other outdoor and construction jobs before any serious injuries but had some terrific stories about their days in the logging camps around Great Slave Lake. Needless to say I was very interested in your company and its history.

Great show! I was very excited for the show to start, I moved from Astoria to California last August and and I've missed the Astoria/Oregon area, now I can see some of the area and some of what is going on there every week! Plus I think that it is great that the history channel is taking an industry and area that most people take for granted or don't know about and making people aware of how needed and great it is.

Jenna

Loved workng with you guys. Has been over 9 years ago.
Love watching the show. Have been retired now for 3years, but still miss the woods. Take care all of you.Don

its great to see some of the hardest working men i know of finaly get shown to the rest of the world.i grew up in a logging,millwork family up the coast in grays harbor.the loggers in the northwest and abroad have my greatest respect and admeration.with all the dangers you face out there in the woods.you still work in an area with the best view from your office window.have a safe season.

Great show! I can relate to all of you as I work for a small logging company in northern Minnesota. We don't work on the side of mountains, but usually have to load on and/or drive across a swamp to get to our wood. Our wood is usually 60 miles or more from our shop and 70-80 miles from the mill. We deal with tree length and 100" logs mainly. Right now we are all laid off as the mill has quit taking wood and our roads have been placed on "spring load restrictions".

Anyway, I look forward to seeing Ax Men every week. Keep up the great work and stay safe.

Good Show. Caught my attention because of the name!

Great show.I run a part time wood cutting business in southeast Kansas alot different trees here.Come down for a visit some time.

Great Show!! I grew up in Olney and it is nice to see the NW and logging getting some good information broadcast.

Great show, You guys are by far the crew I'm rooting for. You wouldn't want a soon to be out of the military man as a greenhorn or mechanic. Keep up the hard work.