Gustafson Logging

Great film. I actually worked for Pete McCoy logging on the high lead with Steve Morrisse in 69. Our hook tender was Bill Baldwin(a real nice guy?) Anyway, love to sit back in my home in Medford and watch the new modern way of logging. Some, will say the dangers are greatly exagerated unless you have worked in the woods. You really recall the close calls when you have left the woods as I did not want to dwell on it when I had to go back the next day. It is always fun to swap stories with my nephew David when ever we get together. Again, thanks for memories with the new show Axemen. Tim Ray

Great show truly one of the best, keep up the good hard work

Ax-Men is a great show! Keep up the good hard work!

Best show on TV! Keep up the hard work!

love the show, you guys know how to work the trees

I like the show and I've been in the logging woods and the sawmills half my life befor i came in the army and i miss it the show takes me back home every weekend thanks for every thang i miss it and I'm going back. when i get out of the army.agin thanks for every thang you do..

hi my big brother works for you(mike). I havent seen him break a sweat in years can you send him down in the brush for a couple days. ha!!! like your show

............and I thought firefighting was dangerous! Great show and website.Thanks for your hard work.

I love the show. I don't know what your getting paid but if you got double the amount it wouldn't be enough. I'm a retired longshoreman from Alaska now living in Aberdeen, Wa. I've loaded a number of log and cant ships during my 42 years on the docks but I never had any idea on how tough you guys are. May God watch over each and every one of you and bring you home safe every day.

The show is great, I watch it every Sunday and I tell everyone to watch it! It sure is neat to see so many guys I know, one in particular I have known since birth and that would be my Dad Mark Stinnett! I am so proud of all you guys :) take care and keep coming home safe.

Like the show guys. Try not to miss it. Im an old tramp faller in Alaska. Still putting them on the ground in my 50s. Have fun but play safe! Watch the widowmakers!

Love the show. I worked for Associated Oregon Loggers for 15 years, and retired to Newport,OR in 2006. It is great that people can finally see what you guys do. There are many of us who really appreciate you guys. Thank You,

I worked for Menasha corp. out of Coos Bay to a landing over by rosseburg riding the crummy. I know people that had been injured including my friend from Chico State whose father had a scar from falling on his chain saw. I admired the use of marlin spike and the additional block and tackle for pulling power but nobody I knew talked about hazards on such a constant bleat. I can see the difference in the pristine woods and replantings. I won't forget the woods boss dumping a l00 ton spar tree down a canyon or how I dove off the bank to get away from it and all fro $3.35 an hour.

Turners Falls ,Ma - you do what we do around here look like pick up sticks.great group of people you guys have.my favorite crew on the show.way to reprsent the industry

Thanks for driving a Ford
From a Fishing & Hunting Type Guy
Love Your Show

spent a few years in the late 60s cat logging on the road crew for weyco in the grays harbor area and a winter on the rigging when the mud got too deep. enjoy the show and brings back some memories of the charactors i knew. a picture of your chaser, mark, sure looks like a stinnett. tell him hello for me. i've know him for a lifetime.

Hey, Im a logger also but log a little different then yall do we log what we call Plantation style thinning,I run the cut-down machine " Tigercat Wheeled 724D Cutter" Been logging since I was 17 Im now 25,Its in my family Southern,Georgia "Cuthbert,Georgia" Logging Is a alot different, but in general the same purpose to cut it down and make wood. Trees yall cut are no way the size everyonce inawhile you get a tree 100+ft 30ish in Dia. But with these new fast growing long-leaf pines (15-20years) and were in the cutting it. Great Job and Remember a Good Day is knowing your in the truck on way home! Keep Cutting! and Love the Show!

I own Expeditionary Construction LLC,Portland,Oregon.If it was,nt for you people taking the trees out of the woods I could,nt work.I havent missed a episode.I have a connection to the woods thru Pape Brothers working on hydraulics so you can work.Keep up the good work.971-221-6342 ccb#170726

The show kept me glued to the tube. I was watching and couldn't wait for the next episode later in the evening tonight. Here in Minnesota I have seen logging operations up north where I grew up but nothing of course the likes of the terrain you have to deal with out there.

Great website as well. Keep up the good work and stay safe in your daily endeavors! Thanks for giving me a better idea of the hard work you go through.

Super show. I hauled logs to F.H.Stoltze amd Wickes Lumber in the late 70's and early 80's. It's good to see a positive spin on the lumber industry and loggers in general. You guys do an impressive job. I wouldn't miss it.

Brunswick,Maine
It is a great show, all you boys make that job look easy.

Love the show. Makes me realize how much goes into logging and how much I don't think I could ever be that tough! Keep up the good work.

Gustafson Crew,
This whole thing is so cool to see all of our local people working so hard in our NW wooded areas...(In my living room)! My regards especially go out to Darrel and Jodie and your family! My kids are especially interested to watch about Astoria and all of the hard working people we grew up with. Stay safe. Regards, Joanie

For Jeremiah,
Stick with it,stay strong ...and be care full carefully as you can dodge death ...please every day..k?

Awesome website! I'm a 3rd generation logger (rigging slinger) from Yamhill. My family, the Paynes, Kings, and Sewards have made their living logging here. It is great to see loggers finally receiving recognition for the difficult and dangerous work they do. I love the show, good luck, and be safe. Remember rigging crew, "Stay low and don't bunch up!"

Hi im Peggy Kearl I work for Boise Cascade been there 30 yrs .Totally enjoy the axmen shows shows me a lil bout the other side of what i see as the debarker operator. Love em have fun and be safe.

Hey, My name is Ben and Im 17, I live in upstate New York. It has always been a dream of mine to move to Oregon and become a logger. I really enjoy the show and it looks like alot of hardwork out there but looks like an awsome job. I love going out to my woods and cutting trees and cutting and splitting them to sell firewood. Keep up the good work and stay safe out there.

-Ben

Just wanted to drop by and say that I enjoy watching your team on the show. What a great way to show the public the dangers and rewards of logging. Be safe and take care of yourselves.

For Darrel,


Darrel,
Enjoy seeing you on the Axmen...you were my neighbor in Canyon City...I'm wondering if these Gustafson's have roots in Willamina...I remember seeing the trucks growing up!
Hello to Jodie and your family...
I look forward to every episode...We can only hope that anyone who has never been in a logging community can appreciate the value and stewardship of the Oregon logging industry. You guys put your lives or "limbs" on the line everyday...coming from the Breeden Logging family helps me appreciate all that you do! Awesome show! Everyone....Good Luck and be safe!

Great show & website! My family logged those areas for years! We still have a ranch with timber off Gronnel Road in Elsie Oregon! Grampa Brown, Hugo and Henry Gronnel spent entire lives in those woods!
Keep up the good pr. Loggers have needed this exspose" for years!

Lynn Gronnel-McGrath

Boise Idaho 83709

lord watch out for these men. may all 4 crews make it home to there familys unharmed. me and my 2 sons love the show. from up state ny.

hey, love the show..i am a loggers wife and have been for 10 years..i love going out to the job site myself..keep up the great shows you have a hit with us!!!!
tina

love the show its about time they put something on tv for loggers.i come from a logging family done about everything in the buisness.i talk about doing something else you know how it is just talk.keep up the good work dan

I LOVE,LOVE,LOVE the show! Be safe...

Hooked on the show, stay safe out there....Cope....

logging is alot different out there than here in ohio those hillsides look alot more dangerous good luck

Just wanted to say that I love the show. It really makes me appreciate all the hard work you all do. Stay safe and please watch out for the focused cameramen who aren't paying attention and know no better! God Bless.

Fun to watch, makes me apprciate how hard it is to be a logger. I will never bitch about the cost of a 2 x 4 again.
Hope all you do well and stay safe!
Joe

You need to put another picture of Mike up on the Site. I can't see that good looking mug of his. I'll be pulling for you guys at Gustafson.

I grew up in a logging/woodworking family; grandfathers, uncles and Dad (retired from Willamette Industries, Dallas) all spent many years working the woods in the Valsetz/Bald Mountain area.
I live on the east coast now and my beltway wife was mesmerized by the show and wondered how many of the Axmen I knew!
Looking at the pictures bring back really good memories, I miss the smell of fresh cut Doug fir, chainsaw gas and the machines. I told my brother it reminds me of simpler better times and honest hard working people!
Thanks for the trip down memory lane! I will be ordering a cap soon.

We're very impressed with your site! Kudos & congratulations to all of you!! & I know Duane would be very excited (in his own funny way!) Nice blogs too! Happy to watch you all as part of this local happening! See ya. John & Sue

What can I say different that the others before me have already stated, but dido. You are all awesome. One classy and good looking group of guys. Stay safe. One very proud sister-in-law up here in Seattle. Love, Denise :)

Jennifer (Wrye) has been hyping this for months at work in Puyallup! ( Good Samaritan)-- can't wait to watch it tonight and all the episodes! Didn't think I'd ever be this close to knowing real STARS--!!!
The previews are so amazing-- can't imagine what the actual episodes will be like. Even your web site here is world class!

Boy Jonah is going to have a great time watching this and squealing with delight when he sees his Grandpa and uncles and ?? other relatives?

Jen, did you get to go to the "premier" last night in Astoria? I guess I'll get the inside scoop on Tuesday when I see you at the nursing home.

Congratulations to all of you and enjoy every minute---you deserve it! Stay safe!

Sandy and Jennifer's co-workers at Older Adult Services

A very nice presentation of your company and the work process.
I have produced several thousand cords of firewood in the last 23 years and could just relate to much of what was shown on the show. I am trying to get involved in a different line of work....designing..receiving U.S. Patents...building and selling locks for trailers of all types. I still do firewood until sales of locks for trailers takes over. My website is www.trailerlocksonline.com . Just wanted to let you know the show was GREAT. Ken

Enjoyed the ride to Portland with you guys (Clay and Mark). Your SAE brothers really appreciated your presentation and I know you'll have the majority of them watching you on Sunday night. The few that won't have a good excuse, they'll will be asleep. Phi Alpha. Tim

I am so happy for the whole gang, they couldn't have picked a better group of guys to catch in all the action! Cant wait to see the turn out. The website is absolutely great, good job guys!

Gustafson cousins, I am so proud that now the rest of the country will know about our hardworking logging hero relatives. You did an amazing job of making the TV people's job easy. Greg, the design of the website is strong and the functionality is refreshing. Polk Riley Printing, your logo images are always precise and perfect. Congratulations to everyone including the wives and daughters behind the scenes. Good luck with the store sales. Waiting with much anticipation, Linda

I just hope you don't forget the small people who made you go. Where would you be if the gas man wasn't there for you? What a honer for a great family and business. Looking forward to the show. Tim killion

We are happy to be related to such handsome and famous people!! When do we get to buy shirts?

Great site! I am using your business as a topic in my Geo final paper due here at OSU. Looking forward to the show :)

PS. Mark I made up a fake interview between us.

We love the site and can't wait for the show! We have added it to the Tivo list already :-) We hope to see you soon, we miss you all (especially the kids!)

Big D would be proud to leave the awesome legacy that is Gustafson Logging Co. I am excited for the education of the public what logging has been and is in the Great North West. Great job to the employees for their hard work and dedication! You are making history!! We love you Papa Clay! Mike, Erica, Clay & Carly.

Big "HI" to all our support out there! I'm one of the kids of Gustafson Logging and I'm thrilled to have our family represent an important part of our heritage! I've got a feeling that the up-coming show will be a huge success and I can't wait to help out where ever possible. I know Big D would be proud.
Love you all,
Carah

I recieved the link to your website and it is really great to get to see some pics from back home. It looks like Jay needs to get out of his machine a little more often though. I think he is the cleanest on the site. I look forward to watching the show from Iraq (hopefully). If not I will have it on DVD.

Thanks
Loren Phelan

Put me on the list for a couple hats before the price goes thru the roof.
Great website, really enjoyed the photos, kudos to whoever did all the work.
Sunday nights at ten we'll be glued to the screen, probably have to but a new TV for the best picture possible.
Don't let the boys start signing girls underware, that's just not loggerlike, leave that for the deadlist catch guys.

Hi Clay - great web site - we are looking forward to the History channel program. Nice to know someone famous!
Jacquetta & Travis

Great looking web site, guys. I am impressed. I'd love to tune into the show, but I don't get the History channel on our cable subscription. I guess the DVD set is going on my Christmas list next year. ;-)

Good Luck to all of you---How exciting----my father Haakon Johansen and two of his brothers Art and Knute-logged for years with Howard Johnson's logging company out of Astoria---my father was a choke setter back in the very late 40's through 1960 went he passed away at a young age---my mother took my sisters and myself to SAFE logging sites fom time to time to picnic with our dad-----very fond memories-----I wish you all the best. If you remember the Johansen brothers or Howards company I would appreciate knowing that----Sincerely, Jacque

Hi Mark:
Good looking website. Look forward to seeing you on the tube.
Craig

A friend sent us a link to the Ax Men show and that led us to your website. Your wesite is great and we are excited for your continued success.

All the best,

Diana and Debra

What can I say! What a wonderful family,and a wonderful company! I would work for your family in a heart beat!! Ive always heard of you for a number of years now. I will be living back in Newberg with my wife,hopefully by the end of this year! You can reach us at (email hidden by webmaster for privacy). I wanted to buy some of your hats but it looks like the site is still under construction. If you would,please email me a pic of the hats and what other things your selling!! God bless you and your entire family and company employees!!

Sincerely Ed and Rhonda Sessions III

The site looks wonderful. Miss everyone hope all is well. Can't wait for a chance to do a second season.

Take Care,

Jeremy

The new web site looks great, looking forward to the show.

Melissa and Adam