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The AX MEN

The AX MEN are set to return to our screens for a second series on the History channel on September 23rd at 9pm, featuring 12 one hour programmes scheduled for a regular Wednesday night slot.

The second series of this first ever non fictional account of the treacherous life of Pacific Northwest timber cutters, goes deeper into the forest, higher in the sky and even down into the sea as it follows two of the leading teams from last season along with three new companies, racing to fall the most timber during logging’s most dangerous season.

For more than a hundred years, larger than life characters, many of whom are members of logging families who go back to the time when the West was being settled – have spent their days among towering trees and powerful machines and their nights in outposts far from the comforts of civilization. AX MEN tells the remarkable story, detailing the history of the logging industry and how technology has transformed life for today’s logger, while the struggle of man versus nature stays the same.

The second series follows two of Oregon’s top logging companies from last year, J.M. Browning Logging of Astoria and Vernonia’s Pihl Logging. They will be joined by three newcomers who each bring something different to the table.

It’s a highly dangerous job and the brave men put everything on the line every day to retrieve the timber. Snapped cables, runaway logs and razor-sharp chainsaws are just some of the dangers that threaten their lives daily. Even with new technology that should make the job easier, it all boils down to the toughness and perseverance of the logging crews. Anything and everything can and does go wrong.

It all makes for a real edge of the seat viewing experience and a welcome return of the AX MEN to our tv screens.