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Danger is a full-time job for these brave men who put everything on the line each and every day to retrieve the Pacific Northwest timber with which we build our country. Snapped cables, runaway logs

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Ax Men Season 1 Episode 7 - The Close Call
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    #1 - The Close Call

    S1:E7

    The season is halfway through, and the gap between winners and losers is widening. Stump Branch tests a new but more dangerous logging strategy... and it poses great danger to the men in the rigging. The Pihl men play while the bosses are away. Browning Logging is a team divided. Jesse struggles to prove himself to his father... but faulty equipment isn't helping matters. A mistake on the Gustafson crew may end one man's career.

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  2. Ax Men Season 1 Episode 8 - Loggers Under Fire
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    #2 - Loggers Under Fire

    S1:E8

    In the wake of the plummeting logging market, the Ax Men are barely surviving. The Gustafson bosses have a close call while taking over for their laid-off crew. An old hook tender returns to the Browning team, stopping Jesse's ascension to company management. Pihl loses a crucial member of the team as it struggles to finish Pig Farm. At Stump Branch, the young guns take matters into their own hands when Melvin has to leave the site.

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  3. Ax Men Season 1 Episode 9 - A Logger's Thanksgiving
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    #3 - A Logger's Thanksgiving

    S1:E9

    Thanksgiving arrives; winter weather strikes and the men of Pihl lose one man after another to illness. The younger crew members of Gustafson blow off steam while the bosses toil away. Jay is forced to ax some of the Browning gang staff. The season's first snow is a warning of things to come for the Stump Branch crew.

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  4. Ax Men Season 1 Episode 10 - Black Friday
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    #4 - Black Friday

    S1:E10

    Thanksgiving is over, but the return to work brings more trouble for the Ax Men. The Gustafson crew now faces a nearly impossible deadline after returning from a devastating two-week layoff. Pig Farm is close to its deadline, but half of the Pihl crew skips work, leaving greenhorn Cody to pick up the slack. Mistakes and inexperience at Stump Branch put profits and lives at risk. Jay Browning makes a troubling discovery about his next job.

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  5. Ax Men Season 1 Episode 12 - Picking Up the Pieces
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    #5 - Picking Up the Pieces

    S1:E12

    The loggers try to put the storm behind them, so they can get back to work; Darrell makes a discovery that startles the crew; Jay struggles to motivate his crew without phone service; the Pihl crew comes to the rescue of one of its own.

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  6. Ax Men Season 1 Episode 13 - The Final Haul
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    #6 - The Final Haul

    S1:E13

    The loggers toughest season begins to wind down; Jesse begins to wonder about the family business; rumors begin to spread, to the other crews, that the Gustafson crew is pulling out.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Ax Men Season 2 Episode 5 - The King Crumbles
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    #7 - The King Crumbles

    S2:E5

    A member of the Rygaard crew fights to save his job; Jimmy heads into minefield laced waters; the pilot from R&R gets trapped in fog.

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  8. Ax Men Season 2 Episode 6 - Lost in the Fog
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    #8 - Lost in the Fog

    S2:E6

    A helicopter is trapped when a fog rolls over a mountain; Jimmy's barge is threatened to be destroyed; and a crew of a downhill logging site faces challenges.

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  9. Ax Men Season 2 Episode 7 - One Weak Link
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    #9 - One Weak Link

    S2:E7

    Jimmy discovers a once-in-a-lifetime log, as the Pihl Logging team is challenged by formidable lumber. Also, the helicopter's team finds their weak link in their operation, the new pilot.

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  10. Ax Men Season 2 Episode 8 - The Ax Falls
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    #10 - The Ax Falls

    S2:E8

    The bosses weigh through some tough decisions concerning the new guys, and one greeenhorn will be released.

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  11. Ax Men Season 3 Episode 6 - Showdown
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    #11 - Showdown

    S3:E6

    Tempers erupt, especially among the Pihl loggers; Jay Browning suffers shock from an allergy; and a Rygaard greenhorn is let go.

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  12. Ax Men Season 3 Episode 8 - Assault by Air
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    #12 - Assault by Air

    S3:E8

    The loggers struggle to get back on track after losing a man. At Browning, a weak cable threatens to kill half the crew, while the only remaining greenhorn at Rygaard is in the line of fire during a log-alanche. Shelby's camera crew gets lost in the swamp overnight. In Florida, Jimmy and James set out alone and score the season's first big catch. And, Conner Aviation returns to face the most dangerous heli-logging job of their career.

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  13. Ax Men Season 3 Episode 9 - Crash and Burn
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    #13 - Crash and Burn

    S3:E9

    Shelby's desperate dash for cash is halted when he crashes in the swamp. A monster gator stalks the S&S boys, pushing Jimmy to his breaking point. At Rygaard, Gabe competes against his own team and at Browning, Jay recruits DJ and Cody for a dangerous environmental mission. At Conner, a giant load breaks the belly hook off the chopper, grounding the heli-loggers.

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  14. Ax Men Season 3 Episode 10 - Curse of Kalina
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    #14 - Curse of Kalina

    S3:E10

    Jimmy and James come face-to-face with the 12-foot gator that has stalked them for weeks. In the swamps of Louisiana, Shelby goes solo on a challenging mission. At Rygaard, greenhorn Dave disappears and at Browning, a string of setbacks makes Jay question if the Kalina job is cursed. The rookie pilots at Conner get the ride of their lives.

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  15. Ax Men Season 3 Episode 11 - End of the Line
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    #15 - End of the Line

    S3:E11

    Dave persuades Gabe to give him one last chance at Rygaard, but a careless error puts Craig on the verge of firing him; Jimmy's desperate decision to snatch a log already marked by the other Collins crew has Joe questioning his ethics; Swamp Man tries to pull a massive log from Lake Pontchartrain and stay ahead of both a fierce storm and a buyer's deadline; Josh and Kevin get their first practice at dropping cargo to the Conner ground crew; as Browning pulls in the last loads from its current job, Jay tells the crew that he has no new work lined up and must send them home.

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  16. Ax Men Season 3 Episode 12 - Eleventh Hour
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    #16 - Eleventh Hour

    S3:E12

    Craig storms off the Rygaard site and Dave fails to show up, leaving Gabe to manage a shorthanded crew alone; after Jimmy's log-poaching last week, James goes out on the Suwannee by himself to hunt timber with Collins' other crew; when Jesse secures a new job for Browning, Jay brings in every available crew member to put wood on the ground; as Swamp Man makes a second try for the huge log stuck in Lake Pontchartrain, Shelby's old hernia flares up and sends him to the hospital; Josh and Kevin each make an actual heli-logging run, after which Bart evaluates their performance and hires Josh to fly for Conner.

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  17. Ax Men Season 3 Episode 13 - King of the Mountain
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    #17 - King of the Mountain

    S3:E13

    It's an all-out fight to the finish for Browning and Rygaard, as Gabe mounts a last minute surprise comeback. Shelby vows revenge on the lake log, and at Conner, it's up to the junior pilot to save the season. In Florida, it's the end of the road for Jimmy, but Joe Collins makes James an offer he may not be able to refuse.

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  18. Ax Men Season 4 Episode 7 - Under Fire
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    #18 - Under Fire

    S4:E7

    Logging country is teetering on the edge. At Rygaard, Gabe lands on the wrong end of a volatile log pile. At Papac Alaska, Coatsy risks sending their million-dollar yarder over the edge of a steep cliff. Down south, Shelby Stanga dodges gunfire on the Louisiana bayou, and in Florida, James Smith walks out on his father.

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  19. Ax Men Season 4 Episode 8 - Overboard
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    #19 - Overboard

    S4:E8

    Ax Men is hitting the freezing waters of southeast Alaska when a new tug boat company enters the fold. Charged with towing Papac Alaska's million-dollar payday to the mill, this veteran crew is getting a new addition: former Pihl hothead Dustin Dethlefs. At Papac Alaska, Coatsy faces competition when a former rigger returns. At Pihl, the new greenhorn leaves a lot to be desired. In Florida, Jimmy Smith goes it alone, and at Rygaard, Craig goes over Gabe's head in an attempt to push chaser Dave Schroeder out.

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  20. Ax Men Season 4 Episode 9 - Lock & Load
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    #20 - Lock & Load

    S4:E9

    At Rygaard, Craig's secret weapon arrives with a bang... but the crew's welcome of the new guy is far from warm. In Florida, Collins and Smith go log-for-log as both teams take a run at the lead in the Log-Off. At Olson, a broken log raft requires quick thinking from greenhorn Dustin Dethlef. At Papac Alaska, Joe and Coatsy face-off in a log rolling competition, and in Pihl country, a dangerous thinning site and temperamental equipment are a deadly combination for the rigging crew below.

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  21. Ax Men Season 4 Episode 11 - Tipping Point
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    #21 - Tipping Point

    S4:E11

    Logging country is coming unglued. Rygaard is a war zone when the battle between chasers threatens to tear apart the entire crew. At Papac Alaska, Joe and Coatsy let the fists fly. In Florida, Jimmy suffers a season-ending injury. In the swamp, Shelby Stanga pushes his Log Dog past the tipping point... and for Pihl, the end is sooner than they think.

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  22. Ax Men Season 4 Episode 12 - King of the Hill
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    #22 - King of the Hill

    S4:E12

    In this episode of Ax Men, it's out with the old, in with the new. King of the Mountain J.M. Browning returns with son Jesse leading the charge. At Rygaard and Pihl, both companies face season-ending crises. In Florida, James hires a new deckhand but takes a serious blow to the head...and in Cajun country, Shelby's got a new toy.

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  23. Ax Men Season 4 Episode 13 - Fraying at the Edges
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    #23 - Fraying at the Edges

    S4:E13

    While the competition between American loggers is more heated than ever... up north, there's a new game in town. Canadian top dogs Lemare Lake Logging are facing one of the toughest jobs of their career--a remote patch of land accessible only by boat. But when a major piece of equipment goes down, it threatens to end their season before it ever gets going. Down south, Browning's punishing pace comes at a price. In Alaska, rivals Joe and Coatsy settle their differences with an old school ax-chopping competition. In Florida, Joe Collins conjures up the spirits of the Suwannee, and in the backwaters of the bayou, Shelby's putting his swamp buggy to work.

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  24. Ax Men Season 4 Episode 14 - This Means War
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    #24 - This Means War

    S4:E14

    From coast to coast, logging companies are willing to do anything to stay on top. At Browning, the crew gambles on a slipping skyline. In the bayou, Shelby puts his swamp buggy to the test pulling one of the biggest logs of the season. At Rygaard, Craig mounts an assault to get rid of Dave. In Florida, Joe Collins takes the plunge into the black waters of the Suwannee while S&S tries to regroup with the help of local deckhand Casey Roberson. And in Canada, Lemare receives devastating news that could end their season before it ever gets going.

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  25. Ax Men Season 4 Episode 15 - The Mouth from the South
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    #25 - The Mouth from the South

    S4:E15

    There's a new crop of loggers in Ax Men country... but fitting in with the old guard ain't easy. In Louisiana, a beauty queen quickly pushes all of Shelby's buttons at once. At Lemare, Steve and the greenhorn butt heads that ends with one of them quitting. In Florida, S&S's newest deckhand gets more Jimmy Smith than he can handle. At Papac Alaska, Joe and Coatsy get a chance to bury the hatchet... but at Rygaard, the bad blood between Craig and Dave is worse than ever and is on the verge of tearing the crew apart.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Close Call" is the worst rated episode of "Ax Men". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/20/2008. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Loggers Under Fire".