Big Timber
Follows the dangerous work of logger and sawmill owner Kevin Wenstob as he and his crew go to extremes to keep the family sawmill, and their way of life, alive.
Faced with a desperate shortage of red cedar because his timber claim is still snowed in, Kevin takes to the high seas to salvage beached logs to serve his clients and pay a million dollar government penalty.
With his timber claim still snowed in, Kevin and crew push the limits of his small boat to try and salvage more logs on the Alberni Inlet; Sarah plans a surprise for Kevin's birthday.
As Kevin's log salvaging operation struggles, he pins his hopes on getting back up to his mountain timber claim; a long-time mill hand quits, leaving big shoes to fill.
Kevin kicks into high gear to haul as much red cedar from the mountain as he can. Sarah helps with a massive reforestation effort and gets Kevin to create a custom wooden table for a client.
With the mill still desperately short of red cedar, Kevin moves his log salvaging operation to Barkley Sound to chase bigger logs; Sarah hustles to keep her clients happy.
After Kevin almost loses his log salvaging bounty, he heads back up the mountainside to blast a huge boulder in his way, while the risk of forest fires threatens to shut him down.
Just as Kevin gets back to his timber claim, the risk of forest fires shuts them down before he can get started. Forced back to log salvaging, he discovers his boat might not be up to the task.
Kevin and his crew give it their all in a last ditch effort to salvage a million dollars' worth of logs, but neither he nor Sarah know if they'll reach their goal.
Kevin negotiates a deal with a new customer who drives a hard bargain while Erik struggles to fix the mill's broken log loader. Meanwhile, Sarah catches an interloper at the mill.
A sudden disaster threatens to shut down Kevin's timber claim and his sawmill.
Kevin faces a cavalcade of disasters when his logging operation is shut down, his main client threatens to walk and he argues with his right-hand man.
Kevin is forced to make a tough call to make up for lost time on his mountainside timber claim. Additionally, his barge Tetanus is slowly sinking.
Kevin and his wife Sarah take on a special order to find a special fir tree for a sailing school that's rebuilding a rare replica of a schooner.
Kevin finds himself in a battle of wits against an opposing crew that's trying to thwart his plans t expand his sawmill.
Thunder and lightning threaten logger Kevin Wenstob’s crew, as they shift into high gear on his high mountain timber claim.
Logger Kevin Wenstob gets terrible news as his crew struggles to bring the last of their 200 truckloads of logs off the mountain before winter shuts them down.
Spring is here, and with just weeks to finish logging before he has to give his timber claim back, Kevin invests money he doesn’t have on big plans to get the job done - but when everything starts to go wrong, he’s not sure he’ll make his deadline.
As the clock counts down on the end of Kevin’s timber claim, he’s pulling out all the stops and calling in favours from friends and family to get every last log off the mountain side before it’s too late.
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| Language | English |
| Release | 2020-10-08 |
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