Remote Logging Camps | Helicopters & Log Barges | Building

[@dannyauger7223]

Ol buck'n'billyray would be in his glory checking them old saws out in bet. Great vid bud. Can't wait for the next one

[@simonbrown4314]

He ain’t the only one! I would feel like I’m in heaven there. I bet it smells great

[@cherokeebilly69_jeepnwv11]

Thanks for sharing that’s something that I wouldn’t never get to see. Beautiful country up there.

[@ronaldbrown7780]

Was a WWII Milatary Base . So Cool 😎

[@44musher]

Thanks for the tour, lots of logistics involved, all have a vital role in this operation.

[@MikeBabsBC]

This was cool, thank you so much for showing everywhere around the camp! always wondered what those float camps look like on the inside. 👍

[@longlowdog]

What a fantastic insight into how you live when you are away from home. It answers many questions that occur to many of us who work within comfortable daily travelling distances of our home. Many thanks, stay safe and kindest regards from Scotland.

[@LK-pc4sq]

yes these areas are really remote!!!

[@virginiarose777]

My son really enjoyed watching this. Thanks for keeping it clean.

[@derrickpettit3489]

Excellent video bjarn, really cool, that's a big operation, alot of money at that camp, man that barge is impressive, sweet looking heli too, man that's really impressive, thanks for sharing 🌲💪

[@AA-sk2yi]

WOW ,how other people work. Amazing stuff . Most impressive. Just another day for you i suppose. Thanks for showing.👍👍

[@bob_frazier]

Ah, a life few of us have ever had a peak into. Thanks, Bjarne. Have a safe rotation.

[@danrussell785]

Fun times flying in a Turbo Otter. The Hercules Barge I believe was owned by Seaspan, I don't recognize the W logo. VIH Kamov still swinging wood. Nice to see these things again, thanks Bjarne.

[@camshaftP16]

the W is for Washington cranes, the Hercules use to be Rivtow when built towed by tug Capt Bob. all bought out to Seaspan.

[@wizewoods9130]

Got way more than expected when I clicked on this video, really great stuff, thanks for the tour!

[@GuiltyofTreeson]

This is incredible!

[@travisscheberl7452]

Whats good jacob?!?!? Love your videos bro!

[@michaelmcintyre4059]

Thank you for showing yourself "going to work". I spent a season in a "log camp"in the Sequoia National Forest", in 1970. It was easy to get to compared to your commute. It was at 10,000', so a little different. Great video's, Michael

[@idahosagebrush5662]

I love work...I can watch it for hours! Floating man camps reminded me of the camps we lived in over in Iraq as civilian contractors, only there, they were locked together and looked like shipping containers on the outside and rooms were for 2 men. Some were two stories with stairs on the outside at Anaconda, a huge logistics base north of Baghdad. Not many chainsaws around, though...but lots of date trees...

[@chrisreynolds2410]

What was the pay like? I ask cus I see to hear about that type of stuff and heard it was big $ but didn’t know if there was any truth to it.

[@coryyates2666]

@@chrisreynolds2410 Back in the early GWOT the money was good, nowadays you get the equivalent of a SSG's combat pay. ($3500-4000/mo)

[@chrisreynolds2410]

That’s not that good bud, I make that in 1 day. $2,500-$3,500 in usually 6 hours. Before folks jump in and tell me I’m full of shit….save it…the restraints you have mentally put on your own earning potential has nothing to do with my earning potential. I know guys that make more than that too this is just where I’m at. That’s fucked up a military person risks there life for that $ or even I a fireman I’m sure they don’t make bank but are fucking heroes.

[@Doc-lz4yl]

Coal Harbour!! My dad lived there from 1976 to 2001 up the hill from that hangar, loads of memories. The rest of the video was great also, cheers for sharing.

[@jacksontaylor34]

Best video I've seen anywhere in a long time. Fascinating how the camp works. Thanks Bjarne

[@joergwiesmann4261]

Thank YOU very much for this very nice Video !!! Kinde regards from Switzerland !!!

[@als1023]

Nice to see the Cannon bars, the only bars I ever used, good German steel. Camp life ,,

[@marcduclos9789]

Wow. It is so cool to see the scope of humanity in process. Thanks for sharing.

[@Theriverman1000]

I remember that log barge was loading logs in Menzies Bay in early 2000 - 2004. They sunk a boom boat. Had to get divers in to find it so they could recover it. Interesting watching them work while loading.

[@raykaufman7156]

Great video Bjarne. I can only imagine what the blade control linkage looks like on those coaxial helicopter blades! 🤯

[@BjarneButler]

Ya those choppers are flying all day everyday. Stopping for fuel and scheduled daily maintenance, usually around lunch time

[@robblaauboer5862]

Thank you for all your fantastic uploads , nice to see the working area ……amazing ! Greetings from Holland.

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

Much appreciated!! It's really fun to go along with you on work adventures, thanks for sharing :)

[@Erated78]

Now that was awesome - great behind the scenes look at a loggers gig. Really enjoyed this video, thanks brother, cheers

[@LtdES7638]

Very good content, loved the museum, the lodging is pretty interesting,Got to see a bunch of stuff a regular guy would never see. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe out there.

[@TubbyTubberson]

Such an amazing site to see those kinds of barges dump the logs off. I've never seen them load it so this is awesome to see as well. Really wish I could have got into this line of work.

[@Jlinwoodjackson]

Whoah!!!! That “chainsaw museum” was amazing !!!!!! Never seen anything like before

[@dlw1659]

Awesome to see what my new career will be like

[@1patw]

Thanks so much for a very interesting video….you answered so many of our questions! 👍🏻😳😁

[@advancednutritioninc908]

Great Video! Thanks for the quick look at that old saw and equipment museum, and the barge and float camps!!! Subbed!!

[@BjarneButler]

Welcome. Thanks for the sub

[@woodcutter4481]

Great job on the video. Cool to see museum, camp, surroundings and all the other equipment. Chopper and barge at the end was the best. Thank's.

[@patrickd2013]

Excellent footage, Bjarne! Appreciate the window into your world!

[@johnhamilton4072]

Wow..nice thurale video ,quite the operation going on there..thanks for sharing, never seen such an operation..very cool.

[@als4817]

I was in Coal harbour in '72, got a job buckin' the timber at the mine site, into 6' lengths so it would go through the shovel doors. Sure looks different today, was an old whaling station then, a few people lived there, out of the way place from Port Hardy.

[@mackie_p]

Sooo cool to see the behind the scenes! Love the old museum! Keep up the hard work 🤙🏼

[@KTMGREG55]

I have a ‘31 pickup just like that 🥰😎🤙. Awesome video

[@goldshieldenterprises692]

Buckin Billy Ray would love that museum!!

[@lawnmanmartinfan7909]

If you get the chance to take another run around the museum that would be much appreciated. I love seeing old antique motors and chainsaws and stuff like that.

[@BjarneButler]

I did another video on the museum about a year ago

[@lawnmanmartinfan7909]

@@BjarneButler ive watched probably 99.9% of your videos for the last 4 yrs. I didn't find anything with museum in it.

[@eriknelson6529]

Incredible video Bjarne 👍 can't wait to see some cutting too!! Who knows maybe you'll find a bonus nugget in your pan !! Be good and stay safe.

[@rustysteel8714]

Thanks for the tour, Bjarne. It's something we KZbin fellers never see. What a massive industry...and physically exhausting and DANGEROUS work! 🤯 I hope the grub in good! 😉 You should get HAZARD PAY...just for getting to CAMP!

[@BjarneButler]

Extra hazard pay would be nice haha

[@keithfarmer4854]

Excellent footage!!!! If I didn’t need it to hold my saw, I’d give my right arm to be there cuttin with ya! What a dream that would be!

[@joetaki750]

Man this is wicked ! Dream living right here mate

[@AaronTheViking250]

Hey buddy, I hope you are doing well and staying safe out there. Also, have yourself a great shift out there

[@valtertrader1167]

Thanks for video. Kamov great piece of machine

[@jasonthomas7414]

That museum was awesome!

[@GoldVP...]

Heli logged Devastation Bay in 96, lived on a ship, logs landed on ice breaker, and coulson was the flyer

[@terrystotzheim9719]

Wow, that is really cool! Thanks for sharing this with us! Stay safe!

[@jamesbay4807]

Hey I fly with scare cab all the time! West coast road builder here! Thanks for the videos

[@BjarneButler]

Haha ya scarecab. Let me know if you need fallers. I’m always looking for more contract work.

[@captlan3756]

It's just a different way to go to work lol. I miss it. Plane-plane-heli-boat-tug. Then move camps lol. Great footage bro

[@eddyarundale1566]

Amazing video, great to see different aspects of the business, thanks for sharing 👍

[@vagabondslot-machine8832]

Reminds me when I worked offshore in the north sea, but without the chainsaws and logs. Similar kinda feel

[@travisdadson4448]

Ever cool bud I’ve never a residential climber for over 15 yrs now I would love to hop on a job site like that what a experience be safe bro thanks for the videos deadly

[@Jibbs_actual]

Man I want to get in the Kamov so bad!! Ive logged in 500's (support), Huey and the KMAX. Worked off a barge in rivers inlet back in 2013. Fun as hell back in those days!

[@BjarneButler]

You still fly?

[@Jibbs_actual]

@@BjarneButler Yes I do!

[@als4817]

We started flying the 500's back in 1981, great platform, ex Vietnam pilots. Much more stable than the long Ranger. I was logging, not flying.

[@JS-zb1vv]

Neat !! I don’t see how any money is made !! So much expensive equipment and it’s so remote!!

[@BjarneButler]

Old growth is worth a lot of money. And it’s all about efficiency and when prices go up the wood owners and mills make extra money while all the subcontractors still have to bid the same low prices yet when wood prices drop all the sun contractors are expected to lower their bids because times are “tough” for the multinational woodlot owners and mills 🙄

[@tbonemc2118]

I worked for many years at contracting in the mines in Australia and your logging camps seem like a scaled down version of what the mines use. With the mines though the accommodation is entirely separate from everything else except the dirt we took back to camp everyday. It's a pretty mind numbing existence but then again you're there to work. My standard kit always included a big box of books for when I wasn't just eating and sleeping in camp. I worked seven day weeks for months on end but then there was nothing else to do and getting it done meant getting out sooner. The biggest camp I stayed in held 3000 men which was a construction job for $b new mine. One of the quirks of the men doing this kind of work was that they were mainly all junkies for it so you'd see the same people from one job to the next on job sites sometimes thousands of miles apart. Thanks for the insight into your world.

[@BjarneButler]

Wow 300 man camp is huge. Ya bringing a book into camp is a good way to pass the time. I can’t go more then 3 weeks in camp

[@bradywatcherson498]

Great video Bjarne. One of the most interesting I've seen on KZbin. Appreciate it, take care.

[@jacksak]

Excellent, excellent video !! Something few people get to see or even know about.

[@justinweaver8787]

Sweet museum thank u 4 sharing

[@bushman2512]

A Ways enjoyed heli barges, good food, clean, and the Kamov’s were so cool to be,around. Coulsons had the best food.

[@mickmccard]

Log drop into the water was cool!

[@kennyirish5021]

That was really kool watching the process!! Hope you get or got a nice raise, They need share the love!!!

[@localcrew]

“This..... is my BOOMSTICK!” Sorry - somebody had to say it. I like chainsaws. Just subscribed!

[@geoffreygreen297]

Excellent video. You answered a lot of questions I had. Keep up the great work. Be safe and have fun.

[@peterperigrino1403]

Bjarn..that was a great video....especially at the end there looking rite into the counter rotating blades on that helicopter.....man that's something you really don't see any day......thanks so much......take care and be safe.............

[@TheGryxter]

Quite shocked at the end when the helicopter finally came into view! It's a Soviet made Kamov KA-32 coaxial. I didn't know any North American countries were utilizing these birds? If it works, take advantage of the tool.

[@BradFalck-mn3pc]

Those tough little egg beaters can almost match a chinook for lifting power!!!

[@nigeljones6747]

Great shot of the Kamnov

[@tealtazmanian966]

I've spent a night or two in one of those ROOMS. Surprisingly it's really not bad when you consider you're usually dead-dog tired at the end of a shift so Eat and laze-around for a few then SLEEEEEP. ONLY if the BED is decent...LOL. Mostly Northern Montana Logging and the last time was working in Texas Oil fields as a Mechanic. I'll bet the FOOD is pretty good too....Usually is in a good Man-Camps run by a good company. Hope you're all COMFY in there...LOL

[@tysonsmudfossiladventures3468]

Been there, Done that for Columbia and Erickson cutting timber for helicopter logging...

[@Ramboy2007]

Pretty brave standing that close to a vodka burner while it's landing. LoL Nice to see the camp and log boom side of your work.

[@frankpristov9745]

Thanks for the video Bjarne mate

[@themaxwellnator]

The dry room is giving me heavy hockey locker room packing a dip vibes

[@traindaily2793]

good to know how things work, great video

[@samueloshlag9943]

Seems like a fun job.

[@fredhinck9685]

Awesome video, watching from the prairies.

[@Northwoods208]

Our camps in SE Alaska are similar, yours are definitely a little fancier

[@margaretehohmann2352]

Excelent vídeo. Thank for sharing

[@yamaha226]

Logs must be worth alot to cover all that overhead. Be safe.

[@BjarneButler]

Yup

[@cowbdave99]

Cool video. Wouldn't ever have seen anything like this if you hadn't taken time to make it Good job.

[@carltonbreezy]

Somebody is going to show up for work in a monster truck to finally win the contest that's going on in the parking area.

[@jaysonstinson9458]

this is a really fun and interesting video, i loved it

[@GlobalistJuice]

That was great, interesting to watch!👍

[@johnfaulkner8766]

Cool to see barge loading

[@IRONHORSE427RACING]

Hey Buddy, Thanks for the very cool ride and video of everything else. You be safe out there. Can't hardly wait for the next one. You will have to tell us how you like that Cannon Bar. I just got a new 32" and 28" Shugi Hara's from Bailey's just today as a matter of fact. Anyhow be safe buddy.

[@BjarneButler]

Ya I haven’t used it much on this shift but I’ll give my opinion on it when I finally wears out. Sugihara bars are ok I tried them a few times

[@IRONHORSE427RACING]

@@BjarneButler Thanks, it looked like it's a little better bar than most wondering about the weight and tip wear but like you said you won't know that for a while. Good to hear from you, really enjoyed today's video. Wouldn't kill you to give a brother a shout out once in awhile....lol only kidding buddy today's video with the guy who got hurt reminds us everyday how dangerous our jobs are. Be safe my brother....be safe.

[@mylifeisdope916]

well now i know why i never get high score at tetris. those barge boys are too dang good

[@HuckThis1971]

Those De Havilland Beavers are my favorite aircraft! The turbo Beaver not so much. Nothing like the sound of that wasp radial!

[@als4817]

I grew up in them in Northern Ontario, was a dock boy for a fly in service for a summer. I would not trade a turbo for a piston, they are more modern than commercial cockpits these days. Viking in Victoria does conversions, love flying in them ! Don't have the thump of 12 cylinders , but the technology for flying in BC in the weather feels so much safer, having reverse doesn't hurt either. Thanks for posting !

[@HuckThis1971]

@@als4817 I like the Q400 for that reason too. When they land pitch the prop to slow down. You slip in the seat.

[@als4817]

@@HuckThis1971 On approah slowdowns are fun too ! Q400 can fly slow and low, great sight seeing aircraft, this hydraulic control gives the pilots so much room to manuever Thanks for posting !

[@greggb1416]

Re: your battery drain…, all these new vehicles have a bunch of electric devices on board, that “go to sleep” (so to speak) when you shut them off at the ignition. However they still draw a minute bit of current/charge, that over a couple of weeks of not being driven, will in deed kill the battery. There are disconnect devices that can be installed on the battery(s) that only require the turn of a knob to cut the battery(s) current off, as opposed to using a wrench on the cable/terminal. There are also solar powered trickle chargers that can be placed inside the cab dash, and plugged into the cigarette lighter, but I would be worried that you don’t get enough sunlight to maintain enough charging. I suspect anyone of those air frame & power folks can give you input as well. Is that a “turbo-prop” Beaver aircraft…? Did not know there was still these type of remote logging camps around. My dad drove a log truck for 30yrs in western Oregon. Great video insight into our work world, Thank you sir.

[@BjarneButler]

The disconnect switch for the battery is a good idea. This company does have a turbo-prop beaver.

[@greggb1416]

@@BjarneButler Well, I am green with envy that you get fly in one… hahaha… Love your videos…

[@als4817]

Turbo beavers are built by Viking Air in Victoria, on Vancouver Ilsand. State of the art, many have glass cockpits, HUD's etc.

[@warrenjohnknight.9831]

Absolutely amazing video mate, ☺.

[@bobsethbroc]

Wow awesome video. Thanks for sharing

[@KristoffRand]

that losing the wrench was classic... so glad its not just my life...

[@d8889]

Filming the Kamov Ka 32 helicopter at the end of the video is a real rarity!

[@welshwizard822]

Another great video Bjarne, stay safe. I see stihl bar oil there, what two stoke oil do they use, im curious 👍

[@BCVS777]

Enjoyed that very much, seeing other aspects of the industry. Thanks!

[@chadaccettura1993]

Thanks man!

[@Firebirdking61]

I was hoping to see takeoff with all that weight. Nice flight.

[@guy.belleau4091]

I Love Logs In The Bay. I Love Loggers;

[@thejerseyj5479]

Very cool but it would have been great to see the takeoff of the seaplane in real time.

[@grim6041]

Great vid! 👍🏽

[@okgroomer1966]

If this operation is profitable with its hugh expenses loggers yarding wood should be rolling in cash. It's rather amazing how cheap lumber is when you see how it's brought to market. I'm guessing they make their bank on the old growth they still harvest.

[@HolzMichel]

now that barge is soooo much nicer than those rat traps i was in at silver bay....

[@TimberGrappler]

What an awesome job you have!!! love you brother, stay safe and cant wait to see those hammers slam on the next vid

[@yellowboy1866]

Hi, a great first vid, glad i stumbled by. Looks like a great work place, plenty of action. From a retired marine engineer in kiwiland. N Z. I had a problem in my Nissan diesel 4x4 a few years ago. Was a sealed electrical item in my alternator come fuel pump. About seven years ago. Had to get a whole new unit. 867 bucks worth. Good luck finding the problem. I constantly carried two new batteries and long extended jumper leads, until the problem was found.😕