Big Timber
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Kevin Wenstob
Self
Coleman Willner
Self
Sarah Fleming
Self
Seasons
Season 1 (2020)
No overview available.
10 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Ain't No Mountain High Enough
2020-10-08Kevin 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.
Runtime: 40 minEpisode 2: Bridge Over Troubled Water
2020-10-15A sudden disaster threatens to shut down Kevin's timber claim and his sawmill.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 3: Don't Rock My Boat
2020-10-22Kevin 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.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 4: Should I Stay or Should I Go Now
2020-10-29Kevin 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.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 5: Sink or Swim
2020-11-05Kevin 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.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 6: Gonna Build a Mountain
2020-11-12Kevin finds himself in a battle of wits against an opposing crew that's trying to thwart his plans t expand his sawmill.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 7: Have You Ever Seen the Rain
2020-11-19Thunder and lightning threaten logger Kevin Wenstob’s crew, as they shift into high gear on his high mountain timber claim.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 8: Hazy Shade of Winter
2020-11-26Logger 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.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 9: Hot Fun in the Summertime
2020-12-03Spring 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.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 10: Best Laid Plans
2020-12-10As 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.
Runtime: 45 min
Season 2 (2021)
This season, Kevin has to move 25 kilometres away to a new claim, but discovers the path to the new location is blocked by late spring snow. With his wife Sarah, his sons Erik and Jack and his right-hand man Coleman, the life-long logger and sawmill operator struggles to overcome one obstacle after another, as the crew face a desperate shortage of the lucrative red ceder. With only 16 weeks to pull in enough logs to pay off a million dollar penalty the government slapped on him for leaving wood piled at his old timber claim, Kevin is also risking bankruptcy if he can’t deliver the timber. Making matters worse, it’s the hottest summer in history and Kevin is racing against the clock and Mother Nature before forest fires shut him down.
8 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Ready to Start
2021-10-14Faced 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.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 2: Mountain High
2021-10-21With 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.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 3: You Can't Always Get What You Want
2021-10-28As 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.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 4: Don't Stop Believing
2021-11-04Kevin 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.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 5: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
2021-11-18With 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.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 6: Under Pressure
2021-11-25After 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.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 7: The Gambler
2021-12-02Just 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.
Runtime: 45 minEpisode 8: Ain't No Stopping Us Now
2021-12-09Kevin 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.
Runtime: 45 minSeason 3 (2022)
No overview available.
8 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Taking Care of Business
2022-09-29Episode 2: Spinning Wheel
2022-10-06Episode 3: Gimme Shelter
2022-10-13Episode 4: Future Looks Good
2022-10-20Episode 5: Don't Let Him Go
2022-10-27Episode 6: Live to Win
2022-11-03Episode 7: The Only Way is Up
2022-11-10Episode 8: Perfect Day
2022-11-17Videos
Big Timber | Official Trailer | Netflix
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