''Big Timber'' is a

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business on

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, Canada. The first season was mostly filmed from September 2019 to January 2020 and first broadcast by the Canadian History channel on 8 October 2020. It has since been purchased and streamed worldwide via

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, who helped finance a second season due to its good reception on the streaming platform. The second season was filmed in 2021 and released again on History. The series was also released in its entirety on 18 July 2022 on Netflix. A third season was commissioned during the shooting of season 2, airing in September 2022. Wenstob equipment

Wenstob Timber Resources

The business at the centre of ''Big Timber'' is Wenstob Timber Resources, a limited company whose main site is a

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. The owner is Kevin Wenstob, who runs it as a family business with his wife, Sarah Fleming, and son Erik. The inventory of equipment includes a

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log loader A loader is a Heavy equipment (construction), heavy equipment machine used in construction to move or load materials such as soil, Rock (geology), rock, sand, demolition debris, etc. into or onto another type of machinery (such as a dump truck, ...

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yarder A yarder is piece of logging equipment that uses a system of cables to pull or fly logs from the stump to a collection point. It generally consists of an engine, drums, and spar, but has a range of configurations and variations, such as the swing ...

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Cast

* Kevin Wenstob – big boss * Sarah Fleming – mill boss * Erik Wenstob – head mechanic * Coleman Willner – Head Sawyer * "Firewood" John Brebber – logger * Tyler Lindsay – junior mechanic * Glen Fox – log buyer * Shanise - problem solver * Kevin G - yarder

Episodes

In this season, the focus is on clearing the timber from the company's claim on

Klitsa Mountain Klitsa Mountain is a prominent mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located west of Beaver Creek and southeast of Golden Hinde. It can be viewed from Highway 4 along Sproat Lake. It is the second highest mountain in the Albe ...

. There's a million-dollar penalty pending for failing to clear a claim in time, but regular logging is still snowed in and so the crew hunts valuable salvage logs by boat. The business is expanded by investments and projects including a new sawmill.

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Big Timber
– Season 1 at Netflix * 2020 Canadian television series debuts 2020s Canadian documentary television series Canadian English-language television shows History (Canadian TV network) original programming Television shows about agriculture Television shows set in British Columbia {{forestry-stub