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Justin Truax's logging-world tour takes Santenello from replanted clear-cuts to a machine cab and Aberdeen's shuttered mills.
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Inside America's Forgotten Timber Country
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- 2:25Shelby describes moving from Maryland and discovering the modern logging industry through life and work in Washington.
- 10:49Justin explains timber rotation and replanting while walking through a clear-cut.
- 26:30CB radio helps Justin coordinate with loaded trucks on active logging roads.
- 32:24Santenello joins Bowden in the shovel logger's cab as he sorts logs and loads a trailer.
- 41:15Notches in an old cedar stump show where earlier loggers inserted springboards to stand above the ground.
- 52:33The defunct Cosmo specialty fiber mill becomes a stopping point for Justin's account of industrial decline.
Shelby Truax once thought lumberjacks belonged to the past. Her husband, Justin, has a rather different perspective: he's a second-generation logger, and he takes Peter Santenello straight into the work that still shapes Washington's Grays Harbor County.
Santenello posted nothing new this week, but "Inside America's Forgotten Timber Country" is approaching a million views and carries the most daily momentum among his videos. It turns the Olympic Peninsula journey we covered earlier into something more hands-on: logging roads negotiated by CB radio, enormous machinery and a seat beside a young operator sorting timber.
That operator, Bowden, supplies a neat description of his workplace: "Yeah, this is like Tonka toys, but as an adult." Elsewhere, Justin points out springboard notches in a huge old cedar stump, traces the industry's prosperity through Montesano's buildings and shows Santenello a defunct fiber mill. The film includes a sponsored segment about personal-data removal.
The broader Washington itinerary remains active, too. "Road Tripping to the Edge of America" and "Seattle - What's It Really Like Now?" follow the timber film in current daily views, keeping both rural communities and city neighborhoods in the mix.
The channel collected roughly 1.7 million views over the week, with its subscriber count unchanged. Its daily viewing is now well below its usual pace. Among nearby travel channels, Kurt Caz and Abroad in Japan are enjoying sharply elevated daily viewing, while Kara and Nate are closer to their normal rhythm.
For Santenello, the most revealing contrast is within the timber trip itself: Shelby's surprise that logging remained a living occupation, followed by the people and machines showing exactly how it works.
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Justin uses CB radio while driving Santenello onto active logging roads.