Bacon
Bakersville
Canal Lewisville
Hardscrabble
Layland
New Guilford
New Moscow
Newcastle
Tunnel Hill
Wakatomika
West Bedford
West Carlisle
The volume of timber in a stand is the primary factory in calculating the value of timber. Ten acres is typically the minimum size that will hold enough mature trees to generate attractive offers.
Accessibility is the next main factor. Loggers will typically bid higher for readily-accessible timber, because less labor and equipment are needed to harvest it. Â
The final main factors are species and quality. Mature trees of at least 16-inches in diameter at breast-height (DBH) are mature and merchantable, and most trees smaller than this should be left to grow until a future harvest. Â
Mature black walnut and white oak trees have the most valuable logs of all, and they’re the ones that unethical loggers will invariably under-bid or try to trick you into selling before they’re fully mature.
AshÂ
Beech
Birch
Black Oak
Cherry
Chestnut
Elm
Hickory
Locust
Maple
Poplar
Red Oak
Tulip
Walnut
White Oak
White Pine
Yellow Pine
Yellow Poplar
Timber buyers and loggers can seem friendly and knowledgeable, and some are very good at pretending to be so. But you shouldn’t let them lead you to believe that they’re your friend or ally in the timber business. Â
Loggers are not paid to get you top dollar for your timber. In fact, every single one of them is incentivized to grab your timber for the lowest possible price they can persuade you to accept. Â
They also have many ways to trick unwary landowners including: low-balling, high grading, false scaling, deceitful point of cut scams, under-reporting the harvest and more.
And yes, these things happen here in Coshocton all the time.Â
No matter who they are, or how good you think their business reputation is (and even if they drive a horse and buggy) you should never let a logger onto your land without first talking to an experienced independent forester like us.
August 15, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A farm owner with 24 acres of standing timber in Harrison County West Virginia asked us to help her sell some of it.
August 13, 2026 | Timber sale administration
A man with 22 wooded acres in Washington County PA was cheated by a local logger four years ago, and asked us to manage a sale and protect him this time.
August 12, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A landowner with 12 wooded acres in Beaver County PA asked us to advise him on it the prospect of selling some
August 11, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A man with 10 acres of timber in Greene County PA asked us to help him sell some of it.
August 10, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A woman with a small timber stand on a farm in Perry County Ohio asked us to evaluate it for her.
August 5, 2026 | Timber sale consultaiton
A landowner with a 53-acre wooded parcel in Belmont County asked us to help him arrange a sale and harvest.
