We can also help you sell timber in the adjacent counties of Knox County, Licking County, Marion County Morrow County. and Union County.
Africa
Alum Creek
Ashley
Bellepoint
Berkshire
Carpenter’s Mill
Center Village
Cheshire
Coles Mills
Condit
Cones Mills
East Liberty
Edinburgh
Galena
Harlem
Hyatts
Kilbourne
Kingston Center
Leonardsburg
Lewis Center
Norton
Olive Green
Orange
Ostrander
Powell
Radnor
Rome
Shawnee Hills
Stratford
Sunbury
Vans Valley
White Sulphur
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.
The final main factors are species and quality. Hardwood 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.
Mature black walnut and white oak trees have the most valuable logs of all, and they’re the ones that unethical loggers will often under-bid or try to trick you into selling before they’re fully mature.
Ash
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.
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.
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 Delaware County all the time.
No matter who they are, or how good you think their business reputation, is you should never let a logger onto your land without first talking to an experienced independent forester like us.
October 12, 2026
An investor in Chagrin Falls asked us for help selling timber from his 30-acre parcel in Geauga County.
October 7, 2026 | Timber sale assistance
A landowner near Avella, PA with 14 acres of timber in Washington County PA asked us to help him sell it before the end of the year
October 6, 2026 | Timber price evaluation
A man with a stand of 50 black walnut trees in Washington County PA asked us to get him a better offer than a local Amish logger made for them.
October 3, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A landowner in Jessamine County KY asked us for help in selling timber from his 70-acre stand
October 1, 2026 | Timber evaluation
A man with 100 acres of timber in Boyle County Kentucky near Parksville asked us to evaluate his stand for a possible sale next year
September 30, 2026 | Timber sale advice
A landowner with 292-acres of timber in Lewis County Kentucky asked us to evaluate a harvest plan that a sawmill offered him.
