We can also get you top dollar for your timber in Adams County, Brown County, Fayette County, Pike County, Ross County and Scioto County
Allensburg
Belfast
Berrysville
Boston
Bridges
Buford
Carmel
Dodsonville
East Danville
Elmville
Fairfax
Folsom
Greenfield
Highland
Highland Holiday
Hillsboro
Hoagland
Hollowtown
Leesburg
Lynchburg
Marshall
Mowrystown
New Market
New Petersburg
Pricetown
Rainsboro
Rocky Fork Point
Samantha
Sardinia
Sinking Spring
Sugar Tree Ridge
Taylorsville
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 Highland County all the time.Â
No matter who they are, or how good you think their business reputation is (and even if they show up driving a horse and buggy) you should never let a logger onto your land without first talking to an experienced independent forester like us.
June 3, 2026 | Timber stand evaluation
A landowner with 78 acres of standing timber near Bergholz, Ohio asked us to consult with them on an upcoming timber sale in Jefferson County.
June 2, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A family with property on the Ohio River asked us to help them with a timber sale in Lawrence County.
June 1, 2026 | Timber stand evaluation
A farmer in Killbuck asked us to evaluate his 38-acre stand for a possible timber sale in Holmes County Ohio.
May 30, 2026 | Timber sale administration
A landowner with a 19-acre stand near Millfield, Ohio retained us to sell his timber in Athens County.
May 26, 2026 | Timber stand evaluation
A landowner near Windham us to evaluate his 37-acre stand for a potential timber sale in Portage County
May 21, 2026 | Timber stand evaluation
A farmer with 13 acres of timber near New Marshfield asked us to administrate a timber sale in Vinton County Ohio
