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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.
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 Holmesville 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.
March 23, 2025 | Notice of standing timber sales
We have two new timber sales scheduled for the third week of April. We’ll report the results on our recent timber sales page here
March 14, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A landowner with 57 acres of standing timber in Vinton County asked us to help her evaluate it for sale.
March 14, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A landowner near Coolville asked us to help him sell timber from his 20-acre stand in Athens County
March 12, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A landowner near Warren asked us to evaluate an offer a logger made to buy his timber Trumbull County
March 11, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A land manager in Richland County asked us to evaluate his 170-acre timber stand in near Perrysville
March 9, 2026 | Timber stand evaluation
A landowner with timber in Medina County asked us to evaluate a possible sale of trees from a building site in Litchfield
