We can also get you top dollar for your timber in nearby Ashland County, Coshocton County, Delaware County, Holmes County, Licking County, Morrow County, and Richland County.
Amity
Ankenytown
Apple Valley
Artanna
Bangs
Batemantown
Bladensburg
Brandon
Centerburg
Danville
Five Corners
Fredericktown
Gambier
Gann
Green Valley
Greer
Howard
Hunt
Jelloway
Knox
Lock
Lucerne
Martinsburg
Millwood
Monroe Mills
Morgan Center
Mt. Liberty
North Liberty
Palmyra
Pipesville
Rich Hill
Rossville
South Mt Vernon
Utica
Waterford
Zuck
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 Knox 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.
August 31, 2026 | Timber sale assistance
A landowner with a 20-acre timber stand in Knott County Kentucky asked us to help him evaluate an offer he received from a percentage logger.
August 29, 2026 | Timber sale consult
A man near Painesville asked us to evaluate his 10-acre timber stand in Lake County Ohio
August 27, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A farmer with a 10-timber stand in Unicoi Tennessee asked us to evaluate it for a potential sale
August 26, 2026 | Woodland evaluation
A family in Bellaire, Ohio asked us to consult on the potential for selling timber from their 21-acre stand in Belmont County.
August 24, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A couple with 14 acres of timber in Butler County PA asked us to help them sell some timber from their stand
August 24, 2026 | Timber sale assistance
A family who owns a 95-acre farm in Greene County Pennsylvania asked us to help them sell timber from it
