We can also help you get top dollar for your timber in nearby Coshocton County, Delaware County, Fairfield County, Knox County, Muskingum County and Perry County.
Alexandria
Amsterdam
Appleton
Beechwood Trails
Ben
Boston
Brownsville
Buckeye Lake
Chatham
Columbia Center
Etna
Fleatown
Fredonia
Granville South
Gratiot
Hanover
Harbor Hills
Hartford
Heath
Hebron
Homer
Jacksontown
Jersey
Johnstown
Kirkersville
Linnville
Lloyd Corners
Locust Grove
Luray
Marne
New Albany
New Way
Newark
Outville
Pataskala
Perryton
Rain Rock
Reynoldsburg
Toboso
Union Station
Utica
Wagram
Welsh Hills
Wilkins Run
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. 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.
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.
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 Licking County all the time.
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.
July 10, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A landowner near Harpersfield, with a low-ball offer from a logger, asked us to help him get a better price for his timber in Ashtabula County
July 8, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A landowner near the proposed Piketon data center site asked us for our help in selling 80 acres of timber in Pike County
July 7, 2026 | Timber evaluation
A woman near Bloomington asked us to evaluate a stand of walnut trees she owns in Jefferson County
July 1, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A landowner near patriot asked us to determine the viability of a sale from his 17-acre timber stand in Gallia County
June 30, 2026 | Timber sale administration
A landowner near New Matamoras, Ohio retained us to arrange a sale from his 140-acre timber stand in Washington County
June 29, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
An investor in with 30-acre timber stand in Vinton County asked us to determine its value in a possible sale
