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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 Lodi 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.
June 24, 2026 | Timber stand evaluation
A man asked us to evaluate a dozen large black walnut trees growing in his 5-acre timber stand near Saint Clairsville, Ohio
June 20, 2026 | Timber sale administration
A woman asked us to select and sell hardwood trees from her 17-acre timber stand in Lawrence County Ohio
June 18, 2026 | Timber sale administration
A business in Navarre asked us to sell all the hardwood trees in an 11-acre timber stand in Stark County
June 14, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A farmer in Galion asked to consult with him on the sale of 14 acres of timber in Crawford County Ohio
June 13, 2026 | Timber stand evaluation
A woman in Lakewood, Ohio asked us to evaluate timber on a 67-acre timber stand her family owns in Stark County
June 12, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A woman asked us to consult with her on an offer a logger has made for her 10-acre timber stand in Delaware County
