We can also get you top dollar for your timber in Blount County, Grainger County, Jefferson County and Sevier County.
Asbury
Ball Camp
Bearden
Bluegrass
Bonny Kate
Byington
Carter
Cedar Bluff
Concord
Corryton
Dante
Ebenezer
Farragut
Forks of the River
Fountain City
Gibbs
Halls Crossroads
Hardin Valley
Heiskell
Karns
Kimberlin Heights
Knoxville
Mascot
Millertown
Powell
Riverdale
Skaggston
Solway
Strawberry Plains
Thorn Grove
Vestal
West Emory
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.
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 Knox County all the time.Â
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.
October 20, 2026
A man in Indiana owns 80 acres of timber in Rockcastle County KY and wants to sell some, but doesn’t know who he cant trust there, so he called us for help.
October 19, 2026
A man with 124 acres of timber in Ohio County Kentucky asked us to help him sell all the cedar trees on it.
October 16, 2026
A farmer in Grainger County Tennessee asked us to help him sell a 10-acre tract of pine trees near Rutledge.
October 15, 2026
A woman with a 30-acre timber stand in Harrison County KY asked us to help her sell some of it
October 14, 2026
A couple with 20 acres of standing timber in Greene County PA asked us to sell their timber for them.
October 13, 2026
A land investor with 2500 acres of timbered land in western Kentucky asked us to help administer the sale of timber rights.
