Bolindale
Bristolville
Brookfield Center
Burghill
Center of the World
Champion Heights
Churchill
Cortland
Farmdale
Fowler
Girard
Hartford
Hilltop
Howland Center
Hubbard
Kinsman
Leavittsburg
Maplewood Park
Masury
McDonald
McKinley Heights
Mesopotamia
Mineral Ridge
Morgandale
Newton Falls
Niles
North Bloomfield
Orangeville
South Canal
Southington
Vienna Center
Warren
West Farmington
West Hill
Yankee Lake
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.
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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 Lordstown 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.
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
August 22, 2026 | Timber sale consult
A woman in Ohio who owns a 60-acre timber stand in Knott County Kentucky asked us to evaluate her timber
August 20, 2026 | Land clearing
A real-estate developer with 22 acres of trees in Lake County Ohio asked us to help him sell trees and clear the land
August 18, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A landowner with 10 acres of timber in Crawford County Pennsylvania asked us help him sell some of it
