Selling Timber in Tuscaloosa County, AL
Quick answer
There are 17 timber businesses listed for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama: 8 consulting foresters and 9 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 13 of them have offices in the county. The rest are registered to work here and travel in, and every listing shows how far its office is from the county seat.
Timber prices for Tuscaloosa County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Alabama's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Tuscaloosa County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them. Alabama publishes no free, maintained timber price series of its own, and Timber Mart-South's Alabama report is paid, so there is no Alabama-only figure to quote. The range above is not an Alabama number: it is the range a regional report gave for Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama together in Q4 2025, and only for pine sawtimber. Treat it as a rough regional marker, not as your county's price.
| Pine sawtimber | $17–$21 per ton |
Source: Southern Ag Today (from Timber Mart-South), Q4 2025. All Alabama timber prices
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A timber buyer's job is to buy your timber as cheaply as they can. A consulting forester works for you — they measure what's standing, tell you what it's worth, and run a competitive sale, usually for a percentage of the price. That makes their interests line up with yours. 7 of the 8 foresters covering Tuscaloosa County offer the full set — appraisal, cruise, and running the sale itself. How to decide whether you need one
Consulting Foresters in Tuscaloosa County (7)
These 7 foresters have offices right here in Tuscaloosa County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
Anderson Forest Products & Services, L.L.C/ appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Echola, in Tuscaloosa County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Consulting Forester, Timber Appraisal, Boundary Line Maintenance, Timber Buyers/Loggers and Timber Sales.
Foster Land Management, LLC appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Coaling, in Tuscaloosa County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Consulting Forester, Timber Appraisal, Timber Sales and Timber Stand Improvement.
James T. Green appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Tuscaloosa, in Tuscaloosa County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Consulting Forester, Timber Appraisal, Timber Sales and Timber Stand Improvement.
McKinley & Lanier Forest Resources, Inc. is a forestry consulting firm in Northport, Alabama. It has served landowners since 1975, and its staff are Registered Foresters who belong to the Association of Consulting Foresters of America. The firm works across central Alabama and eastern Mississippi and names Tuscaloosa County among the counties it serves. Its work includes timber sales, timber appraisals and timber cruises, forest management planning, reforestation, thinning and other forest maintenance, prescribed burning, boundary line maintenance, and wildlife habitat work. The species it names is pine plantation. The minimum acreage it states is 100 acres. A sale runs in steps. The firm marks the sale boundaries and collects GPS data, sets streamside management zones, and completes a timber cruise to set fair market value. It then sends a prospectus to more than 40 timber buyers, manages the bid opening, and prepares the contract. During harvest it inspects operations weekly, makes sure roads are repaired and BMPs are followed, closes out the sale, and can coordinate replanting. It suits pine plantation owners in central Alabama or eastern Mississippi who want a bid-based sale handled from marking through close-out, with replanting afterward if they want it. From mlforestresources.com, read 17 October 2026.
Southern Forestry Services, Inc. appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Tuscaloosa, in Tuscaloosa County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Consulting Forester, Herbicide Applicators (Air), Herbicide Applicators (Ground), Timber Appraisal, GIS/GPS Mapping, Site Prep (Chemical), Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Sales, Timber Stand Improvement, Tree Planting (Hand) and Tree Planting (Machine).
Sudduth Land and Timber appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Buhl, in Tuscaloosa County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Consulting Forester, Land Appraisal, Timber Appraisal, Timber Buyers/Loggers, Timber Sales and Timber Stand Improvement.
Tuscaloosa Forestry Service is a forestry consulting firm based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it also does logging. It works in Mississippi, east Mississippi, west Alabama and central Alabama, with Tuscaloosa at its base. The firm was formed in 1987 and has "over 33 years of forest management experience." Timber sales come in two forms. In a lump sum sale, the timber goes out to bid with timber buyers, and the landowner is paid for all the estimated timber on the tract when the timber deed passes to the buyer. You give up the ability to make changes during the sale, but you are paid up front. In a pay-as-cut sale, the landowner is paid as each unit is harvested, and the firm keeps control of the sale. The firm keeps contracts with local wood purchasing companies and logging crews. Species include loblolly pine, longleaf pine, hardwoods, and mast orchards such as fruit trees, chestnut and sawtooth oak. The rest of the work covers site preparation by chemical or mechanical means, herbicide application by air or ground, hand or machine tree planting, prescribed burning, timber stand improvement, pond and wildlife management, and insect and disease detection. It also does GIS and GPS mapping, estate planning and property management plans. Credentials include an Alabama Registered Forester License (#1217), a Professional Logger Manager certification in Alabama, and a real estate license. This suits a landowner in the area who wants one firm to appraise, sell and replant a tract. From tfs1.com, read 17 October 2026.
Consulting Foresters in Neighboring Counties (1)
Listed on the Alabama Forestry Commission service provider directory as working Tuscaloosa County, from an office elsewhere. Closest first.
Liberty Timber Co is a timber and land management business in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and the surrounding areas. It buys timber, logs it, and does forest and land work for landowners. The woods it works in are pine and hardwood. The services run from timber buying and pricing to logging, which covers pine thinning, hardwood harvesting, and pine plantation harvesting. It also does forest management, land management, timber cruising, and woods road building and maintenance. The business lists forestry consulting and independent logging among its trades. It holds Certified Professional Logging Manager credentials, PLM 66603950, and follows Alabama's Best Management Practices on every logging job. On the job, the company aims to respect the land "as if it is our own." That means leaving roads in better shape than it found them, not logging when the ground is too wet, and picking up its trash. Close-out work covers road cleanup, water bars, streams, and food plots once the cut is finished. It says it sends products to the mills they are meant for, to capture the highest value possible. Planning and communication with the landowner and forester come first. The company has 31 years behind it and aims to be honest and fair with landowners, whether the tract is large or small. This suits a landowner with pine or hardwood who wants one outfit to buy the timber, cut it, and clean up afterward. From libertytimberco.com, read 17 October 2026.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Tuscaloosa County (6)
These 6 are based in Tuscaloosa County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Allan Hixon Timber Co, Inc. appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Tuscaloosa, in Tuscaloosa County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Timber Buyers/Loggers.
Farley Forest Products appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Tuscaloosa, in Tuscaloosa County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Timber Appraisal, Timber Buyers/Loggers and Timber Stand Improvement.
Hargrove Timber Company Inc appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Northport, in Tuscaloosa County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Site Prep (Chemical), Timber Buyers/Loggers, Timber Sales and Tree Planting (Hand).
KYKENKEE Inc. appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Vance, in Tuscaloosa County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Timber Buyers/Loggers.
R. W. Land & Timber LLC appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Northport, in Tuscaloosa County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Timber Buyers/Loggers.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills Nearby (3)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Tuscaloosa County, working from a nearby town.
R W Logging Inc is a logging contractor in Northport, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Sexton Logging Co Inc is a logging contractor in Northport, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Smith Sawmill Service is a mill in Buhl, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Land clearing and small-lot services (1)
Herndon Excavating and Land Clearing is a land clearing, excavation and site prep business in Moundville, Alabama. It works across West Alabama and names Tuscaloosa, Northport, Moundville, Cottondale, Vance, Coker and Buhl among the places it serves. Tuscaloosa County is its listed county. The work covers brush removal, forestry mulching, tree removal, root removal and grubbing, grading and back filling. It also does fire breaks, shooting and hunting lanes, fence and survey lines, pasture reclamation and storm damage clean up. Its services also take in portable sawmill work, timber stand improvement, prescribed burning, wildlife and pond management and beaver control. The business is fully licensed and insured and family owned and operated. It gives free estimates for residential and commercial jobs, and one of its own lines is "No job too large or too small." It suits a West Alabama landowner who needs overgrown ground cleared or brush and small trees cut back, and who might also want milling done. From herndonlandclearing.com, read 17 October 2026.
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Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Tuscaloosa County?
17 businesses are listed for Tuscaloosa County: 8 consulting foresters and 9 buyers, loggers and mills. 13 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Tuscaloosa County?
Nobody can tell you what your timber is worth without walking it. Value depends on the species, the size and grade of the trees, how thickly they stand, the ground conditions and how easily a logger can reach them. Anyone who quotes you a figure without seeing the land is guessing, and a guess in that direction is rarely in your favour.
What stumpage value means →Do I need a forestry consultant to sell timber in Tuscaloosa County?
You do not have to use one. A consulting forester works for you rather than the buyer, marks the timber, runs a sealed-bid sale and typically charges a percentage of the sale. Research from several state extension services has found that timber sold through a consultant often returns enough more to cover the fee, though results vary by tract and by market. The decision usually turns on the size of the sale and whether you have sold timber before.
Do I need a forestry consultant? →Do I need a permit to cut timber in Alabama?
Alabama requires no state permit to harvest timber on your own land, but it does require a NOTICE, and the notice is state law rather than a county's own idea. Before timber is hauled out over county roads, the timber owner tells the county commission's regular office: four business days ahead where the harvest needs a new access point onto the road, two where it uses one that already exists. In exchange the statute closes the door on anything further — a county may not demand a second notice, a permit or licence, or a bond or other security as the price of using its roads. Separately, Alabama's forestry Best Management Practices are not a permit programme, but they are not merely advisory either: the Department of Environmental Management inspects forestry operations and will require BMPs where voluntary use falls short, because the water-quality law behind them is enforceable.
Permit rules in Alabama →What is timber worth in Tuscaloosa County?
No price series is published for Tuscaloosa County on its own. Alabama's latest published stumpage figures (Southern Ag Today (from Timber Mart-South), Q4 2025) put pine sawtimber at $17–$21 per ton. What your own timber brings depends on the species, the size and amount of it, and how far it is from a mill. A timber cruise by a forester settles it.
Forester listings for Tuscaloosa County come from the Alabama Forestry Commission service provider directory, revised 21-Sep-26. The register is updated quarterly.