Out of the Woods

About Out of the Woods

Out of the Woods is a sawmill in Santa Cruz, California, running since 1999. They do a lot more than cut lumber. Their work covers tree removal, felling, stump grinding, hauling, custom and portable milling, lumber grading, drying, planing, and finished millwork, right through to tree to table projects. They're a licensed timber operator and say they are "fully licensed and insured." They work in redwood (including old growth), Douglas fir, tanoak, and walnut, plus bay laurel, big leaf maple, Monterey pine, Ponderosa pine, Monterey cypress, Pacific madrone, coastal live oak, blue gum, and eucalyptus. Their portable mill setup needs an 8 by 20 foot clear, semi flat space, and they bring either a Wood-Mizer for logs up to 36 inches or a Lucas swing blade or slabber for anything bigger. They also take on salvaged and reclaimed logs and lumber. There's no stated minimum acreage, but their past jobs range from single fallen trees on residential land, like the Woodside project milling one fallen redwood for a family wedding, up to larger commissions like a corporate campus bench wall and a 50 foot temple pole. So this isn't a business set up around tract size: it's built around the job in front of them, as they put it, "No project is too crazy or too small." This fits a landowner in the Santa Cruz area with a single notable tree, storm damage, or a small stand to clear, who wants someone who will mill on-site rather than just haul logs away. From redwood.wiki, read 4 October 2026.

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