Timber Buyers & Forestry Professionals in Gainesville, GA
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There are 3 timber businesses listed in Gainesville, Georgia, covering mills, independent loggers. Most landowners search by county rather than by town, because a timber buyer's working area is measured in counties, so the county page for this area lists everyone who covers it.
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CAG Specialty Wood is a sawmill and woodworking yard at 4050 Old Cornelia Hwy in Gainesville, Georgia. The family has run it since 1999. Its own page puts the work this way: "turn trees into furniture grade lumber." The yard is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, and Saturdays by appointment. The mill runs a Woodmizer LT50 for logs up to 28 inches wide and a larger bandsaw for cuts up to 54 inches. You can bring in your own logs to be milled. The yard also planes and resaws boards up to 16 inches wide, flattens slabs, straight-lines lumber, and stacks wood for drying. It has a vacuum kiln and a dehumidification kiln. Milling, planing, resawing and slab flattening are billed at $150 per hour. Local hauling and delivery is also $150 per hour within 60 miles, and it delivers out of state. The species listed are yellow pine, eastern red cedar, cypress, white pine, red oak, white oak, yellow poplar, ash, black walnut, sycamore and other hardwoods. The website also mentions birch, alderwood and zebrawood. The business serves Hall County. Phone is 770.869.3377. This suits a landowner who already has logs down and wants them milled, dried and, if needed, delivered as lumber, slabs or mantel stock. From cagspecialtywood.com, read 17 October 2026.
Chapman Brothers Lumber Co. is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Gainesville, Hall County. Georgia Master Timber Harvester is a training programme; the roster records a current designation and is not a rating, a licence, or an endorsement by anyone. The roster publishes no phone number, so there is none here.
Andy Strange Grading is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Gainesville, Hall County. Georgia Master Timber Harvester is a training programme; the roster records a current designation and is not a rating, a licence, or an endorsement by anyone. The roster publishes no phone number, so there is none here.
Consulting Foresters covering Hall County
Gainesville is in Hall County, and consulting foresters register by county rather than by town. These 3 are on the Georgia Forestry Commission timber buyers and wood-using industries directories and the Georgia Master Timber Harvester roster for this county. Unlike a timber buyer, a forester works for you — but check where they're based: some will happily travel across the state, and some are a long way from your land.
Georgia Forestry Services appears on the Georgia Forestry Commission's list of consulting foresters covering Georgia, with an office in Gainesville, in Hall County. The Commission compiles that list from foresters who submit their own details to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The Commission's record marks the firm as: Certified Prescribed Burner; Society of American Foresters member.
John F. Davis Consulting Forester appears on the Georgia Forestry Commission's list of consulting foresters covering Georgia, with an office in Gainesville, in Hall County. The Commission compiles that list from foresters who submit their own details to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The Commission's record marks the firm as: Society of American Foresters member.
Mellette Forestry Group LLC is a forestry consulting firm in Gainesville, Georgia. Morgan Mellette started the consulting business in 1979, and it became Mellette Forestry Group LLC in early 2005. The firm helps landowners reach their goals while keeping the forest productive. Its work includes forest management plans, timber inventories, timber marking and sales, insect, disease and storm damage surveys, wildlife management, invasive species control, reforestation, appraisals, GIS mapping, and forest investment analysis. For a timber sale, the firm walks the land with the owner, cruises the timber to find how much is there and what it is worth, and sends bid invitations to timber buyers within a 50 to 75 mile radius of the property. It opens the bids, helps draft the contract, and supervises the harvest. Timber inventories cover properties from a few acres to thousands. The firm describes itself as "working for the landowner," lists Hall County as an area it serves, and says it has worked for clients throughout the southeast. Absentee owners can have the land checked for gates, boundary lines, and harvesting activity, with a written report and photographs. Morgan Mellette is a Registered Forester in Georgia and South Carolina, a Certified Real Estate Appraiser in Georgia and Florida, and a Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI). He is also a member of the Society of American Foresters and a past president of the Georgia Chapter of the Association of Consulting Foresters. The firm's listed credentials include certification in Prescribed Burning by the Georgia Forestry Commission. This firm suits a landowner who wants a forester on their side through a timber sale, or an owner who lives far from the land and needs regular checks. From melletteforestry.com, read 17 October 2026.
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Who buys timber near Gainesville, Georgia?
3 timber businesses are listed in Gainesville. Because buyers work by county rather than by town, the county page for this area will show more.
How do I find out what my timber is worth near Gainesville?
Get more than one offer, and get someone who works for you rather than for the buyer to look at the tract first. University of Georgia Extension publishes an annual timber situation and outlook report with recent quarterly figures as a market reference. No published average tells you what a particular tract holds.
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