Selling Timber in Dallas County, IA

Okoboji Pallet and Packaging Inc. is a mill in Redfield, Iowa. It appears in the Iowa DNR, Forest Products Directory (2010), sawmills and log buyers only, transcribed. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Bear Creek Hardwoods is a sawmill in Earlham, Iowa, run by Monty and Becky Button. It serves Dallas County. They mill logs you bring them or logs they provide, cutting to your specifications of length, width, thickness, quarter sawn or other. Their own words say the purpose is "to repurpose unwanted, dead, diseased or trees by storms into usable quality lumber." They run three saws, two Baker bandsaw mills and a Mobile Dimension Saw, so they can handle logs of different sizes. Services include milling and rough cut, plus kiln drying. Species mentioned include white oak and Shiplap Pine, the latter used on a 12,000 square foot wedding barn project. They note milled dimensions are "true dimensions," so a board called 2x4 comes out a true 2 inches by 4 inches, with extra thickness cut in to allow for shrinkage from kiln drying and planing. The business started in March of 2004 when the Buttons bought a Baker 3638D sawmill, after Monty milled a white oak tree into a dining room table and they got hooked. Becky began running the mill full-time in 2014, and the family has since added a larger Baker 3674D mill and brought on their children to help operate the mills. This fits a landowner who already has logs on hand, whether from a storm, a dead tree, or a cleared lot, and wants them milled to specific dimensions rather than sold as standing timber. From bearcreekhardwoods.com, read 10 October 2026.

Heartland Timber is a sawmill business in Granger, Iowa, run by Matthew Haaland. It serves Dallas County and does custom milling, not timber buying or tree removal. The work is custom milling, done on-site or with a portable mill, using a Wood Mizer LT40 HD. They can handle logs or felled trees up to 21 feet long and 33 inches in diameter, with a 26 inch finish cut width. Most jobs happen at their own location: "Bring your logs to us and we'll mill them to your specifications," covering dimensional lumber, slabs, and more. They also offer slab flattening, kiln drying, and home finishes. Logs need to be gathered in one spot with equipment on hand to move them, since they do not currently travel to a landowner's property. Stationary milling runs $120 an hour, plus $30 per blade. This fits a landowner who already has logs down and wants someone to turn them into lumber or slabs, rather than someone looking to sell standing timber or have trees cut and hauled off their land. From heartland-timber.com, read 10 October 2026.