Timber Buyers

PotlatchDeltic Michigan Gwinn is a timber buyer in Gwinn, Michigan. It appears in the The Timberland Investor, Timber Buyer Directory for Michigan. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

J M Longyear LLC Michigan is a timber buyer in Marquette, Michigan. It appears in the The Timberland Investor, Timber Buyer Directory for Michigan. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Weyerhaeuser Michigan Timber Buying Mancelona is a timber buyer in Mancelona, Michigan. It appears in the The Timberland Investor, Timber Buyer Directory for Michigan. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Hardwoods of Michigan Inc Sunfield is a timber buyer in Sunfield, Michigan. It appears in the The Timberland Investor, Timber Buyer Directory for Michigan. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Dix Lumber Company Inc Newaygo is a timber buyer in Newaygo, Michigan. It appears in the The Timberland Investor, Timber Buyer Directory for Michigan. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Marvin Wayman Logging Branch is a timber buyer in Branch, Michigan. It appears in the The Timberland Investor, Timber Buyer Directory for Michigan. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Favor Forest Products Cadillac is a timber buyer in Cadillac, Michigan. It appears in the The Timberland Investor, Timber Buyer Directory for Michigan. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Mid-Michigan Logging Lake City is a timber buyer in Lake City, Michigan. It appears in the The Timberland Investor, Timber Buyer Directory for Michigan. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Johncock Forestry Products is a sawmill and wholesale wood supplier working out of 5874 Heath Road in South Branch, Michigan. Alongside sawmilling, they also do timber buying and land clearing or site work, so if you've got standing hardwood or softwood on your ground, this is a shop that touches more than one side of the business. Their main trade is turning Michigan hardwood and softwood into usable product: wholesale sawdust, wood chips, pallet lumber, pallet manufacturing, and animal bedding, with delivery run through their own fleet of trucks and trailers. They call themselves "family owned and operated" and say they are "100% Michigan grown trees," which tells you they're not bringing in wood from out of state. They've been at it since 2009. On the ground, they say they're set up to serve Ogemaw County, with South Branch as their home base. They belong to the Hale Area Association, the Michigan Green Industry Association, the National Federation of Independent Business, and the Small Business Association of Michigan. This looks like a fit for a landowner near South Branch who wants to deal with a mill that also buys timber and can clear or work a site, rather than someone searching far afield for a forester to walk their woods and write a management plan. From johncockforestryproducts.com, read 8 October 2026.

Michigan Timber Sawmill, LLC works out of Hillman, Michigan, doing logging, timber buying, and milling all under one roof. They've got a Forester on staff, and they walk you through the whole thing from start to finish: a free estimate, then a timber sale contract if you're both agreeable, then their own crews harvest, haul, and saw the timber. They buy aspen, basswood, beech, birch, black oak, cherry, hard and soft maple, pin oak, red oak, and white oak. For hardwood stands they say they use a "select cut forest management methodology" rather than clearcutting everything. They're fully insured and members of the Michigan Association of Timbermen. They set a 25 acre minimum for a job. They cover a wide stretch of northern Michigan counties, including Montmorency, Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Iosco, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, and Roscommon. This fits a landowner with a bigger tract who wants one company handling the cutting, the hauling, and the milling together, rather than piecing it out to separate contractors. From mitimberservices.com, read 8 October 2026.

Miller Logging Inc is a family owned logging business in Harrison, Michigan. They say they "offer a wide range of services pertaining to the logging industry," and that covers a lot of ground: forest management, timber harvesting, road construction, land clearing, timber stand improvement, consulting, storm damage cleanup, tree health assessments, lot clearing, and crop tree management. They buy standing timber outright, select cut or clear cut, in oak (red, white, and black), pine (red, white, and jack), hard or soft maple, ash, aspen, cherry, and beech. When you reach out, they ask for your county, section, acreage, the types of trees on the property, and whether you're looking at timber stand improvement. On how a sale comes together, they say they "strive to listen carefully to your concerns and discuss a management plan that will best address those concerns," and they'll help sort out protected zones around streams and wetlands as part of that. Work is currently focused on Clare, Gladwin, Isabella, Midland, and Osceola Counties. The crew is SFI trained for managing timber as a renewable resource, and they note that safety is their top priority on site given how dangerous logging work can be. This fits a landowner in that Michigan stretch who wants one outfit that can buy the timber, run the harvest, and talk through a management plan rather than juggling separate buyers and loggers. From millerlogginginc.com, read 8 October 2026.

McDormett Logging LLC is a timber buyer in Blissfield, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

C F Timbercruising buys standing timber and runs select and clear cuts, out of Lake, Michigan. Chris Fouts runs it, and they've been at it for 20 years. They'll buy oak (red, white, and black), hard or soft maple, ash, aspen, cherry, and beech. The work itself is select cutting, clear cutting, and they'll haul the logs out too. They say plainly, "We buy all standing timber and offer select and clear cuts." Their aim with a cut isn't just to take the wood and go. They say they focus on "making your woods look nice and being able to recut in 10, 15, and 20 years down the road," which matters if you want your land to keep producing after this sale. They're SFI trained for managing land. They want a woodlot of 10 or more acres of standing timber before they'll look at it. That's stated right on their page, not a guess. They serve Clare County and describe their range as "Mid Michigan" more broadly. This fits a landowner with a 10 acre lot or bigger who wants both a cut and someone thinking about what the woods look like afterward, not just a one-time harvest. From cftimber.com, read 8 October 2026.

Cole Forest Products LLC is a logging contractor and timber buyer based in Lincoln, Michigan. They've been assisting Michigan's landowners since 1988. They handle the whole timber harvest themselves, from walking your property to cutting and buying the wood to hauling it out, so "you'll never have to deal with a middle man." Scott Cole does the property assessments in person and lays out a harvesting plan based on what you want from the land. They work with ash, basswood, beech, cherry, hickory, maple, oak, pine, and walnut, and will do either select cuts or clear cuts depending on what fits your woods. They'll also look at downed trees after a storm on a case by case basis, and they sell hardwood firewood by the cord, with free delivery to Iosco, Alcona, Arenac, Oscoda, and Ogemaw counties. They offer free estimates and say "we avoid over-harvesting," with the idea of keeping a woodland producing timber over the years rather than taking it all in one pass. They log year-round, including winter, since some ground is easier to reach once the wet months pass and the frost sets in. They are licensed and insured, and their service area covers all of Northeast Michigan, with Alcona County among the counties they've worked in. This fits a landowner who wants one outfit to assess, cut, and buy the timber without bringing in a separate buyer, and who wants a say in whether the woods get a light select cut or a full clear cut. From coleforestproducts.com, read 8 October 2026.

Southwest Michigan Timber Buyer is a timber-buying business based in Marcellus, Michigan. It buys hardwood trees from woodlots, working with landowners in Cass county and more broadly across Southwest Michigan and Northern Indiana. The work is straightforward: hardwood trees are what they're after, and they'll come out to look at your woodlot and talk through what it's worth. They won't take individual trees from yards or residential areas, so this is woodlot work, not yard work. Jobs they've handled have run from "as few as 15 trees on a couple acres" up to hundreds of trees on large acreage, so a couple of acres with some hardwoods on it is enough to be worth a call. There's no stated minimum acreage policy, but that smallest job gives you a sense of where they'll start. The person behind it grew up in Southwest Michigan and says he's built relationships with landowners across the Michigan and northern Indiana area over time. This fits a landowner with a modest hardwood woodlot in or near Cass county who wants someone local to come look at a few acres of trees, rather than a large operation set up for big tracts only. From jimthetreebuyer.com, read 8 October 2026.

Michigan Timber & Ag is a timber buyer and logging outfit based in St. Johns, Michigan. They buy standing timber, do select cutting and land clearing, and also build out wildlife habitat work for landowners who hunt their ground. They take soft and hardwood, including mature white pine, oak, maple, and walnut. Their process starts with a call about your property and goals, then a walk-through to look at species and forest health, followed by a clear estimate and a written agreement before any cutting starts. For harvesting itself they say they use "wide track logging equipment to minimize land disturbance." They work within 80 miles of St. Johns, and name Clinton County along with a long list of towns across central Michigan, including Lansing, Owosso, Mount Pleasant, and Saginaw. They prefer projects of 5 acres or more, though they say to call about smaller or unusual situations. The business says it was founded in 2023, continuing what it calls "a family tradition of responsible forestry," with founder Ryan Grubaugh bringing over 20 years in the timber industry. He's certified through the National Hardwood Lumber Association and works as a Certified Lumber Inspector. This one suits a landowner in or near Clinton County with at least a handful of acres who wants a single point of contact for the timber sale, the logging, and any follow-on land clearing or wildlife habitat work, rather than hiring separate people for each. From michigantimberag.com, read 8 October 2026.

Tri-County Logging is a logging contractor out of Clinton, Michigan. They buy standing timber from landowners and run their own harvests, and the wood they cut goes to HMI Lumber, the sawmill that Tri-County is part of. They've been at it since 1972. They take on timber harvesting, timber buying, and forestry management plans, working in ash, cherry, hard maple, hickory, poplar, red oak, soft maple, walnut, basswood, black oak, and white oak. Their timber buyers work different parts of Michigan, and the company serves Lenawee County among others, plus landowners across Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. Their staff have gone through Sustainable Forestry Initiative classes, and the company describes itself as "experienced in industry best management practices." If you're not sure your woodlot is ready, they walk you through it before anything is signed, explaining the plan for your land whether you want to harvest again down the road, improve hunting ground, or just open up the canopy for new growth. Ten acres is their line: their own contact page asks "Do you have ten or more acres of woodlot that you need harvested?" as the way they describe who they work with. This fits a landowner with a decent-sized woodlot, somewhere north of ten acres, who wants a company that also runs its own mill and will talk through the harvest plan with you first rather than just showing up with saws. From tri-countylogging.com, read 8 October 2026.

Doyle Forest Products, Inc. is a logging contractor in Paris, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

St John Forest Products is a logging business in Spalding, Michigan, working in Menominee County and across the Upper Peninsula. They cut timber and also buy timberland, and it's a family operation now in its third generation, going back to Earl St. John in the 1950s. They handle timber harvesting as their main work, with buying timberland as a second line. They say they work with "diverse clients ranging from small landowners to large corporations in every timber type the U.P. has to offer," so they aren't set up to only take on the big tracts. No species are named, but with three generations in U.P. woods they've likely cut whatever grows there. No acreage minimum is given. Their own description points to taking on small landowners as well as corporations, so there's no sign they turn away modest tracts. On how a sale runs, they keep it plain: "We keep things simple, honest, quick, and easy," with an emphasis on old logging practices alongside modern equipment. The family, Tom, Nikki, Jordan, and Cody, runs the day to day work themselves. This one suits a Menominee County or U.P. landowner who wants a local, long-running family outfit rather than a big outside firm, and who's open to either having their timber logged or selling the land outright. From stjohnforest.com, read 8 October 2026.

Triest Forest Products is a logging contractor in Bark River, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a consulting forester and a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Fetterley Logging, LLC is a logging contractor in Leelanau County, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer and a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Buskirk Lumber is a timber buyer based in Freeport, Michigan, at 319 Oak St. The family of businesses also runs a sawmill and dry kiln and offers forestry consulting. They've been buying standing timber since 1920, so over a century in the business. They buy hardwoods including basswood, beech, cherry, chestnut, fir, hickory, maple, oak, poplar, and walnut. Their services cover forest management and timber appraisal. They describe themselves as "professional licensed and bonded timber buyers." Buskirk works across Michigan's Lower Peninsula, Northern Indiana, and Northern Ohio, and for this listing serves Barry County. Here's how a sale runs with them: you reach out by phone or online, their team talks through what your woodlot needs, then a buyer comes out to assess it and gives you an offer. Once you sign the contract, they pay 10% down, with the rest of the contract value paid in full before the harvest starts. Their logging crew then does the cutting and hauls the logs to the mill. They practice selective harvesting, cutting only "mature trees that meet industry quality standards" rather than clearing a stand, and they note they work woodlots with a good volume of standing timber rather than individual yard trees, so this fits larger, more established stands rather than a handful of trees. This suits a landowner in or near Barry County with a hardwood woodlot who wants to sell direct to a sawmill, skip the broker, and have the same outfit buy, log, and mill the timber. From buskirklumber.com, read 8 October 2026.

Blankenship Timber Management LLC. is a timber buyer in Leelanau County, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

NWH buys logs and standing timber, and also works with logging crews to get the harvest done. They're listed out of Hamilton, Michigan, and the work here covers Allegan County. They say it plainly: "We want to buy your logs & standing timber." On the timber side they're after Ash, Basswood, Cherry, Chestnut Oak, Hard Maple, Hickory, Poplar, Red Oak, Soft Maple, Walnut, White Oak, and Yellow Birch, among others. Their process runs in four steps: they consult and evaluate your timber, give you a detailed estimate, put together an agreement with payment terms, then harvest. They describe that last step as "respect for your land," with the harvest done to meet your state's Best Management Practices. They ask for a minimum of 10 acres to harvest, by their own account: "We work closely with landowners who have a minimum of 10 acres to harvest to evaluate your timber and understand your land's unique needs." The company traces back to 1967, when it started out as a supplier of North American hardwood lumber, and it now runs as part of a larger operation with a Dallas head office alongside its Michigan buying work. This fits a landowner with 10 acres or more of mixed hardwoods who wants a straightforward buyer-and-logger setup rather than a standalone consulting forester. From nwh.com, read 4 October 2026.

Hickory & Oak Sawmill and Lumber Company is a family run sawmill in Decatur, Michigan. "If you have logs that you would like have turned into useful lumber, you have found the right place." You bring the logs, or they'll pick them up if close by, and they saw them into boards or beams, kiln dry the lumber, and can take it further into flooring, counter tops, table tops, stair treads, or beams. They work with the hardwoods common to their part of Michigan: Ash, Elm, Walnut, Cherry, Coffee Tree, White and Red Oak, Hickory, Hard Maple, Beech, Sassafras, Sycamore, Tulip Poplar, Black Locust, Honey Locust, Osage, and Catalpa. Services include custom sawmilling, kiln drying, large glue ups, wide panel sanding, planing, straight line ripping, live-edge slab surfacing, and custom slab sawing. They mostly buy logs rather than standing timber, and say they buy "sometimes, maybe" depending on what they need, with Walnut and large diameter logs usually of interest. They do not log woods, though they'll occasionally buy a few standing trees. Logs need to be at least 12 inches in diameter to go on the mill. They serve Southwest Michigan, naming Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Chicago as areas they reach, and the business has operated since 2003. This suits a landowner who already has logs down, from a storm, a building project, or a few trees taken out, and wants them turned into usable lumber or finished pieces rather than sold off as standing timber. From hickoryandoak.com, read 8 October 2026.

Devereaux Saw Mill Inc., also known as Devereaux Sawmill, Inc., is a sawmill in Pewamo, Michigan that also buys standing timber straight from landowners. It's listed as a mill and a timber buyer, so it works on both ends: buying logs off your property and running them through its own mill. The mill buys White Hard Maple, Red Oak, White Oak, Hickory, Soft Maple, Walnut, and Cherry. Logs come from within "sourced within a 150-mile radius of our mill," and the company serves Ionia County among the areas it draws from. It processes "17 million feet processed annually," so this is a mill built around steady, large-scale volume rather than occasional jobs. The company describes its history as "based on integrity, honesty, and hard work," and says it buys timber "prioritizing customer and landowner satisfaction." If you're a landowner in the area with mature hardwoods, Devereaux is set up to both evaluate your timber and turn it into lumber under one roof, rather than acting only as a broker. This fits a landowner with a stand of the species above, within driving distance of Pewamo, who wants a mill with a long-running, high-volume operation behind the offer rather than a smaller or newer buyer. From devereauxsawmill.com, read 8 October 2026.

Kamen Forest Management is a logging contractor in Atlanta, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Wade Logging is a family-owned logging and timber-buying business in Fife Lake, Michigan, with over 30 years in tree services. They buy standing timber and also handle tree care and land clearing, serving Traverse City, Cadillac, Kalkaska, and the surrounding area. On the timber side, they buy hardwood, softwood, and red pines, and offer a free consultation before any harvest. Their own words put it plainly: "Wade Logging is looking for an extensive range of standing timber." They say they walk you through the stand, answer your questions, and give straightforward guidance on price before anything is cut. Their crews also do select cutting, land and lot clearing, stump removal, and firewood sales, plus general tree care like pruning, cabling, and emergency tree work. Their certified arborists are named as part of the team. There's no stated minimum acreage. They describe themselves as ready to evaluate "whether you own a small wooded parcel or a large tract of land," so they appear open to small lots as well as bigger tracts. This fits a landowner in or near Kalkaska County who wants one local outfit to look at standing timber and also handle any tree work or clearing that comes with the job, rather than hiring separate contractors for each piece. From wadelogging.com, read 8 October 2026.

Lutke Forest Products Inc is a timber harvesting company based in Manton, Michigan. They've been at it since 1992, working with landowners and sawmills across Michigan, and they serve Wexford County. This isn't a small outfit. They run eleven logging crews, forty semi-tractors, sixty trailers, and ten service trucks, with over sixty full time employees. They take on short wood, tree length, thinnings, clear cuts, and whole tree chipping, so they can handle a tract big or small. They say they treat "every job, regardless of size, like it was on our own land." They started small too, with "just an old Gafner Iron Mule," before growing into the operation they are now. There's no stated minimum acreage, so there's no telling how small a job they'd take on from what's given here. If you want a company with real scale behind it, enough crews and trucks to move through a harvest without waiting on equipment, Lutke Forest Products is worth a call. If you're hoping for a one-person outfit that will sit with you at length over a small woodlot, this is a bigger operation than that. From lutkeequipment.com, read 8 October 2026.

PRO CUT LOGGING LLC. is a logging contractor in Buckley, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Silver Leaf Sawmill is a timber buyer and sawmill out of Elmira, Michigan, family-owned and operating since 1995. They buy standing timber, offer forest management advice, and run their own mill, so the same outfit that walks your woods can also turn the logs into lumber. They work in Maple, Oak, Pine, Cherry, Ash, Poplar, and Basswood. Their process is simple: you call to schedule an on-site inspection, a timber buyer walks the property with you and points out what's ready to harvest, and if you accept the estimate they schedule the harvest itself, done with care to limit damage to the trees and ground left behind. They describe their approach as "a sustainable, responsible way for property owners to nurture a thriving forest." Their stated service area runs "from Empire to Alpena, Mackinaw City to Cadillac," and their listing covers Antrim County specifically. Beyond buying timber, they also mill their own lumber products, so if you're curious what becomes of the wood after it leaves your land, they can tell you. This fits a landowner in that part of Michigan who wants one business to both evaluate the trees and handle the harvest, especially someone who likes knowing the buyer also runs the mill end of things. From silverleafsawmill.net, read 8 October 2026.

AJD Forest Products, L. P. is a sawmill in Grayling, Michigan, and they also buy timber and run their own logging crew. Two licensed staff foresters handle the timber sales, buying private, state, and federal timber, and then AJD's own woods crew does the harvesting. That means the same outfit that walks your woods and marks the sale is the one that cuts it and hauls it to their mill. They cut red oak, hard and soft maple, aspen, ash, and basswood into hardwood lumber, cants, and timbers, in 4/4, 5/4, and 6/4 thicknesses, 6 to 10 feet long. Their mill runs both ways: a double pass band mill for larger, higher quality logs headed for furniture, flooring, and cabinetry, and a line that takes "smaller logs from local hardwood thinning," so a thinning job isn't wasted effort. Mill waste doesn't go to a burn pile either, it feeds a nearby co-generation plant, and the bark goes out to the landscape and nursery trade. They're based in Grayling and serve Crawford County, with their broader territory stretching across Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Ontario. The company has been running "since 1974," and their graders carry National Hardwood Lumber Association certification, with memberships in the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's Association, the Lakes States Lumber Association, and the Michigan Association of Timbermen. This fits a landowner with a mixed hardwood stand, maybe some mature oak or maple alongside younger thinning-stage timber, who wants one company handling the forestry, the cutting, and the milling instead of juggling separate contractors. From ajdforestproducts.com, read 8 October 2026.

Moeke Forestry is a family-owned logging and timber buying business based in Boyne City, Michigan. It's been in the family for three generations, with more than a hundred years behind it in firewood, sawmill, and forestry work. The work covers logging, timber management, and forestry consulting, along with firewood. Species handled include Maple, Beech, Ash, Oak, and other dense hardwoods. On the logging side, they use a range of methods, from hand cutting to mechanical harvesters, depending on the job. For land under 5 acres they do not take on work, but they say they'll handle timber management for parcels from 5 acres up to 5000 acres. The area covered is all of Lower Michigan and the eastern half of the Upper Peninsula, with a note that they'll try to accommodate or refer you elsewhere if you're outside that. What stands out is how they frame their role for someone about to sell timber. Moeke Forestry says it will always be an "advocate for timberland owners who are in the process of selling their timber," and asks landowners to call before anyone harvests, so they can look over the sale and let you know "if it is being properly harvested and priced." This fits a landowner in Northern Michigan with a modest acreage who wants someone to look over a timber sale before signing off on it, not just a crew to come cut. From moekeforestry.com, read 8 October 2026.

Heartwood Mills is a mill. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer and a logging contractor. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Northern Michigan Lumber Company is a sawmill out of Lake Ann, Michigan, on Almira Rd. just outside the village. It's also a timber buyer, and it sells lumber, firewood, mulch, and custom boards for fencing. The mill goes back a long way under earlier names, and it's run now under Mike Sutherland as mill operator, owner, and chief sawyer. They buy standing timber and pre-cut logs, both hardwoods and softwoods, including oak and pine, though they say they "may be more selective regarding the various types and location of the timber." When they look at a property, a timber buyer measures the trees for volume, quality, and growth rate, and also looks at the soils, wildlife habitat, and streams nearby before putting together a plan for any future timbering. Beyond the mill side, they've branched into custom wood-fired hot tubs and saunas, tiny homes, and handcrafted furniture. They serve Benzie County, where Lake Ann sits, along with Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Antrim, and Kalkaska Counties and a long list of nearby towns including Traverse City, Elk Rapids, and Kingsley. No acreage minimum is given anywhere in what they publish, so a small lot and a big stand of hardwoods both seem to be worth a call. This one suits a landowner in the Benzie and Grand Traverse area who wants a local mill that also buys the logs it mills, and who might be curious about getting lumber back as fence boards or furniture rather than just a check. From northernmichiganlumbercompany.com, read 8 October 2026.

Forestry Management Services - Timber Harvesting & Exporters, Timber Buying, Log Exporting is a timber buyer in Cement City, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor and a consulting forester. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Maple Ridge Hardwoods Inc is a sawmill in Sterling, Michigan, and they also buy timber and do their own logging. They're based in the heart of northern Michigan forests, milling hardwoods into custom-milled green lumber and hand-picked veneer logs. They come from generations of family sawmills, and say they're "bringing up the next generation of Michigan-based lumbermen" focused on sustainable logging practices. Their work covers the full chain: buying standing timber, logging it, and milling it themselves rather than shipping logs elsewhere. They list Arenac County as where they work. There's no stated minimum acreage, and no smallest job shown on their pages to go by either. If you're weighing that question, you'd want to call and ask directly. This one suits a landowner who wants to deal with a single outfit that buys the timber, logs it, and mills it under one roof, and who likes knowing the people doing it come from a sawmilling family rather than a crew assembled for one job. From mapleridgehardwoodsinc.com, read 8 October 2026.

Northeast Michigan Forestry LLC is a consulting forestry business run by Jenilee Johnson, based in Tawas City, Michigan. Jenilee has been practicing consulting forestry since 2010, and before starting this company she trained and worked with another consulting forestry firm in the region. The work covers the full process of a timber sale: setting boundaries, marking trees for removal, figuring harvest volumes, then lining up a logger to do the cutting and staying on through to the end of the job. She also writes forest management plans, including Qualified Forest Plans, Forest Stewardship Plans, and USDA NRCS Forest Management Plans, and she can run a forest inventory or GIS mapping job if you just want to know what you have. She also does timber appraisals, so you can get a sense of what your timber might be worth before deciding anything. She says "I work for the landowner" and describes herself as working to "sustainably manage forests." She holds her MI Registered Forester credential, is a certified Oak wilt specialist, is certified by the Michigan DNR to prepare timber sales on State of Michigan land, and is a candidate member of the Association of Consulting Foresters. Timber sales are prepared across all the forest types found in Northern Michigan, with Iosco County named as an area served. This fits a landowner in or near Iosco County who wants one person to handle a timber sale start to finish, or who first wants a written forest management plan and an honest read on what their timber is worth before any decision gets made. From northeastmiforestry.com, read 8 October 2026.

Wayne Jaruzel Logging, Inc. buys standing timber, based in Millington, Michigan. Wayne Jaruzel has been doing this for more than 40 years, working with landowners to harvest and manage their woods. He buys veneer logs, saw logs, timber and lumber logs, and the trees he cuts go on to a sawmill to be made into furniture. He offers free estimates and likes to walk the property with the landowner first. That walk serves two purposes: the landowner can point out the property lines, and Wayne can talk through which trees might come out, leaving the final call to the landowner. He favors selective harvesting over clear-cutting, taking some mature and some lower-quality trees so the canopy stays intact and the woods keep growing straight. He also offers forest management and will top trees that have wide crowns so they come down safely rather than smashing everything on the way. He's based in Millington but says he'll "cut trees any where in lower Michigan," and names Tuscola County among the areas he works. Much of his work comes from referrals, and he has worked with the same hardwood mill for years. This fits a landowner who wants someone to walk the woods with them before anything gets cut, who cares more about the long-term health of the trees left standing than squeezing out every log, and who doesn't mind a business built on word of mouth rather than a big outfit. From jaruzellogging.com, read 8 October 2026.

Weber Brothers Sawmill, Inc. is a sawmill and timber-buying business in Mt Pleasant, Michigan, running since 1950. They buy standing timber and logs across central and northern Michigan, and they also do logging work themselves. If you're sitting on hardwoods, they handle White Oak, Red Oak, Hard Maple, Soft Maple, Cherry, White Ash, Basswood, Popple, Walnut, and Pine. A sale starts with a call to have your woodlot looked at, then they mark and cruise the timber before harvest. They say they're "fully insured" and offer "payment in advance of the harvest," which matters if you want money before the trucks show up. They hold National Hardwood Lumber Association certification, and they describe themselves as a "family operation." Past the standing timber side, they run a full mill too, sawing green and kiln-dried hardwood lumber, railroad ties, crane mats, pallet stock, treated posts, live edge bar tops, and more, so they're not just moving logs out the door, they're using the wood. This one suits a landowner in central or northern Michigan who wants a single outfit that buys the timber, logs it, and mills it, and who likes knowing payment comes before the cutting starts. From weberssawmill.com, read 8 October 2026.

Green Timber Consulting Foresters, Inc. is a consulting forester in Pelkie, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A consulting forester works for the landowner, not the buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Lyme Great Lakes Timberlands - L’Anse District Office is a timber buyer in L'Anse, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor and a consulting forester. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Ottawa Forest Products, Inc is a sawmill with mills in Ironwood and Amasa, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula. They buy timber, manage private timber sales, and work with loggers and truckers to get wood harvested and to market. They've run since 1992, and in late 2012 they added the Amasa mill, picking up the former Pine River Hardwoods operation there. For a landowner, their timber sales management means their own forestry staff will walk your land, estimate what your timber is worth, and line up logging and trucking to get it cut and hauled. They say they follow SFI and BMP guidelines, and aim for work with "minimal permanent impact on the forest and surrounding land," with logging practices "designed to preserve hunting and fishing land" alongside getting you a fair price. They cut Hard Maple, Soft Maple, Birch, Red Oak, Basswame of Basswood, Ash, Aspen, Cherry, and other hardwoods, which they turn into pallet components and hardwood lumber at their mills. Their customers are mostly in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana, and the business lists Iron County, Michigan as served. There's no stated minimum acreage, but one landowner they worked with, Irene Hendrickson, had her 40 acres handled as a timber sale, so that gives a sense of the smaller end of what they'll take on. This fits a landowner in the Upper Peninsula or nearby Wisconsin counties who wants one company to both value and manage the sale of standing timber, not just buy logs at the mill gate. From ottawaforestproducts.com, read 8 October 2026.

Leep Logging is a logging contractor and timber buyer based in Nashville, Michigan, working in Barry County. They buy and sell timber, do logging work, and handle tree management, with walnut as their specialty alongside other hardwood. If you sell through them, they say they take bids from multiple area hardwood mills and accept the highest bid, so the money goes to the landowner rather than a single flat offer. They call themselves "walnut specialists" and say "no job too big or small," with 25+ years of experience serving West Michigan and beyond. Their walnut work includes selling veneer and specialty logs to worldwide exporters or domestic mills, with the rest sawed into lumber. They also offer tree trimming to deal with limbs before a wind storm brings them down. There's no stated minimum acreage, but the smallest job mentioned on their site is a single walnut log, weighing somewhere north of 12,000 pounds, that they paid a landowner $19,200 for. This fits a landowner in or near Barry County with walnut trees, even just a few standout ones, who wants a buyer that shops the log around to multiple mills rather than taking the first offer. From leeplogging.com, read 8 October 2026.

Pull-Hard Logging LLC is a logging contractor in Grass Lake, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

West Michigan Sawmill is a family owned sawmill and buyer of standing timber, based in Clarksville, Michigan. They run their own mill, so they buy standing timber and also saw grade lumber, pallet lumber, and do custom sawing, plus sell bark, mulch, and sawdust. They work in hardwood species including Walnut, Hard Maple, Soft Maple, Red Oak, White Oak, Cherry, Ash, Hickory, and Poplar, along with various softwood species, and they buy and resell veneer quality logs. A sale starts with a free consultation and a site visit to evaluate what your timber is worth, and from there they give you a price for what they believe should be harvested at that time, backed by a written detailed timber sales contract. They sell grade and pallet lumber through the Midwest, and their listed service area for timber work includes Ionia County. They say their logging crew is "certified by the Michigan Sustainable Forestry Education Program (SFE)" and that they are fully insured and licensed. For a job to make sense to them, they look for "60+ trees with a minimum of 16″ diameter chest height" on your property. They have been running as a sawmill since 1979. This fits a landowner with a decent stand of larger, mature hardwood trees who wants a buyer that also mills its own lumber rather than just brokering the logs elsewhere. From wmsawmill.com, read 8 October 2026.

Maple Rapids Lumber Mill Inc is a mill in St Johns, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

B & T logging LLC is a timber buyer in Marlette, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor and a consulting forester. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Freier Forestry LLC runs a portable sawmill out of Whitmore Lake, Michigan. They bring the mill to you, milling logs on site into lumber cut to your specifications, then kiln drying it in one of two kilns that each hold up to 12,000 board feet. The drying runs about six weeks, pulling the wood down to roughly 8% moisture. Beyond sawing, they do custom sawing, lumber planing, grading, tree removal, and lot clearing. They've also added land development work: forestry mowing, vegetation control, mulching, brush cutting, trail and plot management, and land clearing and reclamation. They work mostly in walnut, oak, and other Michigan hardwoods, and they handle both residential yard trees and larger urban timber recovery jobs. One thing worth knowing if you're wary of being pushed into a sale: "We have never bought one stick of standing live timber." They do buy logs on occasion, but only from customers who have no use for their own wood. They serve Washtenaw, Livingston, Wayne, Lenawee, and Jackson counties, and say they'll talk with you even if you're outside that area. They've operated since 1991, and say they've saved over a million board feet of lumber in that time by reclaiming and reusing trees that would otherwise be chipped or landfilled. This fits a landowner with a tree or two worth saving, who wants it turned into usable boards rather than firewood or mulch, more than someone looking to sell standing timber outright. From freierforestry.com, read 8 October 2026.

Jerome Miller Lumber Co is a logging outfit and sawmill based in Baldwin, Michigan. They've been working the woods since 1960, mostly in Lake County and the areas around it, including Mason, Oceana, Manistee, and Newaygo counties. They log hardwood, pine, and aspen, and they work your land themselves rather than just brokering it off. Their main method is select cut harvest, taking fully mature and diseased trees and leaving the rest standing so the woods can keep regenerating. Once logs come down, they go straight to the company's own sawmill in Baldwin to be graded and scaled. They use the pulpwood down to 4 inches and work the tops down as much as they can, leaving what's left to feed the soil. In their own words, they aim "to ensure we leave it a healthier place than when we arrive." They run single bunk forwarders, which they say are agile enough to move through a woods "without cutting a highway into the middle of the forest," so the equipment doesn't tear up the land getting the wood out. This fits a landowner in or near Lake County who wants a logger who also owns the sawmill the logs go to, and who cares more about what the woods looks like after the cut than about taking everything at once. From jmillerlumber.com, read 8 October 2026.

Elder's Forest Products is a sawmill and standing timber buyer out of Rockford, Michigan. They've been family owned and operated since 1981, and today the operation runs a full sawmill alongside the timber buying side. Here's how it works: you call and tell them about the timber you want to sell, they come out for an on-site estimate, and if you agree on a purchase they buy the standing timber and harvest it. They offer both clear cutting and select cutting, depending on what fits your land. They buy a long list of species, mostly maples, oaks, ash, walnut, cherry, basswood, and poplar, plus pines and other softwoods like spruce, hemlock, cedar, and tamarack. There's no acreage minimum stated, but their own listing points to "25+ Trees" as the bar for an on-site estimate and selective harvest, so a handful of marketable trees can be enough to get them out to look. They say they'll travel anywhere in Michigan depending on the type and amount of timber, though their base and primary service area is around Rockford in Kent County. This fits a landowner anywhere in Michigan with a stand of mixed hardwoods or pine who wants one buyer that will also mill the logs themselves, rather than broker the sale out. From eldersforestproducts.com, read 8 October 2026.

TRINE TIMBER Forestry Management is a timber buying and logging business based in Hillsdale, Michigan. They also do forestry consulting, offering free timber evaluations and free management plans alongside free quotes. They buy Walnut, White Oak, Hard Maple, Sugar Maple, Bur Oak, Red Oak, Black Oak, Hickory, and Soft Maple, and say they especially "need Walnut and White Oak" right now. An evaluation means someone walks your woods, looks at the health and maturity of your trees, and gives you a recommendation on what to harvest and when. From there you can get a management plan, which they describe as running anywhere from a 10 year plan to a 20 year plan depending on your woods. If you agree to a quote, you sign a contract, pay 10% down at signing, with the balance paid in full before the job starts. Terms can vary from job to job. They work across Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio and the surrounding states. They state they are licensed and insured, and certified in Sustained Forestry Initiatives (SFI), Best Management Practices (BMP), and Timber Stand Improvement (TSI). They note they do not remove residential trees. This fits a landowner in or near Hillsdale County with mature hardwoods, especially Walnut or White Oak, who wants a free look at what their timber is worth before deciding whether to sell, and who also wants a longer term plan for the woods rather than just a one time cut. From trinetimber.com, read 8 October 2026.

Beerman Firewood & Logging is a timber buyer in Newaygo, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Keller Logging is a timber buyer in Allegan County, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Down 2 Earth Custom Logging is a logging contractor based in Onsted, Michigan. They handle timber purchasing and harvesting, forest management, and land clearing, so if you want someone to buy your timber and someone to cut it, this is one phone call instead of two. They work in Lenawee County. Their own description of what they do is "timber purchasing & harvesting, forest management, and land clearing." They describe their approach as "sustainable forestry practices that minimize environmental impact," which is worth knowing if that matters to you when picking who walks your woods. There's no stated minimum acreage, so you'd want to call and ask whether your lot is worth their time. No species, credentials, or founding date are given either, so lean on the phone call for those details. This fits a Lenawee County landowner who wants one contact for both the timber sale and the cutting, and who cares about how the ground looks after the crew leaves. From d2elogging.com, read 8 October 2026.

Cutting Edge Logging LLC is a timber buyer in Adrian, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Elite Timber solutions is a timber buyer in St. Clair County, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Manthei Veneer is a timber buyer in Petoskey, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor and a mill. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Maeder Brothers Sawmill is a timber buyer in Weidman, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Fodor Timber LLC is a timber buyer and logging outfit based in Grass Lake, Michigan. They buy standing timber right off your land, buy logs, clear land, and sell split firewood on the side. The family has been at this a long time, with the story going back over 60 years to a man named Bert, and the business is now run by the third generation. For standing timber, they'll look at a small woodlot or a large forest and offer "honest evaluations based on current market conditions and timber quality." They assess the timber on-site, make an offer, and handle the harvesting and transport themselves. For logs they are choosier: right now they buy Black Walnut and White Oak only, with set diameter and length requirements, and you get paid when you deliver to their yard or they pick up. On the firewood side they also work in Oak, Maple, Hickory, and Cherry. They note they don't come out for yard trees or just a few trees, saying "we are a more larger scale operation," though a standout walnut might catch their interest. They deliver to the local Southeast Michigan area and are listed as serving Jackson County. This fits a landowner with a larger wooded tract, likely holding some walnut or white oak, who wants one outfit that can buy the standing timber, log it, clear land, and take the firewood off their hands too. From fodortimber.com, read 8 October 2026.

Superior Lumber Inc is a timber buyer in Gladstone, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Minerick Trucking, known on its own pages as Minerick Logging, Inc., is based in Sagola, Michigan, and works in Dickinson County. It buys land and standing timber, and runs a vertically integrated operation that includes its own logging crews and mill. As the business puts it, "We are buyers of land & standing timber with a vertically integrated operation that includes logging & mill ownership." The work covers oak, maple, and other hardwoods. Services include forest inventory and appraisals, forest management planning, timber sale preparation, wildlife management, GPS/GIS mapping, and land clearing. If you're thinking about selling standing timber or land, the business offers free appraisals to start, and its foresters are certified and licensed. It holds SFI certification, Master Logger and Michigan Master Logger certification, and FSC Chain of Custody certification, with FSC certified products available on request. It serves landowners here in Upper Michigan and has been family owned and operating for over 40 years in that area. This fits a landowner in Dickinson County with hardwood timber, especially oak or maple, who wants one outfit to appraise, manage, log, and mill the wood rather than coordinating separate buyers and crews. From minericklogging.com, read 8 October 2026.

Atwood Forest Products is a mill in Cedar Springs, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Tyner's Sawmill is a timber buyer in Goodrich, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Pollums Natural Resources is a mill in Lapeer, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Bessemer Plywood Corporation runs a mill that turns logs into plywood, out of Bessemer, Michigan (their mailing address is in Ironwood). They aren't a logging crew walking your woods; they're a buyer and a mill, taking in logs harvested by independent loggers and turning them into aspen and northern softwood plywood for things like flooring, furniture frames, and house construction, plus pressure treating. What they want to buy is spelled out plainly: "We Buy Aspen, Softwood, Hardwood Timber." The logs they process come off federal, state, county, and private land across Michigan's western upper peninsula and the upper Great Lakes area, cut by independent loggers using sustainable forestry practices. For a landowner in Gogebic County with aspen or softwood on the ground, this is the kind of outfit that would be on the buying end of that wood. Log buying questions go to Jay Flynn; sales questions go through Mario Loreti. Their mill location lets them move "quick truckload shipment of highly mixed loads," which is more about how they ship product out than about what a small private seller would see, but it tells you this is a mill built for volume, not a one-man logging operation. This fits a landowner near Gogebic County with aspen or northern softwood to sell, who wants to deal with the mill itself rather than a middleman, and who is comfortable calling and asking Jay Flynn directly what size and species they're buying this year. From bessemerplywood.com, read 8 October 2026.

Traverse City hardwoods is a timber buyer in Lake Ann, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Superior Forestry & Land Management is a timber buyer in Houghton, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Shamco Lumber is a sawmill in Iron River, Michigan, run by Jon Richter. The business is set up to serve mills, "procuring the highest quality lumber for Upper Michigan and Northern Wisconsin mills." Alongside the mill, Jon is also tied in with a logging and trucking company and a tree trimming and removal outfit, so timber buying and logging work both run through the same family of businesses. The wood they handle is hardwood, including hard maple, and they note their crew can cut hard maple year-round. Their finished lumber goes toward furniture, cabinetry, flooring, and similar finishing work rather than construction lumber that gets covered up. Jon and his father started the sawmill in Iron River in 2003. After his father passed away the following year, Jon ran it alone, modernized it in 2014, and in 2018 partnered with Shamco, Inc. to form Shamco Lumber as it operates today. They list Iron County as their service area. This fits a landowner in Iron County with hardwood timber, especially hard maple, who wants to deal with a mill that also has logging and buying connections under one roof, rather than piecing together separate contractors. From shamcolumber.com, read 8 October 2026.

Northern MI Forestry is a timber buyer in Newaygo County, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Wheeler's Wolf Lake Sawmill is a timber buyer in Baldwin, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Variety Farms Sawmill is a timber buyer in Hartland, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Macatawa Forest Products is a mill in Ludington, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Jarvis Sawmill is a mill in Shelby, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer and a logging contractor. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Habitat Management of Michigan is a logging and timber buying outfit out of Muskegon, Michigan, working on wooded properties in Muskegon County. They also buy standing timber and do land clearing and site work. They've been managing timber across West Michigan since 2008. Their work covers select timber cuts, complete land clearing, and habitat management, with jobs including single tree selections, shelter wood selection, clear cut harvesting, and stump removal. The species they mention are mast-producing trees like oak, evergreens, pine, and hardwood. Their process is "we only take the trees that are ready for harvest, and leave the rest to grow and be harvested in the future." They run two full time wood crews who mechanically cut and harvest timber, using Ponsse harvesting equipment, skidders, forwarders, a chipper, a tub grinder, and Caterpillar equipment for clearing and stump work. Their workers' comp is carried through the Michigan Association of Timberman's Self Insured Fund, and liability coverage is available on request. They work closely with the Michigan Timber Association. There's no stated minimum acreage, but the smallest job they describe is clearing about 8 acres of a 20 acre property ahead of building a home. This fits a landowner near Muskegon who wants one business to handle everything from a timber sale to clearing a building site, not just a straight stumpage buyer. From hmofmi.com, read 8 October 2026.

Thurston Logging and Tree Service is a family owned business based in St. Charles, Michigan, started in 2014 and run by owner Travis Thurston. It works both sides of the tree: logging and timber buying, plus general tree care such as removal, trimming, and emergency storm work. It covers Saginaw County, naming St. Charles, Chesaning, Hemlock, Burt, Saginaw, Midland, Merrill, Wheeler, Auburn, Oakley, Henderson, Bridgeport, Birch Run, Breckenridge, Carrollton, Brant, and Freeland. For standing timber, it buys walnut, white oak, red oak, hard maple, soft maple, cherry, and hickory. The process is plain: you describe your property and what trees you think you have, a crew comes out for a site visit, trees get looked at for species, trunk size, form, and how easy the ground is for equipment, and a direct bid usually follows the same visit or soon after, with no auction and no middlemen. If you accept, a harvest date is set around your schedule and ground conditions, and the crew handles all the cutting and hauling. On acreage, it says a five-acre parcel with a handful of large, healthy hardwoods is worth evaluating, so size alone doesn't rule a property out. It describes itself as paying "top dollar for your trees" and keeping the deal free of middlemen or an auction process. This fits a Saginaw County landowner with a modest woodlot of good hardwoods who wants one local contact to both look at standing timber and handle any tree work that comes with it. From thurstonloggingandtreeservice.com, read 8 October 2026.