Selling Timber in Kent County, MI

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.

Independent Sawmill LLC is a mill in Caledonia, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Kamps Hardwoods Inc is a mill in Caledonia, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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.

Mooseworks LLC is a mill in Alto, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Morgan's Custom Sawmill is a portable sawmill business run out of Rockford, Michigan. They are a custom sawyer, meaning they cut up your own logs into lumber rather than buying timber standing. You can haul your logs to their site in Rockford, or they will bring the mill to you. Onsite work runs $50 to set up plus $100 an hour with a two hour minimum; if you bring the logs to them in Rockford there is no setup fee and no hourly minimum, and they have equipment there to load and unload your trailer. They bill for drive time only if you are more than 30 minutes from Rockford. The mill itself is a TimberKing 2000, fully hydraulic and computerized, and it can handle logs up to 32 inches across and 19 feet long. They list Kent County as an area they serve. No species are named and no job size is listed, so there's nothing here about how small or large a project needs to be, acreage included. What they do say is that they'll take on logs of any size: "No matter how big or small the logs, we are excited to turn them into milled, usable wood product." They also mention storm-downed trees, saying they can mill one into "a lifetime keepsake" for a family. This fits a landowner with a tree or a small pile of logs, maybe from a storm or a clearing job, who wants boards cut rather than timber sold, and who is willing to either haul logs to Rockford or host a portable mill on their own property. From morganscustomsawmill.com, read 8 October 2026.