Selling Timber in Le Sueur County, MN

Montgomery Sawmill is a sawmill in Montgomery, Minnesota, that custom cuts logs into lumber for the landowner who brings them the wood, rather than one that buys standing timber or runs logging crews. They'll take whole trees or logs and saw them to the dimensions you want on their Wood-Mizer LT70 Super, and they handle logs "up to 3' in diameter and 20' long." Species they've worked with include red and white oak, pine, cedar, cherry, ash, walnut, basswood, hard and soft maple, elm, and hackberry, though what's on hand changes. Beyond sawing, they offer planing (boards and beams up to 25 inches wide and 9 inches thick), kiln drying, resawing of old or salvaged wood, and custom dimensional lumber. If you can't get your log to them, they'll come get it, since they "self load and transport logs up to 20' long and up to 10,000 lbs," with pickup available anywhere in Minnesota. They also take whole logs for repurposing, including dead, diseased, or storm damaged trees, and will sometimes purchase select logs if you're clearing land or having an area logged. They serve Le Sueur County directly and name Montgomery, Kilkenny, Le Center, Lonsdale, New Prague, and Shieldsville as their working area. Montgomery Sawmill was established in 2016 by Cole Van Horn, with John Ashwood now running the business. This fits a landowner who already has a tree or two down, or a special log with history behind it, and wants it turned into usable boards rather than sold off as standing timber. From montgomerysawmill.com, read 8 October 2026.

Hometown Sawmill and Hardwoods is a woodworking shop and sawmill in Le Center, Minnesota. It is listed on its own pages as HomeTown Slabs & Wood Works, and it describes its work as "Heirloom Quality Furniture." The shop works with walnut, hackberry and American elm. It sells live edge kiln dried slabs, in lengths under 8 feet and 8 to 12 feet. Its custom work covers dining tables, islands, bar tops, desks and epoxy river tables. It runs a vacuum kiln drying service that takes full loads only, in a chamber 12 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet. Its own notes say 10/4 slabs take roughly 4 weeks to dry to 8% moisture content. The shop also buys large logs. Visitors are asked to make an appointment first, since the owners are often in and out of the shop. The business suits a landowner with a large walnut, hackberry or American elm log who wants to sell it to a shop that buys large logs. From hometownsawmill.wixsite.com, read 8 October 2026.