Selling Timber in Yellowstone County, MT

Element 6 Industries Inc. is a logging contractor in Laurel, Montana. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Fox Distribution operates as a sawmill, listed under the name Yellowstone Stud Company at its Laurel, Montana location. It's one of several mills run by Fox Lumber, with other locations in Washington, Oregon, and Ontario. This mill runs on Doug Fir, 100 percent, and turns out furring strips, pallet parts, and studs, along with rails sized from 2 ¾ inches to 4 ½ inches round, and used, treated railroad ties in grades 1, 2, and 3. The Laurel mill produces over 100mbf of lumber daily and ships to clients across the nation. The company describes itself as "A Leader in Industrial Lumber Sales," with sales staff carrying more than 150 years of combined experience across the lumber trade. For landowners in Yellowstone County, this is a mill buying logs for its production line rather than a timber buyer walking your woods. If you've got Doug Fir to move and want a straightforward wholesale outlet, this is worth a call. It won't suit you if you're after someone to walk your acreage, mark timber, or advise on a standing sale. From foxlumber.com, read 4 October 2026.

Montana Custom Millwork is a sawmill and millwork shop in Billings, Montana. They mill Douglas fir, ponderosa pine, blue stain pine, and walnut, taking it from "every log sourced within 100 miles" through to rough-cut lumber, finished boards, post and beam timbers, live-edge slabs, and mulch. The whole process, from log yard to planer, is handled in-house by the same shop. Work ranges from single boards to full truckloads: structural framing, tongue and groove and shiplap, green or dried post and beam timbers for pole barns and gazebos, dunnage and pallet lumber for industrial customers, live-edge slabs for tables and bar tops, and custom pieces like stair treads, decking, and saunas. They describe their pricing as "mill-direct pricing, skipping the big-box markup," since they cut out the usual distributor markup. They serve eastern Montana, with Yellowstone County among the areas covered, and are named for Billings, Laurel, Columbus, Hardin, and Miles City. The mill was founded in February 2020 by Jessyca and Nick Chiasson, a family operation that runs every step themselves. Jessyca comes from building and landscaping and built her own home's furniture before this; Nick spent over twelve years as a building contractor and worked a sawmill in New Hampshire before heading west. This fits a landowner who already has logs down, or is working with a logger, and needs someone local to custom-mill that wood into usable lumber, timbers, or slabs rather than someone who buys standing timber or manages the land itself. From montanacustommillwork.com, read 4 October 2026.