Selling Timber in Merrimack County, NH

15 businesses work this county · 1 registered consulting foresters

Quick answer

There are 15 timber businesses listed for Merrimack County, New Hampshire: 1 consulting forester and 14 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 12 of them have offices in the county. The rest are registered to work here and travel in, and every listing shows how far its office is from the county seat.

Timber prices for Merrimack County

No county publishes its own timber prices. These are New Hampshire's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Merrimack County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.

Oak$200–$400 per thousand board feet
Hard maple$200–$400 per thousand board feet
Ash$165–$325 per thousand board feet
Yellow birch$145–$275 per thousand board feet
White birch$110–$210 per thousand board feet
Soft maple$95–$195 per thousand board feet
Beech, pallet and tie logs$25–$75 per thousand board feet
White pine$150–$210 per thousand board feet

Source: New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration, April–September 2026. All New Hampshire timber prices

Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth

Most landowners in Merrimack County have no idea what their standing timber is worth, which is exactly the position a buyer wants you in. Four questions gets you a ballpark range before the first offer lands.

Consulting Foresters in Merrimack County (1)

This forester has an office right here in Merrimack County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.

New London, NH
Woodland evaluationsTimber Sale AdministrationForest Management PlanningCurrent Use taxation planningTimber inventories and appraisals+1 more

Granite State Forestry Service, Inc. is a forestry consulting and logging firm based in New London, New Hampshire. They work in forest management, selective timber harvesting, logging, and timber sales, and they also serve Merrimack County. A sale or job with them starts with a free woodland evaluation, a walk through your property to look at your trees and talk over your goals. From there they put together a timber harvesting plan that covers the best time of year to cut, which harvesting techniques fit the land, which logging contractor suits the site, and where to put the log landing and trails. They handle the timber sale administration too, including marketing the forest products, locating and marking boundary lines, state and local permits and wetland notifications, and timber marking. During the harvest they supervise the work for compliance with state and local rules, including wetland regulations, and they are insured and say they only use insured logging contractors. Other services include current use taxation planning, timber inventories and appraisals, and forest management planning. They note that "most landowners will only harvest timber one or two times during the course of their life," which is the reasoning they give for leaning on a licensed forester to run the sale. They are a fully licensed forester in the state of New Hampshire and say they have been "practicing sustainable forestry in New England for over 30 years," with roots going back to 1983. This fits a landowner in New Hampshire, especially Merrimack County, who wants one firm to plan the harvest, line up the logging crew, and stand watch over the whole sale from boundary lines to the last load leaving the property. From granitestateforestry.com, read 8 October 2026.

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Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Merrimack County (11)

These 11 are based in Merrimack County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.

3.0(2 reviews)
Andover, NH
Timber HarvestingLand ClearingSelective CuttingTree Removal for Solar Panel Installations

forward logging and excavation is a logging contractor in Andover, New Hampshire. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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4.8(106 reviews)
Chichester, NH

Goosebay Sawmill & Lumber, Inc. is a timber buyer in Chichester, New Hampshire. 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.

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4.8(36 reviews)
Henniker, NH
sawn, dried and planed on sitecustom timbers

Goss Lumber Company is a mill in Henniker, New Hampshire. 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.

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5.0(1 reviews)
Henniker, NH
Lumber SalesLumber InspectionTallyingStorage (Indoor and Outdoor)Kiln Drying+1 more

Henniker Forest Products, LLC is a sawmill and timber buyer based in Henniker, New Hampshire. It works with lumber wholesalers, flooring contractors, and the custom kiln dry market, and it has been providing lumber and related services for over 11 years. The mill's work covers lumber sales, lumber inspection, tallying, indoor and outdoor storage, kiln drying, heat treating, straight line ripping, S2S and S4S milling, and trucking. It deals in "sustainably harvested domestic hardwoods and softwoods." Its service area reaches into Merrimack County, New Hampshire. There's no stated minimum acreage, and the business doesn't describe a buying process for standing timber or any forestry or land management work, so what it shows is built around moving volume lumber through a mill rather than walking a woodlot with a landowner. This fits someone whose main interest is getting logs or lumber into a high volume wholesale and kiln dried supply chain, not a landowner looking for a forester to mark and manage a small tract. From newleaflumber.com, read 8 October 2026.

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4.0(17 reviews)
Henniker, NH
Hardwood Lumber MillPallet ManufacturingRoundwood ChipsLogging Forestry

HHP Inc. is a mill in Henniker, New Hampshire. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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4.8(6 reviews)
Henniker, NH
selective cuttingforest managementpurchasing of standing timberchipping & stumpingcomplete site work+1 more

Hopkinton Forestry and Land Clearing is a logging contractor in Henniker, New Hampshire. 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.

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5.0(4 reviews)
Henniker, NH
Custom timber kitsCustom Timber Packages36' Custom ProcessingCustom Milling for Oversized LumberCustom milling+1 more

JM Timber is a sawmill in Henniker, New Hampshire. It's run by Jarvis, who started it in late 2018 after years working in tree removal, when he decided good timber shouldn't be sent to landfills and chippers. It's veteran-owned and family-operated. This isn't a logging or timber-buying outfit. JM Timber mills logs, including ones you bring in yourself, into Pine, Hemlock, Red Oak, and White Oak lumber, plus live edge slabs. They do custom milling up to 36 feet long and can handle oversized logs and wide slabs over 30 inches, so if you've got an unusual tree or want thick live-edge pieces, that's their specialty. They also build custom post-and-beam timber kits and offer delivery, priced by distance from Henniker. Payment for custom milling is due in full before the work starts. JM Timber serves New Hampshire and New England, with Merrimack County named as an area it covers specifically. There's no minimum size stated for a job: the website shows them handling everything from small custom cuts to full 36-foot timber packages. This fits a landowner who already knows what they want milled, whether that's logs off your own land or a special piece for a build, rather than someone looking to sell standing timber or have it logged. From jmtimber.net, read 8 October 2026.

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5.0(2 reviews)
Loudon, NH
Sawmill and Milling ServicesFinishing and Planing ServicesDrying and Treatment ServicesConsultation and Material Sourcingcustom milling+1 more

Jones Wood Products, LLC is a sawmill and lumber yard in Loudon, New Hampshire. They don't buy standing timber or do logging. What they do is take logs, yours or theirs, and turn them into finished lumber: sawing, air and kiln drying, and planing on a four-head moulder planer. They work in eastern white pine, red oak, and other northern hardwood species. They can come to you. Their portable band sawmill handles sites with truck access, and for logs in spots a truck can't reach, they run an Alaskan chain sawmill that can take logs "up to 54 inches wide" for slabs, bar tops, and the like. Ben Jones, the owner, is a certified sawyer and sawmill operator accredited by the state of New Hampshire, with a Bachelor of Science in Wood Science and Technology from the University of Maine. The business has been going for over 14 years and names Merrimack County as an area it serves, with other references to Loudon and central New Hampshire. There's no stated minimum acreage or log count. They say their small scale lets them handle jobs "ranging in size from a few board feet to entire building cut lists," so they're set up for both small lots and bigger ones. This fits a landowner who already knows what they want to build, flooring, timbers, furniture, a barn, and wants their own trees milled and dried into that, rather than someone just looking to sell standing timber for cash. From joneswoodproducts.com, read 8 October 2026.

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5.0(2 reviews)
North Sutton, NH

NGB Timber Harvesting is a logging contractor in North Sutton, New Hampshire. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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5.0(1 reviews)
New London, NH
Sawmill Process ConsultingMill SalesLumber Brokerage

The Mill Experts, run by Sawmill Associates, LLC, is based in New London, New Hampshire. This isn't a logger coming out to walk your woods. They work on the mill and lumber side of the business: "Sawmill Process Consulting, Mill Sales, and Lumber Brokerage." Their own description puts it plainly: Sawmill Associates provides "truck and carload purchasers of lumber with dimension, board, and panel lumber products from North America's leading mill producers." They handle Eastern White Pine, Spruce-Pine-Fir, Southern Yellow Pine, Plywood, OSB, and Cedar, among other species. Part of their work is helping mills move product lines or add sales capacity, which tells you they're dealing in volume and mill relationships rather than a single landowner's stand of trees. They list Merrimack County as an area they serve, with an office address at 276 Newport Rd. in New London. This one fits a landowner who already has a connection to a mill or logger and wants someone who understands the lumber brokerage and sales side, not someone to walk your back forty and mark trees for cutting. From sawmillassociates.com, read 8 October 2026.

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5.0(2 reviews)
Chichester, NH
loggingmillingrough cut lumber

Warren Brook Logging and Lumber is a mill in Chichester, New Hampshire. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills Nearby (3)

Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Merrimack County, working from a nearby town.

4.5(8 reviews)
Webster, NH

Chuck Rose, Inc is a logging contractor in Webster, New Hampshire. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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5.0(1 reviews)
null, NH
Timber HarvestingLand ClearingTree RemovalHazardous & Emergency Tree RemovalStump Removal or Grinding+1 more

Legacy Logging is a logging contractor in Merrimack County, New Hampshire. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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5.0(4 reviews)
null, NH

Townes Logging llc is a logging contractor in Merrimack County, New Hampshire. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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Questions landowners ask

How many timber buyers and foresters serve Merrimack County?

15 businesses are listed for Merrimack County: 1 consulting forester and 14 buyers, loggers and mills. 12 of them have offices in the county.

How much is my timber worth in Merrimack County?

Nobody can tell you what your timber is worth without walking it. Value depends on the species, the size and grade of the trees, how thickly they stand, the ground conditions and how easily a logger can reach them. Anyone who quotes you a figure without seeing the land is guessing, and a guess in that direction is rarely in your favour.

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Do I need a forestry consultant to sell timber in Merrimack County?

You do not have to use one. A consulting forester works for you rather than the buyer, marks the timber, runs a sealed-bid sale and typically charges a percentage of the sale. Research from several state extension services has found that timber sold through a consultant often returns enough more to cover the fee, though results vary by tract and by market. The decision usually turns on the size of the sale and whether you have sold timber before.

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What is timber worth in Merrimack County?

No price series is published for Merrimack County on its own. New Hampshire's latest published stumpage figures (New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration, April–September 2026) put oak at $200–$400 per thousand board feet. What your own timber brings depends on the species, the size and amount of it, and how far it is from a mill. A timber cruise by a forester settles it.

Forester listings for Merrimack County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.