Selling Timber in Rensselaer County, NY

9 businesses work this county

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There are 9 timber businesses listed for Rensselaer County, New York: 9 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 6 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 Rensselaer County

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

Red oak$500–$728 per thousand board feet
Black cherry$350–$600 per thousand board feet
Hard maple$550–$900 per thousand board feet
White pine$75–$150 per thousand board feet
Hemlock$50–$99 per thousand board feet
Black walnut$1,000–$2,000 per thousand board feet

Source: New York State DEC stumpage price report, Winter 2025. All New York timber prices

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

Most landowners in Rensselaer 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.

Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Rensselaer County (6)

These 6 are based in Rensselaer County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.

4.3(12 reviews)
Nassau, NY
Tree RemovalTree PruningLand ClearingStump GrindingWood Chipping+1 more

Capital Sawmill Service, Tree Service & More is a tree service and sawmill in Nassau, New York, on US Highway 20 southeast of Albany. It takes down and prunes trees, grinds stumps, clears land, chips wood, and hauls away debris. It also mills logs into custom lumber, live-edge slabs, and finished pieces such as bar tops, table tops, mantels, and deer plaques. The tree crew is licensed and insured. Owner Steven Daniels has been doing tree service for over 30 years. In 1995 he added a portable band sawmill to make better use of the trees the company removed. The wood can be milled on site with the portable mill or brought back to the stationary mill in Nassau. Species include walnut, cherry, maple, oak, pine, honey locust, sycamore, box elder maple, and catalpa. Live-edge slabs come up to 30 inches wide and are air-dried under cover for up to two years. The business describes its work as "lumber with a story you already know." The company serves homeowners and businesses across Albany, Rensselaer, and Columbia counties, including East Greenbush, Troy, Schenectady, Chatham, and Nassau. It suits a Capital Region landowner who wants a tree taken down and milled into lumber or slabs they can keep. From capitalsawmill.com, read 5 October 2026.

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5.0(1 reviews)
Averill Park, NY

Day's Timber Harvesting is a logging contractor in Averill Park, New York. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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4.6(28 reviews)
East Nassau, NY
we can custom saw to your specified dimensionsLooking to have your own timbers sawn, or have your lumber planed?

Hankle Lumber Inc is a family sawmill in East Nassau, New York, on State Route 66. The Hankle family has been logging timber in the forests of northeastern New York since 1954, and the mill still turns those logs into lumber on site. They cut both hardwood and softwood, with Red Oak, White Oak, Maple, Cherry, Birch, Hickory, Ash, Black Walnut, Poplar, Eastern White Pine, and Hemlock on their species list. Beyond rough cut framing lumber, posts and beams, and boards for furniture, they plane kiln dried stock into flooring, paneling, and siding, and they'll take on custom work too: "we can custom saw to your specified dimensions." If you have your own timbers that need sawing or lumber that needs planing, that's work they describe doing directly, and some of that custom work runs only in winter. They also sell by-products, organic mulch and sawdust, to farmers, horse breeders, gardeners, and landscapers nearby. Hankle Lumber serves Rensselaer County, and its customer reach runs both locally and along the entire East Coast. This fits a landowner in Rensselaer County who already has logs or sawn timber in hand and wants a mill to process it into lumber, siding, flooring, or landscaping material, rather than someone looking for a buyer to walk their woods and bid on standing timber. From hanklelumber.com, read 11 October 2026.

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5.0(53 reviews)
Cropseyville, NY
Kiln dried firewoodSeasoned woodgreen woodtimber harvestingcord+1 more

LD Forest Products is a logging contractor in Cropseyville, New York. 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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East Nassau, NY

MGB Saw LLC is a mill in East Nassau, New York. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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4.6(76 reviews)
Averill Park, NY
Kiln & Planer Servicescustom saw mill

Valente Lumber is a mill in Averill Park, New York. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. 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 Rensselaer County, working from a nearby town.

3.7(3 reviews)
Buskirk, NY

All About Wood is a mill in Buskirk, New York. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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5.0(16 reviews)
Petersburgh, NY
saw your timber orders

Paulson Wood Products, Inc. is a sawmill and lumberyard in Petersburgh, New York, right on the Little Hoosic River off Route 22. It's family run, "a family-owned and operated sawmill and lumberyard, priding ourselves on well-manufactured lumber." Logs from New York and Vermont go through their mill and come out as barns, woodsheds, flooring, and cabinets. They work mainly in Eastern White Pine, both rough-sawn green and kiln-dried, along with Hemlock and native hardwoods. If you've got standing timber or logs you want milled to your own specs, they'll "saw your timber orders up to 26'," which matters if you're after long barn boards or beams rather than standard lengths. The business serves Rensselaer County and has been going since 1981, started by Don and Paula Paulson and now run by Bob and Sharon Cole, with Bob doing the sawing himself after a lifetime in the lumber trade. This fits a landowner near Petersburgh who already has logs cut, or timber coming down, and wants a nearby mill to turn it into usable lumber rather than a service that buys standing timber or walks your woods to mark trees. If you want custom-sawn pine, hemlock, or hardwood close to home, this is worth a call. From paulsonwoodproducts.com, read 11 October 2026.

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5.0(1 reviews)
Castleton-On-Hudson, NY

Precision Logging & Hauling is a logging contractor in Castleton-On-Hudson, New York. 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 Rensselaer County?

9 businesses are listed for Rensselaer County: 0 consulting foresters and 9 buyers, loggers and mills. 6 of them have offices in the county.

How much is my timber worth in Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer County?

No price series is published for Rensselaer County on its own. New York's latest published stumpage figures (New York State DEC stumpage price report, Winter 2025) put hard maple at $550–$900 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 Rensselaer County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.