Independent Loggers

Independent loggers are ideal for smaller parcels (1–10 acres) that larger operations pass on. They handle harvesting directly and often work with local mills.

157 listings · Read: Clear-Cut vs. Selective Cut

Quick answer

There are 157 independent loggers listed in North Carolina across 100 counties. Listings come from the North Carolina Forest Service register and each one shows the counties it covers and the species it handles. TimberClear has not vetted, verified or endorsed any of them.

Plymouth, NC
Standing Timber PurchaseSawlog PurchasePulpwood Purchase

The state's own register is broader than this listing has been. NC Forest Service records CBR Logging as buying all hardwood and all softwood species in Washington County, and as dealing in standing timber, sawlogs and pulpwood rather than mixed hardwood alone. A Carolina Loggers Association member directory carries a matching name, though that directory publishes no city or state, so the match is on name alone. No website, Facebook page, BBB file or published review was found, and a federal SAFER keyword search returned no motor-carrier registration under this name.

View Profile
5.0(4 reviews)
Plymouth, NC
Standing Timber PurchaseSawlog PurchasePulpwood PurchaseLog Hauling

Twelve power units and nine drivers put this among the larger logging outfits working out of Plymouth. The federal SAFER database lists H & L Logging as a private interstate carrier under USDOT #1796742, hauling logs, poles, beams and lumber, with its MCS-150 registration last updated in December 2025. By fleet size that is several times the one- and two-truck operations that make up most of the DOT-registered loggers in this corner of the state. A Carolina Loggers Association directory entry matches the name, but the directory lists no location, so the match is unconfirmed. No website, rating or review was found.

View Profile
4.4(16 reviews)
Plymouth, NC
25 yrs in business
Standing Timber PurchaseSawlog PurchasePulpwood Purchase

In business since October 2001 according to its Better Business Bureau file, Mark & Sons runs a small operation by federal numbers: the FMCSA lists a single power unit and two drivers under USDOT #3909887, registered for intrastate work only. The BBB has had a file open on the company since 2010 but has never issued a rating, saying it lacks sufficient information to do so, and the company is not accredited. The DOT registration also carries a mailing address in Sanford, a different part of the state from the Plymouth yard. No website, Facebook page or published review was found.

View Profile
5.0(1 reviews)
Plymouth, NC
40 yrs in business
Standing Timber PurchasePulpwood PurchaseChip-N-Saw PurchaseTimber Procurement And MerchandisingTimber Harvesting+1 more

A timber management firm and a real estate brokerage in one: the company's own site says it buys land as well as standing timber and is 'always looking for mutually profitable transactions that benefit our customers, employees, and the larger environment.' In business since December 1986, it has been a BBB-accredited business since November 2021 and carries an A+ rating. The BBB file describes the work as procuring, merchandising and harvesting timber tracts, buying standing timber and facilitating replanting through the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. On harvesting, the company says its methods 'minimize disturbance of the land and leave it ready for a new crop of timber.'

View Profile
Plymouth, NC
Timber HarvestingTimber PurchaseLog Hauling

Almost nothing about this company is verifiable from public sources. It appears in this directory's source data as an independent logging contractor working across twelve eastern North Carolina counties, but it does not appear on the NC Forest Service timber-buyer tables for Washington or Beaufort counties, has no Carolina Loggers Association directory entry, no federal motor-carrier registration, and no website, Facebook page, BBB file or published review that could be found.

View Profile
Rutherfordton, NC
Standing Timber PurchaseSawlog PurchasePulpwood PurchaseLog Hauling

One truck, one driver. The federal SAFER database lists McEntire Services under USDOT #3032423 as a private, intrastate-only carrier hauling logs, poles, beams and lumber out of Rutherfordton, which squares with the single-county service area shown on this listing. That registration, last filed in March 2022, is effectively the entire public record for the business: no website, no Facebook page, no BBB file, no Carolina Loggers Association entry and no published reviews could be found.

View Profile
Rutherfordton, NC
28 yrs in business
Stumpage PurchaseSawlog PurchasePulpwood PurchaseChip-N-Saw PurchaseLogging Services+1 more

Working western North Carolina and the upstate of South Carolina since 1998, this Rutherfordton buyer takes standing timber on tracts of five acres and up. Its Manta business listing says the company is fully insured, employs Certified Pro Loggers, offers free timber value estimates, and provides logging services as well as buying — all of it the company's own account of itself rather than an independent verification. The March 2024 statewide timber buyers list published by the South Carolina Forestry Commission carries the same Rutherfordton address and phone, so tracts on either side of the state line are in range.

View Profile
New Bern, NC
9 yrs in business
Timber HarvestingTimber PurchaseLog Hauling

A six-person, single-location crew whose working address is on Stony Branch Rd in New Bern rather than the PO Box that appears on the state register. The business-data aggregator Buzzfile puts the founding at 2017, which would make it one of the newer harvesting outfits in Craven County — most of the local operators date back decades further. Those figures are aggregator data rather than the company's own statement, and no website, Facebook page or reviews exist to check them against.

View Profile
1.7(3 reviews)
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Standing Timber PurchaseLoggingForest ManagementLumber WholesaleLog Hauling

Unlike most stumpage buyers in Halifax County, Kerr runs its own log trucks. Federal motor carrier records under USDOT 337205 list eight power units and three drivers as of the August 2025 MCS-150 filing, and the cargo classification covers "Logs, Poles, Beams, Lumber" alongside "Machinery, Large Objects" — meaning the company hauls its own harvesting equipment onto a tract as well as the wood off it. An industrial directory describes the business as wholesaling rough, dressed and finished lumber and offering logging and forest management services, so it does more than buy stumpage. The NC Forest Service register records it as buying all hardwood and all softwood species, broader than the mixed-hardwood entry the listing was built from. No website, Facebook page or published reviews were found.

View Profile
5.0(1 reviews)
Stoneville, NC
Standing Timber PurchaseSawlog PurchasePulpwood PurchaseTimber HarvestingLog Hauling

Two trucks and two drivers is what the federal motor carrier register shows for this outfit as of its October 2024 MCS-150 filing under USDOT 3349173 — a small crew that hauls its own wood rather than subcontracting it out. It buys standing timber, sawlogs and pulpwood in all hardwood and softwood species, and appears on the Stokes County buyer register as well as Rockingham's. Worth knowing if you are calling around: its yard on Anglin Mill Road sits roughly a mile from Shelton Logging & Chipping at 2861 Anglin Mill Road, two separately incorporated Shelton logging businesses on the same road. FMCSA also carries a second number for the business, (336) 573-9551. No website, Facebook page or published reviews were found.

View Profile
Stoneville, NC
Timber HarvestingStanding Timber PurchaseSawlog PurchasePulpwood PurchaseLog Hauling

This is one of the larger owner-operated crews in the Stoneville cluster: seven power units and seven drivers on its December 2024 federal motor carrier filing under USDOT 2351429, meaning it can move a tract without waiting on subcontracted hauling. The Anglin Mill Road address is a mailing address — FMCSA records the physical operating base as 200 Price Farm Road in Stokesdale, about 25 miles south in Guilford County, so its working range covers both counties. It also appears on the NC Forest Service Rockingham County buyer register as buying standing timber, sawlogs and pulpwood in all hardwood and softwood species, so it will buy the wood as well as cut it. FMCSA lists a second phone number, (336) 548-3860, alongside the one on the register.

View Profile
4.5(2 reviews)
Troy, NC
Stumpage PurchaseSawlog PurchasePulpwood PurchaseTimber CruiseHardwood Timber Logging

Two records, two different jobs. The NC Forest Service register lists Deberry Land & Timber as a timber buyer working twelve counties, while the IndustryNet business directory classifies the company under logging — by both SIC and NAICS code — and describes what it does as hardwood timber logging. IndustryNet also records a street address in Troy alongside the PO Box in the state register, and notes the company is not set up to receive email, so contact is by phone only. No website, no published reviews and no founding date were found.

View Profile
Sanford, NC
Standing Timber PurchaseSawlog PurchasePulpwood PurchaseTimber Cruise

A Sanford timber harvesting company that entered this directory from the NC Forest Service Timber Buyers Guide, recorded there as buying standing timber, sawlogs and pulpwood across five counties in the central Piedmont. It does not appear on the Forest Service's current county buyer lists for Lee, Chatham or Harnett, and no website, Facebook page, BBB file, directory entry or review of any kind could be found for it. The species and services shown here come from the original source record and are unverified.

View Profile
Burnsville, NC
Standing Timber PurchaseSawlog PurchasePulpwood Purchase

The only confirmation found for this Burnsville outfit is the N.C. Forest Service's Yancey County buyer list, which records it purchasing all hardwood and softwood species as standing timber, sawlogs and pulpwood — a wider brief than the "mixed hardwoods" this listing previously showed. Searches on the company name, the phone number and the Blue Rock Road address returned no website, no Facebook page, no BBB file and no Carolina Loggers Association membership. What the register says is all that can be verified about it.

View Profile
Burnsville, NC
Standing Timber PurchaseSawlog PurchasePulpwood PurchaseLog Hauling

Unlike most crews on the Forest Service register, this Burnsville company hauls its own wood: it holds USDOT number 1009797 as a private interstate carrier of logs, poles, beams and lumber, with six power units and six drivers on the MCS-150 filed in July 2025. It is listed as a member of the Carolina Loggers Association, and the Yancey County buyer list records a broader species range than this listing previously carried, adding basswood, cherry and eastern white pine to the oaks, maples, hickory, walnut, ash and southern yellow pine. The BBB file, opened in September 2018, shows five employees and no rating. No website or published reviews were found.

View Profile
Canton, NC
Stumpage PurchaseSawlog PurchasePulpwood PurchaseTimber Cruise

The NC Forest Service register records stumpage, sawlog and pulpwood purchase plus timber cruising for this Haywood County operation, which both logs and buys - the two halves are in the business name. Mixed hardwood is the only species group recorded. Research found no website, no directory entry, no ratings and no reviews; the single web presence is a Facebook page whose name matches the business exactly.

View Profile
5.0(1 reviews)
Warrenton, NC
Stumpage PurchaseSawlog PurchasePulpwood PurchaseTimber CruiseTimber Harvesting+1 more

A third-generation family firm working out of the Inez community outside Warrenton, with more than thirty years in the business by its own account. What separates it from a straight stumpage buyer is what it offers after the cut: reforestation assistance and land management consultation, so a harvest can be handled as one stage of a longer plan for the tract rather than a one-off sale. Buying and harvesting are both done in house. The company names Glenn Coleman III as president and Will Coleman as vice president, with Taylor Gartrell buying timber, and says the team trained at NC State University and Wake Technical Community College. Office hours run 8:30 to 4.

View Profile
Warrenton, NC
46 yrs in business
Stumpage PurchaseSawlog PurchasePulpwood PurchaseTimber CruiseLogging+1 more

In business since 1980, this Warren County operation is both a harvesting crew and a timber buyer: the NC Forest Service register lists it as purchasing standing timber, sawlogs and pulpwood and as offering a timber cruise. It holds interstate for-hire motor carrier authority under USDOT #3518186, running two power units and two drivers with cargo recorded as logs, poles, beams and lumber, so the same company that cuts the timber also hauls it. No website, Facebook page, reviews or ratings were found. The Better Business Bureau maintains a profile but lists the company as not rated for lack of information, and it is not BBB accredited.

View Profile
Raleigh, NC
Stumpage PurchaseSawlog PurchasePulpwood PurchaseTimber CruiseLogging

Federal motor carrier records list D and J Logging Inc with three power units and two drivers, registered as a private property carrier hauling construction cargo rather than a for-hire freight operation. Beyond that filing there is very little on the public record — no website, no reviews, no ratings, no certifications. The NC Forest Service register is the only account of what it buys: standing timber, sawlogs and pulpwood, with a timber cruise offered. Its Raleigh yard shares a street address with American Woodyards, LLC, though no source found confirms a relationship between the two businesses.

View Profile
5.0(4 reviews)
Gibsonville, NC

Keck Logging Co is a logging contractor in Gibsonville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.1(9 reviews)
Greensboro, NC
Purchasing pine and hardwood timberClear-cut harvesting and selective thinningAssistance with forest management plansTree planting and forest regenerationGuidance on potential forestry tax savings programs+1 more

Piedmont Timber - Full Service Timber Company is a logging contractor in Greensboro, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer and a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(1 reviews)
Semora, NC
Timber Harvesting and LoggingForest and Timber ManagementTimber Evaluation, Land and InvestmentsTimber Cruising and Value EstimationLoblolly Pine Thinning and Management+1 more

Barker Timber Management is a logging contractor in Semora, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.6(20 reviews)
Mebane, NC
Forest Management and Timber BuyingClear cutFirst and second thinningShelter woodSeed tree+1 more

Triangle Forest Products Inc is a timber buyer in Mebane, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a consulting forester and a logging contractor. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.8(4 reviews)
Graham, NC

Braxton Sawmill Inc is a logging contractor in Graham, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.3(17 reviews)
Fairmont, NC
timber harvestingsite preparationroad workreplanting harvested timber tracts

Claybourn Walters Logging Co is a logging contractor in Fairmont, North Carolina. 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.

View Profile
4.0(1 reviews)
Macon, NC

Arcola Logging Co is a logging contractor in Macon, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.7(3 reviews)
Taylorsville, NC

Russell Loudermelk Logging is a logging contractor in Taylorsville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
3.7(3 reviews)
Hickory, NC
Land ClearingTimber HarvestingTimber Purchasing

Justin Dugan's Logging, LLC is a logging contractor in Hickory, North Carolina. 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.

View Profile
5.0(2 reviews)
Advance, NC

Still Creek Logging is a logging contractor in Advance, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Lenoir, NC

Timber Ridge Logging and Land Management is a logging contractor in Lenoir, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.2(5 reviews)
Lincolnton, NC
clearcut harvestingselect cut harvestingThinningUrban Logging (5 acres or Less)Timber Stand Improvement+1 more

Beam Logging is a family owned logging company out of Lincolnton, North Carolina, on Furnace Road. They do traditional logging work, buy timber, and write forestry management plans. Loblolly is the species they name. Their work covers clearcut harvesting, select cut harvesting, and thinning to remove underperforming pine within a loblolly plantation. They also handle timber stand improvement, like facilitating herbicide application and replanting, and they write management plans landowners can use for the NC Present Use Tax if they own 20 acres or more. A sale starts with their timber buyer coming to walk the property and give you an estimate of value, free of charge. If you move forward, you sign a timber contract, and payment is either a lump sum when equipment arrives or pay-as-cut each Monday while the job runs. They close out based on North Carolina Forest Service standards. They serve Lincoln County. They don't shy away from small or tight properties, and they specifically mention urban logging on 5 acres or less, working in close quarters. In their own words, "We will work with you to harvest in tight areas and are not opposed to small acreages." Since no stated minimum acreage appears, that small urban logging category is the closest thing to a floor they've named. This fits a landowner with a modest, maybe awkward-shaped tract who wants a straightforward, family-run outfit willing to look at small jobs without turning them away. From beamlogging.com, read 10 October 2026.

View Profile
5.0(2 reviews)
Taylorsville, NC

Woodchuck Milling is a logging contractor in Taylorsville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(2 reviews)
Taylorsville, NC
Sawmill

Watts Bumgarner & Brown Inc is a logging contractor in Taylorsville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(4 reviews)
Boomer, NC
Sawmill

Hartley Brothers Sawmill Inc is a logging contractor in Boomer, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.3(9 reviews)
Crumpler, NC
Sawmill

L & E Lumber Inc is a logging contractor in Crumpler, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(1 reviews)
Pinetown, NC

Cahoon Brothers Logging LLC is a logging contractor in Pinetown, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(2 reviews)
Pinetown, NC

Wade Biggs Logging is a logging contractor in Pinetown, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
3.7(3 reviews)
South Mills, NC

Swain & Temple Inc is a logging contractor in South Mills, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.3(24 reviews)
Wilkesboro, NC
Timber AppraisalHarvest PlanningClear CuttingSelective HarvestingThinning+1 more

Church & Church Lumber Co is a family-owned sawmill in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. They cut and dry their own lumber, buy timber, run logging crews, and give forestry advice, so a landowner can deal with one outfit for the whole job instead of juggling several. They take on timber appraisal, harvest planning, clear cutting, selective harvesting, and thinning, then handle the sale, the marketing, and the transportation themselves. Species they work with include white oak, red oak, hickory, ash, beech, cherry, walnut, and yellow poplar. They say they recommend getting "at least three bids on a clearly defined timber boundary" if you deal directly with timber buyers, and to only sell timber with a written timber sale agreement, which is worth keeping in mind even if you end up going with them. Their own mill has 400,000 board feet of dry kiln capacity, and they dry and prepare lumber for both domestic and export markets. Church & Church Lumber Co serves Wilkes County. They say landowners with over ten acres are a good fit for exploring a timber harvest. The company has been family-owned for four generations. This one suits a landowner in Wilkes County with a tract of some size who wants a single company to appraise, cut, haul, and sell the timber, rather than hiring separate specialists for each step. From churchandchurchlumber.com, read 10 October 2026.

View Profile
4.0(1 reviews)
Lilesville, NC

Mike Goodwin's Logging Co is a logging contractor in Lilesville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(1 reviews)
Denton, NC

Southern Logging, Inc is a logging contractor in Denton, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(4 reviews)
Marshville, NC

Timber Tamer Custom Sawmilling is a logging contractor in Marshville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Mt Gilead, NC

Mclendon Logging Inc is a logging contractor in Mt Gilead, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.7(16 reviews)
Wilmington, NC
Purchase and Harvest Standing Timberclear cutrow thinningselect thinningresidential thinning+1 more

Corbett Timber Company is a timber buyer, logger, and forestry consultant based in Wilmington, North Carolina. They buy "every standing timber type", as well as soft hardwood logs for mills and other manufacturing use, and they work with Long leaf pine and Loblolly pine among other species. Their harvest work covers clear cut, row thinning, select thinning, residential thinning, seed tree, shelter wood, swamp logging, whole tree chipping, brush reduction, and fuel chipping. Past jobs include thinning on Long leaf pine and Loblolly pine plantations, and a residential thinning where a chipper was used to clear underbrush. Beyond the harvest itself, they offer timber appraisals, GIS mapping, marketing and merchandising advice, reforestation, and management plans, along with procurement services. Their staff includes Registered Foresters and Certified Tree Farm Inspectors. The business traces its timber brokerage work back to the mid-1980s, building on generations of logging before that. They serve New Hanover County. A minimum of 10 acres applies, stated on their contact page as "Property Location & Size (Minimum 10 acres required)". This fits a landowner with a mixed pine or hardwood tract who wants one company to handle the cut, the paperwork around it, and the replanting after, rather than hiring separate people for each step. From thecorbettcompanies.com, read 10 October 2026.

View Profile
4.7(3 reviews)
Stokesdale, NC

Shelton Logging & Chipping Inc is a logging contractor in Stokesdale, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
3.0(2 reviews)
null, NC

Toliver & Sons Logging LLC. is a logging contractor. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(1 reviews)
Sylva, NC

Appalachian Timber Company is a logging contractor in Sylva, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.0(2 reviews)
Whittier, NC
ThinningSelect cuttingClear-cuttingTimber Cruising (appraisal)Land Sales+1 more

Carolina Land & Timber Company is a timber buying and logging outfit based in Whittier, North Carolina. They buy standing timber, harvest it, and also handle land sales, working out of Jackson County and now across Western North Carolina, North Georgia, and Eastern Tennessee. Their work covers thinning, select cutting, and clear-cutting, plus timber cruising for appraisals and boundary line marking and recovery. On the land side, their brokers are licensed Real Estate Brokers who help with buying and selling land tracts. For a timber sale, they offer a free consultation first, then you choose how you get paid: lump sum, a one-time payment in full before any harvesting, or unit price, where you're paid as the timber is harvested based on tons or board feet from mill scale tickets. They'll buy standing timber on tracts of 10 acres and up, so this isn't the business for a small lot. They started with one logging crew and one forester and now run 6 logging crews and 3 foresters, which gives you a sense of how much they've grown since beginning in Jackson County. This fits a landowner with at least 10 acres who wants one company to both buy the timber and handle the harvest, and who might also want help with a land sale down the road. From carolinalandandtimber.com, read 10 October 2026.

View Profile
5.0(6 reviews)
null, NC
Timber Harvesting & LoggingLand ClearingGrading & Site PreparationResidential Driveway InstallationCulvert Installation & Replacement+1 more

Northwest Land & Timber is a veteran-owned logging and land clearing business based in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. It buys timber rights, cuts and sells the harvest, and pays the landowner an agreed percentage of the sale. The owner is directly involved on every job. The work covers clear cutting, select cutting, planted stand thinning, and reforestation harvesting, in species like oak, hickory, walnut, poplar, maple, sweet gum, loblolly, shortleaf, and white pine. A sale starts with a free walk of the property, where they look at species, size, and access, then put the harvest area, trees to leave, and payment timing into a written agreement. Harvests follow state forestry guidelines for streamside buffers, crossings, and debris control, and payments can be arranged weekly, monthly, or at the end of the harvest. The business is Pro Logger certified, an NCFA member, and licensed and insured, and has served landowners since 2021. Its listed service area is Surry County and the NC Triad, including Yadkin County, with work also done around Mount Airy, Dobson, King, Yadkinville, Pinnacle, Westfield, Winston-Salem, Clemmons, Lewisville, Pfafftown, Walkertown, Kernersville, Rural Hall, and East Bend. There's no stated minimum acreage, but the business focuses on tracts of 15 acres or less, the kind "larger logging crews often pass over." As they put it, "you don't need hundreds of acres to make your timber worth a conversation." This one suits a landowner with a smaller wooded tract who wants someone willing to look at a few acres instead of waving them off for not having hundreds. From northwestlandtimber.com, read 10 October 2026.

View Profile
Belhaven, NC

J & R Cahoon Logging Inc is a logging contractor in Belhaven, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.3(3 reviews)
New Bern, NC

E S Pipkin & Sons Logging Co is a logging contractor in New Bern, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(1 reviews)
Jamesville, NC

Price Logging Inc is a logging contractor in Jamesville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Vanceboro, NC

Mc Keel & Sons Logging is a logging contractor in Vanceboro, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Washington, NC

Alligood Brothers Logging is a logging contractor in Washington, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
3.3(3 reviews)
Plymouth, NC

Barnes Logging is a logging contractor in Plymouth, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
1.0(2 reviews)
Vanceboro, NC

Jerry Jones Logging is a logging contractor in Vanceboro, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Williamston, NC

Steve Evans Logging Inc is a logging contractor in Williamston, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(2 reviews)
New Bern, NC

Dunn Logging Co Inc. is a logging contractor in New Bern, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.8(5 reviews)
Kinston, NC

Crawley Timber Company is a logging contractor in Kinston, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(2 reviews)
Maysville, NC

Huffman Logging is a logging contractor in Maysville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Merry Hill, NC

W D Byrum Logging Inc is a logging contractor in Merry Hill, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
New Bern, NC

J E Carpenter Logging Co is a logging contractor in New Bern, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.0(2 reviews)
Windsor, NC

S & K Logging Inc is a logging contractor in Windsor, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(5 reviews)
Hertford, NC

R & S Logging INC is a logging contractor in Hertford, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Windsor, NC

Stewardship Logging & Landscp is a logging contractor in Windsor, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Windsor, NC

Carolina Pine & Hardwood Inc is a logging contractor in Windsor, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
2.7(3 reviews)
Linden, NC

David C Raynor Logging Inc is a logging contractor in Linden, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(1 reviews)
Hobbsville, NC
Timber ProcurementHarvesting

S & M Timber Products is a timber buyer in Hobbsville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(5 reviews)
White Oak, NC

Wood Logging is a logging contractor in White Oak, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Harrells, NC

Lee's Logging Company Inc is a logging contractor in Harrells, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(1 reviews)
Elizabethtown, NC

Merritt's Logging and Chipping Company INC is a logging contractor in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.7(3 reviews)
Delco, NC

Wilkins Logging Inc is a logging contractor in Delco, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
3.7(3 reviews)
null, NC

Seacoast Land & Timber Co. is a logging contractor in New Hanover County, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(1 reviews)
Jacksonville, NC

Allen R Goodson Logging is a logging contractor in Jacksonville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.3(3 reviews)
Hendersonville, NC

Gary Cox Logging Services is a logging contractor in Hendersonville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Asheville, NC

Turner's Logging is a logging contractor in Asheville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Fletcher, NC

Appalachian Site Works And Logging is a logging contractor in Fletcher, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Asheville, NC
contract timber fallingloggingharvest systemroad construction designforest certification consulting+1 more

Mainline Natural Resources, PC is a logging contractor in Asheville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Leicester, NC

Boyd Logging is a logging contractor in Leicester, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
1.0(1 reviews)
Canton, NC

D & M Logging Ptrs is a logging contractor in Canton, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.2(5 reviews)
Rutherfordton, NC

Whiteside Logging LLC is a logging contractor in Rutherfordton, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(3 reviews)
Barnardsville, NC
Full-Service MOBILE SAWINGPLANINGMOULDINGSLAB FLATTENINGCNC+1 more

Big Ivy Lumber Company runs a sawmill out of Barnardsville, North Carolina, in Buncombe County, and serves landowners across Western North Carolina. They'll mill lumber either at your place or at their shop on North Fork Rd, and they handle everything from a single yard tree to a truckload of logs from a construction site. The work covers mobile sawing, planing, moulding, slab flattening, and CNC shaping, plus log pick up, delivery, and stacking once the lumber is cut. They say they can "harvest your timber" for you if the trees are still standing, so you don't have to arrange a separate logger. Species they name are white oak, black walnut, white ash, maples, and poplar. If you bring logs to them already cut, they'll saw them to whatever dimensions you want on the spot. For a mobile job, they note their portable sawmill "requires a flat or gently slopped area with room to maneuver a skid steer," so that's worth checking on your land before you call. Once lumber is sawn, they offer a curing kit, with moisture barrier, blocks, and shade cloth, to help it dry straight and flat. Consultations and estimates are free, and everything runs by appointment. This fits a landowner with one tree down, a handful of logs, or a bigger harvest who wants the wood turned into usable lumber, whether for their own project or to sell as boards, rather than someone just looking to sell standing timber outright. From bigivylumberco.com, read 10 October 2026.

View Profile
Union Mills, NC

Josh Lane Logging is a logging contractor in Union Mills, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.9(17 reviews)
Morganton, NC

Brackett Brothers Corporation is a logging contractor in Morganton, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.0(1 reviews)
Lenoir, NC

Dillard Logging is a logging contractor in Lenoir, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.0(1 reviews)
Lenoir, NC

Looper Logging is a logging contractor in Lenoir, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
3.7(3 reviews)
Rockwell, NC

Red Maple Logging Co Inc is a logging contractor in Rockwell, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Salisbury, NC

Jacob's Bobcat Services is a logging contractor in Salisbury, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(1 reviews)
Gatesville, NC

Bundy Logging Co Inc is a logging contractor in Gatesville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Jacksonville, NC
Custom Sawmilling ServiceBeveled sidingquarter sawingbig beamsodd sizes+1 more

Logs To Lumber is a custom sawmilling service in Jacksonville, North Carolina. They work as a mill and also take on logging jobs, serving Onslow County. They'll saw your logs right at your site, or they'll pick them up, bring them back to their shop at 1139 Old 30 Rd., and return your wood as cut lumber. They cut softwoods or hardwoods, and if you don't have enough logs of your own, they can supply what you need. Their work includes beveled siding, quarter sawing, big beams, odd sizes, special cuts, and surface planing, along with pick-up and delivery. Their motto is "Don't Burn It... Build Something With It." The mill itself is a Log Master LM5, an all-hydraulic portable unit powered by an 85 horsepower Cummins diesel engine, running a 2 inch wide band blade 19 feet 1 inch long. It can handle logs up to 36 inches across and 24 feet long. They say customers often tell them the lumber it turns out is "almost too smooth to be called rough-cut," and they promise true dimensions, no wavy boards, and pricing they'll meet or beat against other sources. This fits a landowner who already has logs down, or standing trees they plan to have cut, and wants them turned into usable boards and beams rather than sold off as timber. It's a good match if you want a hand in the process, whether that means hauling logs to their yard yourself or having them come get the wood from your property. From logstolumber.us, read 10 October 2026.

View Profile
Ruffin, NC

Wilson Logging is a logging contractor in Ruffin, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(3 reviews)
Iron Station, NC
Custom Milling ServicesTimber PurchasingSpecialty Cuts & By-ProductsBuilder PartnershipsLog Preparation & Clearing Support+1 more

Chimney Lumber Company is a family-run sawmill in Iron Station, North Carolina. They buy standing timber, run their own milling operation, and handle logging work themselves, so the same outfit that evaluates your trees can also cut them. They purchase pine, oak, poplar, maple, and various mixed hardwoods. Work can range from thinning and select cuts to full timber clearing, and they also do custom milling if you want logs from your own land turned into boards, beams, or mantels instead of sold outright. They serve Lincoln County and describe their wider reach as North Carolina and surrounding regions, depending on acreage and accessibility. The process starts with a no-cost evaluation, usually within a few days of reaching out. After that they give you pricing and next steps. Payment comes once harvesting is done, and they say you'll get "clear, transparent pricing before any work begins." They describe themselves as a "fully insured, experienced logging company" handling thinning, select cuts, and full clearing. The business is owned and operated by Alin Richard, who grew up around his grandfather's sawmill and says every piece that leaves the yard is "cut straight from the land." This fits a landowner in or near Lincoln County who wants one local, family-owned contact for both selling standing timber and getting some of their own logs milled into usable lumber, rather than juggling separate buyers and sawyers. From chimneylumbercompany.com, read 10 October 2026.

View Profile
3.0(2 reviews)
Sanford, NC
commercial logging services

Willett's Logging is a commercial logging outfit based in North Carolina, serving Lee County. They've been doing this work for 34 years now, cutting timber for landowners across the state. There isn't much laid out about how a job runs or what species they handle. Their own words keep it simple: "commercial logging services" is what they offer, full stop. No breakdown of steps, no list of certifications, nothing about tract size cutoffs. Because of that, there's no stated minimum acreage to pass along here, and nothing to go on for how small a job they'd take. If you want a straightforward logging contractor with three and a half decades behind them and you're not looking for a lot of extra detail up front, Willett's Logging is worth a call to ask your own questions directly. From willettslogging.wordpress.com, read 10 October 2026.

View Profile
3.7(3 reviews)
Morrisville, NC
Clear CuttingFirst and Second Thinning of Pine PlantationsShelter-wood HarvestWildlife Habitat EnhancementDevelopment Harvest+1 more

Timbco, LLC is a timber buyer in Morrisville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor and a consulting forester. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
5.0(1 reviews)
Creedmoor, NC

Autrys Logging is a logging contractor in Creedmoor, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
Robbinsville, NC

Snowbird Logging is a logging contractor in Robbinsville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.4(9 reviews)
Marble, NC

Valwood Corporation is a logging contractor in Marble, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
4.6(9 reviews)
Clayton, NC
Clear-CuttingSelect CuttingThinning

Frontier Timber Co Inc, also known as Frontier Timber Inc., is a logging business based on Peele Road in Clayton, North Carolina. They've worked in central and eastern North Carolina since 2004. They take on clear-cutting, select cutting, and thinning, handling jobs from small family tracts up to larger timber holdings. The work is run by Blake Lee, a fourth-generation North Carolinian who grew up in Johnston County and returned home to start the company. They say, "We work directly with landowners, taking the time to understand their goals and treat their land with the same care and respect we would our own." Their process starts with a conversation about your property and goals, then an evaluation of the timber, where they work with registered foresters when needed to plan the harvest. Once a job moves forward, they stay on through the cutting itself, and they say "our family stays involved throughout the harvest, keeping communication clear and making sure the job is done right." They serve Johnston County and the surrounding area, including Wake, Harnett, Sampson, Wayne, Nash, Wilson, Franklin, Edgecombe, Greene, Lenoir, Duplin, and Cumberland counties. This fits a landowner in central or eastern North Carolina who wants one family-run crew involved from the first walk of the property through the last day of cutting. From frontiertimber.biz, read 10 October 2026.

View Profile
5.0(5 reviews)
Cherryville, NC

Ironside Forestry is a logging contractor in Cherryville, North Carolina. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

View Profile
2.1(8 reviews)
Lexington, NC
Timber ClearingClear CutSelect CutChippingExcavating+1 more

Falling Oak Timber LLC, in Lexington, North Carolina, is a buyer of standing timber that also runs its own logging crews. By its own words, "We are buyers of standing timber." They serve Davidson County. The work covers timber clearing, clear cut, select cut, chipping, excavating, reforestation, and management plans, with loblolly pine named as a species they handle. They note they have "logging crews to cut large acres and small acres," so no tract is too small or too big for them to look at. A sale works like this: they can't price timber over the phone. Someone comes out to assess the timbered area and gives a lump sum price based on the harvest method you want. There's no charge for that evaluation and no obligation to sell. If you go ahead, they pay in full when the timber contract is signed and notarized, and that date starts the clock on the harvest, with most timber deeds running 24 months. They also mention following forestry guidelines around creeks, using bridge timbers and water bars to limit erosion, and they say they "treat the landowner's property as if it were our own." This fits a Davidson County landowner who wants one company to evaluate, buy, and log the timber start to finish, including excavating work, without a separate forester and a separate logging outfit to coordinate. From fallingoaktimberllc.com, read 10 October 2026.

View Profile

Find independent loggers near your land

That's the first 100 of 157 in North Carolina. The best match is usually the one closest to your land, so pick the county your timber is in. You'll see everyone who works there.

Questions landowners ask

How many independent loggers are there in North Carolina?

157 are listed on TimberClear, sourced from the North Carolina Forest Service register, covering 100 counties between them.

How do I choose between them?

Start local and get more than one. A business based in your county knows the mills and the ground; one registered for all one hundred counties may be three hours away. Every listing here shows how far its office is from the county you are looking at, so "will travel" is never mistaken for "is local". TimberClear has not vetted, verified or endorsed anybody on this site.