Independent Loggers

Moore Land & Timber is a forestry business in Mount Enterprise, Texas. Its main trade is forestry consulting, and it also does logging. The business has more than 30 years of industry experience and offers sustainable timber management services throughout East Texas. The work covers timber management, wildlife management, logging, reforestation, appraisal district management plans, EQIP and other cost-share services, and boundary line maintenance. The pine species it names are loblolly, longleaf and shortleaf, along with pulpwood and chip-n-saw. It holds Texas Pro Logger certification and gives free estimates. Its service area takes in the Tyler, Henderson, Carthage, Rusk, Jacksonville, Nacogdoches, Marshall and Longview areas, plus counties including Panola, Harrison, Smith, Upshur, Cherokee, Angelina and Gregg. This business suits a landowner with pine land in those counties who wants logging, reforestation and appraisal district plans handled by one firm. From mooretimber.com, read 18 October 2026.

VanDusen Timber Co. describes itself as an East Texas firm that helps "landowners manage & sell timber," calling itself an industry leader "Since 1978" and operating from 214 Renaissance Drive, Hallsville, Texas. The company says it helps owners "make educated decisions on how to get the most out of your timberland assets," estimating timber value, buying and selling timber and timberland, planting trees and offering wildlife management services. It states that its "number one goal is to partner with you to help you find the solution and services you need to maximize the value of your timber assets," and that "no matter what we do for you, you will find that we go above and beyond to make sure you get top dollar for your timber." Named services are timber cruising to estimate timber value; professionally written Timber Management Plans "to maximize timber revenue and minimize property tax burden"; buying and selling timberland, where the firm says it guarantees "the top dollar for your timber or timberland"; wildlife consultation and wildlife management plans "to help combine the health of your wildlife and the health of your forests"; site preparation and re-forestation, for which it connects landowners with reforestation companies in East Texas; and fully mechanized logging using "the most modern and up-to-date equipment to ensure peak efficiency, revenue, and care for your land." A customer testimonial from landowner Richard Neal says he is "the second generation of my family to work with VanDusen Timber" and credits the firm's work "from consulting and planting to harvesting." The site invites landowners to call for a free consultation or quote. As described on vandusentimber.com, read 23 September 2026.

Ward Timber, LTD. states that it was "Founded in 1978" and is "a 2nd generation, family-owned, timber company based in the heart of Northeast Texas," calling itself "A Leader in the Timber Industry for over 40 Years" and a buyer of "Timber and Timberland." The company says it "offers a broad range of forestry services to its clients throughout the four states region of Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma & Louisiana" and "is also proud to offer an extensive wholesale sales inventory of specialty hardwoods and lumber" through WTC Lumber. Its main office is at 1101 US 59 (P.O. Box 360 for mail), Linden, Texas 75563, phone 903-756-7700, fax 903-756-8313; WTC Lumber is at 5090 Dick Price Rd., Fort Worth, Texas 76140, phone 817-371-5760. The site also lists a Mill section. Ward Timber says it has "a combined total of more than 300 years of forestry experience" and "a well-earned reputation for providing the most experienced, professional forestry and wildlife management services in the Four States region," with forestry services focused on "timber procurement and forest management as well as a broad range of other land management activities and objectives ensuring landowner goals are met"; a "free, personal consultation" with one of its foresters is offered. The founding partners are given as Bill Ward, a Bachelor of Science in Forestry graduate of Louisiana Tech University, and John Jones, a forestry graduate of the University of Missouri and former Nekoosa procurement officer; together they "have grown Ward Timber into a multi-faceted company that today employs over 200 employees and contractors." Head forester Mark Wilson (39+ years' experience, BS Forestry, Mississippi State University) is named as a member and former board member of the Texas Forestry Association and holds a Pro Logger Certification, as do foresters Thomas Parnell (34+ years) and Larry Butler (38+ years, Arkansas Pro-Logger Certification). As described on wardtimber.com, read 23 September 2026.

Elder Hardwoods is a sawmill and woodworking business in Kirbyville, Texas, at 10071 FM 1005. It also has a second shop in Stonewall, at 14282 US 290. It covers Jasper County and sells wood for building and woodworking projects. The shop cuts custom beams up to 24 by 24 and up to 42 feet long, along with round logs for posts, main supports or rafters. It also makes mantels, cypress log siding, 3/4 inch tongue and V groove boards, beveled siding and 2-inch barked edge slabs. Species include cypress, sinker cypress, pecky cypress, cedar, sycamore, red gum, magnolia, black walnut, sassafras, white oak, maple, hickory, cherry and red oak. Material is sold rough and planed, kiln dried and air dried. Beams are cut as ordered and rarely stocked, so materials may not be available right away. Call to check availability, lead time and pricing before you plan a job. The business holds the Texas Pro Logger certification from the Texas Forestry Association. The shop describes its cypress as "nature's most perfect wood." It suits someone who wants wood milled and finished into beams, siding or boards for a building or woodworking project, rather than someone to buy standing timber or log a tract. From elderhardwoodsinc.com, read 18 October 2026.

Rogers Lumber Company operates a sawmill at 8330 Old Hwy 90 in Orange, Texas, and describes itself as a "5th generation family sawmill that has manufactured high quality pine timbers and lumber in Orange, Texas since 1965." The company states that it specializes in "dimensional timbers sold mostly to treating facilities for use in industrial construction." Its site is organized around sections covering who the company is, its sawmill process, its products and delivered logs, and it invites visitors to "learn more about us and the forestry industry." The company says it is a proud member of the Texas Forestry Association and supports sustainable forestry. The site notes that the mill appears in a video produced by the TCEQ promoting that agency's Small Business and Local Government Assistance program, and it points to the company's sign and its billboard along its I-10 frontage. Directions given on the site route visitors from I-10 exit 870 for FM 1136 along the service road for about two miles, past the sawmill to a driveway with truck scales, with the office described as the brick building near the scales. Business hours are listed as Monday through Friday, 7 AM to 4 PM. As described on rogerslumbercompany.com, read 23 September 2026.

Cook Timber Company is a family owned and operated logging business in New London, Texas. It sits just south of town and works across East Texas, and Rusk County is the county it serves. The business has operated since 1991 and has been working in East Texas for over 30 years. Its main work is logging Loblolly pine. It also does timber harvesting, land clearing with stump removal, mulching, tree planting, pond building, and high-risk tree removal. For timberland, it prepares management plans with planting schedules and thinning timelines. The business holds the Texas Pro Logger certification from the Texas Forestry Association. The first step is a complimentary consultation. The company prepares a proposal and walks the landowner through each step. Timber can be paid for by the acre or as a lump sum for a clear cut, and the company often signs a contract to cut timber on the property. Pond projects range from a 2-acre pond to a 30-acre lake, and it brings large bulldozers to jobs of any size. Its own words on the work are "leaving the land better than we found it." This suits a landowner near New London who wants one outfit to cut pine and then clear, plant, or build a pond on the same ground. From cooktimbercompany.com, read 18 October 2026.

WestRock is an independent logger based in Silsbee, Texas. It is listed under independent loggers, so the work it takes on is cutting timber on land you own. If you have trees near Silsbee and are thinking about a harvest, this is a name to put on your list. The listing names Hardin County as the area it serves, so landowners there are the ones to call first. When you do, describe your land: how many acres, what kinds of trees, and where the access road runs. Then ask how a job is run, from the first walk-through to the last load leaving the woods, and how payment works. Get those answers in writing before anyone cuts a tree. It suits a landowner in Hardin County who needs a logger for a harvest and wants the questions answered before the work starts. From westrock.com, read 17 October 2026.

Drewery Tree Service is an independent logging business in Nacogdoches, Texas. Logging is the trade it is listed under, so a landowner looking for someone to cut and haul timber off their land will find it in that group. It holds the Texas Pro Logger certification from the Texas Forestry Association. That is the one credential on record for the business, and it is the first thing to ask about when you sit down with them. The county it serves is Nacogdoches. When you compare a few loggers, put the certification, the county and the trade side by side. That gives you a plain way to tell this one apart from the rest. It suits a landowner in Nacogdoches County who wants a Texas Pro Logger for a cutting job. From dreweryinc.com, read 18 October 2026.

Dean Due Logging, Inc. is a family-owned logging company in Groveton, Texas, in Trinity County. It has run timber harvests across the Pineywoods of East Texas since the spring of 1986. The work includes clear-cuts, first and second thinnings, hardwood select cuts, storm and salvage jobs, and pre-harvest layout and marking. The company works in loblolly, mixed pine-hardwood and bottomland hardwood. The company works in eleven counties: Trinity, Polk, Tyler, Houston, Walker, San Jacinto, Angelina, Nacogdoches, Cherokee, Anderson and Madison. Its minimum tract is 38 acres. It states that it is a Texas Pro Logger certified company, a Texas Forestry Association member, and that it puts a Master Logger on every job. All equipment is owned, not leased, and run by full-time employees, not subcontractors. Owners who want to keep title can have the timber cut on contract by the ton or by the acre. Stumpage offers and per-ton pricing are quoted after a site walk. Pay schedules are weekly, and landowners receive copies of the certified mill scale tickets the same week the company is paid. The company puts its approach this way: "we'd rather lose a load than lose a landowner's trust." It says it will turn down work that would break streamside buffers or leave ruts across saturated ground. Inquiries get a reply within one business day, and email is the fastest way to reach them. This suits a landowner with pine or mixed timber in one of those eleven counties who wants a crew that protects streamside buffers and who may prefer to keep title and sell by the ton. From deanduelogginginc.digital, read 18 October 2026.