Selling Timber in Manitowoc County, WI

Frelich Farms is a family-run sawmill in Maribel, Wisconsin, located about 4.5 miles west of town. It's a fifth-generation farm, settled in 1882 on the same land the family has worked since they arrived in the Cooperstown, Wisconsin area, and the owners say they bring over 50 years of experience in the timber side of the business. The work here covers sawing, planing, and kiln drying, along with forest management and clearing of standing timber. If you're clearing a lot for a new home or shop, a fence line, or several acres, they can take it on, handling "clearing of standing timber, sorting and stacking logs and brush." They do not remove stumps or brush, so plan for that separately. On the milling side they cut Eastern Red Cedar and Northern White Cedar into lumber, timbers, and trailer decking, and they also cut oak and ash for hardwood cribbing and trailer planks. Kiln drying is offered even if they didn't mill the lumber themselves, with cycles usually running three to eight weeks depending on species and size. They serve Manitowoc County. The farm describes itself as a "Sustainable and regenerative operation," built around no-till planting, cover cropping, and rotational grazing. This fits a landowner near Maribel who wants cedar, oak, or ash milled or dried, or who needs a lot or fence line cleared, rather than someone looking for a full timber sale off standing acreage. From frelichfarms.com, read 8 October 2026.

Krueger Lumber Company is a sawmill in Valders, Wisconsin, running since 1969. They buy standing timber, timberland, and cut logs, and they run their own logging crews to harvest it. If you call them, their timber buyers come out for a forest consultation at no cost. They'll walk your woods with you, look at what you've got, and talk through your goals before making any recommendations. If you want to go ahead with a logging job, they'll put together a plan, write up a bid for the standing timber, and if you accept it they draw up a timber sale contract. They pay the landowner in full for the estimated value before the job starts, and your timber buyer stays available to you and the crew while the work is underway and after it's done. They mill Basswood, Hard Maple, Red Oak, Soft Maple, and White Ash mainly, with smaller amounts of Aspen, Beech, Black Walnut, Brown Ash, Cherry, Cottonwood, Hickory, Red Elm, White Birch, White Oak, White Pine, and Yellow Birch. They're NHLA grade-certified, and their logging crews are insured. They say their crews and equipment are "best suited for 5 or more wooded acres," which is the line they give as their cutoff. They list Manitowoc as a county they serve, and describe their broader reach as serving landowners across Wisconsin, "like modern-day Paul Bunyans." This fits a landowner with a decent-sized wooded parcel who wants a straightforward timber sale handled start to finish by one outfit, rather than a single yard tree or a tiny lot. From kruegerlumber.com, read 8 October 2026.