Timber Sales
If you are looking to sell timber from your woodlot, or need assistance with a timber sale, download our Consulting Foresters & Wildlife Biologists and Timber Buyers lists (PDF files).
If you have a few trees you want to have cut for lumber or other specialty uses, try a small or portable sawmill.
- Conducting a Successful Timber Sale
- Cutting and Selling Timber From Your Farm Woodlot (Solomon, MSU Extension, 1988)
- Getting the Mo$t From Your Farm Woodland (Kidd & Potter-Witter, MSU Extension, 1999)
- How Much are My Hardwoods Worth? (Potter-Witter, MSU Extension, 2003)
- How Much Lumber is in That Tree? (Peterson, MSU Extension, 2004)
- Marketing Timber (Hoover, Purdue University, 2002)
- So, You Need Some Cash From Your Farm Woodlot? (Solomon, MSU Extension, 1988)
- Timber Sale Bids (Potter-Witter & Kidd, MSU Extension, 1996)
- Timber Sales Contracts (Szydzik & Gunter, MSU Extension, 1993)
- Tips on How to Get the Most from Your Timber Harvest (Hoover & Seifert, Purdue University, 2002)
- To Sell or Not To Sell? Important Considerations When Harvesting Hardwoods for Income (Michigan DNR, 2002)
- What is my Timber Worth, and How Do I Sell it? (USDA Forest Service)
- You've Been Asked to Sell Your Timber: What Do You Do Next? (Potter-Witter, MSU Extension, 1993)
If you have a few trees you want to have cut for lumber or other specialty uses, try a small or portable sawmill.
