SELLING YOUR STANDING TIMBER IN OHIO

Keys to making the most money!

There are numerous key factors to making the most money for your Marketable Standing Timber in Ohio especially when selling Black Walnut Trees or Veneer Timber ! 

One of the Top keys is to choose a company that truly specializes in these high-end Timber and Veneer Markets that you can trust . 

This is because Veneer Companies do not buy Standing Timber and NO - companies in Ohio can pay Veneer Prices Standing! This is because it is impossible for any buyer to know if the Tree will cut good and to know what the wood quality will be until it is cut down !  

 One of the most common mistakes we see on a day to day basis is Timber owners trying to sell Black Walnut Trees or High end Veneer Timber call 15 companies thinking this is the key to making the most money!

  Yes it is important to get a 2nd opinion but there's not 15 companies in Ohio that specialize in Walnut! There are maybe 5 across the whole state! We are one of them! It takes years of working in these Markets to master and our company has had extensive training with Top Veneer Buyers from across the Globe to learn this Markets inside and out! 

 Carefully choose a reputable company with years of experience in the species your selling. The company you pick will ultimately determine what your woods will look like after Logging has been completed and how much you will make! We encourage new clients to look at our past jobs ! Don't fall into a trap selling to just anyone for a high price! 

We see this happen constantly! Don't make your sale only about the money! Often times your being offered higher money because of lack of knowledge and this always leads to excessive damage of value future up and coming crops! I can't emphasize this enough the key to making the most is by working with a reputable company that will properly cut you Timber without damaging valuable up and coming Timber ! Over the past 4 or 5 years we've seen a massive amount of pop up companies that claim to specialize in these markets! It takes years of experience to learn these markets! 

A few key ways to tell is look at their past pictures of logs ! If they don't have metal plates on the ends of their high end logs they most likely have very little experience in these markets!

We plate the ends to protect them from splitting or cracking! We pay between $6 to $23 dollars a board ft. For veneer Walnut and if a log cracks it can loose you and the company $1000s of miss profits! So it's vital for companies to expertly cut and handle these expensive Trees! We often will have climbers stop these trees to ensure we don't split these high-end Trees to make sure our clients get the most money! 

Veneer Markets are constantly changing and each species have key lengths diameters and very specific criteria that top Veneer Buyers are searching for around the world!

So in a nutshell it is vital to pick a company with years of experience to properly cut these high-end Logs and choose a company you can trust to make you the most money! You can have an $8000 Veneer Black Walnut Tree and  cut into the wrong lengths make the same tree worth $3000! 

Pro Tip: 

Choosing a company you can work with , trust and has the experience and connections with top Veneer Buyers is the key to getting the most money for Black Walnut Trees and Veneer Timber!  Choosing a company with years of experience and will provide you with the quality Logging services standards and care you deserve!

Tip #3 

 BEST TIME OF YEAR TO SELL TIMBER IN OHIO.

Most people don't know this but Ohio actually has Timber seasons! This is a key factor to understand when considering to sell Black Walnut or High-End Hardwood Standing Timber! 

Timber markets start to go up in mid November every year and peak through the cool winter months.

Then typically Timber Markets will start to drop in the late spring each year and are lowest through the hotter months, with July, August and September being the worst months to sell your Standing Timber in Ohio. 

 Call us today and learn what you Timber is Worth!