How to Sell Timber to Logging Contractors in LaSalle County IL
Walnut Timber Buyers provides you with the easy way to sell to logging contractors in LaSalle County IL. One of the most difficult parts of selling timber is placing the right value on it to make sure you do not get undersold. However, our local, family-owned logging company takes the hassle out of determining how much your standing timber or cut logs are worth. We send a licensed timber buyer with decades of experience to walk your forested lands free of charge. Then, we use our knowledge of the timber market, contacts with importers, and proprietary processes to give you an accurate price for the marketable hardwood trees on your lands.
Most importantly, our loggers use responsible forestry practices during harvesting to keep your lands beautiful and you get paid before any timber leaves your land. So, contact us today if you are looking to make a bulk sale of timber on your hunting lands, large rural forest, or other non-residential forested acreage. We will schedule a free consultation at your convenience!
Do You Have More than 20 Trees to Sell?
If so, you can earn top dollar for your trees by selling to our logging contractors in LaSalle County IL. Walnut Timber Buyers specializes in helping landowners make bulk sales of standing timber and cut logs. We do all the hard work for you. From valuing the timber to harvesting and transportation, we handle it all. So, please contact us if your forest meets the following criteria:
- Your forest contains 20 or more mature trees that you are interested in selling.
- The trees that you want to sell are free of any rot, decay, diseases, or damage.
- Your trees are 20 years old or older.
- The diameter of the black walnut trees that you want to sell is over 16 inches.
- The diameter of the white oak trees that you are looking to sell is over 18 inches.
What Kinds of Trees Can I Sell?
Walnut Timber Buyers can advise you on the most profitable hardwoods to sell to our logging contractors in LaSalle County IL. If you are unfamiliar with the types of trees in your forest, please refer to our tree reference page for distinguishing details about different species of trees. Here is some brief information about the kinds of trees we buy and their distinguishing characteristics:
- Black Walnut Trees – They are light brown, have a chambered pith, and sprout distinguishable buds and fruits.
- White Oak Trees – They are recognizable for their gray bark and branches with 7 to 9 round-lobed leaves. Also, the underside of the leaves appears white in color. Also, they produce greenish-brown colored, shiny acorns.
- Shagbark Hickory – As its name would suggest, this tree features shaggy looking bark. In addition, it also produces five large leaflets per branch and large winter buds.
- Bitternut Hickory – The most distinguishing feature of this species is its slender, mustard-colored buds. Also, it produces round-shaped fruits.
- Northern Red Oak – These trees are recognizable for the shallow, saucer-shaped acorns they produce. Plus, they produce shallow-lobed leaves.
- Burr Oak – These trees are most distinguishable by leaves with a broad upper half and a pair of deep sinuses below the middle. In addition, they also produce fringed, large acorn cups.
- Ash – This species of tree features dark or light gray bark with diamond-shaped furrows between flat-topped, scaly ridges.
- Sugar Maple – These trees feature distinguishably different twigs and leaves from black maple trees. The sugar maple leaves do not have stipules at the base of their petioles. Meanwhile, the twigs feature smooth winter buds and are shinier than black maple.
- Silver Maple – This species of maple features deep-lobed leaves that appear silvery-white on their lower surfaces.
Contact Us
Walnut Timber Buyers offers free timber appraisals for all our landowner partners. That way, you can get the best possible price when you sell to our logging contractors in LaSalle County IL. We work with customers in LaSalle IL, Ottawa IL, Mendota IL, Peru IL, Earlville IL, Marseilles IL, and throughout LaSalle County IL. To request a free appraisal, message us through our contact form or give us a call at 309-316-7966.