Selling Timber in Montmorency County, MI

4 businesses work this county

Quick answer

There are 4 timber businesses listed for Montmorency County, Michigan: 4 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 4 of them have offices in the county. The rest are registered to work here and travel in, and every listing shows how far its office is from the county seat.

Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth

Most landowners in Montmorency County have no idea what their standing timber is worth, which is exactly the position a buyer wants you in. Four questions gets you a ballpark range before the first offer lands.

Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Montmorency County (4)

These 4 are based in Montmorency County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.

5.0(1 reviews)
Atlanta, MI
selective thinningclear-cutting

Kamen Forest Management is a logging contractor in Atlanta, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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5.0(6 reviews)
Atlanta, MI
Rough Cut LumberCustom MillingWood chips and sawdustbark

Kent's Sawmill and Michigan Lumbermill is a family-run sawmill in Atlanta, Michigan, on Mouch Rd. They saw White Pine and Red Pine into rough-cut lumber and take on custom milling, cutting boards, beams and slabs to size for builders and homeowners. Alongside the sawn lumber they also sell wood chips, sawdust and bark. If you bring them logs, they run them through a band saw rather than a circular mill, so you get a thinner kerf, wider slabs and cleaner cuts, with more usable lumber out of each log. They describe their White Pine as having "charm," light, easy to work, with a straight grain, good for trim and siding. Their Red Pine they call "the muscle," denser and resinous, used for framing and heavier work. The mill is owned by Laverne Kent and run day to day by Laverne and Lonny Kent, who put the family's roots in Atlanta at more than 20 years. They serve Atlanta, Hillman and Lewiston in Montmorency County, Gaylord and Vanderbilt in Otsego County, and Alpena, Rogers City and Onaway in Alpena and Presque Isle Counties. This fits a landowner near Atlanta who already has logs down, or timber coming off their own land, and wants it milled into usable lumber close to home rather than sold as sawlogs to a buyer elsewhere. From michiganlumberco.com, read 8 October 2026.

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5.0(4 reviews)
Hillman, MI
LoggingTruckingSawmilltimber harvestingFREE estimate

Michigan Timber Sawmill, LLC works out of Hillman, Michigan, doing logging, timber buying, and milling all under one roof. They've got a Forester on staff, and they walk you through the whole thing from start to finish: a free estimate, then a timber sale contract if you're both agreeable, then their own crews harvest, haul, and saw the timber. They buy aspen, basswood, beech, birch, black oak, cherry, hard and soft maple, pin oak, red oak, and white oak. For hardwood stands they say they use a "select cut forest management methodology" rather than clearcutting everything. They're fully insured and members of the Michigan Association of Timbermen. They set a 25 acre minimum for a job. They cover a wide stretch of northern Michigan counties, including Montmorency, Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Iosco, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, and Roscommon. This fits a landowner with a bigger tract who wants one company handling the cutting, the hauling, and the milling together, rather than piecing it out to separate contractors. From mitimberservices.com, read 8 October 2026.

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Hillman, MI

Rust Wood Products Inc is a logging contractor in Hillman, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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Questions landowners ask

How many timber buyers and foresters serve Montmorency County?

4 businesses are listed for Montmorency County: 0 consulting foresters and 4 buyers, loggers and mills. 4 of them have offices in the county.

How much is my timber worth in Montmorency County?

Nobody can tell you what your timber is worth without walking it. Value depends on the species, the size and grade of the trees, how thickly they stand, the ground conditions and how easily a logger can reach them. Anyone who quotes you a figure without seeing the land is guessing, and a guess in that direction is rarely in your favour.

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Do I need a forestry consultant to sell timber in Montmorency County?

You do not have to use one. A consulting forester works for you rather than the buyer, marks the timber, runs a sealed-bid sale and typically charges a percentage of the sale. Research from several state extension services has found that timber sold through a consultant often returns enough more to cover the fee, though results vary by tract and by market. The decision usually turns on the size of the sale and whether you have sold timber before.

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Forester listings for Montmorency County come from the county register, revised 2026-10-12. The register is updated quarterly.