Custom milling

Your logs or ours. Cut to your list.

A tree that came down on your place, or a cut list nobody else will touch. Either one goes on our Wood-Mizer LT70 and comes off at the dimension you actually need. Everything is true dimension, so a 2x6 is a real 2x6.

Bring us your logs What to expect
Our Wood-Mizer LT70 Wide, the day after it was delivered
32'

Max length

35"

Max cut width

LT70

Hydraulic Wood-Mizer, wide head

1 day

Typical quote turnaround

Figured slab coming off our LT40

Our logs

Doug fir, spruce, ponderosa and urban hardwoods, all locally sourced. Choose the species and give us the sizes.Get a quote

Crane crew moving a customer's huge logs in Glenwood Springs

Your logs

Above: a customer's logs out of Glenwood Springs.

Bring us the tree you want to keep and we'll turn it into boards, beams or slabs. Keep in mind that yard trees and fence-line trees hide things: nails, fence staples, old wire and the occasional bullet. You'd be surprised how much steel we've pulled out of logs that were "free of steel." If the blade finds it, the charge is $50 a blade. Pricing, drop-off and your cut list

Big beam fresh off the mill

Odd sizes

Oversized beams, replacement boards to match an old house, thick live edge slabs. If it fits on the mill, we can probably cut it.

Taking a tree down? Call before you cut.

Where the tree gets bucked decides what it's worth. Cut above the root flare, keep the trunk as long and straight as you can, and stop below the first big fork. Short, forked trunks with no clear log usually aren't worth milling.

If you're not sure, send us a photo before the saw comes out. The red line here is where we'd cut this cottonwood.

Where to cut ■ = the log we want
Cut below the canopy, above the root flare.
Stop below the first big fork.
Dead or ugly up top? Save the straight part.
Two short logs beat one firewood pile.
Conifers: one long, straight log.
Short and forked low? Not worth the haul.
Cottonwood tree with a red line marking where to cut it for milling

Pricing

Our logs: priced per board foot by species and size. Quoted per job.

Your logs: $300 an hour on the mill with a $300 minimum. If we hit steel, it's $50 a blade.

Good to know

  • Rough-sawn unless you ask for more
  • Logs need to be at least 8 ft long, the shortest the mill can clamp.
  • Lumber comes off the mill green. Kiln drying is as low as $0.65 a board foot.
  • Big timbers usually aren't kiln dried
  • Orders over $1,000 need a 50% deposit

Send us the cut list.

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