Companies That Purchase Oak Tree Logs

Every piece of quality oak lumber available for purchase was originally sourced, harvested, aged and processed from a living oak tree. Because of its strength, durability, grain pattern and capability of being steam bent, oak has remained one of the most popular building woods. Many familiar American cultural icons from the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") to President Lincoln's favorite rocking chair were built from stout American oak. Across the entire growing range of the various oak species native to the U.S., many timber companies and sawmills purchase oak logs from woodlot and forest owners.

Located in Sorry, Pennsylvania, since 1986, Allegheny Veneer Company has been buying and reselling veneer grade oak logs. The company's buyers work with woodlot owners and loggers in New York, Pennsylvania and other nearby states purchasing both red oak and white oak sawlogs. The company's professionally certified, college educated buyers examine every log to determine its commercial potential. According to the company's own website, the organization seeks to satisfy the growing overseas demand from both Europe and Asia. Thus, the logs it purchases undergo multiple inspections to ensure quality.

Located in the central Vermont town of Pittsford, the family owned Gagnon Lumber Company has been in business since 1958. The company is a full service facility, providing its wholesale customers with both standard and custom lengths of red oak lumber, as well as kiln drying and delivery. According to its magazine ads appearing in publications such as "Northern Woodlands", part of the company's mission statement is "buy local", meaning it buys red oak logs from local landowners and loggers.

At its cooperage (barrel factory) in Lebannon, Missiouri, the American Stave Company, a division of the Independent Stave Company, is an active purchaser of white oak and chinkapin oak logs used to produce both wine and whiskey barrels. The American Stave website features numerous glowing testimonials from landowners who have sold their oak logs to the company. White and chinkapin oak woods possess properties making them ideal for producing barrel staves. The eliptical shape of a barrel lends itself to the aging of wine and whiskey. A barrel not only rolls easily, it pivots easily on its bulging center section.

At it's home location in Greenville, Maine, Turner Forest Products purchases all grades of red, black and white oak logs from sawlog suppliers located throughout the Northeast. The company cuts and sells green oak lumber in a number of standard dimensions. Upon customer request, the firm will custom cut oak lumber to meet an indiviual customer's needs.