tim0625 Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 I dont Know if your still looking for a sawmill but this one is an a hour and half drive from you there called johnsonsawmill http://www.johnsonsawmill.com/ Or there H & H In Grandby missouri johnson you can get anytype of wood you want and there prices are pretty cheap Welcome to the party David! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPCV_Woodworker Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Woodmizer has a search option on their website to help people get in touch with small scale sawyers. That being said, the big commercial mills and cheap imports have really depressed the price of lumber, which makes it harder for small mills to generate enough output to pay workers. Think of this as the wal-martization of milling. coupled with the downturn in consumer spending and most people fold. My suggestion, find a real-estate agent who sells lots in the country. About 35% of the forested lots sold near towns get clearcut for housing, and the trees get hauled off for mulching &c, or sold for timber (when run by a developer) If you get there before they do the clearcut you can usually get them for a song. A while back we got an entire truckload of logs for 600 dollars, I can't remember the total bf we sawed out of it, but it just about filled a tractor trailer, and supplied 5 years of firewood from what we didn't get around to sawing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
servant74 Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 In my area, 25 mi NW of Nashville TN, there are 3 sawmills in 10 miles (possibly more) but they either do ties or pallets and aren't really 'public mills'. And I don't think these mills run kilns. The bark strips and saw dust mainly go to local tobacco barn owners by the truck load to cure tobacco. I am guessing that we could contact them and most managers are friendly. I haven't approached them, but I suspect it might be possible. Contact some local farmers or your county agent, they probably know where local mills are even if they aren't 'public' mills. We had some trees taken down recently, and even the tree removal folks took 'good logs' to the mill to help increase their profits, and it is better than just burning or grinding or paying to dump them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Around here, it used to be that there was at least one sawmill every 30 miles or so. When I started building houses in 1973, I could get Yellow Pine framing lumber that had been sawn, air dried on sticks for a year, then milled straight and dressed after it came out of the drying kiln which was fired by burning sawdust. You could buy YP 2x4s that were straight and stayed straight. You can't hardly find a YP 2x4 these days, much less one that is straight, or will stay straight. You could buy any size board of C and Better clear Yellow Pine in stock, and have a lot to pick from fairly cheap. It was well cured and stable too. All these mills have gone out of business now that they have to compete with the big box stores who sell wood that is sawn, dried, milled, and banded into bundles in less than 24 hours. Stand back when the bands are cut on a stack of this lumber. Even all the old carpenters, except for maybe me, who used to work with the properly cured wood are gone now. I don't know any of them still alive anymore around here other than me. In 1980, I bought White Oak lumber to use as siding on my house and barn for one hundred bucks a thousand. They cut all the sapwood off before they would dare charge for a board. You can still buy it about an hour away, but it's a lot more now, and not graded for quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrB_Saluda_SC Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 I remember hearing about the network of Wood Mizer owners. It's searchable by state and you can see what the references have to offer (delivery, kiln, buys/sells,custom orders, etc...). http://www.woodmizer.com/us/ResourceCenter/FindaCustomSawyer.aspx Mr. B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim0625 Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Around here, it used to be that there was at least one sawmill every 30 miles or so. When I started building houses in 1973, I could get Yellow Pine framing lumber that had been sawn, air dried on sticks for a year, then milled straight and dressed after it came out of the drying kiln which was fired by burning sawdust. You could buy YP 2x4s that were straight and stayed straight. You can't hardly find a YP 2x4 these days, much less one that is straight, or will stay straight. You could buy any size board of C and Better clear Yellow Pine in stock, and have a lot to pick from fairly cheap. It was well cured and stable too. All these mills have gone out of business now that they have to compete with the big box stores who sell wood that is sawn, dried, milled, and banded into bundles in less than 24 hours. Stand back when the bands are cut on a stack of this lumber. Even all the old carpenters, except for maybe me, who used to work with the properly cured wood are gone now. I don't know any of them still alive anymore around here other than me. In 1980, I bought White Oak lumber to use as siding on my house and barn for one hundred bucks a thousand. They cut all the sapwood off before they would dare charge for a board. You can still buy it about an hour away, but it's a lot more now, and not graded for quality. Tom, where are you located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Lake Gaston, N.C. just below the Va. state line 15 minutes west of I95. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuhn315 Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 I live in Northwest Arkansas, and I am having a really hard time finding good sources of hardwood. Maybe I just don't know how to look. I search lumber mill and sawmill and am just not finding any good leads close by. The question is this: Is there a good online source for finding lumber mills and hardwood supply houses? Does anyone happen to know a good one in my vicinity (SW Missouri, NE Oklahoma, SE Kansas, NW Arkansas)? Thanks for any help I can get...sawmill.jpg I have used hardwoods2go.com twice, shipping is fair, and wood is reasonably priced. I bought 40bf of spanish cedar, I got lucky and this was s4s! shipping was fast as well. Selection isnt that great but take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willhart woodworks Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 Try Hollister there is a wholesaler there for almost all hardwoods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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