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Milling Rates and Options
With our Wood-Mizer LT70 Super, District Woods brings production-level mobile milling directly to your property. We chose this mill because it delivers the efficiency and cut quality we rely on when milling our own logs and producing high-grade lumber. For customers, that means access to a faster, more capable milling setup that can turn logs into usable, high-quality lumber on-site.
LT-70 Super Hourly Rate:$150 with a 5 hour minimum
Hitting Metal and buying a new band: $35
Mobilization Fee and travel within an hour of Linden VA : $185
Woodmizer Double Edger - increase productivity and have less waste when we bring a double- $500/day
Bring your logs to Linden, VA
$150/hour with only a one hour minimum
or we can use the Doyle Scale to give you a measurement and get a fixed rate of .80/ Board foot
Board feet is a volume of measurement 12 inches x 12 inches x 1 inch thick
What are my logs worth?
The honest answer is that it depends on species, size, straightness, defects, and what the log can realistically be milled into. But value is not only about the market. It also depends on what you want the log to become. A tree from your property may be worth one amount as a raw log, and far more to you as lumber, slabs, or a finished project with a story behind it.
For some people, the right decision is to sell the log. For others, the better value is in preserving it and turning it into something useful and lasting. White oak and walnut are often among the most sought-after species, but each log has to be judged on its own quality and potential. We help clients understand both the practical value and the personal value, so they can make the best decision for their wood.
That doesn’t help - what are the $ numbers
Real numbers as of April 2026 talking about Appalachian Hardwoods
White oak, red oak, walnut, cherry, poplar, hickory, maple, ash, locust, and sycamore.
If you sell logs as raw material, the value can be surprisingly modest. A sawmill may pay only $0.20 to $0.50 per board foot for delivered mixed hardwoods, while better species like walnut and white oak may bring $2.00 to $3.50 per board foot. But commodity pricing often ignores what makes a log truly special. A large walnut crotch with exceptional figure may be worth very little to a production mill, even though it could produce striking slabs with far greater value.
Once a log is milled, the value can change dramatically. Green lumber may bring around $2 to $5 per board foot, while dry dimensional lumber may range from $4 to $15+ per board foot depending on species, thickness, and grade. Properly dried live edge slabs can go even higher. A wide poplar slab may still be modestly priced, but a slow-grown quarter-sawn white oak slab with strong figure, width, and careful drying can command $20+ per board foot.
Once your logs are milled, you have more options than most people realize. The wood can be stacked and air dried for future use, kiln dried for furniture or interior projects, cut into dimensional lumber for framing or outbuildings, or selected for higher-value uses like flooring, siding, mantels, shelving, beams, benches, or table tops. Special pieces can be set aside for live edge slabs, custom furniture, or sentimental projects that keep the story of the tree alive. Milling is often just the first step — the real opportunity is deciding what the wood can become.
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