Custom milling
Two different things happen here. I mill my own log stock into lumber for sale, and I mill other people's trees into lumber for them. If a tree came down on your property, it does not have to become firewood.
A storm-felled oak or walnut in your yard is worth more as boards than as firewood, and considerably more than the cost of hauling it away. Send photos and the measurement across the small end of the log and I'll tell you what's realistically in there.
Tabletops, mantels, benches, barn repairs, fence, shed framing, closet lining. Some people want boards and some want a finished piece — ask and I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right person for the second one.
Tree services & excavators
If you run crews and you're paying to dispose of hardwood, drop it here instead. Costs you nothing, saves you the landfill run, and the wood gets used.
A farm about five miles north of Charlottesville, off Route 20. Pull in, drop, go. Call 804-832-0336 the first time and I'll give you the address and walk you through where to put it.
Yes: mostly straight logs, large diameter, lengths up to 24 feet, any hardwood or cedar.
No: firewood rounds, badly crooked or hollow wood, brush, and anything with metal in it. Embedded nails and fence wire destroy bandsaw blades, so yard trees need a heads-up.
Happy to pay for delivery on rarer species — fruit and nut bearing especially. Walnut, cherry, osage orange, unusual fruitwood. Call before that one goes on the truck.
How it works
Orders take a 50% deposit up front, with the balance due at or before delivery. That applies to anything that needs work done to it — milling to your dimensions, kiln drying, surfacing or planing. Once a log has been cut to somebody's spec it can't be un-cut, and a kiln charge costs the same whether you collect it or not.
The exception is anything already sitting in stock and going out as-is. If it's cut, dried and on the pile, pay when you pick it up.
Delivery is available locally, and further afield for orders large enough to justify the trip. Pickup from the yard is always welcome — call first so I know to have it pulled and ready.