We Buy Cut Logs
Are you a licensed timber buyer or landowner looking to sell your cut logs? At Davison H.Q.S., Inc. we buy veneer quality hardwood logs and saw logs. Due to today's ever changing market we are unable to provide a price list on our website, but here are species we are currently buying.
- Cherry
- Hickory
- Hard Maple
- Northern Red Oak
- Popular
- Red Elm
- Sassafras
- Walnut
- White Oak
Due to federal and state quarantine regulations we are not buying Ash logs at this time. For more information on the Ash Borer Beetle and quarantined areas click here.
Some general guidelines include:
- no diameters under 11 inches for saw logs (diameter measurements are taken inside the bark on the small end of the log)
- no diameters under 14 inches for veneer logs (diameter measurements are taken inside the bark on the small end of the log)
- veneer logs must have a minimum over-length of 4-6 inches for trim
- all logs must be free from metal. logs showing blue (metal) will not be purchased
- deductions made for sweep, crook, and rot
- logs are scaled using the Doyle scale
Please call us for more detailed specs of the species you would like to sell.
Methods of Buying
Joe Davison is our road buyer. If you have a large parcel of logs within 175 miles of Spencer, IN you may call and schedule an appointment to have Joe come and select logs from your yard or job site.
Steve Close is our yard buyer. Our gate is open 7 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday for those that wish to deliver large or small parcels to our yard.
All logs delivered by 4pm on Wednesday will be paid for on Friday of the same week, unless other arrangements are made at the time of delivery or purchasing.

Davison H.Q.S., Inc. your Hardwood Quality Specialists