“We know our wood business is going to be great – the phone is blowing up already! We will succeed and grow, we’re just that kind of people. And we believe people with grit and guts can do something like this. If you have drive and faith, you can do anything.” – Robert & Amy […]
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“I’m one of four siblings from a big family in Louisiana. We family members live all over but, together, we own family land in Sabine Parish. It was our grandparent’s 220-acre farm that’s been handed down through the generations. This old farm is about half in timber, hardwood and pine.20 years ago, we built a
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“I was born in Texas and worked commercial construction all my life. I decided to work for myself and running a sawmill business seemed like a good choice. I could work from home and start a niche business right here. It’s working out very well.I have family in New Mexico who has an older model
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“My cousin, Nathan Stewart, and I are in the wood business together. I started this as a commercial firewood business but it’s evolved and grown into making and selling slabs, furniture, and kindling. We’re sawing for ourselves and others. And we’re still processing and selling firewood. There’s a real value-added aspect to what we do.
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“I was an emergency physician in Vermont for 33 years. Now I’m retired and I work at farming, logging, and sawing lumber with my TimberKing 2000. My wife, Rhonda, is a nurse-educator at a large Vermont hospital and my ‘right hand gal Friday!’Grandma ran a lumber millI’d had some sawing experience because my family was
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“I started woodworking in high school and I always loved it. The wood I wanted wasn’t available at lumberyards — burls, grains, and better species of wood. And if they were available, I couldn’t afford them!I wanted a sawmill for years and finally got my TimberKing 1400 in 2014. I now have access to really
Some guys have bass boats, I have a TimberKing sawmill Read More »
Bob Fulton has decades of hands-on, D-I-Y experience and a “get ‘er done” attitude. When his employer shut down, Bob went into the rustic furniture business for himself. His one-man TimberKing sawmill helps him keep his overhead low so he can sell his wares for far less than others. High quality and low prices have
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We at TimberKing received this email from one of our owners, Tim Heming. We were so interested in what he wrote us that we gave him a call to learn more about the home he’s building for his daughter, his sawing, and his future plans. Here’s the rest of Tim’s story…“I’m used to doing big
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“Greetings to all! My name is Tim, owner/operator of North Country Trail & Kayak Campground in Jonesville, Michigan. Welcome to my world.Tim’s long-time dream – owning a sizeable chunk of forest landI’m retired military. I was in the Marine Corps, then the Army, National Guard, and ended in the Air Force. I was in construction –
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“I’m a 7-days-a-week kind of guy: busy all the time and I don’t look to slow down any time soon. I did give up motorcycle riding, though. I’ll be 69 the end of next month and I saw lumber, do some boat and RV work, and I work as part-time manager at the heating and
“IF I’D KNOWN HOW MUCH FUN SAWING IS, I’d have gotten a sawmill 20 years ago!” Read More »
