Hardwoods is the baseline for many industries, and developing a solid foundation is critical to ensure you achieve the best finished product. The Hamer family has been dealing in hardwoods for five generations. Over the years, we’ve stuck to the same values – practicing excellent customer service and delivering hardwoods that exceeds our clients’ expectations. We don’t just want to be your supplier – we want to be your partner.
Hamer’s timber procurement comes from one of the most thriving hardwood forests in the world. Hamer owns and sustainably manages timberland, 5 hardwood sawmills, and 3 kiln drying locations throughout West Virginia and Kentucky. Our annual production capacity is 50 million board feet and our kiln drying capacity is over 20 million board feet annually.
Our timberland hosts a variety of Appalachian Hardwood species including red and white oak, poplar, hard and soft maple, basswood, hickory, cherry, ash and walnut. We harvest all our lumber in accordance with local, state and federal regulations and Best Management Practices to ensure sustainability.
It’s important that we are able to sell a range of hardwoods that can accommodate many industries without compromising on quality. Our lumber is precision double end trimmed and sold green or kiln dried. The lumber is properly kiln dried and stress relieved (suitable for resawing). We grade our lumber before and after kiln drying to assure quality standards for our customers. National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA) and other grades are available.
Our most popular products are 4/4 and 8/4 thickness lumber, but we offer various thicknesses and can surface two sides (S2S) or straight line rip (SLR). We not only have the ability to provide customer-specific products, but we also have the ability to look ahead and offer a 12-month production/forecast commitment to our customers. Once our lumber is ready and meets our quality standards, we ship to our customers by truck, rail or container. We work with a variety of industries including: flooring and furniture producers, cabinetry, millwork, distributors, and more. To hear about our manufacturing process and the markets we serve, give us a call.
Not only do we sell hardwoods to customers, we work with companies across many industries that need a variety of wood products. We sell our bark to mulch manufacturers and wood chips to paper plants. Our sawdust goes back to Hamer Pellet Fuel Co., another business owned and operated by the Hamer family, to make hardwood pellets.
We stand behind our products and, if our customer is not happy, we want to be the first to know about it. If there’s something wrong, we’re going to make every reasonable effort to make it right.
It’s very difficult to beat the superior widths and lengths that we offer. The quality of the product generally sells itself, but customers, also, buy from Hamer because we have a proven track record, an established name with an excellent reputation that’s been hard-earned and well deserved. Our customers know that they can rely on us for a product that is going to satisfy their needs and demands, not only today, but well into the future. We serve a global and dynamic market that is ever changing. We serve domestic and international clients around the globe. If you’re interested in purchasing “Appalachia’s Finest” hardwoods, please contact us by phone or email. We look forward to hearing from you!
