Since 1932 Turner Logging has been serving the four-state area harvesting timber. For the Turner family logging has always been more than just a job, but a way of life. We put our pride and dedication into every job we do by achieving top dollar for your timber, but still practicing good stewardship. We try to manage every tract as if it were our own by thinning out the mature trees so it gives smaller timber a chance to grow so the process can be repeated in the future, ensuring you more return on the lifetime of your timber stand. This practice has shown to be very effective as we have returned to some farms as many as three and four times.
No matter what the terrain we have the equipment to quickly and efficiently extract the logs from the timber to a landing site. Our late model machines able us to have very little down time, so once we start we don't stop until the job is done. We also try to clean up and pile tree tops for burning when possible. When we leave a job site we want to ensure that you are completely pleased with our work so that you may call on us again for future harvests.

 

When the sale of a timber stand is made you have a couple options.
1. Harvesting on shares.
Your timber will be cut and layed out on the landing and sold on site. You will be paid in full before anything leaves your property.
2. Lump sum standing purchase.
We will scale your timber while it is still standing and you will be paid before anything is cut.
We will try to work with you to find a suitable solution for whatever your harvesting needs. We also have many credible references upon your request, please feel free to call or e-mail us today about any questions you may have.

How it all started.

When Clay Turner started logging he used a crosscut saw and axe with a team of mules and a mud boat to harvest timber. Markets were tough, the work was back breaking, and the hours were long. Many times he would spend all day grubbing walnut trees with pick-ax and shovel  ( digging down the the lowest part of the stump) just to cut the tree and take only the stump because that was the only part of the tree wanted for the gun stock market. Roger Turner started going to the timber with his dad at a very young age, learning the skills of the trade and finding it rewarding with alot of hard work, at age fourteen Rogers dad Clay passed away. Roger worked in the logging business for another logger until he was seventeen, then he started on his own. He always managed to stay busy with logging weather he was cutting walnut or busting stave bolts out of the massive Bur oak trees that once grew in the river bottoms. Roger traveled to Oklahoma on a weekly basis for many years cutting timber, and in the 1960's when the decision was made for the Stockton lake project, he was the only logger allowed to harvest timber on the project lands. Roger also bought logs for Wilson Brothers Lumber company out of Parsons, Kansas. He had buying yards established on the rail sides in little towns such as Greenfield and Sheldon, Missouri. Roger still cuts timber about everyday along side with his sons Kenny and Daniel, who handle a large portion of timber purchases and sales along with equipment up keep.