Sawmill Facilities & Equipment

Yoder Lumber’s large, modern sawmills and kilns at our Buckhorn and Charm facilities produce millions of board feet of Appalachian hardwood lumber each year.

Buckhorn Sawmill & Kiln

At our Buckhorn facility, we have the capability to cut 4/4 to 16/4 lumber in red oak, poplar, cherry, hard maple, soft maple, hickory, ash, beech, grey elm, and red elm in 2 Common & Better grades or 1 Common & Better, depending on the species and market demand.

Equipment

• Modern, state-of-the-art facility

• Annual production of 9.4 million board feet (2016)

• HMC V2110 Double head debarker

• Cleerman carriage 17 degree slant

• 7’ Salem Bandmill Headrig – on 17 degree slant with USNR 3-D scanning

• 7’ Salem Bandmill Resaw – with a PHL Linebar with Run around

• McDonough Optimized Edger – with USNR 3-D scanning

• HMC drop saw trimmer

• Kilns:

  • Pre-dryer – Irvington Moore 800,000’ board foot. capacity with Lignomat computerized controls to measure moisture and temperature

  • Dry kilns – 6 – Irvington Moore with total 250,000’ board foot capacity with Lignomat computerized controls to measure moisture and temperature

  • Annual throughput of 9.4 million board feet (2016)

Charm Sawmill & Kiln

Our Charm facility specializes in Quarter and Rift sawn lumber for furniture and flooring in thicknesses from 4/4 – 8/4 in species of white oak, red oak, ash, poplar and walnut.

Equipment

• Modern Band Mill – 3.5 million board feet production

• Rosser head debarker

• 6’ Bandmill Headrig

• 42” Cleerman carriage with computerized setworks

• 3 Saw edger with computerized setworks

• 2 Saw double end trimmer