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  You get a consistently high quality product from North Country Lumber. The latest technology in computer systems and industrial equipment, along with close monitoring by our technicians, allows us to know exactly what is happening with your lumber at all times.   A beautiful view of the northwoods  
  Another beautiful view of the northwoods with a man in saftey orange vest   Our business starts with the short growing seasons in northern Wisconsin, which produce a fine grained stock that dresses to perfection. Our logging and stumpage buying controls further the quality of the raw material shipped to our facilities.  
  Once at our facilities, logs are sawed with our Cleereman carriage McDonough double cut band mill, which produces 5,000,000 board feet annually.   our Cleereman carriage McDonough double cut band mill  
  Graded lumber being processed   Then, the lumber is graded by National Hardwood Lumber Association trained graders. Low grade lumber is now ready for sale, and the remaining lumber continues in the procurement process.  
  To meet production needs, North Country Lumber increases inventory by purchasing additional grade 2A and better lumber at this point in the process.

We purchase 5,000,000 board feet of northern hardwood green lumber annually from other mills that meet our high standards. 		  Here comes another load of quality green lumber on our truck  
  Graded lumber in the predryer   Immediately following grading or purchasing, all 2A and better lumber is placed on sticks for drying.

Once on sticks, our Northern Red Oak lumber is transported to our 400,000 board feet capacity predryer for quality control. All other lumber on sticks goes directly to the kiln. 		 
  Lumber is dried in our American Wood dry kilns designed for the tough task of drying white hard maple. Our dry kilns are operated by a modern computer system, which controls reduction of moisture content in hardwood to 6-8%.   Our dry kilns  
  Another view of our dry kilns   With a total capacity of 300,000 board feet at any time, our annual kiln dried hardwood production is 10,000,000 board feet.  
  Our surfacing services include a nice finish with our Newman 282 hit and miss planer, which has 10,000,000 board feet annual surfacing capacity.   Our 'Newman 282 hit and miss planer in action  
  Dimter optimizing chop saw   Our 1,000,000 board feet annual dimension production is easy to achieve with the best dimension machinery.  
  Mereen Johnson SLR   The Mereen Johnson SLR  
  Weinig 5 head moulder   Multirip, Dimter optimizing chop saw, Weinig 5 head moulder  
  CNC router, glue clamp carriages timer saver sander   CNC router all ready for your needs  
  One of the many rail cars we can ship with

   Shipping completes the carefully supervised production process at North Country Lumber. Your lumber can be transported by container, rail boxcar or by truck through North Country Trucking.  

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North Country Lumber | Mellen, WI 54546 | Phone: (715) 274-4311 | Fax: (715) 274-2304