Our Sticky Story, & Why it Almost Didn't Stick.

3 1/2 Times a Charm.

When we started our tree care and removal company, Brown Hound Tree Service,
we vowed to save as much wood as possible from the landfill.

In 2016, we got down and dirty, milling live edge slabs with a Stihl 880 chainsaw and an Alaskan sawmill. We tried getting a start in Boones Mill and we called it "Heartwood Tree Salvage." It didn't stick.

We moved our operations back to Roanoke County and paid a dude to bring his portable mill to us, then we listed and sold slabs from our driveway via Craigslist. It kinda stuck,
and we met some seriously cool wood people.

In the midst of starting a family and a business and contending with Roanoke County Code Enforcement, we teamed up with this crazy guy who barely knew us but wanted to help us out. We moved into his newly-purchased building on Patterson Ave. and thought, "now we're ready to rock and roll!"
But the City of Roanoke said, "nope. We don't think you can do it."
(Actually, it was one grumpy feller who said that, and he no longer works there, so...)

We became disheartened. We pulled the "slabs for sale" sign off the building. The sawmills kept running but the dust was piling up until...now. We've been hoarding cool wood for seven years, and with the hopes that, "if we buy it (aka go further in debt), they will come," we purchased an iDRY kiln and a Lucas Mill.

So today, as we ready ourselves for our 10th winter in the seasonal industry that is Tree Care, we are fully outfitted with a Norwood LumberPro HD36 and a Lucas Mill; we are currently milling live edge slabs and dimensional lumber more efficiently than ever from locally-sourced wood.

We have an iDRY kiln and a partnership with Slab Slayers and their custom-built slab flattener,
so together, we can turn out beautiful pieces of wood that are properly dried and so flat that if there
were a rollie pollie on a slab, it wouldn't be able to roll anywhere.
(Sorry little dude- Kiln-drying kills bugs. Roll away before it's too late!)

COMING SOON, under new direction, Brown Hound Tree Salvage will offer a wide variety of slabs and turning blanks, as well as branches, stumps, hollow logs, chips, sawdust, mulch and tree cookies.
We salvage as much of each tree as possible!

Whether you're experienced or just like to dabble, we work with wood workers, artists,
crafters and the like, to make available local tree species that you don't necessarily
see for sale by other local retailers, at an affordable price.

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