James G. Murphy Co. and HyperAMS are offering for sale the real and personal property of six Besse Forest Products Group locations located in Michigan and Wisconsin, as turnkey operations (individually, multiple, or all locations) via sealed bid sales. Individual locations may include one or more of the following types of operations; sawmills, dry kilns & ripping, pallet cut stock, veneer mills, plywood mills, and log yards.
Turnkey Offers Now Being Accepted
We are currently seeking turnkey offers for the purchase of both land and equipment. Interested parties should submit their bids by October 31st.
Contact Information
For further inquiries or to submit your offer, please contact:
Colin Murphy
Email: colin@murphyauction.com
Phone: 425.486.1246
Note on Separate Offers
While we are focused on turnkey bids until the October 31st deadline, parties interested in making separate offers on the real estate or equipment individually are also welcome. However, we will prioritize turnkey offers and revisit individual offers after the October 31st date.
Terms and Bid Sheet
Attached are the draft terms of sale and bid sheet.
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Details of each location are as follows:
Ladysmith - Green Lumber Sawmill
401 Gustafson Rd, Ladysmith, WI
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Real Property Available for Purchase:
- 15-acre property
- 18,600 square foot mill building
- CN rail available nearby (requires a rail spur)
Production Capacity: 8,300,000 board feet per year
Mill Equipment:
- HMC Rosser Head Debarker with slant track
- Sawmill: Clearman 2hdBL4 carriage with log turner, Husk Frame saw (100 HP), Cab controls, Mellott cant catcher, Mellott roll-case
- Edger: Crosby gang edger with infeed table, outfeed roll-case, log deck
- Trimmer: Crosby double end trim saw, log deck
- Resaw: Albany 60" resaw with Mellott run-around system, crossover decks, remain decks
- Complete plant support: Maintenance building, compressors, large selection of spares, and more
Rolling Stock:
- 2020 Komatsu WA270-8 wheel loader
- Komatsu WA250 wheel loader
- Volvo L70D wheel loader
- New Holland LS170 Skid Steer
Rice Lake - Hardwood Veneer Mill
38 E. Messenger St, Rice Lake, WI
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Real Property Available for Purchase:
- Prime lakefront property in downtown Rice Lake
- 11-acre property
- 111,000 square foot clear-span building
- New roof and HVAC (2023)
Production Capacity: 7,500,000 board feet per year
Mill Equipment:
- Nicholson A6 ring debarker with Morbark log washer, Morbark 84" cut-off saw with cab control, ADS metal detector, log deck
- (3) COE veneer lathes (66", 100", 115") with infeed chains, cleaning stations, core output, and drops
- Merritt rotary clipper, Babcock BSH press dryers, Merritt shear clippers, and veneer stacking robot
- (4) Turbo autoclaves
- 2021 Superior natural gas boiler, Hurst biomass boiler, biomass feeder, (2) storage silos
- Complete plant support: Maintenance building, compressors, spares, and more
Rolling Stock:
- John Deere 1110D ECO III log forwarder
- 2020 Komatsu WA270-8 wheel loader
- Volvo L90E wheel loader
- JLG 450A articulated boom manlift
- Case 1845C skid steer
- Caterpillar and Mitsubishi forklifts
Gladstone, MI - Hardwood Veneer Processing & Repair Facility
710 Rains Dr, Gladstone, MI 49837
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Mill Equipment:
- (3) Fisher & Ruckle Monguzzi Guillotines
- (3) Fisher & Ruckle Crossfeed Splicers
- (4) Kuper ACR/3100 Super Quick Crossfeed Veneer Splicers
- (3) Kuper EMZ/2M Double End Trimmer/Splicers
Goodman, WI - Green Hardwood Lumber & Veneer Mill
200 C Ave, Goodman, WI 54125
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Real Property Available for Purchase:
- 222,000 square feet of buildings
Production Capacity: 11,300,000 board feet per year
Mill Equipment:
- New lathe line (2021), 15-opening plywood press, 2 Timesaver plywood sanders, 2 kilns
- Nicholson A6 ring debarker and feed system
- (2) Cleereman 3HD BLK carriages (rebuilt 2018), McDonough band head rig (6')
- HMC 12-head trim saw, with infeed positioning and belt conveyors
- SII and American continuous drying kilns
- Complete plywood line: Stacking, 15-opening heated platen press, unload and cooling racks, putty line, saw and sand line
Rolling Stock:
- 2016 Ponsse King Elephant log forwarder
- 2015 Volvo L90G wheel loader
- Caterpillar 938F wheel loader
- Yale 33,000 lb. forklift, Hyster 28,000 lb. forklift, Yale 21,000 lb. forklift
Baraga, MI - Green Lumber Sawmill
16522 Westland Dr, Baraga, MI 49908
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Mill Equipment:
- Morbark 640 debarker, Mellott Rosser head debarker, log deck
- (2) HMC head saws, McDonough band head rig with cab, McDonough resaw with runaround system
- Crosby edger (3-saw), Newman 10-head trim saw, Brewco B-1600 horizontal resaw
Rolling Stock:
- 2017 Ponsse King Elephant log forwarder
- 2012 Komatsu WA320-6 wheel loader
- 2011 Komatsu WA250PZ-6 wheel loader
- 2021 PJ 20' tilt trailer
Mattoon, WI - Green Hardwood Lumber & Veneer Mill
610 Railroad Ave, Mattoon, WI 54450
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Real Property Available for Purchase:
- 138,000 square feet of buildings
Production Capacity: 7,500,000 board feet per year
Mill Equipment:
- HMC Rosser head debarker, Cleerman 3HD block carriage, Mellott log turner, log deck, cant catcher
- Crosby 2-saw edger, Armstrong bandsaw sharpening room
- (2) COE dryers, BSH Babcock dryer, Fanuc robots
- Complete plywood line: COE plugger, Johnson and Mannington plywood presses, Black Brothers glue spreaders
Rolling Stock:
- Komatsu WA250PT-5 wheel loader, WA200PZ-6 wheel loader
- Volvo L60F wheel loader, Timbco TF820 log forwarder
- Toyota, Yale, Clark, Daewoo, Nissan forklifts (3,000–6,000 lb. capacity)
- Ottawa 30 spotter truck