Founded
2007 — on a yard serving the lumber trade for 70+ years
Industrial & packaging lumber · MI / OH / IN
Industrial lumber,
Industrial lumber,
cut to your spec,
on our trucks.
Industrial-grade SPF and SYP lumber, ISPM-15 heat-treated export lumber and dunnage, pallet components, and plywood/OSB — remanufactured to your spec at our Clayton, Michigan yard and delivered free on our own trucks. Single pack to full truckload.
Cut to spec — remanufactured at our yard, fast
HT / ISPM-15 — stamped in-house
Free delivery — our trucks, your dock
CLAYTON LUMBER
HT
ISPM-15 · Export Compliant
Cut · Treated · Stamped · Delivered
Remanufacturing
Cut-to-length · rip · resaw · notch — since 2008
Certification
In-house HT / ISPM-15 export stamping
Delivery
Free, on our own trucks — MI, N. Ohio, Indiana
Products & services
What we cut
If it's wood, dimensional, and holding up your production or your freight — we cut it, treat it, and get it to your dock.
HT · IPPC · Export
Heat-treated & stamped lumber
Export-certified lumber and dunnage, stamped in-house under a monthly-audited ISPM-15 program. Your shipment crosses the border without waiting on a third-party treater.
SPF · SYP · Industrial grade
Industrial SPF & SYP lumber
Industrial-grade spruce-pine-fir and Southern Yellow Pine — deck boards, stringers, and dimensional stock, standard sizes or cut to your spec, single pack to truckload.
Cut-to-length · Rip · Resaw · Notch
Remanufacturing to spec
SPF, SYP, and panel stock cut to your exact thickness, width, and length. Odd sizes and short runs welcome — that's what a remanufacturing yard is for.
Dunnage · Blocking · Skids
Export dunnage, designed & stamped
Send us the shipment specs — we design, cut, and IPPC-stamp the dunnage so your export freight is secured and compliant, piece by piece.
Banding grooves
Grooved banding products
Routed banding grooves hold strapping exactly where it belongs — secure packages, stable stacking, no slipped bands.
Plywood · OSB · Truckloads
Panels & wholesale loads
Plywood and OSB in multiple thicknesses and grades, plus straight truckloads direct from the mills at wholesale — drop-shipped anywhere in our region.
Export ready
Shipping overseas? The stamp is the whole game.
Wood packaging that crosses a border needs ISPM-15 heat treatment and an IPPC stamp — or your freight sits at the port. We handle all of it, in-house, minutes from your dock.
✓
Heat treated on siteCertified heat treatment to the ISPM-15 standard, under a program audited monthly by an accredited inspection agency.
✓
Stamped piece by pieceEvery board, skid, and dunnage stick carries the mark your freight forwarder is looking for.
✓
Designed and cut to your shipmentTell us what's shipping — we design and cut the dunnage and crating stock to fit it, then treat and stamp it.
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Get export-ready — request a quote
Delivered on our trucks, freeMichigan, Northern & Central Ohio, and Indiana. When a shipment is waiting, we don't hand your order to a freight broker.
HT · ISPM-15
Certified · Audited monthly
Stamped in-house
Stamped in-house
Pallet shop supply
Your boards, on a schedule you can build around
Running a pallet shop means never running out of boards. We cut deck boards and stringers to your spec from industrial SPF and SYP and put them on a standing schedule — so your line keeps nailing.
STEP 1 — SPEC IT
Send your cut list
Sizes, species, quantities — GMA standard or fully custom. Repair boards, new-build stock, or both.
STEP 2 — SCHEDULE IT
Set the standing order
Weekly or monthly drops, single pack to truckload. Adjust quantities as your order book moves.
STEP 3 — FORGET IT
We deliver, free
Our trucks, your yard, no freight charge. When a custom size drops in, we turn it around fast.
The yard · since the 1950s
Seven decades of lumber on one six-acre yard
For more than fifty years, Townsend Lumber served the region's lumber trade from this six-acre yard on Railroad Street. When it finally closed its doors, the village of Clayton could have lost that trade for good.
Instead, in 2007, a team with decades of combined experience in softwood, packaging, and distribution set up shop on the same ground — a couple of saws, one tractor-trailer, and a simple idea about how a lumber supplier ought to treat its customers.
"Companies looking for high-quality industrial lumber at a fair price — and a supplier dedicated to customer service. That's who we went looking for."
The founding idea · 2007
Then 2008 hit, and the lumber industry took some of its hardest years in memory. Clayton Lumber's answer was to build — adding remanufacturing capability in 2008 and growing it into a complete cut-to-spec operation by 2011. The company that started in a recession now cuts, treats, stamps, and delivers across three states — on its own trucks, from the same yard.
Fair and honest with customers and suppliers · responsible with the resource · a good neighbor in Clayton
1950s
The Townsend yard
Townsend Lumber serves the region from this site for over 50 years.
2007
Clayton Lumber founded
A new company fills the void — a couple of saws, a tractor-trailer, and a team with decades of experience.
2008
Built into the recession
Remanufacturing capability added for pallet stock, dunnage, and crating — while the industry shrank.
2011
Full remanufacturing
Cut-to-length, rip, resaw, and notch — SPF, SYP, plywood, and OSB, full packs or cut to spec.
Today
Three states, our trucks
Cut, treated, stamped, and delivered free across Michigan, Northern Ohio, and Indiana.
Delivery area
Our trucks. No freight charge.
We deliver on our own trucks across Michigan, Northern & Central Ohio, and Indiana — and because they're our trucks, there's no freight charge and no broker between your order and your dock.
Wholesale truckloads drop-ship direct from the mills — anywhere in the region.
Typical drive times from our yard
Adrian · 15 min
Hudson · 12 min
Tecumseh · 30 min
Wauseon OH · 32 min
Hillsdale · 35 min
Toledo OH · 50 min
Jackson · 50 min
Ann Arbor · 55 min
Monroe · 55 min
Toledo south side · ~55 min
Detroit · ~1 hr 20
Warren · ~1 hr 35
Ft. Wayne IN · ~1 hr 45
Request a quote
Tell us what you need cut
Send the spec — sizes, species, quantity, and where it's headed. We'll come back with a straight answer, fast.
Rather talk to a person?
That's 517-445-9663 — or reach owner Kevin Fry direct at 517-403-0416.
Or email kfry@claytonlumber.com — we answer during yard hours, Mon–Fri 7:00–3:30.
The people
You'll talk to the people who cut the wood
No phone trees, no regional office. Nine of us, one yard, direct lines.