Our History

Our History And Beginnings:

Established in 1985, Middleton Timber and sister company Smart Log Systems have played a major role in the growth of log homes and cabins throughout North America. With thousands of buildings delivered all over the country, Smart Log Systems carry on the legacy of durability and beauty.

Jeff Middleton started Middleton Timber as a young man who enjoyed working with wood and building wood structures. He also understood the importance of proper forest management, and through that he found a way to combine his passion with a need. Jeff invested in the equipment necessary for him to both harvest the logs and cut them down into workable lumber. 

He began taking the lumber and plaining it into log siding for the front of homes, and also creating tongue & groove flat lumber for interior walls. He was furring out walls and decided to come up with a way that would make the process better and more durable. He started using logs to create the walls and soon became tired of the splitting, shrinking, and expanding of the logs. Being a perfectionist, Jeff knew that there still had to be a better way to accomplish bringing the look of the combined log exterior siding and the T&G interior walls into home building. 

Jeff was using glulam beams to support the weight of roofs and had an idea that would end up changing the future of log homes. He established relationships with the nations largest glulam beam manufacturers and became very familiar with their processes. He used their input and suggestions to create a glulam process for logs and named them Smart Logs. 

Smart Log Systems Focus

While Middleton Timber now focuses on forest management and logging, Smart Log Systems focuses on log cabin homes and helping customers get a durable well built family home to enjoy for decades.

The strict testing that goes into the process of creating a log that resists warping, cracking, or shrinking, is what makes Smart Log Systems the best in the industry.

We do all of the processing and manufacturing of the logs at our facility in Cedar City, Utah. You are welcome to come by our facility and let us show you how your log home is made. We work hard to provide quality products, prompt delivery and outstanding customer service.