Tim Mahoney, Jr. founded our company in 1976 out of his own need for quality hardwoods during the process of building a 41’ sailboat. In fact, the first load of hardwood he sold found its way to the U.S. from Mexico aboard the deck of Tim’s boat! The name Handloggers was chosen because it is a lumber term meaning a lumberjack who is willing to bear extreme danger and personal hardship to find only the highest quality trees and harvest them by hand. The mission of Handloggers reflects this term: to provide the best quality products at a fair price with the highest level of service to satisfied, informed customers. Twenty-six years later, we are still growing and striving to accomplish our mission.

Tim opened Handloggers in an old boat shed on the waterfront in Sausalito. (It was funky, but it worked!) The main focus of the business was to sell hardwood lumber to the marine industry, cabinetmakers, instrument makers and artisans. After a short time, the business was moved to the Schoonmaker building near the Army Corp. of Engineers in Sausalito and we called this location “home” for the next 10 years.

By the late 1980’s Handloggers had outgrown the Sausalito location and moved north to Larkspur. Coincidentally, Tim had grown interested in selling hardwood flooring products. Handloggers’ flooring business began in earnest with the aftermath of the devastating Berkeley-Oakland Hills fire. Many homeowners wanted to replicate their original floors and we produced many custom floors to fit this need. Since that time, we have continued to expand our product lines and improve our ability to provide price competitive, high quality floors; some with unusual specifications. We sell flooring products directly to the public as well as to contractors and licensed flooring contractors through a tiered pricing schedule. We are happy to provide the design community with a resource facility to view with their clients.

In the late 1990’s, Tim felt an itch to delve into expanded products and decided to sell hardwood decking. Again, this meant a move to a larger facility (catch the pattern developing?) and Handloggers moved to its final, beautiful home in Pt. Richmond. (Click here to see our facility.)