Scrub clearance – mulching

Erecting a new fence?  First, you need to find the one you are replacing…. (happily made easy with the Robo Flail!) (pic 1)

And the Robo Flail out and about in Cheltenham at the end of September. (pics 2 & 3)

And if you thought we had pensioned off our other mulching machinery, see our ‘proper’ Seppi mulcher out mid-August, clearing an area for ground investigation (no sound with this video)

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Removal of ash trees in Avoncliff this week

A tricky project to remove 30 dangerous ash trees from a roadside woodland in Avoncliff along a steep, single-track road, with limited spacing and having to set up machinery on an incline.  However, the Merlo makes the operation safe and efficient – it is fitted with a grapple saw, has extra-long reach and is better when working on a road as it has tyres and not track.

Given the number of trees to be removed, a full felling licence was applied for and granted by the Forestry Commission.

Dismantle roadside ash at Avoncliff Sept 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Erecting a post-and-3-rail fence at Shearwater

Tristan Alex and Lukas were at Shearwater at the end of September, erecting a post-and-3 rail fence along the newly constructed spillway,  a great job!

From WIKI: “Shearwater is a man-made freshwater lake near Crockerton village, just southwest of Warminster.  The lake is formed from a tributary of the River Wylye.

It is within the Longleat Estate and is one of five lakes of various sizes. Shearwater Lake, the largest, was created at the end of the 18th century and designed by the 3rd Duke of Bridgwater, Francis Egerton. It is fed by streams dammed by the then Marquis of Bath. The lake is surrounded by mature woodland and is popular with anglers, walkers (especially those with dogs), runners, and cyclists.

The café on Shearwater Lake was officially reopened by Lord Bath in July 2025, marking its transformation into Shearwater Cabin. The café has undergone refurbishment, alongside essential reservoir safety work”. 

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Transporting and unrolling several strands of barbed wire at once 

Meet our new small but handy fencing trailer for transporting and unrolling several strands of barbed wire at once,  saving time and energy. There’s also room for tools and all the bits and bobs you need for fencing.  It is a one-off bespoke fencing trailer supplied by GA Trailers Ltd in N Ireland and we feature on their Facebook page here:

Drone footage of the solar farm project near Melksham

This drone footage follows on from the earlier posts by Tristan and Toby, who have been fencing on the Solar Farm Project site in Melksham over the past few months.
We were tasked with erecting 13,000m of fencing around 16 separate compartments.

The site looks very different now – this footage taken just before the main construction works commences.

Click here to view one of our earlier posts and a video from last December for comparison.

Then we were unrolling Solonet deer wire/tensioner with Tornado 450 m rolls of deer netting – making life a little easier.