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Chipping of sycamore trees infected with possible sooty bark disease.
Dust suppression was required, as it was the only dry day last week!
See Forest Research for more information about Sooty bark disease (Cryptostroma corticale)
Dismantle completed chipping to commence,
Great job by Scott, Antony , Richard and Cameron is even back for a while !
The RoboFlail out, clearing heavy bramble and scrub near Salisbury.
The sun came out eventually 🙂
Charlie with the RoboFlail is busy this week, clearing scrubby banks near Castle Combe as part of a grassland restoration project.
Here, the video shows the Valtra 121 is fitted with a cut and collect flail to clear 5-year old scrub regrowth to help the chalk grassland and nearby Juniper. The site was cleared 5 years ago. The ability of the machine to collect the cut materials prevents the nutrient level from being raised in the soil. This helps with chalk grassland and wildflowers as they prefer a low level of soil fertility to prevent being outcompeted by other species.
And the pics show Toby out on the cut and collect flail clearing scrub as part of chalk grassland management
Happy New Year
We received a phone call from a client in Bristol during Storm Goretti about a fallen tree across an access road to a hospital complex.
The job could not wait until daylight. So, William and Toby left the Devizes depot shortly after midnight to clear the fallen tree sufficiently to allow access until a full team could reach the remains of the large sycamore tree in daylight, make it safe, and tidy up.
Well done to Toby for not being in bed! And all part of the 24/7 service provided to our clients across the UK
Tractor run about to leave to join everyone else in Devizes as part of the annual Tractor N’ Tinsel Run 2025 on Sunday 21st December.
We were delighted to support Devizes Young Farmers Charity Tractor run on Sunday – a great turnout.
“The first pod included many vintage tractors before the big modern beasts arrived. Devizes Young Farmers’ volunteers, particularly those too young to travel by tractor collected money from the crowd for this year’s chosen charities (Wiltshire Air Ambulance, Bugs Fund(Burns Unit Group Support) and Salisbury Hospital’s Star Appeal). It’s not too late to make a contribution, click here for the Just Giving page.”
Thanks to Tristan, George, Mark & Charlie
These were the tractors we used:
MB trac 1000 (green)
The oldest in the fleet, first registered in 1985, so very much a vintage machine.
Built by Mercedes but no longer in production.
This was the one we rebuilt the engine on back in April – read our link to our post here
Valtra 121
Fitted with a front loader and first registered 2012
This was the tractor seen on the wire unroller putting up the deer fence recently
Used in a multitude of different tasks on a daily basis
Valtra 234 Active (blue)
This is the most modern one – registered new in 2021
Used to move large machinery to site
Colour-coded front toolbox with integrated fuel tank – blue
Valtra 8450 (red)
Date of first registration 2006
Nearly 20 years old, so almost vintage
Fitted with a rooftop crane to move timber away from felling operations with its timber trailer
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