Loving winter… Here we’re erecting Equinet fencing for a racehorse yard in Beckhampton to replace an old stock fence
Author: Debbie Newman
40 ha of scrub clearance underway for chalk grassland near Imber on Salisbury Plain
We’re using our Dymax tree shear to cut hawthorn and blackthorn.
And, once it’s cut, you have to get it collected up and burnt – so we’re making progress…
As you can see, there was plenty to burn.
Crown lifting of 30 Beech trees on the A338 Bodenham Bypass
Our work here was to undertake crown lifting of 30 beech trees in the central reservation of the A338 Bodenham Bypass dual carriageway between Salisbury and Downton.
We crown lifted to 3m over the central reservation and 5m over the carriageway. They weren’t particularly big trees but were impacting on visibility along the duel carriageway; thus the work needed full traffic management and crash protection. We needed a large team of 5 to get all the works completed in a day
Crown lifting or crown raising can be defined as the removal of the lowest branches and/or preparing of lower branches for future removal. Again, an effective method of increasing light transmission to areas closer to the tree. Have you spotted our tree work definitions on the website? Check them out here.
Fencing in Savernake Forest
Before you put the fence up you have to clear the path;
More in Savernnake this week with Alex Draper acting as pathfinder!
Making quick work of demolishing brambles in Tidworth
Making quick work of demolishing brambles at Tidworth Garrison to allow a surveyor to mark out the sightlines for a new car park.
We are returning soon to remove some of the trees.
Lime tree reduction in Calne for WCC
Here we reduced 46 lime trees up to 30m in height. WCC had obtained an initial tree survey from another contractor but we were the only contractor with the correct machinery to undertake the works in a safe and timely manner. To make the work more interesting, the site also contained a number of powerlines and an electric sub-station, so power lines were covered, and the sub-station protected prior to starting. And, there was the additional challenge of the trees being adjacent to a school so half-term came into play as well!! All in a day’s work…
Pair of steel and chain link gates with a 6m span
Erecting these massive steel gates is the conclusion to work we have carried out for Wessex Water at their Gillingham sewage treatment plant over the last year. These gates are steel and chain link to match the fence which we constructed last year.
1800m stock fence replaced for Natural England at Parsonage Down, Warminster
A brighted morning today….
Our task here was to replace 1800m of old fencing with new standard stock fencing for Natural England. Our Evo Post Driver was put to good use!
Our new 25.6m Cherry Picker (MEWP)
Our new 25.6m Articulated Truck Mounted Platform/4×4 MAN truck has arrived and is available for hire should you need some extra height.
It has a huge outreach of some 12.5m and full details may be found on our website shortly.
Our shorter 14m cherry picker (the yellow one) is better for work in confined spaces where the lorry base of this new one would be too big.
Both are available for hire.
More Tornado equinet and creosote timber fencing and paddocks near Marlborough
This is a continuation of work we have undertaken earlier in the year. The Equinet and creosote fencing is to keep the polo ponies in and the dogs out and the new paddocks are for yearlings and resting racehorses. Equinet is from the UK Tornado brand and the UK equivalent for Keepsafe which is a USA product.
Great job by Alex Draper, Dave Thompson and Adam Patterson.
