Mulching Scrub for the National Trust on Cley Hill, Warminster Oct 2022
Ben has been helping us with his roboflail on Cley Hill this week mulching scrub for the National Trust. It’s a lot steeper than it looks! We were helping to reduce the areas of scrub and bramble that were starting to get established on the steep …
Tree Survey followed by take down of Holm Oak tree from the car park at a soon-to-open children’s home in Westbury
Clear results were showing the cross-section of decay present in a tree removed from the car park of a soon-to-open children’s home in Westbury in the grounds of the former Chalford House Hotel. This was all confirmed in the PICUS report. As you …
New oak gate posts for The Church of All Saints at West Lavington
The soft wood gate posts had failed so it was decided to go for a more befitting option. The posts and labour costs were donated by a local parishioner. To see other examples of our gates, please see our Fencing and Gates page here
New Spiderlift 23m tracked Cherry Picker/MEWP
Here are some images of our new Spiderlift 23m tracked Cherry Picker/MEWP/aerial platform. We were working for Devizes Town Council to reduce a large 30m Oak Tree within Hillworth Park, Devizes Full details of our new MEWP will be posted on our website …
Newsletter May 26 2022
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Our Jensen Tracked Woodchipper
Not too bad for a 9-year-old machine: the first set of flywheel bearings is being replaced!
Vosch grapple saw supplied and fitted to our Takeuchi 2150 excavator
The VOSCH grapple saw was supplied and fitted to our Takeuchi 2150 excavator by Richard Court Forestry Engineering Ltd as the UK dealer, along with additional uprated hydraulics required to operate the grapple saw and a bulletproof windscreen to protec …
Tiny Forest Scheme across Wiltshire
A small plot fenced in Swindon today by Tristan and Tad as part of the Tiny Forest scheme across Wiltshire. “A Tiny Forest consists of 600 native trees such as Oak, Lime, Elm, Hawthorn and Hazel which will be densely planted in a tennis court-sized plo …
Mulching rhododendron in Savernake Forest
Last mulching job for a while clearing 3 ha of Rhododendron in Savernake Forest – with the aid of the digger ! Savernake Forest stands on a chalk plateau between Marlborough and Great Bedwyn with an area of approx 4,500 acres
Pollarding an avenue of Lime Trees in West Lavington
What a difference a week makes – storms and strong winds delayed the start to a lime avenue pollarding project in West Lavington. Great work by all involved – 2 MEWPS do make it safe and much easier. See here for details of the MEWPs …
Unimog U300 from Mercedes Benz
The ultimate Unimog for our line of work – ‘simply the best’!
Hedge trimming at National Trust Avebury
Trimming of National Trust Hedges at Avebury within the garden of The Manor – a mixture of yew and box. We also needed to undertake some reductions and adjustments to the topiary, as well as lots of straight hedges – excellent job by Tad & Ga …
Pollarding 160 limes near Melksham
The before, during and after… Great job by all and happy client Jan 2022
Hedge trimming at Clyffe Hall in Lavington
Back to finish off some hedge trimming that required a little more reach at Clyffe Hall in Lavington! We had been there earlier when we cut all the formal hedges in the gardens, but could not reach the larger yews. So a return visit with ou …
Crane fed chipper
Crane fed chipper hitched up today and ready to go to work; this will hopefully help with the workload.
Armco barrier fencing at Salisbury Plain
Something slightly different… Our task was to erect a fence to protect an area on Salisbury Plain. We used 300m of Armco barrier fencing welded into RSJ steels driven into the ground. November 2021
Hornbeam hedging in Avebury Trusloe
Tad and Matty have been planting Hornbeam hedging in Avebury Trusloe – a few hundred metres to improve the garden boundary Trusloe is a Street in the village of Avebury Trusloe which measures approximately 189 metres long. Hornbeams are hardwood trees …
Hit & Miss fencing Lacock October 2021
85 m of 1.8m high Hit & Miss fence erected at Lacock for the Parish Council. Hit-and-miss fencing is vertical fence panels ( like picket fence but square tops ) 6ft high. It has gaps in it, hence hit-and-miss, so it does not look as commercial,
Long overdue works meal at The Well in Bulkington October 2021
Long overdue works meal at The Well in Bulkington last night
Woodchip for biomass October 2021
Last load of 150 tons of wood chip off for biomass last week