Our Evo 2 Protech and Evo Compact out together
Let’s get on! Wearing the paint of the baby one now…
Repair and reduction of a pair of yew trees for The Savernake Estate
Today our project was for a repair and reduction of a pair of yew trees for The Savernake Estate. Here are the before and after pictures
Pond Refurbishment at Marston (contd)
For those of you who can remember our pond refurbishment post in December 2018 when we showed you our work to drain and clear this pond, you might like to see what it looks like six months on…. And if you’ve forgotten, then check out the original p …
A few random pictures of the past couple of weeks
Just a few shots of the guys out and about and a welcome back to Scott Jackson.
New Evo Compact
We picked up our new Evo Compact this morning to help the busy fencing teams and set it straight to work… collected, unloaded and knocking posts in under 2 hours! This is a smaller, more compact machine which allows us to transport it between s …
Valtra fitted with cab-mounted botex crane
To reduce manual handling and speed up timber and brash removal, we have added another Valtra tractor to the fleet, this time fitted with a roof-mounted Botex crane. Our new Valtra is now ready for work with our tree teams – or for hire if anyone …
Woodland Fencing project in Savernake Forest, near Marlborough
We are undertaking a large ongoing woodland project near Marlborough, creating new fenced areas to allow grazing within Savernake Forest; this will allow cattle back into the ancient forest to help with its management. The fencing consists of 2 strand …
Landscaping at Ticehurst
A spot of landscaping from last week at Ticehurst more pictures to follow… Probably ‘spot’ is an understatement…. To fit around the existing trees of Corsican Pine, Turkey Oak, Atlas Cedar and English Oak, the plants included a selection of Acer, Bet …
Deer Fencing in Melksham
Deer Fencing is usually 1.8m galvanized wire, which is very strong and lightweight. No barbed wire on top. It allows you to protect your trees and shrubs from being eaten or being used to rub up against. We have recently installed just unde …
Tree works at The Hall Estate, Bradford on Avon
Back again is routine tree works at The Hall Estate Bradford on Avon to reduce trees and some safety works on the boundary and by the railway line
Removal of deadwood from roadside trees at Netheravon
Our task here was the removal of deadwood from roadside trees at Netheravon. In addition, we had to fell a dead ash tree using our MEWP (Mobile Elevated Work Platform).
Rake and burn tidy up
Our project here was a rake and burn tidy up of forestry harvesting debris in Erlestoke to allow replanting of native trees next winter. Erlestoke is a village in Wiltshire, on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain. It lies about 6 miles east of Westbur …
Range refurbishment at Bulford (2)
Range refurbishment at Bulford contd. Following on from our post on 12th March, here’s a few more pictures of our range works at Bulford, just northeast of Amesbury. The project was to remove contaminated sand and replace with new sand, free of lead an …
Homeowner ordered to pay £21,000 proceeds of crime order for butchering a tree
This link goes to The Times of 23rd March and concerns a homeowner in Canford Cliffs, Poole, who ignored a TPO (tree preservation order) on his 42-foot oak tree and instead he virtually destroyed it by chopping off 12ft-long branches – all for the purp …
Justin showing a large beech tree near Bath who is boss
We spent a week dismantling decaying beech trees in Bath. They were leaning over a footpath and, having recently been surveyed, there was no choice but to dismantle and remove them and plant replacements. The timber will be used for firewood. We needed …
Another day another 1000m post and rail job
Our job here was to replace an old, rotten post and rail fence which had served its time. We removed the fence and replaced it with 1000m of new, creosote-treated timber post and rail fencing. This should last another 30 years. See our pictures below …
400m chain link fencing with 3-strands of barbed wire on top for Utilities company in Gillingham
Following on from our hedge removal project in the summer, we now needed to erect the perimeter fence to the site for the utilities company. The site had been upgraded and expanded to meet the demand for new housing. We erected 400m of 1.8m chain link …
Site clearance in Westbury for next 2 weeks so needed the big toys to speed up the job!
Linden Homes are building a new development at Westbury by the station. So as to avoid disturbing nesting birds we needed to cut and chip large volumes of scrub and over-mature thorn and hedging. This was cut to a height of one metre and chipped on sit …
Range refurbishment at Bulford
We had recently won a contract to strip from site 450 tons of hazardous and contaminated sand used as a stop butt on a military firing range. After stopping bullets for years it was time to be replaced with new, along with some timber repairs while w …
Dismantling a large conifer too close to the house, Lavington near Devizes
A recent tree survey showed that a large conifer growing close to a substantial property was too near for safety. We therefore dismantled it and removed all the timber to be reprocessed for biomass to feed a power station.