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Barbed Wire Fencing

Barbed Wire Fencing Some replacement barbed wire fencing going up in south Wiltshire this week with Gordon Bottomley and Mark Holbrook. For information on all the different kinds of fencing services we offer, please see our fencing …
Southern Counties Auctioneers

Southern Counties Auctioneers In case you’ve forgotten some of what we do, we’ve taken a 30-second promotional slot with Southern Counties Auctioneers. If you’re attending, watch out for the screen with the ads. It will be shown in Salisbury and Ciren …
3-rail post and rail – with a curve!

3-rail post and rail – with a curve! Alex Draper starting a new run of post and rail fence , 3 rails with electric, all in creosote Our Protech Evo 3 making easy work of it Everyone likes a fence on a curve 260423
Barbed Wire Fencing

Barbed Wire Fencing Some replacement barbed wire fencing going up in south Wiltshire this week with Gordon Bottomley and Mark Holbrook. 230423
Woodchip to Biomass

Woodchip to Biomass Have you ever wondered what happens to timber unfit for firewood or onward processing? This is being chipped and will be sent off for biomass. 190423 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfZ5FjPgFLU&t=1s
5’ high post and rail fence

5’ high post and rail fence Part of a larger fencing project, a 5ft (1.45m) high post and rail fence as part of a cattle handling unit. We have been fencing for The Gourmet Goat Farmer at Avebury (or on Facebook here) constructing a n …
Woodland thinning near Tidworth

Woodland Thinning near Tidworth See if you can tell which part of the woodland near Tidworth is for thinning today. You can see from the photo of the woodland in the distance that one side has fewer trees than the other. We have removed the dange …
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The Hundred Guinea Oak at the National Trust’s The Vyne in Basingstoke
“This ancient oak tree, thought to be more than 650 years old, owes its long life to William John Chute, who opened The Vyne during the 19th Century. It’s believed that the tree gained its name after he refused to sell it to a naval agent looking for t …
The end of a thinning project

The end of a thinning project for a local council. All the timber was recycled locally
6000m stock fencing on top of Tan Hill

e’ve now come to the end of phase 1 of the stock fence work on top of Wiltshire’s second-highest point. We had erected 6000m of stock fencing on the top of Tan Hill. The first two images go back to mid-December, with the third as at mid-February. “Ta …
Reduction to a row of poplars in Market Lavington

With all the high-tech toys we have there is still a need for rope and harness when no access allows a MEWP anywhere near! Here are Jamie Mcdoog and Jac reducing a row of poplars near Market Lavington by 30ft in height.
Reduction to decayed beech tree

Reduction to a decayed beech tree to try and retain for a few more years and provide habitat in the meantime; but, our 26m MEWP was not quite enough reach for the top. Access was tight, but a great job was done by all involved over the two days. …
Our tracked MEWP – just the job for those hard-to-reach trees

You can’t beat our tracked MEWP for those hard-to-reach trees in hard-to-reach positions. We removed a failing ash tree from over a garage and a river in the pouring rain. And, the local EA testing station was 20 metres downstream! Well done to all F …
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Annual hedge trim, Devizes

The annual hedge trim at a long-standing client nr Devizes, mainly very old and large yew hedges which required a mixture of MEWPS to be able to reach them all, with some being 30ft high and 20ft wide in places. It’s a good time of year to …
Rock spiking in the rain in Winsley

Following long delays, our clients recently took possession of their small holding at Winsley, with 10 acres of unkept land and gardens to secure mainly to keep livestock and young children out of harm’s way. Here’s Tristan Warden rock spiking before d …
Team outing

Thanks to The Well at Bulkington for the works outing a couple of weeks ago, another year has slipped by.
Removal of a fallen tree across the tow path at Devizes

Removal of a fallen tree across the towpath at Devizes is all made easy with Sam on the crane!
Hedge cutting and pruning assisted by the Spiderlift MEWP
Back again to a regular client for some extreme hedge cutting and pruning, all made easy with the CMC Spiderlift 23m tracked MEWP Jamie Mcdoog Matty Gaslonde Tucker and Co
