With the present situation only going to get worse, the power industry still needs woodchip to help meet its generation targets.
Author: Debbie Newman
Replacing 3000m fencing at Bulford
Following the removal of 3000m of the old fence, it is time to start with replacement along the front of Bulford Firing Ranges to prevent access when live firing
So, our Evo 1 post driver came in useful to replace the 3000m fencing.
19 Feb 20
And here we add a few more pictures of the fencing complete as at mid-March.
1500m stock netting at Rollestone, on Salisbury Plain
Not all tree-related work for us here at Conservation Contractors!
We’re still busy fencing away, and here was a stretch of 1500m stock netting to keep cattle in on 15-year posts with creosote strainers. On top of the HT stock netting, we put 3 strands of barbed wire.
In case you wondered, a strainer post is the corner post – the larger ones that take the strain and the load-bearing parts of the fence!
18 Feb 2020
See some other examples of the different types of fencing and gate work we undertake…
Tree take-down in Corsham– with just a tad more of a challenge than usual!
Catching up on some storm-damaged trees – only the tricky ones left; this multi-stem ash presented an initial challenge in a private rear garden.
Can’t climb
can’t fell
no access!
So then, we had to fell at ground level very carefully.
Should the owners have had a survey done? Yes, most definitely. But it was in a private rear garden and this just didn’t happen…
18th Feb 2020
Reduction to roadside Ash tree near Allington
Our big MEWP made the reduction to a large roadside ash tree a little easier.
We removed 3m all over and so far, the Ash is looking to be a healthy specimen.
See here for information on our MEWPs
Beech tree take down – when you put your man cave under a tree that is past its best…
Just outside Blandford in Dorset, the building crushed was a converted shepherd’s hut. The tree was a very large beech which had looked unhealthy last year.
The poor access due to the weather conditions presented us with certain challenges. Although we had a lot of large timber to move, this was made easier with the timber crane, aka the Valtra tractor with the crane/grab on the roof. The timber stayed locally for firewood. All in a day’s work…
Here’s a link to the info about the Valtra.
6th Feb 2020
Erecting 38 warning signs around Salisbury Plain
Something different this week for the MoD…Tad and Kieran erected 38 fire warning signs around Salisbury Plain. The plastic signs measure approx. 2’ square and were fixed to metal posts and then concreted into the ground. 23 Jan 2020.
Dismantling a fallen willow tree across a remote footbridge near Chippenham
Oh Dear…. Today’s tricky one all done safely by Antony, Jamie, Garry and Len.
Here was a fallen willow tree across a remote footbridge over a watercourse. We dismantled the tree by climbing with rope and harness. There was no way of getting anything else to the site as it was across several wet fields. 04 Feb 2020
Reducing 10 Cedar trees at Roundway Park, Devizes
Our new blue 26’ MEWP is coming in handy and making work safer and quicker.
Our task here was to remove dead wood and reduce 10 TPO protected Cedar trees each approx. 120 ft high in part of the old parkland at Roundway House.
Cedars are often seen planted in the grounds of old large houses, coming from a hotter drier climate they can be destroyed by snow which can sit on the branches and cause them to break.
Removal of 40×100’ Ash Trees, Cholderton
This was the start of a 2-week stint on the A338 at Cholderton for WCC Highways. Our task was to remove and cut back 40 ash trees which had grown to 100 feet and which were all dying with Ash Dieback. Because of this disease, the trees were dangerous and had to be removed.
Here’s a link to the Woodland Trust’s page on Ash Dieback.
