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Rich, Matt and Geoff have been busy pollarding a hornbeam in Burbage, in the Vale of Pewsey.
Pollarding is a pruning system in which the upper branches of a tree are removed, promoting a dense head of foliage and branches. It has been common in Europe since medieval times and is practised today in urban areas worldwide, primarily to maintain trees at a predetermined height.
Our new piece of kit has arrived complete with whistles and bells!
It’s the Protech Evo 2 4×4 towable, ‘self-propelled’ post driver/tracked knocker, 300g hammer, with winch, 2 Rock spikes blade, rock drill, telemast, big weight and self- levelling system, 400mm wide tracks slew and extending tracks.
So, perfect for steep terrain and wet ground and will make light work of any difficult ground.
This is Protech’s You Tube video.
And the Protech helped make much easier work here, for example, erecting a 300m post and rail fence around a new house in Beckhampton on recently spread topsoil. Two weeks in and you’ll notice it’s not quite as shiny as when delivered!
Pictures tell a thousand words – showing Matt undertaking a sectional dismantle in Marlborough of a large pine over a stable block in January. The tree had become unstable and at some point would need to be removed due to its position overhanging stables and within a garden. Not one to shelter under on a windy day! Now all recycled for biomass and drying for future use.
This sequence of images shows a sectional dismantle of a Pine Tree at Manton Grange, Marlborough in January 2017.
See details of all our tree work capabilities on our website page here.
And you might find our tree work definitions of interest…
Thinking ahead to the autumn, now’s a good time to consider if you need your pheasant pens constructing or extending. Take a look and let us know if you need any work undertaken. The images here were taken last year for a large Wiltshire-based shoot.
Even our yard has had a refresh…
A few days and a few hundred tons of stone, and the yard is looking much better. No more paddling around in the mud this winter!
We installed 90 metres of creosoted post and rail and 2 new gates in Potterne which is just south of Devizes.
This was to keep the general public out and animals safely apart.
To see all our fencing information on our web page please click here
Dave and his team erected 2000m of stock netting on the edge of Salisbury Plain earlier in Novemberso as to stop people walking into the dangerous area of the Plain.
The job needed our post drivers and a good eye by Alex and Mike who did a great job… bullet straight!
Please see details of the different types of fencing carried out by Conservation Contractors here
Removal of 30 cherry trees, Marlborough
Rich, Geoff and Simon spent a week at Temple Estate in Marlborough at the end of October. They undertook a variety of jobs which included reducing the number of trees on the driveway. The original planting had alternate lime and cherry trees, but now there was no longer space for both. So the decision was taken to remove the 30 cherry trees and their stumps so that the lime trees could thrive better.
More tree and general clearance work was also undertaken to make way for a house extension… See the avenue of limes below.
Tristan has been busy mulching
with the Seppi flail and reverse-drive Valtra…
Firstly a 6 ha site near Dinton around juniper bushes and then off to Dartmoor for more of the same the following day. The poor quality of video is due to the bullet proof window !!
Tristan then went on to Bovey Tracey in Devon – just east of Dartmoor for a site clearance before this became a tip.
We returned to Manton to check the health of an ailing beech tree using PICUS technology.
The PICUS Sonic Tomograph is used for non-invasive tree risk assessments in order to measure the thickness of the residual wall of trees with internal defects such as cavities or decay. See more information here.
We were concerned with the tree because of the large fungi brackets on one side. And what the assessment showed was that the tree was rotten in the middle and sadly had to be removed for safety reasons. It’s like giving the tree an MRI scan. Amazing bit of kit.
