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 can see, the tree looked perfectly healthy from the outside but had to be taken down as it was unsafe, especially over a car park.  And we needed to wait until the birds had finished nesting to undertake the work.

Well done by all involved; the new spider MEWP proving its worth, along with the timber crane o remove the timber; no heavy lifting at CC Ltd!

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 shortly.   It is available for hire.  Just contact William for details. 

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 protect the operator. This machine represents £130,000 of investment to ensure dangerous ash trees can be managed safely and efficiently; as their condition worsens due to ASH Die Back Disease; whilst they may look OK from the initial inspection but they are becoming very brittle.
With this investment,  Conservation Contractors Ltd have added over £250,00 of plant and machinery to their fleet over the past 18months.

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 plot of land. A Tiny Forest provides accessible green space and facilitates an outdoor classroom for communities to reconnect with nature”.

Tiny Forest Scheme across WiltshireTiny Forest Scheme across Wiltshire

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 used by Conservation Contractors

We finally were able to get back to finish the pollards in West Lavington once the school had broken up for Easter. The recent high winds delayed the start of the project
Great job by all involved.