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Mercedes MB 1000 tractor rebuild

Posted on by Debbie Newman

Update on the MB tractor rebuild – our oldest machine in the fleet!

This is our MB 1000 tractor made by Mercedes-Benz,  but it has long since been discontinued.
It’s getting rarer as time goes by – more of a family heirloom really, and doesn’t go out to work much these days.

But, with its overhaul, it should then have a further 30,000 hours life!

And today, the engine is back in, and up and running today with Paul Howard who also fitted a new clutch to the Unimog while he was here – and no error codes in sight!

For details of some of the equipment we use on site, you can take a look here

Southern Counties Auctioneers

Posted on by Debbie Newman

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 Cirencester.

April 2023

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMnYU1_P1h0

Justin showing a large beech tree near Bath who is boss

Posted on by Debbie Newman

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 a team of 2 climbers, a groundsman with tractor and a 30-ton winch on the last day to fell the stems.
But, as you’ll see from the last three pictures below, the weather wasn’t always kind to us during the week!
Dismantling a group of decaying beech trees in Bath

Dismantling a group of decaying beech trees in Bath

Dismantling a group of decaying beech trees in Bath

Dismantling a group of decaying beech trees in Bath

Dismantling a group of decaying beech trees in Bath

Dismantling a group of decaying beech trees in Bath

Another day another 1000m post and rail job   

Posted on by Debbie Newman

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 both ‘during’ and the ‘nice and straight’ at the end…

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400m chain link fencing with 3-strands of barbed wire on top for Utilities company in Gillingham

Posted on by Debbie Newman

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 fence with 3 strands of barbed wire on top.

Chain link fencing Gillingham

 

 

 

 

 

The Protech creates 10-inch profiles for the concrete posts ready for the 400m of chain link fencing.

 

The importance of Tree Surveys

Posted on by Debbie Newman

Another reminder from us about the importance of getting your trees surveyed and that they are your responsibility.

Here are two links to The Times and The Standard. They concern a celebrity interior designer facing a police investigation after a former soldier, explorer and tree surgeon(!) was crushed to death beside her £8m estate.  He had been a passenger in a car travelling on the road alongside her estate when the tree fell on the car, killing him and insuring the other passengers.

Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/star-stylist-faces-inquiry-after-man-crushed-by-tree-rctqk0ztg

Standard: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/top-designer-faces-police-probe-after-falling-tree-at-8m-estate-crushes-exsoldier-to-death-a4078911.html

Aviva produce a very informative PDF entitled: 9001–liability for_hazardous_trees.pdf

Don’t forget that this is something Conservation Contractors can undertake for you; we’re here to help you manage your duty of care.

Check out our tree survey page on this website 

 

Duty of care to have tree surveyed

 

Footpath gates erected at Tidworth

Posted on by Debbie Newman

Footpath gates erected at Tidworth as part of a larger fencing project to allow grazing and public access.

Our brief was to erect 500m of new barbed wire fence to allow grazing of cattle on chalk grassland to the rear of houses in Tidworth.  We then needed to erect new footpath gates to allow access for walkers while remaining cattle proof at the same time.   Jan 2019

Footpath gates erected at Tidworth

See also our fencing page on our website