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Lightning strike in the heart of Bradford on Avon
The lightning storm last week has damaged one of Bradford-on-Avon’s ancient oak trees which was ‘always there’ as you enter the town near the Canal off the Sainsbury’s roundabout on the Frome Road.
Following a call from Wiltshire Council on the Friday morning, William Warden, owner of Conservation Contractors in Devizes, sent one of his teams urgently to the stricken tree to evaluate the damage. Not only had the tree suffered extensive damage, but it was adjacent to an electricity sub station, so the tree had to be dismantled carefully, safely and quickly.
Because of the height of the tree, a supersized access platform was needed, which the Wiltshire Fire Brigade supplied, allowing the Conservation Contractors team to start work.
Firstly they had to make the tree safe by reducing the height from some 25/30m by half. Then, once this part of the work was done, the dismantling continued until a rather sad trunk was all that remained. And then it was ‘Timber’ with the trunk. The branches were chipped for small brushwood and the timbers have gone locally for firewood.
William says: “We were pleased to help…. It was one of the jobs that needed not only the skills of our experienced team of tree surgeons but also our equipment and know how to dismantle the tree without damaging the substation”.
See Conversation Contractors tree surgery page on their website here
Dismantling Lombardy Poplars in Salisbury
This was a job near Waitrose in Salisbury, which we undertook for Wiltshire County Council. The 120′ trees had become rotten and unsafe and with a footpath underneath and a river running alongside, made for urgent action needed to remove them.
We have a lot of pictures from the main day’s work, so here are just a few below and also a you tube link here
See our tree surgery page for more information about the tree work we undertake
Weed control in a crop of winter wheat
Desiccation of winter wheat 36 m down to 24 m using one of the three Conservation Contractors Bateman rb55 sprayers. This is just one side of what we are able to do for weed control. For other options, please see our weed control page on our website here.
We treat arable crops across Wiltshire for farmers, growers, landscapers and even a runway! If you need anything cleared, please let us know.
Treating moss and algae on a military airfield
While everyone was tucked up in bed this morning we were applying a biocide treating moss and algae on a military airfield before it went live a 7.30am!
The total area covered was 175,000 sq /m. This was Phase 1 of a contract won by Lafarge Tarmac to upgrade the friction surface of the runway. Once the biocide has killed the moss, algae and lichen present, it will be sprayed with tar and then the markings will be repainted.
All in a day’s work – or in this case, a very early morning’s work and our trusty Bateman rb55 hard at work.
