Tag: Tree Surgery

Unimog

Posted on by Debbie Newman

We’re very excited with our new-to-us additional  Unimog.  We purchased it from Belgium,  brought it back in October,  had it re-sprayed and fully serviced with new brakes and air valves and she’s now ready for work with a wood chipper on the back with a 1.5 ton capacity.  We’ll certainly be able to access any tricky off-road areas you have…

And do you know the origin of this odd name?  The Unimog is a range of multi-purpose auto four wheel drive medium trucks produced by Mercedes-Benz. The word is an acronym for the German “Universal Motor-Gerät”, Gerät being the German for device/machine/instrument/apparatus.  There, you needed to know that!

unimog at work
unimog at work
Unimog getting where others cannot
Unimog getting where others cannot

 

Removal of Redwood at Iford Manor

Posted on by Debbie Newman

Many of you will know Iford Manor, between Bradford-on-Avon and Freshford.  We had to remove a Redwood which had grown to about 100′ which was now too close to the Manor and unsafe to leave where it was.

We, therefore, had to remove it in small pieces ensuring no damage was caused to the house and their famous Peto Garden.

If you haven’t been to Iford, it’s well worth a visit.  See the link here.

Removal of Redwood at Iford Manor

Removal of Redwood at Iford Manor Removal of Redwood at Iford Manor Removal of Redwood at Iford Manor Removal of Redwood at Iford Manor Removal of Redwood at Iford Manor

EssentialArb article

Posted on by Debbie Newman

Did you see our article in essentialARB?

It was in the Autumn edition, on pages 38-39 and is a snapshot of what we do.
“If there’s ever a job advert for someone to look after a war zone, then William Warden has to be the man for the job.  Who else has a CV that takes in looking after the battlegrounds of Salisbury Plain, surrounded by tanks, troops and helicopters to say nothing of fast jets plying their trade?  And if the mulcher stops dead in its tracks, then the culprit is probably an old shell or maybe a piece of tank track”…
Read the article here

Willow pollarding Patney, near Devizes

Posted on by Debbie Newman

Pollarding is a method of pruning that keeps trees and shrubs smaller than they would naturally grow.

The image shows Tom putting the finishing touches to a large willow Pollard on an SSSI clearance project.

Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) are protected by law to conserve their wildlife or geology.

Natural England can identify land you own or occupy as an SSSI – this is called being designated.

Check out the gov.uk website to see how you are affected.   Link here.

And for details of all our tree surgery capabilities please see our page here

willow pollarding

60m hedge reduction Worton, Devizes

Posted on by Debbie Newman

The pictures show us half-way through a large reduction on a 60m hedge which had grown to 65′ in Worton Village, Devizes.  Following the unusually high winds in May, several branches had broken off and there was a further risk of more damage, so permission was sought from Wiltshire County Council as the hedge/trees were within a conservation area.

The work was then scheduled, needing our large cherry picker, and we recycled all the chip and timber locally.

60m Hedge reduction Worton Devizes
Hedge reduction Worton Devizes
60m Hedge reduction Worton, Devizes
Hedge reduction Worton, Devizes

 

Bees in Christchurch, Dorset

Posted on by Debbie Newman

We’ve had a busy few weeks in Christchurch, Dorset, giving some TLC, reduction and some felling to 40 oak trees which hadn’t been maintained for many years.   We had one surprise, though….

One of the trunks was hollow as it was full of honey!   A colony of bees had nested in it, so with the help of the local Bee Society, we needed to move them to a new home.  They had to be smoked out at night but leaving the Queen in the tree.  We then carefully felled the tree and moved it, the Queen and the honey to its new home, with the worker bees following the lorry with the Queen.

The local Bee Society were just delighted we hadn’t simply felled the tree and rendered the colony homeless… But no responsible tree surgeon would do that, surely?

For details of our other ‘different’ services, check out our web page here

Wind blown Silver Birch tree in Edington

Posted on by Debbie Newman

This image illustrates the importance of getting your trees surveyed…. This is taken at the rear of Three Daggers Pub in Edington.  Just imagine if it hadn’t been for the Beech Tree stopping the Silver Birch from crashing onto the building.  What mess and structural damage would have been caused, let alone perhaps damage to life and limb…

wind-blown silver birch tree Edington