Forestry & British Timber articles from August 2006

Forestry & British Timber archives from August 2006

Dog days at Defra.
August 14, 2006... In Scotland, the economic importance of forestry makes it a serious issue. In Wales, Welsh hwyl drives a compact industry to defy the normal rules of economics. In England, things are very different. Once bound by tangible commercial realities,...

LOGBOOK: Twin tree-disease hunt goes on.
August 14, 2006... Three more surveys are being conducted by the Forestry Commission to gauge the status of two potentially lethal fungal tree and shrub diseases in England and Wales: Phytophthora ramorum - otherwise `Sudden oak death' - and P kernoviae. The...

LOGBOOK: Carabiner recall.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... `Following recent customer feedback and testing it has been found that there is a potential for the locking system on the new version of Petzl Ball lock carabiners to fail', Lyon Equipment Ltd* (LE) has reported. `Although the risk is very low...

LOGBOOK: Getting smart about plywood.
August 14, 2006... At least 90% of the wood used to make `SmartPly' OSB - a new product available from UK timber and panel product distributors James Latham - is claimed to come from Forestry Stewardship Council-certified, sustainable forests. Offered as an...

LOGBOOK: Triple boost for farm woodlands.
August 14, 2006... `Woods can provide many benefits to the farmer', said Scottish forestry minister Rhona Brankin during a visit to the Royal Highland Show in late June. These, she said, ranged from livestock shelter, wood for energy, fencing, farm buildings and...

LOGBOOK: New CEO for NPTC.(National Thermal Power Corp., Jack Ward)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... NPTC has appointed Jack Ward, NFU regional director, to take over the post of chief executive from Bryan Jarvis who will be retiring at the end of the year. Armed with a wealth of experience of the landbased sector, Mr Ward aims to...

LOGBOOK: A house in a day.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... A timber-frame house, completed in a day - every day - will be a compelling feature at the Timber Show at the ExCeL international exhibition centre* in London's Docklands on September 12-14. Shown by manufacturers, Stewart Milne Timber Systems,...

LOGBOOK: From bog to community woodland.(Yorkshire Agricultural Society)
August 14, 2006... An acorn of an idea that just grew leading to the creation of a vibrant community woodland has earned an East Riding farmer Yorkshire's most prestigious forestry prize. John Hepworth, who farms 56 hectares at Rolston, near Hornsea, is this...

LOGBOOK: FC measures up.
August 14, 2006... A major change in procedures for assessing standing timber volume is featured in the new, updated edition of the Forestry Commission's `forest mensuration bible' which covers the sizes, shapes, volumes and biomass of trees, forests and felled...

LOGBOOK: TRADA's new consultant.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Elizabeth Bartlett, who has a background in science and quality control, has joined TRADA Technology Ltd as technical consultant, reporting to technical consultancy manager Richard White. Her career includes research and development with...

LOGBOOK: Ranger finance package.(Ranger Equipment)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Ranger Equipment of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, the sole UK importer of the Teupen range of tracked access platforms, has launched Ranger Financial Solutions to assist its customers with funding arrangements. Operated by Rob Scollick,...

LOGBOOK: Surviving St Regis.
August 14, 2006... `It is heartening to hear that most contractors have been able to diversify but there are major challenges to the industry', said Judith Gauler*, speaking about the consequences - and challenges - it faces following the announced closure of the...

LOGBOOK: Lantra `firsts' for Scotland.
August 14, 2006... The first Scottish `Trees and timber modern apprentices' to complete the qualification received their awards from Scottish forestry minister Rhona Brankin at the Royal Highland Show in June. Christopher Robertson of Tarbert and Murray...

LOGBOOK: Don't fell for miner ailment!
August 14, 2006... Horse chestnuts across southern and central England are being attacked by a pest that can cause the trees to lose many of their leaves in late summer. However, far from being dead, the trees are probably still healthy and, as a result, the...

LOGBOOK: Biomass generates jobs.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Generating energy from wood and other plant material would have a powerful effect on job creation across the UK. A new report commissioned by the commercial forest industries body ConFor reveals that almost 59000 new jobs will flow from the...

LOGBOOK: Showing Woodworks!
August 14, 2006... A sell-out folk concert promises to bring record numbers to this year's Woodworks Festival at the Forest of Marston Vale's Millennium Country Park in Marston Moretaine in Bedfordshire. Ashley Hutchings, one of the 'godfathers' of folk and a...

LOGBOOK: Student prize winner.(Myerscough College student wins Dick Leigh Cup award)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Over eighty Myerscough students received awards for outstanding achievement in their subject areas over two days in the middle of July. Phillip Dennison from Lancaster has recently completed the Foundation Degree in Arboriculture and has...

LOGBOOK: More chips are down thanks to WRAP.
August 14, 2006... A WRAP (the Waste and Resources Action Programme) marketing campaign aimed at informing the landscaping sector of the benefits of recycled woodchip for use as an effective surfacing solution has led to more than 11500 tonnes of additional...

LOGBOOK: Dalby raises the bar for bikers.
August 14, 2006... Mountain bikers are being given the chance to polish their technique and defy gravity with the opening of the north's biggest off-road skills area. The Forestry Commission has launched a three-acre site in Dalby Forest, near Pickering, to be...

WoodWISE: The view from the sharp end.
August 14, 2006... In which our monthly contracting contributor Nick Hilton of Woodwise Forestry* finds himself spending rather more time at his local church - as opposed to his local - than normal+ By the time you read this, it will have been almost a year...

MARKET REPORT: Turning up the heat.
August 14, 2006... Around the same time as the sun belatedly started to put a bit more effort into performing its expected summertime role, there was also a noticeable warming of markets for the UK forest products industry, writes Martin Pearce. At the end...

MARKET REPORT: Dual fuel for hauliers?
August 14, 2006... An influential committee of the Scottish Parliament has backed ConFor in calling for hauliers serving the forest industry to be allowed to use red diesel. The committee has called on the Scottish Executive to investigate the feasibility of...

Bracken - a SCOURGE or a BLESSING?
August 14, 2006... Bracken is regarded by many land-managers as an invasive weed. But participants at a recent seminar in Maryburgh learned that it is essential for the survival of one of Britain's rarest butterflies. The workshop on managing bracken in...

ConFor: Sustainable development and the England Forestry Strategy.
August 14, 2006... 'There is a great deal of concern in the sector about Defra's consultation document reviewing the England Forestry Strategy. Apart from lacking vision it effectively seeks to simply keep plodding on with the same approach and no new resources',...

TAYLOR'S TRAVELS: Faith and vision - WH in the Borders.
August 14, 2006... Further, faster, higher; an exhortation not just for Olympian athletes but, it seems, for the ever expanding membership of Woodland Heritage. Last years' trip made it into Wales; this year over eighty members, guests and associated fellow...

Rain failed to dampen firewood's flame.
August 14, 2006... Continuous rain did not dampen spirits during a recent weekend demonstration of firewood machinery at the Holly House Landscapes' farm run - along with associated company Grange Wood Fuels - by Andrew Burman at Warrington on the...

Making the most of what you've got.
August 14, 2006... Dead wood doesn't have to be a dead loss, as Hertfordshire County Council has recently discovered. Like many landowners, the council has chipped away at the problem of what to do with felled trees which are too insubstantial to sell; but it has...

APF 2006 DIARY: Looking forward to Ragley.
August 14, 2006... APF Exhibition secretary Ian Millward's 'final' diary can only mean one thing - forestry's Show of Shows is just around the corner! There are just over six weeks to go until we open the gates for APF 2006. For the organising committee this...

APF RAGLEY 2006: ACE PLANT.
August 14, 2006... New regulations that took effect in 2004 mean that any diesel fuel transported on the highway must be carried within a UN Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC) or a container that would qualify as such. Bunded bowser specialist manufacturer and...

APF RAGLEY 2006: THE ARBORICULTURAL AND FORESTRY ADVISORY GROUP.
August 14, 2006... AFAG was set up by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). AFAG members come from all sectors of the industry and the group promotes good practice through the well-known AFAG series of guidance leaflets. AFAG will be launching two major...

APF RAGLEY 2006: ALBA TREES.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Alba Trees plc is the UK's leading cell-grown tree nursery, a member of the Buccleuch Group. They are showing a full range of commercial conifers and broadleaves. Additional products to see and discuss include: WeeNets. Alba Trees patented...

APF RAGLEY 2006: ARBOR-VENTURE TRAINING LTD.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Providing professional training for the land-based sector and based in the heart of the New Forest in Hampshire, Arbor-Venture is one of the south's leading training schools for the forestry and arboricultural industry. You will receive...

APF RAGLEY 2006: ARBOREATER BRUSHWOOD CHIPPERS.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... 'We are very excited to have on our stand at Saltex and also the APF the super model 10000 green waste shredder we have just sold to G Burley and Son Limited', said . 'The machine was custom built to their specific requirements, and...

APF RAGLEY 2006: BROOKLYN GROUP.
August 14, 2006... The Brooklyn Group was founded in 1935 by W T Hill, operating from a wooden garage that he built himself in Radford, near Inkberrow, Worcestershire. By 1956 the company had secured the retail dealer franchise for Ford, operating from new...

APF RAGLEY 2006: CONTROL UNION CERTIFICATIONS.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Control Union are one of the most highly regarded and internationally known FSC accredited certification bodies who take a very pragmatic approach to both Forest Management and Chain of Custody certification. They are able to offer FSC and PEFC...

APF RAGLEY 2006: RICHARD COURT FORESTRY ENGINEERING.
August 14, 2006... Richard Court is the southern agent for JBM Machinery and supply a comprehensive range of woodchippers and stumpgrinders. These machines are made in Germany with much care and attention to detail. They also service and repair all other...

APF RAGLEY 2006: FARM FORESTRY CO LTD.
August 14, 2006... Farm Forestry is a `one stop shop' supplying forestry goods and quality forestry trees and hedging plants. 'Unlike most wholesalers, as active foresters, we understand forestry problems, and customers can generally talk straightaway to a person...

APF RAGLEY 2006: ROY FRANCIS PLANT SALES.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... This company are sole importers for the Kyoeisha Baroness Hammer-Knife mower which is specially made for cutting dense undergrowth, it is also designed to work on very steep slopes and very soft ground. 'It is unique to this country as...

APF RAGLEY 2006: GLOBAL RECYCLING SOLUTIONS LTD.
August 14, 2006... Global Recycling is the product of a merger between BE Recycling Limited, the Bandit Industries appointed agents for Europe and Neatworld Ltd, the Shred-Tech agents for the UK and Ireland. They will be exhibiting a 'showcase' of the complete...

APF RAGLEY 2006: HYDROCUT.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Hydrocut will be showing their Hy-point Hy-speed dedicated hydraulic post pointing system incorporating the latest XHP85 (Series 2) model with a specialised 3-phase electro-hydraulic power unit. Posts of any cross-sectional shape from 1.5in up...

APF RAGLEY 2006: IFOR WILLIAMS TRAILERS.
August 14, 2006... Britain's leading trailer manufacturer will be exhibiting trailers across its various product ranges. There will be trailers from their flat bed range, used heavily by foresters along with their general duty range that have fixed front and...

APF RAGLEY 2006: INDESPENSION LTD.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Indespension will be unveiling its brand new range of goods trailers. A sleek yet rugged design, the new goods trailer range has nine braked models with weights from 1300 to 3500kg GVW and from 8ft x 4ft to 12ft x 6ft. New profiled sides...

APF RAGLEY 2006: KILWORTH MACHINERY.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Kilworth are the sole UK importers of the BCS range of all-terrain tractors. They are available from 26 to 92 hp in articulated and axle steer versions. The latest addition to the range is the Volcan Dualsteer which combines articulated...

APF RAGLEY 2006: M LARGE TREE SERVICES.
August 14, 2006... The company will have the full range of Hakki Pilke firewood processors on the stand. These range from the Eagle logging bench right through to the Big X 47 which can cut and split logs up to 18in diameter. The new Hawk compact towable...

APF RAGLEY 2006: LOGSET.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Logset will show you some BIG machines at their stand. The new 18-tonne forwarder Logset 10F is perfect for long forwarding distances and difficult terrain. The 10F is a big seller in Canada with 15 machines already delivered. Logset's other...

APF RAGLEY 2006: G.A.MASON LTD FORESTRY ENGINEERS.
August 14, 2006... Established in 1969 as an agricultural engineer repairing and selling new and used machinery to farmers G A Mason became involved in woodchippers in 1990 by repairing one for a local tree surgeon. Following that they started to sell odd ones...

APF RAGLEY 2006: MERRIST WOOD.(Merrist Wood Campus)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Merrist Wood Campus, part of Guildford College, is just one on many training bodies exhibiting at the show. Merrist Wood has considerable experience in providing quality education and training to enable you to acquire all the practical and...

APF RAGLEY 2006: PLM POWER PRODUCTS.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... PLM will be exhibiting a selection of Shindaiwa and Little Wonder products. Four new models of Shindiawa chainsaws are being exhibited alongside the long reach articulating hedge trimmer, which has adjustable double-sided and reciprocating...

APF RAGLEY 2006: A C PRICE (ENGINEERING) LTD.
August 14, 2006... 'We will be showing some of our completely re-furbished Unimogs, which are plugging the gap between "just second-hand", and new. We are now prepared and are increasingly being asked fo fully re-furbished machines which give peace of mind and...

APF RAGLEY 2006: PROMAX ACCESS.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Promax Access the UK's long established premier supplier of powered access solutions, will be promoting their `Reach It Safely' campaign at this years APF exhibition. See the launch of our Compact Tracked 19m machine. With simplified set...

APF RAGLEY 2006: RILEY REKA.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... The REKA multi-burner biomass boiler is capable of burning woodchip, cereals including wheat, barley, oats and many other rural by-products. Timber companies, contractors and yards could typically enjoy a plentiful source of free fuel with...

APF RAGLEY 2006: ROBINSON'S TREES.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... On display will be a Bobcat T200 tracked loader with mulcher/crusher, tree shear and flail cutter attachments. The machinery used is ideal for restricted access situations as it is only 6 feet wide and the tracks make it very suitable for...

APF RAGLEY 2006: SAWS (UK).(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Saws (UK) Ltd the new home of Forestor, will be exhibiting the market- leading range of bandmills, ranging from the heavy-duty value-for-money CTR 650 range right up to and including the 950 hydraulic model. All Forestor bandmills are...

APF RAGLEY 2006: SILKY FOX HANDSAWS.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... There is a Silky saw for almost every pruning eventuality from the small folding Pocketboys and Super Accels, through to the sheathed saws such as the Zubat and Gomtaro's continuing with the ever popular Hayauchi high pruners' to which you can...

APF RAGLEY 2006: TIMBERWOLF.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Timberwolf will be showing two new products. The first is a green waste shredder, capable of handling a variety of materials. Its principal use is for the disposal and volume reduction of the type of green waste that is difficult for...

APF RAGLEY 2006: TRUST INSURANCE.
August 14, 2006... For the past five years, Trust Insurance has offered exclusive insurance policies to the arborist and forestry industry. With their underwriters, they have tailored the policies to meet the modern contractors demands and needs in a demanding...

APF RAGLEY 2006: TUBEX.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... The subject of climate change is a topic, which is on everyone's lips, and if it isn't it should be. Alternative manufacturing processes (especially if the product uses energy-intensive methods) plus disposal of waste material once the product...

APF RAGLEY 2006: UPM TILHILL.
August 14, 2006... UPM Tilhill, the market leader in forest management and timber harvesting is co-sponsoring the 2006 European Lumberjack Sports Championships with Stihl. Thirty competitors from six countries will compete in five individual competitions,...

APF RAGLEY 2006: WINCHESTER GARDEN MACHINERY.(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... This will be the first time WGM Ltd has been to the APF. However, as they have done in past shows, they will be supporting Echo in the promotion of their vast range of machines from: chainsaws and hedgecutters to brush cutters and blowers. ...