Forestry & British Timber articles from June 2006

Forestry & British Timber archives from June 2006

Credit where credit is due.
June 8, 2006... This week, the first in May, has seen maximum to minimum temperature fluctuations of over 20 degrees centigrade. The past winter has been longer and colder than any in the previous ten years. We are in the throes of a dry spell, a drought...

Fuelling the green-power debate.
June 8, 2006... `We are delighted to be supporting a local supplier and equally pleased that crops which will be used at our power station are being grown in fields just next door to it. Using locally grown crops helps to reduce carbon dioxide emission even...

South Yorkshire's `best practice'.(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Many more homes in South Yorkshire will be fuelled by renewable biomass energy, thanks to #200 000 of funding secured by the South Yorkshire Forest Partnership (SYFP)* from `Yorkshire Forward' for the `groundbreaking' South Yorkshire Woodfuel...

Measuring quality of life in Central Scotland.
June 8, 2006... 'We commissioned this work to show the impact we have in the communities in which we operate and to better understand the wider benefits of environmental improvements. Our work is not just about enhancing the appearance of the area but also...

Have you seen one?(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority* (YDNPA) is collaborating with the Butterfly Conservation (BC) organisation - in a wildlife survey - to discover more about the Green Hairstreak butterfly. Ian Court, YDNPA species officer, said: `It...

Micron's export prowess proved.(Micron Sprayers)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Micron Sprayers, a small, family-owned company located at Bromyard, Herefordshire for over 35 years, has won the Queen's Award to Industry for International Trade. It joins an earlier such honour for technological innovation. It sells it...

Pwllheli's green haven.(North Wales town council to develop Pwllheli)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... `This area of land, sandwiched between the old town and the area of sedge beds and salt marsh, will become the green jewel in the heart of Pwllheli', said the North Wales town council's clerk, Robin Hughes. The council had won #100 000 funding...

Printers dedicated to trees.(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Each month, Cambrian Printers (CP), the 1860-established, family-owned Aberystwyth-based printing business, enters its customers into a monthly draw to give them the chance of having a young tree dedicated on their behalf. Three of the winners...

Happy day at Harpurhey.(land regeneration)
June 8, 2006... `By joining forces with the local community, Newlands will become a prime example of the very best of grass roots regeneration and we are looking forward to this exciting challenge'. Forestry Commission chairman Lord Clark of Windermere was...

DWP reports better year.(DWP Harvesting)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Aboyne-based timber co-operative DWP Harvesting has reported better results for 2005. Chairman Andrew Bradford told woodland owners at the group's AGM that the market for timber products had risen slowly but steadily for more than three years...

Wirral's woods win #2m boost.(Bidston Moss to be redeveloped)
June 8, 2006... Bidston Moss in Birkenhead is to receive #2m+ of investment to redevelop and manage it as a new public recreation facility and community woodland. This was announced by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and its partners, the...

Surveying Scotland's forestry.(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... `The scope of this exciting new study is far reaching and for the first time in Scotland comprehensively measures and evaluates all the many facets of how forestry is delivering benefits for people'. Scottish forestry minister Rhona Brankin was...

Bristol launches the `Snail boat'.(Touch Wood Enterprises Ltd. makes environmentally sustainable play and learning construction)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Oak, larch and Douglas fir from the local Forest of Avon were used by Bristol-based woodcraft company Touch Wood Enterprises Ltd (TWE)* to create its `Snail boat'. Described as a `truly unique and environmentally sustainable play and learning...

Profiting from waste.(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... A Hull business that manufactures tree protection products from recycled PVC has expanded and moved to larger premises after receiving a grant awarded by Yorkshire Forward*. Rainbow Professional has consolidated its four premises into one...

Galloway FP's aim - 1.6m visitors.(Forest Park )(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... The country's first `dedicated tourism action plan' for a Forest Park - that sited in Galloway (also Scotland's largest) - was launched in early May by Colin Williamson, CE of Scottish Enterprise Dumfries and Galloway (SEDG). `(D&G)', he said,...

NF faces `difficult decisions'.(National Forest)(forest development contracts)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... When this year's tender scheme for new woodlands to be planted in the National Forest (NF) closed on March 31, it was revealed that 20 landowners had submitted plans under it. Their applications included tree-planting proposals with a range of...

WT's #10000 windfall.(Woodland Trust announces grants for woodland groups)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... As the tree-planting season drew to a close in the spring, the Woodland Trust* (WT) announced a new round of grants with a #10000 scheme for community woodland groups. During the preceding 18 months, it said, `scores' of such projects had...

Woodlands matter, Lancs-style.(seminar about woods, trees and green spaces)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... `The seminar helped to flag up the many benefits that trees and woodlands make to everyone's lives and the people who attended will take those messages back to their communities'. Paul Bullimore*, of the Lancashire Woodlands Project, was...

Linking scientist to forester.
June 8, 2006... `I'm delighted that we now have this team in place to fulfil this key role for us. One of the perennial challenges for research organisations is to fully understand and fulfil what the end users of research results need and to help them to take...

Plumpton sails away.(Oldland Mill Trust)(restoration of sails )(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Following an invitation by the Oldland Mill Trust (OMT) to help with the restoration of the sails on the mill, Paul Collins (forestry department head) and seven forestry and arboriculture students at Plumpton College, near Lewes, East Sussex...

STTA funds Napier prizes.(Scottish Timber Trade Association )(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... The Scottish Timber Trade Association (STTA) - the Scottish arm of the Timber Trade Federation - has announced its agreement with the Centre for Timber Engineering at Napier University in Edinburgh, to provide funding for student prizes for the...

WoodWISE: The view from the sharp end.(Woodwise Forestry)(Company overview)
June 8, 2006... In which our monthly contracting contributor Nick Hilton of Woodwise Forestry* finds that in spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of mulching and mulchers, golf balls, stylish stiles, Center Parcs, Bedgebury Pinetum and...

`Ancient' plantations - pause for reflection.(ancient woodland sites)
June 8, 2006... `PAWS' - or `plantations on ancient woodland sites' - reports Tim Hodges of the Woodland Trust (WT), are increasingly prominent on the UK's woodland agenda. In recognition of this, it has produced a guide for owners and managers highlighting...

On your marks... get ready for 2012!
June 8, 2006... The Olympic Games are due to be held in London in 2012 and offer a rare showcase for British timber. Architectural practices will vie for work in design; builders will seek contracts to construct. This is an opportunity private growers should...

ConFor: Government turn on the woodfuel tap.(Forestry Commission England)
June 8, 2006... From the front cover of a mature Norway spruce stand to the examples inside showcasing projects using wood chips and pellets, it is clear that wood energy is finally front-page news, both literally and metaphorically. Although, writes Stuart...

Mole catchers in a hole.(land-management)
June 8, 2006... Typically, the European mole (Talpa europaea) is associated with agricultural grassland, but increasing numbers are spilling over into forest and amenity areas causing serious land-management problems, as Dr Terry Mabbett makes clear in his...

APF 2006 DIARY: Looking forward to Ragley.(APF Exhibition)
June 8, 2006... As APF Exhibition* secretary Ian Millward's diary attests, the countdown to forestry's show of shows continues apace. Well May is upon us, and for the Demo it is a period of gentle progress: A bit swan-like, calm above and lots of paddling...

Waste not, want not is Croydon's message.(Croydon TreeStation produces wood chip fuel)(Company overview)
June 8, 2006... With the capacity to process `at least 6000 tonnes of wood chip fuel a year', one of the UK's first `TreeStations', at Croydon in suburban south London, has set up shop as the successful end-product of a tripartite collaboration. In...

Chipping for heat.
June 8, 2006... Fuelwood* offer chippers in the Heizohack and Laimet ranges. Heizohack drum chippers produce a controlled chip size, have a big appetite with a large in-feed conveyor and work with low powered tractors. Screens regulate the chip size making...

For sale or hire.(Timberwolf's brisk business)
June 8, 2006... Timberwolf*, 'the UK market leader', says business is brisk, with the focus being on its 6in and 7.5in models, in both road tow and tracked variants. 'There are exciting developments in the model range, and work is now commencing to double the...

Chippers and wood chip bodies.(Linddana)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Specialist dealers in Mercedes Unimog Atkinson Vos* are also dealers for the TP woodchipper range - and comprehensive selection of accessories - from Danish firm Linddana. Linddana was set up in 1980 which was the same year the first TP...

Farmi for fuel chip.(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Farmi Forest, part of the Normet group, manufacture a range of PTO driven woodchippers which are particularly suitable for fuel chip production as the chip length can be varied from 7-30mm and additional breakers are available to ensure high...

Narrowing down the options.
June 8, 2006... 'In 1999 GreenMech* produced the UK's first `tracked' woodchipper. At the time'. company chairman Tony Turner told FBT, 'we thought the market was estimated to be small, it is not. Several competitors have entered the market, and all suffer...

Extended range.(Arbor Eater Brushwood Chippers)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Arbor Eater Brushwood Chippers* have always been known for their chipper range and have recently added heating production and biomass chippers to the more familiar models. Alongside the chipper range are their shredding equipment, 'for...

Danish 'Light'.(AT Osborne)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Complementing its comprehensive range of small-scale forestry equipment and woodchip boilers AT Osborne* are dealers for the Danish TP range of woodchippers which are tractor-mounted or self-powered and feature crane-fed models. Capacities...

Size matters when whole tree chipping!(Ascot Tree Services)
June 8, 2006... A year ago Paul Vidgen from Ascot Tree Services* put pen to paper outlining the company's whole tree chipping operation (FBT June 2005). In that 12 months, what has changed? 'Some things have changed a lot and others, nothing at all', as he...

Daimler-powered Doppstadt debut.
June 8, 2006... Latest entrant to the Doppstadt woodchipper range from distributors, Warrington, Cheshire-based Blue Machinery Plc* - the mobile DH 910 - can reduce trunk diameters of up to 900mm, reducing the raw material into a defined chip size and a...

Branching out into whole tree chippers.(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Already well-known for its productive and incredibly strong range of mulchers, track carriers and land clearing equipment, AHWI* has been developing, over the past 18 months, a range of whole tree chipping equipment that will 'live up to the...

Golden shred!(Chippers International profile)(Company overview)
June 8, 2006... The past year has been a busy one for Chippers International* and its managing director Graham Satchwell. The Warwickshire-based business is the sole UK concessionaires for the Gandini range of woodchippers and vegetative waste shredders, a...

Chipper re-manufacture.(Thorne Engineers)(Company overview)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Thorne Engineers* have been operating as manufacturing engineers and boat builders for 60 years, and now they offer a first class re- manufacturing service on commercial chippers and stumpgrinders. 'We have a very wide ranging engineering...

From Germany via Richard Court.(heavy-built machines from Richard Court Forestry Engineering)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... As the Southern agent for JBM Machinery, Richard Court Forestry Engineering* supply a comprehensive range from the German manufacturer. Available in diesel or tractor-mounted power options they range from 145 x 210mm up to 260 x 400mm capacity....

Vermeer line-up from B-Trac.
June 8, 2006... B-Trac Equipment* - sole UK and Ireland distributor for Vermeer equipment, supply a range of brush chippers from 6-22in from their Wellingborough depot. The new BC600XL brush chipper has proved a popular choice since its launch last year....

Dosko to solo.(profile)(Company overview)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... DANequip* was established in the sales and service of Dosko brushwood chippers and stumpgrinders in 1992. Seven years later, the company went into manufacture of its own 6in chipper and in 2001 a pedestrian stumpgrinder was added to the range...

6-20in - size matters!(Liston Equipment Ltd.)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Since the launch of Carlton chippers late in 2003, first out of the stable being the 2012 and 2512 (12in) models the chipper has been well received and is working well throughout the world. Based on the same build quality and reliability...

Finnish know-how.(Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... From their extensive Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway premises Jas P. Wilson* supply a comprehensive range of forestry machinery and equipment. From Rottne harvesters and forwarders, through Keto harvesting heads and County and Valmet...

He's got the POWR!(dialogue with Rob Dyer)(Interview)
June 8, 2006... Tree surgeon Rob Dyer* likes to 'look at trees in a different way' to see how much he can get out of them. The same applies to his equipment as FBT found on a recent visit to his yard. With a background in occupational therapy - a degree...