More in our series following one man’s sometimes funny, sometimes fraught, and oft times very harrowing journey through a 20-odd-year career in arboriculture. I don’t remember whether the summer of ’99 was generally hot, but I can remember two
There are some jobs where only a heavy-duty chipper will do. Here’s a round-up of some of the top 750+ kg models on the market. GREENMECH EVO 165D AN EVO 165D from GreenMech has become the dominant machine on the arb fleet of Swansea-based
A Scottish Government Civ Tech Challenge launched by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has helped create an award-winning business it says "could benefit forestry around the world". The FLS challenge – to find a way of improving the chances of tree
Simon Bowes reviews Stihl’s most powerful cordless chainsaw, the new MSA 220 C-B. I have quite a selection of battery-powered equipment in the back of my work van – a battery drill, a battery angle grinder, a battery screwdriver and a couple of
Unfortunately, many people still think that cutting down trees can only be a bad thing. But when they’re owned, grown and harvested by responsible forest-owners and forestry companies, they make for an invaluable circular economy, explains Jeremy English
The competence and safety of chainsaw operators has long been an issue for the forestry industry, with the search for a way to systematically and comprehensively lower risk apparently stalled. However, Safe Forestry, an innovative new app designed
FORESTRY England has launched a fundraising appeal in response to offers of help from the community to restore Wareham Forest in Dorset after a devastating wildfire destroyed around 15 per cent of the conservation area. The wildfire in May, believed
While standard rescue procedures for injured climbing arborists who become stuck up trees are well established, there are no formalised procedures in place for rescuing arborists from mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs). This led arb contractor
