Machinery & Equipment

Tree Root Protection Systems – Are we on the road to success?
With increasing pressure to construct internal road systems and driveways on new development sites amongst retained trees, Alister Rankine investigates how the Geosynthetics Limited ‘CellWeb’ root protection system is instrument in putting the no-dig theory into practice.
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The Limitations of MEWPS
Access platforms are relative newcomers to British arboriculture.
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Not the Wrong Trousers
I bought my first pair of Stretchair chainsaw trousers at the APF in Lockerbie, Scotland. It was that bleak and cold up there that I put them on over my trousers straight away to try and get warm. I still have these trousers although I don’t wear them for work much these days as the lads give me that much stick because they are red.
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Commemorative Moves
Planting commemorative trees is a long term commitment. Trees can take decades to establish and they may live for several hundred years.
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Is The Anything Down There?
Fujikura Europe Ltd introduce the TreeRadar Unit (TRU) to identify and locate tree roots
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Saw Pod
The Sawpod came into being simply because inventor Tony Darbyshire thought that there must be a better way of carry his pruning saw than having it dangling off his belt.
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Aspen 2-stroke petrol fuels change
More local authorities, contractors and homeowners are turning to environmentally friendly 2-stroke petrol for use in groundcare machinery, such as brush cutters, hedge trimmers, chainsaws, leaf blowers and pedestrian mowers. Improving the working environment for those operating in close contact with 2-stoke engines is an obvious benefit of using this special fuel.
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Quick Quads, Great Generators and Economical Engines from Robinsons
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Learn to Love the Glorious MEWP
Ten years ago the idea of using a cherry-picker for tree-work would have been seen as a short-cut means for the less skilled arborist to work on trees which in the “real world “ of climbing, he or she wouldnot have the ability to take on. Visions of old fire engines, Utility Co cast offs and even old construction site machines, trying to operate with finesse on the nations trees did not sit well with the climbing elite, and raised fears that high level work had come within the scope of cowboy chainsaw flashers.
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A Force to be reckoned with
When Landforce launched their range of woodchippers and shredders at the APF show in 2000 they promised a lot!
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