Forestry
Our Skills
We manage several woodland estates in Yorkshire, undertaking any work necessary from planting and maintaining young trees to harvesting timber. We can assist with forestry plans and felling licences as required, and advise on the planting of new woods, shelterbelts and individual trees. We use continuous cover forestry techniques where possible to keep restocking costs down. This means recruiting naturally regenerated trees by careful selection and harvesting timber around them to create uneven stands of mixed species. This skilled practice requires understanding not only the growth characteristics of each species but also the potential of individual trees.
We specialise in control of birch regeneration, and have become one of the main suppliers of birch for steeplechase fences in the North. We undertake birch clearance from heathland sites and forestry plantations as well as using re-spacing as a tool to enhance or replace planting on restock sites. The trees we “give you back” by re-spacing are usually superior to those obtained by planting. We can apply this technique to any species including native NVC woodland types and conifers.
We specialise in control of birch regeneration, and have become one of the main suppliers of birch for steeplechase fences in the North. We undertake birch clearance from heathland sites and forestry plantations as well as using re-spacing as a tool to enhance or replace planting on restock sites. The trees we “give you back” by re-spacing are usually superior to those obtained by planting. We can apply this technique to any species including native NVC woodland types and conifers.
Our Values
We believe in:
• Working with what you’ve got
• Avoiding waste
• Increasing diversity
• No matter what the management objectives, growing strong, well-balanced trees
• Working with what you’ve got
• Avoiding waste
• Increasing diversity
• No matter what the management objectives, growing strong, well-balanced trees
Our Resources
We have an in-house team engaged in motor-manual harvesting and planting. We can extract timber by forwarding trailer, winch or tracked dumper depending on the situation. We hire in other equipment or services as required. We have public liability insurance for £5million and our operators have NPTC certification.
Our products:
Our products:
- Birch
- Round timber
- Domestic firewood
- Ash butts for hurley making
- Hedging stakes and binders, rustics etc.
- Miscellaneous – where possible we try to source more unusual products; for instance we have supplied willow and birch to craft workshops and cut trees for two art installations in museums in Manchester.
Our Clients
We serve a variety of landowners from mixed estates to small woodland owners, as well as the Forestry Commission and Woodland Trust.
We supply sawmills, hauliers, biomass consumers and firewood merchants with timber.
We supply sawmills, hauliers, biomass consumers and firewood merchants with timber.
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