Well the big chipper arrived and recycling on a grand scale begins !

Processing up to 15 tons an hour the Heizohack chipper continues to feed cord wood from the log yard and feed out endless tons of Biomass quality and Landscape quality woodchip.   Having worked for 8 hours in our yard we processed up to 80 tons of woodchip and this cleared a large hole in our logging area and produced another quality product for recycling. Some went to Slough Heat and Power that day and the following days and some went to Legoland’s new hotel site at Windsor.

Some is dropped direct onto the borders and some onto the landscaped borders for later spreading.

Works for tree surgery continue with the teams kept busy with all manner of tree management issues and we have undertaken planting over 3000 trees in the last three weeks on various pathways, woodlands and domestic gardens alike.

We are currently experimenting in the alternative use of some of our woodstock in supplying raw materials to the woodcarving market and even producing some interesting pieces of sculpture and objets d’art ourselves.More on that next time

Mark@Landmark

Written by Mr.L.Ivil (Landmark Assistant Manager)

New Year and new challenges for the team at Landmark!

Only one week into the New Year and we have already faced many exciting and demanding situations… let the year begin!

On the first day back after the Christmas break we were greeted by the new pride of our fleet… the Unimog! Although tackling the left-hand drive has given us some ‘interesting’ moments, this vehicle will be a huge benefit to us for the busy year ahead.  This has already been evident with some high winds and storms, unexpected at this time of year.  We have tackled these with ease with the Unimog and its larger load capacity.

More power to our arm !

Winter is always a difficult time but our skill and dedication has already been tested with the large influx of call-outs towards the end of the week to wind-blown trees.  Our upbeat, dedicated teams have stepped up to the challenge with call-outs during the working day and out-of-hour emergencies for both private clients and council trees.  This really is a testament to our skills as tree surgeons – the ability to tackle all jobs, big or small, in a safe and professional manner.

Touch wood (no pun intended!) the worst of the weather has passed and we can return to normal and further the progression and development of the future stars of Landmark.

Bring on 2012….. (L.Ivil)

Some of the recent winds caused much damage with Landmark being called on by many councils and highway authorities. We cleared 22 roads and pathways in 48 hours and some of the damage is noted below.  Some might think this is a good time for tree surgeons and we all rub our hands together but the truth is most of us mourn the loss of trees in this manner and our work diaries take on a life of their own giving all of us little sleep.

Untimley Loss

We work on and try to look forward to more steady and less risky work loads.

Mark.

Happy New Year to All !  As we ready ourselves for 2012 we take rime to reflect on the previous years efforts and the problems we may face in the coming months.  Its no lie we were treated quite well with the weather.  Few operations were affected by weather and whilst the rain was difficult at times it was a far easier winter period for us than the last few years.  I dont want to tempt fate but thinking back to the snow is chilling in more ways than the obvious !

We start this year a new foreman in the presence of Mr.Ben Rockell who I hope will bring lots of new motivation and skill to the teams.  Ben started in mid december and certainly offered his skill for the few weeks before we stopped for christmas.  His partner had a baby boy on christmas day so whilst he will not be back to work today as we re-start he will be in a few days. All the best to him and his new family.

The new Unimog arrived a week before christmas and we hope to implement this in the next few days to good effect. Here are some photos of its arrival and whilst not sign written yet it looks very smart and clean ! for now……  It is a rarity in the unimog world and in the uk in that it is a U1300L which has been converted to a tipper !  With a full length tipping back on it and tow hitch it is very much a custom build. Thanks to Frank Atkinson for his hard work with this vehicle.  The beech team have the pleasure of its use at Landmark and i know this is with some glee and apprehension.

Unimog Delivery

And the finished article ready for work in the yard

Clean for now !

Logging will for a very big part of our works for the first week as we sold 70 cubic bags of logs in the last four days before christmas !  we have plenty of stock but splitting for delivery will be priority.

We enter 2012 with much tree works to do including a large amount of works at Legoland Windsor and I feel quite proud of our achievements in sourcing work at this difficult time of year. I know one would like to say its because we have been in existence for 25 years and we ought to have plenty of work but after the last few more difficult years i take nothign for granted now.  With a team of 11 working surgeons we are a large company with many mouths to feed and much to maintain.

All the best for 2012 and here is looking for our economy to fully come out of its dark times and return to somewhat easier and more stabilised times.

Best regards,

Mark Knight