We love to keep up to date with new practices, courses, assessment news and much more in the arboriculture industry. Over the years that Scott Fraser Training, we have been documenting activities that have been taking place daily. Have a read through some of our blog posts below and let us know what you think; we'd love to hear from you.
Chainsaw Safety Features
Chain brake & Husqvarna 55XP triobrake repair
This article reviews the 10 Chainsaw safety features and details common faults and...
Danish Felling Cut: Felling Trees up to 380mm City & Guilds Unit 203 - Part 7
This seventh article in the series looks at the Danish felling cut in more detail, including its wide range of application....
Split Level Cut: Felling Trees up to 380mm City & Guilds Unit 203 Part 5
This fifth article in the series looks at the...
Dogtooth: Felling Trees up to 380mm City & Guilds Unit 203 - Part 6
This sixth article in the series looks at the dog-tooth felling cut (also known as the bore & sever) in more detail, including its...
Felling Trees Over 380mm City & Guilds Unit
City & Guilds NPTC, Level 3 Award 301 in Felling & Processing trees over 380mm, is available as either independently assessed or as Integrated Assessment. This article reviews the course content, the broader benefits of completing the unit and highlights some recent courses run on-site.
Vermeer 252 Stump Grinder
In 2000, we purchased a new Vermeer 252 stump grinder use in our arboricultural contracting...
Felling Trees up to 380mm - City & Guilds Unit 203 Part 4
This fourth article in the series looks at the standard felling cut in a little more detail, including its range of application. As previously discussed, this cut choice is suitable for upright trees, that when assessed from a variety of positions, would fell in any direction.
Forestry Machine Operations FMO Timber Trailer Repair
This blog outlines two recent repairs carried out to our forestry machinery . The components and principles are used to develop broader machine knowledge and skills to fix problems when they inevitably occur.
Small Tree Felling Cut Series - Article 3
Choosing the right felling cut is a skill that takes time to develop. This third article in our small tree felling series covers the considerations made in assessing tree lean, canopy distribution and adjacent features that all add up (hopefully) to the best-matched felling cut.
TP 200 PTO Wood Chipper
In 2020, we purchased a brand-new wood chipper to use for our frequent Lantra Awards Brushwood Chipper ITA and City & Guilds Unit 222 Level 2 Award in the Safe Use of a Manually Fed Wood-chipper IA courses. We chose a tractor-mounted machine from Wilson machinery, a TP 200 PTO.