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.
Vermeer 252 Stump Grinder
In 2000, we purchased a new Vermeer 252 stump grinder use in our arboricultural contracting business. After 20 years of service, this machine is still going strong. It is mainly used to deliver our popular Lantra Awards Stump Grinder ITA.
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.
Lantra Awards ITA in Chainsaw Maintenance & Crosscutting
Following lockdown in March, all of our planned training was put on hold. We received a welcome phone call from Jenny at Mackley Civil & Marine Engineers urgently requesting chainsaw maintenance and cross-cutting training on-site at the Environmental Agency Flood Defence Contract in Romney Marsh.
LT20 Sawmill - Wood-Mizer 3 Phase Electric Sawmill - Milling
Whilst working on some timber extraction, Nick Meech, formerly based at Woodland Enterprise Centre, helped us out with a couple of projects to fill in the gap left by our abruptly curtailed training programme due to lockdown.
The Kelly Kettle
During our chainsaw or climbing course, a lot of our students comment on the kettles used for boiling water. Having this equipment on-site enables us to have a cup of tea or coffee in the woods at the perfect temperature.
Husqvarna 550XP Starter Recoil Overhaul – Cord, Spring & Canister
City & Guilds Unit 201 Chainsaw Maintenance requires the candidate to demonstrate knowledge and skill to check and maintain this component. This can be a help when things go wrong either on-site with a broken cord or more involved problems develop with the tensioning spring and cord canister.
Tree Climbing & Aerial Rescue Training & Assessment - Adapting To Coronavirus & Two Rope Working
Tree climbing training and assessments have gone through various evolutions over the years. This varies from the incorporation of pole rescue to changes in climbing equipment technology. These can often be seen as following the changes in current emphasis or paradigm.