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New log infeed and butt reducer installed
We spent part of the summer shut down installing a new log infeed and butt reducer to speed up the process of preparing the logs for debarking then cutting. The new line – being delivered and craned into place in the pictures above – was made by Holtec in Germany with the old taken out…
A perfect load with an excellent transport partner
This pictures shows 55 bays of 4m high acoustic fencing (2m bays to be stacked on top of each other to reach the desired height) with each and every fitting needed to assemble them on site all loaded on one delivery using David Ford’s low loading trailer. The load is London-bound to a project being…
Record breaking days
It doesn’t seem so long ago that we were announcing the busiest month in the history of our sawmill but here we are again: May was the busiest month ever and it’s entirely possible that June will beat it. The intense activity in the mill itself is, of course, matched with similar activity in both…
BBC DIY SOS: the big build
Viewers of BBC1 might have seen an episode of DIY SOS: the big build from Hopesay, Shropshire recently which helped a local family rebuild their home, and their lives. Hopesay is just a few miles from us here at Bishop’s Castle. After a series of misfortunes the family were left with a house and garden…
The third generation checking out new forestry equipment in our forest at Penrhos
Meet Alex Evans who will be one of the third generation of the family to serve the mill when he joins us after finishing some exams and undertaking a forestry course at Walford College in Baschurch also known as North Shropshire College. It’s no co-incidence that he has been photographed near a large piece of…
Reducing vehicle movements in the mill yard
We’ve invested in this Terberg unit to move trailers around the yard at our Bishop’s Castle sawmill. It’s safer for the operator to use since there’s no need to get out of the vehicle to hitch the trailer. It reduces the number of vehicle movements in and out of the yard and makes the place much safer for…
Meet the new kit on the block
We bought the Volvo L90F on the right this week after spotting it on the internet. It’s a smart piece of kit with a low emission engine, precision steering, automatic power shift, and an intelligent load sensing system. We normally buy new but since this had only seen the equivalent of a year’s service in…
From sawmill to site: another busy day, another big delivery
Our first picture shows posts being incised for a project at Norwich Airport for Arbus. The recently installed incising equipment means that Ransfords are one of just a few companies who are able to offer pressure impregnated timber for fencing, stiles, gates and factory built acoustic fencing panels compliant with the exacting standards for ‘highway…
A busy morning at Ransfords
As the days get longer things have gone from busy to extremely busy at our Bishop’s Castle sawmill. This sequence shows us loading posts for a delivery to a valued customers in the south of England who is also flat out. The vehicle being loaded from our local transport partner DR & FA Ford Ltd…
Containing the noise from the car wash
These Ransford acoustic fencing panels have been installed around the carwash at the Asda superstore in Redditch to contain the noise created by the carwash itself and the ancillary equipment. The panels were installed by Procter Contracts who have developed an excellent reputation for carrying out work like this to a very high standard. “It…
Full steam ahead on the Bicester line
The Bicester to Oxford collaboration is a large railway engineering project which includes building a new one kilometre section of railway to connect the Bicester Town to Oxford line to the Chiltern main line, widening the existing track bed and doubling over 18km of track. It is expected to deliver a wide range of economic…
Ringsakiddy expands quietly – thanks to Mulligan Fencing & Ransfords
Ringsakiddy near Cork in the Republic of Ireland is seeing a massive €100m redevelopment of its harbour as part of the general resurgence in the Irish economy. As well as being a key port it is an important industrial centre. This load of Ransfords acoustic fencing panels, ordered by Ireland’s premier provider and installer of…