Between the showers yesterday came some quite dramatic light and a great chance for this striking picture to be taken. Our friend Ray Powell brought logs in from Devon and is taking this load of sawn Welsh Larch out to Grangemouth in Scotland. Whateve…
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One for Foden fans
Here’s a sight for sore eyes for anyone interested in older vehicles. The top picture is taken in the 1950s and is a Foden then owned and operated by Ransfords. We think it’s carrying a load of pit props which was a staple product of the mill in those days and for many years after…. Read more »
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From forest to finished timber products
We’re really pleased to have a new video which shows the progress of timber production from the forest to the finished product. The video features processes and production facilities unique to Ransfords and which make us one of the most advanced…
Treatment Centre Update
Hard to believe that our fully automated treatment building has been up and running for almost five years now. The first picture shows the facility under construction exactly five years ago and alongside it the building now from the same spot. In that time we have processed thousands of loads of timber in what to… Read more »
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A jigsaw puzzle solved
We’re always keen to ensure that wagons leave our mill with full loads of finished timber even if it means loading up with orders for more than one customer. This load is more than usually efficient in that way. It ‘s going to five different drops and includes untreated cladding, timber treated to UC4 and… Read more »
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A jigsaw puzzle solved
We’re always keen to ensure that wagons leave our mill with full loads of finished timber even if it means loading up with orders for more than one customer. This load is more than usually efficient in that way. It ‘s going to five different drops and includes untreated cladding, timber treated to UC4 and… Read more »
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Traffic noise has a profound negative impact on the health of millions says report from House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.
Environmental noise and light pollution contribute to a range of adverse health outcomes including heart disease and premature death. Yet light and noise remain neglected pollutants, poorly understood and poorly regulated says a report by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee which counts some of the nation’s leading scientists among its members. They… Read more »
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“Seeing the wood for the trees” report calls for more action on domestic tree planting and timber production
Not only are trees and woodlands vital to the provision of timber, but creating new woodland is also widely agreed to be crucial for the UK to meet its 2050 net zero target and nature recovery targets, says the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee, members of which visited Ransfords earlier this year during its… Read more »
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The fourth of July: a story of independence, survival, and going from strength to strength
The fourth of July is mostly remembered as the day the people of the USA celebrate Independence Day but it’s also the anniversary of the day, 45 years ago, that this business was saved from going bust by the intervention of the Evans family. Brothers Alan & Brian Evans saved the sawmill from bankruptcy in… Read more »
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Bark, sawdust, secret science, and green fingers
It was great to hear from Jane Allard that after selling plants from her home for nearly three months she has raised £466 in aid of SpArC – our local sports and arts centre here in Bishop’s castle. We helped Jane get started this time by donating some bags of SylvaGrow® peat-free compost which is… Read more »
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Trailer loads ready to roll
Nothing gives us greater pleasure than fine weather for landscaping and construction and lots of trailer-loads of timber products ready to leave our yard. In the background are full loads of treated and untreated boards and rails. In the foreground, one of many future loads of acoustic fencing panels which are destined to go round… Read more »
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Things are growing well for SpArC at Bishop’s Castle
It was great to hear from Jane Allard with an update on her growing plants for sale to help SpArC ( https://twitter.com/BishopsCastleLC ) the local leisure and arts centre here in Bishop’s Castle. We donated some SylvaGrow® compost to help things along. Jane reports that thanks to the cool days and low night temperatures it… Read more »
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Read all about it!
We’re in Fencing and Landscaping News this month talking about the significant investments we’ve made in the business recently. It’s quite a story which you can read on the magazine’s blog here.
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The snapper snapped!
We’ve all enjoyed the stunning images shared with us by AW Jenkinson driver Ray Powell. We managed to turn the tables on him at the mill so here is in the one of our sheds loading up some of our Welsh Larch cladding for a delivery to Scotland. We had to work quickly mind you:… Read more »
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Timber harvesting in the Mendips
If ever a picture demonstrated the importance of forestry to the prosperity of rural areas it’s this one. This drone shot is from our friend Ray Powell of AW Jenkinson loading 12 foot Larch for us at East Harptree on The Mendips. The planting, management, harvesting and transport associated with forests such as these –… Read more »
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The resaw at Ransfords – a longstanding workhorse
We’ve been talking a lot about our new machinery lately but here’s a clip of a longstanding workhorse. This EWD twin band resaw beavers away every working day cutting big blocks of 3.7m Spruce which are eventually transformed into feather …
More about safety for visitors
We posted in November about our use of a new system called Zonesafe which has made a useful contribution to safety in the yard. All our wheel loaders are now fitted with sensors. Visitors wear tags around their neck when on site and if they get close to a machine it bleeps and vibrates to… Read more »
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It’s taken a year but it’s well worth the time and effort
Our new tray sorter for heavy items like gate posts is now up and running almost exactly 12 months after we started preparing the ground. Click below to check it out….
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It’s that wagon…and that man again!
We posted the other day about a load of beech coming into us from Savernake Forest. The AW Jenkinson driver who dropped that load off was Ray Powell…the same Ray Powell who brought logs into us yesterday and took a load of posts back to Cornwall for us to be delivered this morning. Ray’s a… Read more »
A rapid response thanks to our flexible friends
Yesterday was our first day back at work so it was nice to hear from a customer who wanted a load of posts. Trouble was that they were needed in Cornwall this week! As luck would have it we had a log wagon in the yard unloading, so, we loaded it up with the posts… Read more »