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 The mill re-opens on Monday 8th January after a break for the holidays and the chance to catch up on some much-needed maintenance. We’re more than ready for action with vast stockpiles of logs waiting to go through the mill. The logs in the picture will keep us going for a day. All of… Read more »
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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…
It’s great to see our new cundy stake trolley in action. This piece of kit was manufactured in-house by our own team and has massively increased our treatment load capacity. This in turn has allowed us to greatly improve our customer lead times…
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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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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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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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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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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What more effective or attractive way to enhance the setting for an outdoor wedding than dressing uneven ground with woodchips? This Welshpool couple had exactly that idea when the time came to erect the marquee for their recent nuptials. The ground on which the marquee was to stand had been churned up by heavy vehicles… Read more »
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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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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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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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Thanks to the team for these pictures showing off their new jackets – complete with our logo on the back. Sport of every kind is a big part of life in a small community like Bishop’s Castle and we were delighted to help with some sponsorship. Good luck to the under 12s and all the… Read more »
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Here’s another illustration of the importance of forestry and sawmilling – not only to the nation but also to its rural areas. This picture is taken above our sawmill in Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire. In the last few years over £25 million has been invested here to make it one of the most efficient mills of… Read more »
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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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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 …
We’re shooting a new video to explain the processes here at the mill. It should go live in the next month or so. In this sequence of stills we see cameraman Sam Cook of Tremio shooting footage of our new tray sorter for heavy items – just one of a number of recent investments here…. Read more »
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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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We are delighted to announce the promotion of Chris Offa from Sales Manager to Sales Director and his appointment as a director of the company. Chris joined Ransfords in February 2013 and has been instrumental in transforming the company’s sales efforts over that period. “Our business has enjoyed a sustained period of growth in the… Read more »
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 »
