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ABOUT US Populus Canescene was planted in small stands by the early settlers in the Eastern Cape as a fast, drought resistant source of building material on many of the farms in the Eastern Cape. Chestnut Grove Sawmills has been harvesting and saw milling poplar trees for the past 17 years, and the timber is finding increasing popularity with manufacturers and developers/builders. The sawmills are based in the Eastern Cape where we source our poplar, pine and blue gum timber (cut to size) and we have a branch in Cape Town. Harvesting is arduous and expensive, and only has become possible since the arrival in the market of the portable sawmill. In most cases the stands of timber are quite small, there are no roads to the trees, and generally the plantings were made in steep kloofs alongside streams and rivers, so that extraction of large logs is extremely difficult. On occasion it is necessary to build the saw over the log in order to plank it. Today, Chestnut Grove Sawmills is the leading supplier of sawn Poplar to the Western and Eastern Cape, operating 6 state of the art Breakdown and Recovery saws. Up to 70% of our work is repeat business from timber wholesalers, thatching companies and developers that we have built relationships with over the past 7 years. Click on the images below to enlarge |
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PO BOX 102, BEDFORD, 5780 - TEL 046 685 0676 - FAX 088 046 685 0676 - CELL 083 489 2878 |
