Websites for forestry contractors
Web design for forestry contractors: £249.99 to build, then £49.99 a month, no minimum term. Landowners need certification, insurance and evidence you will leave the site right.
Forestry work is commissioned by landowners, estates and public bodies who are accountable for how the work is done, and who have usually seen a site left in a state by somebody cheap.
They are assessing certification, insurance, environmental compliance and whether you will reinstate the ground properly — not enthusiasm for trees.
What your customers want answered
- What operations do you carry out, and at what scale
- What certification and insurance do you hold
- Do you handle felling licences and consents
- What happens to the timber and the brash
- How do you protect the ground and the remaining trees
Show the site after the workPhotographs of a completed site — ground reinstated, brash dealt with, remaining stems undamaged — are what a landowner is actually worried about. Pictures of machinery at work show capability; pictures afterwards show care.
Not mentioning consents
Felling generally requires a licence unless an exemption applies, and landowners frequently do not know. A contractor who raises it and helps with the process is protecting the client from an offence they did not know existed.
Work you take on
Explain your services: felling, thinning, timber extraction, woodland management, planting or firewood, the size of jobs you take and the kit you use.
Say who you work for: landowners, estates, councils or utilities.
Certificates and safety
Show certificates of competence, insurance and how you handle felling licences, protected species and site safety.
Planning, environment and the season
Explain how you plan a job: site visit, access, protected species and nesting season, timber markets and reinstatement afterwards. Landowners appreciate a contractor who considers the environment and leaves the site tidy.
Say whether you handle timber sales and how revenue is shared or offset against costs, and whether you supply firewood or woodchip. Mention emergency work after storms, utility line clearance or ash dieback felling if you do it, as those are specific searches.
Common questions
- What should a forestry contractor's website include?
- Services, job sizes, kit, clients you work for, certificates, insurance and felling licence support.
- Should I show certificates?
- Yes. Certificates of competence for chainsaw and machinery work show landowners and estates that you work safely.
- Should I explain felling licences?
- Briefly. Landowners often need guidance.
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Liam Tapp, Website Builds