FEATURES
Gum poles (untreated as well as the various treatment types) can additionally be slabbed on one or both
sides – for fencing slats, survey poles, guardrail posts and blocks, sawn pine, sawn gum, trellis (standard
and fancy) garden edging, picket fencing and outdoor wooden furniture.
Currently Mintroad’s product range includes gum poles (untreated
as well as the various treatment types) which can additionally be
slabbed on one or both sides, fencing slats, survey poles, guard rail
posts and blocks, sawn pine, sawn gum, trellis (standard and fancy)
garden edging, picket fencing and outdoor wooden furniture.
Treated timber is exported to the US, UK, EU, including exclusive
agents in France, the Middle East and various African countries.
Software has been developed to be able to franchise the timber
treatment operation at future branches.
Roy Smith is world-renowned for his technical and mechanical
expertise and experience. He was joined by his son, Gavin Smith,
in 2015. Gavin is the third generation of the Smith family in
Mintroad Sawmills.
A range of gum poles and sawn timber is distributed to the building,
civil engineering, road building, packaging and thatching industries
as well as building material merchants.
Tan-E (Ecowood) preservation is arsenic and chrome free and
represents the ‘new age’ of treatment chemicals. Smith says the
company is a leader in the wood preservation and process control
fields and specialises in custom timber treatment (for example
cooling tower application) with access to the world’s largest timber
preservation chemical manufacturer’s research and technical
database. SABS permits are held for the full range of timber
treatment types and hazard classes. Research is carried out on an
ongoing basis with international input. A process assistance and
record keeping computer program designed specifically for the
South African wood preservation industry has been developed and
patented by Smith, and there are currently three licensed treatment
plants using the software.
A fleet of trucks with capacities ranging from 4-10 tons (larger
trucks operate with mounted cranes) is operated, and for loads in
excess of 10 tons, vehicles are hired. Mintroad operates three Bell
Tele Loggers as well as multi-purpose heavy-duty handling
machinery for its material handling. Raw material is brought in by
road and graded to SABS specifications. The company is an active
member and co-founder of the South African Wood Preservers
Association.
Gum poles which can additionally be
slabbed on one or both sides, fencing
slats, survey poles, guard rail posts
and blocks, sawn pine, sawn gum,
trellis (standard and fancy) garden
edging, picket fencing and outdoor
wooden furniture.
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