Marshall Badeaux grew up in the tree care industry, the son of a company owner. What makes his story different than most legacy stories is that the company owner and primary tree climber was his mother, Betsy. “She started climbing [...]

It is more evolution than revolution, but the paper-and-pencil tree care industry has advanced to the modern age. As a result, some arborists’ toolboxes include not just the chain saw, chipper and grapple saw, but also the many software packages [...]

Brian Favreau is operations coordinator for Sterling, Massachusetts-based Favreau Forestry, an accredited, 12-year TCIA member company. He has been looking to hire a new driver with a commercial driver’s license (CDL) for eight months. Not having one is slowing down [...]

Compact loaders have become a valued tool for the modern tree care crew, creating easier access through relatively tight spaces and saving significantly on labor and injuries. More and more, crews arrive at job sites with a stump-grinder attachment for [...]

When a hurricane, ice storm, wildfire, tornado or other extreme weather event hits a region, commercial tree care companies play a major role in the emergency response. But within the industry, some tree care pros will do one storm cleanup [...]