The pruning van holds the chipper as well as all the gear for climbing and rigging. Photo and graphics courtesy of the author. From our company’s inception, we wanted to keep overhead low. This makes sense for any startup, but [...]

Any time a living part of a tree is cut open through pruning, or broken open through storm damage, the remaining area will likely decay. This article presents a way to think of pruning as “where to put decay into [...]

Despite the tremendous volume of literature and material available on tree biology and tree biomechanics, one of the most common sentiments heard from tree workers and salespeople goes something like this: Photo 1: Jack Novak, a climber with Tree First [...]

Trunk tissue around the base of a dead, decayed branch often grows rapidly and forms a callus ring. Photo by USDA Forest Service – Northeastern Area , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org. This is the conclusion of a two-part article that [...]

Does removing dead branches truly improve the health of a tree? Photo by USDA Forest Service - Northeastern Area, Bugwood.org. Last December, we pruned some hazardous deadwood from a large northern red oak that had been hanging over a client’s [...]