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Rick Howland

  • hydraulics tree care
    May 1, 2025

    Hydraulics Rule #1: Pay Attention, or Pay the Price

    By Rick Howland

    Hydraulics are one of a tree care pro’s best friends, powering tools that lift and move heavy objects and debris, or doing specialty work like cutting, digging or grinding. The growing proliferation of tool carriers and hydraulic tools has expanded [...]

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  • Women in Tree Care
    March 4, 2025

    Ash Connelly Is Making a Case for Women in Tree Care

    By Rick Howland

    You may know the name Ash Connelly. If you don’t, you will. She is arguably one of the fastest up-and-coming young guns in tree care. Ash is passionate about continued education. She is front and center here attending [...]

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  • CRM and tree care
    January 1, 2025

    Adapting to CRM Pays Off, But It Takes Time

    By Rick Howland

    There’s a venerable Chinese saying that the longest journey begins with a single step. For this article, we talked with end-users who pretty much agree that successful implementation of customer relationship management (CRM) software comes after many steps accompanied [...]

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  • "Mats make a big difference when going across a yard,” says Peter Nieves-Sosa.
    December 1, 2024

    Offsetting the Danger Beneath: Mats, Pads and Cribbing

    By Rick Howland

    With up to a half-million dollars in equipment to protect, not to mention personnel safety and potential liability if something goes wrong on the job site, sometimes it’s the little things that save the tree care day. Take, for [...]

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  • Bob Mead with the tree as it looked in early September.
    October 8, 2024

    Staunch TCIA Member – Actually, One of His Trees – Takes Center Stage at TCI EXPO ’24

    By Rick Howland

    Ever wonder about that large, sturdy, fully grown tree standing as a centerpiece amid the show booths, equipment and convention goers at TCI EXPO? It’s there every year and is used for demonstrating myriad things related to what many [...]

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