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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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  • Delta Apprenticeship Program
    April 1, 2025

    SavATree Training Targets Safety, Recruitment and Retention

    By Rick Howland

    Sponsored Content One goal of the company's new training program is to support internal career advancement for field staff. You won’t find it written elsewhere this way exactly, but one of the strengths of the 2,500-plus-employee SavATree is [...]

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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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