While the increased use of aerial lifts has increased productivity and made working aloft safer in many respects, along with these lifts have come new dangers – in the form of falls. The results of these falls can be seen almost monthly in TCI Magazine’s “Accident Briefs” feature, in the reports of injuries and even […]
If we were to assess the status of women in the tree care industry in their view, it would boil down toa) women now are an established, integral part of the industry and are growing more so every day; b) they largely have grown way past the stage of being a novelty and needing acceptance […]
This is the second in an occasional series on the worldwide supply-chain disruptions. The first, “Need a Truck? The News Isn’t So Good,” TCI Magazine, October 2021, touched on the trucking side. This time, TCI takes a broad look at the subject, cutting through multiple industry segments. Sometimes it’s the little things, and sometimes the […]
The experts – those who make and sell compact lifts and, ultimately, have to do a lot of the repairs – say causes of the majority of compact-lift “fails,” as the slang goes, boil down to one of two things: operator error or lack of maintenance. With respect to operator error, Mike Hrycak, president of […]
There are few reasons why your brush chipper might not last past the retirement of its first crew. But whether it does or not really depends on how you use it and care for it. According to Jason Morey, marketing manager for Bandit Industries, there are several original machines from the early 1980s still in […]
