The influx of knuckle-boom cranes and boom-mounted grapple saws has drastically reduced the time and labor it takes to cut down a tree. In theory, tree care companies employing this equipment have more business, higher profits and safer working conditions. But they also have even more wood debris to manage on top of the volumes […]
“One good thing about the CTSP (training) is that it really helps you with adult learning, and with me being bilingual and a lot of the workforce being Hispanic, that’s even more important. You learn some workers are hands on, some are visual, some are book learners. Being able to ID your learner is key […]
In February 2024, The Davey Tree Expert Company fired up its new biochar facility in East Dundee, Illinois. The facility recycles wood waste from its many client properties in the Chicago area and turns it into an environmentally friendly soil additive, biochar. “Biochar is a carbon-rich, charcoal-like substance that offers many benefits to the soil,” […]
The Legends of the Geezers is an annual tree-climbing competition held in January in Florida for those still agile over the age of 40, and it just celebrated its 21st birthday. Next January, three climbers who were 18 when they started helping out with the competition now, 21 years later, will be competing. “So it’s […]
One community in tree care work is increasing, and that would be the league of extraordinary women. “It’s definitely growing, we’re not so much an outlier anymore. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a boys’ club, but at the same time it’s not weird to just be with all guys,” says Nicole Benjamin, tree climber, […]
