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  • Good footing is necessary on crane jobs.
    April 1, 2024

    HAIX Airpower XR26 Work Boots

    By Tchukki Andersen, BCMA, CTSP

    I tracked down Aidan Gray on a job site in February 2024 to get his views on the new Airpower XR26 work boots from HAIX. HAIX North America Inc. is a seven-year TCIA corporate member company based in Lexington, Kentucky. [...]

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  • Alvero Lopez under the Kask Zenith Air X Combo.
    March 1, 2024

    Kask Primero Air and Zenith X Air Combo Hard Hats

    By Tchukki Andersen, BCMA, CTSP

    I was on the job site in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, with a crane crew from Mayer Tree Service Inc., to catch their first impressions of two Kask (trademarked KASK) hard hats. Mayer Tree Service is a 32-year TCIA member company based [...]

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  • Alvero Lopez under the Kask Zenith Air X Combo.
    March 14, 2024

    Product Review: KASK Primero Air and Zenith Hard Hats

    By Tchukki Andersen, BCMA, CTSP

    To read the full product review click here. TCIA staff arborist Tchukki Andersen, BCMA, CTSP was on the job site in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, with a crane crew from Mayer Tree Service Inc., to catch their first impressions [...]

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  • Midwest pin oaks are dense
    February 15, 2024

    Pruning Pin Oaks Like a Boss

    By Tchukki Andersen, BCMA, CTSP

    Back in November 2023, I caught up with Thomas Paine, CTSP, co-owner of Rooted Arbor Care in Warrenton, Missouri, on a job site in Missouri. He was tasked with inspecting a picturesque, healthy pin oak (Quercus palustrus) tree and performing [...]

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  • Cranes 101’s portal is designed to enable companies to easily track and access equipment-inspection data
    January 4, 2024

    Cranes 101’s Digital Equipment Inspection Portal

    By Tchukki Andersen, BCMA, CTSP

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