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  • May 1, 2026

    Custom Truck One Source: A Partner in the Field

    By Tim Bartelt

    Custom Truck's aerial lineup. All photos courtesy of Custom Truck. Custom Truck One Source, a publicly traded provider of specialized trucks and equipment for tree care, utility and infrastructure work, operates more than 40 locations across North America. [...]

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  • Green-Tec Takes Root in Tree Care
    March 2, 2026

    Green-Tec Takes Root in Tree Care

    By Tim Bartelt

    Company Spotlight Green-Tec's TH3 tree handler in action. Photo courtesy of Forest Centre. Launched as a Terex Corporation brand in 2024, Green-Tec may be a relatively new player in the tree care market, but it is no longer [...]

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  • Tree care Equipment Financing
    December 3, 2025

    Adapting During Uncertainty – Equipment Financing in Today’s Economy

    By Tim Bartelt

    Deciding if and when to spend money on large capital-equipment expenditures is a strategic part of any business, and the tree care industry is not immune to that struggle. Buy outright or finance? Long-term rental or RPO (rental-purchase option)? These [...]

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  • Floyd Taylor – A Life Rooted in Tree Care
    December 1, 2025

    Floyd Taylor – A Life Rooted in Tree Care

    By Tim Bartelt

    Editor’s note: Two readers contacted TCI Magazine last winter suggesting we do a story about Floyd Taylor. The first was Nathan J. Wright, CTSP, ISA Certified Arborist and manager distribution forestry with National Grid Western Division in Fredonia, N.Y. “There [...]

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  • BIK Boom Trucks
    October 1, 2025

    BIK Boom Trucks: Lifting Up the Tree Care Industry

    By Tim Bartelt

    Sponsored Content With its strong focus on the customer, safety and training, BIK Boom Trucks has become a household name for trucks and knuckle-boom cranes in the tree care industry. Two BIK Tree Care Series grapple-saw trucks cutting and [...]

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