New CDL Requirements Create an Obstacle Course for Tree Care Owners
Brian Favreau is operations coordinator for Sterling, Massachusetts-based Favreau Forestry, an accredited, 12-year TCIA member company. He has been looking to hire a new driver with a commercial driver’s license (CDL) for eight months. Not having one is slowing down his business. The company has three CDL drivers and about 10 trucks that require a […]
OSHA Extends Comment Deadline on Heat-Injury Ruling
On December 2, 2021, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the extension of its comment period for the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings to January 26, 2022. This 60-day extension came after a request from the […]
How to Avoid Failing Roadside Inspections
TCI Magazine asked a few member companies how they manage adherence to Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations in order to avoid failing roadside inspections. Among the points they seemed to agree on is that a broken lightbulb is enough to get a truck put out of service, and that the cost and effort it takes […]
Seasonal Worker Training in Mexico
Daniel Aburto Vidana is from Mexico and began working for Bartlett Tree Experts in North Carolina on an H-2B visa in 2005. He started as a ground worker and became a tree climber specialist, crew leader, plant health care specialist, Certified Arborist and CPR instructor. Along the way, and with the help of Bartlett, he […]
Tariffs Affecting Prices on Climbing Gear and Other Tree Care Equipment
The impact of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods has been minimal on the tree care industry to date, with the higher price of goods being passed on to consumers in the form of higher costs for gear and equipment in only a few areas. But, with a new round of tariffs pending, that could soon […]