This is the first in a series TCI Magazine will run in the coming months looking at exit and succession strategies for owners of tree care businesses. The series will delve deeper into some of the options discussed in this [...]

A Tip Top Arborists team on a takedown. All photos courtesy of Tip Top Arborists. Creating a tree care business based on integrity and quality control has been the focus of Jim Lewandowski’s career as owner of Tip Top Arborists, [...]

Companies have been trending toward more mechanization in a field where hiring qualified workers has historically been a challenge. Meanwhile, the potential labor pool has shrunk. Above, the show floor at TCI EXPO '21 in Indianapolis. Unless otherwise noted, all [...]

Morbark’s Rayco 1800AWL articulated loader sports a 24.8-hp Kubota D1105 diesel engine. The company recently changed the gasoline engine in its Boxer 375 from a 20.5-hp, carbureted, gasoline engine to a 25.0-hp, electronic fuel injection (EFI) engine for a 25% [...]

Northern Tree Service has chosen to fuel its fleet (April through October) using B20 biodiesel, reducing the company fleet's carbon emissions by more than 500 tons per year, an achievement viewed favorably by its clients. Photo courtesy of Northern Tree [...]