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Business Strategy

  • May 1, 2022

    Minimizing Fuel Costs for Compact Loaders and Skid Steers

    By Rick Howland

    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% [...]

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  • May 1, 2022

    Future Fuels in Arboriculture

    By Jonathan T. Parrott, Ph.D., CTSP

    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 [...]

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  • May 1, 2022

    Integrating a Grapple Crane into Your Operation

    By Tchukki Andersen, BCMA, CTSP

    Purchasing a grapple crane is a big financial commitment. One way to help pay for it is by taking on storm cleanup. TCIA file photo courtesy of Bofinger's Tree Service. The owners of five tree care companies that employ grapple [...]

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  • May 1, 2022

    Certificates of Insurance: The Myth and the Reality

    By Rick Weden

    As a tree care professional, you are probably all too familiar with insurance certificates, and depending on the size of your company, some of you may be requesting insurance certificates on almost a daily basis. But what are these documents [...]

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  • April 1, 2022

    Double the Fun at Wm. J. Kucharski Tree Care Paves the Way to Accreditation

    By Patricia Chaudoin

    Ty Kucharski, operating the grapple, and Deane Courtemanch, operating the compact loader. All photos courtesy of Wm. J. Kucharski Tree Care. Keeping Wm. J. Kucharski Tree Care Professionals, LLC, in the family has been a point of honor and distinction [...]

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