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  • Zoleo
    July 1, 2025

    No Bars? No Problem. Zoleo Satellite Communicator Keeps Crews Connected

    By Tchukki Andersen, BCMA, CTSP

    In the tree care industry, communication is more than just convenience – it’s a safety essential. That’s why arborists Charlie White, CTSP, QT (TCIA Qualified Trainer), and Angel Arroyo, both with Northern Tree Service, a 48-year TCIA member company based [...]

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  • Insurance Pruning
    July 1, 2025

    Insurance Pruning: Cut Risks, Not Canopies

    By Jim Kasper

    Across neighborhoods in the U.S., something strange is happening. Homeowners are receiving notices from their insurance companies warning them, “Prune back those limbs overhanging your home or lose your coverage.” The offending branches? Those on trees that overhang roofs – [...]

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  • Grapple Saws Debris Management
    July 1, 2025

    Grapple Saws Revolutionize Debris Management for Bob Ray Company

    By DANIEL SHULTS

    The adoption of grapple trucks and grapple saws transformed debris management in several ways for Bob Ray Co. Inc., an accredited, 55-year TCIA member company based in Louisville, Kentucky. For instance, the company was out in early May 2025 performing [...]

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  • Rigging a Lightning-Struck Tree
    July 3, 2025

    Rigging a Lightning-Struck White Pine Tree

    By Chris Girard, CTSP

    Recently, Girard Tree Service LLC, which I co-own and operate with my wife, Heide, was asked to take down a lightning-struck white pine tree (Pinus strobus) on an island here in New Hampshire. Due to the remote location and terrain, [...]

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  • Experiential Rigging Forces
    July 1, 2025

    “Feeling Forces” – Experiential Learning Focused on Rigging Forces

    By COREY SHEPARD, CTSP, and EMMETT SHUTTS JR., CTSP

    Teaching, training and understanding the forces generated while rigging trees can be challenging. Even as experienced arborists and professional trainers, we have had the experience of looking into the eyes of rigging trainees and knowing, “They don’t get it!” This [...]

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