Know Your Saw Chain
Chain-saw professionals talk shop about a valuable component that might be more complicated than you think. When John Allen was growing up, his parents owned a Stihl dealership in southwest Virginia. As dealers, they were well versed in the details of the equipment and about local conditions that might favor one saw chain over the […]
Are Your Outrigger Pads Big Enough?
A quick Google search of “failed crane tipped over” produces nearly 4.5 million results in less than a second. A search of OSHA’s accident results for “crane outrigger” lists 55 incidents across three pages, including nine relating to cranes tipping over on the first page alone. Each month, the Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) compiles […]
Exhibitors Featured in TCI’s Fall Showcase Issues
TCIA’s Corporate Members and other advertisers and exhibitors usually have the opportunity at the many fall conferences and trade shows to debut and display their products and services for the business owners and managers, arborists and other professionals who make up the tree care industry. In the wake of COVID-19, of course, none of those […]
Granberg G777 Alaskan Small Log Mill
Sentimental value – it’s a common issue when removing a tree on a client’s property or your own. They hate to see it go, but it keeps dropping limbs, or it’s got oak bracket, or etc., etc. You may get asked by the homeowner to cut a few cookies or buck some firewood, but that […]
Fall Showcase Exhibitor Profiles “J” through “Z.”
J.P. Carlton Company, Div. DAF, Inc.121 John Dodd RoadSpartanburg, SC 29303Phone: 864-578-9335Fax: 864-578-0210www.stumpcutters.comJ.P. Carlton manufactures a complete line of professional tree equipment, including disk and drum chippers from 6- to 20-inch capacity and stump cutters from 13 hp to 250 hp. Carlton has a 60-year history of manufacturing the highest-quality, most productive machines in the […]