HAIX Airpower XR26 Work Boots
I tracked down Aidan Gray on a job site in February 2024 to get his views on the new Airpower XR26 work boots from HAIX. HAIX North America Inc. is a seven-year TCIA corporate member company based in Lexington, Kentucky. Gray is a senior at Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School in Danvers, Massachusetts. […]
Kask Primero Air and Zenith X Air Combo Hard Hats
I was on the job site in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, with a crane crew from Mayer Tree Service Inc., to catch their first impressions of two Kask (trademarked KASK) hard hats. Mayer Tree Service is a 32-year TCIA member company based in Essex, Mass. The Kask Zenith X Air Combo was packaged fully assembled with mesh […]
Cranes 101’s Digital Equipment Inspection Portal
Jay Sturm, founder and president of Cranes 101, has been performing equipment inspections for more than 20 years. He wanted to find a way to make them easier to perform. While serving as an expert witness in court cases involving job-site accidents, he noticed two main problems kept recurring: Training and equipment inspections were lacking, […]
North American Rescue Blood-Stopper Trauma Kits
This product review was performed for TCI Magazine by John Haehnel, CTSP, corporate director of safety training for Tree Care Partners, a first-year TCIA corporate member company based in Tempe, Arizona, and parent company of Tree Tech Inc., a dual- accredited, 36-year TCIA member company based in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The importance of having a well-stocked […]