Product Review: KASK Primero Air and Zenith Hard Hats
TCIA staff arborist Tchukki Andersen, BCMA, CTSP 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.
SRS Lowerable Basal Anchors
What a jumble of words! SRS lowerable basal anchors? Is that supposed to actually mean anything? For tree climbers in the know, this string of seemingly unrelated words describes a critical component in aerial rescue. Let’s break it down: SRS – stationary rope system utilizes a climbing line that is anchored in place. The other […]
Full Throttle: New Husqvarna Battery Chain Saws Have a Feel Traditionalists Will Like
To help us understand where we are today, Ben McDermott, Husqvarna North America senior product manager, takes us back to the beginning – all the way back to 2020. “That’s when this battery-chain-saw journey kind of started for us. It’s when we launched the (T)540i XP and 540i XP. These were our first 40cc-equivalent, battery-powered […]