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Equipment Safety & Mechanization

  • Mechanization worker in grey shirt inside cab of a crane pulling the levers.
    June 1, 2023

    Grapple Booms and Mechanization: Revisiting the Industrial Revolution

    By Joseph B. Pipitone

    For most of us, middle school is a good number of years in the rear-view mirror. But if we recall our lessons from those years, no doubt a few weeks of history class focused on the Industrial Revolution. It might [...]

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  • June 1, 2023

    The Economics of Mechanization: Rise of the Machines

    By David Rattigan

    Michael Euliano knew he wanted to mechanize when he founded Technical Tree Service in Goffstown, New Hampshire, in April 2018. But he lacked both the funding and the business expertise. Euliano, now 32 years old, was a certified tree climber [...]

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  • April 1, 2023

    Why Won’t Owners Do Maintenance on Compact Lifts?

    By Don Staruk

    During TCI EXPO last fall, and in subsequent discussions, compact- or tracked-lift distributors expressed frustration with lift owners and operators who don’t do regular lift maintenance, even for safety-related functions. For this article, we asked the lift distributors how large [...]

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  • January 1, 2023

    Opportunities Soar for Davey Resource Group with Drone Waivers

    By Susan DiPietro

    As unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology evolves, applications for UAV use are rapidly expanding and evolving as well. These include opportunities here in the tree care industry. Davey Resource Group (DRG) – a subsidiary of Davey Tree Expert Company, a [...]

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  • December 1, 2022

    Nonfatal Incidents Involving Aerial Lifts and Ladders: Us Versus Them

    By BY JOHN BALL, PH.D., BCMA, CTSP, AND DONALD F. BLAIR

    So, what is happening out there for nonfatal injuries from accessing tree canopies by ladders, scissor-lifts and other mobile, aerial-lift devices? Are different incidents occurring to the homeowners versus tree workers?

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