Does removing dead branches truly improve the health of a tree? Photo by USDA Forest Service - Northeastern Area, Bugwood.org. Last December, we pruned some hazardous deadwood from a large northern red oak that had been hanging over a client’s [...]

At its fall meeting, the ANSI A300 Committee began work on a revision of the Part 1: Pruning standard. A300 Part 1: Pruning On October 7 and 8, 2020, the ANSI A300 Committee tried something new. Much as with others [...]

The author performing a “V-cut.” The purpose is to enable the section to be severed yet remain still until you are ready to lift it. All photos courtesy of the author. After decades of working with cranes, I have learned [...]

In the last issue – literally, since TCIA’s monthly safety newsletter is no longer being published – of the Tree Worker (July/August 2020), the page-12 article, “Rope and Pulley … a Dynamic Duo,” definitely caught my attention. Image 1: Original [...]

Branch Manager’s new BMGX2 grapple made with Hardox steel on a Gehl 280 articulating loader. This stronger version of the BMG is designed to keep up with the heavier mini-skid steers, while maintaining a lightweight grapple and backward compatibility with [...]