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 [...]

This ASTI Funded Spanish Ground Operations workshop was hosted by BridgeWood Tree Care Services, a five-year TCIA member company based in Stockton, California. This workshop was conducted in Spanish by Noe Cardenas. Photo by Montana Puente, BridgeWood Tree Care Services. [...]

The truck box plays an important role in the original vehicle’s safety and emissions compliance that cannot be assumed as carry-over to another body, regardless of size or shape. Photos courtesy of Chris Kemp, Piscataqua Landscape and Tree Service. Each [...]