Pickup-Box-Removal Considerations
Each year, pickup-box removal occurs on tens of thousands of new pickup trucks when the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) pickup box is removed and replaced with a vocational truck body. While this may seem straightforward – just swap one body for another – the pickup box plays an important role in the original vehicle’s safety […]
Managing Utility ROW Mechanically
This article was submitted, in part, in response to the article, “Report Finds IVM Can Be Greener and Less Costly for ROW Management,” by Geoff Kempter, in the June 2020 issue of TCI. Over the course of my 30 years of working utility rights of way (ROWs), I’ve seen many different approaches to maintaining utility […]
Climber Work Positioning
Ascent and descent make up a small percentage of what occurs during tree-climbing operations. Much of the time in the canopy is spent in a work position. When we stop climbing to accomplish the specific tasks/objectives of the job order, we must position ourselves in a manner not only to safely accomplish the task but […]
Double-Block Rigging a Hanging Pine
Tree workers all along the Eastern Seaboard for years to come will remember the October 2019 nor’easter. Dubbed a “bomb cyclone,” it set records as the strongest October storm ever in the Boston area, and plunged hundreds of thousands of people into the dark, toppling trees and wreaking havoc across New England. This storm hadn’t […]
Petzl Flow and Control Climbing Lines
If you were lucky enough to be sitting ringside at the TCI EXPO Unboxing Ring in Pittsburgh last year, you would have had the first glimpse at Petzl’s new climbing lines – the Flow and the Control. Petzl is a leading manufacturer of climbing gear in the industry, but one little niche they didn’t really […]