A branch gone wrong over high-value targets can be a serious problem, but a large piece of wood could be a complete disaster. Know your weights, work loads and forces. All photos courtesy of the author. The space was tight. [...]

The Sena Tufftalk M headset uses the mesh protocol, a self-healing, self-optimizing network always looking for the best connection, and seeking a new one when a device disconnects. Photo courtesy of Sena. Alex Kundrat has been in tree care for [...]

Imagine the amount of information shared with young, and often inexperienced, arborists each day in the field. These newest members of the tree care industry are exposed to numerous training tactics and safety techniques – some good and some that [...]

“Sorry about your fence.” Have you ever uttered these words to a client? Yeah, me too. It could have been a fence, birdbath, gutter, roof or solar panel. The list of what is under trees and also breakable is quite [...]

This is the second part of a two-part series. Part 1, “Knuckleboom Crane Best Practices in Tree Care,” also by Ben Heller, ran in the February 2020 issue of TCI. Click here to read Part 1. Over the past half [...]