Tech Tuesday: TreeBook app
Your phone or tablet can be a useful tool for identifying and diagnosing problems in the field, especially when using the app TreeBook.
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Category: Ownership support
Series: Effective tools for managing tree care equipment fleets
Having the right tree care equipment and using it appropriately are two major components of effectively managing an equipment fleet, but people and parts also play an important role.
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Tech Tuesday: apps for arborists
Your phone or tablet can be a useful tool for identifying and diagnosing problems in the field, especially when using these Tree ID apps.
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Building an emergency plan
A good plan starts well before the work ever does. Nothing disrupts job flow or makes a bad situation worse than needing a tool, skill or item of emergency equipment and not having it. Be sure the basics are covered before work begins.
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Safely felling a tree: a five-step guide
The process for safely felling a tree includes things like determining felling direction, assessing side lean, planning an escape route and more. Take a look at (and download) this five-step guide for felling a tree.
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Maintain cutter wheel for best stump cutter performance
Stump cutters have been engineered to allow tree care workers to tackle difficult jobs efficiently and safely. Taking proper care of the cutter wheel enables operators to get the most out of these machines.
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Daily inspection of chipper is time well-spent
Gary McKeag, brush chipper service technician at Vermeer Corporation, says if you address the following two important maintenance issues, you will go a long way toward having a chipper that delivers top performance.
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Tools of the trade: pole pruner
For a tree care company that does not want to use a climber for basic pruning and tree trimming jobs, a pole pruner can be a good option; and if properly selected and used, can impact the efficiency and economics of the tree service business.
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Managing tree care equipment fleets
Many factors can influence the efficiency and productivity of tree care equipment, although none likely more important than effectively managing equipment fleets.
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The basic force in rigging operations
Read about the most basic force present in many rigging operations — the 2-to-1 force factor — in order to help design and develop safer, more efficient rigging systems.
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