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On Oct. 12, 2006, Mother Nature dropped a winter storm that would change the landscape of the Town of Tonawanda, New York, for decades. The premature storm dumped 24 inches (61 cm) of snow on the town, damaged 1,600 trees in the town’s right-of-ways — in some cases, wiping out entire city streets — and left the town with a $26 million cleanup project.
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Keeping it in the family is the name of the game for Hamilton Tree Service. Started 50 years ago by Dex Hamilton, his son Grant carries on the full service company in California. Hear from Hamilton about operating two complementary businesses as part of the From Those Who Know series.
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Employee benefits and incentives can be a powerful recruiting and retention tool. Perks can be a great way to boost employee satisfaction and, in turn, company culture and productivity.
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Herold’s single-crew operation offers a wide variety of services including trimming, pruning, shaping, edging and stump grinding. Advanced trainings, certifications and tested experience allow Premier Tree to shine when it comes to large tree removals and high-risk climbing.
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Happy employees make happy customers. It’s more than employees being well-compensated and feeling professionally satisfied, however. What they learn through the certification process (and the ongoing educational opportunities then made available to them) obviously helps them on the job.
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Pat Stumpf is the owner of Woodland Tree Service, which does tree trimming, tree removal and stump grinding in the Twin Cities metro area in Minnesota. Most of the year, Stumpf employs four or five people and operates one crew. He’s often on the jobsite himself in addition to his duties drumming up business and bidding jobs.
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Don McAllister will tell you how Vermeer brush chippers and mini skid steers are helping the crews at McAllister Tree Service make a positive impact in northeast Georgia. Watch his story as part of the Vermeer From Those Who Know series.
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An employee is standing around on a jobsite. Maybe he’s waiting for material to run through a brush chipper while the other crew members are taking down another tree. Meanwhile, the stump from the first removal is ready for grinding. One potential solution for this problem is to cross-train employees.
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With more than 100 employees, Great Scott Tree Service is one of the largest tree care companies in Orange County, California. To help manage the thousands of trees the company cares for, Great Scott developed its own geographic information system (GIS) called TrimIt.
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