TCI Magazine Audio Edition

BY TRACEY MILLERFor many attendees, TCI EXPO is not just an event; it’s a pilgrimage for tree care professionals, a place to meet new friends and reunite with old ones. The industry is growing and changing rapidly, and many companies bring their whole teams each year. Rember to subscribe to TCI Magazine by visiting tcimag.tcia.org.

BY RUDY RUTEMILLER, TIMOTHY M. WALSH, CTSP, and JEREMY LEWISIn November 2023, at TCI EXPO in St. Louis, Missouri, we three authors presented two case studies where The Davey Tree Expert Company and Petzl worked congruently to find safe and compliant work-positioning solutions for crews on unique and nontraditional work sites. Rember to subscribe to TCI Magazine by visiting tcimag.t

BY CHRISTOPHER J. LULEY, PH.D., AND KEVIN T. SMITH, PH.D.Part 1 of this two-part series, “Heartwood and Heart Rot, Part 1: Are They Important to Arborists?” ran in the May 2023 issue of TCI Magazine. Rember to subscribe to TCI Magazine by visiting tcimag.tcia.org.

BY TAMSIN VENN“Getting the tree down is no longer the problem, managing the wood waste is. ‘Now what do I do with all this volume?’ Rember to subscribe to TCI Magazine by visiting tcimag.tcia.org.

BY ARABELLA ARDEN“CTSP, it’s who I am,” states Kristoffer Rasmussen, TCIA Accreditation auditor and the owner of arboriststrong.com, a tree care safety consulting company based in Azle, Texas. Rember to subscribe to TCI Magazine by visiting tcimag.tcia.org.

BY ANTHONY TRESSELT, CTSPAs with any technical undertaking, there are various ways to mitigate or dissipate force in our rigging systems. Rember to subscribe to TCI Magazine by visiting tcimag.tcia.org.

BY JEFF INMAN JR., CTSPDo you think about weights when rigging, or just tie stuff on and proceed to cutting? Are you someone who spends time factoring in angles, vectors and the system that needs to be built for the task ahead, or are you just throwing a rope up there and hoping for the best? Rember to subscribe to TCI Magazine by visiting tcimag.tcia.org.

BY KELPIE WILSONThe following is an excerpt from Kelpie Wilson’s new book, “The Biochar Handbook” (Chelsea Green Publishing June 2024), and is printed with permission from the publisher. Rember to subscribe to TCI Magazine by visiting tcimag.tcia.org.

BY TAMSIN VENNIn February 2024, The Davey Tree Expert Company fired up its new biochar facility in East Dundee, Illinois. The facility recycles wood waste from its many client properties in the Chicago area and turns it into an environmentally friendly soil additive, biochar. Rember to subscribe to TCI Magazine by visiting tcimag.tcia.org.

BY GEOFF KEMPTERRevisions to ANSI A300 standards often reflect emerging research or attempts to balance tree health with economics and safety. Rember to subscribe to TCI Magazine by visiting tcimag.tcia.org.