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TCI Magazine Audio Edition

TCI Magazine

340 episodes

1 day ago

By TCIA Staff When a woman calling herself GoldenLarch logged into the TreeBuzz arborist forum in late 2020, she wasn’t looking for applause – she was looking for honesty. At 28, after leaving a customer-service career and earning a horticulture certificate, she’d fallen hard for trees and the art of climbing them. “The allure of climbing is so strong for me,” she wrote, though she worried whether her body – and perhaps the industry – would hold up for her. Remember to get your free subscrip...

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By TCIA Staff When a woman calling herself GoldenLarch logged into the TreeBuzz arborist forum in late 2020, she wasn’t looking for applause – she was looking for honesty. At 28, after leaving a customer-service career and earning a horticulture certificate, she’d fallen hard for trees and the art of climbing them. “The allure of climbing is so strong for me,” she wrote, though she worried whether her body – and perhaps the industry – would hold up for her. Remember to get your free subscrip...

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TCI Magazine Audio Edition

The Climb That Changed Everything

By TCIA Staff When a woman calling herself GoldenLarch logged into the TreeBuzz arborist forum in late 2020, she wasn’t looking for applause – she was looking for honesty. At 28, after leaving a customer-service career and earning a horticulture certificate, she’d fallen hard for trees and the art of climbing them. “The allure of climbing is so strong for me,” she wrote, though she worried whether her body – and perhaps the industry – would hold up for her. Remember to get your free subscrip...

1 day ago

6 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

The Soft Science of Heavy Things

By TCIA Staff Every industry breeds its own folklore. In tree work, cutting, hinging and rigging theories might make for some of the loudest campfire stories of all. On a TreeBuzz thread dealing with these topics, a post about “rip cuts” lit up the board – veteran climbers, would-be physicists and wisecracking pirates all weighing in. The premise was that a controlled tear could turn a brutal stop into a soft hand-off. Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by clicking here.

2 days ago

7 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

Complacency Conducts Electricity!

By TCIA Staff This discussion began on July 19, 2025, when a climber using the handle DRBetz started a thread on the TreeBuzz forum titled “Let’s Talk About Electrical Awareness.” Within a few days, the post had drawn replies from more than a dozen arborists, all dissecting a near miss that could easily have turned fatal. Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by clicking here.

6 days ago

6 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

TCIA and TCI Magazine Partner With TreeBuzz

BY JON GERSTENBERGER AND MARK CHISHOLM, CTSP During the past few years, TCIA has been working on a group of strategic initiatives we’ve called “game changers” – things that, when accomplished, will change the fundamental experience of our member interactions with TCIA and, by extension, how TCIA engages with the tree care industry Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by clicking here.

6 days ago

3 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

Knucklebooms in Tree Care: From Curiosity to Cornerstone

By TCIA Staff When Urbana, Illinois, arborist Mike Poor first rolled onto a job site with a remote-controlled knuckleboom crane in the late 1990s, the reactions were a mix of awe and head scratching. “That is the oddest-looking crane I’ve ever seen,” one colleague quipped. Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by clicking here.

6 days ago

6 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

White Pine Woes

BY PAUL WOLFE II Most of us have pretty good memories. Like taking the driver’s-license test, first dates with our significant other, a sibling’s birth date, etc. I don’t remember any of those things as time is slowly eroding my mind. I do, however, vividly recall the first tree I climbed as a professional. Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by clicking here.

3 weeks ago

6 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

Injury & Incompetence: Beware a Prematurely Promoted Crew Leader

BY RYFE GREENWOOD I get it, your tree service needs production, and you need it now. Your employee retention is precarious, and the labor pool in your area is emptier than the Grand Canyon. Prematurely tapping a new crew leader seems like your only option. However, promoting to crew leader too early only sets up your business for failure. Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by clicking here.

4 weeks ago

16 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

New Chapter for TCI Magazine

by Jon Gerstenberger TCI Magazine celebrated 35 years of publication in 2025. For 427 issues, since June 1990 – through recessions, global pandemics and spikes in printing and postage costs – TCI Magazine has hit the industry’s mailboxes every single month. Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by clicking here.

1 month ago

3 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

There’s More Than One Way to Do It Right

BY TAMSIN VENN As a self-professed tree nerd, there is nothing Bret MacKay likes to do more than climb trees, preferably white oaks. Except for one thing – teaching his fellow arborists how to do it safely. Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by clicking here.

1 month ago

4 minutes

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Adapting During Uncertainty – Equipment Financing in Today’s Economy

BY TIM BARTELT Deciding if and when to spend money on large capital-equipment expenditures is a strategic part of any business, and the tree care industry is not immune to that struggle. Buy outright or finance? Long-term rental or RPO (rental-purchase option)? These are questions being mulled on a daily basis, and interest rates, tariffs and business/economic outlook are all factors to consider. “Uncertainty” may be the keyword for the current economic situation, according to a group of fina...

1 month ago

8 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

Having Hard Conversations and Changing the Conversation on Safety

BY JEFF INMAN, CTSP, TRAQ Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you’re trying to have a conversation with someone and they don’t agree with what you’re saying? You could be making the best case in the universe for your point of view, with facts, figures, graphs, statistics, life stories, testimonies, technological advancements, etc. Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by clicking here.

1 month ago

15 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

Floyd Taylor – A Life Rooted in Tree Care

BY TIM BARTELT Editor’s note: Two readers contacted TCI Magazine last winter suggesting we do a story about Floyd Taylor. The first was Nathan J. Wright, CTSP, ISA Certified Arborist and manager distribution forestry with National Grid Western Division in Fredonia, N.Y. Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by clicking here.

1 month ago

6 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

Lift Plans for Crane-Assisted Technical Rigging

BY ANTHONY TRESSELT Crane-assisted rigging is a complex layering of skills, equipment and knowledge. Like many involved tasks, it looks relatively simple when done well. However, the truth is that when poorly planned, cranes and trees can be a difficult combination. Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by clicking here.

1 month ago

12 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

Aerial Lifts, Electrical Hazards and the Revised Z133

Compiled by Peter Gerstenberger We went through the upcoming revision of the ANSI Z133 Safety Standard, pulling out and listing here in sequential order all the relevant parts that affect lift operations near conductors. These apply to conventional truck-mounted lifts as well as “boom-supported elevated work platforms,” or compact lifts. Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by clicking here.

1 month ago

8 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

Electrical Hazards for Aerial-Lift Operations

BY JOHN BALL, PH.D, BCMA, CTSP Electrical hazards to tree workers are, for the most part, within the realm of those who access tree canopies. True, we do have electrocutions and electric-shock injuries among ground workers, but they are the minority. Tree canopies and electric supply lines often are intertwined with, or at least near, climbers and aerial-device operators. Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by clicking here.

1 month ago

7 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

Fuel Injection in Professional Chain Saws: Powering the Next Era of Tree Care

BY NATHAN KROIS For years, professional arborists and forestry crews have relied on steady improvements in chain-saw design to keep pace with the demands of their work. Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by clicking here.

1 month ago

7 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

Using SPSD to Hone Your Diagnostic and Management Skills, Part 2

BY MICHAEL J. RAUPP, PH.D., AND PAULA M. SHREWSBURY, PH.D. In Part 1 of this article (TCI Magazine, October 2025), we introduced four foundational elements useful in diagnosing problems with trees and shrubs, represented by the acronym SPSD, and discussed the first “S,” which stands for “site,” and the “P,” which stands for “plant.” In part 2, we’ll discuss the second “S,” which stands for the “symptoms.” Knowledge of signs and damage symptoms is a powerful tool in making an accurate diagnosi...

1 month ago

13 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

CTSP Credential Shows a Commitment to Safety and the Industry

BY TAMSIN VENN Rare is the employer who does everything he or she can to help an employee secure their next job. But that was the case with Daniel Miraval, BCMA, and Brianna White, ISA Certified Arborist, co-owners of Emerald Tree Care LLC, a 14-year TCIA member company in Roselle, Illinois, when they sent Anthony Santisi, who had been with them for three years, off to his new job at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by c...

2 months ago

5 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

TCIA Welcomes New Leader for Advocacy

BY PETER GERSTENBERGER The Tree Care Industry Association in August welcomed George Strout as its Strout will lead TCIA’s efforts to mobilize tree care professionals across the country in support of smart policy and industry advancement. With more than a decade of experience in grassroots organizing, legislative strategy and PAC (political action committee) engagement, Strout brings a deep understanding of how to activate stakeholders and influence decision-makers. Remember to get your...

2 months ago

9 minutes

TCI Magazine Audio Edition

“The Informed Gardener” and “The Informed Gardener – Blooms Again”

REVIEWED BY STEVEN F. PREGLER These two books were written by Linda Chalker-Scott, former urban horticulture extension specialist and a professor in the Department of Horticulture at Washington State University Remember to get your free subscription to TCI Magazine by clicking here.

2 months ago

4 minutes