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Husqvarna & Teufelberger Collaborate On Purpose-Built Arborist Gear
Husqvarna has partnered with Austtian climbing gear manufacturer Teufelberger to launch new climbing gear in the U.S. during the first half of 2023. Husqvarna has identified a need among arborists and tree care workers for products and tools designed for their specific professional that are comfortable, efficient, and enhance safety. The collaboration with Teufelberger is the first step in Husqvarna’s goal to complement its chainsaw offering with high-quality products specifically made for working at heights. “When we decided to create our own climbing gear, we asked arborists and tree workers about the best and most reputable producers in that market. We understood that Teufelberger was a great match for us in terms of high quality combined with opportunities for innovation,” said Johan Hallendorf, director Global Portfolio Arborist Solutions at Husqvarna. “Together with our chainsaws, we want to offer arborists and tree workers the best equipment solutions for their most frequent needs.” “We are excited to partner with Husqvarna. With their expertise in chainsaws, combined with our expertise in climbing gear, we will be able to develop new products that make the working lives of arborists and tree workers a lot easier,” said Ludovic Rambert, business unit manager (Treecare) at Teufelberger. The Husqvarna HT 105 pole pruner was recently highlighted in Turf’s April 2022 issue! Check out Get Equipped: Tree Care. Teufelberger is a seventh-generation family-operated company of 1,500 employees worldwide that manufactures fiber ropes, steel wire ropes and strapping.
Husqvarna & Teufelberger Collaborate On Purpose-Built Arborist Gear
Husqvarna has partnered with Austtian climbing gear manufacturer Teufelberger to launch new climbing gear in the U.S. during the first half of 2023. Husqvarna has identified a need among arborists and tree care workers for products and tools designed for their specific professional that are comfortable, efficient, and enhance safety. The collaboration with Teufelberger is the first step in Husqvarna’s goal to complement its chainsaw offering with high-quality products specifically made for working at heights. “When we decided to create our own climbing gear, we asked arborists and tree workers about the best and most reputable producers in that market. We understood that Teufelberger was a great match for us in terms of high quality combined with opportunities for innovation,” said Johan Hallendorf, director Global Portfolio Arborist Solutions at Husqvarna. “Together with our chainsaws, we want to offer arborists and tree workers the best equipment solutions for their most frequent needs.” “We are excited to partner with Husqvarna. With their expertise in chainsaws, combined with our expertise in climbing gear, we will be able to develop new products that make the working lives of arborists and tree workers a lot easier,” said Ludovic Rambert, business unit manager (Treecare) at Teufelberger. The Husqvarna HT 105 pole pruner was recently highlighted in Turf’s April 2022 issue! Check out Get Equipped: Tree Care. Teufelberger is a seventh-generation family-operated company of 1,500 employees worldwide that manufactures fiber ropes, steel wire ropes and strapping.
Green Industry Team Answers Call To Treat 150 Ash Trees In Des Moines
SiteOne, Arborjet, and others joined forces in Iowa to treat trees against the devastation of emerald ash borer. The city of Des Moines, IA recently requested help to treat 150 ash trees that hadn’t been protected against emerald ash borer (EAB) for several years. Arbor Masters®, a provider for the city, volunteered assistance alongside SiteOne® Landscape Supply, Mirimichi Green, and Arborjet. EAB is an invasive beetle that has destroyed millions of ash trees in the U.S. since it first appeared in 2002. It was first spotted in Des Moines several years ago, leading to the removal of thousands of trees. “Like many communities, Des Moines has many well-established ash trees that should be preserved,” said Matthew McCarroll, national account manager at SiteOne. “This pest is impacting neighborhoods by taking memories and history when trees must be removed. It was important for us to come together as an industry to help the city maintain some of its tree canopy.” The treatments included root collar excavation and soil amendment with LESCO CarbonPro-G, a soil optimizer, among other products. Infected trees can be identified by thinning leaf coverage, yellowing leaves, canopy and bark loss, and D-shaped holes. The beetle’s larvae lay eggs in the cracks of the ash trees and feed on bark, killing the tree. SiteOne offers a range of products and expertise to prevent and treat pest outbreaks like EAB. For more Turf coverage on EAB, see: Three Tree & Shrub Pests To Watch The Tiny Champion Fighting Emerald Ash Borer ...
Green Industry Team Answers Call To Treat 150 Ash Trees In Des Moines
SiteOne, Arborjet, and others joined forces in Iowa to treat trees against the devastation of emerald ash borer. The city of Des Moines, IA recently requested help to treat 150 ash trees that hadn’t been protected against emerald ash borer (EAB) for several years. Arbor Masters®, a provider for the city, volunteered assistance alongside SiteOne® Landscape Supply, Mirimichi Green, and Arborjet. EAB is an invasive beetle that has destroyed millions of ash trees in the U.S. since it first appeared in 2002. It was first spotted in Des Moines several years ago, leading to the removal of thousands of trees. “Like many communities, Des Moines has many well-established ash trees that should be preserved,” said Matthew McCarroll, national account manager at SiteOne. “This pest is impacting neighborhoods by taking memories and history when trees must be removed. It was important for us to come together as an industry to help the city maintain some of its tree canopy.” The treatments included root collar excavation and soil amendment with LESCO CarbonPro-G, a soil optimizer, among other products. Infected trees can be identified by thinning leaf coverage, yellowing leaves, canopy and bark loss, and D-shaped holes. The beetle’s larvae lay eggs in the cracks of the ash trees and feed on bark, killing the tree. SiteOne offers a range of products and expertise to prevent and treat pest outbreaks like EAB. For more Turf coverage on EAB, see: Three Tree & Shrub Pests To Watch The Tiny Champion Fighting Emerald Ash Borer ...
Finding Emerald Ash Borer: Watching Woodpeckers & Early ID
Robert Haight, a Forest Service researcher in St. Paul, Minnesota, has proposed a more strategic approach to saving ash trees: identifying beetle-infested trees before they show signs of damage. One way, he says, involves searching for woodpeckers. The emerald ash borer (EAB) hides its eggs in bark crevices and tunnels deeply within trees — invisible to humans, but not to woodpeckers. They pick at the tree’s bark, searching for tasty grubs. Along with other research colleagues from the Northern Research Station, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and the College of Saint Rose, Haight has developed a new model that combines a map of a city’s ash trees with a summary of their health. Multiple health categories denote unaffected, newly infested, and long-term infested trees. These highly specific categories improve upon previous models, allowing for more accurate forecasts of tree health. These forecasts help city planners economize EAB management. For example, they can decide where to protect healthy trees by inoculating them with insecticide and where to remove low-value specimens. Trees can endure infestations for a few years before exhibiting outward signs of damage, like yellowing leaves and dying branches. Once branches begin to die, insecticides may no longer prevent damage and death. Detecting vulnerable trees early gives arborists and others more opportunities for intervention. This new model, combined with other treatment options, informs and improves ash tree defense. Haight noted that tree care providers can track locations of potentially infested trees by searching for signs of the beetle ...
Finding Emerald Ash Borer: Watching Woodpeckers & Early ID
Robert Haight, a Forest Service researcher in St. Paul, Minnesota, has proposed a more strategic approach to saving ash trees: identifying beetle-infested trees before they show signs of damage. One way, he says, involves searching for woodpeckers. The emerald ash borer (EAB) hides its eggs in bark crevices and tunnels deeply within trees — invisible to humans, but not to woodpeckers. They pick at the tree’s bark, searching for tasty grubs. Along with other research colleagues from the Northern Research Station, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and the College of Saint Rose, Haight has developed a new model that combines a map of a city’s ash trees with a summary of their health. Multiple health categories denote unaffected, newly infested, and long-term infested trees. These highly specific categories improve upon previous models, allowing for more accurate forecasts of tree health. These forecasts help city planners economize EAB management. For example, they can decide where to protect healthy trees by inoculating them with insecticide and where to remove low-value specimens. Trees can endure infestations for a few years before exhibiting outward signs of damage, like yellowing leaves and dying branches. Once branches begin to die, insecticides may no longer prevent damage and death. Detecting vulnerable trees early gives arborists and others more opportunities for intervention. This new model, combined with other treatment options, informs and improves ash tree defense. Haight noted that tree care providers can track locations of potentially infested trees by searching for signs of the beetle ...
Real Green Launches Real Green Lite
Real Green by WorkWave, a leading provider of field service software and solutions to the green service industries, has launched Real Green Lite. The powerful and simple-to-use software solution is designed specifically for small, early-stage green industry businesses that need to streamline operations, service customers more effectively and efficiently, and move cash faster through their business. Real Green Lite services customers from all segments of the green industry, including lawn care and lawn maintenance companies, landscapers, arborists and snow plowers. “Real Green Lite utilizes the deep expertise of Real Green to offer a solution for green industry owner operators who want to grow their business but don’t yet need the full suite of solutions available through Service Assistant, Real Green’s flagship software solution,” said David F. Giannetto, CEO of WorkWave, parent company of Real Green. “At WorkWave, we understand what it takes to build and grow a business from the ground up. With Real Green Lite, we’ve addressed a gap within the green industry to deliver a software solution that small, early-stage companies across all industry segments need to grow and become the leading green service providers in their local areas.” Developed by Real Green industry experts, Real Green Lite combines the power and functionality of its market-leading green industry software with a simple, easy-to-use, and quick-to-implement new solution designed to provide small, up-and-coming green industry businesses with everything they need to run their growing companies, all in one place. Its field service and customer management functionality equips its customers ...
