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An arborist using an AirSpade.

Airspade excavation

With proper, professional, site management, there are a few areas where pneumatic soil excavation with an AirSpade can be extremely …
An excavator, secured with flexible leases from Brandt, on a worksite.

Flexible leases from Brandt

Get the equipment you need when you need it with flexible leases from Brandt.
Lumberman in protective workwear sawing branches with a chainsaw from a felled tree in the pine forest. Probably picked up a few tips during training.

Tips for summer staff hires

Are you thinking about hiring staff to cover the busy holiday period? Here are five tips to help make the …
A Super Accel 21cm Curved Professional folding saw open and closed.

Silky Super Accel 21cm Curved Professional

Get excited! The Silky Super Accel 21 is here.

Ways to ensure your business does not stumble trip and fall

It can all happen so quickly – a customer trips on a chair leg, or slips when coming in from …
A Morbark wood chipper in use on a suburban street.

Morbark Wood Chippers TorqMax™

When it comes to handling the demanding tasks of arboriculture, forestry, and vegetation management in Australia, having reliable and powerful …

EWPs and Arbor mech

Beautiful path used in sustainably managing forest in Tasman peninsula, Tasmania, Australia. The ancient jurassic age jungle is part of three capes track, famous bush walking of Tasmania, Australia.

Sustainably managing Tasmania’s forest resources

The outcomes report for the fifth review of the Tasmanian Regional Forestry Agreement (RFA) has been released, marking the first …
A LinCon truck-mounted EWP with the platform folded for transport.

LinCon truck-mounted access-equipment hire

LinCon is the Australian market leader in providing high-standard truck-mounted access-equipment hire, sales, repairs and servicing.
An Isuzu powered Piranha BT300 throwing wood chip into a hopper.

Isuzu and Piranha Chippers

Isuzu – the Japanese engine giant of diesel engines – has given factory backing to a new Australian arbor sensation.
The The S-80 J TraX with the team from Performance Access.

Genie S-80 J TraX in Australia

Performance Access, which provides top-tier equipment rentals in Sydney and the surrounding areas, has taken delivery of the first Genie …
A Piranha BT300 woodchopper in use.

Piranha Chippers

A new chipper has hit the Australian market. Piranha Chippers’ BT300 is Australian designed and built, and ready to tackle …
The Granite Tree Works Magni with the Forest Centre supplied Woodcracker CS750 grabbing and cutting a tree at height. Image: Granite Tree Works

Forest Centre and Granite Tree Works

Forest Centre is the equipment supplier which not only meets the high standards and embraces the environmental aims of Granite …

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STIHL Light O4 chainsaw bars

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Kress Commercial OPE

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Cingo multi-purpose transporters

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An AirSpade and Airvac in a studio shot.

AirSpade and AirVac

EYE ON THE INDUSTRY

The competitors at the QAA 2024 QTCC in a group.

QTCC 2024

A professional arborist in an orange helmet and gray jacket considering tree-work safety.

Tree-work industry webinar

A fish-eye view looking up through a Tasmanian forest

The Tasmanian RFA outcomes report released

Association News

Contractor or employee – tax implications

Arborist trims tree branch with chainsaw and heavy equipment
Contractor definitions and responsibilities need to be understood. Brian Beecroft of the Timber Trade Industrial Association helps navigate the contractor …

WA Arbfest 2024

WA Arbfest 2024 was a huge success. Dave Crispin, senior arborist at Treeswest Australia and Arboricultural Association of Western Australia …

Trees with big leans

Trees with big leans, as the TCAAA’s Jim McArdle points out, are a phenomenon which eludes most arborists.

Business & Finance

An excavator, secured with flexible leases from Brandt, on a worksite.

Flexible leases from Brandt

Get the equipment you need when you need it with flexible leases from Brandt.

Ways to ensure your business does not stumble trip and fall

It can all happen so quickly – a customer trips on a chair leg, or slips when coming in from …
Arborist trims tree branch with chainsaw and heavy equipment

Contractor or employee – tax implications

Contractor definitions and responsibilities need to be understood. Brian Beecroft of the Timber Trade Industrial Association helps navigate the contractor …

Contractor’s Insurance

Contractor’s Insurance is crucial for all contractors and sub-contractors, and small businesses need to ensure it’s in place.

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STIHL’s best accessories for arborists and forestry professionals

STIHL’s accessories for arborists and forestry professionals help make incredibly tough forestry jobs easier.

MyPestGuide Trees app

MyPestGuide Trees is a free app from the WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development which allows quickly identifying …

ANSI A300 tree-care standards consolidated

ANSI A300 standards have long been regarded as the standard for US arbor-industry practices. The 10 standards, covering various aspects …

ProofSafe – software and app for efficiency, compliance and safety

In essence, ProofSafe allows a business owner to collect any data, save it, then efficiently get it out again in …

Trees Near Me app

The NSW Department of Planning and Environment has come up with a new app called The Trees Near Me NSW. …