PLEASANTON (KPIX) -- The Oakland Zoo has partnered with some local small businesses to recycle trees into compost with a little help from the animals.

Trex Donovan owns Buena Vista Tree Service out of Livermore. He's been in the arborist business for more than 20 years. All this week his crews are trimming dozens of trees at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton.

John Lukow, Vice President of Cranes for Custom Truck One Source, discussed the design features of the Load King Stinger PL-180, the company’s first A92.2 crane, live at The Utility Expo 2021.

The PL-180 is an all-new design purpose-built for aerial lifting. Immediately noticeable are the outriggers, which the company calls X-style outriggers and which are shared features among all of Custom Truck One Source’s crossover models. The structures of the outriggers all come to the center, underneath the bearing. “You have your outriggers tied directly into the bearing, tied directly into your seat, essentially. I have people talk all the time about how they don’t like the sort of twist you can get in some other boom trucks. You will not feel that on this crane.”

The alarmingly high rate of unemployed youth is what spurred a young woman in a white male-dominated industry to start a mining training facility, in the hopes of combating the plight of young people in communities.

New climbing crane design offers CO2 savings, minimised community impact, and cost benefits and could bring a step-change in the way windfarms are built, claims Vattenfall.

European energy company Vattenfall has said developing ever-smarter ways of constructing its wind farms will be crucial for it to reduce the carbon footprint of its operations towards net zero and to deliver more renewable capacity.

When it comes to lifting equipment, the electric utility industry tends to be more concerned about form and function than fancy bells and whistles. While technology is definitely playing a bigger role with today’s equipment, aerial lift manufacturers have provided a bottom-line lift by improving versatility and increasing efficiency.

Crosby BlokCam has introduced a new improved version of its X2 tower crane and M3 mobile crane hook mounted camera systems.

The updates include a new transmitter that can connect to up to two sensors upon request, a repeater that comes with ball joint mount, a new sensor with integrated audio and video plug and a new lithium-ion battery and charger option in place of the previous NiCAD battery.

Mobile equipment working platforms (MEWPs) already have productivity gains compared to ladders and scaffolding, however, there are even greater productivity gains when it comes to MEWP type, machine features, and how you accessorize the machine.

Equipment used to elevate workers into position on tall buildings, trees or other structures varies slightly in their capabilities but all work similarly. Learn about a few options for work requiring an employee lift below.

What Is a Boom Lift?

The boom lift has several nicknames, including cherry picker. This is a small vehicle with an attached lift that raises and lowers employees. Boom lifts carry lighter loads or a single worker carries few tools. If you want to use a boom lift, make sure that your job will only require lifting lightweight equipment.

Hiab, part of Cargotec, announces the introduction of the next generation forestry crane, LOGLIFT 18S, with greater and safer performance, and improved uptime. The company will also show a prototype of the PANORAMA cabin in Pavilion P35 from 20 to 25 September at IAA TRANSPORTATION in Hannover, Germany. The PANORAMA cabin and the LOGLIFT 18S will be available to order in Q1 2023.

A new report out this week warns that at least 1 in 9 tree species in the U.S. are at risk of extinction. Trees face a host of threats including invasive species, deadly disease and climate change. The data comes as part of the most comprehensive threat assessment ever collected on U.S. forests

A new, three-mile-long Howard Frankland Bridge is being constructed over Tampa Bay in Florida, alongside the famous-yet-flawed original span. A mega fleet of over 20 Manitowoc crawler cranes is being used to drive sheet and concrete piles, adapted for use in the marine environment in partnership with dealer Walter Payton Power Equipment.

It certainly takes talent and ingenuity to customize equipment solutions that promote safer, better ways of performing tree care industry service work, but by investing in better technology that produces better results, tree service businesses can scale to a whole new level

Mobile cranes are also responsible for the most accidents and fatal injuries of all crane types. Due to its power, size, and capabilities, it’s vital that this type of heavy equipment is used safely.

In the tree care industry, we speak a lot about safe work practices, safety first and working safely. Yet if we truly stop to think about it, what is safe?

It’s a rather hard thing to define without using the word safe somehow which then brings us back to attempting to define it as well as each derivative of the word

TOKYO, Sept. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DeepX, Inc. (Headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Kaoru Nasuno, hereinafter DeepX) and Tadano Ltd. (Headquarters: Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, President: Toshiaki Ujiie, hereinafter Tadano) have released the progress of a joint research project of crane automation utilizing AI technology.

If you’re hungry about scaling your tree service business – bidding on and winning more contracts, taking on more work, eliminating the challenge of finding skilled, competent workers, and feeling assured your team has the capabilities and resources to complete any job on time and efficiently – then you’re in the right place.

LEARN MORE: Dan Mayer shares how the SENNEBOGEN 718 eliminated his challenge of finding more skilled workers.

San Diego Gas & Electric has awarded a $1.2 million, three-year grant to the San Diego College of Continuing Education to train arborists to clear utility wires.

The five-week, tuition-free program provides training to become a skilled arborist who can support California’s efforts to prevent wildfires by clearing trees away from utility equipment and power lines.

SINGAPORE: In the travel ecosystem, hotels initially served as places to rest after a long day of sightseeing. But they have become bona fide destinations themselves - case in point, an upcoming resort in Singapore's sleepy Changi Village enclave that will be made up of buses.

Falcon’s new fleet of Punch Flybrid machines boost generator power whilst reducing fuel use and increasing sustainability.

UK company Falcon has invested in a fleet of Punch Flybrid machines and Stage V generators. The generators come under Falcon’s Power division and will predominantly be used to power the company’s tower cranes.

A1A Software has released the first two lift planning tools in its new application-based A1A Product Suite. Rigging Designer enables users to create custom rigging plans and Sketch Pad provides a convenient way to sketch preliminary job site data for bids and estimates.