Improved efficiency benefits everyone. Completing jobs faster gives crews more time off, helps prevent burnout, and frees company leadership to focus on sales and business development.
“Any tree company that has a plan to grow has to have a plan,” Roberts said. “It’s a volume business.”
He emphasized that, at some point, equipment becomes necessary for scal- ing operations.
ical equipment is a major reason com- panies adopt it. “You can divide and conquer,” he said, explaining that some companies com- plete jobs in half the time compared to manual felling. Roberts added that some companies now trailer machines from job to job throughout the day to maximize pro- ductivity. Kyle Biancardi, tree care specialist at BIK Boom Trucks, said he has seen similar results. He recalled one com- pany that previously completed one to two jobs per day. After purchasing a grapple saw truck, they increased their capacity to four or five jobs per day—without hiring additional crew members. For small to mid-sized companies, this kind of productivity leap can fuel growth.
Mechanical tree removal significantly reduces time spent in the canopy and limits the number of personnel needed in the drop zone.
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