Arborist Equipment: A Guide to the Tools and Equipment of Tree Maintenance and Removal - Hardcover

Donald F. Blair

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 188195613X ISBN 13: 9781881956136

Publisher: International Society of Arboriculture, 1999

Synopsis

New cover design. This complete guide to the tools and equipment used by arborists, including their specific uses and limitations, is an important resource written by an author with decades of experience on the ground and in the trees. Fully-illustrated, excellent technical information for efficient and safe operations is peppered with many engaging stories about the history of arboriculture.

About this title

About the Author

Don Blair began climbing trees for a living in 1971 with The M.F. Blair Tree Experts, his father's company, which was founded in Palo Alto, California, in 1922. Don took on the management of the company in 1975 and was active as a residential/commercial contractor and consulting arborist through 1988. Don is the sole proprietor of the Sierra Moreno Mercantile Company, an arborist equipment, research and development firm. For his company, Don has designed and developed products and techniques that are in use throughout the tree care profession. Don has also been widely sought as a classroom instructor and field trainer in such areas as rigging for removal, hazard tree evaluation, pruning, large-scale tree climbing, cabling and bracing, and aerial rescue.

Edition details

• Publisher: International Society of Arboriculture
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 188195613X
• ISBN 13: 9781881956136
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 312