Sep TCI mag Ooze in the News etc.

[Guy Meilleur]

Just got my TCI September issue. Good articles on training kids, specs, radial trenching, etc.

If anyone has comments on pages 32-38 I am wide open to hear them. Constructive criticism is especially welcome. For those who don't subscribe (why not? it's free!), the article is posted on the residential forum.

There is no one on this forum who can not learn something useful from this issue.

 

[OutOnaLimb]

I always wondered what that gunk was, now I know.

Kenn

 

[kurtztree]

That magazine and this site is where I got most of my information of what I do wrong to a tree every day working for the big orange company. Still trying to do better.

 

[OutOnaLimb]

Not the Big Orange??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just kiddin
Kenn

 

[bottlefed89]

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How do I subscribe to this mag?? All I get is the ISA mag, and AA.
thanks

 

[Guy Meilleur]

www.tcia.org

 

[jkrueger]

Got my copy today. Read the first thing that interested me a lot. Wow, it was by 'our' Guy.

Thanks guy, it was very informative of the issue.

When will we see the novel?

Again, thanks,
Jack

 

[Guy Meilleur]

Originally posted by jkrueger
When will we see the novel?

Ha ha, still sounds funny to me, but you're the third person to suggest that. Answer? when I stop self-editing enough to make more than a french-fry-flipper.

"we don't see the oozing you discribe around here."
yeah, lucky you, it's a warm-area kind of thing.

"I've seen quite a bit of fungal patches on mature tree trunks, none that caused too much concern,"
Maybe not yet but maybe later. If it's a whitish-smooth kind of fungus it may be Aleurodiscus, which is not known to be a pathogen. Best to ID if you can and monitor. Post a pic?

 

[Reed]

I thought is was excellent. Thank you Guy for sharing. Now the ball's in my court huh?

 

[Guy Meilleur]

Whack away, bubba. We are ready.

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

to get the TCIA magazine to your door you have to be a member so this mag is realy not ''FREE'' as you posted Guy..don't know what you American TCIA members think but i think the membership cost is rather a lot best part of $350 for USA membership and a staggering £250 for a uk membership..why are the membership costs so exspensive compared with others such as the ISA and the uk aboricultural association??..and apart from a free mag how else does the TCIA benefit a member??

 

[Nathan Wreyford]

You just have to fill out the little card in the magazine and send it in. Totally free. NO need to be a member. You can read it online free in pdf format.


Overseas is like $45 a year
.02

 

[Nickrosis]

Originally posted by ROLLACOSTA
to get the TCIA magazine to your door you have to be a member so this mag is realy not ''FREE'' as you posted Guy..don't know what you American TCIA members think but i think the membership cost is rather a lot best part of $350 for USA membership and a staggering £250 for a uk membership..why are the membership costs so exspensive compared with others such as the ISA and the uk aboricultural association??..and apart from a free mag how else does the TCIA benefit a member??

Good question! And not often asked on this site.

A person cannot join TCIA, but a company can. And as such, the employees can consider themselves members. The dues are based on the size of your company, and the benefits are also scalable. TCIA goes to bat on legislative and regulatory issues all the time and has created a new arm that lobbies on Capitol Hill (but not with dues funds). They are the representative (or voice, in their slogan) of the tree care industry in the same way that ISA represents the individuals that are members of its organization.

You can't really bash the organization very effectively if you aren't a member since they're doing work on your behalf for free. As a member, I'm pleased with a variety of benefits - I've been an exhibitor at TCI Expo, our staff receives discounts on registration, they provide great member discounts on a huge selection of safety, educational, and promotional materials in English and Spanish. Like the ISA, I've seen the dues paid for just in the book discounts alone.

And finally, accreditation is what will really make the difference in the long haul. People can mule and puke all they want over being gouged for certification programs, but I know for a fact that TCIA's accreditation program will change things for the better, for good.

 

[jkrueger]

Originally posted by ROLLACOSTA
to get the TCIA magazine to your door you have to be a member so this mag is realy not ''FREE'' as you posted Guy..don't know what you American TCIA members think but i think the membership cost is rather a lot best part of $350 for USA membership and a staggering £250 for a uk membership..why are the membership costs so exspensive compared with others such as the ISA and the uk aboricultural association??..and apart from a free mag how else does the TCIA benefit a member??

I'm not a member An I get it FREE.

Jack

 

[arboromega]

at least in the usa, the magazine is free without membership.

guy,
this was a great article but i have a couple question that maybe i missed the answers too...
you said that fert of these trees was controversial for what seemed like high nitrate reason and/or that is lead to phytopthora in sucessive years... has fert treatment been tried in accompaniment to a phytopthora prevention chemical treatment? or what about a no nitrate fertilizer?
also, what would spawn this bacteria? does it form following wet conditions or in frost cracking or mostly where included bark is present in the butress area?

 

[arboromega]

hey guy,
tried to pm you a few times and it says you are full.

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

Nick ..thanks for your reply but tcia is not very popular in the uk , i don't see much lobbying done by them overhere or anywhere in europe ,to be honest all i see for my money overhere is the use of a fancy logo ,a few discounts ,a free mag and the odd conference.i'm not trying to be negative Nick i would love to see all companies being members and the tcia really pushing hard here and in the usa for our industry.but imo it's just not happening all these industry associations are well meaning but again imo they lack real substance ..i'd love you or anyone else can prove me wrong

in the UK we arbricultural companies are in real deep and i mean deep $**T we have a serious problem getting insured for public liability and workers compensation [employers liability insurance as it's called in the uk] we can only get insured with 'ONE' and i mean 'ONE' insurer and this company has increased there charges /premiums by up to 500% beleive it or not it's simply putting firms out of business and the hacks are the ones who are cashing in on us guys who will not break the law and work without insurance my insurance costs where once £1,100 its now jumped to a tad under £5,000 a year i only have 3 employees imagine the cost if you have 20 + employees several big firms have simply scaled down and some have thrown in the towel ..now i've heard a lot of talk from the tcia ,the AA , and the isa about this prob which been with us for nearly 2 years and still these so called voice of the industrys have done nothing ..i hope they preform better for you guys in the states ..but overhere there a total waste of time

 

[Nickrosis]

It's a hard topic. How can they justify having a full time staff in the UK if they don't have any/hardly have any members there? But how can they get members without having a presence? I know what you mean, but I still find the discounts and information in TCI Magazine and the Treeworker (members only) to be well worth the money.

Good luck with the insurance. We've fortunately been able to switch carriers for next year to save about $80,000 on insurance, but how long that will last is another question. Have you considered diversifying your business? If you reduce your climbing to only, say, 50% of the work you do, you may qualify for other companies or reduced premiums because of the associated reduced risk. It's helped our business tremendously.

 

[Nickrosis]

Dial up friendly.

 

[Dadatwins]

Good article Guy, with all the rain we have had in Va most of the trees that are still standing here have some sort of ooze coming out of them or climbing up them from the drenched ground.