If you ever wondered what Bugs Bunny's Tasmanian Devil would look like as a piece of forestry equipment, we found out. It's the Kershaw Klearway 500 brush cutter. This is a big industrial clear cutter and stump grinder with giant tractor tires, so it can handle almost any terrain. Imagine a shark's mouth placed on a 108" wide rotary cylinder and...

We had a chance to catch up with our equipment manager, Jason Swoveland, who oversees our entire fleet of vehicles, including bucket trucks, trailers, and equipment trucks, and ask him about some of the equipment that helps Townsend Tree Service provide tree trimming and vegetation management to its customers. "What's the coolest piece of equipment we've...

At Townsend, our primary emphasis is on crew safety. We have daily safety meetings before each day's work, we have weekly briefing sheets that detail each aspect of crew safety, and a corporate Safety Department whose sole responsibility is to make sure every employee understands the company’s expectations and all safety and operating procedures. We encourage...