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Do you really know the ropes?
“How do you know what day, before the day, your rope breaks?” Because that is the day the rope needs to be decommissioned, before unexpected failure.
Read more...Safety and Training Find Common Ground
By Codie Anderson, Safety Manager of WTSCA It has been almost a year since ArborCare joined the Wright Tree Service (WTS) family in May of 2019. In that time, we have seen how remarkably similar tree work (and tree workers) in the United States and Canada can be. Stories shared from both sides of the […]
Read more...From the Treetop: Company and Personal Growth
By Greg Williams, Regional Manager As I begin my 25th year as part of the team at WTS, I have been thinking about the changes I’ve seen in our company and the industry over the last quarter century. I began my career as a groundman on a manual crew in Kansas with no realization of […]
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Wright Tree Service Acquires Flory Backhoe, Inc. Assets Adding New Services in the Midwest
Wright Tree Service, an employee-owned company specializing in utility vegetation management, expanded their services in the Midwest after acquiring the assets of Flory Backhoe, Inc., a Kansas-based excavation company founded in 1999. With this transition, Wright Tree Service will begin offering additional services in the Midwest including; Right-of-Way preparation and restoration, utility installation in housing […]
Read more...Worker Retention & Turnover
By Will Nutter, President and COO Worker recruitment and retention have been some of the most talked about topics in the industry over the past several years. There have been presentations, panel discussions, articles and more centered on this topic and how to fix it. Personally, I have had a multitude of discussions about worker […]
Read more...Training Tools Spotlight: Safety During Storm Work
By Jim Engelke, General Foreman I started working for WTS in 1979 during a recession, which meant if I wanted to work I had to be open to change. In 13 months, I moved to five different states; Iowa, Wisconsin, New Mexico, South Dakota and Minnesota. I have worked as a groundman, trimmer, foreman and […]
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From the Treetop: Internationalization of Wright Tree Service
By Jesus Vetencourt, Vice President of Canadian Operations O Canada! This year marks the start of the internationalization of Wright Tree Service (WTS). On May 24, 2019, we started offering our services in the Canadian market when our company completed the acquisition of ArborCare Tree Service, a vegetation management and tree care services company founded […]
Read more...Building Company Culture with Human Resources & Marketing
By Katie Long, HR Recruiter & Katie Moehn, Senior Marketing and Communications Specialist A recruiter’s dream is finding the answer to the question, “How did you hear about us?” In today’s economy, with the lowest unemployment rate in decades (according to the U.S. Labor Department), we have more jobs available than we have people to […]
Read more...Wright Tree Service Acquires Calgary-based ArborCare Tree Service
Wright Tree Service, an employee owned vegetation management company serving utility companies, announced the acquisition of ArborCare Tree Service, a tree service in Canada based out of Calgary, Alberta. Wright Tree Service, founded in 1933 with the corporate headquarters based out of Des Moines, Iowa, provides integrated vegetation management, storm restoration and work planning services to […]
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Saluting Branches
By Ken Venzke, Division Manager In early May 2018, Will Nutter, president and COO of Wright Tree Service (WTS), contacted the management team to inform us of an organization called Saluting Branches. I can speak for myself and members of Division 25 in saying that we hadn’t heard of it. Saluting Branches is a nonprofit […]
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