Elevate Your Fall Arbor Projects With Specialized Aerial Lifts

Skyrocket your production with a versatile aerial lift. Aerial lifts enhance your stability, safety and reach so you can complete more jobs in less time. Vertical and horizontal extension makes it easy to perform work on multiple trees quickly and efficiently, which can help you access hard-to-reach areas. Having special lift and landscaping tools for fall helps you boost revenue as cooler weather settles in.

How Specialized Aerial Lifts Can Enhance Your Arbor Projects

Investing in an aerial lift enables you to take on any challenge and complete more projects. A lift can significantly reduce the amount of work you turn away because it offers the following advantages:

Greater Reach and Maneuverability

An aerial lift increases your reach. Some lift models can reach up to 10 stories, helping your team work on the tallest trees. Use a lift to move workers and tree maintenance equipment to greater heights than you could with climbing methods. 

Specialized lifts also increase maneuverability, enabling you to extend your work bucket vertically and horizontally. Spider lifts offer an excellent side reach, extending as far as 50 feet outward. Your team can use these capabilities to work on a significant stretch of trees without needing to move the lift's chassis.

Increased Stability and Safety

Lifts are also more stable than climbing equipment. A lift provides a strong, stable platform for arborists to work on, freeing your workers' hands to focus more on their tasks, tree inspection equipment and cutting tools.

In many situations, using a lift is safer than climbing. Aerial lifts are especially beneficial when working with dead trees because they reduce the risk of falling due to frail wood. 

Enhanced Efficiency and Productivity

Aerial lifts make tree maintenance tasks easier. Your team can complete tasks faster and easier with a lift than they could with climbing equipment, helping them boost productivity and complete projects efficiently. A lift's maneuverability also makes it easier to transition between tasks, allowing you to take on more projects and add more clients to your roster.

Convenience

An aerial lift can make your arborists' lives significantly easier. They can complete tasks with less stress, boosting morale and employee retention.

Ability to Expand Your Services

Purchasing or renting an aerial lift enables you to expand your services. You can use a lift to reach greater heights and perform more project types than you could in the past.

More Revenue

Completing projects faster and expanding your services can increase your client base and revenue. The more projects you complete each season, the greater your profit margin will be.

Advantages of Tracked Spider Lifts From Tracked Lifts

Tracked Lifts carries tracked spider lifts built specifically for arborists. Investing in a lift from Tracked Lifts offers the following advantages:

• Reach: Tracked Spider lifts from Tracked lifts can extend 120 feet or more, helping your team work on the tallest trees with ease.
• Maneuverability: A Tracked Lifts spider lift features multiple boom joints, making it easy to maneuver around tree branches and access those hard-to-reach areas.
• Narrow base: Each Tracked Lifts spider lift has a narrow base. This helps your workers move in direct routes, fitting between trees easily.
• Multi-terrain adaptability: A spider lift from tracked lifts can help you navigate rough terrain and maintain stability on slopes and loose soil. It can also help you minimize damage when working on delicate lawns.

Common Types of Fall Arbor Projects for Aerial Lifts

You can use aerial lifts for common tasks and projects such as the following:

• Leaf removal: Leaf removal is an essential part of fall tree maintenance. An aerial lift can help you complete leaf removal on more homes in less time, increasing your revenue stream.
• Tree inspection and trimming: Autumn is an excellent time for pruning because you can identify a tree's diseased or dead branches more easily after its leaves fall. Pruning and removing dead branches in the fall prepares trees for the dormant winter season, helping them conserve energy and support healthy growth in the warmer months. You can use an aerial lift to reach and see branches clearly. A lift can also help you inspect trees thoroughly, catching concerns such as pests and mold faster.
• Limb support preparation: Supporting weak tree limbs can help them survive winter weather. Lifts make it easier to spot and reach weak limbs so you can help clients prepare their trees for winter.
• Tree felling: Use an aerial lift to inspect trees before felling them, eliminating the need to climb potentially frail or rotting wood.

How to Optimize Tree Trimming Machinery for Your Arbor Projects

Renting or investing in an aerial lift is the first step to enhancing your services. Consider the following ways you can get the most value from your lift and optimize your operations:

Select the Right Equipment

Choosing the ideal equipment for your project needs is essential. Choose a tree service bucket truck based on the following factors:

• Terrain: A tracked spider lift is the best option when working on soft, well-maintained lawns or uneven terrain. Tracked spider lifts distribute weight more evenly than wheeled lifts, enabling you to reduce lawn damage. They also provide the greatest stability.
• Maximum reach: Consider how high you need to lift workers for your typical projects. Choose a lift that enables you to reach the necessary heights.
• Weight capacity: Each lift has a certain weight capacity indicating how much weight its bucket can hold. Consider your workers and their tree work tools. Select a lift that can handle your workers and their equipment safely.
• Quality: Choose a lift from a reputable brand for durability and longevity.

Provide Adequate Training

Lift operators and arborists working in the lift's bucket must understand how to use the lift correctly. Train each worker on how to operate, maneuver and maintain the lift.

Practice and Enforce Safety Rules

Consider the following safety tips to protect your employees and equipment:

• Use fall protection equipment: Provide safety gear for arborists working in a lift's bucket. A fall restraint system prevents workers from getting too close to the bucket or platform's edge, and a fall arrest system catches them if they lean too far or fall off the edge. 
• Ensure lifts are stable during use: Lifts must be stable to protect arborists. Working at elevated heights and handling sharp pruning tools is much safer when a lift is stationary and secure. Use outriggers and wheel chocks according to the user manual's instructions, and inspect the lift before raising the bucket or platform.
• Keep a safe distance from potential hazards: Other moving equipment and electrical wires pose potential risks. Keep your lift away from any equipment or vehicles that could cause an accident, and ensure the bucket remains a safe distance from electrical wires.
• Remain aware of surroundings: Remind lift operators and workers to remain aware of their surroundings at all times.

Enhance Your Fall Arbor Work With a Specialized Lift From Tracked Lifts

You can significantly boost efficiency, productivity and revenue with a specialized aerial lift. Aerial lifts enable workers to see and access challenging areas without strenuous climbing. Your team can maneuver through dense forests and thick tree canopies quickly and easily, helping you complete more projects, please more clients and increase your profits.

Tracked Lifts offers spider lifts pupose-built for the tree care industry. Tracks and outriggers provide the necessary stability for working on rugged forest terrain and slopes. Articulating booms extend 120 or more feet and feature multiple joints so you can access hard-to-reach areas. Each lift also features a narrow base, helping operators take more direct routes between trees and fit through tight spaces. Browse our available lifts or request a quote to learn more about investing in a high-quality lift for tree care work.