David gives us some history on how he developed Branch Manager Grapples while his granddaughter Grace shares about her nonprofit which facilitates emotional support clubs that write letters of love to pediatric patients worldwide.

Eric explains his 5 key considerations when considering insurance coverage.

1 - What equipment do you own?

2 - What vehicles do you use?

3 - People that work for you: employees and/or contractors.

4 - What happen if you injure someone else?

5 - What happen if you injure yourself?

Carol is an entrepreneur who has worked as the Director of Media and Events at TCIA, owns and operates an event planning business as well as the tree care focused business incubator Arbor BC. Arbor BC is a women’s owned company that helps put businesses on the right path to grow within the tree care industry.

After retiring from his military and firefighting careers Zach started exploring tree work. He quickly realized how much he had to learn and started searching for training resources. After a climbing injury he became determined to teach aerial rescue to other climbers and rescue personnel.

Mark Chisholm, Brian Noyes, and Robert Phillips stop by the studio while on their west coast pruning tour to chop it up with Jared.

Justin started climbing with his grandpa who worked in line clearance. Most of his family has worked in trees, including his grandma that drug brush! He started  running crews at 22 years old and has now been with Monster Tree Service for 3 years.

Sara joins us at the grand opening of The Academy 2 in Loveland Colorado to tell us how she came to work for Pro Lift Crain and Rigging.

Michael grew up with a love for the outdoors and always wanted to do some sort of trade with his hands. He fell a few trees for his grandma and realized this was something he wanted to do. He got on with a good company that trained him well and is now leading his crew.

Roderick tells us about his experiences participating in the TCIA Train the Trainer Program and shares his thoughts on Apprenticeship and Workforce Development.

Phillip Ruiz returns to 2TG to talk with us about his new role as a Technical Trainer/Safety Supervisor with Wright Tree Service. He explains a bit about the safety culture that’s changing throughout the industry.