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Volume 34, Number 7, September 2014
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Training & Education
10 Liftin' It Up
When rigging and lifting intersect
Plant Health Care
14 Trees and Neighbors and the Law
Or, some good advice so you and your client don't get sued
Special Feature
18 Utility Line Safety: What You Need to Know
Anniversary Series Special
22 STIHL Inc. Celebrates 40 Years of
Manufacturing in the United States
Equipment Focus
24 Horizontal Grinders
Business Management
26 Technology for Arborists
Case Study
30 Tree Care Goes High-tech
FEATURES & PRODUCTS
DEPARTMENTS
5 From the Editor
6 Industry News
32 Marketplace
32 Classifi eds
33 Ad Index
34 Tree of the Month
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Photo by O. Sisk
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