About this episode
In honor of Davey's Stewardship Week, Noah Pechatsko, environmental program specialist at the Davey Institute, discusses the long-term benefits of using battery-powered tools and how Davey is making this switch. In this episode we cover: Battery-powered tools vs gas-powered tools (:47) Do Davey arborists carry gas-powered tools? (2:22) Charging battery-powered tools and having backups (2:53) How many years do battery-powered tools last? (3:53) The environmental benefits of using battery-powered tools (4:46) Challenges of converting to battery-powered tools (5:50) Are battery-powered tools widely accepted? (6:26) What does Noah do with the Davey Institute? (7:29) How Noah got into this job (7:51) (8:12) What other battery-powered tools do Davey arborists use? (8:31) State laws and gas-powered tools (9:08) Will Davey eventually switch to all battery-powered tools? (10:08) (10:41) What battery voltage does Davey use? (11:17) Noah's reaction to helping advance environmental sustainability at Davey (12:42) To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code. To learn more on how Davey is using battery powered tools, read our blog, Taking Charge with Battery-Powered Equipment. Connect with Davey Tree on social media: Twitter: @DaveyTree Facebook: @DaveyTree Instagram: @daveytree YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com . Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at podcasts@davey.com . We want to hear from you! Click here to send Talking Trees Fan Mail!