Port-A-Wrap rigging workshop planned by Pro Climb and DB Tree

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, June 20, 2010

The humble porty is the most abused piece of equipment in the arborist kit bag. However, it does not have to be like that.

Pro Climb and ..

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8mm Armor Prus spliced friction cord test results

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, June 17, 2010

Neil Montgomery is an Australian caver who (it is claimed by the aussies) first coined the phrase Single Rope Technique (SRT) back in 1977 - sorry tree climbers, you did not invent SRT!

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Splicing workshop proposed by Jerry Lynch

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, June 16, 2010

If you missed the comment from Jerry Lynch regarding a proposed splicing workshopin Dunedin later in the year - see the comment below.

This is an excellent idea of Jerry's! Apart from the cross-pollination of ideas (as alluded to in yesterdays Read More

The real value of workshops to the tree climbing community

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Treeskills founder, Roger Gale dropped in to Treetools over the weekend to say hello. Before too long we got to talking about the Arborcamp Workshop held recently at Mt Stuart Reserve south west of Dunedin.

The workshop was conducted by Drew Bristow and Johno Smith representing DB Tree and covered off ..

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Changes to Treeools website navigation

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, June 14, 2010

Regular visitors to Treetools will have noticed slight changes to the website navigation over the last few weeks. This evening we have changed over the complete site to a new format to make it easier for customers to find products and to better reflect the emphasis of Treetools - high ..

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Stihl Advance Class 1 chainsaw trousers in stock

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, June 14, 2010

The new generation Stihl Advance Class 1 chainsaw trousers we blogged about late May are now in stock. These new trousers are definitely 'light in weight' when compared to similar spec'ed trousers and are likely to be ..

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Update on European TCC

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, June 14, 2010

We have had a quick note from Chrissy and it appears she gained the most points in the preliminary round of the women's division - bodes well for the Worlds! As a wild card entry in the European Tree Climbing Competition, Chrissy could not compete in the Masters.

Unofficial ETCC ..

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Chrissy Spence competes in tomorrows 2010 European TCC

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, June 11, 2010

2010 Asia-Pacific TCC women's representative Chrissy Spence is due to compete in the European TCCtomorrow. This years European Tree Climbing Competition will be held in the Czech Republic city of Prague.

Chrissy has been traveling in Europe over ..

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Concerns regarding friction cord splices

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, June 10, 2010

The splicing of friction cords has become are a matter of contention in tree climbing circles over recent months - Treetools inadvertently 'fueled the fire' when we published this blog.

The debate centers around the fact that some climbers are splicing Class II double braid (High Molecular/Aramid ..

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Adam Holland takes home the Hort ITO sponsored iPod

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Christchurch arborist Adam Holland won the Hort ITO  sponsored iPod at Saturday's Arbor Day 'Brass Monkey" Arborcamp. To enter the iPod competition climbers had to ascend one of the large ..

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