Investment in climbing gear is a large expense for climbers and arborist companies alike. Apart from the serial number on each piece of climbing equipment its often hard to tell individual items apart. Many competition climbers say they often return home from the comps with the same amount of gear ..
Masters Challenge in Cornwall Park today starts at 1:00 pm - best to arrive about noon. Turn left once you go through the Greenlane Road entrance - you'll see the big gum over the fence in the paddock. Be prepared for a BIG climb! Everyone welcome. See previous blog for ..
The Masters Challenge today in Cornwall Park proved to be a bit of a challenge… for everyone bar the organizer Matt Glen. Treetools will post a video later in the week showing some of the action.
Guy is pictured below in a crotch 10 meters up the gum getting unsolicited ..
Dave has questioned the "fall-arrest ability" of the rated 22 kN Aspiring sling used on the DB Tree rope saver. He highlights a very important issue relating to all rope savers - particularly those being made for personal use by individual ..
Here's a link worth bookmarking: http://drivelink.blogspot.com/ This blog is written by Dave Vickers, a chainsaw tutor at Sparsholt College in the UK. and its primarily aimed at inexperienced chainsaw users and arb students. But there is plenty useful information for anyone working with a chainsaw.
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True? Well, almost. As a general rule the 50% figure can be applied but the real answer as to how much rope strength is lost is "it depends".
Have a look at this study conducted by Dave Richards, Technical Director with the Cordage Institute in the US. His team tested three ..
A group of Auckland tree climbers have planned an informal Masters Challenge this Sunday (early afternoon) in Cornwall Park as part of the preparationfor the Auckland Region TCC. Access via the Greenlane Road entrance and walk left - you'll see the big gum across the fence in the farm paddock.
Yesterdays comparison between the Wild Country Ropeman and Kong Duck solicited the following comment from well known Auckland tree climber Matt Glen.
Matt was referring to a picture of the Duck being used on a home-made rope saver in the Netherlands. Treetools ..
Treetools featured the Kong Duck late in December 2009 describing the device as an emergency belay device. Technically speaking the Kong Duck is a 'rope clamp' certified to EN 567:97 and UIAA 126 standards when used on textile ..
Arborists have been astounded at the number of developments in tree climbing and rigging gear over the last few years - 2010 promises to be just as exciting.
Petzl have dominated in the helmet market for a number of years but 2010 is likely to see some stiff competition. Edlerid have ..
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