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Cheap rope buyers BEWARE!

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, December 07, 2009

A reputable Auckland marine supply retailer is selling climbing rope at an unbelievably low price. The picture below shows the inside of the rope when an attempt was made to splice it. The reason for the CHEAP price is now very apparent although the outer sheath looked to be in ..

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DB Tree Rope Saver improvements

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, December 07, 2009

The closer the retrieval shackle is to the choke the easier the rope saver is to retrieve!

This EUREKA moment lead to some changes in the latest DB Tree Rope Saver. The original version was a finite length (usually 1.3 m) and had a very tight spliced eye (with a DB ..

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Teufelberger patented slaice

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, December 06, 2009

Webbing friction savers with large rings, rope friction savers with small rings (the smaller rings mean easier retrieval), rope savers with pulleys and adjustable prussics and rope savers with pulleys and mechanical devices - tree climbers have plenty of choices when it comes to reducing (or managing  friction) in their ..

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Updated Hitch Climber pulley (now with ball bearings)

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, December 06, 2009

First noted by Drew Bristow in an early October Treetools blog the new version of the DMM Hitch Climber pulley (designed by the Treemagineers) is now available. Apart from the fancy new colour scheme it shares the same features as the original pulley with one exception: low friction, super smooth ..

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Why bother with 'expensive' friction cords?

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, December 05, 2009

One of the most common questions asked by climbers moving to the Treemagineers Hitch Climber system, a friction saver or one of the pulley based rope savers (

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Unicender video upload

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, December 02, 2009



Johno Smith is trialling the Thompson Unicender in New Zealand and has suggested various modifications to its designer, Morgan Thompson in the USA.

Johno climbed on the Unicender in the Aerial Rescue event at the NZ National Tree Climbing Competitions held ..

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Tree gaffs from Europe and USA are different

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, December 01, 2009

In arboriculture the Americans and the Europeans do things differently. Different climbing styles and different equipment - probably due to different trees.

Most differences are obvious but some are more subtle: tree gaff styles for example. There are the American-style gaffs - straight with a narrow point and European-style gaffs with ..

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Mounting the RC-3002 lowering device

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, November 30, 2009

There has been considerable interest in the new lowering devices from Stein Safety in the UK. Designed by Reg Coates in the UK, the RC-3002
weighs in at over 27 kgs. Many customers ask the question: how do you mount that beast! Reg has made the answer very simple ..

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Jimmy Kilpatrick in action at the '09 NZ NTCC

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, November 28, 2009


Many Treetools blog readers have asked if we had any video footage showing Jimmy Kilpatrick's climb in the NZ NTCC Masters after seeing Jawand's post earlier in the week so we've put together this montage.

Unfortunately we were so fascinated with the ..

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The throwbag has evolved!

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, November 28, 2009


Innovations are coming thick and fast in the arb industry - the humble throwbag is the latest to fall victim to changes! (Better not tell Andy Harrison).

Check out the ..

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