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New Hitch Climber Rapide on the way

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, October 08, 2009

Treemagineers and DMM are not resting on their laurels! The Hitch Climber is a classic and considered an essential piece of equipment for tree climbers. Even 'company' buyers, who are notoriously slow to invest in innovative new products, are buying this configuration for their workers. They recognize the productivity and ..

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Bigboys on the Barrier

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Track clearance workers often come across larger wind-blown branches that need to be cleared. If you had a chainsaw you could make light work of it. But, using a chainsaw in the bush requires two operators (for safety), the chainsaw itself, a Toucan fuel container, a fire extinguisher etc and ..

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Carabiner manufacturing

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, October 07, 2009



The humble carabiner is a vital piece of climbing kit and there are plenty of options for climbers to choose: D-shape, Pear-shape, Oval, HMS, etc made by any number of manufacturers. Treetools prefer the DMM range - they are extremely lightweight, ..

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Auckland hype nothing on ITCC

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, October 06, 2009



The DB Tree team (Drew Bristow, Johno Smith and Matt Glen) made an entrance at the Wellington TCC last Saturday by arriving late (after driving down from Auckland) taking out the competition one, two and three then getting in their vehicle ..

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Good Rigging Control System (GRCS)

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, October 06, 2009



Last week we blogged about the Pro Climb Rigging Bollard developed in New Zealand by Andreas Ross (Rossy). This generated quite a level of interest and numerous customers have asked about alternatives to the Port-A-Wrap for application in rigging situations where ..

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Wellington TCC photographs on Flickr

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, October 05, 2009



Photographs of the NZ Arboricultural Association/Stihl Wellington Region TCC event held on Saturday 3 October at the Wellington Botanic Gardens are nowloaded onto Flickr under 'Treetools'. There are ..

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Wellington TCC 'Unofficial' Results

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, October 04, 2009

An excellent day of tree climbing in Wellington. Photos are being uploaded to Flickr now but may take a while - we will post the link once it is complete.Unofficial results are as follows:

Drew Bristow (Auckland): 152.55
Johno Smith (Auckland): 147.37
Matt Glenn (Auckland): 138.87
Jewand ..

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Wellington TCC this weekend

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, October 02, 2009

Don't forget - the Wellington Tree Climbing Championships are this Saturday, October 3 at the Botanic Gardens. This is the last Regional TCC event before the Nationals - no registration on the day - download information here.

Treetools will be there taking photographs and the DB Tree team are competing.Catch ..

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More stowage on your harness

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, October 01, 2009

If you never seem to have enough storage on your harness - Yates have the answer! The Yates tool bag easily straps onto your harness with a couple of conveniently located Velcro loops.

Its clever design means the bag can be opened and closed with one hand and the inside ..

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Practitioners know best!

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, October 01, 2009

If you want to know about the subtleties of a tool you need to talk to the people who use those tools everyday.

Jewand Ngau-Chun, an expert tree climbingarborist with Treescape Auckland uses a Silky Natanako 2000 pruning saw almost everyday. The 2000 is a later model of the original ..

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