Johno has had a few climbs using the Unicender and says it will take some getting used to. There are two modes: CONTROL and ADVANCED. Control uses the rope tail to manage speed in descent and works as the name suggests. It's ..
Apparently 180 feet (54 meters) of Zing-It is a tad short for you big tree climbers out there! To date Treetools have sold Samson Zing-It in a pre-cut length but some climbers have complained the 'factory' Zing-It container is short by about 10 meters for many of their climbs so ..
Trango make the Cinch which is our most popular lanyard adjuster. Now they have come up with a alpine safety knife to compliment the bigger Barracuda climbers knife. The Trango Piranha is a 'must-have' for every climber - it's a very simple design - positively 'cute'.
Small enough for your ..
Bernd Strasser is a fan of Arborwear - if you fancy some of this fantastic gear for yourself Treetools will have a limited number of Arborwear tech pants, tech tees and Arborwear belts in stock over the next few weeks.
Keep an eye on the Treetools blog for the latest ..
Like all Slikys, choosing which Zubat can be a daunting task: you have four size choices for a start and each saw has its own subtle characteristics. The two most common in the range are the Zubat 270 and the bigger 330. Urban arborists prefer the 270 - its a ..
Treetools had a climbing customer in the other day and discussion turned to kN (kilo-Newtons), fall factors and the shock force experienced by a climber in the event of a fall. I was certain I had seen a shock force calculator on the web but try as I might I ..
Below are excepts from a Media Release by THE TREE COUNCIL and NEW ZEALAND ARBORICULTURAL ASSOCIATION dated 20 August.
"The Tree Council and the New Zealand Arboricultural Association (NZAA) are appalled that Clause 52, banning general tree protection rules in urban environments, is still proposed to remain in the Resource Management ..
Those clever guys at Treemagineers were the first to think of this idea - use a pair of castrating pliers to limit the size of your spliced eye! Well, there is a bit more to it than that - the objective was to keep the Ultra Os in a central ..
Work is almost complete on the DB Tree Rope Saver - the first product in the DB Tree range. The development team had one hurdle left - how to spread the load across the shoulders of the ART Cocoon pulley.
Without a 'spreader' the shoulders can snag in a tight ..
Work is underway stocking up with interesting gear for the Treetools Demo Day in Hamilton on September 19. New in this week is the DMM Yates TriLock tactical carabiner.
Made by DMM in Wales it looks very similar to other DMM carabiners: the I-beam forging in particular. According to Hamish ..
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