In this day and age its not a big ask to have tree climbing competition results posted on the net. And yet they are still pretty hard to find (apart from those provided by chief NZ score-keep Neal Harding)
Lack of public access to TCC results is such a shame because ..
Ox-On PowerGrab tree climbing gloves have been on the New Zealand market since March.
European experience with this particular glove had shown they were ideal for tree work, particularly when climbing with a friction hitch.
As the latex on the Ox-On PowerGrab glove deteriorates it flakes off in small pieces, rather than ..
All tree climbers utilize a single line for climbing and yet the acronym SRT (Single Rope Technique) sends most aerial arborists into a tailspin.
The confusion lies in the SRT term itself, which is too narrow for tree work application (in Treetools opinion).
Historically Single Rope Technique was used by recreational cavers ..
Late last year we blogged about future changes to the GRCS (Good Rigging Control System) and now the first of these new winches have arrived in store.
The Harken 46st Radial is the updated winch-head which includes Harken modifications specifically developed for Greg Good. The Harken 46 Arborist ..
A Treetools critic once told me, in no uncertain terms, that our product tests where unscientific and quite laughable!
When you compare our NTCA Agathis chainsaw lanyard tests to the latest antiSHOCK chainsaw lanyard from Teufelberger you can see where he was coming from. Teufelberger launched the new antiSHOCK at Deutsche ..
The power of mechanical advantage (MA) should not be underestimated!
Have a look at the TG Hoffman video above. It's only 29 seconds long and for the first 20 seconds it appears nothing much is happening.Then 'boom' the stump is gone. You wouldn't want ..
The Northland Tree Climbers Association Agathis Lanyard is New Zealand's most popular chainsaw lanyard for arborists.
pAnd there is good reason for this.
One, the Agathis Lanyard is a fantastic New Zealand made product (Aspiring Enterprises), and… two; all the the profits from the sale of ..
Treetools is on the RSS feed from the NZ Arb Association website. That means we get information from the association as soon as it is posted on the net.
Over the last year, job vacancies have represented the vast majority of content coming through from our industry organization - the latest ..
Tall (arb) tales of true-and-bold are par for the course at Treetools! Most of the stories are hilarious accounts of on-the-job hi-jinks resulting in right royal stuff ups - work place banter you would expect to hear in an industry like arb.
But, there are times when the stories take on ..
If it can happen. It will happen! A cautionary note from Joe Harris.
"A friend called yesterday to say that one of his climbers has just received the new Dyneema kit for the Spiderjack.
He installed the kit and started climbing, but two hours later sent it down saying that it was ..
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