Poor old Buckingham! Once upon a time (in New Zealand at least) Buckingham dominated the tree climbing harness market. Now, they are barely on the radar screen.
Over the last few years the Treemagineers Treemotion harness has slowly, but surely, chipped away at Buckingham's harness sales volume in New Zealand.
Other players ..
The long-awaited Petzl Vizir, the clear, helmet-attached eye protection for Alveo and Vertex helmets has been a bit if a fizzer for some customers.
The biggest complaint Treetools has fielded so far is the distorted vision most people experience when they first start wearing the Vizir.
Luckily, ..
Here's one from Dr John Gathright, Tree Climbing Japan. The video was shot on a recent visit to Los Angeles, California.
Dr John says:
"I was in L.A. and ran across these guys doing Tree Work. They were kind enough to allow me film them.
I ..
The trees in the Wellington Botanic Gardens, off Glenmore Street, are confirmed as the venue for the 2012 New Zealand National Tree Climbing Competition, October 27-28.
Anyone who has competed in the Wellington Regional TCC will be familiar with the trees in the 'Garden'.
You will find more detail on the NZ ..
The Treetools store is akin to arb central in Auckland: climbers, groundies, contractors and company owners often gather at the end of the day and on the weekend to swap stories.
A common thread in these discussions are the 'near misses' of the day - accidents, that by sheer good ..
Three of the six qualifying 2012 Asia-Pacific Regional TCC climbers work for Treescape: Jawand Nga Chun, David Stejskal and Zane Wedding. Treescape invests heavily in their tree climbers and the results speak for themselves.
The remaining qualifiers are Nina Black from Christchurch-based TreeTech and independent tree ..
First we had the gem of a park in Masterton for the 2011 Nationals and now Central Districts (tree climbers) have discovered Milverton Park in Palmerston North.
Milverton Park would ..
Numerous international tree climbers have graced the doors of Treetools over the last few weeks. Most of them have spent at least a couple of hours in the shop (which is very easy to do). While at Treetools they have had the opportunity to catch up with working arborists who happen ..
Stop in at Milverton Park in Palmerston North for the Central Districts Open Masters Challenge on Easter Monday 9 April. Event organizer, woman's world footlock record holder Nicky Ward-Allen, tells us the trees are fantastic and an ..
Armor-Prus Polyester 8mm was developed by Donaghys, in association with kiwi splicer Drew Bristow, to address the Class I/Class II/Locking Brummel splicing issue, well noted in previous Treetools blog posts.
Over the last couple of years the modified Class I Armor-Prus splice completed by DB Tree has ..
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