Go out and buy a copy of today's Weekend Herald.
Biff the paper but keep the Canvas Magazine and turn to page 7 and there she is: Nicky Ward-Allen, an unsung champion to mainstream readers but definitely a hero to every tree climber.
Nicky is well known, worldwide in tree circles, ..
As an addendum to yesterdays Rope Wrench blog post, interested parties should put aside half an hour to read the Complete and Utter Hypocrisy thread on Tree Buzz.
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Treetools has seen a couple of very dramatic 'tests' recently which demonstrate how easily the Rope Wrench can be pulled down onto the friction hitch, in theory sending the climber plummeting to the ground.
Try is yourself. Set up the Rope Wrench system anyway you prefer, without any load applied. ..
The Silky Gomtaro and its curved blade brother, the Silky Zubat dominate the NZ handsaw market for arborists - to date nothing else has come close to knocking these two saws off their perch.
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After reading about the Nick Pott arbjobs.com visitor numbers today (a very respectable 12,000 visitors per month) we thought we'd take a look at Treetools web traffic as a point of reference.
As of today, Tuesday 21 February 2012, Treetools visitors were 12,931 for the month of February and we still ..
Last weeks 'Asplundh' blog post regarding labor shortages in the NZ arb market has sparked a flood of comments from Treetools customers both in the store and over the phone - it appears every tree company in New Zealand is looking for staff!
Late last century (1999) the UK arb market ..
You have to admit, a tree climbing masterclass held on Friday 13, featuring two of the world's greatest practical jokers, Joe Harris and Scott Forrest, sounds like a piss take but Brad Bowden tells us this West Australian masterclass is for real!
Joe and Scott will present a one-day Tree ..
NZ Arbor Husqvarna Auckland Regional TCC organizer Craig Webb is looking for help with judging, set-up etc at the 2012 event scheduled for Saturday March 3 in Western Park, Ponsonby – if you can lend a hand, get hold of Craig Webb or Matt Palmer and let them know your ..
NO ON-THE-DAY WALK UPS! That's the word from this years NZ Arbor/Husqvarna Auckland Regional TCC organizers so register now.
For non-NZ Arbor members the entry fee is 50 bucks or a nominal $10 if you are a NZ Arbor member (Individual NZ Arbor membership is $150
The Auckland Regional TCC event ..
Since posting the Petzl Sequoia lanyard attachment point blog earlier in the week Treetools has fielded numerous calls from Buckingham Ergovation owners telling us their harness is OK (EN 813 certified) for 'suspension' from the lower D's as we described in the Treemotion 'sit' ..
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