NZ Arbor released an Advisory Notice today regarding lanyard compression on problem trees.
Lanyard compression is an issue commonly discussed at Treetools, usually during the harness selection process. Some harnesses are better suited for tree climber protection against lanyard compression than others.
The NZ Arbor BPG saga continues… or is it just a simple typo?
Here's the situation to date: NZ Arbor launched the Best Practice Guideline for Arboriculture as a response to long delays in getting the industry Code of Practice ratified by the Department of Labour (Past NZ Arbor President Rick ..
Rob Fisher from Fisher Photo Industry has uploaded a series of excellent photographs taken at the 2011 Victorian Tree Climbing Comp (VTIO) held last weekend at the Commonwealth Reserve in Williamstown, west Melbourne.
You'll recognize some of the usual suspects including ex-kiwi-pom Matt Glen sporting a Treetools Elios helmet from ..
The latest Arborist catalog from Samson will become the rope nerds bible - it's packed with vital rope data in an easy-to-digest format.
To often rope catalogs are written by the advertising and marketing department and they do not have the vital information needed by aerial arborists to make an informed ..
Climbers probably had visions of secateur and Silky pruning when they first heard about the arbor camp at Hackfalls Arboretum in Tinaroto… but nothing could be further from the truth.
The treework carried out by the volunteer ..
Quality arborist blocks have the Minimum Break Strength (MBS) and Safe Working Load (SWL) or Working Load Limit (WLL) clearly visible to the user. The SWL or WLL figure for rigging hardware is typically based on a 5:1 safety factor relative to the MBS.
But the ..
Someone at New England Ropes deserves a kick in the pants! The company has gone to all the bother (and expense) of producing a new ascent line and all Treetools can tell you is exactly that: New England Ropes have launched a new ascent line called Escalator: why struggle to ..
Break out your camping gear for the first of the summer arbor camps (it's always summer in Gisborne) - the Hackfalls Arboretum arborcamp and working bee is this coming weekend in Tiniroto, Gisborne.
The Hackfalls Arboretum tidy up work is mostly snow and storm damage to medium sized trees, although there ..
The metaphorical ink has barely dried on the page since our 'Rope innovation required' blog of October 14 and Samson Ropes have launched the new 24-strand, 12.7mm Vortex climbing line onto the international market.
Sure Samson Vortex is not an access rope but it does offer some new innovation for a ..
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