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Northland Tree Climbers Association now on Facebook

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, December 06, 2010

The Northland Tree Climbers Association (NTCA) now has a presence on Facebook.

The NTCA was formed earlier in the year by well known (and respected) Northland tree climbers ..

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The simplicity of the Singing Tree Rope Wrench is attracting plenty of attention

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, December 06, 2010

F8 Revolver designer, Kevin Bingham (treebing on TreeBuzz ) announced the invention of the Singing Tree Rope Wrench a month or so ago and this new descending tool is now attracting plenty of attention ..

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Revisit the DMM Impact Block testing video by the Treemagineers

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, December 05, 2010



We published the DMM Impact Block video back in June and Adam H has now reminded us how good it is! Spend a few minutes and you'll see what we mean - thanks ..

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2010 a busy year for the Treemagineers

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, December 04, 2010

The Treemotion harness defines the Treemagineers in New Zealand - just have a look at the number of climbers wearing Treemotions at the recent New Zealand National TCC. But there is more to the Treemagineers than the Treemotion harness.

In Europe the Treemagineers have a relatively high profile, ..

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Line Boss availablility and pricing

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, December 03, 2010

Treetools will stock the Line Boss early next year and prices are yet to be confirmed. GET International has the Line Boss for sale on their website but only customers resident in the USA can make the purchase.

Test climbing with the Line Boss will commence later in the month ..

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Competition in the mechanical ascender/descender market

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, December 02, 2010

The Thompson Unicender has (up until today) dominated the mechanical ascender/descender market. Now, USA based GET International is looking to carve out a unique position for the LineBoss as it goes up against the Unicender.

Rossy Ross from Pro Climb first alerted us to the ..

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Dynamic loading and (ultra) static access lines

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Yesterday we blogged about the increase in demand for SRT access lines when used in conjunction with mechanical ascenders.

Overnight, Jords from Singapore commented the new Yale Blue Tongue Access Line, designed by John ..

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High demand for static access line

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Energy efficient SRT tree access is becoming more and more popular in tree work, largely driven by developments in SRT access hardware. Unfortunately, investment in hardware is only one part of the equation - the other aspect to consider is your choice in rope.

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Ever wondered what a configured system would break at?

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, November 29, 2010

As part of an ongoing research and development program, Treetools conducts break-tests on various pieces of climbing equipment to see how they perform under simulated pressure.

Last week, in conjunction with DB Tree and Climb Every ..

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Film maker John Kilpatrick at the 2010 NZ NTCC

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, November 29, 2010



Spend a few minutes on this video by John Kilpatrick (dad to James) taken at the 2010 New Zealand TCC. John provides the entertaining voice over commentary.

There was so much tree climbing action over the two-day event its amazing how ..

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