NZ NTCC photos now on Flickr

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, November 25, 2009

By popular demand the photographs taken by Treetools at the NTCC in Blenheim are now loaded onto Flickr. A few short videos of the mens masters will be loaded ..

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Pfanner functional protective clothing coming soon

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Treetools will list a limited range of StretchAir and KlimaAir arborist and tree climbing protective clothing and boots over the next few weeks. Check out what climbers are wearing at any of the international tree climbing events and you will see StretchAir clothing by Pfanner.

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Womens TCC results from Rick Mexted

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Just in from Rick Mexted (new President of the NZ Arboriculture Association) - the Womens National TCC results are as follows:

1) Chrissy Spence 129.56
2) Nicky Ward Allen 107.39
3) Elena O'Neill 60.33

The Aerial Rescue was particularly challenging for most of the climbers. Woody was ..

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National Tree Climbing Competitions this Saturday

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Good luck to all the climbers in the National Tree Climbing champs to be held this coming weekend at Pollard Park in Blenheim.

The overall winner of the Nationals will represent New Zealand at the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) International Tree Climbing Championships (ITCC) held in Chicago, Illinois, USA, ..

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TreeMOTION set-up

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, November 16, 2009

TreeMOTION (or any harness) set-up is personal. Climbers like to have equipment where it feels 'right' - where you can find it without having to look. And yet, harness set-up is one the most frequently asked questions by climbers visiting the Treetools store.

So, at every opportunity we photographharness set-ups ..

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Plenty of alternatives to Port-A-Wrap

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, November 15, 2009

Pro Climbs Rigging Bollard is now available for sale. This locally made bollard provides an excellent alternative to the Port-A-Wrap. The system comes complete, ready to rig, with strong industrial grade ratcheting slings for attaching the bollard to the tree - all you need is your rigging rope (The Port-A-Wrap ..

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Question regarding weights used in DB Tree drop test

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, November 15, 2009

A blog reader has questioned the weights used in the DB Tree Rope Saver drop test video - so here's the real oil.

Drew was keen to ensure the weights used in the test were 'verifiable'. ie not a random weight to suit but ones with the actual weight cast into ..

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SKYLOTEC Kolibri harness available in New Zealand soon

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, November 15, 2009

The SKYLOTEC Kollibri harness is also known as the EKN or Hummingbird and will be available soon from Treetools. The Kollibri is considered by many climbing arborists to be the most supportive, comfortable tree climbing harness on the market.

It's padded in all the right places: spine pressure points (it ..

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Drop tests on DB Tree Rope Saver

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, November 14, 2009

Testing of climbing equipment in New Zealand is limited to the static load tests provided by DM Standen  and the like. These tests put hydraulic load on rope, splices or slings to ascertain their breaking strength. An advantage of these static ..

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Video footage of Waikato/BoP TCC

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, November 12, 2009

Competitors and arborist trainers are interested in obtaining the video footage taken at the Waikato/BoP TCC. According to Hugh Speirs and Mike Goodwin (the cameramen on the day) there is over 4 hours of footage showing each of the events. The delays in getting the footage posted can be blamed ..

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