There has been considerable interest in the new lowering devices from Stein Safety in the UK. Designed by Reg Coates in the UK, the RC-3002
weighs in at over 27 kgs. Many customers ask the question: how do you mount that beast! Reg has made the answer very simple ..
Many Treetools blog readers have asked if we had any video footage showing Jimmy Kilpatrick's climb in the NZ NTCC Masters after seeing Jawand's post earlier in the week so we've put together this montage.
Unfortunately we were so fascinated with the ..
Innovations are coming thick and fast in the arb industry - the humble throwbag is the latest to fall victim to changes! (Better not tell Andy Harrison).
Check out the ..
Wildcard entry Jawand Nga Chun, a climbing arborist with Treescape in Auckland, went through to the Masters Challenge in the NZ NTCC after a frantic start. Jawand had trouble with a jammed hex screw on a D-shackle pulley he planned to use ..
Jerry Lynch, senior arboriculture lecturer at Otago Polytechnic is trialling a pair of Wolf Claw climbers from Treetools.
Jerry is well known and respected for his work in the NZ arb industry. Rob Douglas, winner of the of this years New Zealand Arboricultural Association Ron Flook Award, recognized Jerry in his ..
Treetools had planned to show a completely new range of products from Stein Safety in the UK and Pfanner Stretch-Air and Klima-Air gear from Austria at the NZ Arboricultural Conference in Blenheim held last week. Reg Coates (Stein RC Lowering Devices) and the Stein Safety UK team worked very hard ..
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.
The National Tree Climbing Championships held on Saturday 21 November at Pollard Park, Blenheim provided plenty of drama. James Kilpatrick led the mens event into the Masters but overall victory went to Scott Forrest.
The Mens Masters qualifying points are as follows:
1) James Kilpatrick 147.28Arborists can't be working very hard today - following the previous blog posts we have had a number of requests for us to publish the full NTCC results prior to the masters.
These are unofficial preliminary results - check the NZ Arb website for the Official version.
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