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Dramatic tests for Singing Tree Rope Wrench

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, February 22, 2012

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. ..

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Popular Silky Gomtaro has a new competitor… from Silky!

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, February 21, 2012

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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Treetools visitor and pageview numbers continue to rise

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, February 21, 2012

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 ..

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UK-based website helps New Zealand arb employers

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, February 21, 2012

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 ..

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Friday 13 ATRAES Tree Climbing Masterclass

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, February 20, 2012

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 ..

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Craig Webb needs a helping hand

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, February 18, 2012

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 ..

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Register now for 2012 Auckland comp!

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, February 16, 2012

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 ..

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Buckingham Ergovation EN ratings questioned

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, February 16, 2012

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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Petzl Sequoia 'rings' OK for lanyard attachment; well…kind of!

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The Treemotion harness has many features that other harness manufacturers like to copy (if possible). One such feature is the use of the lower D-rings for work positioning lanyard attachment.

Who cares about lower D attachment, you might ask? Well, here's a quick suspension test you can do. 

Imagine you are in ..

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Arb staff shortages cause concern

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Treetools has blogged about arborist staff shortages in New Zealand on numerous occasions.

Back in November we alluded to the fact that many arb employers were sitting up, taking notice and listening to what employees have to say because they were all too aware of the pending situation.

As predicted, 2012 has ..

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